Chapter 1 The First Battle

Seeing the list for the first battle, Zhao Yueru and Cao Chenghua both entered the arena.

Zhao Yueru was an Elementalist, and Cao Chenghua was a Berserker. There was almost no difference in their levels and equipment. Cao Chenghua was better in combat skills, but Zhao Yueru had an advantage in her class. The final outcome was completely uncertain, but Ling She and the others showed playful smiles, as if they were already sure of victory.

This made Bai Qingxue, who was watching from the sidelines, feel a little surprised.

Bai Qingxue knew very well what Cao Chenghua's level was. Although he was a little better than Zhao Yueru, it was limited. He could only make up for the gap brought about by the class. It was not easy to win.

Why were Ling She and the others so confident?

"Yueru, be careful. Cao Chenghua seems a little strange today. Don't let him get close." Bai Qingxue secretly warned.

"Yes, I know. Don't worry, for this duel, I specially did a high-level quest and got a powerful skill, which will definitely make Cao Chenghua suffer." Zhao Yueru replied with a relaxed smile.

Although Zhao Yueru appeared relaxed, she was extremely vigilant in her heart.

Although she was only in the first battle, it was also a very crucial one. If she won, then the entire competition would have more than 50% chance of winning.

"Brother Yefeng, is that Cao Chenghua very powerful?" Ziyan Liuyun looked at Cao Chenghua in the arena with confidence and couldn't help asking.

"He is a master, but he is not 100% sure of defeating Zhao Yueru. After all, the mentality and other factors during the battle may change the outcome." Shi Feng shook his head.

As the president of Snake Devourer, and with Snake Devourer mainly developing in the Star-Moon Kingdom, Shi Feng naturally collected a lot of information in his previous life, and he was very clear about Cao Chenghua's specific strength.

Just as Shi Feng and Ziyan Liuyun were secretly talking, the duel in the arena began.

Cao Chenghua started with a Fiery Charge, followed by a Head-on Blow, without any reservations, going all out, like a beast, baring its fangs and claws.

Zhao Yueru naturally would not let Cao Chenghua get close. She chanted a spell and waved her staff with one hand, and quickly wrote divine runes with the other. When Cao Chenghua rushed to within 20 yards of Zhao Yueru, an Ice Sphere blocked Cao Chenghua's path. If he was hit by the Ice Sphere, the damage caused was secondary. The problem was that his movement speed would be greatly reduced.

After all, the mobility of a Berserker was not very good.

So the basic tactic for an Elementalist to deal with a Berserker was kiting.

Cao Chenghua reacted quickly and immediately made a sharp turn, bypassing from the right. However, immediately after, a series of Ice Arrows shot over. Cao Chenghua smiled contemptuously, waved the Dark-Gold Greatsword in his hand, and shattered all the flying Ice Arrows, and rushed up again.

However, Zhao Yueru seemed to have been prepared for this. With a wave of her staff, she released an Ice Dragon Break at Cao Chenghua. A huge dragon bit at Cao Chenghua, and then used an Ice Wall to block Cao Chenghua's surroundings.

"Break!" Cao Chenghua held the sword with both hands and swung it violently at the ice dragon, using a One-Word Slash.

However, at the moment when the ice dragon shattered, Cao Chenghua's body was also covered with a layer of frost, and his movement speed was greatly reduced. Immediately after, three Ice Spears appeared. Cao Chenghua wanted to use his sword to resist, but the frost effect on his body greatly reduced his speed. He only blocked one of them, and was directly hit by the remaining two Ice Spears.

-215, -221 two damages directly popped up from Cao Chenghua's head.

However, Cao Chenghua at level 24 had 3320 HP. These two attacks only took away a little more than 10% of his HP.

Cao Chenghua frowned slightly, not understanding why the Ice Dragon still had a freezing effect even though it was shattered.

"It seems that the new move works well." Zhao Yueru was very satisfied with the previous attack. Ice Dragon Break was the advanced skill she learned.

Ordinary magic attacks could be resisted, but Ice Dragon Break was somewhat different. Even if it was blocked, although there was no damage, there was still a slowing effect, lasting for 5 seconds, which was a very useful skill for dealing with Berserkers.

Now that Cao Chenghua was slowed down, Zhao Yueru naturally wouldn't be polite. She first used an Ice Ring, which froze the slowed Cao Chenghua, and then a magic circle appeared around Zhao Yueru, with five face-sized fireballs surrounding Zhao Yueru.

"Go!"

Zhao Yueru used Flame Barrage and bombarded him again.

Ice Spears were quick attack magic, with speed but no power, so Cao Chenghua didn't feel much pain after being hit twice, but being hit by Flame Barrage would at least take away most of Cao Chenghua's life.

Cao Chenghua was frozen in place at this time and could not move. Facing the bombardment of five big fireballs, he could not dodge them all.

"Great, we've won this time." Xiong She shouted excitedly.

Seeing that the five big fireballs were about to hit, Cao Chenghua's skin suddenly turned red, his body grew larger, and the frozen ice under his feet instantly shattered. No one thought that Cao Chenghua had even learned a skill to remove restrictions.

Cao Chenghua roared, waved his two-handed greatsword, and rushed towards the nearest fireball, slashing it in half with one strike. The remaining four fireballs also brushed past Cao Chenghua's body, only causing a small amount of damage of more than one hundred points each.

Breaking through the attack of Flame Barrage, Cao Chenghua was only 8 yards away from Zhao Yueru. He suddenly jumped up, used Death Leap to come to Zhao Yueru's side, and used Thunder Strike and a turning Cleave. Zhao Yueru was caught off guard and quickly used Blink, but she was still a little slow. Not only was she slowed down by Thunder Strike, but she was also hit by Cleave.

More than 902 points of the 2600 HP were instantly reduced. This was because Zhao Yueru had been wearing a Magic Shield, which could absorb a certain amount of damage. Otherwise, a Cleave would have taken away most of Zhao Yueru's life.

However, as soon as Zhao Yueru used Blink to move 15 yards away from Cao Chenghua, Cao Chenghua used Second Charge and approached quickly.

Zhao Yueru waved her staff, and a series of Ice Spears shot out, forcing Cao Chenghua to use his sword to resist, greatly reducing his speed. Zhao Yueru pulled away while using Ice Wall and Ice Sphere to restrict him.

However, Zhao Yueru's speed was also slowed down by Thunder Strike, so she didn't move very fast.

And the enlarged Cao Chenghua was immune to slowing skills, so he rushed straight at Zhao Yueru. He used Triple Slash, and three crescent-shaped sword lights flew past. Zhao Yueru had no way to use Ice Shield to resist, so she jumped up, dodging Triple Slash.

However, Cao Chenghua seemed to have seen through half of it, and rushed to the position where Zhao Yueru dodged in advance, and swung his greatsword violently.

One-Word Slash!

Zhao Yueru knew she couldn't dodge, and the Blink magic was still on cooldown and needed some time. She could only use her staff to resist.

Although the strength of magic classes was very weak, using a weapon to resist attacks could greatly reduce the damage they received. What's more, she also had a Magic Shield. As long as she blocked two attacks, she could use Blink to escape. The duration of Cao Chenghua's restriction removal skill would not last too long.

Moreover, Zhao Yueru had already seen through the trajectory of this sword, and it was easy to use her staff to resist. Maybe she could also use the force to pull away.

However, after the Zhan Tie (lit. Iron Cutting) Greatsword landed on the staff, Zhao Yueru didn't feel any force on her hands.

Instead, the Zhan Tie Greatsword appeared on the side of Zhao Yueru's abdomen at some point, shattering the magic shield with one sword and landing on Zhao Yueru's body.