Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 266 - 264 Spectator Mode On
Chapter 266: Chapter 264: Spectator Mode On
Chapter 266: Chapter 264: Spectator Mode On
Exhilarating, thrilling…
Caramel found it impossible to describe his feelings at the moment, as he had been dueling with Thorne for three minutes already.
In those three minutes, their fight had seemed even to him, although he had only managed to hit Thorne four times, reducing nearly two thousand of Thorne’s health points.
Thorne’s total health was only thirty thousand, and his resistance and defensive power were so low they hardly seemed fitting for a level sixty-five NPC.
Thus, Caramel was certain that if Thorne took one set of skills above level forty-five, he would instantly burst dead. As for awakening, well, the Sword Saint’s awakening was too slow; Caramel dared not use it in front of Thorne.
But that was also what had Caramel shaking with excitement, as if he were on the world finals stage, his heart rate skyrocketing to one hundred forty beats per minute!
The sensation was like dancing a tap dance on the edge of a knife. Thorne could instantly kill him, and he could do the same to Thorne if he seized the chance.
Yet Thorne did not give him that opportunity. Caramel’s health, which was close to twenty thousand, was now down to the last seven hundred, and Thorne could slash him to death with just two swings of his branch.
“Fuck… how’s Caramel’s health so low already?”
“What health? Ah? How come Caramel only has two thousand health left? Wasn’t it an even fight?”
“Even fight my ass… This NPC is so strong.”
Players surrounding the arena were hooked, watching intently. Those who were impatient to challenge next had already been absorbed into the riveting duel happening on the stage.
The duel between Caramel and Thorne was like a martial arts swordfight choreographed by a master-level director. The movements during the fight were splendidly deadly, with a rhythm of attacks that was mesmerizing yet stirred up the crowd into cheers over a thrilling move.
“I feel like this is even more exciting than the Global Dispute Finals.”
“Have you ever seen Caramel get beaten at the Global Finals?”
“Ah? When has my Caramel ever been in the Global Finals?”
Shut up! Don’t mention it anymore!
Pushed to the edge of the arena by Thorne, Caramel just caught the surrounding players’ discussions, and only then did he realize…
He was actually being utterly crushed by Thorne?
Caramel finally snapped out of it. Throughout the three minutes of combat, his mind had been filled only with how to block Thorne’s attacks, counterattack, and hit Thorne himself.
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He had had no energy to think about anything else. But now, coming back to his senses, he realized… he seemed to have embarrassed himself in front of all these players.
Determined for a final effort, Caramel released his Phantom Sword Dance in the instant his Five Consecutive Sword Drawings left his hand, turning the stage into a sea of sword light.
A regular player couldn’t control the swing of each sword in Phantom Sword Dance. Caramel could, but he didn’t bother because he knew even controlled swings would be dodged by Thorne.
At that point, it was better to go with a random swordsmanship.
When Phantom Sword Dance ended, Caramel could no longer see Thorne’s figure on the stage. He didn’t know when Thorne had moved to his side. By the time Caramel realized, Thorne had already swung his branch again, delivering four precise, fatal blows that cleared Caramel’s remaining two thousand health.
Caramel was transported out of the arena, and a crowd immediately surrounded him.
“How does it feel? Was he tough?” Bubble hurriedly asked.
As a fanatical player for Cola and one of the few club players who could participate in the All-Star game, if even Caramel lost, it seemed like there weren’t many in their club who could defeat this NPC.
“I’m thoroughly convinced I lost,” Caramel said. “This NPC doesn’t have those headache-inducing mechanisms like bosses in instances do, such as super armor, immunity, or hard control… His health is low enough that any proper skill or an awakening could instantly defeat him, but he’s just impossible to hit.”
“I figured, that boss must have some mechanism that allows him to dodge one hundred percent of the time,” Bubble, though a noob, had a keen eye.
Caramel didn’t know how to answer his club president. He got up from the ground and lined up again to duel with Thorne. Meanwhile, the stage welcomed its third challenger, Can Xin.
Can Xin thought just like Bubble. If this guy inherently had a one hundred percent dodge buff, then bombarding him with area-of-effect (AOE) skills within the arena was the way to go.
Elemental Mages, like Can Xin, were never short on large AOE skills, so without further ado, he tossed out an awakening… Meteor Destruction.
The range of Meteor Destruction was enough to cover the entire stage, leaving Thorne with nowhere to flee… and then Can Xin was carried off the stage.
Can Xin, after releasing the awakening, hadn’t even had time to process how he’d died, his less than ten thousand health turned to zero in a sequence of health reductions.
“Avenge me!” Can Xin, as he was carried away, just happened to pass by Mo Shigui and said with some reluctance.
“President Can Xin, you’re really terrible. Caramel lasted three minutes, and you were carried away in five seconds,” Mama Has a Dog mercilessly said to Can Xin.
“Damn damn damn! You think you’re so great, why don’t you try it yourself!”
Hearing this taunt, Can Xin immediately sprang up like a carp and started to exchange insults with Mama Has a Dog.
Mo Shigui chose to block out the current channel’s player chat and once again turned his attention to the stage, where the fourth player had just entered. This player was a no-name passerby.
“Rain Song, what do you think?”
At this moment, Mo Shigui asked Rain Song, who was in charge of studying instances in the guild.
Rain Song had once been a professional player and both had exceptional talents in tactics—Mo Shigui excelling in live command and Rain Song in post-match data analysis.
“Let’s wait and see,” Rain Song said.
The fourth player lasted a bit longer, about a minute, before being defeated by Thorne. Just as the fifth player was about to enter the stage, they found that Thorne’s challenge was in cooldown.
Actually, Thorne hadn’t had breakfast yet. Though the Eternals were immortal, they too needed to absorb energy to move; otherwise, they would fall into a deep sleep.
Thorne’s food consisted of various energy-imbued Crystals; the main crystal of Biland Island could also serve as his breakfast.
After watching Thorne eat his breakfast for over twenty minutes, the players observed as he finally absorbed the ‘fuel’ he needed for his activities, ready to face the fifth challenger’s trial.
The fifth spirit was Black Pot Cooked Meat, who was a nuclear bouncing. The fight between Black Pot Cooked Meat and Thorne resembled that with Caramel.
However, Black Pot Cooked Meat was past his prime, struggling to keep up with Thorne’s movements. After nearly a minute of fighting, Black Pot Cooked Meat managed to hit Thorne only once, reducing his health by 700 points before resentfully being carried out of the arena.
This one-sided technical overpowering continued for a full half-hour, with Thorne defeating thirteen players in succession. During these fights, his health only dropped by six thousand points.
“I once heard from my friend who plays Go that their professional circles were almost dominated by an AI known as ‘Gamma Dog’. I wonder if we are about to be dominated by an AI too,” Mama Has a Dog said with a tremble in his voice.
“It’s a disgrace… Among these thirteen, there were at least four professional players and two high-scoring amateurs. All dominated by a single AI…”
The inclusion of AI in gaming competition was a project developed years ago when players were still using keyboards and mice. As time passed, these AIs became smarter, and the project more sophisticated; many professional players experienced brutal defeats at the hands of computer AIs.
VR games, due to their complexity, did not yet have AIs developed specifically to defeat professional players, but now it seemed they were suddenly facing one?
“He has a weakness,” Rain Song suddenly said.
Before Mo Shigui could ask Rain Song what the weakness was, Furry Rabbit came up and sent a Tencent Live webpage to both Mo Shigui and Rain Song.
“President, president! The doors to Prosperous Square have opened in the real world, look at this!” Furry Rabbit pointed at the live broadcast.
The live footage showed Thorne standing right in the center of Prosperous Square, with a player suddenly appearing opposite him.
In Mo Shigui’s view, that player had just walked onto the competition stage.
The title of the live room was ‘Live broadcast of Prosperous Square’s first open holographic projection experience.’
Holographic projection? In the real world, does the area with holographic projection reflect the scenery from inside the game world?
Mo Shigui glanced at the other side of the stage at Bubble, who had many questions he wanted to ask, but now was not the time.
“This… How can the stage appear in the real world? With holographic projection… Doesn’t this mean we’ll be embarrassed in front of so many fans?” Mama Has a Dog moaned upon seeing the live broadcast.
“What’s there to fear? It’s not just our guild that will be embarrassed,” Lazy Lazy said.
The fact that Prosperous Square’s holographic projection live broadcast could also show the battles of Spirits in the game world really took Mo Shigui by surprise, but upon further thought, Prosperous Square had made a quick one or two million doing this.
Now, the broadcasting rights for the professional leagues are worth at least two to three million. Among those lining up to challenge Thorne were many well-known professional players from the conflicts.
Even though these players were Spirits, their die-hard fans didn’t mind what game their heroes were playing, as long as they fought spectacularly.
The battles of the Spirits were indeed spectacular, so Mo Shigui watched the live stream, noticing the crowd at Prosperous Square visibly growing at a rapid pace.
