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Bang! Bang! Bang!
Shin was forced to disengage from the battle against the Ghostly Lindwurm due to the numbness of his arms.
He had to admit that he had underestimated this monster, which had exchanged a series of intense blows against him.
He first thought that it he would have an easier ti dealing with this monster after wielding the fragnt of the legendary sword [Balmung], which was he best choice when dealing against draconic species.
But to his surprise, he was only able to barely hold his ground against the monster due to his lack of understanding of this legendary sword. He was unable to fully wield it unlike his other legendary sword, the [Durendal].
He had to spend an extra effort control the powers of the broken [Balmung], which also consud a decent amount of concentration during the process.
His thoughts of saving as much willpower and trump cards seed to be coming to bite him instead.
"I guess I am quite impatient at clearing this dungeon when I can clear it for as long as I can since it does not have any ti duration," Shin admitted his mistake imdiately after.
"A Chieftain Rank Monster with bloodline powers is still too strong for to deal with without any help from my strongest trump cards," he mumbled with a helpless sigh.
A monster of this level far surpassed those Emperor Rank Monsters at the Aurora Continent, so it was normal for it to be this powerful.
Shin had to admit that he sowhat beca a little overconfident after getting his hands on powerful weapons and his recent improvents.
"Since this is the case, then I will take my ti exploring this dungeon and hunting these guys with a steady pace," he said before glancing at the skills attached to the broken [Balmung] in his left hand.
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Blood Dragon Awakening (Active): Once activated, the wielder of this sword will enter a berserk state where their overall stats will be increased by five tis and gain the power capable of slaying dragons in exchange for losing their mind.
Duration: 30 minutes
Cooldown: 3 Days (In-ga Ti)
Dragon Slaying (Passive): When fighting against creatures under the Draconic Species, all stats will be doubled while all forms of attacks will be twice as effective.
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These skills were perfect with his current situation. But he debated internally for a couple of monts, deciding whether he wanted to use the 'Blood Dragon Awakening' or the 'Decent of the Fallen God' to deal with his current opponent.
After all, the three-day cooldown ti was still too long. It consud almost all his online ti before he could use it again.
This would let him hunt at least one of the fragnts a day (real-world ti), which had a very low efficiency for his requirent.
Compared to the skills of [Durendal], this berserk skill was too overpowered despite its drawbacks. The only problem was its long cooldown.
He could guess that this cooldown ti was most likely due to the broken state of the legendary sword, which could be lowered so long as he found the other two fragnts.
anwhile, the [Durendal] was in a sealed state, which was why its broken skills were still unavailable for him. He wondered how powerful it was when compared to this core skill of the [Balmung].
Setting that thought aside, Shin calculated inside his head while continuing to fight the Ghostly Lindwurm with full intensity.
After considering it for a few monts, he decided to endure the struggle against this fragnt of evil being with regular ans, most of his trump cards. He would then save the 'Blood Dragon Awakening' for the latter, when he was hunting another fragnt, while doing the sa for the 'Decent of the Fallen God' for the third one.
This way, he would be able to increase the efficiency of his hunt up to three Evil Fragnts for today, saving himself a lot of ti for later.
Tomorrow, he would then hunt the other two fragnts with the two overpowered berserk skills, earning him the minimum requirent for Altus' Trial.
After that, he would proceed in hunting the Evil Being the next day for additional rewards. At that ti, he would have both trump cards available, giving him more confidence to defeat that final boss of the dungeon.
Finalizing the plan inside his head, Shin slightly nodded. "Alright. This is good enough."
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Shin proceeded with his plan, which exhausted him quite seriously.
Forcing himself to fight the Ghostly Lindwurm through normal ans required him a lot of ti and energy, but he was still able to take it down in the end.
However, he spent an entire day (in-ga ti) during the entire process before forcing himself to rest imdiately after.
During his idle ti, he was watching the battles of their next opponents for the United Cup, which barely required any energy.
He then continued to hunt, following his plan.
When he first used the 'Blood Dragon Awakening', he experienced how overpowered he could be in that state. He felt like a god for having all his stats increase by several folds, gaining himself a series of boosts for his movent and attack speed, powerful defense, and an enhanced strength for attacking.
The only drawback of this skill was the constant ntal attacks that he was suffering during the activation of the skill.
It felt like he would lose himself in rage if he stayed in that state for too long.
Fortunately, the blessings that his other legendary sword, the [Durendal], possessed focused more on mind and spirit.
This made him stayed in the state of 'Blood Dragon Awakening' for an extended period of ti without losing himself.
He was able to deal with the second evil fragnt, Undead Salamander, with all these advantages.
He had encountered so issues during the battle, but it was still at a manageable level. This gave him enough ti to recover himself before proceeding to hunt the third fragnt, which was a giant Deathworm.
He had so trouble dealing with its since it was constantly diving into the ground, which quite annoyed him during the battle.
Even with the 'Decent of the Fallen God' being fully active, Shin was still having a hard ti taking down the annoying worm.
In this battle, he had gained a huge breakthrough with his connection with the Powers of the Brilliant Sun, which strengthened his understanding of the Brilliant Fla.
This increased his control over the Eternal Fla and enhanced its powers.
He then borrowed the Brilliant Flas in the surrounding before plunging the [Durendal] into the ground and channeling his powers at the sa ti.
This forced the deathworm to co out of the ground, which gave Shin an opportunity to fight it properly.
After another series of struggle, he managed to kill the Deathworm, earning himself another special core upon its death and destroying the third fragnt of the evil being.
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Shin did not linger in that place for that long as he quickly logged out to rest.
He then continued studying the videos of the Hien Workshop to prepare for the next round of the United Cup.
If they manage to win a clean victory in this match, at least earning themselves an 8-2 or 7-3 score, then they would be able to secure the top spot in the upper bracket of the top eight matches.
Given the current standings, the Empyrean Talons were sowhat ahead of everyone else. But they could not relax yet as the other rivals were closely behind them.
The Pandemonium Troupe had an 18-2 score alongside the God's Paradise. These two teams also had a dominant performance in their previous matches, convincing everyone that they were the top powerhouse in the tournant.
The two scores that they had lost were from the Single Matches, where their representatives encountered powerful Godlike Powerhouses. However, those matches were very close, where both sides only had a sliver of health during the final exchanges.
Then them were the Slayers Adventurer Team, Earners rcenary Group, and Hand of Midas following closely behind with 16-4 standings.
The other top teams such as Hydra Guild, Dragon Pavilion, Central Order, and Assassin Unions had encountered so slips during the Group Battles, which left them with 14-6 scores.
But from the eyes of the experts, most of these teams with slightly lower scores had purposely dropped a round or two to avoid facing stronger opponents for the next matchups.
With all these powerful teams closely behind, Shin and the rest of the Empyrean Talons had to prepare for as much as they could, especially when the real competition was only starting.
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Later this day, the mbers of the Empyrean Talons were currently gathered for a strategic eting.
Everyone was silent as they stared at Shin with a weird gaze after listening to the strategy that he just presented to them.
It took so ti for soone to finally voice out their concern.
"We understand the arrangent for the Single Matches and Team Competition. Going strong with our strongest lineup," started Owen before suddenly asking. "But for the Group Battle-… are you sure you want to do this?"
Shin just gave everyone a reassuring smile as he nodded. "How can I be careless when I also know that the Group Battle is very important for us if we want to secure the first seed of the standings before proceeding to the top eight matches."
He then paused as he pointed at the virtual screen project before everyone, specifically pointing at the nas he arranged for the Group Battle. "Trust . This composition is the best to deal with those guys from the Hien Workshop."
"They will surely go with the standard composition, expecting us to do sothing similar to our previous match."
Alucard frowned quite deeply as he considered Shin's words. He then sighed as he asked. "But isn't this a little too risky?"
Shin chuckled as he heard that before assuring them once again. "It may be risky on the surface, but it has a lot of advantages if you look at it from a different angle."
He then looked at the three people, who he assigned for the group battle, and said. "Follow at the training room for a mont. We will do a simple training to let you adjust to this strategy."
Seeing the devious smile that Shin was wearing, Lorraine, who joined the eting for fun once again, could not help but shake her head. "This guy is evil. He will not stop until he embarrasses his opponents enough."
Cloe nodded her head in agreent while Leonard just chuckled. "But the arrangent for the group battle is indeed interesting. This will make everyone go crazy after learning about it."
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