Chapter 112 Beginning with You

"Alright, next... let's start with you..."

The aftershocks of the light burst had yet to dissipate, but Lute had already turned her gaze back to the nearby players.

"Honghu." Lute directly called out a player's ID. "Overall... you seem like a good choice."

Honghu's eyes flickered slightly. "What do you want?"

"Cut off his hands and feet and set him aside for now." Lute didn't answer Honghu's question, but instead calmly issued another command to Kwai Duo.

"You think we'll let you do as you please!"

With a sudden step of the Ru Yun Step, Corpse Blade as King had already reached Lute's side.

The tip of the long halberd howled like a mad dragon.

"Oh?" As Lute turned her face, the halberd's edge just happened to swipe past, severing her head and sending it flying into the air.

"Not bad..." Lute's head was still talking in mid-air.

"I knew it wouldn't be that easy..." Corpse Blade as King snorted coldly, immediately changing his footwork three times and continuing his attack with the halberd.

Three purple crescent blades chased after the flying head, striking directly at Lute's head.

"I'll obliterate you!" Corpse Blade as King shouted sharply.

After releasing the ranged attack, he didn't stop, immediately retreating more than ten feet, creating distance, and attacking again with his halberd.

Swish, swish, swish—the continuous strikes brought with them a series of whooshing sounds.

An ultimate move appeared suddenly, the halberd's shadow flitting about, earth-shattering.

[Name: Turning Clouds Rolling Thousands]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Combat]

[Effect: Unleashes a wave-like series of multiple strikes against a target directly in front (must be activated with a long-handled weapon, one-hour cooldown).]

[Consumption: 20% of maximum Stamina]

[Learning Requirements: Combat Specialization A]

[Note: This move was created by the famous Jianghu Flying Cloud Staff Monk. Because this style has immense power and needlessly causes slaughter, the monk did not pass it on to future generations. After his death, this move disappeared from the martial world.]

In fact, Corpse Blade as King's own martial arts were very powerful, not inferior to experts like Knife Sword Smile at all. It was only when dueling with Scumbag Uncle that he seemed a little weak.

At this moment, without using any studio drugs, he seemed to be venting all the pressure from his life and the game... relying on a burst of brute force, he frantically thrust his halberd, actually turning the Lute in front of him into something resembling a sieve.

"Ah—" Corpse Blade as King roared as he unleashed his skill, suddenly pushing its power to the limit. His eyes were bloodshot from killing, and his face was full of ferocity. That momentum... seemed like he wouldn't stop until he had smashed the opponent into dust.

At the same time, Lute's head, which had been flying in the air, was also struck by the three purple lights, exploding with a bang and turning into nothing.

This scene caused j1-Kwai Duo to stop. He had already rushed to within ten meters of Honghu, but the powerful attack on Lute in the distance couldn't help but make Kwai Duo feel worried.

"Strange... it's different from the last time he used it..." Scumbag Uncle thought to himself suspiciously.

Among those present, Scumbag Uncle was undoubtedly the one who knew this move best besides Corpse Blade as King, because he himself had received the "Turning Clouds Rolling Thousands" twice. Once was in the previous slaughter game, and the other was in this Peak Tournament.

The problem was... the power of this move shouldn't be so exaggerated. If you were to compare it, it was about the same power as Lament of Flowers' "Eight-Phase Blast" in the [Soul Advent] state.

But the Corpse Blade as King in front of him was clearly using an even stronger move.

Similar... but stronger... this was because, under this rare and unrepeatable opportunity, Corpse Blade as King had comprehended an S-level skill... and at the same time as he unleashed this S-level skill, he had also raised his Combat Specialization to S-level, becoming the first player in the game to break through S-level Specialization.

Taking this opportunity, let's fully display the Specialization Levels in Thriller Paradise, and their details:

nA: None, completely ignorant, unable to use skills of this type.

f: Extremely Poor, close to none. At this level, you can use skills of this type, 20% success rate.

e: Poor, entry level. At this level, the success rate of this type of skill is 40%.

d: Unskilled, slightly below ordinary level, but stronger than entry-level. At this level, the success rate of this type of skill is 60%.

C: Ordinary, basically mastered this ability. At this level, the success rate of this type of skill is 75%.

B: Skilled, better than ordinary level, extremely high success rate when using skills. At this level, the success rate of this type of skill is 90%.

A: Proficient, has a chance to comprehend skills of this type on their own. At this level, the success rate of this type of skill is 100%.

s: Transcendent, a level that can only be reached by obtaining special items, completing special quests, or triggering hidden storylines. At this level, using skills of this type can be accompanied by character-specific effects. There is no upper limit to the number of exclusive effects, and one can choose which to use if there is more than one.

Because he had just broken through to this realm, Corpse Blade as King didn't have time to attach his character-specific effect to the skill, but his skill had already been upgraded.

Just like Feng Bujue's [Sloppy Repair] being upgraded to [Not-So-Sloppy Repair], his [Turning Clouds Rolling Thousands] had also changed.

[Name: Turning Clouds Rolling Myriad]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Combat]

[Effect: Unleashes a wave-like series of multiple strikes against a target directly in front (must be activated with a long-handled weapon, one-hour cooldown).]

[Consumption: 40% of maximum Stamina]

[Learning Requirements: Combat Specialization s]

[Note: A powerful martial skill created by the Flying Cloud Staff Monk and improved by Corpse Blade as King. The move is like a raging tidal wave, exploiting every weakness, gathering the essence of violence, ferocity, speed, and force. Its power is enough to split rocks and shatter gold, smashing opponents to pieces.]

Swish, swish, swish—

The sounds of the continuous strikes finally slowed down, and Corpse Blade as King heard several system prompts in his ears, but he basically didn't pay attention to what the voice was saying. All of his essence, energy, and spirit were poured into that burst of attacks just now.

"Haa... haa..." The technique stopped, and he supported himself on the ground with one hand on the halberd, swaying before finally standing firm. "Won... won!"

Perhaps, in his heart, what he had shattered wasn't just an enemy, but many other things as well...

Chh—

The sound of a sword piercing flesh rose again.

Kwai Duo, who had launched a counterattack, beheaded Corpse Blade as King, who had already lost his ability to resist.

Although he had died... his face had a relieved expression, as if saying: Brothers, I can only help you this far.

"Meddling..." Lute's voice sounded again.

Of course, she wasn't dead, but... she had shed another layer of mutated form.

The eighth form at this moment seemed no different from the ninth form just now. She was still in a state similar to a liquid metal person, except that the metallic luster on the surface of her body was slightly dimmer.

This difference in reflectivity couldn't be distinguished by the naked eye. None of the surviving players present had the ability to observe the world through data. Therefore, in their eyes, Lute had been resurrected on the spot with full health.

"He's also a good material..." Lute moved her gaze to Corpse Blade as King's corpse, and she actually said this sentence with a regretful tone.

"I just..." j1-Kwai Duo seemed to want to explain a few words, but the words came to his lips and were swallowed back down. In the end, he still said, "Sorry... I was too meddlesome..."

"Whatever... there's plenty of material anyway." Lute seemed very satisfied with Kwai Duo's reaction. It's unknown what she would have done if Kwai Duo had really tried to argue.

"Keep going, what are you waiting for?" Lute continued, "Do I have to do everything myself?"

"Understood." Kwai Duo responded and left, once again rushing towards Honghu.

"A scholar may be killed..." Honghu had already drawn his longbow a moment ago, and the blue light reappeared, "...but not humiliated!"

He originally thought this guy was going to say some kind of imposing line, but it turned out he just didn't want to have his limbs chopped off...

"Hahahaha..." A long laugh pierced the sky, "Saying a line like that, can you still call yourself a 'scholar'?"

Whoosh— Boom!

A streak of crimson light, like a meteor chasing the moon, a meteorite falling to earth... slammed heavily onto j1-Kwai Duo's path.

The ground was smashed into a pit about five meters in radius, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose by more than ten degrees.

A strong man slowly stood up from the pit.

"It's you..." j1-Kwai Duo said in a deep voice. His eyes showed that he knew the other party, and... the newcomer wasn't friendly.

"That's right! It's me!" The man cupped his hands in a flower-like shape, brushed his short hair upwards, opened his arms, and struck a fighting stance.

"Who is this guy..." All the players present were asking this question in their hearts.

"You must all be thinking... 'Who is this guy?' Right?" The man turned his head slightly, looked at the players behind him, and said, "Remember this big爷's name..." He raised his right hand in front of him, extended a thumb, and pointed to his face, "k1-Iron Red!" (chi tie)

"Huh?"

Although Iron Red had introduced himself, it only made the players even more puzzled... judging from the name, wasn't this guy a Derivative?

"Don't worry, I'm on your side." Iron Red said, turning his gaze back to Kwai Duo in front of him, "Hey, Hobbit, you were one step ahead of me last time. This time, I'm level one too, how about we play again?"

"I... hate... others... calling... me..." Kwai Duo said word by word, gnashing his teeth, "Hobbit!" He raised his swords high and roared loudly, but because of his small stature, it didn't have much imposing force...

"Then what should I call you? Goblin Thief? Gnome Rogue? (These two terms refer to the same thing, but they are translated differently in different regions.)" Iron Red laughed.

Kwai Duo's eyebrows stood on end with anger. He raised one hand and pulled down the goggles on his forehead, putting them on his eyes: "Watch me kill you with supersonic speed!"

Iron Red grinned, and the fighting spirit around him suddenly increased: "Come on! Who's afraid of who!"