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Chapter 554: Is one move enough?

"what?!"

No matter how fast Serkiak reacted, he was unable to turn his head in time to avoid the flash. The dazzling light immediately made him temporarily blind.

But this does not mean that he will stand still and surrender.

He quickly calmed down, and relying on his memory, he retreated in the complex terrain with his eyes closed. Although the speed was slow, it was much better than standing still.

In addition, Serkiak focused all his attention on the sounds he heard with his ears.

After all, this was just a flash, and it was certainly different from those flash bombs. It only had a blinding effect, but did not affect hearing.

I heard footsteps getting closer!

After determining Maria's direction, Serkiak adjusted his posture almost instantly and opened his shield.

There was another crisp collision sound, and the sword in Maria's hand chopped straight up.

"Blocked! As a crossbowman, 'Plastic' Sekiak still blocked Maria's full-strength attack without any burden! Maria Linguang is still completely helpless in the face of such defense!"

But Maria showed an expression of "as expected" and soon attacked Serkiak again.

But what was even more surprising was that Serchiak gave up on defense again and quickly distanced himself from Maria.

"The spell was just a feint? You clearly had more attack angles to choose from, but you deliberately used an attack method that would definitely be blocked?"

"But it doesn't matter. That might be your only chance. The same trick won't work a second time."

A more powerful arrow was shot out, which directly hit a dent in the shield in Maria's hand. The huge impact force also forced Maria to slow down.

"Mr. Serkiak, is the forced cooling system really suitable for use on the field?"

Maria asked, her half-smiley expression invisibly putting pressure on Serkiak, although she herself did not realize it.

"Heh, you noticed it so quickly? I'm really surprised... Child of the Linguang family, maybe you should be a craftsman instead of a knight."

Although this weakness was discovered by Maria, Serchiak did not panic.

"Mr. Serchiak, you are a very strong knight. Your speed and skills are impeccable. But unfortunately, it seems that you have chosen to become a tester for the company's latest product."

"This has nothing to do with you. Don't underestimate the technical strength of the Howling Guard."

Serkiak interrupted Maria and said that the forced cooling system could be used again, and he could take more radical actions next.

"is it?"

Maria turned around and just...ran away?

That's right, Maria just ran around the playing field, completely giving up any offensive moves against Serchiak.

At any time, this would be tantamount to giving up victory and would only mean prolonging the game time meaninglessly.

But not this time.

The armor that Serkiak was wearing was like a computer that could boot up normally without a CPU cooling fan.

The heat generated during operation cannot be dissipated at all, and the operation can only be maintained by regularly dissipating heat through something called a forced cooling system.

Even if he just stood there motionless in standby mode, it would still generate heat. Moreover, would the audience and the boss of the company allow him to just stand there motionless?

This can be said to be a real dilemma.

We must continue to suppress her!

Only Serchiak knew that it was not Maria but himself who was dragged into a slow death.

Serkiak chased after him, but the armor was not designed to continuously enhance athletic ability, as that would only accumulate more heat.

"'Plastic' Serkiak has started his hunt again. The poor lamb can only flee helplessly in the encirclement!"

Big Mouth Mob made this comment on the situation on the field.

"Wait! Maria bypassed the obstacles on the ground, dodged the arrows, and charged towards Serkiak again!"

Maria kept estimating the time and it should be almost time.

The arrow grazed her cheek, leaving a trail of blood, but the sword in her hand stabbed at Sekiak again.

The shield was deployed again, but this time Maria's sword moved forward a few inches, and Serkiak also moved back half a step.

Beichen and Zofia in the audience both smiled.

"Zofia, what are you laughing at?"

Beichen asked.

"In my opinion, Maria has already gained the advantage. She is not a child who will waste such a good opportunity. Within ten moves, she will most likely defeat Serkiak."

Zofia answered confidently, based on her understanding of Serchiak and, of course, the most important thing was her understanding of Maria.

"Can you see it so clearly?"

"Of course, I have very good eyesight."

"But you are wrong about one thing. Maria doesn't need ten moves."

Beichen stretched out a finger and continued speaking.

"One move. Maria only needs one move to defeat Serkiak next."

"From your expression, I can tell you're not joking, but that one move was indeed a bit exaggerated."

Zofia's gaze returned to the playing field.

"Go away!"

The arrow was shot again.

Maria threw the shield in her hand directly, knocking the arrow away, and then rushed towards Sekiak with swords in both hands.

Hearing the slight alarm sound beside his ear, Serchiak finally showed a trace of panic.

This damn cooling design! I must, I must create some distance first!

But at this point the armor that enhanced his mobility had become a burden to him, and he had to block the attack before he could retreat.

This time, the shield did not appear, and Serchiak used the bayonet on the front of the crossbow to block the sword in Maria's hand.

"Serchiak, amazing skills! You can make such a perfect block with only a bow and bayonet. This is going to be bad, Lin Guang!"

But in fact, this was also part of Maria's plan, and her plan had already been executed to the final step.

A faint light appeared from the hilt, and then gradually enveloped the entire sword, as if it was inlaid with gold edges.

She had witnessed this action countless times and had imitated it for a long, long time.

That was the last move Margaret used to win the championship.

It was probably in this situation that the two sides were deadlocked face to face.

This sword is the breaking point.