Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 72: Chapter 71: Special Attack Methods

Two hours later…

Mo Shigui believed that Saint Spirit’s combat system was already quite rich, and it could even be said to be one of the most free in VR online games, as players could attack using various imaginative methods.

The most basic was to throw a bottle of oil on the ground and then ignite it with flame Magic, a common way for player skills to interact with the game environment for extended attacks. @@novelbin@@

Saint Spirit fully expanded on this concept, where acid rain could corrode the walls in an instance causing a massive collapse, or with mechanical enemies, one could simply destroy their core for an instant kill, and other mechanisms close to reality.

The most astonishing thing Mo Shigui experienced was during a fight in the Black Dragon Nest, where the assassin and the Wandering Gunman, two extremely agile professions, could even jump onto the back of the Black Dragon Princess to attack.

And today, this Wolf Knight told Mo Shigui… what a BOSS battle you’ve never played before was like.

Mo Shigui was currently hanging on the Wolf Knight’s Longsword, pierced by it ten seconds ago… And he wasn’t the only one impaled, another Shield Warrior from the Dancing Nuclear Guild, whose ID was Dagger, was also run through.

“Guild Leader, what a coincidence… you’re hanging on the BOSS’s blade too,” Dagger still found the mood to chat with Mo Shigui at this time.

“…”

Mo Shigui didn’t speak, while the Wolf Knight was still swinging his Longsword. Soon, the Wolf Knight caught his third prey, a Swordsman player from the Dancing Nuclear Guild…

Before the Swordsman could raise his sword to block, the Wolf Knight pierced through his chest with the Longsword, achieving the feat of skewering three in a row.

“You’ve come too,” Dagger said to the Swordsman player.

But their greetings were cut short when the Wolf Knight let out another horrifying roar and raised his Longsword, smashing it towards the fourth Shield Warrior from the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

“This BOSS must be poisoned!”

This fourth Shield Warrior was none other than ‘Mama Has a Dog’. He raised his shield to block, only to watch helplessly as the BOSS slapped his guild leader’s body against his face.

One smash was not enough; the Wolf Knight furiously hit him four more times with his Longsword. Finally, under Mo Shigui’s despondent expression, the Wolf Knight delivered the fifth and last blow.

-3101.

A new number appeared above Mo Shigui’s head, and his health points were once again reduced to zero, along with Dagger and the Swordsman.

However, at the moment his health points reached zero, the healer players in the raid team immediately cast the Resurrection Technique on them.

“Guild… Guild Leader… I’m feeling a bit 3D sick, what should I do?” Dagger got up from the ground after being resurrected, covering his mouth. The experience of hanging on the BOSS’s blade was akin to a thrilling roller coaster ride.

This made Dagger, a seasoned VR player, begin to feel a bit of 3D sickness.

“Hold it in!”

Mo Shigui felt humiliated at that moment. He, the esteemed guild leader of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, having played VR games for almost ten years, had killed perhaps over a hundred thousand BOSSes in his lifetime.

He could accept being wiped out by several of the BOSS’s powerful AOE abilities, but this experience of being grabbed by the BOSS to be used as a weapon to smash his teammates was a first.

Moreover, this was his second death, and if he died a third time, the amulet given by Fureya would shatter.

Mo Shigui didn’t care much about the amulet shattering, but from the fourth death onwards, he would have to be careful.

The Corpse Curse would reduce his level to forty-nine, and though he could still wear his equipment, its attributes would decrease significantly, which would be fatal for the tense progress through the instance.

But Mo Shigui wouldn’t let a third death occur.

“Watch out for his throwing skills! And the black fog on the ground! Start running! Run even when casting! Velveteen Rabbit! Position four! Mage output squadron, seven!”

Mo Shigui continued to issue commands in an orderly fashion. After two hours of engagement, the elite strike team of Dancing Nuclear Guild had already reduced the Wolf Knight’s health by nearly a million.

The Wolf Knight’s moves were more unpredictable than other rational knights, but most of his attacks were throws, such as grabbing a player and hurling them at another player.

Over the span of two hours, Mo Shigui had completely mastered the Wolf Knight’s attack patterns. As soon as the Wolf Knight made certain initial movements, Mo Shigui could immediately infer what the beast intended to do next.

The players of the Dancing Nuclear strike team were all elites, capable of not only executing Mo Shigui’s commands to perfection but also reacting instantly to the situation at hand.

When the Wolf Knight charged towards the highest output Mages, he raised his longsword to strike. In that instant, a pale golden Telekinesis Energy Shield lit up; the longsword hacked against it, creating cracks on the shield’s surface that instantly shattered.

As the shield shattered, the Wolf Knight tried to swing his longsword a second time but was met with a ferocious tiger made of telekinetic energy instead.

The tiger pounced directly on the Wolf Knight, momentarily jostling the massive body off balance.

This telekinetic tiger was summoned by Zhao Mingwei, whose duty was to protect the fragile Mage outputs. With him present, the Wolf Knight at least couldn’t instantly take down the guild’s squishy roles.

“Sniper team!” Mo Shigui commanded another subgroup through voice chat. This was a team he had formed on the fly after studying the boss mechanics of the Holy Spirits, focusing primarily on long-range, high-precision skills.

Their main responsibility was Armor Break. The armor on all bosses in the Holy Spirits could be shattered, as with dragons it was the dragon scales. Hence the Wolf Knight’s armor would break if it was struck repeatedly in the same spot.

“Hit!”

That was Lin Xi’s responsibility with his Daydreaming ability—conjuring a Laser Cannon in his hand. The cannon, once charged up, fired a laser interlaced with red and blue light.

Made of highly concentrated Magic Power particles, the laser struck the Wolf Knight’s chest plate with precision, and cracks began to form on it under the laser’s impact.

Over the course of two hours, Lin Xi had hit the Wolf Knight’s same spot with several spells.

“Armor’s broken! Increase output.”

Mo Shigui blocked the Wolf Knight’s furious swipe with his shield. Having spent two whole hours mastering the boss’s attack patterns, he believed that at this rate they would become the first to conquer this battle of divinity within four hours!

This was a good thought, but as the Wolf Knight let out a terrifying roar for the second time, suddenly “Your Mum Will Die Tonight” cast a Heavenly Thunder that flattened the Wolf Knight to the ground.

“Velveteen Rabbit, put on the Power Blessing… What’s happening?!” Mo Shigui called for the Priest squadron to apply the offensive BUFF to all members when he saw that Velveteen Rabbit’s health bar had emptied, and the health of several Priests accompanying him was also rapidly declining.

“Guild Leader! Another BOSS has intruded!” Velveteen Rabbit shouted in voice chat.

Another BOSS?

Mo Shigui was stunned for a moment, but in the next second, he saw his own health rapidly depleting. He looked down at his chest in disbelief.

A blade had penetrated his armor and pierced his heart, ignoring the protection it offered. Mo Shigui turned his head to see a figure wearing a pure white mask emerging behind him.

‘You have been killed by the Wasp Knight.’

This prompt popped up in Mo Shigui’s message bar. He fell to the ground, his vision gradually fading into darkness. In the last moments before being engulfed by darkness, he saw Fureya’s amulet in his hand. The surface of the amulet started to crack and ultimately shattered into pieces, falling to the ground.

Mo Shigui opened his mouth wanting to say something but found he could not make a sound, until his vision was completely consumed by darkness.