Volume 3, Chapter 97 – Elementalization

Attacking with a sword.

Only that.

Everyone knew that the sword in Tianyin’s hand was actually the knight sword Fisiel had given her before, named 【Victory Golden Sword】.

Because of the Blood Knight connection, its role as a knight sword had not been wasted, but in reality, even in her Seven Deadly Sins state, Tianyin could only fight using a sword.

To be precise, she could only attack using a sword.

So when the aged Prophet asked if she “only knew how to use a sword”, Tianyin in her Samael state did not notice the probing intent hidden in his words.

Instead she…

“Ha, so what if I only use a sword? Aren’t you only able to defend yourself under my blade too?”

…admitted it just like that.

Samael did possess the memories and combat experience from when she was still the Blood Knight, but those memories and that combat experience were only about things inside the kingdom.

As for things outside the kingdom… such as beastman classes, Samael actually did not really know much about what a beastman Shaman could do.

She did not know in her heart what strange abilities Shamans had, but from the current situation, this beastman Throne’s strength in a one-on-one fight was much weaker than Thrones from other factions. Yet in terms of strategic value, he was much stronger than Thrones who only knew how to fight.

However, since they were facing each other in direct combat right now, his strategic capabilities were completely restricted and could not be brought to bear.

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“So you really only swing a sword…”

Hearing Tianyin’s slightly malicious words, the Prophet had a “just as I thought” look.

“If your attacks are nothing but pure physical strikes… then…”

Nothing but pure physical strikes?

Hearing the Prophet mutter to himself, Tianyin instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

She reacted and tried to stop him, but a Throne was still a Throne. It was not something Tianyin could stop just because she wanted to.

“Elementalization…”

In Tianyin’s ears, the Prophet before her suddenly spoke this word softly.

Then, as he faced the slash she was swinging at him, the Prophet made no move to resist at all. He only looked calmly at the attack Tianyin was bringing down.

“Elementalization… no way…”

In Tianyin’s sight, her slash should have been able to kill the beastman before her in a single blow. But the instant her strike touched his body, it was as if it had hit nothing at all and passed straight through.

“Didn’t see that coming, did you? But if your attacks really are just sword swings, then in my Elementalized state, you’ll never be able to harm me in the slightest.”

The Prophet patiently explained. He was willing to explain this patiently because he understood that even if he did not say it, Tianyin would notice it right away.

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So instead of letting Tianyin figure it out on her own, he might as well say it directly himself.

After all, that way he could influence Tianyin’s mindset to some extent.

“Elementalization, huh? So you even have that kind of ability…”

Although she felt unwilling, Samael knew very well that the Blood Knight’s skills, even if they did not look like physical attacks on the surface, were still physical in essence.

She could still deal a bit of damage to the Prophet before her, but when he was in his Elemental state, that damage became almost negligible.

There was also a reason Tianyin could crush the Elemental Spirits the Prophet summoned earlier, yet had trouble harming the Elementalized Prophet now.

The simplest way to put it was that Elemental Spirits on the Legendary level could have their Elemental forms completely ignored by Tianyin, but an Elementalized Throne, the Prophet, was a different story for Tianyin altogether.

“Hard to predict? Every Shaman has this Elementalization ability. But compared to other things, Elementalization is actually a very tasteless ability. Normally, I only use it as an auxiliary skill when I’m communing with the world’s elements… But when I realized your attacks seemed to be nothing but physical strikes, I understood. You don’t have any way to deal with me in my Elementalized state at all.”

Even though he had been on the defensive the whole time in the earlier fight, the Prophet had still been thinking up a way to break his opponent while defending.

Elementalization was the best and most direct way to leave Tianyin with no options against him.

After hearing the Prophet’s words, a look of unwillingness flashed in Tianyin’s eyes.

In her mind, even though control of her body had been taken by Samael, Tianyin herself was still clearly aware of what was happening outside.

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『What do we do, Samael? It looks like we really have no way to deal with this now.』

「I know… Elementalization is easy for other Thrones to deal with, but using it on us is a very correct choice…」

Though it frustrated her, Samael had no choice but to admit that the Prophet’s use of Elementalization was very timely.

『Wuu… then… then what do we do, Samael? Isn’t there any way to beat him?』

「The Victory Golden Sword comes with combat skills of its own, but unfortunately, the casting time is a bit long. That old guy on the other side will definitely react in time…」

Put plainly, Samael was out of options.

And just when Tianyin had no idea how to handle this, the flow of the battle began to reverse.

The Prophet, who had been defending the whole time earlier, now began to call upon all kinds of elemental powers in the world and launched his attack on Tianyin.

Invisible massive wind blades formed from wind elements, huge flaming meteors formed out of thin air from earth and fire elements, gigantic icicles formed from the advanced form of water elements, ice elements…

Under the Prophet’s guidance, a barrage of elemental attacks all flew toward Tianyin.

“What’s going on? Wasn’t she just on top a moment ago? Why did she suddenly stop attacking and switch to passive defense?”

Some players were confused by Tianyin’s current behavior.

After all, just a minute ago, the fight had been intense. They might not have been able to see the details of the battle, but they could still tell which side had the advantage.

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Yet now, Tianyin, who had been wildly suppressing the beastman Prophet just a second before, suddenly stopped attacking and went straight to passive defense.

That naturally took many players by surprise.

“No… that’s Elementalization. That little girl’s attacks don’t work at all on the Elementalized beastman, so the situation flipped in an instant.”

Quite a few top players noticed the key point and directly pointed out the core of the problem.

“Isn’t that way too cheap? How’s she supposed to fight like that?”

“Exactly, that’s just bullying the little girl.”

Tianyin’s adorable appearance drew a lot of sympathy from the players.

Of course, as the person everyone was talking about, Tianyin herself had no idea what those players were thinking.

Under the Prophet’s attacks, with no way to counterattack, Tianyin could only continue to defend passively.

And at the same time…

Time kept passing, second by second…