Chapter 158: Have You Seen Me at My Peak?
Actually, this was indeed Liam's first time using a war hammer in actual combat. Most of the time before, he had used blade and sword-type weapons, occasionally using a tree branch to spar with others.
He glanced at the Original Sin in his hand, and a thought just came to his mind.
The spiked head, the handle, the pommel, all began to change shape under his thought.
As expected, any shape he could think of could be quickly transformed successfully.
Of course, for now, it could only transform into various preset cold weapons.
To transform into a new shape, the difficulty and time would become higher and longer.
If he wanted to rely on this to become a nanite robot or an Iron Man suit, then forget it.
This material didn't have that precision, and he didn't have the relevant knowledge.
However, it could be transformed into full heavy armor or light armor.
Under normal circumstances, Liam wouldn't wear it, because there was no need to wear it when encountering small monsters.
When encountering a big BOSS, he would be instantly killed even if he wore it.
And in a well-matched battle, wearing it would only affect his movement...
Immediately after, Liam and the others continued to advance.
In his free time, Liam would think about the insights gained from his previous exchange with Mikoto.
To master multiple weapons, besides the most basic proficiency, did he also need to consider the shape, weight, center of gravity, etc., of each weapon?
Previously, when Liam fought, he mostly followed his instincts and then slashed to his heart's content.
And now, after getting Mikoto's insights, he began to focus more on the characteristics of these weapons of his.
Original Sin, ever-changing, heavy and massive.
Lust, sharp, small and light.
Sloth, cold, slender and moderately weighted.
...
These eight weapons, each had its own unique properties.
In fact, each one was a new combat style, to the extent that Liam was very fond of every single weapon.
Dungeon Thirteenth Floor:
"It's Bell!"
Ais looked at the magic rabbits that appeared in front of her and said subconsciously, "But why are there so many Bells?"
Blocking Liam and the others' path was a group of Al-mi'raj, which could also be simply called magic rabbits.
These magic rabbits could walk on two legs, were completely snow-white, with only their eyes being blood-red. Their combat power was equivalent to a strong Goblin of the same size.
It could be said they were strong Goblins whose physical constitution surpassed that of Goblins.
Daphne couldn't help but laugh, "Indeed, they really look like Bell."
Liam held Original Sin in his right hand and walked towards the opponent.
Because his proficiency with blunt weapons wasn't very high, he planned to slightly increase the usage time of blunt weapons during this period.
"Although this thing looks friendly, its attacks are very bloody."
Liam's Original Sin smashed fiercely onto the ground. A strong earthquake carrying a chaotic storm of sword aura bombarded the opponent.
If they were on the ground, they would lose their balance from the ground tremor, and even suffer broken legs.
If they jumped up, they would be hit by a large amount of sword aura storm, also causing a crisis of serious injury.
And so, numerous magic rabbits were hit by Liam's sword aura storm, and then turned into countless black smoke and dissipated.
The ground was littered with magic stones and a small amount of materials.
As they continued to go deeper, Liam and the others encountered a large group of Hellhounds.
Each of these Hellhounds was as large as a calf, and each could release flames of astonishing temperature.
It was just that these Hellhounds encountered Liam.
And so, what awaited these Hellhounds was only a miserable death. No matter how exaggerated the number of these Hellhounds was, in front of Liam, they were completely not enough.
The group continued to advance. This time, Liam and the others saw a vertical shaft.
"There's a vertical shaft. This time, we can try to use the vertical shaft to break through quickly."
Unlike previous adventures, the current Liam already possessed the ability to briefly levitate.
"Now I can carry two members down at the same time. Using the ability of brief levitation, for traveling, this is a very good opportunity."
Daphne gritted her teeth, "Then we must be cautious. After the eighteenth floor, don't use it anymore."
Liam nodded, and so he directly took Mikoto and Cassandra and jumped down from the vertical shaft first.
The three of them directly sank about a hundred meters in the vertical shaft. Without delaying, Liam once again brought Lili and her luggage down.
Finally, it was Daphne and Ais.
The group continued to advance, dealing with the numerous wild monsters they encountered along the way.
Subsequently, the group arrived at the seventeenth floor. The floor lord was Goliath.
The surrounding environment also turned into a crystal cave. The ground and walls reflected light, looking like they were in a fairy tale world.
It was just that there was still danger.
Lili sized up the surroundings, "What a pity. It seems the floor lord is gone."
If they could deal with Goliath, that would naturally be for the best.
No matter what, it was a floor lord. He thought it should also drop some good materials.
A danger warning rose in Liam's heart.
To be able to alert his Homicidal Intent Perception, it seemed an enemy had targeted them.
Following the direction of the killing intent, Liam looked at a certain crystal wall to his front-left.
"Be careful there!"
In the direction Liam was pointing, the group found that the crystal wall was rapidly turning black, and then the crystal wall began to crack, and a large amount of crystal fell to the ground.
"This is a Black Goliath! Should we run?"
Lili looked at Liam with some worry.
"No need, it's just a 17th-floor lord."
After speaking, Liam lifted Original Sin and went up to meet it.
Although Original Sin was already very large, it still seemed somewhat small when facing Goliath.
Goliath was a giant with a massive physique, even somewhat similar to a Pure Titan.
When Liam saw the other party's physique, his heart moved.
"Since it's this physique, then it's fine to switch weapons a bit."
Original Sin was placed into the sword case on his back. Then, a sword hilt and a longsword popped halfway out of the sword case.
These two fiery red armaments were quickly combined by Liam.
"Seven Sins—Wrath!"
Wrath, in the shape of a fiery red Zhanmadao, total length 1.8 meters.
After Selfless Sword Aura was infused into it, the blade's body completely ignited, and immediately after, waves of dragon roars erupted from Wrath.
The Black Goliath approached Liam. Liam didn't dodge, just swung the Wrath in his hand.
When the sword aura, attached with flames, collided with the opponent's fist, the Black Goliath's fist was directly blown apart by the flames, and even the wound was being burned by the high temperature.
The other party couldn't help but retreat, roaring in pain.
Liam gripped Wrath tightly with both hands, "Second form!"
With the infusion of an even more massive Selfless Sword Aura, the entire body of the Zhanmadao expanded dramatically, finally turning into a thorny greatsword with a total length of eight meters.
The greatsword's edge and body were both condensed from sharp, fiery red thorns.
Raging fire coiled around the entire body of the greatsword, spiraling. The thorns even twisted slightly, as if they were a living thing, chewing...
The hilt alone was nearly two meters. Compared to this exaggerated greatsword, Liam's figure seemed much more slender.
However, Liam could wield it very lightly and swiftly with both hands, and could even swing and attack normally with one hand, just not as fast as with two hands. "Oh, not bad."
As if receiving its master's praise, Wrath's blade burned with an even hotter flame.
Triple Slash!
Liam instantly released Triple Slash. While moving at high speed, he released a slash with the greatsword in his hand towards the opponent.
They only saw one after another, fiery sword auras instantly landing on the opponent's body.
The fiery sword aura cut open the opponent's skin, and then the flames burned on the surface of the wound.
The distance of several dozen meters between the two, Liam closed it in less than a second.
Thrusting Smash.
A fiery red light covered Liam's front, and then the weapon in his hand drew power from it and launched an upward slash at the enemy.
The Black Goliath's massive body was so unreasonably sent flying by Liam.
Wrath bathed in blood, and the blade, composed of sharp thorns, began to vibrate at high speed.
An even more explosive flame was attached to it. The enemy was sent flying three or four meters.
Taking advantage of the opponent being suspended in the air, Liam released Secret Sword Art.
He felt the airflow of condensed sword aura approaching him from all directions.
It seemed that as long as he wished, he could freely release a hurricane.
"Secret Sword Art!"
Liam slashed horizontally. He was still nine meters away from the opponent, but with the horizontal slash of the greatsword, a fiery hurricane with a diameter of over ten meters had already enveloped his front.
The fiery hurricane appeared out of thin air. The high temperature and the hurricane with super-strong centrifugal force covered the enemy.
Liam moved forward one step. At this time, his arm span plus the eight-meter Wrath was already enough to hit the opponent.
Illusion Sword Dance!
After the sharp sword aura hit the Black Goliath, the opponent's figure was frozen at a position two meters above the ground.
This was the space-stasis effect of Illusion Sword Dance.
It was also the prerequisite ability for the level fifty awakening—to immobilize a target with sword aura.
The Black Goliath wanted to resist, but what greeted it was a series of slashes, each faster than the last.
In less than two seconds, Liam had slashed a full twenty or thirty times.
Goliath couldn't even defend itself, only able to watch helplessly as the opponent's attacks landed on its body.
Its entire skin was cut open, muscles torn apart, bones broken. In the end, only chunks of flesh cut into countless pieces remained on the ground.
Afterward, the Black Goliath turned into black smoke and dissipated. On the ground was left a pile of magic stones and materials.
Ais stared blankly at Liam, "An abnormal species of Goliath, dealt with just like that?"
This was a floor lord. Even Level 5 adventurers needed several to cooperate to be able to kill the opponent bit by bit.
But what about Liam? He had actually used just a few moves to easily slay it.
Just what level had his strength reached?
「Exp +3214」
This amount of experience could only be said to be not bad, but there was still some distance to go to level up to 46.
Seeing that Lili had already collected all of Goliath's spoils.
"Let's go to the eighteenth floor and rest for a bit."
"Yes!"
Dungeon Eighteenth Floor:
This time, the Dungeon expedition reached the eighteenth floor faster than usual.
And everyone's stamina consumption was not much. So they just needed to sleep here for a few hours to rest and then they could continue to advance.
Liam put Wrath into his sword case. Ais came over.
"Please tell me the way to get strong quickly."
"More actual combat, fight with adventurers, fight with Dungeon monsters. And then use a fixed amount of time every day to meditate, reflect, and summarize your path forward.
In a word, think more, fight more."
"Think more, fight more? Is that all it takes? Then, please guide me more, Liam-kun."
"Ais, I want to be a little more serious. Can you accept that?"
Ais's originally dazed and cute face showed a change. So the previous battle, Liam-kun was just warming up?
"Okay, please be sure to go all out!" Ais bowed to Liam. Although she was two levels higher than Liam, she knew that level didn't represent everything. What was important was real combat power.
"Have you seen me at my peak? We can use weapons to spar."
Liam signaled the other party to follow. He led the group away from the crowded gathering place.
A moment later.
He took a look. Everyone at this time had already finished their business and had come to a remote corner of the eighteenth floor.
"Since everyone is free now, then let me exchange a few pointers with everyone for half an hour."
Liam did have the intention of cultivating everyone, even Ais.
Even if Ais wasn't a member of theirs in the future, she would be a very good cooperation partner.
Since that was the case, then they might as well exchange combat experience together.
Everyone put their prepared supplies aside, then all took out their own weapons and put on their armor.
"I will try my best not to make you bleed, but there will still be bruises and swelling, so you must all be serious.
Including Lili!"
"Yes!"
One versus five.
Previously, Liam's highest record was winning against more than two thousand people, and each one was at least Lv3.
Liam continued to carry his sword case on his back and took out Pride.
Pride, type: eight-sided Han Jian. Total length one point two five meters. Overall golden, sparkling, gorgeous and dazzling.
Blade length one meter, hilt length twenty-five centimeters, blade width four centimeters, blade thickness one centimeter, overall long and narrow.
Special ability is—piercing!
The entire body of Pride was also covered with gorgeous sword aura runes, as beautiful as a work of art.
With the infusion of Selfless Sword Aura, Pride also emitted a golden light and produced a sword humming sound.
One versus five, the advantage is mine!
Liam didn't release his sword aura from a distance, but rather infused it into the blade's body, increasing its sharpness.
Since it was a sword, then its main use was naturally to pierce!
Casually thrusting a sword at Lili!
A sharp edge was released from the tip of Pride's sword, then flew over Lili's head, chiseling a shallow pit in the distant wall.
Is this Pride?
The power of its piercing is truly astonishing! And its range is also very far!
Just the air wave from the thrust with the weapon's characteristic could have such power. If it were attached with Selfless Sword Aura, or even dragon-shaped sword aura, the power would probably be even more exaggerated.
"「Awaken」, 「Tempest」"
Sword Princess Ais began to chant. Subsequently, a strong wind was imbued onto her body, and she dashed towards Liam at high speed!
The corners of Liam's mouth lifted, "Well come!"
He also met the opponent's attack head-on. The eight-sided Han Jian in his hand slashed fiercely at the other party.
In less than a second, the two sides had directly exchanged more than a dozen blows. A large number of sparks erupted in front of the two.
Then the two sides quickly retreated, pulling a certain distance apart...
Liam placed his left hand behind his back, "Then I will use my second weapon..."
Ais obviously wasn't prepared to sit and wait for death, once again coming up to meet him.
However, Liam's right hand directly activated Selfless Sword Aura, continuously thrusting in Ais's direction.
A full several dozen golden, sharp sword gleams, in the shape of a "V" the size of a palm, like flocks of swallows, enveloped Ais's direction.
By the time Ais arrived in front of Liam, Liam already had the Pride eight-sided Han Jian in his right hand, and the Sloth katana in his left.
"Come and try my dual-wielding style!"
(End of this chapter)
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