November 2023

Zhang Yu and Asuna's daily guide boss has started again.

Before, I only reached the seventy-first level, and it took about a month to reach the seventy-fourth level. Zhang Yu was lazy and only swept one boss with Asuna. As the number of layers grew higher, Zhang Yu and Asuna also began to slow down the pace.

It’s not that Zhang Yu can’t beat him, but Asuna’s mentality needs to be relaxed properly. Asuna doesn’t allow Zhang Yu to go alone to play the boss alone, so the speed slows down.

The two went from the town to the maze area, and what appeared before them was a grassland with many light blue flowers. The road ran through the entire grassland and extended westward, and at the bottom, you could see the maze area on the seventy-fourth floor, standing in front of them as if showing their might.

There will be a particularly large room at the top of the maze area, and then the boss room. There will be a guardian boss guarding the stairs leading to the upper floor. Break through the boss' blockade, arrive at the main street area on the upper floor, and let the transfer door start to operate, even if the strategy for one floor is successfully reached.

Usually when [Developing Towns], there will be quite a lot of players who will surge up from the lower level in order to explore the style and cultural relics of the new town. At that time, the whole town will be shrouded in a joyful atmosphere like a festival.

From the beginning of the strategy, the seventy-fourth floor of the front line, it has been the third day until today. The boss's room has been locked in the specific scope by Zhang Yu and Asuna.

The giant tower standing on the other end of the grassland is a circular building made of reddish-brown sandstone. Zhang Yu and Asuna have visited the interior many times, but as the distance gradually gets closer, the huge building that almost covers the entire sky.

Compared with the small ones, they will bring a great sense of oppression, and this only accounts for one percent of the entire Ain Grant.

"After brushing this boss, there is only one main task left. It's time to prepare..."

Zhang Yu pondered silently in his heart, and decided to improve everything he could to the extreme afterwards.

"I can't see other players, I must have entered the outer periphery of the maze."

The two looked at each other, and the long-term tacit understanding already knew what the other party meant. Both parties accelerated their pace at the same time and advanced towards the entrance of the maze area.

Zhang Yu is now located near the highest point of the maze area on the 74th floor, with a central point of the corridor with cylinders side by side on both sides.

They are currently fighting, and the enemy is a skeleton swordsman named [Demon Slave].

The body, which is more than two meters long, is wrapped in blue phosphorescence. The long straight sword in the right hand and the round metal shield in the left hand. Although there is no muscle on the body, the muscle strength value is extraordinary, which can be said to be a very tricky monster. However, even facing such a strong enemy, Asuna still did not give in at all.

“呼噜噜咕噜噜噜噜!”

Accompanied by the strange roar, the sword in the skeleton pulled out a blue residual light and swung it from above. This is the four continuous techniques [Vertical Four-Step]. Zhang Yu calmly looked at the situation at the rear steps. No matter what the situation occurred, he could handle it, so he was not panicked at all.

I saw Asuna stepping on the Z-shaped movement that was left and right, completely avoiding all the opponent's attacks. Zhang Yu looked at Asuna's skillful footwork and smiled and nodded with relief. This was one of the tips he occasionally taught her.

Generally, two-on-one situations, but as long as you encounter an enemy equipped with weapons, you cannot attack at the same time. This is not that the system does not allow it, but that under the high-speed sword light and sword shadow that are invisible to the naked eye, the biggest disadvantage of two people attacking at the same time is that it will hinder each other's sword skills. Therefore, when fighting in teams, you have to use the "switch" technique that requires high coordination.

After the Demon Slave was dodged or blocked by all four combo-slashing strikes, his body slightly lost balance. Asuna took this opportunity to launch a counterattack immediately.

The thin sword shining with silver light kept stabbing into the enemy's body from the middle section. Every attack she emitted hit the enemy, and the HP of the skeleton also decreased. Although the power of one attack was not very large, the number of attacks could be said to be so many that it was difficult to calculate.

After three consecutive mid-sprints, the enemy's lower body is turned into repeated slashing against the enemy who is preparing to defend, and then the sword tip that is tilted upward emits pure white light and applies two powerful sprint attacks to the enemy.

Asuna used eight consecutive attack sword skills, which are advanced sword skills called [Star Chips Splash]. Zhang Yu's original [Infinite Sword Technique] Asuna could not learn because her mental power was not as strong as Zhang Yu, so she could not use the sword skills that were almost beyond the system rules.

But even so, under Zhang Yu's training, she is not weaker than her own level in the original work in the later stages of SAO, and her skill values ​​have reached an inestimable level. Whether it is her terrifying learning ability or her sensitive neural reaction speed, it all indicates that Asuna is indeed the number one female SAO player.

Even when facing the skeleton monster that Shang Xiaojian is the most difficult to deal with, her sword tip can accurately hit the enemy.

In addition to the power of sword skills to cut off one-third of the skeleton HP, the gorgeous figure is also extremely beautiful when the user attacks.

There seemed to be eyes growing behind Asuna, and she suddenly shouted to Zhang Yu who was admiring her:

"Yu, you need to switch!"

"good."

Except for Zhang Yu using [Infinite Sword Technique] and Kayaba Akihiko, anyone who uses skills has time to stagnate. So in normal times, Zhang Yu and Asuna are no exception. They can only use switching to more efficiently kill monsters.

Zhang Yu picked up the long sword and stared at the skeleton swordsman with a sharp gaze. At the same time, Asuna used a single-shot strong assault sword technique.

However, the skeleton blocked the tip of the sword with the metal shield on his left hand, and a large amount of sparks radiated. However, this was only the expected result. After the enemy resisted the heavy attack, they would not be able to launch an attack immediately due to a short stiff time.

Of course, Asuna, who is blocked from the heavy attack, will be stiff for a while, but the important thing is to obtain this [time].

At this moment, Zhang Yu rushed to the front of the enemy with his rushing skills like lightning. He deliberately created a short gap time in battle and used it to exchange positions with his companions, which is the so-called [switching]. Ordinary teammates do not have enough tacit understanding and skills, so they cannot switch out at all. Instead, they may be caught by monsters and launch an attack.

After Zhang Yu used the corner of his eyes to confirm that Asuna had withdrawn considerably, he held the sword in his right hand tightly and then launched a fierce attack on the enemy.

Basically, against enemies like Demon Slaves with many physical gaps, the chopping skills will be more effective than the sprinting skills.

Of course, it would be a different story if it was a top expert like Asuna and Zhang Yu. There was no most effective attack, only stronger sword skills.

The "Vertical Four-Step" used by Zhang Yu accurately hit the enemy for four consecutive attacks, which greatly reduced the skeleton's HP. The skeleton's reaction became quite slow, because the monster's AI has a characteristic, that is, when facing attacks on different modes, it takes some time to react.

Usually when a person is alone, it takes a long time to induce the Lizardman Lord's AI in order to create this situation. But if you have a companion, you just need to switch. This is one of the biggest advantages of team fighting. Of course, Zhang Yu is not listed here, but he has Asuna as his teammate, so of course he doesn't have to think about these problems.

After Zhang Yu used his long sword to bounce the skeleton's attack, he was ready to use [Infinite Sword Technique - Nine Combos] to completely solve it. [Infinite Sword Technique] Zhang Yu has developed to a very deep level, and now the Nine Combos has no consumption for him. He used it as a small killing skill to use monsters, so the speed of monster sweeping is the same as that of others.

Zhang Yu's figure flashed and appeared in front of the skeleton in an instant. Looking at the skeleton with a small skeleton burning in the hollow sockets in front of him, he held the sword in his right hand tightly with his right hand and waved it several times faster than ordinary people. At this super high frequency, a afterimage has been produced.

Whenever the enemy's body, which has only bones, is hit by the tip of the sword, an orange-red light will dissipate with the collision sound of "sonoccer".

Asuna, who was not far away, sighed slightly when she saw this scene. Every time she saw it, she felt that [Infinite Sword Technique] was shocking and powerful. She saw the afterimage of nine swords, and each sword brought a scar to the skeleton.

Zhang Yu's sword in his hand was stabbed, slashed or picked by Zhang Yu, using different techniques to swing the nine swords. It was the sword skills he had figured out with the help of the Bagua Sword Technique. His sword skills were not just as simple as speed and strength.

After these attacks, the HP value of the skeleton has been greatly reduced to a dying state. Zhang Yu used a move [Xinyue Slash] to use it.

The sword drew an arc with effect light and accurately cut into the skeleton's neck like being sucked in. The bones on the neck were cut off at once. When the skull flew quickly to the sky, the body left on the ground scattered like a broken puppet, making a crisp sound.

“Beautiful job.”

After Zhang Yu put away his sword, Asuna jogged over with a smile and patted him on the back.
Chapter completed!