The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 282: Confrontation! Hammer vs. Hammer (two chapters in one)

Two hours ago
Count Habsburg's mansion, in a room on the second floor.

After thinking for a while, Ryan decided to upgrade the advanced secret skill "Crushing Hammer" to the top secret skill first.

There are two reasons. First, in order to trigger the buff effect of the 'Soul Crushing Hammer' of the Warhammer Wizard (Legendary), according to the system description, the enemy must die under the hammer.

Obviously, the more powerful your hammer skills are, the stronger the enemies you can kill with the hammer, and the higher the benefit.

The second reason is because of what Langgel said before, the key for the Great Knight to enter the legendary stage is to master the radiance of will, and the "Blade Storm·Modified", which is also a high-level secret, is a combination of innate witchcraft and secret.

It cannot be regarded as the pure secret of swordsmanship.

Ryan had a vague feeling that if he wanted to comprehend the radiance of will, it might be better to simply master the secrets of hammer or swordsmanship without any witchcraft.

Having made up his mind, Ryan once again looked at the conditions for the Crushing Hammer to be promoted to the top level:

‘一、任意超凡锤术lv18以上；二、熊王呼吸法lv18以上；三、力量45点，敏捷38点，体质40点以上；四、消耗黄金技能点4点。’

He checked the properties panel again:
Constitution: 39
Power: 46
Agility: 44
Spirit: 55
Ryan discovered that he only lacked one point in physical fitness to meet all the requirements.

Naturally, there was no need to hesitate, and Ryan quickly added 1 attribute point to his physique.

As his physical fitness has reached the 40 mark, Ryan has completely met the requirement for attribute points of the top-level secret.

The next step is to consume 4 gold skill points, upgrade both Hammer Technique and Bear King Breathing Technique to level 18, and select 'Promotion'!
Instantly, a torrent of memories of the 'Crushing Hammer' training flooded into Ryan's mind!

In a mysterious space, it seemed that Ryan was alone, practicing the advanced hammer technique 'Crushing Hammer' for thirty or forty years without distraction, and at some point in the last moment, he achieved a breakthrough!
The system prompt also appears again:
[Congratulations, you have mastered the ultimate secret of hammer technique: Hammer of Annihilation! ]

"Hammer of Oblivion? Has the name changed as well?"

However, when he saw the words "top secret", a smile appeared on Ryan's lips!
Finally mastered the top secret!

On the Weapon Master (Legend) panel, the hammer technique 'Hammer of Crushing' was also changed to 'Hammer of Annihilation'.

The icons have also changed a lot.

The pattern changed into a dark heavy hammer being swung from top to bottom, and around the hammer head were ripples that spread out in all directions.

Unlike the previous lifelike depiction of shattered boulders, this pattern looks more like some kind of abstract painting.

After all, no one knows how powerful this ripple is.

The small text at the bottom right of the icon also changed:
Hammer of Annihilation (top-level secret) Effect: Use a kind of force combined with shock technique, and with the blessing of a trace of willpower, deliver a powerful blow that can annihilate both visible and invisible things.

(Note: To upgrade the Hammer of Annihilation to the primary annihilation force field, the following conditions must be met: 60. Strength 50 points, Agility 55 points, Constitution 3 points, Willpower 8 points or more; . Consume gold skill points.)
"This is."

"Force field?"

"Has it begun to deviate from the scope of a certain move?"

Ryan keenly noticed the key word "force field" in the notes. Although it was only described as a primary annihilation force field, it was obvious that the power of this annihilation force field was above the top level.

At the same time, Ryan instantly thought of the introductory fire magic he had learned before - "high temperature force field", which also has the word "force field".

But obviously, there is a huge difference between the two.

In addition, Ryan also discovered that the subsequent advancement of the top-level secret technique, 'Hammer of Annihilation', had deviated from the requirements of hammer techniques and even the requirements of breathing techniques.

There are only two prerequisites shown, namely the requirements for attribute points and gold skill points.

There is a feeling of going from complex to simple!
"Eh, Will 3?"

Ryan quickly noticed this newly emerged attribute item.

"But I don't have the attribute of will."

Ryan frowned slightly and immediately called up his attribute panel.

His eyes suddenly widened, because there was an additional will attribute on the panel:
Constitution: 40
Power: 46
Agility: 44
Spirit: 55
Will (hidden attribute): 1
(Note: Willpower is a hidden attribute and cannot be increased by adding attribute points.)
"Why do I suddenly have a bit of willpower?"

Ren looked thoughtful.

"Could it be that this bit of willpower came from the process of upgrading the high-level secret 'Crushing Hammer' to the top-level secret 'Annihilation Hammer'?"

“That seems to be the only explanation.”

Just as Ryan was thinking about this question, there was a knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom! Ryan?"

Claire's familiar voice sounded outside the door.

Ryan opened the door and saw Claire standing at the door with a smile on her face, holding an ancient parchment scroll.

"Ms. Claire, please come in."

Claire nodded and walked into the room.

"Ryan, there is something I want to talk to you about."

"However, before that, I will give you something. Perhaps it will be of some help in helping you comprehend your will."

"This is a manuscript written by an ancestor of our Habsburg family, based on his own experience, about how he realized the glory of will." Claire said as she handed the parchment scroll in her hand to Ryan.

"Ms. Claire, is this too expensive?"

Claire's smile grew even brighter.

"Ryan, don't forget, you are my guardian knight now. The stronger you are, the safer I will be, right?"

"Before, I was still a peak knight, so I couldn't give you some of the things in my family."

"But it's different now. After I was promoted to Grand Knight, according to the agreement between my father and the elders of the family, I am already the first-in-line heir of the Habsburg family, and my authority is much greater than before."

"Otherwise, even if I want to give you this manuscript, I'm afraid it will be impossible."

"Thank you, Miss Claire." Ryan took the manuscript and bowed slightly.

Now, he already has 1 point of will attribute. If he can have a manuscript of the predecessors' comprehension of will for reference, it will naturally be very helpful to Ryan.

It is likely to greatly accelerate the subsequent understanding and use of will.

"Also, I told my father about you. He is happy and surprised at your growth. When his health gets better, he hopes to talk to you."

"Of course, anytime. Miss Claire, please tell Count Habsburg that you hope he will recover soon."

At this time, Claire's face became serious and she said, "Ryan, as a wizard, don't you feel that something is wrong recently?"

"Hmm? Something's wrong?" Ryan couldn't help but feel confused.

"Well, for example, the concentration of the mysterious energy particles that you felt, perhaps you can try to recall what it was like a month ago and now." Claire looked at Ryan with a puzzled look on her face.

"This." Ryan sensed it carefully.

It seems that it is easier to mobilize the energy particles around?
But the problem is
There is at least a ten point difference between my mental strength a month ago and now.

Ryan suddenly realized!

He got it.

The extremely fast speed at which his mental power increased made it impossible for him to pay attention to the changes in the mysterious energy particles around him.

All along, he instinctively believed that the increase in the power of witchcraft was entirely due to his increased strength.

In fact, there is a small part of the reason here, because it is the change in the concentration of energy particles that Claire mentioned.

"Ms. Claire, do you mean that the mysterious energy particles are becoming more and more dense for some unknown reason?"

"Yes, although I am a knight, I am not weak in mental strength. In the past six months, I can feel this change, not to mention the wizards."

"Besides, don't you find it strange that the legendary earth snake, an ancient creature, suddenly appeared."

"Well, I thought it was an accident. So, it's not an accident?"

"This is not an isolated incident. When I was at the Imperial Academy in the capital, there were at least a dozen reports of the resurrection of giant beasts from across the vast territories of the empire."

"Even many descendants of great nobles are discussing this issue." Claire said with a serious expression.

Resurrection of spiritual energy?

A word from his previous life suddenly appeared in Ryan's mind.

Of course, it's just a metaphor.

The real reason behind this may be far more complicated than this, but no matter what, based on the current situation, the increase in the concentration of energy particles seems to have led to a fact similar to the gradual revival of a giant beast.

Although he made rapid progress, there was still a big gap compared to the legendary farming snake.

The problem is, apart from the behemoths, the people behind the active cults
This made Ryan frown, and a sense of urgency arose.

"Is there no discussion of a solution in the Empire?" Ryan asked.

"I don't have access to the Empire-level response plan yet."

"According to a saying in the Royal Academy, opportunities and challenges coexist. The increase in the concentration of energy particles will not only directly improve the combat effectiveness of wizards, but will also subtly reduce the difficulty of subsequent promotions for our knights."

"That means it's getting easier to break through!"

"Many people believe that experts from the Empire will also emerge like mushrooms after rain."

"Is that so?" Ryan thought.

This is not a bad thing. At least there is a good explanation for his rapid improvement in strength.

After Claire left, Ryan looked through the manuscript written by Mikel Habs, Claire's ancestor.

The other party is one of the few outstanding figures in the history of the Habsburg family who has realized the glory of will.

In fact, there is not much content in the manuscript about how to comprehend the brilliance of will, just a few words.

".Know why you are fighting and where the sword in your hand is pointing."

After chewing on this sentence several times, it seemed that Ryan had gained a little will.

For a moment, Ryan understood something!
He stretched out his right hand, circulated the Force, and his palm began to emit a faint white light.

But the next second, an invisible mental force fell into his hands.

The light of the Force suddenly underwent some changes.

This is not a change in quantity, but it is like the originally chaotic Force molecules suddenly become neat and orderly.

It was as if the Force suddenly had a leader and a soul!
"The Force before was soulless?"

To explain based on an example from Ryan's previous life.

It was as if the previous force was the arrangement of carbon atoms in graphite, but with the addition of will, it became the arrangement of carbon atoms in diamond.

Carbon is still carbon.

But a qualitative change has taken place!

Ryan moved his palm, which was emitting the Force, in a knife-like motion and gently slashed across the corner of the wooden table.

The corner of the heavy solid wood table fell to the ground, and the cut was extremely smooth!

"This"

Ren looked thoughtful.

Obviously, the previous Force infusion could not achieve this effect at all.

suddenly!

"Boom!" A loud noise came from outside the window!

Ryan immediately went to the window to check.

I saw that the originally filled tunnel entrance was covered with dirt and a big hole appeared in an instant.

"The Earth Snake is back again?"

Ryan's first thought was that the legendary land snake had returned.

"That's good. It's a good opportunity to test the Warhammer Wizard's core skill special effect, 'Soul Shattering Impact', and feel what real damage is."

However, to Ryan's surprise, his keen eyesight saw an unusually burly figure slowly walking out of the smoke and dust.

I saw that the other person had wild red hair like a lion's mane, and he was wearing an extremely simple bronze breastplate.

The shape is a bit like the muscle-type armor worn by the Spartacus warriors in Ryan's previous life, composed of two bronze plates in the front and back.

In his right hand he held a huge, block-shaped hammer.

The shape of the warhammer is also extremely simple. The hammer head is square and is a whole piece of rectangular metal. The left and right sides are blue, and there are also some blue and white stripes on the handle.

Dozens of guards were shocked and immediately surrounded the other party.

But the next second, all the guards seemed to be frozen in place by some invisible force, unable to move even a finger.

In the blink of an eye, the other party came to the side of a guard.

"Pfft!"

He inserted his hand directly into the guard's heart.

As strands of red blood spread on the thick and dry arm, the other party tilted his head slightly and said in a dull voice coming from his chest and abdomen:
"Freeman, you are lying to me, these are not the elite of the Empire"

At this time, Ryan saw a group of Black Flame monks filing out of the tunnel.

Langgel, Frye, and Atles all rushed over quickly from the side.

But when they saw the ancient hero Mongke for the first time, they were stunned!

This kind of pressure
Freeman quickly pointed at Langgel and the others, and immediately explained what Monger said: "No, no, Lord Monger, those are the elite of the empire!"

In an instant, Monger's gaze fell on Langgel and the others.

The hairs on several people suddenly stood up, and a chill ran straight from their coccyx to the top of their heads!
Immediately, I felt like I was being targeted by my natural enemy.

Langgel, the top knight, showed despair on his face and said to the two team members beside him: "You two should run away immediately and go in different directions!"

"I'll hold it off!"

"Captain, is the opponent so strong?" Frye couldn't help but feel a little flustered. It was the first time he saw his captain like this. He had given up hope of winning before even fighting the enemy.

"Captain, even with Lord Ryan, it won't work?" Frye pursed his lips and said unwillingly.

“No way! It’s impossible to win. The opponent is a true legendary powerhouse, or maybe even more.” Langgel shook his head, his face pale.

At this time, Claire also walked behind Langgel.

Next up, it’s Ryan!
"Why don't they split up and run away?" Freeman, who was standing by, couldn't help but cheer in his heart when he saw this scene.

"Come on! Come on! Elite soldiers of the Dragun Empire, please bring more of them. This way, Lord Monger can recover his peak strength as soon as possible!"

The ancient hero Munger had been sleeping for too long, and although he was under the influence of an amber barrier, his life was slowly fading away.

However, the source of one's own life will still become weak as time goes by.

The blood crystal used in the previous blood source ceremony, although refined, was only made from a thousand ordinary people mixed with a small number of knights. For a strong man of Monger's level.

It is far from enough, and most of it is rubbish.

After absorbing it, he could only barely wake up.

The strength of the ancient hero Munger can now be said to be only one tenth of what it was.

From the original epic-level powerhouse, now it is just barely at the threshold of becoming a legendary powerhouse.

Monger needs to absorb as much blood and essence from powerful people as possible in order to quickly restore his strength.

For example, if there was a legendary strongman for him to absorb, he should be able to recover half of his strength.

If he had ten legendary warriors, he would basically be able to regain the strength of an epic warrior.
Just as Monger was about to launch an attack, he suddenly turned his head and looked up into the air.

Two griffin riders were flying from the fishing town to the county town of Meister as usual.

At this time, they were almost at the city of Mayest County, and suddenly, they saw a large cloud of dust rising from the noble area of ​​the city.

This made the two griffin knights look at each other and immediately became alert.

It's so clear when looking down from mid-air. Obviously, the dust area on the ground is probably very large.

"Fisher, let's go down and take a look."

"Hmm! Viscount Felke, that seems to be the residence of Count Habsburg. Could it be attacked?"

Immediately, the two griffin knights controlled the griffins under their crotch and flew rapidly towards the location of the smoke.

"It's the Black Flame Cult!" Viscount Felke immediately saw the obvious black-robed figures and the tall figure holding a hammer standing in front of them.

At this time, from the perspective of the people underground.

Suddenly, a loud and majestic cry came from the sky!

A powerful creature with a lion's body, a griffin and a huge wingspan swooped down from mid-air, and its pair of extremely sharp claws directly grabbed the red-haired monster.

"Bang!!"

A translucent shock wave shot out from the square hammer!
With just one blow, the griffin, which was at least four meters long, was seriously injured. It crashed into the auxiliary building nearby like a plane crash, and collapsed several walls.

The other griffin's anthropomorphic eyes showed fear and it quickly rose up!
He killed a griffin with just one hammer. The red-haired monster's terrifying attack power made everyone afraid to move forward for a while.

"Mr. Ryan, Miss Claire, the other party is a true legendary strongman, you should leave quickly," Langgel said anxiously.

"Sigh~"

"Legendary strongman?"

At this moment, everyone's eyes were more or less looking at Ryan.

As a strong man who also uses a hammer, Ryan, who has just been awarded the title of "Skull Crusher", seems to be the only one on his side who has the possibility of defeating the opponent.

But the problem is that the opponent is too strong!
Legendary strongman!
Not a quasi-legend like Laxus or Ganon, but a real legendary powerhouse.

A Black Flame monk stepped forward and whispered something to Freeman, who then focused his attention on Ryan and said with a sinister smile:
"Are you Ryan?"

"Since you killed Laxul, you should be the first to die."

"It is your honor to die at the hands of the ancient hero, Lord Monger."

At this moment, Ryan's attention was all focused on the ancient hero Mung. Having just comprehended a glimmer of the brilliance of will, he could see more than others.

The field around Monger's tall figure was in chaos.

Ryan had never seen this kind of field, which was similar to the human body's magnetic field, in anyone.

As if visible to the naked eye.

This kind of field is like a strong magnetic field that radiates all the time in all directions, or like a densely packed colorful ribbon fluttering in the wind.

When the other person's eyes were fixed on Ryan, Ryan was suddenly shocked, as if there was a loud bell in his ears!
This is a kind of pressure from a higher level of life!

It is much stronger than facing the legendary land snake!

This is an absolutely strong one!
But Ryan knew that he had no way out at this moment.

Not to mention that he is Claire's guardian knight, judging from the speed he just demonstrated, there is a high probability that he will not be able to escape.

If that's the case, then it seems there is only one choice!
Life and death are bearish, if you don't agree, just do it!
Ryan tightened the skull hammer in his hand.

And he doesn't have no trump card.
In an instant!
"boom!"

The tall figure opposite pointed his toes and the soil exploded!

The whole person left a gray afterimage, carrying a huge blue and white war hammer, and rushed towards Ryan rapidly. The opponent's speed was so fast that obvious white air waves could be seen around his body.

Ryan's pupils shrank, his sense of danger had never been so strongly warned!

Facing a life-and-death crisis.

In an instant, Ryan felt his scalp tingling, as if he had been electrocuted.

At this moment, he did not feel any pressure from the other party.

In the sight of others.

Suddenly, Ryan rushed towards the other party, leaving a silver straight line!
Logically speaking, if the opponent dodges, it would be difficult for Ryan to hit him with his hammer, but perhaps in the eyes of the ancient hero Mung, Ryan is just a stronger ant.

Just imagine, faced with the provocation of an ant, a normal person would definitely not retreat or dodge.

Just press harder.

Maybe the soles of the feet will roll left and right.
"boom!!!"

Then in an instant, the two war hammers, one big and one small, collided heavily with each other!
A strong air wave visible to the naked eye rapidly expanded in all directions with the collision point as the origin, comparable to the muzzle storm when the main gun of a 406mm battleship was fired.

In an instant, Ryan flew backwards at a faster speed than when he came. The white skull hammer in his hand seemed to have weathered, and it broke into fine sand bit by bit from beginning to end.
But what worried everyone more was that the muscles in Ryan's right arm burst inch by inch, and blood splattered everywhere as he flew backwards!

A group of Black Flame monks, including Freeman, looked at this scene with sneers on their faces.

At the same time, four words popped up in my mind: "Don't overestimate your own abilities!"

How dare you fight against the ancient hero Lord Mong?
who do you think You Are?

Imperial Dragon Knight?

joke!

But the next second, the sneers on their faces suddenly froze!
(End of this chapter)