Four Split Personalities

In other words, Motan’s current situation is very dire!

If it were an expert like the Snow Bathing Sword, who can already achieve the state of the sword moving with one’s heart and controlling the sword with intention, the sulfur flame swirling at Motan’s feet would probably become a mere joke.

If it were Ji Xiaoge... well, if it were Ji Xiaoge, Dabus wouldn’t fight this way anyway.

Even if it were Jadka, as long as he is willing to explode his magic wand mid-air, he would most likely be able to blast himself out of the attack range of the sulfur flame.

Ya Ya has no real way, but at least she could try frantically wagging her tail, using it like a propeller to see if she could move half a meter or a meter in the air.

Only Motan, who really has no options at all.

Although he has quite a few displacement skills, whether it’s [Gale], [Impact Piercing Attack], [Charge], or [Heroic Leap], these skills all require ’leverage’. Simply put, you need something like the ground to push off from, otherwise it’s impossible to activate them directly.

The Realm of Innocence might be an unreasonable game, but it follows logic in most realistic contexts. It’s impossible to use [Charge] or [Shadow Step] to avoid fall damage by targeting innocent little animals on the ground when falling off a cliff.

And Dabus designed this highly targeted strategy precisely because he understood this point.

Of course, it’s not unsolvable.

In fact, as long as Motan uses the second phase of the Reverse Scale Transformation, he could temporarily gain wings and easily evade the attack. This is precisely why Dabus dares to use such a ’killing move’ in a friendly duel.

After all, in his eyes, Motan has a trump card.

What he doesn’t know is that due to the high probability of exposing his identity by using the second phase of Reverse Scale, Motan might choose to die rather than transform.

In other words, if it were the Motan of some time ago, with no leverage, he would probably have to activate the first phase of Reverse Scale and forcefully endure this [Sulfur Snake Slash], resulting in him being half-dead.

But the current Motan has other options because of that ’new weapon’ in his hand, which is of Shattered quality!

A flash of silver cold light appeared, and the surging sulfur flames on Anthony Dubs’ body were prematurely detonated, blasting straight up before reaching the target.

Due to skill traits, neither Dabus nor Anthony could change the attack angle. In fact, before they realized what was happening, the [Sulfur Snake Slash] had already burst through the clouds!

Under such circumstances, although the skill obtained an ’auto-calibration’ effect, it still failed to achieve the best results due to the user’s slow reaction. The physical attack that should have followed the sulfur flame was half a beat slow and missed, taking away only 27% of Motan’s Health Points.

"What is this?"

Dabus subconsciously exclaimed. Keep in mind, Motan couldn’t have used skills like [Sword Wind], which are technically physical attacks but categorized as ’ranged’, to prematurely trigger the [Sulfur Snake Slash] based on the length of his sword.

[!?]

Staring fixedly at Motan, who reappeared in front of him with his left half slightly charred and looking rather battered, Dabus widened his eyes: "What is this?!"

"Hmm? This?"

Motan tilted his head and glanced at the all-white long spear resting on his shoulder, gently stroking the mist-like engravings on it, and said with a grin: "This is why I came to you to test moves. How is it? Fun?"

[Dawn · Pure Snow Spear]

Soul Binding

Weapon Category: Special Weapons

Current Form: Spear

Activation Conditions: Two-handed Weapon Specialization >1, Strength 7, Constitution 5

Quality: Unique Shattered - Can Grow

Attack Power: Very Low

Attributes: Strength +8, Constitution +3, Base Critical Hit Rate +0.5%

Additional Skills: Snow Dance Mountains and Rivers (Sealed), Annihilate Ten Directions (Sealed), Tearful Shot (Sealed), Break Will (Sealed), ???, ???, ???

Trait: Omitted

[Note: Omitted]

It was obvious that Motan had just used this artistically styled long spear to strike mid-air and forcibly triggered Anthony Dubs’ [Sulfur Snake Slash].

As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger. This [Dawn · Pure Snow Spear], which is 2.3 meters long, is indeed advantageous in terms of attack range. In Motan’s hypothetical scenario, the best way to break the situation was to attack first, then leverage the move to create distance and dodge.

However, he didn’t foresee that Anthony Dubs’ [Sulfur Snake Slash] would have an unreasonable auto-counter mechanism, so he ultimately got blasted on half of his body. Although he had leveraged at the time of getting hit, thus avoiding most of the impact and dodging the subsequent physical attack, he still lost nearly 30% of his health.

In summary, neither side fully achieved their intent, nor did they suffer too significant a loss.

"Thanks for sparring with me."

Without giving Dabus much time to react, Motan laughed and immediately activated [Impact Piercing Attack]. The long spear in his hand wove several flowers like a wandering dragon, unpredictably stabbing forward.

Although his profession is a Knight, Motan’s skill set includes few skills that suit spear-type weapons, aside from Knight’s Techniques like [Tiger Spear], [Falcon Strike], and [Thorn Charge]. So after changing weapon forms, his skill choices are quite limited, and [Impact Piercing Attack] is one of the few skills he can use without collaborating with Wang Badan.

Three dark purple Light Arrows shot out in a triangular formation. Dabus was quick to respond; almost as soon as Motan moved forward, he reacted, trying to use [Corrosion Arrow] to neutralize the latter’s momentum. Meanwhile, Anthony raised his flaming warhammer, focusing his rarely clear eyes tightly on ’Brother Mor’, ready to strike at any moment.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Those three Corrosion Arrows were precisely detonated in the air in an instant, with the dark purple vapor scattering in the air and immediately left behind by Motan.

Impact Piercing Attack continued its advance!

[How can a mere low-rank skill have so much operational latitude... No, that wasn’t the skill’s own effect at all!]

Recognizing [Impact Piercing Attack], Dabus quickly deduced an incredible conclusion: it wasn’t the skill that shattered his three Corrosion Arrows but rather Motan’s normal attack during [Impact Piercing Attack]!

Motan exploited the characteristics of the long spear to perfection, rapidly executing three successive thrusts to precisely break the Corrosion Arrows, and those weapon flourishes were not for show. They were a mind-meltingly intricate detail, an intercepting starter move, knowing Dabus would use a fast mid-long range skill to counter!

Finally understanding what Motan did in those last two seconds, Dabus was shocked. Meanwhile, without much thought, Anthony reflexively swung his hammer to counter, but half-way into his swing, the belated white spear struck his wrist. While he sustained no damage, his attack angle was completely skewed.

Three meters!

Using a low-rank skill freely provided by the system when he first entered the game, Motan broke through to within three meters of Anthony Dubs, maintaining an uncomfortable distance for the latter, perfectly suited to his current advantage.

In an instant, the spear’s shadow shone like a rainbow!

Chapter 1203: End

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