Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Banning killed the Skeleton Leader instantly with one move, Adela would only think it was natural.

But at this moment, Adela saw a surprised expression on Benning's face. This was the first time he had such a reaction since the start of the fight.

"Adela, the situation has changed, hide behind me!"

This was the first time that Banning had spoken to Adela about battle strategies since the battle began, which made Adela realize that there were situations beyond Banning's expectations.

Suddenly, the White Wolf Girl's calm mood became tense.

But what had happened that was beyond Banning's expectations? Adela looked around the room and didn't notice anything unusual.

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It was normal for Adela not to notice anything unusual, because only Jiang Ran and the "person involved" knew about this "anomaly".

In this tactical strategy, there was one thing that Jiang Ran was always worried about, and just now, the thing he was worried about happened:

Due to killing a large number of other skeleton monsters, "Skeleton King's Former Swordsman·Nameless" was upgraded from level 200 to level 201.

Generally speaking, only one level up is not a big deal, but the level from 200 to 201 is not ordinary, because this "level" means that the "Nameless Swordsman" has advanced from the fifth level to the sixth level.

Compared to humans, monsters have the characteristic of being able to advance without going through advancement trials.

And in this "tower" isolated from the outside world, this characteristic has become a unique advantage.

At this moment, according to the information identified by Jiang Ran, the former "Skeleton King's Former Swordsman·Nameless" has been upgraded to "Skeleton Sword Saint·Nameless", and the original five skills have also increased to six.

This new sixth-level skill will undoubtedly bring huge changes to the upcoming battle.

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(That move, 'White Bone Style: Thousand Slashes in a Moment', was already so outrageous... and now there's a new sixth-tier skill...)

Jiang Ran swallowed his saliva. He felt that if he hadn't had the "fearless heart" to support him, he would have panicked by now.

While the Skeleton Sword Saint seemed to be still adapting to his new class abilities, he took Adela and tried to distance himself from the enemy, but always kept within the range where he could read the Skeleton Sword Saint's mind.

At this moment, Jiang Ran's heart skipped a beat as he realized another piece of bad news: the mind-reading ability of the Super-Dimensional Divine Eye could only read objects below level 200. This meant that in the next battle, Jiang Ran would no longer be able to read the thoughts of the "Skeleton Sword Saint".

(Damn it, this is really like adding insult to injury...)

Jiang Ran felt that he might not be able to save Adela's life. The possibility of his victory had been compressed to a level close to zero.

Before this battle started, the purpose of Adela's survival was to help Jiang Ran increase his chances of passing the level boss' room. However, when the battle reached this point, Jiang Ran actually no longer had much reason to continue protecting Adela.

If there was any reason why Adela couldn't die, it would be the fact that "there are only 3 days left before her confession of death."

And Jiang Ran used this as a 'reason' to do his utmost to protect Adela's safety.

At this moment, Jiang Ran finally understood why Kenroshi Okami's "wish" allowed him to enter the "Tower". Perhaps he was really the most suitable person to rescue Adela.

(There's no other choice, let's fight to the bitter end...!)

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Just now, Jiang Ran made a difficult decision.

But if he could read the mind of the "Skeleton Sword Saint", he would probably slap himself.

The "Skeleton Sword Saint" who had just been promoted to the sixth level naturally understood that he had mastered a new skill, and he also knew that this new skill was called "Time Stop Slash", which was the ultimate skill that could definitely end the battle.

However, the Skeleton Sword Saint was unable to use the new skill immediately. The reason was very simple: it no longer had enough stamina.

If the "Skeleton Sword Saint" must use this "Time Stop Slash" to kill the human boy, then there is only one way to do it.

8.134 - Time Stop Slash

The combat system of "Skeleton Sword Saint" is based on "endurance".

Not only does it have the ability to directly reduce the enemy's stamina, but it can also restore its own stamina through the skill effect of the divine weapon "Soul Blade Tachi: Soul Slash".

After advancing to the sixth level, the Skeleton Sword Saint's newly acquired skill, "Time Stop Slash," requires a whopping 4000 points of stamina, and it had already squandered its stamina to less than points in the previous battle.

In order to end the battle with this "guaranteed skill", the "Skeleton Sword Master", who had been fighting actively, decided to slow down the pace of attack and wait for the cooldown of the two skills of the Soul Blade to end.

As long as he can use "Soul Slash Mode" and "Soul Flash" again, the "Skeleton Sword Saint" can gain a lot of stamina from other skeleton monsters, and then use the new skill "Time Stop Slash" to kill the human boy.

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As for attacking the white wolf girl to expose the human boy's weakness?

The Skeleton Sword Master will continue to do so, but will not use this fighting style as the real killer move to decide the outcome.

——(The cooldown time is still over a minute... Human, your death is already counting down.)

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Ever since the advancement of the "Skeleton Sword Saint", Jiang Ran has been in a tense state. He doesn't know what form this boss's new skills will take.

However, the movement pattern of the Skeleton Sword Saint was the opposite of what Jiang Ran had worried about. It gradually slowed down, as if it no longer had any hostility towards Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran certainly wouldn't let his guard down because of this. He thought that the sudden change in the Skeleton Sword Saint's action mode must be related to his new skills. The reason why he slowed down was either to lower Jiang Ran's vigilance or to buy time and wait for something.

If that’s the case, Jiang Ran can’t let it get what it wants!

However... although he thought so, when Jiang Ran really wanted to fight a desperate battle, his current combat capability was stretched to the limit and he was short of money.

If Jiang Ran dared to rush up and fight the "Skeleton Sword Saint" in close combat, he would only die faster.

The gap in strength between the two sides cannot be filled by something as illusory as "momentum".

The only thing Jiang Ran can truly place his hope on now is still his own brain.

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In the boss's room, Jiang Ran used his "all-round vision" to examine everything he could use, and finally set his sights on a certain monster.

In the previous battle, Jiang Ran had always avoided provoking these guys because they had a troublesome skill.

But in extreme circumstances, perhaps these guys' skills can have unexpected effects.

(No...it's best if such "extreme situations" don't happen.)

Jiang Ran collected his scattered thoughts and focused his attention on the vitality of the "Skeleton Sword Saint".

How to get rid of this guy's remaining 5731 points of vitality (12500/) as quickly as possible is what he needs to consider now.

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In the boss's room, the "Skeleton Sword Saint" was leisurely chasing the human boy and the white wolf girl.

In order to hide its intention of delaying time, it would use the "Flying Swallow Slash" from time to time, but most of its attention was focused on observation, so as not to be fooled by the human boy's tricks again.

It can now feel that its vitality is less than half left. If it is accidentally injured by the moves of its skeleton companions, it will be dangerous.

——(40 seconds left…)

The Skeleton Sword Saint had now come to terms with the fact that his long-range attacks could not hit the human boy and the white wolf girl. He vaguely sensed that the human boy should be able to "see" the future two or three seconds later, which was why he was always able to avoid those extremely fast sword attacks.

Fortunately, the "Skeleton Sword Saint" now has a countermeasure to deal with this tricky ability. In the face of "Time Stop Slash", the human boy's "Future Vision" ability will be useless.

——(30 seconds left…)

The "Skeleton Sword Saint" easily dodged a blood blade launched by the White Wolf Girl. Compared with its Flying Swallow Slash, the White Wolf Girl's blood blade was as slow as a snail and almost motionless.

Then, it avoided all kinds of attacks caused by the black figure and strolled leisurely in the garden.

After slowing down the pace, the "Skeleton Sword Saint" saw clearly how weak the two enemies he faced were.

If they hadn't made the mistake on their own initiative, they wouldn't even have had the chance to touch themselves.

The reason why it lost so much vitality in vain was entirely because it was too eager for success.

Now that he had slowed down, the Skeleton Sword Saint could even use the skill of "Bone Body" to regenerate his severed arm at the cost of consuming magic power, returning to a "complete" state.

——(5 seconds left…)

As the two skills of Soul Blade Tachi: Soul Slash were about to finish their cooldown, the calm heart of Skeleton Sword Master gradually became excited again.

In its eyes, all the actions of the human boy and the white wolf girl were just struggles before death, which were extremely ridiculous.

Then, the moment the cooldown timer expired, the Skeleton Sword Master used both of the Soul Blade's skills without hesitation.

——(Soul Slash Mode!)

——(Soul Flash!)

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The Skeleton Sword Saint's moves seemed to be directed at the human boy and the white wolf girl, but in fact, its real target was the skeleton monsters beside them.

The Skeleton Sword Saint knew that his skills could not hit the human teenagers, so he had to rely on taking the stamina of the skeleton monsters to restore his own stamina.

After the Skeleton Sword Saint made his move, the situation turned out just as it had expected. The young man, as if he had foresight, led the girl out of the attack range.

The Skeleton Sword Saint was unmoved by this and simply waited for the Soul Flash skill to end so that his Soul Clones could bring back the stolen stamina.

Soon, the ten-second duration of the "Soul Flash" skill ended, and the twelve soul clones flew into the body of the "Skeleton Sword Saint" with a large amount of endurance, directly restoring its endurance to the full state of 13800 points!

At this point, the "Skeleton Sword Saint" can finally use the long-awaited killer skill "Time Stop Slash"!

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At this moment, the Skeleton Sword Saint's bones were trembling with excitement.

It could feel as if tens of millions of unruly horses were about to gallop out of its heart and crush everything around it!

Now, it's finally time to end this "boring" battle!

——(Goodbye, you rubbish who only knows how to hide and play tricks.)

The Skeleton Sword Saint stopped and looked in the direction of the human boy. He found that this guy seemed to know that danger was coming in advance and took the initiative to block the white wolf girl with his body.

But what's the use?

The Skeleton Sword Saint lowered his body, took one step forward, and held the scabbard steadily with one hand.

At this moment, its endurance and magic power were infused into the Soul Blade Tachi: Soul Slash. An unprecedented feeling of "omnipotence" made the "Skeleton Sword Saint" know that victory was in his hands.

The invisible sword also has sword power.

The visible cutting can also be invisible.

In the blink of an eye, time has stood still. The "Skeleton Sword Saint" calmly swung his sword towards the human boy in the distance, and the sword energy has already cut into the boy's body.

Looking at the human boy who would die once time resumed flowing, the 'Skeleton Sword Master' contentedly spun his Soul Blade in the air before slowly sheathing it.

With a crisp "clang" sound from the scabbard, the gray-white world that had been paused for a second turned back into color, and was immediately stained with the blood of the human boy.

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8.135 - The Ultimate Comeback

The sudden change in the battle happened so quickly that Adela was completely unable to react.

The previous second, she heard Banning yelling at her to hide behind him, and the next second, she saw a lot of blood splattering on Banning's body, and then he fell to his knees with a "thump".

The one who caused all this was the skeleton monster leader standing more than ten meters away, but Adela didn't even know what the other party had done.

At this moment, the only thing Adela knew was that Banning took the Skull Leader's blow head-on in order to save her.

“Ban…Ban…”

Looking at Benning lying on the ground, Adela was at a loss and couldn't even speak normally.

Now her mind was blank and she had no idea how to deal with it.

Then, after her brain stopped working for a very short time, a large number of complicated thoughts flooded into Adela's mind at the same time, making her head buzz, her feet go weak, and she staggered and could hardly stand.

——(Is Banning dead?)

——(How can I save him?)

——(What if the enemy continues to attack him?)