"Alright, next... let's start with you..."

The aftershocks of the light burst hadn't fully dissipated when Lutter turned his gaze back to the players nearby.

"Honghu," Lutter called out the player's ID directly. "Considering everything... you seem like a good choice."

Honghu's expression shifted slightly: "What do you want?"

"Chop off his limbs and set them aside for now," Lutter didn't answer Honghu's question, but instead calmly issued another order to Kuai Duo.

"Think you can do as you please!"

With a sudden step of the Ru Yun Bu (Entering the Clouds Step), Shidao Wei Wang had already reached Lutter's side.

The tip of his long halberd howled like a mad dragon.

"Oh?" As Lutter turned his face, the halberd's blade happened to slice past, severing his head and sending it flying into the air.

"Not bad..." Lutter's head, still in mid-air, continued to speak.

"I knew it wouldn't be that easy..." Shidao Wei Wang snorted coldly, immediately changing his footwork three times, continuing his attack with the halberd.

Three purple, arc-shaped blades of energy chased after the head, striking directly at Lutter's head.

"I'll blast you into dust!" Shidao Wei Wang shouted fiercely.

After releasing the ranged attack, he didn't stop, immediately retreating more than ten feet, creating distance, and raising his halberd for another attack.

Swish, swish, swish—the continuous attacks created a series of whooshing sounds.

A supreme technique appeared suddenly, halberd shadows flew in all directions, earth-shattering and astonishing.

[Name: Fanyun Lang Qianzhong (Overturning Clouds, Thousandfold Waves)]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Learned]

[Skill Category: Combat]

[Effect: Unleashes a wave-like series of multiple strikes against a target directly in front (must be used with a long-handled weapon, cooldown time of one hour).]

[Consumption: 20% of maximum stamina]

[Learning Condition: Combat Specialization A]

[Note: This move was created by the renowned Flying Cloud Staff Monk, and because of its immense power, it caused wanton slaughter. The monk did not pass it on to his descendants, and after his death, the move disappeared from the martial world.]

In fact, Shidao Wei Wang's own physical skills were very strong, not at all inferior to experts like Dao Jian Xiao. It was only when facing Trash Uncle that he seemed a bit weak.

At this moment, without the use of studio drugs, he seemed to be venting all the pressure from his life and the game... relying on a brute force to madly thrust his halberd, actually turning the Lutter in front of him into a sieve.

"Ah—" Shidao Wei Wang roared as he performed the technique, suddenly pushing the skill's power to its limit. His eyes were bloodshot from the killing, his face full of ferocity. That aura... as if he wouldn't rest until he had pulverized his opponent.

At the same time, Lutter's head, which had flown into the air, was also struck by the three purple beams, exploding with a bang and turning into nothingness.

This sight caused j1-Kuai Duo to stop. He had already rushed to within ten meters of Honghu, but the fierce attack on Lutter in the distance couldn't help but make Kuai Duo worried.

"Strange... it's different from when he used it last time..." Trash Uncle wondered inwardly.

Among those present, Trash Uncle was undoubtedly the most knowledgeable about this move besides Shidao Wei Wang, because he himself had received the *Fanyun Lang Qianzhong* twice. Once was in the previous Killing Game, and the other was in this Peak Tournament.

The problem was... the power of this move shouldn't be so exaggerated. If he had to make a comparison, the "Eightfold Destruction" released by Xu Huai Shang in the [Soul Possession] state was about this powerful.

But the Shidao Wei Wang in front of him was clearly using an even stronger move.

Similar... but stronger... this was because, under this rare and unrepeatable opportunity, Shidao Wei Wang had comprehended an S-grade skill... and while unleashing this S-grade skill, he had also raised his combat specialization to S-grade, becoming the first player in the game to break through to S-grade specialization.

Taking this opportunity, let's fully showcase the specialization levels in Thriller Paradise and their details:

nA: None, no understanding, unable to use skills of this type

f: Extremely poor, close to none, upon reaching this level, skills of this type can be used, success rate of 20%

e: Poor, beginner level, upon reaching this level, the success rate of skills of this type is 40%

d: Unskilled, slightly below average, but stronger than beginner level, upon reaching this level, the success rate of skills of this type is 60%

C: Average, basic mastery of this ability, upon reaching this level, the success rate of skills of this type is 75%

B: Skilled, better than average, possesses a very high success rate when using skills, upon reaching this level, the success rate of skills of this type is 90%

A: Proficient, has a chance to comprehend skills of this type on their own, upon reaching this level, the success rate of skills of this type is 100%

s: Superb, can only be reached by obtaining special items, completing special quests, or triggering hidden storylines. Upon reaching this level, using skills of this type can come with character-specific effects. There is no upper limit to the number of character-specific effects; if there is more than one, you can choose which to use.

Because he had just broken through to this realm, Shidao Wei Wang hadn't had time to attach his character-specific effects to the skill, but his skill had already been upgraded.

Just like Feng Bujue's [Sloppy Repair] was upgraded to [Not-So-Sloppy Repair], his *Fanyun Lang Qianzhong* had also changed.

[Name: Fanyun Lang Wanzhong (Overturning Clouds, Ten Thousand Waves)]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Learned]

[Skill Category: Combat]

[Effect: Unleashes a wave-like series of multiple strikes against a target directly in front (must be used with a long-handled weapon, cooldown time of one hour).]

[Consumption: 40% of maximum stamina]

[Learning Condition: Combat Specialization s]

[Note: A powerful martial art created by the Flying Cloud Staff Monk and improved by Shidao Wei Wang, the moves are like raging waves, attacking all weak points, embodying the ultimate in violence, ferocity, speed, and power. Its power is enough to split rocks and cleave gold, smashing opponents to pieces.]

Swish, swish, swish—

The sounds of continuous attacks finally slowed down, and Shidao Wei Wang heard several system notifications in his ears, but he barely paid attention to what the voice was saying. All of his essence, energy, and spirit were poured into that series of attacks just now.

"Haa... haa..." When the technique stopped, he supported himself on the ground with one hand on the halberd, barely managing to stand steady. "I... I won!"

Perhaps, in his heart, what he had shattered wasn't just an enemy, but many other things as well...

Chi—

The sound of a sword piercing flesh rang out again.

j1-Kuai Duo, striking back, beheaded Shidao Wei Wang, who had already lost his ability to resist.

Although he had died... his face wore an expression of relief, as if saying: Brothers, I can only help you this far.

"Meddling..." Lutter's voice sounded again.

Of course, she hadn't died, but... she had shed another layer of her mutated form.

The current eighth form seemed no different from the ninth form just now. She was still in a state similar to a liquid metal person, but the metallic color of her surface was slightly darker.

This difference in reflectivity couldn't be discerned with the naked eye. None of the surviving players present had the ability to observe the world through data either. Therefore, in their eyes, Lutter had simply resurrected in place at full health.

"He's also a good piece of material..." Lutter moved her gaze to Shidao Wei Wang's corpse, and she actually said this sentence in a regretful tone.

"I just..." j1-Kuai Duo seemed to want to defend himself, but the words came to his lips, and he swallowed them back again. In the end, he still said, "Sorry... I was too meddlesome..."

"Never mind... there are plenty of materials anyway." Lutter seemed very satisfied with Kuai Duo's reaction. It was unknown what she would have done if Kuai Duo had really defended himself.

"Continue, what are you waiting for?" Lutter continued. "Do I have to do everything myself?"

"Understood." Kuai Duo responded and went off, once again rushing towards Honghu.

"A scholar can be killed..." Honghu had already drawn his longbow a moment ago, and a blue light reappeared, "...but not humiliated!"

They thought this guy was going to say some kind of imposing line, but in the end, he just didn't want his limbs chopped off...

"Hahahaha..." Loud laughter ripped through the sky, "Saying a line like that, and you still call yourself a 'scholar'?"

Whoosh—Bang!

A streak of crimson light, like a meteor chasing the moon, a meteorite falling to earth... crashed heavily onto j1-Kuai Duo's path.

The ground was smashed into a crater about five meters in radius, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose by more than ten degrees.

A strong man slowly stood up from the pit.

"It's you..." j1-Kuai Duo muttered in a deep voice, his eyes showing that he recognized the other party, and... the newcomer didn't come with good intentions.

"That's right! It's me!" The man made a bouquet-like gesture with both hands, flicked his short hair upwards, spread his arms, and assumed a fighting stance.

"Who is this guy..." All the players present were asking this question in their hearts.

"You must all be thinking... 'Who is this guy?' Right?" The man turned his head slightly, looking at the players behind him, "Remember this daddy's name..." He held his right hand in front of him, extended a thumb, pointed it at his face, "k1-Chitie (Crimson Iron)!"

"Huh?"

Although Chitie had announced his name, it only made the players even more confused... Judging from the name, wasn't this guy a derivative?

"Don't worry, I'm on your side." Chitie said, turning his gaze back to Kuai Duo in front of him, "Hey, Hobbit, I lost to you last time, but this time I'm also level one, how about we play again?"

"I... hate... others... calling me..." Kuai Duo said, word by word, gnashing his teeth, "Hob... bit!" He raised his swords high and roared loudly, but due to his small stature, he really didn't have much presence...

"Then what should I call you? Goblin Rogue? Gnome Stalker? (These two terms refer to the same thing, but they are translated differently in different places)" Chitie laughed.

Kuai Duo's eyebrows stood on end in anger. He raised one hand and pulled down the goggles on his forehead, wearing them in front of his eyes: "Watch me kill you with supersonic speed!"

Chitie grinned, his combat aura suddenly increasing: "Come on! Who's afraid of who!"