[Ding, congratulations to the Explorer’s army for winning a minor battle, all members gain 100 battlefield experience. Explorer Reputation +1, Territory Reputation +1. Obtained Resource Pack (Miniature) *1.]
[Ding, battlefield cleanup complete, obtained Realm Coin 16561]
[Ding, obtained Fine-level Weapon (Blue) Ogre Battleaxe *8]
[Ding, obtained Excellence Level Armor (Green) Barbaric Armor *16]
[Ding, obtained "Experience Book" *2]
[Ding, obtained Seed of Emerald Green *4]
[Ding, obtained Ogre Grinding Stone *3]
[Ding, obtained Special Potion: Junior Bloodline Enhancement Potion *2]
[Ding, obtained Skill Book "Multiple Casting" *1]
[Ding, obtained Recruitment Scroll Minotaur Warrior *6]
[Ding, obtained Tier Two Spiritual Gem *45]
[Ding, obtained Special Treasure: Trial Mirror]
Lin Rui’s eyes gleamed, and he decisively clicked on the attributes of the Trial Mirror.
[Category: One-time Special Treasure]
[It has been collected as treasure by countless owners, from angels to dragons, from demons to witch demons, from Beastman Giants to ogres. Ultimately, it was discarded like garbage. Before being discarded, it received various evaluations: waste in the trash heap! Maggot in the pit! An idiotic thing only a fool would use! Touch it again and I’m a dog! A stupid thing that wasted my thousands of years of effort!]
[Consumes all Spiritual Power to activate]
Seeing this, Lin Rui was dumbfounded.
An idiotic thing even dogs avoid?
Is this really a description of the same item?
Lin Rui looked at his Spiritual Power, maintained at full value under the Lake Maiden Brand Kidney Treasure’s blessing.
He hesitated for a few seconds.
Why not... give it a try?
Anyway, even if his Spiritual Power is depleted, he can still shed blood to cast skills.
With this reassurance, Lin Rui couldn’t hold back the urge stirring in his heart. He held up the Trial Mirror and input all the Spiritual Energy.
Instantly, an ocean-like Spiritual Energy was drawn from his body, and Lin Rui felt as if his soul was being pulled out, entering a dim space.
Then he entered a strange perspective, where a soul-state version of himself stood before him with eyes closed.
Hey... not to mention the closed eyes, the cool demeanor was really quite handsome.
The next moment, the soul-state Lin Rui in front opened his eyes, but there were no pupils, only a bright blue spiritual light. He raised the longsword with no emotion and thrust it forward!
Lin Rui hurriedly evaded. Damn, it’s not a soul, it’s a trial mirror image!
But in a rush, he couldn’t avoid it fully, the chilling longsword pierced into his body, the cold seeped into his marrow with the blood, freezing Lin Rui’s whole body.
Lin Rui immediately released frost aura, shooting rapidly toward the opponent while retreating swiftly.
However, it had no effect at all; the mirror image had all of Lin Rui’s Traits and Skills. Under the Snow Weaving Soul’s blessing, the opponent remained uncontrolled, stabbing Lin Rui again with the longsword.
With the support of Grandmaster Level melee skills, the mirror image’s attack was extremely fierce. After the longsword pierced through Lin Rui, it kicked him away, and the sword edge lifted, completely cutting Lin Rui open from the left chest to the right shoulder.
The intense pain caused Lin Rui’s vision to blacken; he nearly fainted.
Fortunately, his strong will kept him conscious. He was still in mid-air when he injected himself with a shot and immediately enveloped himself with a layer of Jade Ice.
Did they really think of him as just a sick cat if he didn’t fight back?
Controlling his direction, Lin Rui immediately held the longsword and charged back against the momentum.
When activating the Trial Mirror, Lin Rui was holding a sword, so both sides wielded longswords.
But it didn’t prevent them from using various spirit magics.
Thus, Lin Rui finally understood why the opponent didn’t start by covering himself with Jade Ice.
Using Grip of Cyan Wave, after smashing Snow Ice Soul, within the thirty-second cooldown, the opponent immediately enveloped himself with an ice shield to resist damage.
And Lin Rui, lacking an immunity state, was lifted into the air, utterly unable to retaliate, unable even to see the opponent’s silhouette from his vision, with the enemy constantly attacking from behind.
But luckily, Lin Rui also calculated matchlessly; the same set of tactics had no effect on him.
Relying on Jade Ice and Moon-breaking Blade, he held on until the immunity state appeared after the second Ice Soul layer, and immediately adjusted his position.
From now, it was his time to counterattack!
Ten minutes later, Lin Rui held the Trial Mirror numbly, questioning life with a face full of doubt.
How do you fight this damn mirror image?
Grip of Cyan Wave can be used ? Not for damage, but for control?
At countless critical moments of Lin Rui’s counterattack, his vision was obscured by Grip of Cyan Wave. Although it was only a momentary bind, given this Tier Zero Spirit Skill, without a massive input of Spiritual Energy, it couldn’t control Lin Rui’s formidable Physique. Yet in a top-notch battle, a momentary constraint was enough for the opponent to change the rhythm.
The mirror image not only mastered skills expertly, but also had incredibly strong combat instincts and intuition, its battlefield control matched Lin Rui equally.
If it were only this, it would still be fightable. Lin Rui’s strongest capability is his unparalleled battlefield control ability, which can maximize combat power. By relying on extraordinary combat ability and trying a few more times, Lin Rui thinks he might still be able to win.
But that damned mirror image still had a Trait [Heroic Body, Life Value +100%, Spiritual Energy Value +100%, Resilience enhancement +100%, Damage Reduction +50%, attack carries 30% True Damage, ignores Vital Attack]
The damned thing has high attack, thick health, tough defense, control duration halved, and is immune to crit bonuses. It’s essentially the enhanced version of himself, with overall strength increased by three to four times.