The battle between the two big guys on the top of the city was still going on. Xue Hua, a salty fish, could only huddle underneath and shout "666" without any room for intervention.
However, as the battle between the two continued to develop, he gradually began to see some problems.
As the crazy Lakanos and Qualcaike attacked and defended, the situation was quietly changing. Lakanos' attack speed gradually reached its peak as time went by, and the whole battlefield resounded with continuous sound.
The absolute sound of steel clashing.
But Qualkek's state was very different from the beginning. He used the weapons in his hands to block the opponent's attacks more and more times, and used energy to forcefully avoid them less and less.
The barbarian king with his eyes closed seems to have mastered some kind of law, and can always find the most critical point in the opponent's chaotic attacks.
This situation looks a bit like the so-called "listening to the wind and arguing" in the martial arts novels that Xue Hua read in his previous life, but Xue Hua instinctively felt that it should not be that simple.
Rakanos's slashing speed was now so fast that even the Overlord Insect could not see clearly, but Qualkek's parry success rate not only did not decrease, but became more accurate.
It seems far-fetched to explain this level of blocking success rate by "listening to the wind and identifying positions".
In addition, Xue Hua was a little concerned about the "concentration" Ocaso told him before. He knew that the so-called "concentration" was actually a skill of barbarian professionals.
Using this skill allows the barbarian professional to continuously concentrate when thinking about the enemy's attack, making the attack moves continuous. At the same time, it can also improve his perception and defense against the opponent's counterattack.
This is a skill that becomes more powerful the longer it lasts.
However, generally barbarian professionals do not use this skill much in combat. Even if it were not for the fact that it is the prerequisite of "Rage", many people may not waste precious skill points on it.
The reason is simple. Barbarians' attacks are usually as aggressive and explosive as wild volcanoes, and skills such as "jump attack", "whirlwind" and "fury" are more favored by them.
Concentration is like a trickling stream. It requires extraordinary patience and concentration to achieve maximum results. This kind of patience and concentration happen to be very lacking in most barbarian professionals.
In fact, this makes sense from the perspective of insect swarm biology. Every time a barbarian upgrades, his strength attribute will increase a lot, and strength attribute is the best way to stimulate combat hormones.
In battle, this hormone turns the barbarians into explosive barrels that explode at a moment's notice. While giving them strong destructive power, it also destroys their patience and meticulousness.
Barbarians are as famous for their recklessness as for their courage, so the skill "Concentration" does not belong to them almost by name.
But is that really the case?
Not really.
At least Xue Hua knew that the series of passive weapon skills and passive BUFF skills in the "Combat Expert" skill tree of the barbarians were not set up to turn them into a group of gorillas who could only swing their weapons around.
Whichever weapon you are good at and accustomed to using, you will strengthen your specialization in that weapon. At the same time, "increased endurance", "acceleration", "iron cloth shirt" and "natural resistance" are also very important skills.
The existence of these skills requires barbarians to calm down from the frenetic to dizzy battles, pay attention to their own advantages and strengths, and avoid their own disadvantages and shortcomings.
The "concentration" skill is actually similar to these passive skills.
Staying focused during combat allows you to block out interference from the outside world, even your own emotions, and focus on fighting your opponent.
It can't let you defeat the enemy with one blow, nor can it give you the power to sweep thousands of armies, but it can allow you to stay focused and calmly respond to the enemy in a life-and-death battle.
Qualkek used practical actions to explain the true meaning of this skill.
——It is not actually an offensive skill, but a defensive skill.
When you face a well-matched opponent, "concentration" can help you focus step by step. Once you block out all interference, you will find that your opponent's attack is not as scary as it seems.
bass!!
Qualkek crossed his swords in front of him, perfectly blocking the two giant blades that the King of Despair chopped down on his head. At this moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he suddenly pulled the swords to both sides, and in a
Silvery electric sparks burst out between the two weapons with a harsh metallic scratching sound!
Rakanos's hands bounced up uncontrollably. Qualkek seized this opportunity and made a tricky side stab with the dagger in his left hand. The long sword in his right hand aimed at the King of Despair's head.
A powerful and heavy chop!
Thunder attack + side attack!
Qualkek's counterattack came so suddenly and swiftly, but the mad King of Despair didn't care at all!
Without hesitation, it lowered its raised hands to Qualkek's head again, and this time, the pair of huge butcher knives were covered with a layer of black and red ominous light!
Seeing this scene, Qualkek's expression changed. The sword in his right hand suddenly stopped moving, from a heavy slash to a horizontal block. At the same time, the thrust of the dagger in his left hand also changed to an upward thrust. It seemed that his intention was to compete with the long sword in his right hand.
intersection.
Stab!
Ding!! Boom...!!
After the sharp sound of the sharp blade cutting through the armor, accompanied by the foul-smelling black blood spraying out from Rakanos's body, a huge metal collision suddenly erupted on the battlefield between the two extraordinary beings!
A violent storm swept across the countryside, blocking everyone's vision.
Only Xue Hua saw the real situation on the battlefield through the surveillance king insect's vision, and his expression gradually became serious.
On the top of the city of Purgatory Fortress, the thunder giant transformed by Qualkek and Rakanos, who was in the black and red whirlwind, had separated from the melee state.
And both of them were decorated.
There was a huge gash in the armor from the right waist to the belly of Lakanos, and black, foul-smelling blood flowed out.
There were two more straight cuts extending downward in parallel on Qualkek's chest armor, and light blue liquid with electric sparks came out from the cuts from time to time.
At that moment, huge psychic energy fluctuations suddenly erupted from the battlefield, causing the Supervisory King Insect to fail to capture the changes on the battlefield.
But judging from the situation after the two separated, this confrontation should be considered mutually beneficial.
However, Xue Hua also saw the solemn expression on Qualkek's face under his armor. Obviously, he was quite surprised that the attack from Rakanos just now could actually damage his energy-enhanced body.
Because generally speaking, Qualkek's lightning giant form is actually equivalent to a state of being semi-integrated into his original state at any time, and his energy-enhanced body is immune to almost all physical attacks.
But the slash that Rakanos just struck really hit him, causing his energy-incarnated body to not have the desired effect at all.
