Chapter 310 - Anne’s Counterattack
“What?”
Carody exclaimed. At the same time, he didn’t stop moving as he continued to hover around her like a shadow finding a chance to strike. What surprised him was that Anne didn’t pull away after blocking his attack. Instead, she moved in a clockwise direction and maintained the same rhythm and speed as himself.
… How is this possible?
Carody was stumped.
At this moment, Anne didn’t have the mood or time to figure out what this man was thinking anymore. She stared at him and remembered Rhode’s orders.
“The moment he attacks, you have to block your right and move clockwise along with his movements. Remember, don’t move too quickly. Just follow his pace and don’t lose him. If he suddenly disappears before you, don’t hesitate…”
Anne stopped moving, leapt back with her shield, and rolled agilely. At this moment, Carody scuttled out from the shadows beneath. If Anne stood where she was, his dagger would have pierced her throat. But now that she had jumped into the air, she drew some distances away from him, which caused him to miss his killing strike. Although Carody had assassination skills, this was totally irrelevant to frontal combat. Carody missed and before the audience was able to notice, he quickly dashed under her. She would be dead as soon as she landed!
Anne predicted his moves. When Carody was below her, she bellowed and expanded her shield. Then, she brandished it like a huge meteorite crashing to the ground.
Normally, such attacks would have been useless to Carody. But it was different this time because they made their moves at the same time. After Carody sneaked behind her, he witnessed a huge shadow sweeping toward him along with strong gales…
Rhode could only think of the stupidest plan: a strategy shift.
In the game, there were many strategies available to defeat this leader of the Black Blades. Rhode might as well explain to Anne the entire process and once the opponent engaged in attack, she would only need to act accordingly. As for the rest, it was all up to god’s will.
As now, Rhode didn’t have much choices.
How long could she last? This wasn’t a game, after all, and Carody wouldn’t be as dumb as the NPCs in game who would use the same attacks repeatedly.
At this moment, two minutes had passed. Both of them spent a minute confronting each other and the confusing situation lasted for another 10s of seconds. Now that both sides once again clashed, two minutes had passed and three minutes were left. It was considered a torture to Rhode as he was clear of Anne’s strengths and if Carody took the match seriously, it would only require few seconds for him to defeat her. Previously, she was only fortunate that Carody was caught off guard, but it was different now. He felt that Carody was becoming serious.
On one hand, Rhode hoped that the five minutes would be up quickly so he could drag her off the arena. On the other hand, he hoped that the five minutes would come later, so the potion effects would last longer to keep her from being defeated by Carody…
If Rhode knew Anne’s thoughts, perhaps he wouldn’t be so conflicted and would immediately drag her down.
At this moment, Carody struck!
In the blink an eye, he vanished without a trace. Then, shadows flitted across the arena from all directions. The shadows were indistinct and their presences were almost undetectable.
This was the ability of a master assassin.
Anne switched into her defensive stance and as soon as Carody disappeared, her shield once again changed its form.
Kacha.
The tightly-folded shield expanded abruptly. Then, Anne leaped into midair and at the same time, she ejected countless sharp blades from her shield. In the blink of an eye, the entire shield had divided into four smaller shields and chains dragged them toward the ground.
“Damn!”
Rhode’s heart sank. Anne’s performance was totally out of his expectations.What is she trying to do?
The shield smashed into the ground, but failed to defend against the four illusionary shadows.
“Ah!”
The audience yelled fearfully because they clearly witnessed Carody appearing beside Anne and his dagger had arrived at her chest! Just a little more and it would pierce through her heart!
“Anne!”
Marlene and Lize shrieked in horror. This scene was so fast that before they reacted, Carody’s dagger was about to pierce into her chest! Rhode’s complexion turned pale as he clutched his sword hilt… ready to strike anytime.
Anne reacted.
She shielded her chest with her left hand and in the blink of an eye, Carody’s pitch-black blade pierced through her palm and into her chest.
Got it!
Carody revealed an evil grin. He lifted his head and was hoping to see her twitching in pain and disparity. However, just as he looked up, he was astonished to discover that the young lady was actually smiling. At the same time, he sharply sensed a strong pressure on his dagger.
Not good!
He instantly sensed the presence of danger and quickly released the dagger on his hand. He leaped back before twisting and blending into a shadow again.
Then, the shield spinning above the shadows smashed into her body and blasted her off the arena.
“Anne!” Rhode exclaimed.