Quintuple Draw, Twin Draw, Full Charge

Once again, the news of Lucas appearing on the broadcast sent the world channel into a frenzy.

"WTF?"

"Lucas is on TV again! How many times is that now?"

"Damn, I've lost count. Various first kills, guild upgrades, etc. At least ten times, right?"

"Does the announcement for being the second to level up count?"

"Hell no, who would count that garbage?"

"In the short span of two hours, he's been on the announcement nearly ten times... and he seemed to have been offline for almost an hour."

"Damn, that's an average of once every 5 minutes!"

World announcements were generally reserved for events that affected the entire server. Ordinary people didn't have many opportunities to appear on TV.

Even large guilds would fight tooth and nail for a chance at a world announcement.

Each announcement was an opportunity for publicity.

For them, each publicity opportunity was equivalent to introducing a large number of fresh talents.

After all, five A-rank talents joining the guild was equivalent to one hundred million in profit.

Now, Lucas was appearing on TV so frequently that players were green with envy.

"The reason for this announcement... triggering the hidden BOSS?"

"And it's the hidden BOSS of Blackwater Grotto?"

"Could it be that stone door in Blackwater Grotto?"

"That stone door has been researched for two years, and no one has found a clue to open it. How does Azure know how to open it?"

"If they can clear the hidden level, the rewards they drop will probably make people die of envy!"

"Damn, could it be that Cang had already figured out how to open the stone door and was waiting for the new server to secretly open it himself? What a cheat!"

This was indeed a reasonable speculation.

After all, in the old server, when the level was high, there was no way to use the information of how to open the hidden levels of low-level instances.

If someone was hired to help him get the rewards.

How could he guarantee that others would not secretly steal the rewards, or directly turn their backs on him?

Now that a new server was about to be opened, it was naturally safer to create a new account and get it himself, knowing how to open the door.

"Damn, I hate it! Why am I not an S-rank talent holder! I also want to join the Godslayer Guild!"

"I wonder what Lucas will get."

The world channel was filled with all sorts of discussions. On the other side, the Umbral Syndicate had dispatched a secret team from the south of Maplewood City.

"Umbral, are we really going to send Umbral Void to kill Lucas? That will delay our development too much."

\[Dim Radiance] sent a message to Umbral.

"Yes, we have to kill him."

"Lucas is now recognized as the top expert in the entire Epochal World. If Umbral Void can kill him, the title of No. 1 expert in Epochal World will also be confirmed for Umbral Void."

Having the No. 1 expert in Epochal World in the Umbral Syndicate was indeed an extremely effective promotion.

But Dim Radiance worried, "Does a sneak attack count?"

"Heh, isn't sneak attack the fighting style of an assassin? Do you want an assassin to engage in a fair one-on-one fight?"

"At worst, we'll use public relations to brainwash people."

Since the president had said so, Dim Radiance, as the vice president, didn't have much to say.

In fact, he had always been quite disgusted with Umbral's approach, as the things he did were too dirty.

But he was also considering the Umbral Syndicate's interests, so Dim Radiance didn't have much to refute. He could only tell Umbral Void beside him, "Did you hear that? If you succeed in this mission, you will be the No. 1 expert in Epochal World."

Umbral Void nodded lightly: "Yes."

"However, you better not be too hopeful. From my point of view, Lucas is not an easy person to deal with."

"His brilliance is too strong. I'm worried that you won't be able to suppress him." Dim Radiance drank a mouthful of wine on the chocobo.

Even the food system in Epochal World was very realistic. Tasting delicious food and wine was just like tasting real food.

"Tell me, what kind of person is he?"

Hearing the vice president's evaluation, Umbral Void couldn't help but ask, "Vice President, what kind of person is Lucas?"

"Him..." The vice president scratched his chin, recalling Lucas's performance in the guild over the past year.

"Serious, very serious, not smiling. How should I put it... he's the type that is very difficult to deal with."

"I guess the president spent a lot of effort to design a trap for him."

"But young people are still young people. In the end, he was still tricked by the president." Dim Radiance put the wine into his backpack.

He conjured a box of cigarettes from his hand, took out one, put it in his mouth and lit it: "But now it seems that the president hasn't gained any advantages either."

Umbral Void was speechless watching from the side. This vice president was really into both cigarettes and alcohol.

"Vice President, smoking too much will decrease your maximum health." Umbral Void reminded him kindly.

Dim Radiance waved his hand: "It won't decrease that much."

"Rather, you need to be more careful in this operation."

"You're level 13 now, right?"

"They're already level 18. It would be better if they were killed by the BOSS in the instance, so they come out with residual blood."

"But if they come out with full health, you need to be careful." Dim Radiance looked at the instance in the distance, his eyes dazed and thoughtful.

This move was a risky one.

"Earlier, we sent a wave of probing troops to intercept them, which can be considered as obtaining some intelligence."

"The second assassin in Epochal World, Winter, has been confirmed to have joined the Godslayer Guild."

"And even more terrifying is that Winter seems to have obtained an S-rank talent."

Hearing Dim Radiance's information, the other guild members who came on the mission were no longer calm.

[Black Lightning] next to Dim Radiance was shocked: "Winter? That one from Zone One?"

"Oh right, I remember you were a fan of Winter, right?" Dim Radiance glanced at the companion beside him.

Black Lightning scratched the back of his head embarrassedly: "Haha, Vice President, you still remember."

"Yes, it's that Winter, who got an S-rank talent."

"Our hunting target this time includes her. If you can't do it, it's not too late to quit now. Don't let me kick you out later." Dim Radiance took a puff of smoke.

"How can I? The guild is more important." Black Lightning's mood was a little complicated.

He didn't know whether to be happy for Winter's S-rank talent, or to feel despair about it.

But on second thought, it seemed like he could celebrate whether he won or lost, so his mentality instantly improved a bit.

"Umbral Void, kill the squishies first when they come out of the instance."

"There are no tanks or healers in their team."

"The mage named Bella is the squishiest, and Dauntless is most likely a newbie who doesn't know how to play."

"After solving these two, we will surround Lucas and Winter. We will use the numerical advantage to deal with them, and you will seize the opportunity to complete the final kill."

"Based on the current information, combined with the plans we have formulated, according to the calculations of the mathematicians in our guild, we have at least a 90% chance of winning."

"Heh, according to calculations... Umbral Void, don't believe those idiots. Lucas is much more difficult to deal with than you think."

Umbral Void nodded after hearing this: "Understood."

Just then, a player responsible for reconnaissance next to them transmitted a piece of information.

"Two more new equipment have been added to the equipment leaderboard, ranking 6th and 7th."

"They are a dagger and a headband respectively, and the holders are Winter and Dauntless."

Hearing this news, Dim Radiance's face darkened a bit more.

The chance of winning had decreased a bit more.

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\[Blackwater Grotto – Final Cavern]

"Bella, retreat. Retreat to outside the cave."

"Dauntless, kill the serpent now."

"Winter, cooperate with me!"

Lucas's tone finally became serious, with less laziness and casualness.

Winter immediately changed her target and charged in Lucas's direction.

Dauntless rolled hard, dodging the BOSS's flame spray.

It has to be said.

Although Dauntless was a newbie noob, his dodging awareness was very strong.

The BOSS actually missed him twice in a row.

Power Fourth Segment, Power Fifth Segment Slash!

Dauntless immediately used all of the Power Five-Segment Slash that he hadn't finished! Then he immediately followed up with a normal attack!

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Howl of the Dragon! Twin Draw!

*Whoosh Whoosh!*

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With two sword drawing slashes! 600,000 of the BOSS's health instantly disappeared.

Almost instantly, only a sliver of health remained.

After continuously taking two sword slashes, the BOSS's entire body underwent drastic changes.

"Dauntless, retreat."

This was exactly what Dauntless intended.

Seeing that the situation was not right, of course he would leave first!

If Lucas ordered him to continue pushing forward, he would probably bite the bullet and push forward.

But the order was to leave, so Dauntless only hated that his Power Five-Segment Slash was on cooldown, and he couldn't run fast enough.

Normally speaking, if you know that a BOSS will enter enrage mode, then you will try to find a way to kill the BOSS before it enrages.

But the problem was that this BOSS automatically locks 10% of its health.

Even if the damage of the sword drawing was enough to kill it, it would lock at 10% and let it open the second phase.

So he had no choice but to watch it transform.

*Rumble—*

The black skin of the serpent gradually peeled off, revealing the scorching hot skin underneath, as hot as magma.

On the other head, a long head radiating a frosty aura was revealed.

*Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom*

With the wall as the center, dozens of flame pillars and ice pillars soared into the sky!

Spreading towards the entire cave!

*Ding! Ding Ding Ding Ding!*

All five \[Shadowstrike] clones had been completely summoned by Lucas.

In addition to his own body, each clone that Lucas summoned used Dauntless's template.

High damage, a monster with high stats, and easy to use.

Of course, another reason was that it was too narrow, so there was no way to throw Meteors, and it was really not convenient to use Bella.

As for Winter... she didn't even have a personalized weapon. Her main body could be used to open the shadows, but what was the point of using the clones?

Clones could not create more clones, even if they replicated Winter's talent.

At this moment, the five clones simultaneously sheathed their swords at their sides.

Almost at the same time, the swords were slashed out!

Howl of the Dragon—Howl of the Dragon—Howl of the Dragon—Howl of the Dragon—Howl of the Dragon—

Sword Drawing Slash!

*Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!* The greatsword weapon's sword slash was a whirlwind-like heavy sword aura!

Five sword slashes, followed by a second slash that was too fast to see!

Five Swords Twin Draw Full Charge!

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In an instant, nearly completely overlapping ten columns of damage numbers appeared.

In an instant, the four health bars of the \[Celestial Arbiter] instantly disappeared by two bars!

But just at this moment!

The Flame Pillars and Ice Pillars of the second phase \[Twin King Black Serpent] also covered the area where Lucas was located!