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Chapter 712: Chapter 712: Bloody Judgement

Just as Song Jian was on the verge of victory, having already whittled down the Undead Knight’s Vitality Points to below 70%, a female Undead Witch suddenly stood up in the audience, shouting loudly, “I want to provide this poor knight with a pair of Acceleration Boots! I request a Bloody Verdict!”

The audience beside the Undead Witch cheered loudly and shouted together, “Bloody Verdict, Bloody Verdict!”

Soon, the entire audience stood up and roared in unison: “Bloody Verdict, Bloody Verdict…”

“What… what are they doing?” Gao Dongxin said in surprise.

“Bloody Verdict? What’s that? I haven’t seen it in previous duels…” Zhao Dan also looked astounded.

At this moment, the system Elf’s voice rang out across the arena:

“Bloody Verdict is a sacred verdict initiated by the live audience. To activate a Bloody Verdict, one million Doomsday Coins must be consumed. The verdict allows the audience to provide help to any duelist in the arena by giving them a single item!”

“Arena duels are sacred and fair. Regardless of the tier or level of the equipment provided by the audience, an equivalent item must be given to the opponent as compensation!”

“Bloody Verdict cannot be refused and can only be activated once during a duel!”

“Bloody Verdict will upgrade the reward for ten consecutive victories!”

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Gao Dongxin exclaimed in shock, “This… this is cheating, right? This is cheating, cheating!” In the last two sentences, he even leaned on the railing and shouted.

“I never thought there would be so many rules in the arena!” Zhao Dan appeared thoughtful and whispered, “Previous challengers were too weak and couldn’t gather any information. It seems that today will be different. I have to write down all this information!”

System Elf: Undead Witch Susanna pays one million Doomsday Coins to initiate Bloody Verdict!

System Elf: Undead Witch Susanna hands over a level 35 Gold Quality item “Rowell’s Charging Boots” to the Undead Knight.

System Elf: Undead Witch Susanna hands over a level 35 Gold Quality item “Stealth Orb” to Challenger Song Jian.

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Song Jian, who was more than a dozen meters away from the Undead Knight, suddenly found an extra item, the “Stealth Orb,” in his inventory.

“Stealth Orb (Gold), special item, usage effect: Immediately takes effect when placed in the backpack, allows the user to automatically master max level ‘Stealth Technique’, movement speed increased by 5% while stealthed, detection probability reduced by 30%.”

Seeing the attributes of this orb, Song Jian revealed a bitter smile on his face;

This piece of gold equipment was very valuable, and the Stealth Technique was the core skill of thieves and assassins alike; currently, not a single player could level up their Stealth Technique to max level.

The most important thing was that the Stealth Technique learned by players reduced movement speed during stealth; level 1 Stealth Technique reduced movement speed by 50%, whereas max level Stealth Technique reduced movement speed by only 5%. However, this orb increased movement speed by 5% during stealth and reduced detection probability by 30% — a highly valuable item.

Such a treasure would surely be fiercely contested by players in the auction house, especially for those professions that relied on stealth; they would be willing to spend their entire fortune to acquire this item.

However, this equipment had no use for Song Jian at the moment, as Stealth Technique could not be used during combat. This piece of equipment, as good as it was, could not immediately enhance his power.

The boots obtained by the other party, as their name suggests, are ones that increase the user’s movement speed and undoubtedly possess an acceleration skill, greatly benefiting the current Undead Knight.

As long as the Undead Knight can catch up to Song Jian, the situation would immediately turn around. In a close combat situation, the Undead Knight is even capable of fighting against someone with second-tier combat power. If the passive skill “Fatal Strike” activates during close combat, it would be an instant kill for anyone.

Song Jian could clearly see that the Undead Knight had changed into a pair of boots, which are visibly different from the rest of its equipment. Apparently, the previous ensemble was a set, and replacing the boots now could mean a loss of a set attribute.

Nevertheless, the change in the Undead Knight’s speed was apparent after equipping the boots. Most importantly, the thick snow seemed unable to slow it down. It moved as if gliding on the snow towards Song Jian.

“Immunity to slow status?” Song Jian narrowed his eyes. He originally thought the boots would carry some acceleration abilities or an active ability to temporarily remove slow debuffs. However, he didn’t expect these scorpion boots to possess a passive skill with immunity to slow effects. This puts a big restraint on Song Jian’s Snow Dance Sword technique.

“You think I can only restrict your speed?” Song Jian snorted coldly, counterattacking and charging directly towards the Undead Knight.

Seeing Song Jian ready to face the Undead Knight head-on, the audience roared with excitement!

“Fatal Strike, Fatal Strike, Fatal Strike!” The Undead Witch stood up, clenched her fists, and shouted loudly.

Following her lead, almost everyone in the audience rose from their seats and roared, “Fatal Strike, Fatal Strike…”

They all wanted to see Song Jian being killed by the Undead Knight’s passive skill, the Fatal Strike. All humans in the treasure chests looked somber.

In room 102, a middle-aged man stared at the field intently and whispered, “Fortunately, these monsters won’t appear on Earth…”

“That may not be true. They have already appeared before our eyes. How can you be sure that they won’t show up on the streets or even in your own home in the near future?”

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Clutching the Crimson Fire Heart Ape Sword, Song Jian battled against the Undead Knight. At his side, the three longswords moved as if controlled by invisible hands, thrusting at the Undead Knight from various angles.

For a moment, it was as if four master swordsmen were besieging the Undead Knight.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The clamor about the “Fatal Strike” irritated the Undead Knight, whose passive skill, Fatal Strike, was not something it could activate at will. Sometimes it wouldn’t even trigger in several battles, but since the effect is so strong, the chances of it activating are extremely low.

Soon, the Undead Knight found that in close combat, it was no match for Song Jian. By the time it managed to land a blow on Song Jian, he had already slashed it four or five times. Song Jian’s vitality points loss would be around 300 compared to the Undead Knight, who would lose 1,500 to 2,000 vitality points.

“Why is your damage so high?” The Undead Knight couldn’t help but roar out.

Although its vitality points were five or six times that of Song Jian, by now, the Undead Knight had lost more than half of its vitality, while Song Jian’s vitality still remained above 60%.

Most importantly, during the battle, Song Jian could actually take out items to restore vitality and spirit points from time to time. How could the Undead Knight bear this?

Its irritation grew increasingly, to the point where the Undead Knight finally couldn’t take it anymore. With a low growl, it swung the double-handed sword, sending two longswords in mid-air flying. The Undead Knight leaped high into the air;

A brilliant crimson glow flashed across the blade of the double-handed sword, and Song Jian immediately sensed a colossal threat charging towards him.

“Instant kill?” Song Jian’s face finally changed, and the sharp-eyed spectators in the audience excitedly yelled out.

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