Chapter 282 Confrontation! Hammer vs. Hammer (two chapters in one)
Two hours ago
, in a room on the second floor of Earl Habsburg's mansion.
After thinking for a while, Ryan decided to upgrade the advanced secret 'Crushing Hammer' to the top secret first.
There are two reasons. First, because the 'Soul Crushing Hammer' of the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) wants to trigger the buff effect, according to the system description, it requires the enemy to die under the hammer.
Obviously, the stronger the hammer technique, the stronger the enemy that can be killed with the hammer, and the higher the buff.
Second, because of what Langgel said before, the key for the Great Knight to enter the legend is to master the Glory of Will, and the 'Blade Storm·Modified', which is also a high-level secret, is a combination of innate
witchcraft and secret. It cannot be regarded as a pure swordsmanship secret .
Ryan has a vague feeling that if he wants to comprehend the Glory of Will, it may be better to use hammer or swordsmanship without witchcraft.
Having made up his mind, Ryan once again looked at the conditions for the promotion of the 'Crushing Hammer' to the top level:
'1. Any extraordinary hammer technique lv18 or above; 2. Bear King Breathing Technique lv18 or above; 3. Strength 45 points, Agility 38 points, Constitution 40 points or above; 4. Consume 4 gold skill points. '
He checked the attribute panel again:
Constitution: 39
Strength: 46
Agility: 44
Spirit: 55
Ryan found that he only lacked 1 point in Constitution to meet all the conditions.
Naturally, there was nothing to hesitate about, and Ryan quickly added 1 attribute point to Constitution.
With the Constitution also entering the 40 mark, Ryan completely met the requirements of the top level secret for attribute points.
Next, he consumed 4 gold skill points to upgrade both the hammer technique and the Bear King Breathing Technique to lv18, and then chose 'Promotion'!
In an instant, a torrent of 'Crushing Hammer' training memories poured into Ryan's mind!
In a mysterious space, it seemed that Ryan had been practicing the advanced secret of hammer art, 'Crushing Hammer', for thirty or forty years without distraction, and at the last moment, he had a breakthrough!
The system prompt appeared again:
[Congratulations, you have mastered the top secret of hammer art: Hammer of Annihilation! ]
"Hammer of Annihilation? Has the name changed?"
However, seeing the four words "top secret", Ryan couldn't help but smile!
Finally mastered the top secret!
On the Weapon Master (Legend) panel, the hammer secret 'Crushing Hammer' was also changed to 'Hammer of Annihilation'.
The icon has also changed a lot.
The pattern has changed to a dark heavy hammer swinging from top to bottom, and around the hammer head of the heavy hammer, there are ripples in the shape of waves, spreading out in all directions.
Unlike the previous vivid depiction of crushing boulders, this pattern looks more like some kind of abstract painting.
After all, it is unknown how powerful these ripples are.
The small words on the lower right of the icon also changed:
Hammer of Annihilation (Top Secret) Effect: Use a kind of Force combined with shock technique, and with the blessing of a trace of willpower, hit a powerful blow that can annihilate visible and invisible things.
(Note: To upgrade the Hammer of Annihilation to the primary annihilation force field, the following conditions must be met: 1. Strength 60 points, Agility 50 points, Constitution 55 points, Willpower 3 points or more; 2. Consume 8 gold skill points.)
"This is..."
"Force field?"
"Has it begun to deviate from the scope of a certain move?"
Ryan keenly discovered the keyword 'force field' in the notes. Although the statement only said that it was a primary annihilation force field, it was obvious that the power of this annihilation force field was above the top secret.
At the same time, Ryan instantly thought of the fire-based entry-level witchcraft he had learned before - 'High Temperature Force Field', which also had the word force field.
But obviously, there is a huge difference between the two.
In addition, Ryan also found that the subsequent promotion of the top-level secret 'Hammer of Annihilation' has been separated from the requirements of hammer skills, and even from the requirements of breathing methods.
There are only two prerequisites displayed, namely the requirements of attribute points and gold skill points.
It feels like going from complex to simple!
"Huh, will 3?"
Ryan quickly noticed this new attribute item.
"But I don't have the attribute of will."
Ryan frowned and immediately called up his attribute panel.
His eyes suddenly widened, because there was an additional will attribute on the panel:
Constitution: 40
Strength: 46
Agility: 44
Spirit: 55
Will (hidden attribute): 1
(Note: Will is a hidden attribute and cannot be improved by adding attribute points.)
"Why do I suddenly have 1 point of will?"
Ryan looked thoughtful.
"Could it be that this 1 point of will came from the process of upgrading the high-level secret 'Crushing Hammer' to the top-level secret 'Hammer of Annihilation' just now?"
"It seems that this is the only explanation."
Just as Ryan was thinking about this question, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"Knock, knock, knock! Ryan?"
Claire's familiar voice sounded outside the door.
Ryan opened the door and saw Claire standing at the door with a smile on her face, holding an ancient sheepskin scroll.
"Miss Claire, please come in."
Claire nodded and walked into the room.
"Ryan, there is something I want to talk to you about."
"But before that, I'll give you something that may inspire you to comprehend the will."
"This is a manuscript written by an ancestor of our Habsburg family, based on his own experience, about how he comprehended the glory of the will." Claire said as she handed the parchment scroll in her hand to Ryan.
"Miss Claire, is this... too expensive?"
Claire's smile became even brighter.
"Ryan, don't forget, you are my guardian knight now. The stronger you are, the safer I am, right?"
"Before, I was still a peak knight, and I couldn't give you some things in the family."
"But now it's different. After I was promoted to a great knight, according to the agreement between my father and the elders of the family, I am already the first heir of the Habsburg family, and my authority is much greater than before."
"Otherwise, even if I want to give you this manuscript, I'm afraid it's impossible."
"Thank you, Miss Claire." Ryan took the manuscript and bowed slightly.
Now, he has 1 point of will attribute. If he can have a manuscript of the predecessors' understanding of will for his reference, it will naturally be very helpful to Ryan.
It is likely to greatly accelerate the subsequent understanding and use of will.
"In addition, I have told my father about your situation. He is both happy and surprised at your growth. When his health gets better in a while, he hopes to talk to you."
"Of course, anytime. Miss Claire, please tell Earl Habsburg that he hopes he can recover soon."
At this time, Claire's face became serious and said, "Ryan, as a wizard, don't you feel anything wrong recently?"
"Huh? Something wrong?" Ryan couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Well, for example, the concentration of mysterious energy particles you feel, maybe you can try to recall it a month ago and now." Claire looked at Ryan with a puzzled look.
"This." Ryan carefully sensed it.
It seems that it is easier to mobilize the energy particles around?
But the problem is that the
difference between his mental power a month ago and his mental power now is at least ten points.
Ryan suddenly realized it!
He understood.
The super fast mental power improvement speed made him have no time to take into account the changes in the mysterious energy particles around him.
All along, he instinctively believed that the increase in the power of witchcraft was entirely due to his increased strength.
In fact, there is a small reason here, because it is the change in the concentration of energy particles that Claire mentioned.
"Miss Claire, do you mean that the mysterious energy particles are becoming more and more concentrated for some unknown reason?"
"Yes, although I am a knight, my mental strength is not weak. In the past six months, I can feel this change, not to mention the wizards."
"Also, don't you think it's strange? The legendary land snake, this ancient creature, suddenly appeared."
"Well, I thought it was an accident. In this case, it's not accidental?"
"It's not an accident. When I was at the Imperial Capital Royal Academy, there were at least a dozen reports of the resurrection of related giant beasts from the vast territory of the empire."
"Even many descendants of great nobles are discussing this issue." Claire's face condensed and said.
Resurrection of spiritual energy?
A word from his previous life inexplicably appeared in Ryan's mind.
Of course, it's just a metaphor.
The real reason behind it may be far more complicated, but in any case, judging from the current situation, the increase in the concentration of energy particles seems to have led to a fact similar to the gradual resurrection of giant beasts.
Although he made rapid progress, there was still a big gap compared to the legendary land snake.
The problem was that, in addition to the behemoth, there were many active cults behind the scenes
. This made Ryan frown, and a sense of urgency arose.
"Hasn't the solution discussed in the Empire?" Ryan asked.
"I haven't come across the Empire-level response plan yet."
"According to a saying in the Royal Academy, opportunities and challenges coexist. The increase in the concentration of energy particles will not only directly improve the combat effectiveness of wizards, but will also subtly reduce the difficulty of subsequent promotions for our knights."
"In other words, it has become easier to break through!"
"Many people believe that masters on the Empire side will also emerge like mushrooms after rain."
"Is that so?" Ryan thought.
This is not a bad thing. At least there is another good explanation for his rapid improvement in strength.
After Claire left, Ryan flipped through the manuscript written by Mikel Habsburg, Claire's ancestor.
The other party is one of the few outstanding figures in the history of the Habsburg family who has realized the glory of will.
In fact, there is not much content in the manuscript about how to comprehend the radiance of will, only a few words.
"Understand why you fight and understand the direction of the long sword in your hand."
After chewing on this sentence several times, it seems that Ryan has already had a little will.
For a moment, Ryan understood a little!
He stretched out his right hand, activated the force, and his palm began to emit a faint white light.
But the next second, an invisible mental force fell into his hand.
The light of the force suddenly changed.
This is not a change in quantity, but like the originally chaotic force molecules suddenly became neat and orderly.
It was as if the Force had a leader and a soul!
"Did the Force have no soul before?"
According to an example from Ryan's previous life.
It was as if the Force was the arrangement of carbon atoms in graphite, and now with the addition of will, it became the arrangement of carbon atoms in diamond.
Carbon is still carbon.
But a qualitative change has occurred!
Ryan gently slashed the corner of the wooden table with his palm that exuded the Force in a knife-like manner.
"Pah!"
The corner of the heavy wooden table fell to the ground, and the cut was extremely smooth!
"This"
Ryan thought.
Obviously, the previous force infusion could not achieve this effect at all.
Suddenly!
"Boom!" A loud noise came from the window!
Ryan immediately went to the window to check.
I saw that the originally filled tunnel entrance was flying with mud, and a big hole was instantly broken.
"The earth snake is back again?"
Ryan's first thought was that the legendary earth snake is back.
"That's good, just in time to test the core skill special effect of the Warhammer Wizard's 'Soul Shattering Impact' and feel what real damage is."
However, to Ryan's surprise, his keen eyesight observed that an unusually burly figure was walking out of the smoke and dust slowly.
The other party had wild red hair like a lion's mane, and he was wearing an extremely simple bronze breastplate.
The shape is a bit like the muscle armor worn by the Spartacus warriors in Ryan's previous life, composed of two bronze plates in front and back.
In his right hand, he held a huge square warhammer.
The shape of the warhammer was also very simple and ancient. The hammer head was square and was a whole rectangular metal. The left and right sides were blue, and there were some blue and white stripes on the hammer handle.
Dozens of guards were shocked and immediately surrounded the other party.
But the next second, all the guards seemed to be frozen in place by some invisible position, and they seemed unable to move even a finger.
The other party came to the side of a guard in a blink of an eye.
"Puff!"
He inserted his hand directly into the heart of the guard.
As the strands of red blood spread on the thick and dry arm, the other party tilted his head slightly and said in a dull voice from the chest and abdomen:
"Freeman, you are lying to me, these are not the elite of the empire."
At this time, Ryan saw a group of black flame monks coming out of the tunnel.
Langgel, Fry, and Atles all rushed over quickly from the side.
But when they saw the ancient hero Monger for the first time, they were stunned!
This kind of pressure
and Freeman quickly pointed at Langgel and the others, and immediately explained to Monger's words: "No, no, Lord Monger, those are the elite of the empire!"
In an instant, as Monger's eyes fell on Langgel and the others.
The hairs of the few people suddenly stood up, and a chill ran from the coccyx to the top of the head!
Immediately, there was a feeling of being targeted by the natural enemy.
Langgel, the top knight, showed despair and said to the two team members beside him: "Wait, you two will run away immediately and go separately!"
"I'll resist!"
"Captain, is the opponent so strong?" Frye couldn't help but panic a little. This was the first time he saw his captain like this. He had given up the hope of winning before fighting the enemy.
"Captain, even if you add Lord Ryan, it won't work?" Frye pursed his lips and said unwillingly.
"No! It's impossible to win. The opponent is a real legendary strongman, or maybe more." Langgel shook his head and his face turned pale.
At this time, Claire also walked behind Langgel.
Next, it was Ryan!
"Why don't they run in different directions?" Freeman, who was standing by, was overjoyed when he saw this scene. He shouted in his heart.
"Come on! Come on! The elites of the Dragun Empire, come more. Only in this way can Lord Monger recover his peak strength as soon as possible!"
The ancient hero Monger had been sleeping for too long. Although he was under the amber barrier and his life was slowly fading,
his own life source would still become weak as time passed.
The blood crystal used in the previous blood source ceremony, although it had been refined, was only made of a thousand ordinary people mixed with a small number of knights. For a strong man of Monger's level,
it was far from enough, and most of it was even dross.
After absorbing it, he could only barely wake up.
The strength of the ancient hero Monger can now be said to be only one tenth of what it was.
From the original epic-level strong man, now it is almost just at the threshold of the legendary strong man.
Monger needs to absorb as much blood essence as possible from the strong men to quickly recover his strength.
For example, if there is a legendary strongman for him to absorb, he should be able to recover a small half of his strength.
If there are ten legendary strongmen, basically, he can recover the strength of an epic strongman.
Just when Monger was about to launch an attack, he suddenly turned his head and looked up in the air.
Two griffin knights were flying from the fishing port town to Meister County City as usual.
At this time, they were almost at Meister County City, and suddenly, they saw a large cloud of dust coming out of the noble area in the city.
This made the two griffin knights look at each other and immediately alert.
It was so clear from the aerial view, and it was obvious that the dust area on the ground was probably very large.
"Fisher, let's go down and take a look."
"Well! Viscount Felke, it seems that there is the mansion of Count Habsburg. Could it be attacked?"
Immediately, the two griffin knights controlled the griffins under their crotch and flew rapidly towards the location of the smoke and dust.
"It's the Black Flame Cult!" Viscount Felke immediately saw the obvious black-robed figures and the tall hammer-holding figure standing in front.
At this time, from the perspective of the people underground.
Suddenly, a high-pitched and majestic cry came from the sky!
A powerful creature with a lion-like body and an eagle-like head and a huge wingspan swooped down from mid-air, grabbing the red-haired weirdo with a pair of extremely sharp claws.
"Bang!!"
A translucent shock wave shot out from the square hammer!
With just one hammer, the griffin, which was at least four meters long, was seriously injured. Like a crashed plane, it crashed into the auxiliary building on the side and smashed down several walls.
The other griffin's anthropomorphic eyes showed fear and quickly pulled up!
A griffin was killed with one hammer. The terrifying attack power of the red-haired weirdo made everyone dare not move forward for a while.
"Sir Ryan, Miss Claire, the other party is a real legendary strongman, you should leave quickly" Langgel looked anxious.
"Hiss~"
"Legendary strongman?"
At this moment, everyone's eyes were more or less looking at Ryan.
As a strong man who also uses a hammer, Ryan, who has just won the title of "Skull Crusher", seems to be the only one who can possibly defeat the opponent.
But the problem is that the opponent is too strong!
A legendary strong man!
Not a quasi-legend like Laxul or Ganon, but a real legendary strong man.
A Black Flame monk stepped forward and whispered to Freeman, and Freeman focused his eyes on Ryan, smiling sinisterly:
"Are you Ryan?"
"Since you killed Laxul, you will be the first to die."
"It is your honor to die at the hands of the ancient hero Monger."
Ryan's attention at this moment has been completely focused on the ancient hero Monger. He has just realized a glimmer of the brilliance of will and can see more than others.
The field around Monger's tall figure is chaotic.
This field, similar to the human body's magnetic field, has never been seen by Ryan on anyone.
It seems to be visible to the naked eye.
This kind of field is like a strong magnetic field that radiates all the time in all directions, and it is like a colorful and dense ribbon fluttering in the wind.
When the other party's eyes stared at Ryan, Ryan was suddenly shocked, as if there was a loud bell in his ears!
This is a kind of pressure from a higher level of life! It
is much stronger than when facing the legendary land snake!
This is an absolute strong man!
But Ryan knew that he had no way out at this moment.
Not to mention that he is Claire's guardian knight, judging from the speed just shown by the other party, there is a high probability that he will not be able to escape.
In this case, it seems that there is only one choice!
Don't care about life and death, just fight if you don't accept it!
Ryan tightened the skull hammer in his hand.
And he is not without a trump card .
In an instant!
"Boom!"
The tall figure on the opposite side tiptoed, and the soil exploded!
The whole person left a gray afterimage, holding a huge blue and white hammer, and rushed towards Ryan. The opponent's speed was too fast, and obvious white air waves could be seen all over his body.
Ryan's pupils shrank, and his sense of danger had never been so strongly warned!
Facing a life-and-death crisis.
In an instant, Ryan felt his scalp tingling, as if he had been electrocuted.
At this moment, he could not feel any pressure from the other party.
In the sight of others.
Ryan suddenly rushed towards the other party, drawing a silver straight line!
Logically speaking, if the other party dodges, it would be difficult for Ryan to hit the other party with this hammer, but perhaps in the eyes of the ancient hero Monger, Ryan is just a stronger ant.
Imagine, facing the provocation of an ant, a normal person will definitely not retreat or dodge.
He will only step on it with more force.
Perhaps, the sole of the foot will also grind it left and right.
"Boom!!!"
So in an instant, two war hammers, one large and one small, collided heavily!
A strong air wave visible to the naked eye, with the collision point as the origin, rapidly expanded to the surroundings, comparable to the muzzle storm when the main gun of a 406mm battleship was fired.
In an instant, Ryan flew backwards at a faster speed than when he came. The white skull warhammer in his hand was like weathered, and it broke into fine sand from head to tail.
But what worried everyone more was that the muscles in Ryan's right arm burst inch by inch, and blood splattered as he flew back!
The Black Flame monks, including Freeman, looked at this scene with sneers on their faces.
At the same time, four words popped up in their hearts-"Don't overestimate your own abilities!"
How dare you fight against the ancient hero Lord Monger?
Who do you think you are?
The Imperial Dragon Knight?
You must be kidding!
But the next second, the sneers on their faces suddenly solidified!
Thanks to the demon-repelling apprentice for the 100 starting coins reward.
(End of this chapter)
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