Gods do not like dragons, they just don't show it directly. Goddess Rebecca is a peaceful being, so creating a system that opposes dragons is not something that fits her inclinations.
So who did this, even on Rebecca's Daughters?
No one knew, but Rebecca was so omnipotent, how could she not know? The answer was actually yes, she just ignored it. Fortunately, this situation happened in the National Competition's isolated server, so the Absolute Color Flying Bird System would remain a buried secret and the dragons would have no way of knowing. The reason why Rebecca's Daughters were not allowed to come into contact with the lower branches of the dragons was also to avoid this situation until they were strong enough. The dragons' extreme yang energy was converted into extreme yin energy, nullifying the dragons' Absolute Defense, thus creating openings to directly attack their inner parts.
Without the Hero King's fighting energy, the Absolute Color System was the only weapon the gods had left to deal with the dragon race in the future, at least until the unseen experimenter found a new method to replace it. However, this system had been secretly built a long time ago and had only been revealed through a surprise notification window, so it was possible that the unseen experimenter had already found a new method by now.
Director Yoon Sangmin asked Chairman Lim Cheolho, "What do you think after seeing the Absolute Color System appearing in Demon King Subjugation?"
Leaning back in his soft chair, Chairman Lim Cheolho replied, "It's best to see it now, since the dragon race isn't a target for players or NPCs to attack after all. It's a bit regrettable that it's activated from just the breath of a wyvern, but this is the fault of the creator of this system, as you know, the gods of Satisfy aren't always perfect."
Director Yoon Sangmin scratched his temple with a pen before writing something down in his notebook with a thoughtful look.
***
Back to Demon King Damian, he was reading Kalex Primo's new information.
"So now it's not 90% magic attack resistance, but absorbing 100% of magic attacks and then counterattacking... The burden is big, but if you accumulate damage before using the skill, the possibility of wiping out the opponent is still not small..."
Damian clasped his hands in prayer for Rebecca's Daughters before turning back to set up defensive and healing towers shaped like stalactites to distract everyone. He knew he wasn't as strong as Grid and that he could be subjugated for the purpose of this event, but that didn't mean he was going to give them an easy fight.
***
The North Gate, where the sky above the sky Kraugel, Eat Spicy Jokbal, Regas, and the rest set foot, was guarded by the Hundred-Edged Demon Blade Janamelis.
A small humanoid monster stood on a cracked sword.
Coke thought that Rin was the easiest to deal with among the Rebecca's Daughters, and Kraugel, who was a top intelligence gatherer, thought the same. He wanted to learn from a sword user to further his own development. Regas didn't hesitate at all and immediately charged in, as expected of a fighter.
Regas' powerful punch signaled the start of the assault, that is, until Janamelis and her sword disappeared from Regas' sight, causing his punch to hit nothing.
Where did Janamelis go, the answer came immediately. A slash went straight to Kraugel's neck with terrifying speed, and despite his excellent reflexes, Kraugel had to sacrifice his right arm to save his life. The most valuable player of Group B had lost an arm, which was not a good news no matter how anyone looked at it, but Kraugel immediately returned his sword to his left hand and changed his stance, ready to attack because he knew that, as a Sword Saint, losing an arm was no excuse to lose to an opponent. His swords were pushing Janamelis back, and Eat Spicy Jokbal's dungeon was hindering her ability to block. The quick-witted players were choosing their own ways to coordinate to beat down the Heavenly King in one take, something they had failed to do last year.
The audience grew increasingly excited at the unpredictable developments, and they screamed as the players cooperated extremely well, bringing a unique performance. With the lowest defense among the Four Heavenly Kings, Janamelis's health bar was steadily decreasing.
***
After 19 minutes, hope came to the magicians of Group A. They eagerly unleashed their top-notch spells, hoping to increase their chances of winning the medal. Starting with the wyvern's breath, all sorts of spells of various attributes descended on Kalex Primo, significantly reducing her health.
The white armor was getting darker and darker, while the faces of the players were getting brighter and brighter. 'This battle will end soon.' Everyone had such naive thoughts, but Hao did not. He remembered someone who should not be remembered, a disgrace to the Chinese people, Zhang Zheng.
Participating in the Third National Competition, Zhang Zheng wore an armor called the Black King's Armor, and its effect was to accumulate damage and then reflect 3 times the magic damage. Hao started to notice that Kalex Primo just obediently endured the bombardment without doing anything, and it was Kalex Primo's gesture of relaxing her body that made him certain of what he was speculating.
"Everyone stop!" Hao shouted as the gem on Kalex Primo's helmet flashed a phoenix pattern. "Use your defensive skills quickly!" Hao hoped his warning wouldn't come too late.
Kalex Primo folded her body for 3 seconds, her legs curled up with her hands clenched, crossed in front of her chest. She was absorbing everything into her mana core. As soon as her body stretched to its maximum, an explosion erupted from her, blowing away the 39 players who didn't have time to activate their defensive skills.
As much as Hao hated to admit it, he secretly thanked Zhang Zheng for saving so many people from this explosion.
"She can absorb magic damage and then counterattack, we have to be careful when her armor color changes."
"So magic damage is useless again? Are you freaking kidding me?"
"Not necessarily. With such an ability, I don't think the burden on the body is small. Everyone, just attack as usual, but pay attention to moments like just now to proactively defend. The two of us will use all our strength to restrain her wings."
Hao looked over at Mei Xiao and the twos nodded to each other. They had all made up their minds as they entered the second phase of the raid. By now, 21 minutes had passed.
***
It seemed like the lack of the trident piece would make the fight easier, but no. Helix displayed spearmanship that was even on par with the spear saint Rachel and the continent's best spearman Kirinus.
Every time she knocks her opponents away, she stabs her headless trident into the ground, raises her left hand, and makes a challenging gesture, and when someone charges, depending on their equipment, her attack pattern changes. If that person is a spear user, she will lean to the side and grab their spear, then use their momentum to drag them away and slam them into the ground. If that person is a sword user, she will use her foot to kick her headless trident back up, knocking away the enemy's blade while the other end of the staff hits the opponent's chin. If that person is a fist user, she will plant one foot on the ground, then spin around and deliver a kick to the attacker's chest, not only dodging their punch but also sending them flying.
Vampires are classified as demons, so the presence of Saintess Ruby should have had a very strong influence, but because of the addition of the "Heterogeneity" modifier - making Helix a boss monster that can suck blood like a vampire but does not belong to the demon category, Ruby's magic did not cause significant damage to Helix. Fortunately, her healing ability was still there. Group C did not suffer too much damage, partly thanks to Ruby.
Currently, the biggest damage dealer for Helix is Peak Sword with Iyarugt, but he also bears the biggest burden so his number of attacks becomes much more limited.
Jishuka, after her first successful use of Fly Up! caused Helix to lose 216,635 health, became one of the targets to be wary of, and whenever she showed signs of using Fly Up! again, Helix would repeat the stance that killed the first player. Spinning the spear once, gathering strength into her right hand and thrusting straight, along with the shout of "Let it split", the headless trident flew straight forward while splitting into four, destroying Jishuka's skill.
Without the trident piece attached, the weapon becomes lighter and the use of skills costs less mana. Helix is not very interested in the trident because of the possibility of situations like this happening. Even if she is a trident mosquito, relying too much on a tool to suck blood will not bring any advantage, so Helix focuses more on staff arts, which is the main branch, with spear arts as an extension.
If only she knew that Jishuka's Red Phoenix Bow's Fly Up! skill could only be used once every 12 hours at Level 1, she wouldn't have been fooled so easily. This was Jishuka's conclusion after activating the skill at the crucial moment, forcing Helix to be cautious, allowing the rest of the team to attack while Helix activating the skill Let it split.
However, the AI of the NPCs in Satisfy is incredibly advanced. Destroying an opponent's skill the first time won't have any effect, the second time will be a confirmation that the opponent won't dare to activate that skill again, but by the third time, doubts will begin to arise. And after the third time destroying Fly Up!, Helix was almost certain that her opponent was a cunning person. She both attacked and defended against the bombardment of the other players, while keeping an eye on Jishuka to make sure the opponent didn't realize that their plan had been exposed.
25 minutes into the raid, Jishuka pretended to activate Fly Up! for the fourth time, and Helix deliberately followed suit. She performed the same movements as before, rotating her staff, gathering strength in her right hand, and thrusting straight, followed by calling out the skill name.
"Let it..."
Jishuka smiled slightly. With this fourth act, the other players would reduce Helix's health below 20%, and that would be the moment when she would no longer need to act this play, switch to another role, and defeat the enemy with everyone else. It was a carefully crafted plan in such a short time, and it had almost no loopholes. Yes, almost, not absolutely. The next words that came out of Helix's mouth completely ruined this plan.
"...Merge."
There was one thing that both the participants of the raid at the West Gate, the spectators at the stadium, and the viewers around the world had overlooked. When Helix first stabbed her trident to kill the player with the most HP (that is, Sexy Schoolgirl who was unlucky enough to stand right in front of him), she did not say the words "Let it split". That was because the commands "Let it split" and "Let it merge" only worked when the host, the trident, was missing. "Let it split" was the command to cause the four small pieces to separate for a short time but then automatically reattach themselves, while the effect of "Let it merge" was only revealed at this moment.
In the attack stance, Helix stabbed the staff like the previous 3 times, but the direction of the stab was no longer towards Jishuka, but towards the 3 hammer users who were continuously hitting the trident piece that was still stuck deep in the ground. As soon as the words was completed, the staff stretched out, split into 4 small pieces and flew towards the trident in a straight line. The trident received the command from its master, shook violently and then bounced off the ground, causing the 3 hammer users to fall backwards. In the blink of an eye, it changed direction to the correct position and all the pieces shot back to their original places, merging into a complete trident in the hand of Helix who was in the position before stabbing the spear. The shockwave that occurred when the trident was retracted made everyone's attacks useless. This was the moment when the staff user Helix returned to being the boss called Heterogeneity Vampire Helix. She was stronger than ever.
***
The third use of the yin energy blast was also the last time Kalex Primo had enough strength left after losing 5%, 10%, and 20% of her health under the effects of the backlash. She killed 24 more people, but that was it. Her end was near.
With the power proven from last year PvP, Zibal's magic machine was whittling down Kalex Primo's health after 28 minutes of stalemate. He was sticking to his plan of not bringing out the magic machine too early to avoid unnecessary losses, and to understand the boss's phases before ordering an all-out attack. The Hao brothers, one using a chain, the other using a whip and a long cloth, became the factors that tied up the target, recreating the scene of Grid using the Dragon Harpoon before defeating the drake in the Second National Competition.
Kalex Primo spread her wings, spinning rapidly to use the wind to push the enemy in front of her away. She tried to fly into the sky to widen the distance, but the Hao brothers did not allow it. Their chains and whips wrapped tightly around her ankles, and from behind, Zibal's magical machine crushed her wings, then used one foot to kick Kalex Primo's back, tearing her from her wings, savagely.
With a spear piercing her chest and a greatsword slashing down on her head, Kalex Primo became the first Heavenly King to fall after 29 minutes, contrary to many people's predictions that this would be the longest boss to defeat. All the sacrifices were significant, except for Yoshimura. The man who was confident in his archery against flying targets had to swallow the bitter pill when Kalex Primo's wings continuously countered him, and after being approached, the dagger in the Heavenly King's hand delivered a fatal blow to Yoshimura's neck. Not only did he fail to win the bronze medal, Yoshimura once again embarrassed himself on television. From then on, he decided never to participate in the National Competition ever again.
[Kalex Primo of the East Gate has fallen.]
[Group A has succeeded in attacking the East Gate.]
[The top contributor to the attack on the East Gate is United State's representative, Zibal!]
[The second place contributor to the attack on the East Gate is China's representative, Hao!]
[The third place contributor to the attack on the East Gate is Canada's representative, Chris!]
With a gold medal firmly in hand, Zibal walked to the East Gate and opened it.