Chapter 779 230: Record Broken, Special Opportunity
The development of players in Monster World can be divided into different play styles.
Exploration, fishing, hunting, Newbie Village championship, and so on.
Each play style has its own loyal fans, with many players even crossing over multiple styles.
For example, many players mainly play hunting but occasionally enjoy the fishing play style for leisure and entertainment.
Among these different styles, there is one that can be described as the Berserkers of the Player Corps, either fighting or on the way to fight.
Every day, they start at dawn waiting for the arena shuttle on the beach.
They focus on fighting as soon as they get in, and after losing a streak, they return to the village to train, ready for another day.
If they miss the shuttle, they'll go find monsters to battle.
They never complain about strong opponents, believing the key is to practice more if you're weak.
They specifically choose monsters stronger than themselves for hunting, constantly maxing out combat skills in each battle.
They are the group in Monster World most eager to progress, like a perpetual motion machine, always seeking ways to become stronger.
This is the competition faction of players, comparable to the play style of the Three Great Demon Sects.
A comment from a competition faction player on a forum post vividly describes this group, expressing:
"Hot-blooded fighting is a true man's romance. These days I dream of how to string combos more smoothly, dreaming of practicing skills, and the first thing I do when I wake up is hit a set of the latest combos, afraid that my hands will grow rusty."
This once niche group is growing larger as the player base increases.
Apart from players joining for the fun, true competition faction players are like they're addicted to combat.
Especially players from the Giant Python Clan and Night Demon Clan, who are mainstream within this group.
Everyone has different views on this group.
Some players think they are strong, while others think it's meaningless.
The most famous instance was when a player provoked on the forum, stating that the combat skills pursued by competition faction players are worthless, completely inferior to the directness of attribute overpowering.
Subsequently, this player challenged a competition faction player they disagreed with on the forum.
Ultimately, this battle took place on the Colorful Mist Coast beach.
Before the battle, both sides showcased their attribute panels, with the competition faction player's attributes significantly weaker.
However, the combat process was a one-sided crush, the competition faction player completely suppressing the provoking player and achieving a kill in a short time.
The competition faction player proved with facts that combat skills could bring the ability to crush ordinary players when attributes cannot absolutely overpower.
And the Phase Kill stands at the top of this play style, called the "Leader" by competition faction players.
His combat skills strategies and various real combat fighting videos have been widely spread on the forum after being edited.
Gaining many fans who love competition play style.
This time, Phase Kill entered the Ancient God Arena again, attracting a massive influx of players and spectators into his live broadcast room to watch.
At this time, Ancient God Arena (Death Arena).
The sixth duel officially begins.
Phase Kill and his opponent appear on the sixth level arena: Ice Prison Arena.
The field is wrapped in countless ice spikes, and the arena is forged from ice, with an ice throne at the front, emitting bone-chilling cold.
After the feeling of weightlessness dissipates, Phase Kill looks up at his opponent.
This time, the opponent stands nearly three meters tall, with a physique as imposing as a mountain, muscles twisted and knotted.
At a glance, it seems every muscle on its body holds explosive power.
Its skin is dark gray, covered with a thick, keratinized layer, wearing a heavy set of bronze-colored battle armor adorned with sharp spikes, standing there like a ferocious beast.
Both hands are adorned with huge metal arm guards, engraved with totems, emanating an overwhelming evil qi.
Decomposition sweep reveals information in his mind.
[Ren Bo (the Armor Evil Clan)]:
Hunting Level: 63
Target Decomposition: Clan Guardian Warrior of the Armor Evil Clan on Ascension Sea "Sorrowful Judgment Island", trained in Slaughter Skill since childhood.
...
Seeing the opponent's Hunting Level, Phase Kill puts away contempt, eyes becoming particularly serious.
This is precisely the battle he anticipated.
At that moment, Barbarian Slave's voice echoes above the arena.
Standing not far away, Ren Bo initiates an attack, body charging like an out-of-control chariot.
The massive metal arm guards bring a whistling wind sound, directly aiming at his head.
Faced with the sudden fierce offensive, Phase Kill does not evade, spreading his legs and slightly crouching, crossing his arms to protect his chest.
Battle Aura Attribute activates, red air flow bursts from the pores, enveloping the body.
Just as Ren Bo crashes into him, Phase Kill suddenly widens his eyes, Blood Rebound Soul Characteristic activates.
At the instant of body contact, the impact's power transforms into a blood-colored ripple, absorbing all the strength before suddenly rebounding.
Boom!
Ren Bo is instantly blasted away, armor on his body showing dense cracks.
This is the power of the Blood Rebound Soul, able to counter the opponent's output in a short time.
It is a defensive counterattack trait stronger than Life Connection.
The only downside is that it requires precise timing, and the Blood Reflection Effect's duration is short, needing a lot of Qi-Blood to maintain.
Ren Bo's body traces an arc in the air, slamming heavily onto the arena in a single-knee kneeling position, sliding back more than ten meters before stabilizing.
Roar!
Enduring the severe pain from the shattering armor, Ren Bo maintains a forward-leaning posture, violently lunging back with his right leg.
The body suddenly leaps back into action, charging forward again, dark gray eyes burning with intense rage, as if a provoked ancient giant beast.