Chapter 17

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

“Fuu-!”

As Fang Zhang pulled out his sword, the winds around him seemed to all rise up at the same time. His sword flashed through the air and a screen of golden light shone on the blade before it turned into a golden sword strike, aimed right at Shidon.

“Oh?”

Shidon’s cheerful look suddenly became a lot more solemn, he knotted his eyebrows and raised the sword in his hand, striking downward and intercepting the trajectory of this extraordinary blade attack with his ordinary sword. He held his ground.

A thunderous boom sounded, and the tip of the holy light shattered, quaking their surroundings.

This man was a full-blown monster!

Looking at how Shidon had blocked his attack with just one move, Fang Zheng cursed to himself. He’d used the Crusader’s strike that had been leveled up twice and morphed into the Royal Crusader Arts on Frostmourne! Fang Zheng’s opening move was the standard one for the discipline knight build from World of Warcraft, but the effect of this move had been altered by the improvements. Even so, he didn’t expect this man to just react to his move that quickly and handle it so casually!

Fang Zheng didn’t have time to think about just how strong the power levels in this world were. Using his body and battle experience, he marched forward the very moment Shidon tanked his attack and pointed his longsword at Shidon. 

Sword of Justice!

A thunderous boom sounded and a bright red, pure, and massive sword flashed out from the ground. It stabbed toward Shidon who had been positioned above the blade, and this attack seemed to have surprised the warrior. But he was still an experienced knight and Shidon pulled his greatsword back and blocked it diagonally in front of him, clashing it with the red sword from below, stopping the seemingly unstoppable attack.

But just at that instant, Fang Zheng leaned in and closed the distance between him and Shidon. The knight was now in his range of attack!

Fang Zheng raised his sword high, and sliced it down at Shidon, whistling the blade through the air as the dust cleared in half. The flashing blade seemed to launch down at Shidon like lightning.

“Kind of interesting!”

Shidon started smiling as he faced this attack, he even had the time to whistle.

“Come! Let me have a taste of your strength!”

Shidon tightened his grip on the greatsword before he finished his words and he swung his sword up.

The next moment, Fang Zheng felt as if his vision became blurred. He had seen his opponent hold his sword hilt in front of his body, but in the next instant, it was as if it transported to another location, suddenly popping out from before him and stabbing right at his chest.

Where did this come from?!

Fang Zheng was taken aback, but his time in the world of Diablo wasn’t wasted. It was almost completely by reflex that he altered the trajectory of his sword and gave up on attacking Shidon, defending against his attack instead.

A clang sounded, and the two swords clashed with a huge boom. Fang Zheng was launched backward, which he recovered from with a rolling fall. He felt his right arm go numb from the impact of that attack, but he didn’t panic. The Crusader’s Strike was an attack the player spammed continuously with. In truth, he had also felt the divine energy inside him boiling and rising.

It felt like it was about to overflow.

“Fu..!!”

The greatsword had appeared before him once more, its speed barely perceptible by the naked eye and behind it, was Shidon’s large frame. His mouth formed a wide grin as he looked at his opponent gleefully. In the next instant, his face changed because this young man before him, still half kneeling, waved his sword up.

It was only a light movement.

But the moment that movement occured, the light of the sword seemed to surge as a wave of divine rage, enveloping the area as it launched at Shidon.

“Oh?”

Facing the wave of light coming at him, Shidon’s face changed once more. He stopped his stopped abruptly and leaped up with his sword, wild winds expanding from it, colliding heavily with the wave of light.

“Sword of the Hurricane!”

The old priest’s face changed as he stood by the door. Of course, he knew that this High Knight was one of the very top fighters of this area, and this Hurricane Sword Art of his was unparalleled. The winds represented his casual attitude toward life, doing what he wanted, but they also represented his fearlessness and wildness. Fang Zheng actually managed to make this man use one of his strongest abilities, did he really pressure him that much?

The collision sounded with a boom and the wild winds collided with the waves of light. This time, both fighters shook from the impact, and Fang Zheng was forced three steps back, while Shidon was only forced back one. As an experienced High Knight, obviously he took the chance, not giving Fang Zheng time to recover from the daze before slicing his sword at his neck.

Feeling that cold air from the sword, Fang Zheng froze, raising his sword to face him in a fighting posture as he tried to block the attack. What he didn’t expect, however, was that the instant the two swords collided, the energy from the greatsword wasn’t as powerful as he had anticipated. In fact, the sword seemed to have lost all its energy, as if its momentum had been exhausted from a strike.

This was bad!

Fang Zheng didn’t know why, but he knew something was wrong. He had used all his strength to handle this anticipated attack, and there was no way he could pull back on such short notice. At the same time, a flash of the blade came from his left side, and the greatsword stabbed at him silently once more.

He couldn’t evade it this time!

Gritting his teeth as he looked at the incoming sword tip, his first instinct was to use the Paldin’s Blessing to activate his Invincibility Time, but gave up on it after one-tenth of a second. The opponent’s sword may pierce his body this time, but it wouldn’t cause fatal damage. There was no reason to unleash his hidden trump card here. Ten seconds of invincibility was the highest skill of the Paladins, and this wasn’t something he was willing to summon in a common duel.

But, something happened that Fang Zheng and even Shidon didn’t expect. 

A glowing sword appeared in front of where the greatsword was, blocking the strike at the last possible second. At the same time, the old priest cried out in terror.

“Oh, dear Goddess above!!”

“What?”

Shidon looked up, confused and also interested in the person who had interfered in this interesting test. What he didn’t expect was for this person to not be a human. 

An Angel had appeared behind Fang Zheng, her face was divine and beautiful, with the radiant wings of light behind her spread as it reflected that pure white armor. She looked to be enveloped in a gentle and divine light and she raised her head, coldly looking at Shidon as the sword in her hand shattered into pieces of light.

Skybreaker (One-Handed Weapon): Divine attack increased by 100%, divine skills improved by 15%. Chance to summon an Angel to battle for you (The Heavenly Army pierces through, and the demons fall to the ground, washing their blood in the eternal battlefield of war).

That moment, Fang Zheng’s Skybreaker shined in brilliant radiance, he hadn’t activated its true power before, and because of that, in the eyes of the priest and Shidon, this was simply a word of a peculiar shape this noble carried. It was a weapon that looked prettier.

However, it seemed to be proven many times that special effects were the best way to improve the appearance of something. 

The bright light from Skybreaker floated out from the hilt, and without hesitation Fang Zheng raised this sword, the divine power melded into form beside his body, turning into numerous cross swords of massive size as they all turned to the High Knight before him.

Divine Storm!

A rumble shook the entire land around! Even the sentries at the gate turned to look inside. If it weren’t for the fact that they were aware of High Knight Shidon’s presence here, they would’ve thought some cultists had sneaked in!

Though, thinking about it, that technically wasn’t wrong..?

Shidon jumped back instantly, the greatsword in his hand broken into several pieces. At the same time, Shidon raised his hands and cried out loudly.

“Stop, stop! I admit that you’re stronger right now!”

“…”

Fang Zheng’s eye twitched at the words, but he put down the weapons anyway.

Dear High Knight, did he have to set a red flag like that?