Chapter 280: Absolutely Killing It! Acheron's Skill and Mechanics Are Out of This World!
Aventurine's room.
"Damn it! Just a little bit more!"
"In the end, Gallagher still got the qualification."
"Hm?"
"Character strength tier list?"
"I think I'm still quite capable. Character strength shouldn't be limited to just Main DPS strength, right?"
Thinking of this, Aventurine immediately opened his phone and started messaging Topaz directly.
[ Ms. Topaz, it's time for you to show off your skills again. ]
[ Help me buy some shills to hype up my strength. ]
[ I think I'm qualified! ]
[ Topaz: Buy, of course I'll buy. ]
[ Topaz: But this time, I'm buying for myself. ]
[ Topaz: I think I'm quite strong in the game. The usage rates in Memory of Chaos for so many versions can prove it. ]
[ Topaz: This strength tier list should have a spot for me! ]
[ Topaz: Besides, why is a [Preservation] character joining in the fun? This is a competition for our [Hunt] and [Erudition] DPS characters! ]
[ Aventurine: ... ]
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Guinaifen's stream room.
"Let me try her out first and see Acheron's specific performance!"
After entering the trial character interface, a prompt popped up first. It was a brief introduction to Acheron's skill mechanics.
[ Acheron (Lightning, 5-Star, Nihility) ]
[ Apply debuffs to enemies to accumulate charge points and unleash the Ultimate ]
[ The Ultimate ignores enemy weakness types for Toughness reduction and lowers all elemental resistance ]
[ Technique can instantly defeat enemies ]
Guinaifen read it line by line.
"Acheron really is a [ Nihility ] path character~"
"Looks like the release of this Ultimate is different from previous characters; it requires special charge point conditions!"
"But the effect is so strong! Ignoring weakness types for Toughness reduction and lowering all elemental resistance… these are all independent multipliers…"
When she saw the last line of text, Guinaifen was stunned for a moment.
"Instantly defeat enemies?"
"Wait, wait!"
"Why is such a simple sentence a bit hard to understand!?"
"If I can instantly defeat enemies by using the Technique, what do I need this Ultimate and stats for?"
"Is the text description wrong?"
"It should be something like [ deals massive damage ], right?"
Guinaifen even started doubting the copywriter, she couldn't believe the skill's effect was like this!
Arriving at the actual combat scene, Acheron stood at the starting point.
A red carpet stretched toward the finish line ahead.
On both sides of the road were minions from the Dreamjolt Troupe.
Guinaifen licked her lips and tried tapping the Technique button.
"Flow, blade's reflection of the past."
In an instant, the screen turned black and white!
She herself transformed into the white-haired Acheron, simultaneously drawing her red blade and slashing horizontally in a line in front of her.
"Oh my god!"
"What just happened!?"
Guinaifen tapped the Technique button repeatedly.
"Hum! Hum! HUM!!!"
The sharp sound of the long blade leaving its scabbard, combined with the red blade light, made Acheron seem like an Asura!
She unleashed a series of slashes at the air!
"WAAAHHHHH!!!"
"I can keep tapping this Technique!"
"As long as I don't hit a monster, it doesn't consume Skill Points!"
"My god!"
"Is this state too cool?"
In the stream room, all the viewers were amazed!
...
"Holy cow!"
"So cool!"
"I remember Honkai: Star Rail wasn't a turn-based game, right? Has this turned into an action game?"
"Hahahaha, I'm trying it too, this Technique is so satisfying!"
"Nice, nice, nice!"
"Oh my god, is this the perspective of Acheron cutting people down?"
...
At this moment, Guinaifen had already arrived at the edge of the red carpet.
Facing the swarms of small monsters, she understood.
She had to use the Technique to cut her way through!
First!
The first Soda Hound.
"Hum!"
The moment she slashed, the Soda Hound exploded directly.
SoulGlad juice splattered everywhere!
"Wahaha!"
"It really instantly kills them, it doesn't even enter combat!"
The next few monsters, like [ Spring-Loaded Dealer ], [ Bird-Head Mask ]…
"Swish, swish, swish," she cut them all down in one go!
As the monsters died, Acheron also arrived at the end of the red carpet.
She sheathed her blade and returned to her usual state.
Expressionless.
Cold as ice.
"I'm ascending, guys!"
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"Cool as hell!"
"This is way too strong!"
"This is basically a walking cheat code!"
"Is it really that silky smooth?"
"The day I pull Acheron, every dog that passes by will have to take a slash from me."
"Back then, Duke Inferno probably got taken out by a single Technique."
"No wonder Acheron couldn't remember the Annihilation Gang for a second, did she just slash the Duke while using the Technique to travel?"
"Annihilation Gang: I was just passing by."
"Whoever touches her dies, this is too terrifying, right?"
"The day I pull Acheron, there won't be any red-named monsters on my map."
"Slash, slash, slash! I'll slash whatever I see! Whatever Mara-Struck resurrection, I'll just slash you until your ashes are scattered, then lunge at the True Sting next to you and slash its entire family line for eighteen generations! Don't even think about running, traffic lights, televisions, I'll slash you all, I'm gonna slash, slash, slash, slash, SLASH!!!"
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Just as the bullet comments said, Guinaifen cut her way through everything.
Until she reached the seventeenth-minute cooked monster of the Dreamjolt Troupe, commonly known as the Mechanical T-Rex.
[ Weakness ]
[ Battle Start ]
Guinaifen wiped the excited sweat from her forehead.
"Phew, thank goodness…"
"This kind of boss-level enemy wasn't instantly killed."
"Otherwise, that would be too heaven-defying!"
"This game could just be renamed 'Acheron: Star Rail'!"
Looking closely at Acheron's skill description, Guinaifen revealed an enlightened look.
"SO THAT'S HOW IT IS!!!"
"Actually, Acheron's skills are quite simple!"
"Simply put, her Ultimate requires special charge points, which are accumulated whenever she or her teammates apply debuffs to monsters."
"Once it's fully charged, just unleash the Ultimate!"
"We already have six charges at the start of the battle, let's have Pela and Sampo apply debuffs to stack [ Slashed Dream ]!"
After eight stacks, Guinaifen activated Acheron's Skill [ Octobound Azure ]!
"Life is but a morning dew, body and name both vanish."
Acheron struck an attack pose, and in the next second, she was already sheathing her blade.
Because it was too fast!
One could only see Acheron's afterimages appearing around the enemy.
The slash was completed as she sheathed her blade.
Following that, an "X" shape exploded around the enemy!
Purple lightning and spheres rampaged across the battlefield.
"Wow!"
"The feel of this Skill is also amazing!!"
"It's fully charged…"
"Alright, let's unleash the Ultimate!"
"Hum!"
Acheron's splash art flashed by.
Holding a red paper umbrella.
Raindrops streaked across both sides.
Under her feet were huge, weathered white remains.
Just seeing this splash art, Guinaifen felt the goosebumps on her arms!
[ Slashed Dream, one blade severs all ]
On Acheron's neck, red patterns spread out like a spider web.
At the same time!
Her hair faded from purple to a pale color.
The moment she reached out to grip the hilt, petals drifted down.
Dyeing her entire arm a vivid red!
"I mourn for the departed."
When other characters activate their Ultimates, they all maintain a cool activation pose.
But Acheron.
She even has a close-up action when activating her Ultimate!
And immediately after, an even more incredible scene occurred!
The moment Acheron drew her long blade.
With her as the center, black ripples washed outward.
Accompanied by red petals falling from the sky.
The entire scene underwent an unprecedented change!
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"My god~~~~"
"Huh?"
"The activation animation of just the Ultimate alone crushes my Seele, ahhhhh!!"
"Acheron's skills should have been revealed sooner, the skill effect tier list would definitely be number one!"
"Seele, don't look, it's a ghost story."
"Seele's Ultimate effect isn't even as good as someone else's Skill [ doge ]"
"It's fine, I feel like Seele is quite minimalist, which fits her character design. A simple girl from the Underworld, being able to take first place on the effect tier list is enough to show her skill effects are still worth mentioning. When she activates her Ultimate, there are butterflies and fragments everywhere, which fits the character's attributes, fine, I really can't make this up anymore, just like a caveman [ crying to death ]".