"Pfft...! Pfft...!"
On the bright red steel-like square, the sound of the sword blade penetrating into the flesh kept ringing for a long time.
Luo Zhen and Heathcliff were each exerting all their strength on their weapons, glaring at each other, trying to drain each other's HP.
Under such circumstances, the HP of the two people was severely reduced, and they were already approaching the bottom line.
The winner will be decided in just a few seconds.
However, in just a few seconds, Heathcliff, who had been staring closely at the HP gauges of the two of them, confirmed.
"I won."
That's right.
It was Heathcliff who won.
Because, in the continuous decline of HP, Luo Zhen's downward trend is undoubtedly much faster than that of Heathcliff.
This is also a matter of course.
In order to reduce the load and allow his item inventory to accommodate more items, and for portability and mobility, Luo Zhen originally gave up armor and leather armor with high defense power, and mainly used cloth clothing with the lowest defense power. .
Although Luo Zhen has been made by master production players and has been strengthened to the limit, Luo Zhen's cloth suit has a defensive power comparable to armor, but Heathcliff is not inferior to Luo Zhen in this aspect, and he is not inferior to cloth. Mainly pretending, his defense is naturally higher than Luo Zhen's.
In this case, all that remains is the gap between levels and skills.
After all, the higher the level, the higher the player's HP.
Unfortunately, in terms of level, Heathcliff is not inferior to Luo Zhen. He and Luo Zhen are both level 99, only one step away from level 100.
As for skills, Luo Zhen has already fully learned the "Combat Recovery" skill, and also has the "Emergency Recovery" skill, which can speed up the recovery effect when HP enters the red zone. Now the HP value is restored in seconds. , letting Luo Zhen hold on for a few more seconds.
Unexpectedly, Heathcliff not only fully mastered the "Combat Recovery" skill, but also the "Emergency Recovery" skill, and even the "Damage Mitigation" skill that was rare among tank players.
The effect of this skill is just as the name suggests, so it probably doesn’t need to be said any more.
And Heathcliff also completely learned "Damage Mitigation".
The skills that Heathcliff has fully learned are four: "Holy Sword", "Recovery during Combat", "Damage Mitigation" and "Light Shield Defense".
Thanks to this, Heathcliff's HP decline trend is much lower than that of Luo Zhen.
In this case, Heathcliff can naturally confirm his victory.
"It's such a shame, President Luo Zhen."
Heathcliff calmly told the facts in an indifferent tone.
"In the end, it will be me who wins, and you will exit here."
In other words, the players will lose their greatest hope. There will no longer be anyone who can guide them through each floor without damage, and there will no longer be anyone who can instigate the strategy team to benefit the lower and middle-level players, and even stop the red-named guilds and orange-named guilds. The evil deeds of the guild.
The players in SAO will suffer this tragic loss. In the future, they will continue to recall Luo Zhenhao while lamenting the current situation of losing hope.
"But it's no problem. People are strong creatures that can be reborn in desperate situations. If they lose you, they may suffer a lot of pain, they may suffer a lot of sacrifices, and they will lose a lot of protection, but there will definitely be someone who carries you. It all moved forward and finally came to me.”
Heathcliff said this in a tone of regret, pity, and optimism.
"I will wait for their arrival in this ruby palace and become their obstacle again. No matter who finally comes to me is the brave man who got the "Two Sword Style" or the rapier user of "Flash", or someone else, It’s all the same.”
In the end, Heathcliff was still watching all this from God's perspective.
Once Luo Zhen dies, everything he said will become reality, right
After losing Luo Zhen, players will suffer a lot of pain, endure a lot of sacrifices, and lose a lot of protection. But if it is Kirito, Klein, Agil and others, they will definitely bear these, Work your way up and face off with Heathcliff again.
The only one I'm worried about is Asuna.
Can she bear the thought of Luo really dying
The rapier user, who looks strong but is actually weak at heart, may not be able to withstand the blow and will never recover. He may even choose a path of self-destruction.
At least, Luo Zhen had such an intuition.
therefore... ...
"Don't speak too soon, Kayaba."
Luo Zhen lowered his head and squeezed out such words.
"Do you think I'm going to sit there and wait for death?"
Saying this, Luo Zhen slowly raised a hand.
That's right.
Hands raised.
Heathcliff held the tip of the crystal sword tightly with one hand and used the cross sword with the other hand, leaving no room for free.
But Luo Zhen is different.
He only used "Deep Blue" and had one hand free.
"Zheng!"
As Luo Zhen clenched his fist, the effect light of the sword skill enveloped his fist like a whirlpool.
"Varied... !?"
Heathcliff finally showed a shocked expression, as if he had just realized this.
"The smarter people are, the easier it is for them to overlook simple things because they tend to focus on hard problems."
Staring at Heathcliff's shocked face, Luo Zhen grinned.
"You've owed me this punch for two years!"
The moment the words fell, Luo Zhen's fist turned into a flash of light and struck straight out.
The target was Heathcliff's face.
"Bang!"
The impact exploded on Heathcliff's face, causing the dazzling effect light to fly away.
"Goooo...!?"
Heathcliff let out a muffled groan, and his whole body was knocked away by the strong impact. He let go of the hand holding the cross sword, and even let go of Luo Zhen's crystal sword. With all his weapons lost, he flew backwards towards It hit the rear, hit the bright red steel-like wall hard, and slid to the ground.
And after receiving this blow, Heathcliff's HP suddenly trembled and dropped sharply in one breath.
"Drink ah ah ah!"
Luo Zhen shouted, stamped on the ground, and continued to rush towards Heathcliff.
"Zheng!"
The bright red effect light once again appeared on Luo Zhen's crystal sword.
With the light of "Fatal Blow", Luo Zhen blasted Heathcliff with a blow that vented all the emotions in his heart.
"...!"
Heathcliff subconsciously prepared to dodge.
But it would be too late to hide now.
"it's over!"
Luo Zhen declared this and fired the last sword.
It's a pity that this sword is destined to fail.
The cross sword still remaining in Luo Zhen's body finally took away his last bit of HP.
"boom!"
Luo Zhen rushed in front of Heathcliff. At the last moment, when the tip of the sword was only one centimeter away from Heathcliff, his whole body froze blue, turned into polygonal fragments, and exploded.