Chapter 896: The Peak of Mythology, the Ultimate Showdown of Power and Skill!

"So today, what we're going to teach are the new parrying methods and fast-killing techniques for common mobs." Owner Fang had been bluffing earlier, using every trick in his book and almost capsizing his own boat, but now, his confidence had returned.

The Leviathan Axe was a legendary weapon forged by the famous dwarf brothers and master weapon smiths of Norse mythology, Sindri and Brok; as for why these two outstanding masters had created this weapon, it was because they discovered that the weapons and relics they had previously forged were being used recklessly by the Aesir (the gods of Norse mythology, such as Odin and Thor), so the brothers decided to balance the Norse realm by forging the power of the "Leviathan Axe."

Clearly, the Leviathan Axe was no ordinary battle axe, and thus it possessed its own set of usage methods and unique combat techniques.

If one could master it well, not only could they learn many superb combat skills from it, but its power would also become entirely different from that of someone who could only swing this battle axe around recklessly.

Clearly, this was a highly spiritual divine relic.

In... the Eastern Continent and the Immortal Heritage Continent, most players had learned the methods of manipulating weapons from "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Wind and Cloud," but the players of the Western Continent were different; to them, controlling flying swords was not easy to learn, not to mention they mostly relied on broad, sweeping weapons, and habits formed over a long period were not easily changed.

But now, in God of War, they saw an entire set of techniques using weapons for both ranged and close-quarters attacks, all beginning from the parry.

"So it can actually be done like this?!" The Valkyrie Isabella was gesturing with her mind while lying in the pool. "Parry! Flying Leviathan Axe!"

"Hehehehe... a few thousand years from now, when I have learned everything, my strength will definitely be able to rise to yet another level!"

This livestream thing was truly wonderful to watch!

Of course, besides watching the livestream, she had nothing else to do.

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After returning from hunting, the entire game began to enter the main storyline of "God of War 4."

The story of "God of War 4" revolved around "Ragnarok" in Norse mythology.

By this time, the Norse world was already in a state of chaos, the twilight of the gods was approaching, and a scene of desolation prevailed.

Anomalies had appeared in the Nine Realms, and more and more creatures were being corrupted, turning into zombie-like beings. The powerful gods were temporarily uncorrupted, but they could clearly feel that this was not a good omen.

It was worth mentioning that although the mention of "Ragnarok" would make people associate it with the completely wiped-out gods of Olympus, wondering if the Norse "Ragnarok" would also be the work of this bald man in the future, it was clearly not very likely.

After Kratos failed in his suicide attempt, he drifted to the Norse realms to live in seclusion, met a woman, and started a family, eventually having a son.

After Kratos's wife died, her final wish was for the old Kratos to scatter her ashes in one of the Nine Realms.

Therefore, this time, in the "God of War 4" that the players were playing, Kratos had restrained his past eyes full of hostility and had gradually learned to control his emotions.

The current him was merely acting in the capacity of a husband fulfilling his wife's dying wish and a father watching his son grow, rather than the God of War who had slaughtered all the gods in the past.

But clearly, things would not be as simple as imagined; just as the two returned to their dwelling, whether it was Fang Qi or the onlookers, they only heard a burst of rumbling like muffled thunder, followed immediately by a heavy pounding on the door.

Kratos clearly had a very bad premonition, hurriedly making his son hide, and opened the door, only to see a thin man, built like a gaunt bamboo pole, his entire body painted with totems.

The totems were like those worshipped as gods by primitive people in ancient times, seemingly containing endless power and incomparably profound laws of heaven and earth.

Kratos clearly did not know the other party, but the stranger's words carried a very obvious intent to provoke.

"You do not want to fight me," Kratos said coldly, his eyes filled with threat.

But the strange man before his eyes clearly ignored it, instead carrying an even stronger sense of provocation: "Oh, I think I really do."

With that, he punched Kratos directly in the face!

"Holy crap?!"

"Oh my god?!"

"Is this guy that awesome?!"

A group of onlookers was stunned on the spot; one had to know that the gods of Olympus in the past wished they could completely avoid confronting Kratos face-to-face, whereas this one before them had an aura of: either you beat me to death today, or else.

If it were the past, Kratos might have just hacked him down directly, but at this moment, Kratos suppressed his rage: "Leave my house."

"You'll have to kill me to make me leave." Then the stranger threw three more punches straight at his face!

Unable to bear it any longer, Kratos slammed him directly into the ground with a punch; just as he was preparing for a second punch, the strange man got up and delivered an uppercase punch straight to the jaw, knocking Kratos flying more than ten yards away.

"You really disappoint me." The man twisted his neck; having taken a heavy punch from Kratos, he was unexpectedly completely unscathed, twisting his neck. "Come on, keep going!"

"This guy...?!" A group of Saint-level experts watching, along with a group of elves and knights who had played "God of War" 1-3, had their eyes wide open!

There was actually someone in this world who dared to mock Kratos like this?!

"Who on earth is this?!" At this moment, the Valkyrie Isabella, sitting in the pool and watching intently, was also dumbfounded; unlike the others, she had experienced Kratos's power firsthand, otherwise she wouldn't be lying here.

Even if his current strength was not what it used to be, he was still an extremely powerful expert, and it could be clearly seen that Kratos was even stronger in terms of combat techniques than before!

Yet this person before them, wildly mocking Kratos, had not only not been beaten to death, but under the attacks of Kratos's Leviathan Axe, he maintained a posture that seemed completely uninterested in defending!

"This person looks like he's extremely strong, completely different from those mobs before," Owner Fang said while operating Kratos to attack. "But right now, while he's mocking me and attacking, he doesn't bother to dodge at all, so it's still quite simple to fight him; I just don't know if he'll go berserk or something later."

"But be careful of him striking suddenly!" Just as his voice fell, the opponent, with extreme abruptness, threw a punch straight up.

Fang Qi raised his shield almost subconsciously—Parry!

As everyone knew, starting from the parrying in "Dark Souls," almost all opponents facing such an abrupt and massive counterattack would be unable to defend, their bodies instantly numbed by this counter-shock force.

But this person before him, after being parried, had a body like a feather-light leaf, drifting backward by borrowing this force, his arms driving his body to turn in mid-air, the rotating force perfectly neutralizing all the momentum.

No sooner said than done, like a teleportation, another punch slammed up!

"It was neutralized?!" Everyone, including the Valkyrie Isabella, looked at this scene in absolute astonishment; one had to know that the parry in the original version was already extremely difficult to execute, while the system version's parry was launched with an incredibly ingenious force, making it nearly unresolvable!

Yet this unresolvable parry had actually been easily neutralized by this person?!

The Valkyrie Isabella also cried out in astonishment in her heart; one had to know that this kind of profound technique hadn't even been used when fighting her!

Owner Fang had been practicing all morning while livestreaming earlier, and he appeared much more familiar with the entire game.

Almost at the exact moment the opponent attacked, his shield tilted forward to block—Parry!

This time, the opponent clearly did not neutralize it so easily; while being pushed and flying out by the force of the shield, he violently knocked down two birch trees, losing his balance for a flash of lightning. Fang Qi seized the opportunity, operating Kratos to throw the lethal, flying Leviathan Axe!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Although the divine artifact, the Leviathan Axe, failed to cut open the opponent's body, the rocks of the entire mountain were shattered into pieces by the impact.

But in the next instant, a figure rushed out like a cannonball, a punch slamming up once more!

Parry!

The opponent's fist slammed against the thick shield, and Fang Qi immediately felt the shield sink; the totems on the opponent's upper body lit up with a brilliant blue light, and that massive divine power unexpectedly failed to be deflected! Instead, it was forcibly suppressed by the opponent's fist force!

"This?!"

At this moment, everyone watched this battle enraptured and overwhelmed, as if they felt what was meant by God of War difficulty—your enemies are all Gods of War!

This was a peak duel of strength and skill conducted by two men standing at the apex of mythology!

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