Phantom of The Immortal Blade had just landed, No One was immediately close by, ready to swing his blade.

The blade slashed down fiercely and powerfully, as if to engrave the heavens and earth onto its edge.

【First Move of the Blade Dancer: Sever The Sun And Moon】

...

The Phantom of The Immortal Blade was still a bit away from fully descending.

No One deliberately swung his blade before the Phantom of The Immortal Blade completely touched the ground.

Because the moment the damage is dealt, it's sufficient for the Phantom to have landed. At that point, the damage will be immediately inflicted.

If the Phantom of The Immortal Blade lands at point X:

1 2 3 4 5 6 X 8 9 10

No One's attack needs only to deal damage at point X. It doesn't need to wait for the Phantom to fully land.

"Complacency is a slow and sinister killer."

No One was taken aback.

CLANG

A piercing clang echoed. Simultaneously, a layer of shield on No One disappeared.

No One's eyes widened as he watched the Phantom of The Immortal Blade's lips curl as if in a mocking smile, its sword just knocked away his twin blades.

It... knows how to parry?

At this moment, No One was still under the adverse effect from the previous Principle Cleave, with health at only 1/1.

If it hadn't been for the shield that Hana created earlier, he would have died instantly.

The chat room was now in an uproar.

The boss knows how to parry!!!?

Parrying is a mechanic almost exclusively reserved for players. Besides requiring precision, it also demands knowledge of animation.

And yet, the Phantom of The Immortal Blade directly parries!?

[Holy heck. Parry?????]

[Phantom of The Immortal Blade: Silence.]

[Got goosebumps because No One and Sword of Love looked so cool, and then goosebumps again because the Phantom of The Immortal Blade was too overbearing.]

[There never was any Boss before that did this, and in the future... please, no one else!!!]

The chat room was exploding.

The viewership was still in the millions.

Bosses in the Demonic state didn’t have parry mechanisms. Not even at 90% would they mimic player skills.

What exactly is the Phantom of the Immortal Blade state!?

No One retreated.

He hadn’t yet regained his composure.

What kind of monstrosity is this?

No One's worldview was further crumbling.

Yesterday, he witnessed the Heavenly Demon In Black perform an animation cancel.

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Today, he directly faces the Phantom of The Immortal Blade that can parry.

This time, the Phantom of The Immortal Blade didn't remain stationary and directly swung its sword at No One.

Still dazed by the counterattack, at this moment he truly had no means to resist the coming slash.No One was gritting his teeth, trying in vain to escape the stun effect.

Suddenly, before No One's eyes appeared a sword with an azure glow sweeping in.

CLANG

That blade directly disrupted the Phantom of The Immortal Blade's attack.

"Did I give you permission to touch my son?" Sword of Love had raised his sword, deflecting the strike from the Phantom of The Immortal Blade.

No One sighed in relief, quickly picking up his dual blades that had been knocked away.

"Your body, my sword can't reach. But your attack, my sword is a big fan of!" Sword of Love said with a laugh, raising his hand in provocation.

"Hana, Cherished Dream, don't stop the buffs."

"One small mistake, and we all gonna die."

"Understood," Hana and Cherished Dream replied in unison.

The Phantom of The Immortal Blade still wore that emotionless face. It continued to sweep its sword towards No One.

He was still holding the aggro of the Boss. Although Sword of Love’s total damage was also significant, the interval between his strikes was too long compared to No One's continuous attacks with consistent damage, thus maintaining aggro.

This time, No One perfectly timed and prepared to use a counterattack.

Swish.

Huh?

The Phantom of The Immortal Blade’s expressionless face was like that of a poker player.

It wasn't that it truly lacked emotions. The smile when it parried No One was proof.

Rather, it hid its emotions completely.To make it impossible for the opponent to discern its intention.

Z!

That blade, in a miraculous way, curved in mid-air, forming a beautiful Z shape!?

It seemed as though the blade was about to hit No One's sword, triggering a parry.

But it bent downward, then swept away at a lower level!?

"I'm not dead you know!"

Sword of Love had been closely observing every move of the Phantom of The Immortal Blade.

He charged directly, swinging his sword, ready to clash with the incoming blade.

Sword of Love was covering for No One's vulnerability!

Freeze.

CLANG

No One couldn't believe his eyes.

The shield effect from Hana had just expired.

Sword of Love didn't even realize what happened. He was instantly killed.

HP 0/1.

This demon!?

It wasn't Sword of Love that countered the Phantom of The Immortal Blade!

Instead.

The Phantom of The Immortal Blade countered Sword of Love.

Sword of Love had perfectly timed the parry activation point.

But the Phantom of The Immortal Blade defied the norm.

No One saw what it had just done.

In 1/10 of a second.

The Phantom of The Immortal Blade, while sweeping its sword, had activated a retraction animation.The animation when preparing to use Principles Cleave !!!

It accomplished the unimaginable.

An area that, except for No One, all players thought belonged solely to them.

Slash -> activate skill -> Slash.

It used Principles Cleave to cancel the animation of that Z-shaped sword path.

Then it directly launched another slash, countering Sword of Love.

[What the heck is that?]

[Oh Lord. Am I seeing things?]

[Not just canceling animations.]

[It canceled the animation to parry him!]

[...]

An invisible wave of emotions erupted in the chat window.

Many viewers had gone through countless ultra-hard dungeons released by the publisher.

Numerous beings were referred to as Bosses, as the Final Boss.

But today, they no longer regarded The Phantom of The Immortal Blade as a Boss.

It was a Monster.

A Monster that breached the boundaries of humanity.

At that moment, the Phantom of The Immortal Blade suddenly flared up with demonic energy.

The conditions were met.【Lv.200 Demonic Phantom of The Immortal Blade】

The silhouette of the Phantom of The Immortal Blade was now enveloped in a demonic aura, interwoven between blood-red and jet-black.

The Phantom of The Immortal Blade began to speak.

"Unable to let go of memories. I do not wish to relinquish these memories."

"This is not a loss of control to demonic influence, but rather an acceptance of one's Inner Demon!"

The Demonic Phantom's blade raised up to the sky, igniting with a dark flame.

Damn it.

Demonic Mode.

Its health bar was fully restored, yet it remained depleted from the damage Sword of Love had inflicted with Blade Slash.

"Hana! Quickly resurrect Sword of Love!"

Hana was startled; she was also shocked by what had just happened.

【Resurrection】

The Priest's resurrection skill was activated.

Sword of Love returned, immediately exclaiming.

"What the hell just happened?"

His face really showed a bewildered expression.

Up until now, he still couldn't believe what had occurred.

The Demonic Phantom suddenly smiled.

Its face now defaulted to a smile instead of a blank expression.

"Shall we continue the fight?"

"You humans, so proud of these childish techniques, aren't you?"

The entire team shuddered simultaneously.

A sense of threat from things they couldn’t fully understand.

Today, humanity will come to know.

Those beings who can shatter the Principles of the First World.

The truly strong ones.

Just by confronting the shadow, one can already sense the impossibility of even reaching the level of true form of Immortal Blade.