Chapter 94: 93. An Increasingly Bizarre Battle
However, what everyone didn't know was that Dorothy, who seemed like a battle god incarnate at this moment, was also suffering in silence.
"Damn it, why isn't she dead yet? If she doesn't die soon, I won't be able to hold on. I'm almost out of mana, okay?"
Feeling her rapidly depleting mana pool and looking at her opponent's still robust mana bar, Zhai Mo Nv was in agony.
This full-power Battle God mode naturally came at a cost. Her current ferocious output was exchanged for a multiplied mana consumption.
One must know that the "Witch's Mahou Shoujo Transformation Spell" was an 8-ring advanced spell with astonishing consumption. Even as the creator of the spell, Dorothy, who knew it inside out and could minimize mana consumption to the greatest extent, still used up almost 5000 mana to activate it. Not to mention, this was just the activation cost; the subsequent maintenance cost was around 200 mana per second.
Dorothy's total mana value was only 13,000 mana. The previous few matches were all instant kills, so she hadn't consumed much mana. It was only at the end, to break through Senior Mia's golden turtle shell, that she used her ultimate skill, Dragon King Sky-Shattering Fist. That punch was incredibly powerful, but it also consumed a lot, burning through almost 2000 mana. Plus, there was the consumption from constantly using Shrink Earth into an Inch while being chased by Madeline.
In short, she only had about 4000 mana left in her body at this moment, enough to maintain her Battle God form for a maximum of 20 seconds. If she couldn't hammer her opponent to death within those 20 seconds, she would just have to lie down and wait for death.
It's just that...
"Damn, I used to hear those perverts say that Succubus are durable and can withstand any heavy-handed play. I didn't believe it then, but now it seems it's true. This HP bar is ridiculously thick."
Dorothy's left head lifted, glancing at the real-time health bars displayed above the Gladiator Arena.
Dorothy: (2SS transformation, full health recovery plus a doubled health bar should be reasonable, right?)
Madeline: 2333 / 13000
Both of their Physique attributes were rated A, so their health bars were comparable in length. Her previous flurry of attacks had successfully reduced her opponent to critical health.
However, just as Dorothy was invigorated and preparing to finish the job in one go, she suddenly discovered that her opponent had activated some inexplicable talent, causing her health recovery speed to skyrocket. In fact, her self-healing speed was almost on par with the damage Dorothy was dealing.
What kind of locked health cheat is this?
At this moment, Dorothy finally understood how terrifying a Succubus was. It turned out that their sturdy and durable physique was terrifying in every sense, both in bed and on the battlefield.
But it didn't matter anymore; there was no turning back. She could only continue attacking and see whose health bar would give out first, or whose mana bar would give out first.
At this moment, her mana bar was at 3000 mana, and her Battle God form had 15 seconds remaining.
"Ora Ora Ora..."
"Muda Muda Muda..."
Dorothy gritted her teeth and unleashed another furious barrage.
At this moment, she dared not relax. After all, she had just managed to seize a momentary weakness from her opponent, pulling this technical fighter into a situation where both sides could only rely on raw attributes. If she relaxed and allowed her opponent to escape from this endless combo predicament and regroup, she would undoubtedly lose today.
Against such a technical enemy, she couldn't give her any chance to retaliate.
"Die, you bastard!"
The Little Witch was attacking with all her might.
At this moment, her mana bar was at 2000 mana, and her Battle God form had 10 seconds remaining.
On the other side, the Succubus Witch truly had no choice but to passively endure the beating. After all, her current mana was simply too limited for any significant maneuvers.
As the child of two Apex Witches, Madeline's mana was already over 10,000 at birth. By the time she officially began to learn martial arts and engage in Magic Net Duels, her mana was already 40,000 to 50,000 mana. It could be said that her combat system was built from a minimum of 40,000 to 50,000 mana.
As for combat styles with less than 40,000 mana...
Emmmm, there really wasn't any. She had never imagined that she might only have so little mana when dueling someone. Besides, Witches with so little mana could generally be classified as weaklings. And weaklings could be instantly killed, right?
Madeline truly never dreamed that there actually existed such a prodigy in the world, one with terrible mana but frighteningly high attributes and strength. Her heart was truly in a mess at this moment.
If she had over 40,000 mana for this duel today, she would have at least dozens of ways to escape now.
"After I go back, I'll perfect this flaw. I'll build a combat system starting from 1000 mana."
The Succubus Witch thought fiercely.
However, future plans clearly couldn't effectively alleviate her current absolutely passive situation. She could only continue to be pummeled by her opponent like meat on a chopping board.
This was precisely the outcome her opponent desired. She, who was originally a high-tier player, had been successfully pulled down to the same level, and now her opponent was exploiting her rich experience to torment her.
How could there be such a shameless person? No wonder her cute younger sister, after knowing her for only a few hours, had already gone astray and almost didn't come home at night.
The Succubus Witch was furious.
However, Madeline hadn't completely given up hope. With her experience, she naturally saw the high consumption of her opponent's burst form. Such an all-out attack definitely couldn't last long for her opponent either. Now it was just a matter of who would outlast whom.
Moreover, her martial arts were not practiced in vain. Even in such a desperate situation, she had already developed a basic countermeasure within these short ten-odd seconds.
As a master who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, her skill was already enough to be called a Martial God in the eyes of other races. For her, achieving full-body power was naturally easy to do.
The ability to unleash fist force from any part of the body, as described in the national martial arts novels Dorothy read in her previous life, Madeline could also achieve. What's more, as a Succubus Witch, she inherently possessed absolute control over every inch of her own flesh and blood.
Therefore, at first glance, she appeared to be purely taking a beating, but in reality, her mana circulated within her body, transforming into fist force that erupted from the places she was struck, clashing with her opponent's iron fists.
Of course, the power of such fist force, relying on body mechanics, was certainly not as strong as a true punch. Therefore, this technique could only greatly reduce the damage she received, but it wasn't completely without harm.
Moreover, such fist force generation required prior preparation, needing her to accurately predict her opponent's punch landing spot. But under her opponent's high-frequency attacks, achieving this was incredibly difficult.
Fortunately, Madeline's other talent was now also coming into play, which was her sister's Desire Source, the core Succubus talent, Desire Source (SSR).
Of course, whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, her talent wasn't as good as her sister's. Therefore, she didn't inherit the complete version of Desire Source (SSR) at birth, but only a weakened version of Desire Perception (SR).
Although she could also perceive others' desires for her, she could only sense a general idea at most, like 'she's interested in me,' 'she craves my body,' 'she's looking at my legs,' or 'oh, now she's looking at my chest.' This level of perception, unlike her sister, who could directly interpret her opponent's desires clearly.
But this was already enough, after all, strictly speaking, killing intent and hostility also count as desires, don't they?
This talent, originally used by Succubus for hunting, was transformed into a form of killing intent perception in the hands of Madeline, the martial artist. She developed this talent into a kind of combat intuition, allowing her to sense her opponent's hostility in advance and roughly predict the landing point of their next move.
Thus, she barely managed to achieve this miracle of seemingly being unilaterally beaten, but actually engaging in a mutual brawl.
However, since it was a newly developed technique, she wasn't very proficient with it yet, so the interception efficiency wasn't very high. She could probably intercept five out of ten punches, and the remaining five she had to endure directly.
But this was enough, as her life-saving ability as a Succubus had also begun to take effect.
Specialty Pain Reversal (SR) activated.
When this ability is activated, a Succubus can reverse pain into an equivalent degree of pleasure.
Talent Succubus Body (SR) activated.
Succubus can gain strength from pleasure. The more pleasure they experience, the higher their stamina recovery speed will be, and their body's self-healing ability will be enhanced.
This combination of skills is precisely why Succubus are so difficult to break.
It's just that this combination of skills appears strange when used on the battlefield.
Like right now...
"Damn it, why are you making such misleading sounds while being beaten? And why are you blushing, you pervert? Why did a pervert like you become the Disciplinary Committee Chairman? Plus, with Mia, that S-type dragon, as the Purification Squad leader, there must be something seriously wrong with the Discipline Committee of this Witch Academy."
Looking at her opponent, who was being furiously pummeled by her, yet whose delicate body became increasingly alluring, whose charming face grew redder, and from whose full cherry lips occasionally escaped a suggestive moan, Dorothy's composure, on the contrary, started to break down.
At this moment, her mana was at 1000 mana, and her Battle God form had 5 seconds remaining.
"You damn masochist, die!"
"Mmm, ah..."
Ding.
Match over.
Finally, amidst a roar of anger and a soft moan, this increasingly bizarre match came to an end.
And as the swirling dust cleared, seeing the unconscious Succubus and the young lady gradually shrinking and returning to normal in the smoke, the entire Gladiator Arena audience erupted in cheers.
However, this had nothing to do with Dorothy anymore. Having exhausted her mana, she couldn't hold on either. Her vision went black, and she was about to collapse directly. What confused her, though, was that she didn't seem to fall directly to the ground but instead bumped into something soft.
The last thing she remembered were a few scattered pure white feathers.
The Little Witch fell into a deep sleep.
Another 3000 characters. I thought about it and decided to finish this section in one go. Now I truly have nothing left. Farewell.