novelraw Chapter 814 706: General vs. General
Chapter 814 706: General vs. General
Bonona, who is leading the remaining Lantern Knights, charges towards the enemy's central camp.
She sees a figure rushing towards them at an incredible speed.
This person does not hide his strength or aura at all, his entire murderous intent firmly locked onto Bonona.
Facing the Lantern Knights trying to block her path, Bonona quickly says, "Keep charging forward, eliminate all those stubborn soldiers who don't understand, leave this to me."
The Lantern Knights did not hesitate at Bonona's command and immediately spurred their horses forward.
Directly brushing past the advancing enemy general.
Both sides tacitly avoided interfering with each other.
Now it's time for a general-to-general confrontation.
Seeing the enemy general charging towards her, Bonona raises her longbow.
A magic arrow tinged with a hint of black air shoots out swiftly.
Followed by a long string of similar arrows.
Bonona's hands, drawing the bow, blur into afterimages, using rapid shooting techniques.
One arrow after another forms a straight line, flying towards the enemy.
In an instant, more than ten arrows appear.
Seeing the line of arrows flying towards him, the enemy general does not dodge at all, swinging his longsword forward forcefully.
A flame-like Qi Blade flies out from his sword blade.
Shattering all the magic arrows shot towards him.
He then slants his longsword to block a few tricky attacks.
His speed pauses slightly but then he continues rushing towards Bonona.
Seeing that Bonona's main form of attack is archery, he feels a bit of relief in his heart.
Relieved that he chose this side, there's a chance he might bring an enemy down with him in a mutual destruction.
If the enemy is slightly weaker, he might even take down this female archer first, and then kill another incoming opponent.
He perhaps doesn't know that there are three gold-level Lantern Knights on the other side.
But Abby and others who just recently advanced to gold haven't comprehended the rules yet.
So they let all three of them head this way.
Thinking of this, he powerfully stomps the ground.
The ground beneath his feet shatters instantly, and the tremendous force cracks the earth, creating a small pit.
Under this force's reaction, the general also speeds toward Bonona like a shooting star.
Holding his longsword with both hands, raised at shoulder level, the sword point aimed at the enemy.
One can see his body's strength and the magic power within gathering towards his hands.
Seeing the enemy about to reach her, Bonona likewise stomps the ground, leaving hidden objects behind.
Her entire body, as light as a flying swallow, glides swiftly backward with just a gentle push off the ground.
While gliding, she continuously shoots arrows from her bow towards the enemy.
Since Bonona's retreat path remains a straight line, the general only accelerates, charging towards the enemy.
When his foot steps on the spot Bonona left.
The ground reacts immediately, a shockwave of magic bursts forth.
Smoke envelops him, dense arcs of electricity coil around him along the ground.
Bonona, having landed, fully draws her longbow, bowstring tensed like a crescent moon, with an exceedingly long energy arrow nocked, a bright yellow hue to the arrow.
She releases her fingers.
"Zap!"
The yellow arrow transforms into lightning.
Tearing through the air, crackling with arcs of electricity.
In an instant, it strikes the enemy amidst the smoke and arcs.
A larger arc explodes from the smoke, the explosion force instantly dispersing the surrounding smoke.
Revealing the general within.
At this moment, his armor has been shattered by more than half, yet his exposed flesh has no trace of injury.
As if his body hasn't suffered any harm, only his external armor damaged.
This phenomenon puzzles Bonona.
If the flesh is so resilient, why bother wearing such cumbersome armor?
Several blue arrows follow the electric arc arrow.
Bonona certainly doesn't let the enemy have a chance to breathe, ceaseless arrows target the enemy general.
The recent attack, while not injuring the enemy, left electric energy coursing over him.
The massive electrical discharge causes paralysis, slightly slowing the general's movements, though at least he moves just before the rain of arrows hits.
He pushes his sword blade forward, casting a flame-like shield from the blade to scatter all the arrows.
But ultimately, he was slightly too slow, as a few arrows pierce him before scattering away.
Yet these magic arrows leave no mark on his body, seemingly ineffective.
The moment they hit him, they dissipate.
Seeing this, Bonona presses a band on her wrist.
Soon after, magic light flashes in her eyes, and in her vision, two floral bands wind around the enemy general.
This vision lasts only a few seconds before returning to normal.
"Two rules?" Bonona murmurs.
This magic vision, though lasting only seconds, is enough for her to see how many rules are on the enemy.
Thus, she can better gauge the enemy's strength and discern any hidden tactics.
The source of this ability is the band Bonona just pressed.
It's a small piece of equipment Kane crafted, inspired by his Divine Gaze.
Enabling its user to have a few seconds of rule vision.
Though unable to tell what the specific rules are, this at least reveals the number of rules on the enemy.
This was the limit that the magic equipment Kane was now constructing could reach.
It also represented that Kane's mastery over Divine Gaze was becoming ever deeper.
Speaking of the arc attack just now, the wounds it produced also seemed rather odd.
Bonona remained vigilant, furrowing her brow as she continued to retreat.
Even though the enemy comprehended one more rule than she did, Bonona didn't think she would lose.
Still showing no intention of retreating, she continued to engage with the general.
Soon after, the enemy forcefully withstood a few of Polona's attacks, rushing in front of her, sending a Qi Blade flying towards her.
A layer of magic shield blocked the Qi Blade.
Then Bonona raised her bow and arrow to ward off the general's descending sword blade.
Feeling the enormous force transmitted through the bow and arrow, Bonona felt slightly strained.
She observed the enemy, and the wounds she had just inflicted, her brow tightly furrowed.
The injured positions on the enemy's body and the places he attacked were completely different.
Moreover, inexplicably, anxious wounds appeared on the enemy's body.
That should have been caused by the arc attack earlier, but after that Polona hadn't used any arc attacks.
The wounded spot was where earlier hits had landed, yet a wound suddenly appeared at this moment.
So was this one of the enemy's rules?
She grasped an important piece of information.
However, at this moment, the general erupted with flames-like aura, directly blasting Polona away. Then several Qi Blades accompanied the sweeping sword blade flying towards her.
The general vigorously stomped the ground, following closely behind the Qi Blades.
Bonona blocked two Qi Blades with her attacks before being struck by the last one.
The armor was instantly sliced open, the internal soft armor also torn apart.
The connection between the shoulder armor and the chest was clearly shattered, losing its defensive capability.
A deeper scar was left on her body, and blood trickled down the wound.
Looking at her injuries, fortunately, her equipment had helped block some of it, otherwise this injury could be considered quite serious.
If her shoulder was severely injured, her long-range attack capability would be greatly diminished.
Suddenly she jumped, kicking at the general's head, and using the inertia to flip backward.
This leap instantly covered a distance of several meters. In mid-air, she fired several arrows shooting downwards.
Upon landing, Bonona didn't fare well either; the leg she kicked the general with suffered quite an impact.
Luckily, she left a bunch of traps when kicking him, slowing down the enemy's advance.
She had hit the enemy over ten times, but only six wounds were visible on his body, with some still not appearing.
"Is your rule to delay the inflicted damage?" Bonona suddenly spoke while maneuvering with the general.
Hearing Polona's words, the general delivered another reverse sword strike at her bow arm, "Detected it, have you? That's quite the keen sense you have."
Then what about the other one?
What on earth was the enemy's other rule?
Not having figured out the general's additional rule, this battle was far from concluded.
"But even if you know, what can you do? Perish now."
With that, the general's body emitted a bloodthirsty aura, seemingly enlarging his entire form.
He charged just like before, but this time, even faster.
Like a blood-red meteor, he instantly collided with Polona, promptly slicing with another sword strike.
Polona was knocked flying, but fortunately, she blocked the enemy's pursuit using her bow and arrow.
Is this his rule? No, it doesn't seem like it.
At this time, the general was already ignoring the arrows Bonona kept shooting his way, braving the attacks while relentlessly chasing Bonona.
Bonona's body was already riddled with wounds, and blood tainted her bow and arrows as it trickled down her arm.
Several notches also appeared on the bow arm, all from blocking the enemy's attacks.
Why would the enemy disregard his own safety just to inflict harm on her?
His rule merely postponed damage, not negated it.
Even if he severely injured or killed her, he himself would eventually succumb to the postponed damage.
Was he planning a mutual destruction?
No, she couldn't wait any longer. This thought crossed Bonona's mind.
Even if the enemy had another rule unexposed, she couldn't continue to wait.
The enemy general's reckless combat style left Bonona almost no room to act.
Ready to end the fight, she immediately clenched her right hand.
There was a dim gemstone on the bracer of her right hand, which began to glow before rapidly dimming.
When the general was about to attack her, Bolona vanished from where she stood.
Reappearing on a large boulder 30 meters away.
At this point, Bonona was already kneeling on one knee on the boulder, her bow and arrow drawn fully.
Bent bow, poised to shoot a condor.
A massive scarlet arrow was nocked on her bow.
Her magic power was nearly depleted, entirely channeled into the arrow.
This arrow was comprised of her rules.
Mourning Piercing Arrow.
She released her fingers afterward.
Without any sound, the scarlet arrow vanished from the bow.
No blood-red streak of light from the flying arrow, no sound of the arrow cleaving through the air.
The attack that consumed nearly all of Bonona's magical power disappeared the moment she released her grip.
Yet, a smile already appeared on Polona's face.