Infinity, The Arcade Age-Chapter 415: Breaking the City

Based on the attack trajectories displayed before his eyes, Qin Ming swiftly raised his arms to block the incoming strikes.

He lifted his knee to intercept the short axe sweeping up from below!

Following through, he kicked out, sending the ambushing knight flying on the spot!

At the same time, he swung his elbow sideways, intercepting a knight mid-swing and forcefully knocking the opponent's arm aside!

Standing firmly in place, Qin Ming used both his hands and feet to parry attacks coming at him from all directions, moving with ease and precision.

As the clash continued, Qin Ming suddenly flicked both arms, knocking away another set of incoming axes. Then he abruptly raised one hand and snatched at the air.

Blood flowed from the surrounding corpses, surging toward him from all directions and merging into a blood sphere, which Qin Ming seized in his palm.

He slammed it forward with a single palm strike—directly hitting a heavy-armored knight in the chest.

These heavy knights were absurdly tanky, each one possessing an A-grade defensive ability. Even White Flame hadn't been able to do anything to them.

But after just a brief exchange, the Sound Nest combat suit had already analyzed their weakness: their toughness didn't lie in their bodies—it was all in their armor.

In fact, based on the user's capabilities, the combat suit had even offered Qin Ming a tactical solution.

Strike from within!

With a splat, the blood sphere burst against the breastplate, sending a torrent of blood through the gaps in the armor and into the knight's body. The next second, it hardened into a spike.

A muffled scream followed. The knight, pierced from within by the blood spike, was severely wounded on the spot.

A gush of blood even sprayed out from the bird-shaped visor of his sealed helmet.

Before the blood could even drip to the ground, Qin Ming placed his hand on the breastplate and yanked forcefully.

With a sharp crack, assisted by the internal pressure of the blood, the knight's chest armor was torn right off!

Now left defenseless, his exposed chest met Qin Ming's follow-up palm before he could even take two steps back.

Boom!

A massive bloody hole was blasted through the knight's chest, the explosion even tearing through the back of his armor!

Now that he had discovered the method to break through, Qin Ming became a walking can opener—dismantling one heavy-armored "tin can" in just a few moves!

Before the other three knights could even recover from their shock, Qin Ming had already flung his hand again, sending another blood strike hurtling toward the second enemy.

The AI core of the combat suit, with its predictive simulation capabilities, had far more elaborate ways to manipulate blood than Qin Ming ever had.

Permeation and armor-bypass! Solidification and sealing! Even internal explosions triggered via the eyes, nose, or mouth!

It had even devised a particularly underhanded move—an attack targeting the enemy's lower body from behind, and had recommended Qin Ming strike at the opponent's... back door.

Because, as the saying goes: no matter how tough a man is, his rectum is always soft! A strike there would definitely deal both physical and psychological critical damage!

However, the method was so shady that Qin Ming refused to go along with it—after all, he still needed to recover the blood he used in battle.

Grabbing another knight's wrist and pinning his weapon arm against his own breastplate, Qin Ming activated his ability. Blood immediately hardened, freezing the enemy's hands to his armor!

Seeing the knight's arms crossed and sealed tightly by blood—completely unable to move or attack—Qin Ming's eyes turned feral as he seized the man's helmet.

Blood streamed from Qin Ming's arm and seeped into the helmet through its seams.

A tortured scream rang out as the blood invaded the knight's eyes, nose, and mouth, flooding into his brain and destroying it from within.

When Qin Ming yanked the blood back out, the knight collapsed to the ground. His face was no longer recognizable—just a mass of bloody holes.

As the final knight crashed to the ground with a thud, Qin Ming looked down at his own hands in disbelief.

Was it really that easy to take out four heavily armored mini-bosses? Was this the true power of artificial intelligence?

No wonder people didn't like playing chess against AI. While you had to earn experience, the AI could just download it, optimize it, and beat you effortlessly. How was that even fair? That was straight-up bullying!

A glint of excitement flashed in Qin Ming's eyes. He suddenly realized the combat suit's capabilities were even more terrifying than he'd imagined.

Raising one hand high above his head, he activated another skill. Blood from all directions surged toward him, gathering overhead into a massive blood sphere in the blink of an eye.

It began to spin rapidly, and in the next moment, it exploded outward, launching countless hardened blood droplets in every direction—forming a deadly storm around him!

Skill:

Modified – Blood Spiral Annihilation!

A piercing roar filled the air as countless tiny blood bullets tore through the battlefield. Any soldier who tried to approach was instantly turned into a pincushion.

As they fell, the blood within their bodies was drawn out, further feeding the blood sphere and expanding the attack's power and range.

With a single ultimate skill, Qin Ming cleared out the entire area around him! The ground was now littered with shriveled corpses and mangled remains of the enemy!

His overwhelming display of might didn't go unnoticed—King Arthur, wielding the Sword of Kings and currently fighting atop the city wall, couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.

Staring at the blood-controlling man in the distance—who either shredded or drained his enemies with every move—Arthur looked utterly dumbfounded.

Wait a minute... is everyone around here blind?! Just look at that guy's abilities! In what way does any of that look like a hero's power?

His size, his techniques, his powers—he practically had "Final Boss" written across his face! So why the hell were the militia calling him the Chosen of God?!

Who the hell ever heard of a Chosen One whose power involves sucking other people's blood to fight? How is that supposed to make any sense?!

With a face full of shock, King Arthur raised his sword just in time to block an oncoming flanged mace.Then with a sweeping strike of his blade, he cleaved clean through the enemy's shield—and the horned knight behind it.

The sword in his hand, the Sword of Kings, didn't come with any fancy powers. All it had was sharpness.

Unparalleled sharpness! Sharpness that could instantly slice through any armor, bypass all defenses!

And it was exactly this kind of pure, unadorned ability that made it absolutely terrifying in battle.

King Arthur brandished his massive sword, cutting down any enemies that dared to block his way as if he were slicing vegetables.With his troops at his back, he marched forward with a cold, rigid expression, launching one wave of assault after another.

Though he never said it outright, Arthur truly despised Qin Ming.He hated this so-called "Holy Fork King" who had appeared out of nowhere and somehow won the people's hearts—he despised him with a passion.

Because in Arthur's eyes, in this era, there only needed to be one Chosen One—and that was him.

This so-called "Holy Fork King"? He was nothing more than a disgraceful imitator. A counterfeit version of himself.

And yet this fraud had somehow rallied more people than him? Was more beloved than him?

That was something Arthur could not accept.So now he needed to prove to everyone—he was the one true Chosen King.

With a furious roar, Arthur shoulder-checked an enemy out of the way and charged straight into the crowd.As enemies surged in from all directions, his eyes suddenly lit up with a flash of determination.

In the next instant, he grabbed the hilt of his sword with both hands and spun on the spot, weapon extended.

Ultimate skill: Invincible Slash of the Knight!

The sword aura swept outward—a full 360-degree attack with no blind spots.After using the skill, Arthur raised his massive sword and kept charging forward without slowing down.

And the moment he broke out of the encirclement, a loud crack rang out behind him.The dozen or so enemies who had surrounded him... were all cleanly sliced in two at the waist.

The "Invincible Slash" skill itself wasn't high-level and didn't boast much attack power—its main strength lay in the brief moment of invincibility it granted.But when paired with the Sword of Kings' supreme sharpness, this move became a terrifyingly lethal finisher—whoever got in its way died, no exceptions.

Normally, Arthur would only use it against formidable foes. In ordinary situations, it wasn't worth the massive energy cost.But the fact that he was now using it repeatedly just to forge a path forward clearly showed how desperate he'd become.

Leading his elite troops, Arthur forced a breakthrough in the enemy lines and collided head-on with the commander of the city's garrison—Knight Balforth.

Two boss-tier enemies locked eyes, both wearing fierce expressions.

Balforth flung out two waves of sword energy, then launched himself with a flying kick straight at Arthur.

Arthur roared and cleaved through the sword energy, meeting Balforth's dual swords with a crushing strike of his own.

With a clang and a spray of sparks, Arthur's Sword in the Stone nearly snapped Balforth's twin blades in half—startling Balforth into going pale as he hurriedly retreated to gain some distance.

But the moment he stepped back, the ground beneath him suddenly softened, and his legs sank straight into the wall's foundation.

Adventurer Talent Skill: Liquefy!

Effect: Can temporarily liquefy any non-living material!

The sudden shift left Balforth completely defenseless and stunned.

And just as he was caught in this trap, the surrounding adventurers—who had been watching and waiting for this exact moment—pounced on him without hesitation.

Blades, spears, skills, qi techniques—even guns!

With a grunt of pain, Balforth struggled to climb free of the softened ground, but his body was soon pierced by a barrage of relentless attacks.

In the next moment, a flash of cold steel glinted before his eyes.

Arthur had seized the opening. With a powerful sweep, his blade slashed directly across Balforth's neck.

Just like that, a full-fledged second-stage boss—the leader of the Independent Knights, a powerhouse with overwhelming combat strength—was taken out in an instant, a victim of the flawless teamwork between Arthur and the adventurers.

Faced with the adventurers' unpredictable and bizarre skills, plus Arthur's ridiculously sharp Sword of Kings...

Balforth, a speed-type boss, stood no chance once caught off guard. He never even got the chance to resist.

Arthur decapitated Balforth with one swing, grabbed the severed head, and turned to face the battlefield.

He raised it high and let out a thunderous roar.

"The enemy commander—has fallen by my blade! Breach the city!"

Hearing his bellow, and seeing that the enemy leader had truly been slain—

The militia, who had been climbing the siege ladders and even rushing in through the now-open gates from within, raised their pitchforks and shouted in unison:

"Long live the Holy King!!!"

"...Huh?!"Hearing their chant, Arthur was dumbfounded.

(End of Chapter)