804: Chapter 804 The Assessment Begins

With a command from Laurende.

Gis's gaze sharpened, and a flash of light shimmered over his body. A dark red suit of full-body armor, excluding the helmet, appeared on him. He brandished his sword and charged toward Caesar.

Whoosh!

Gis's speed was incredibly fast. Caesar clearly saw a faint, cyan stream of light shimmering around his opponent's body.

He sensed it clearly; this was the power of the Wind Element.

His opponent was using the Wind Element to enhance his speed, and it also seemed to boost sharpness and penetrating power.

Caesar's gaze narrowed slightly as he slashed out violently with the longsword in his hand.

"So fast!" Gis's pupils contracted slightly.

Caesar's seemingly unremarkable sword strike exerted tremendous pressure on him.

As a top-tier Magic Swordsman, Gis was no slouch. He twisted his longsword, and a faint, earth-yellow glow ignited on his body—that was the power of the Earth Element.

The Wind and Earth Elements acted simultaneously upon his body and sword.

This not only made Gis's attacks stronger, but also increased his resistance to damage and his ability to deflect blows.

This was the Magic Swordsman!

Not only did they have damage output, but they also had various buffs. Furthermore, they excelled at both melee and ranged combat! They were almost devoid of any weaknesses!

If not for this, the Magic Swordsman wouldn't be the top-tier profession in this world. Being top-tier represented pure strength! It was the beauty of mechanics combined with the beauty of numerical values!

This was the charm of the Magic Swordsman!

Even if it did require a bit of talent.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Caesar parried Gis's continuous attacks.

Gis's onslaught was relentless; his sword shimmered with a brilliant, rainbow-like radiance.

Flames, scorching heat, cyan winds, sharpness, and cutting power—the two elements were clearly forming an "Elemental Reaction."

The wind fueled the fire, boosting the effects of both significantly. Not only that, but the Earth Element also added weight to his attacks, increasing their power while reducing the impact of rebounds and counterattacks.

Coupled with the bonuses from Gis's own weapon and his personal strength.

Every strike packed a significant punch.

However, the longer they fought, the more alarmed Gis became, because all of his attacks were being completely blocked by Caesar.

No matter the angle or method of his attacks, Caesar perfectly neutralized and parried them with his swordsmanship.

The opponent's swordsmanship was absolutely not inferior to his own!

This was the feedback Gis genuinely felt from Caesar.

Laurende, the Master-Rank Magic Swordsman watching from the sidelines as the referee, saw much more with his experienced eyes.

Based solely on the strength Caesar was currently displaying, he was definitely top-tier. Even if he couldn't become a top-tier Magic Swordsman, he could easily head to the Swordsman Guild and secure a pass for the top-tier Swordsman assessment without a doubt.

"Hah!" Gis roared, abruptly increasing his elemental output. The flames surged and exploded instantly.

Boom!!!

A terrifying explosion erupted between them, the flames instantly engulfing Caesar and jetting backward.

Taking advantage of this strike, Gis leaped far backward, creating distance between himself and Caesar.

Heatwaves surged chaotically, and the dust from the explosion was shattered and dissipated in an instant.

This revealed Caesar standing behind it.

Caesar stood with his sword, a layer of faint, earth-yellow light slowly fading away.

The power of the Earth Element!

His Elemental Swordsmanship was at the max level, which meant he possessed top-tier swordsmanship in all elements!

In terms of elemental application and control, he had reached the absolute limit of what he could achieve in every aspect and every element.

As a Level 99 super warrior who had experienced countless bloody battles, Caesar possessed max-level Basic Swordsmanship and Elemental Swordsmanship. This meant he could basically maintain a state of "full power" output, including his elemental power.

His stable elemental power could reach his own limit; the only limiting factors were his own strength. In terms of the Cross-World Group's three dimensions, it was energy and spirit that influenced this aspect.

Energy had a greater impact, while spirit had a secondary effect.

Although the panel didn't display much, when Caesar unleashed his burst, his elemental power could skyrocket by three to five times.

At full burst, he could break ten times his power!

However, it was easy to crash after this burst.

Unless he was certain of a one-hit kill or severely injuring his opponent, Caesar wouldn't do this lightly.

"Gale Assault!" After creating distance, the Wind Element surged over Gis's body, and a cyan light enveloped the longsword in his hand, making it look like a sword glowing with cyan light.

Immediately after, Gis swung his sword violently.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The surging Wind Element burst forth, transforming into countless wind blades of Sword Qi that enveloped Caesar.

The power of this Move mainly came from multi-stage strikes, speed-based attacks, and cutting. It was a wide-range attack that was extremely fast and dealt impressive damage—it was very representative of the power of the Wind Element.

Caesar's gaze shifted slightly, but he didn't take it to heart. From their previous clash, Caesar had already gauged the approximate level of Gis's strength.

If converted to the system of his own world, it was roughly the strength of a Level 80 warrior. Compared to him, it was far too lacking.

Of course, this mention of Level 80 purely referred to the strength of the base values from level bonuses; it didn't account for bonuses from various equipment, accessories, and the like, nor did it consider skills, individual differences in talent, potential, growth, and other aspects.

However, if Gis's elemental power and Move capabilities were factored in, he could probably trade blows with an average Level 70 warrior.

This strength was already considered quite good.

And this was only the "top-tier" strength of this world; above it were the Master-Rank, Venerable-Rank, and Legend-Rank.

However, Caesar estimated that at this level, he should at least be able to reach the Venerable-Rank. As for the Legend-Rank, he conservatively estimated that he could probably go toe-to-toe with them.

After all, he still had some trump cards, or if they really fought, once he put on all his equipment and activated all his accessories, it would be hard to say.

Not to mention that he had the Cross-World Group as his backing; given some time to develop, he could become even stronger!

The sky filled with wind blades as they swept toward Caesar.

Boom, boom, boom!

A series of explosions occurred as the whistling wind blades struck the area where Caesar was located one after another.

Gis didn't think this Move of his could take out Caesar; after all, when they clashed earlier, Caesar had been able to perfectly defend against his attacks, meaning his strength was absolutely not inferior to his own.

If he himself could defend against this Move, let alone Caesar.

This opening Move was just to suppress and gain the initiative; what followed would be his killer Move!

As a Magic Swordsman, besides using various elemental augmentations and swordsmanship, Elemental Reactions were also a crucial aspect that one had to appreciate!

Crimson light surged on Gis's sword.

This time, it switched to a more violent elemental power—Fire! Compared to the Wind Element, the Fire Element was enthusiastic, irritable, and passionate, possessing characteristics such as scorching, bursting, devouring, high temperature, wide-range destruction, and continuous damage.

"Blazing Sun Explosion Slash!"