Chapter 121 Heavy Blow
Nick felt as if he was in a beautiful sea of flowers, with countless bees busy collecting nectar, making a constant buzzing sound in his ears.
He recalled the scene when he fought with the wild boar monster, and it was equally shocking.
In that fight, because of the huge difference in weight and size between the two, he had been defending as much as possible to relieve the opponent's force, and the fight was very frustrating.
In this battle, he wanted to gauge the strength of his comrades, so he launched an attack with all his might, hoping to knock his opponent back, but he didn't expect that they were evenly matched.
How could such an oddity appear among swordsmen and swordsmen? Before he could sigh, he saw the other party coming with a hammer.
Nick gritted his teeth and stepped forward, let's have a good fight! The two began to fight head-on, using the characteristics of their weapons to the fullest, and the powerful attack made Del's face twitch constantly.
Just by listening to the sound of the wind, one can tell how strong the two sides are. If this kind of force hits them, their small bodies will probably fall apart.
Klauen bared his teeth and rushed forward again and again. He used the basic hammer techniques of smashing, pounding, charging, and hanging at will, and combined them into small routines.
As the battle progressed, his heart became more and more excited, but his arms trembled more and more due to the impact.
He gradually understood that the attack of a one-handed sword is as fast as flowing water; it is about lightness, agility and speed; whereas a heavy weapon like a hammer is about heaviness, ruthlessness and predictability; its attack is slow but its force is tremendous, and if you use a hammer to fight someone, it basically means the end of the battle.
The sword causes linear damage, that is, the damage along the line where the sword penetrates.
The damage caused by the hammer is area damage, a hemispherical radial crushing blow centered on the impact point.
This is why the best weapon to use against large monsters is a blunt weapon, followed by a two-handed sword. A one-handed sword has limited damage unless it pierces weak points such as the eyes or mouth, and is therefore suitable for small targets.
As time passed, the two men's physical strength began to decline, and their attack frequency was not as high as before.
When Clown wielded his weapon, he no longer relied solely on force to overpower his opponents; his attacks became more subtle and varied.
Although it was still a head-on attack, he sometimes used all his strength and sometimes held back. His attacks became more and more consistent. Although he retreated more than his opponent, his offensive became more and more smooth.
A gentle and warm current rises from Dantian and flows through the limbs and bones along with the blood.
This warm current is not as hot as the life flow of the Fire Breathing Technique, nor as wild as the life flow of the Giant Bear Breathing Technique, but wherever the warm current passes, it soothes every cell like a silent drizzle that moistens the earth.
Crown felt as if he had run under the shade of a tree at noon on a hot summer day, sweating profusely, and at that moment a cool breeze blew, and every pore in his body screamed with comfort.
His body, which was almost exhausted, actually showed a tendency to slowly recover. As the warm current continued to circulate in his body, his attacks became stronger again.
At this moment, he seemed to have taken stimulants and was completely high.
The sledgehammer seemed to be weightless in his hand, becoming an extension of his body.
Crown used his body as an axis, swinging the square hammer like a rotating windmill.
"Bang", the hammer hit the iron ball of the priest's flail heavily.
Nick's hands couldn't even hold his weapon, and the entire flail was knocked away and hit the wall not far behind him.
At the same time, an intoxicating sense of joy rose in Clown's heart. He understood that his hammer technique must have advanced.
"That's wonderful." Del wanted to applaud, but when he thought that this would offend the priest, his hands stopped suddenly.
"Wonderful!"
“It’s awesome!”
"Snap, snap, snap"
Maybe because they were young, the two guys next to him had no scruples and just shouted out directly with flushes of excitement on their faces.
Crown moved to the side and stopped attacking. If the fight continued, the priest would have to fight with his shield.
In that case, the priest would go from being an opponent to a sparring partner, and I think he would be unwilling to do that, because everyone wants to save face.
He dropped the square hammer and pressed his hand down towards the two guys who were applauding.
The hammer fell, creating a deep hole in the ground.
Del also quickly pulled his companions and whispered a few words in their ears, then shouted, "My lords, let's go to the gate and see if there are any patrolmen slacking off."
After saying that, he trotted away with his companion.
Nick took a few steps back and saw that Crown was no longer attacking. He looked back at his weapon and laughed, "I lost."
In the battle just now, he abandoned his previous defensive counterattack style of fighting and went for a pure head-on collision without any detours, rushing forward without thinking.
It was fun to fight, but my body was shaking constantly, especially my arms.
The opponent's final blow that knocked his weapon away seemed to have a special force, and his entire arm was numb from the shock. In addition, his condition had seriously deteriorated at this time, and he was finally unable to hold the weapon.
What puzzled him was how the opponent could suddenly become so fierce when everyone was obviously exhausted and the pace of attack had completely slowed down.
This situation is either due to taking drugs, such as energy potions and stamina potions, or it is due to a breakthrough in battle and the physical strength is restored.
However, since the other party didn't take drugs and didn't practice any breathing techniques, it was impossible for him to have a breakthrough.
"Congratulations," Nick congratulated. Although he didn't use the fighting style that suits him best, losing is losing, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about not admitting.
"After fighting to the end, I feel that your strength is slowly recovering?" The priest put down his shield and moved his shaking arms.
"I have a deeper understanding of the hammer method, and it seems that I have a new understanding of the breathing method as well," Clown replied. He had a guess that the warm current that was very different from the breathing method should be brought by the Golden Light Curse.
Could it be that he suddenly realized how the second stage of the fire breath worked? Nick was a little dazed. This was not impossible. There were many similar records in the church's scriptures. It was a state that could only be encountered by chance.
People for whom this happens will make great progress in their understanding of certain knowledge or techniques.
He said hurriedly: "Then you should find a quiet place and savor this feeling."
The priest waved his hand with envy on his face: "Go quickly."
Klauen also wanted to check the status of his skills, especially to find out the reason for the appearance of that warm current.
He bowed slightly and said, "Excuse me," then turned and left.
Nick walked to the wall to pick up his weapon, feeling both happy and disappointed.
What made him happy was that his ally's strength had been further improved, but what made him sad was that he had witnessed the other party's rise from obscurity step by step, and now its combat strength was showing signs of surpassing his.
Even though he did not fight in his best condition this time, based on the opponent's growth rate, it was only a matter of time before he surpassed him, and it would probably not take long.
Nick touched his chest, carefully feeling the bitterness in his lost mood.
After a while, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "I understand. This is jealousy. It turns out that I am also jealous of others. Are those who opposed me during the pastor training also motivated by this kind of little thoughts?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Nick suddenly felt that his mind became much clearer, and many things that he had not fully understood over the years became clear to him.
"Ha, ha, ha," he laughed three times, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the church door.
He walked briskly, Clown was busy recalling what had happened just now, not knowing when it would end. He wanted to find someone to move the weapons and armor in the blacksmith shop back. At this moment, he felt that his efficiency in practicing new enchantments would be much higher.
The sunlight shone on him, casting a long shadow as he walked, which continued to stretch and fold on the wall.
On the ochre stone used to build the wall, there was a spider-web-like crack as big as a washbasin, with a three-finger-deep depression in the middle of the crack.
Suddenly, the stone in the depression broke into pieces and fell off the wall, and pieces of stone from the cracks fell down, burying the flail below.
. . . .
In the blacksmith shop, Torres muttered, "We were so careless just now. Do you think the priest will bear a grudge against us?"
"I won't hold a grudge against him, but I feel he won't treat us well in the future," Nelson responded helplessly, touching the pimples on his face.
Del patted their shoulders and said with a smile, "Don't worry about these things. The two adults' fight today will be kept to themselves and will not be spread to others. I believe they won't care."
"Look, the pattern on this sword is so beautiful, like a cloud," Torres made a new discovery on the weapon rack. He walked over, picked up a one-handed sword, and flicked it lightly with his fingers.
"Zheng", the sword made a soft sound, the sound was cold, like ripples in a quiet cold water.
"Nice sword," Nick blurted out as he heard the sword singing as soon as he entered the blacksmith shop.
Torres' movements froze, his expression stiffened, and he was very familiar with the voice behind him.
The priest is coming after us to criticize us. Can he really be so petty?
"Sir, why are you here?" Del was surprised, but immediately bowed and greeted.
Nick nodded and smiled without answering. He walked straight to Torres, stretched out his hand and said gently: "Please let me see the sword."
"Uh," Torres immediately held the hilt with one hand and supported the sword with the other hand, and handed over the one-handed sword.
The priest took the weapon and carefully observed the cloud pattern on it. Finally, he raised the sword and flicked it with his fingers, and the sword made a clanging sound.
He raised his head and asked, "Are there many weapons with natural patterns like this?"
"Some," Del nodded in response, "Lord Crown has made a lot of things with patterns these days. It may be a problem with quenching. I tried it, and these patterns do not affect the quality of the weapons."
"How can it have no effect?!" Nick laughed heartily, "Don't you find that this weapon is sharper?"
I have created many things with patterns! I thought the patterns on armor plates were just a product of occasional inspiration, but I never thought that it could be produced stably. So, Clown has truly reached the level of an extraordinary blacksmith. "Quick, quick, find me all these things with regular patterns!"
. . . .
When Crown returned to the room, he immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and began to visualize the Golden Light Mantra. He wanted to see if he could generate a warm current of special nature during the visualization state.
After three great cycles, he ended his visualization.
The visualization method is normal and does not bring any other feedback.
Today, it takes about nine minutes to visualize a large circulation, which is far different from his previous estimate that it would take less and less time.
This happened because as his proficiency in the Golden Light Mantra continued to improve, he gained more and deeper insights into the visualization method.
He made many changes to the details of the visualization method, and after experiments he found that the effect was quite good, and the speed of increasing proficiency was slightly faster than before.
Through this discovery, he believed that as his proficiency in breathing techniques continued to improve, he would eventually figure out higher-level training methods for breathing techniques.
However, this method is too clumsy and he will not adopt it for the time being.
Klauen's eyes flickered. He summoned the golden wall and saw the extra line of flowing blue words.
[Basic Hammer Technique: Limit] (Special Effect: Heavy Hit. Using heavy weapons increases damage, and can cause stacked damage that exceeds the theoretical value)
(End of this chapter)