We're Already In Close Combat And You Still Say You're A Mage?

Watching the figure of the girl wearing an exoskeleton in front of him turn into dots of light and dissipate, a prompt appeared on Xu Bai's personal terminal.

"Hint: You have won."

"Current winning streak: 1"

"Current ranking: 8762547"

"Do you want to continue matching?"

Xu Bai chose yes.

The next moment, a blurry figure appeared in front of his eyes, and gradually became solid.

"Tip: The current invincibility time is, and the battle will start in 10 seconds."

When the figure became solid, Xu Bai looked intently.

The person who came was a young man who was over 1.7 meters tall, wearing a brown-red windbreaker, and carrying a long knife with a cold light in his hand.

"We've only won one game in a row. Is this a welfare match that the Court of Origin has given me?"

The man in windbreaker and knife across from him also saw Xu Bai.

He immediately checked Xu Bai's record, a playful smile appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud, looking at Xu Bai like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

At this time, the two sides were still far apart, but with Xu Bai's current eyesight, he could still clearly see the expression on the windbreaker man's face, which made him a little annoyed.

Therefore, Xu Bai put away the spear he was holding in his hand, pointed one hand at the man in the trench coat and knife opposite him, and made an international friendly gesture.

The knife man also saw Xu Bai's movements, his expression became ferocious, and he responded to Xu Bai's gesture of wiping his neck.

The 10 seconds of invincibility ended quickly, and Xu Bai instantly retreated, trying to distance himself from the sword man.

How could the windbreaker knife man let him succeed? He flipped the long knife in his hand, strode forward, and chased after him.

Xu Bai's running speed was obviously much slower than that of the knife man, and the distance between the two parties quickly closed.

At this moment, Xu Bai turned back to look at him, raised his arm, and pointed at the man in windbreaker and knife who was chasing him.

"Ice Thorn"!

Xu Bai mobilized his magic power to drive the surrounding ice elements.

In an instant, icy blue light lit up from his fingertips, and the ice elements instantly condensed under the feet of the trench coat and knife man not far away, turning into countless ice spikes that suddenly appeared from the trench coat and knife man's feet.

Due to the existence of the talent "Elemental Apostle", Xu Bai does not need to chant or move forward when releasing spells.

Therefore, the man in trench coat and knife was unable to dodge, and his legs were immediately pierced by ice spikes, causing him to fall to the ground.

"ah!"

His legs were pierced by sharp ice thorns, and the man in trench coat and knife screamed in agony as he fell to the ground.

The damage of the ice thorn was not high, so it only penetrated his legs and did not cause fatal damage.

Xu Bai walked forward and looked at the man in trench coat and knife who fell to the ground in pain with an expressionless face.

He had deliberately slowed down before just to lure the other party to take the bait.

"Give up on your own, or should I help you?"

"I surrender."

The man in the trench coat and sword was obviously a melee-type walker. At this time, his legs were crippled, and he had obviously lost his combat effectiveness.

As he admitted defeat, his figure, like the girl wearing the exoskeleton before, turned into specks of light and disappeared in front of Xu Bai's eyes.

"Hint: You have won."

"Current winning streak: 2"

"Current ranking: 6523487"

"Do you want to continue matching?"

Xu Bai chose to continue.

...

Half an hour later.

In the arena.

Xu Bai watched as the body of the fallen enemy in front of him gradually dissipated, and a message from the Court of Origin popped up on the terminal.

"Hint: You have won."

"Current winning streak: 7"

"Current ranking: 967534"

"Tip: Your current arena ranking has reached the top 1 million, the matching time has been extended, and a temporary lounge has been opened for you."

The next moment, Xu Bai's figure also disappeared from the arena and appeared in a single lounge.

The lounge is fully equipped with sofas, TVs, entertainment facilities, etc. There is a coffee table in the center, and there are some fruit drinks that Xu Bai has never seen before.

"Tip: Matching is in progress. The estimated matching time is 5 minutes. Please wait patiently in the lounge."

In many previous battles, he had inevitably used the "Heart of Technique" auxiliary ability several times.

At this time, Xu Bai was also a little hungry.

He picked up a piece of fruit that looked like an apple on the table and put it into his mouth.

"Well."

Just after chewing twice, Xu Bai's eyes widened instantly.

The taste of this unknown fruit, which was very similar to an apple, was very good, with a sweetness that he had never tasted before.

Xu Bai finished the piece of fruit in two or three mouthfuls.

The fruit enters the stomach pouch and is instantly digested and decomposed by the "Heart of Technique", converted into nutrients, and absorbed by the "Heart of Technique" in his right chest.

The energy contained in this piece of fruit is very high, and the bottomless pit of "The Heart of Technique" is filled up in an instant, even with redundancy.

These remaining nutrients were sent to Xu Bai's body along the blood circulation.

Immediately, Xu Bai felt full.

This surprised him.

The fist-sized piece of fruit he just ate had an astonishingly high energy density. Just one piece of it replenished the consumption of the "Heart of Technique" and made him feel full.

"Good stuff."

Xu Bai thought to himself that this should be some kind of benefit prepared by the Court of Origin for the walkers who challenge the arena, but he didn't know if he could bring out a few.

Just then, the prompt appeared.

"Tip: You have been matched with an opponent and the transmission is about to begin."

As soon as the scenery in front of Xu Bai's eyes faded, he was already in the arena.

Not far in front of him, he saw a woman wearing a white mage robe standing there.

"Tip: The current invincibility time is and the battle will start in 10 seconds."

The two sides didn't speak, and 10 seconds passed quickly.

Xu Bai turned his wrist, and the spear appeared in his hand. He exerted force on his legs, and his whole body was like a cannonball, rushing towards the woman in white mage robe opposite.

The woman didn't hesitate, she immediately took out a staff, muttered some words, and started singing.

"Rock barrier!"

In an instant, the woman had finished singing, and an earthen wall composed of rock elements appeared on Xu Bai's path, blocking him and the woman.

Due to the obstruction of the earth wall, the woman disappeared from Xu Bai's sight. He quickly adjusted his direction and wanted to cross the earth wall from the right and continue to rush towards the woman.

As soon as I rounded the earthen wall, I felt a burning burning sensation.

An alarm bell rang in Xu Bai's heart, and the perception derived from up to 38 points of intelligence was constantly warning.

Boom~

In an instant, Xu Bai felt the "Heart of Technique" on his right chest contract powerfully, pumping out a strong and powerful blood flow.

At this time, if Xu Bai is suddenly injured and the blood pumped from the "Heart of Technique" flows out of the body, you will find that the blood has a faint silvery sheen.

Before this blood entered the "Heart of Techniques", it was ordinary blood in Xu Bai's body. After being converted by the "Heart of Techniques", when it flowed out again, the blood contained a strange energy.

It was this strange energy that changed the composition of his blood and gave it a silvery sheen.

However, Xu Bai himself was not aware of this change. He only felt a sudden surge of extremely powerful energy in his blood.

He felt his body full of power.

As the "Heart of Technique" beats powerfully, the blood containing special energy spreads all over Xu Bai's body.

Xu Bai's brain instantly became extremely clear-headed, and everything around him slowed down in his eyes.

The energy-rich blood pumped out from the heart of the technique made Xu Bai seem to have entered an ultra-limited state.

Sand, sand, sand~

A small voice reached his ears.

This is the rustling sound made by the air rubbing against the skin while running at high speed.

Xu Bai raised his head and looked forward, only to see a huge fireball coming towards him. It was less than one meter away from him and was still getting closer. The terrifying high temperature had already made his mouth and tongue dry.

Xu Bai reacted quickly, relying on the ultra-limited state brought about by the "Heart of Technique", and bent his body backwards to avoid the oncoming fireball in an extremely weird posture.

The fireball hit the arena floor behind Xu Bai, creating a sea of ​​fire.

As Xu Bai dodged the fireball, the super-limit state brought about by the "Heart of Technique" had disappeared, but the strange energy in his blood still existed, and he still felt full of power.

"Tip: You have unlocked the temporary talent ability: Extreme Moment."

"Tip: This talent ability currently relies on the "Heart of Technique" to be used. When you meet special conditions, it will be converted into a permanent talent. "

"Tip: For detailed information about this talent, walkers can check it on their own personal panel."

Still fighting at this time, Xu Bai ignored the prompts from the Court of Origin.

Relying on the temporary talent "Extreme Moment" to avoid the oncoming fireball, Xu Bai speeded up again and rushed towards the woman in the robe.

All this was done in an instant. Seeing that his set of combo skills was broken by Xu Bai in some unknown way, the woman in the robe remained calm, and the top of the staff in her hand emitted a cyan light, waving it rapidly in the air, A complex technique was outlined.

"Art: Wind Blade Cut"!

After the technique was outlined, the woman shouted loudly, and countless blue wind blades suddenly appeared around Xu Bai, attacking him overwhelmingly.

Seeing the wind blade coming toward his face in his field of vision, Xu Bai didn't panic at all. He blocked the spear in front of him and danced like a breeze.

Ding, ding, ding~

There was a clear and dense collision sound, and the spear in Xu Bai's hand continued to smash the wind blades that were coming towards him, but the speed of his feet did not slow down at all, and he continued to close the distance with the woman in robes opposite him.

Soon, the duration of the "Art: Wind Blade Slit" in front of the woman ended and it dissipated in the air.

As the spell disappeared, the wind blades that filled the sky also disappeared.

Seeing that this attack was still ineffective, the woman's face changed slightly, her eyes lit up with dark blue light, she kept whispering and began to chant spells.

The shape of the staff in her hand changed, and the top cracked, revealing a blue gem.

"Extremely cold and frozen"!

The blue gem on the top of the staff disappeared immediately. When it reappeared, it was beside Xu Bai. It exploded instantly and turned into a sheet of ice mist, covering Xu Bai.

Xu Bai's movements immediately slowed down, and tiny ice crystals gradually appeared on his body, slowing him down.

The area covered by this ice mist was huge. Even if Xu Bai wanted to rush out, it would not take him a while.

Seeing that something was not going well, Xu Bai quickly took out an object from the storage space and threw it out of the area shrouded in ice fog with all his strength.

He was still running hard towards the woman, trying to leave the area shrouded in ice mist.

Soon, his speed became slower and slower, and there were more and more ice crystals on his body. After a while, Xu Bai became an exquisite ice sculpture.

These ice cubes were so hard that Xu Bai couldn't break free even with his physical strength.

Seeing that the enemy was dealt with, the woman in robes breathed a sigh of relief.

She walked forward and came to Xu Bai's ice sculpture. She raised her staff and started singing again, preparing to give Xu Bai the finishing blow.

"Explosive Flame Bomb"!

A fireball gradually condensed and took shape in the woman's hand.

At this moment, a sound of mechanical deformation came from not far away. She turned around and saw that a small autonomous turret had been deployed on the ground. The black muzzle was facing her directly and began to spit out tongues of fire. .

"Damn it!"

The moment she saw the fort, the woman cursed angrily, and the fireball that was about to condense in her hand immediately dissipated, and she quickly moved to the side, trying to avoid the bullets fired from the fort.

But no matter how the woman moved around, the self-discipline fort not far away locked her tightly.

Soon, blood mist splashed on the woman's waist, a large hole appeared in her abdomen, and many fragments of body organs and tissues were scattered on the floor.

That was a bullet that hit her lower back and penetrated through her abdomen.

The woman staggered, and after just a moment's pause, she was instantly torn into pieces by the intensive firepower of the autonomous turret behind her. The triggered protection mechanism turned into particles of light and dissipated.

Click, click.

As the woman disappeared, the hard ice that trapped Xu Bai shattered on its own.

"Hint: You have won."

"Current winning streak: 8"

"Current ranking: 5670"

"Because you defeated the top 10,000 players, your ranking will rise significantly, and you will be matched with stronger enemies in the future."

"Do you want to continue matching?"

After breaking free from the shackles of the ice, Xu Bai did not choose to continue the match and experienced a fierce battle. At this time, his physical condition was very bad.

in this battle.

The woman in the white robe always kept a relatively distant distance from Xu Bai.

The Ice Spike has a shorter casting distance.

It means Xu Bai wants to get close to her.

You must first master the opponent's set of skills.

Xu Bai's current ability development is somewhat biased towards close combat techniques.

Long-range strike methods are a shortcoming of Xu Bai's current capabilities.

We will have to find ways to make it up in the future.

.......

Putting away the self-discipline turret not far away, Xu Bai chose to return to the lounge.

"Tip: The transmission has ended and you are currently in the temporary lounge."

Back in the lounge, Xu Bai picked up the fruit plate on the coffee table, slumped down on the sofa, and stuffed it into his mouth as hard as he could.

The consumption of the temporary talent "Ultimate Moment" brought by "Heart of Technique" was really beyond his imagination.

The feeling of hunger was not obvious just after the "Ultimate Moment" was over. That was because his body's energy could still sustain the consumption.

But as the fighting time prolonged and the energy consumption of his body increased, he gradually felt weak.

This resulted in him not being able to leave the "extreme ice" range in time at the last moment and almost being defeated.

If he hadn't thrown out the silver-level equipment "Portable Sentry Turret" at the last moment, he might really have fallen into the hands of the woman in the robe.

Therefore, after the battle, he immediately felt a terrible hunger.

After eating three apple-like fruits in a row, Xu Bai recovered, and his "Heart of Technique" was fully replenished with energy.

Xu Bai opened the skill list and checked the temporary talent "Ultimate Moment" obtained during the battle.