"Whoosh!"
The pitch-black tattered cloak fluttered, causing the whistling of the wind to sound.
XaSa held the cold rapier and rushed toward Rozen like a ghost.
The sudden attack caused all the players in front of their screens to cry out in surprise.
"Be careful!"
Especially Yasna and the others in the ALO, they have already shouted. The tense atmosphere in the VRMMO was instantly released by all the players.
Only Rozen remained calm from beginning to end. Instead, he raised the revolver in his hand and pointed it forward.
"Bam!"
Amidst the resounding gunshot, the powerful bullet pierced through the air and shot toward XaSa.
At this distance, even with the ballistic prediction line, it was not easy to avoid PZ's bullets.
However, XaSa's body suddenly turned into several phantoms, and with a flicker, he dodged the incoming bullets.
"Bam, bam, bam, bam!"
Rozen was not surprised at all. He still pulled the trigger and fired all the bullets in the revolver.
The bullets pierced through the air, broke through the sound barrier, and shrouded XaSa.
In the face of such a close barrage, perhaps even Dark Wind would have a hard time defending against it.
However, XaSa's figure was still the same. With a few swaying movements, he actually left a series of afterimages behind him. He passed through the barrage and swept toward Rozen.
All of Rozen's shots missed their target.
"It seems that you still have some skill."
Rozen narrowed his eyes and smiled coldly.
Rozen was not surprised that XaSa had such skill.
In SAO, as a death game, many high-level players have practiced various skills outside of the system. Their game skills were on a different level compared to ordinary players.
Didn't Rozen also enhance the power of his Sword Skill by stepping and exerting force in SAO?
Similar methods were considered as skills outside of the system. There was no setting in the system, and players relied on their own skills to complete the skill.
Strictly speaking, Rozen's Eye of the Mind was also a skill outside of the system, but others couldn't learn it.
The Clearers, who were at the forefront of the players, had also discovered many skills outside of the system in their daily battles over the past two years.
For example, a skill outside of the system that could predict the opponent's attack from the position of the sword and the center of gravity during a duel — Foresight.
For example, a skill outside of the system that could predict the opponent's attack trajectory from the line of sight of long-range monsters or humans — See Through.
Another example, a skill outside of the system that could distinguish the enemy's sound from various environmental sounds and find their position — Sound Discrimination.
In addition, Mislead, which induced the monster's AI to learn, and then put a heavy load on it to create a gap, and Switch, which allowed multiple players to swap positions and recover hp at the same time, were all skills outside the system.
Among these skills that were not listed in the skill grid, there was even one that was the most difficult to learn, and it was regarded as a supernatural phenomenon by Players.
It was a skill that could detect the presence of an enemy who was about to attack before they could see or hear it. It was a skill that could detect murderous intent.
Of course, in theory, there was no such thing as murderous aura in the hypothetical world. Humans who were in stealth mode could only rely on the digital files sent by NERvGear to learn about the world. All the information in the game would be converted into programs, so there was no such thing as murderous aura or a sixth sense. Many players thought it was just a delusion, but some players did rely on it to escape from danger several times. Therefore, this kind of skill was a mysterious thing.
As one of Laughing Coffin's Top Operatives, Leader PoH's right-hand man, XaXa's strength could even tie with Kirito without using Double Sword Style. Even if he didn't understand the mysterious skills outside of the system like Foresight, See Through, and Sound Discrimination, he definitely mastered them.
Therefore, even if there was no trajectory prediction line, XaXa could easily see the trajectory of the shot and see through Rozen's bullets.
Rozen threw the empty revolver directly on the ground and pulled out the dagger on the outside of his thigh.
XaXa, who was holding a rapier, rushed forward on the spot.
"Clang!"
Along with the crisp sound, a cold arc of light crossed the sky at an amazing speed, piercing Rozen's throat, but it was blocked by Rozen's dagger.
“.....！”
The scarlet eyes on Sha-sha's skull mask suddenly flashed red, and then the rapier in his hand turned into countless afterimages, along with his dash, mercilessly swept toward every part of Rozen's body.
Upon a closer look, all of those afterimages were aimed at Rozen's vital parts.
Throat.
Heart.
Eyes.
Abdomen.
And lungs.
Once these positions were hit, almost all of them would be able to cause a critical hit and cause great damage.
At first glance, it was as if there were countless streams of light shrouding Rozen, it was abnormally beautiful.
However, under this beautiful scene, there was a hidden fatal danger.
"Hmph."
Rozen snorted coldly, but his hands did not slow down in the slightest. With a tap of his toes, his entire body lightly swept backward. As he retreated, he held the dagger in a reverse grip, waving it in the shortest, most optimal and most direct way.
"Clang clang clang clang clang clang …!"
In the next second, countless sounds of metal clashing rang out, causing the dagger and rapier to collide with each other continuously, creating bursts of sparks.
Rozen and XaXa retreated rapidly, while the other pursued. One kept blocking, while the other kept attacking. Their figures were like two gusts of pitch-black wind, rolling back and forth in the vast square, bringing about bursts of sword and saber light.
For a moment, the two of them were actually evenly matched.
Seeing this scene, the players became excited.
"They're actually using swords and sabers to fight in close combat …!?"
"This is amazing!"
"I've never seen such a sword fight in BoB before, right?"
"Not to mention in BoB, even in normal battles, as long as it's in GGO, you won't see this kind of sword fight!"
"I didn't expect to see such a fierce and wonderful sword fight in this game!"
"What an eye-opener!"
Many players began to discuss the matter excitedly.
Only the Red Wings Players' faces changed one after another.
Because they already knew what kind of combat skill XaXa was using.
"Stardust Splash …!"
"That's Stardust Splash, right?"
"Is that guy really a SAO survivor …!?"
Everyone shouted one by one.
Stardust Splatter.
That was an advanced skill of the Thrust Series, the Eight Consecutive Strikes Sword Skill.
Because that Sword Skill didn't include the slashing action, the rapier derived from the rapier could also be used. For SAO players, it was no longer a strange thing.
Especially Yasna, who was a rapier user, she was very familiar with this Sword Skill.
It should be noted that this Sword Skill was also Yasna's forte.
Because of that, Yasna covered her mouth in surprise.
"He … he actually used the Eight Consecutive Strikes Sword Skill without the system's assistance?"
After all, GGO was not SAO. Even if the character had Ability Points, it was difficult to accurately use a Sword Skill without the system's assistance, let alone an Eight Consecutive Strikes Sword Skill.
At least, Yasna couldn't say that she could do it every time.
But XaXa was able to do it easily, which was enough to prove that his skills were superior to Yasna's.
Even Kirito showed a solemn expression.
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