Chapter 964: The Shen Wang

The Shen Wang charged straight ahead!

Su Sheng's spear naturally missed entirely.

But…

Su Sheng was a bit surprised.

A charge with no target.

In theory, this is the War Knight series' exclusive charge, even Su Sheng can't perform a charge without a target…though Su Sheng has two charge skills.

When there's no target, Su Sheng can only use the Mythic Lion's Leap skill to quickly reposition.

After the Shen Wang moved a short distance, Su Sheng's spear attack naturally hit empty; although a spear, as a lever weapon, has the longest reach, it's still limited—ultimately a melee method.

At the same time, the Shen Wang spun around, dual‑wielding knives in a slash, a massive Blade Aura—actually, to be precise, a Knife Aura! —whooshing down to strike!

Su Sheng commanded the Mythic Lion to sidestep, but the distance was short, and while in Mounted State the Mythic Lion's lateral Leap is fairly agile, it still can't match foot combat.

So he couldn't dodge the Blade Aura; helplessly, Su Sheng could only Shield Raise, Block!

Puff~

-18032!

No critical! Yet even with Shield Block, the slash still dealt over ten thousand, nearly twenty thousand damage!

"Haha! I'm ahead now."

The Shen Wang halted, looked at Su Sheng and said with a smile.

Su Sheng looked at the Shen Wang with some emotion; I have to say, as a "Former King" the Shen Wang's technique is truly unmatched—he's fully aware of every detail, his strengths and weaknesses.

In pure technical dueling, I truly have no advantage.

Swish~

Su Sheng instantly canceled Mounted State, gripping his spear with both hands: "Not bad for the first round, I'll count that as my loss. Next! Round two!"

"Alright!"

The Shen Wang laughed heartily!

Then, this time, Su Sheng activated the Awakening Lion Heavy Charge!

In group battles or large‑scale outdoor fights, Mounted Combat can indeed hold a certain advantage.

But in a master‑level 1v1 duel, pure skill dueling makes Mounted Combat lose some agility.

So Su Sheng instantly canceled Mounted State! This time he'll take the initiative!

Thus, for the next few minutes, Su Sheng and the Shen Wang traded blows!

Neither used any Bottom Card, just the most basic skills, dueling with technique!

After dropping Mounted State, Su Sheng's agility was no less than the Shen Wang's; even in adaptability, the Shen Wang sometimes fell short of Su Sheng.

Both sides now truly exchanged attacks!

But overall, Su Sheng still held the advantage!

Technically, the two were evenly matched, but numerically, although Su Sheng gave up his Shield, in offense the Shen Wang wasn't inferior to Su Sheng, yet his defense was lower!

The Shen Wang's damage to Su Sheng generally fell in the 10‑20k range, whereas Su Sheng's spear strike dealt about 20‑30k damage, even without any ultimate, just basic skills.

After all, not everyone has Su Sheng's balanced offense‑defense.

In the end, with damage for damage, Su Sheng's spear pierced the Shen Wang's health bar!

Su Sheng also took a slash from the Shen Wang, his HP left at about one‑fifth.

The Shen Wang triggered a Survival Skill!

Then the Shen Wang stepped back, widening the gap!

Su Sheng didn't chase, but grinned at the Shen Wang.

"Tsk, looks like I lost!"

The Shen Wang said with a smile.

"No, you didn't lose; it's simply that my numbers had the edge."

Su Sheng shook his head.

If my numbers weren't exaggerated, this would be a pure skill duel, and the winner wouldn't be certain.

"Haha, numbers are power too," the Shen Wang pulled out a potion and drank it.

Although he only had three chances, combined with his Survival Skill, the three potions could fully restore his HP.

Su Sheng also produced a potion.

"Time's almost up, let's stop playing; now we should decide the true winner!"

The Shen Wang stared at Su Sheng, gripping his two‑handed greatsword tighter!

Honestly, the Shen Wang was already half‑defeated!

Because the Shen Wang's Survival Skill was spent!

But the Shen Wang said nothing; the Survival Skill was simply the price for losing the earlier technical duel.

Next comes the duel with Bottom Cards!

This time the Shen Wang initiated the attack!

Blood Light enveloped his body!

He almost drew a blood line as he charged!

Speed was extreme!

But Su Sheng laughed!

Since Bottom Cards are in play, Su Sheng won't hold back!

As Su Sheng's thought moved, the lion-like beast beside him directly lifted its claw!

Smoke swirled!

The white smoke directly enveloped that streak of blood light from Shen Wang!

But the white mist didn't make Shen Wang pause in the slightest; his speed didn't drop at all!

Before Su Sheng could make another move, a bloody light-shadow rapidly expanded before him!

But swish~

Missed!

Fast?

Su Sheng had already appeared at Shen Wang's flank!

Lion Hunt!

In the earlier skill duel, Su Sheng hadn't even activated Falling Demon Body or skills like Lion's Fury!

He was just fighting with basic skills and technical operation!

Seeing Shen Wang also play his trump card, Su Sheng naturally wasn't polite anymore—just didn't expect Shen Wang's state to be directly immune to control!

But his speed was fast!

Several others were even faster than Su Sheng's Lion Hunt!

Well, Shen Wang's slash just hit empty air!

Su Sheng wasn't polite either—now it's time for the final showdown, the mutual admiration scene is over!

Ci la!

Dazzling thunder light!

Demon God Lightning!

Boom!

The exploding thunder light directly submerged Shen Wang!

Su Sheng revealed a faint smile, but it quickly froze.

Because he didn't receive a victory notification.

Could it be that this old bastard Shen Wang, like me, also has a survival skill?

Afterwards… waiting for the thunder light to fade, Shen Wang stood at the edge of the arena, looking at Su Sheng with a half-smile.

Su Sheng raised his brow: "Did it miss?"

"Chairman Mo Wen, this move of yours is known to everyone—how could I not guard against it a bit?" Shen Wang said with a smile.

As for how he dodged it, only he himself knows.

"Tsk… indeed." Su Sheng nodded, not exactly surprised.

But… does this old bastard have been treating me as a fake enemy all along? Did he prepare countermeasures against me long ago?

Is that it?

Su Sheng's figure vanished again.

The Lion Hunt state hasn't ended yet!

But then…

Boom!

Blade shadows burst forth from Shen Wang's body across the sky!

They slashed at Su Sheng almost without distinction, arc-shaped… directly covering half the arena!

Although Su Sheng, who had just rushed forward, was fast under Lion Hunt's boost… it was precisely because he was too fast that he ended up completely within the blade shadows' coverage.

Even if he wanted to dodge, it's already too late.

"Chairman Mo Wen, it's not like only you have a big move."

Shen Wang's voice came over, laughing…

At the same time, the first blade shadow slashed down!

At this point Su Sheng was still on foot, without the lion-like beast's mount boost, his HP only over eighty thousand…