Volume 7, Chapter 34 – Arcane Torrent

“The battle begins——”

Under Tianyin’s gaze, and under the watchful eyes of countless players, this battle between two Throne-tier players finally began.

“Stage of Light!”

The moment the match started, Yunchou activated the Paladin’s strongest combat skill without hesitation, Stage of Light.

For Tianyin, who had been in contact with Paladins from the very beginning and also possessed the Paladin-derived job Blood Knight, the Paladin’s Stage of Light was actually an active skill that boosted all attributes across the board, along with a damage “buff” to Paladin skills.

Of course, in terms of appearance, the instant Stage of Light was activated, Yunchou’s body was enveloped in dazzling holy light.

“A Paladin status skill… I should be able to copy this skill…”

Even though she was extremely wary of the powerful aura radiating from Yunchou, Tianyin still copied this skill without hesitation using Envy.

On the other side, while Yunchou activated Stage of Light, Andrew also made his move.

However, as an Arcane mage, Andrew did not use instant cast magic to attack right away, instead he began chanting.

And as the chanting began, beneath Andrew’s feet, a huge and unbelievably complex magic circle slowly began to appear.

“This is…”

Having never seen this kind of move before, Tianyin immediately used the power of Envy to analyze it and copy it.

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But what surprised Tianyin was that Envy’s ability did not succeed right away this time. Not only that, it even encountered a trace of resistance.

“Can’t copy it… wait, this isn’t a skill, it’s purely a magic circle…”

In her mind, Samael, who was even more experienced than Tianyin, immediately reacted.

「Xiaoyin, this guy is using his mental power to draw an arcane magic circle. This kind of ability isn’t a move at all, because drawing an arcane magic circle requires the corresponding knowledge, and knowledge is something the power of Envy can’t copy…」

『Huh? So that’s how it is?』

Hearing that, Tianyin couldn’t help being shocked.

After all, Envy’s copying ability had always been unbeatable. Tianyin had never imagined that aside from the innate abilities unique to the power of Original Sin that couldn’t be copied, there would be anything else that Envy couldn’t copy.

『If that’s the case, does that mean there are still many things in this world that Envy can’t copy, Samael?』

「Mm, I’m not very sure either, but Envy’s copying ability still has its limits.」

And while Tianyin and Samael were talking in secret, down below, the first clash between Yunchou and Andrew finally began.

“Holy Light Impact!”

“Holy Light Punishment!”

Regarding Andrew constructing an arcane magic circle, Yunchou did not think of interrupting it right away, instead he pulled back the distance and fired bundle after bundle of massive holy light attacks toward Andrew’s position.

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“Hm? What is he doing?”

“When a mage is chanting, shouldn’t you close in and interrupt directly?”

“That’s it?”

Toward Yunchou’s actions, it wasn’t just Tianyin who felt confused, even the players watching instantly erupted.

Everyone knew that when a mage was chanting, they were basically undefended. So at that moment, it was undoubtedly the best opportunity to close in and attack.

But not only did Yunchou not close in, he instead pulled back the distance!

“Hm? He actually saw through my idea?”

Unlike the confused Tianyin and the uproar among the players, when Andrew saw Yunchou pull back and launch “ranged attacks”, a trace of surprise flashed through Andrew’s eyes.

“Strange, how did he know I was deliberately luring him in close?”

While muttering to himself, Andrew immediately stopped chanting.

And at that moment, Yunchou’s several holy light attacks had already arrived in front of Andrew.

Facing Yunchou’s holy light attacks, Andrew did not intend to take them head on, directly using arcane magic Instant Teleportation to evade.

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Boom—!

Massive holy light swallowed the ground where Andrew had just been standing. After the dazzling holy light exploded and vanished, the originally flat ground was gone, replaced by a pitch-black crater that looked bottomless.

“Hiss… just a few beams of holy light punched through the arena floor? You know, even Legendary-tier player battles only lightly damaged the arena…”

“Terrifying… is this the gap between Throne-tier and Legendary-tier…”

At the destruction caused by those few holy light attacks from Yunchou, the players present all sucked in a cold breath.

Of course, Tianyin had long expected Yunchou’s attacks to cause destruction on this scale. And after seeing that enormous crater that looked bottomless on the arena floor, Tianyin instead let out a long sigh of relief.

“Phew… good, the force of the attack was still controlled a bit. Sure enough, my decision to come in person to hold the line wasn’t wrong…”

Yes.

Just as Tianyin said, what the players saw as an “attack scene” that made their scalps go numb just from watching, was, in Tianyin’s eyes, the result of Yunchou deliberately holding back.

Of course, Yunchou himself, as the center of attention, had no idea what Tianyin was thinking. And at this moment, Yunchou’s attention was already fully focused on Andrew.

And at this moment, Andrew, who had used arcane Instant Teleportation to evade Yunchou’s holy light impact, had already arrived right in front of Yunchou. And as Andrew closed the distance between himself and Yunchou, dazzling arcane runes shimmered within Andrew’s eyes.

“Since passively luring you doesn’t work, then I can just actively get close to you.”

Murmuring words only he could hear, Andrew then triggered Instant Teleportation repeatedly, his figure flickering nonstop in midair in the blink of an eye, and then he arrived right in front of Yunchou.

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“Arcane Torrent—”

In the next moment, under the astonished gaze of countless players, Andrew instantly unleashed an arcane art called Arcane Torrent right in front of Yunchou.

Arcane Torrent, as the name implied, was a torrent formed from “arcane”. And its concrete effect was equivalent to forcibly triggering an explosive burst of “arcane”.

And as arcane, a level higher than even magical elements, Arcane Torrent’s effect was also absurdly bugged.

“This is— ability silence…”

Unlike the players who were utterly confused by Andrew’s series of actions, Tianyin used Envy’s analysis ability to instantly “copy” the skill Andrew had released this time.

And after copying it, Tianyin’s expression couldn’t help turning heavy.

“The effect of Arcane Torrent is ability silence. This means that for a short time, all of Yunchou’s Paladin abilities will completely fail… and without being able to use Paladin abilities, against Andrew who can release arcane, Yunchou already has no chance of winning…”

Yes, in Tianyin’s eyes, with Yunchou affected by Andrew’s Arcane Torrent, he had basically already lost.

Because the duration of Arcane Torrent’s silence ability was not just a few seconds… It was a shocking full minute!

And in the next minute, in Andrew’s hands, Yunchou would be in a state with no ability to fight back at all!