Lord of the Sky City

Rocky, unharmed by Ober's repeated bombings, left everyone astonished. However, Orton and his company were not surprised because they knew Rocky had discovered the deadly flaw in the Berserker Armor.

Yes, though Ober had heavily modified his Berserker Armor to be very strong, it had a fatal flaw!

That flaw was discovered by Rocky!

First, it was the over-enhancement of the weapon systems. As Rocky had just mentioned, every Armor is designed with careful and strict considerations. Every original design has its rationale, and the Berserker Armor was no exception.

Ober had equipped the Armor's arms with multiple Mana Launchers. While this modification did indeed provide formidable firepower, it also sacrificed the accuracy of the Magic Bullets because the Mana Launchers were fired from the arms. When multiple launchers fired at once, it became impossible for the user's arms to remain stable, resulting in significant deviation after the Magic Bullets were fired.

Just look at the bombarded arena to understand this; under Ober's barrage, the entire arena was affected. Was this intentional? No, it was due to the inability of the Mana Launchers to maintain stability, causing the majority of Magic Bullets to miss their target.

Ober's bombardment hardly hit Rocky; even if a few Magic Bullets did hit, they inflicted no damage against the defensive power of the White Demon Armor.

The modification of the small Magic Cannons on the shoulders followed the same principle. The original Berserker Armor was not equipped with small Magic Cannons, as it was an Assault Type Armor, not suited for heavy weapons support. The Armor's stability fell short of the requirements for using small Magic Cannons, so when Ober bombarded Rocky, it looked dramatic, but not a single shot hit.

That's why Rocky remained unscathed after round after round of bombardment—first, because the defensive power of the White Demon Armor was strong enough, and second, because Ober's shots hardly hit their target.

It must be said, Rocky's progress in the past few months had been remarkably evident. He had been able to identify the flaws in Ober's Armor solely because of his mastery of Armor knowledge, which he had acquired from Hammerfire and others in recent months.

Perhaps in terms of strength or experience, Ober was superior to Rocky. However, in armor strength, and more importantly, understanding of the Armor, Ober fell far behind Rocky. There was no helping it; Rocky's environment had been far too superior to Ober's. In the past few months, being in daily contact with masters like Orton and Hammerfire, he had learned tremendously.

By then, Rocky had already caught up with Ober, who had been hit by a Magic Bullet, and began the pursuit!

After catching up to Ober, he raised his hand and swept it across. He did not hold back at all; his Mana Sword aimed directly for the waist. If this strike connected, it could, at least, disembowel Ober, and at most, cut him in half.
Experience tales at empire

But Ober, being a seasoned contestant, urgently adjusted his stance, stepping back a meter just in time to narrowly dodge.

"I told you, your farce will end today."

However, just then, before Ober could even regain his bearings, he heard Rocky's voice beside his ear!

This voice made Ober's hair stand on end. He hurriedly turned around, only to see a shadow of Rocky, because just as he turned, Rocky had moved to his side.

Seeing Rocky at his side, Ober immediately turned again, only to catch another shadow, as Rocky had changed direction yet again.

Thus, Ober began adjusting his body at maximum speed continuously, but each time Rocky was one step ahead getting to his side, meaning that in terms of absolute speed of the Armor, Ober was thoroughly outpaced.

"Why is this happening!!!"

Trying repeatedly to locate Rocky, and failing each time, instilled a deep fear in Ober. Each time Rocky moved to his side, he could have attacked, but chose not to. This constant threat triggered immense panic in Ober, indicating that Rocky was completely toying with him.

Under such circumstances, it wasn't long before Ober, terrified, screamed and dashed forward recklessly, not stopping until he was dozens of meters away.

"Why is this happening... why is this happening..."

When he stopped, he gasped heavily in midair, a sign of utter exhaustion. Even now, he couldn't understand why he was being toyed with so miserably.

While Rocky had explained why the Magic Bullets and Magic Cannons could not hit, he had not explained why he was so much faster than Ober, which was beyond Ober's understanding, especially since that hadn't been the case during their initial encounters on the arena!

"Haven't you understood yet?"

From a distance of several meters, Rocky sneered at Ober and then sprinted again, reaching him with a speed that Ober couldn't possibly dodge!

"Your armor, it's been modified too poorly."

As he spoke these words, Rocky instantly moved behind Ober, and this time, he finally made his move!

The Mana Sword, powered solely by runes, swung down fiercely, striking hard at Ober's back.

Ober tried his best to turn around and block, but he was still half a beat too slow, and that half beat cost him his life!

A flash of cold light passed, and the powerful Mana Sword heavily struck the shoulder guard of the armor, piercing through and hitting Ober's shoulder,

With a scream of agony, the intense pain caused Ober to lose control of his armor, and then he began to fall towards the arena.

A few seconds later, there was a loud crash as Ober, falling from the sky, heavily landed in the arena; although the armor protected him from death, the fall was certainly not light.

Just as he tried to rise, a figure suddenly fell, heavily stepping on him!

Rocky!

Just like when Ober had once beaten him down to the ground, now their positions were completely reversed, with Ober lying on the ground and Rocky stepping on him.

"You've made the weapons system of the armor too exaggerated."

Glancing at Ober under his foot, Rocky slowly shook his head, "The more weapons, the more mana needed. Although you boosted the mana of the armor to 6200 points, you used it all to support the weapons system, and the improvement to other aspects of the armor is actually not substantial."

"Especially in the air."

Looking down at Ober, Rocky finally revealed the answer he had been pondering.

Ober's modifications to the armor focused on two aspects: mana and the weapon system. However, his obsession with strengthening the weapons led to an exaggerated enhancement of the system, thereby consuming a large amount of mana.

This created a fatal issue: with limited mana available, other performances of the armor, such as speed, defensive power, and sensitivity, all had to make way for the weapons, resulting in a significant increase in mana but not in the overall performance of the armor.

This drawback wasn't very obvious in land battles, but in aerial combat, it became a fatal flaw, because maintaining flight and combat in the air requires a substantial amount of mana. With mana already limited, some had to be used in aerial combat and more to maintain the weapon system, leaving very little for the other systems.

This is why once Rocky took action, Ober obviously couldn't keep up; his modified armor was far inferior in overall capability compared to the White Demon Armor!

"I... I want to surrender... "

Hearing Rocky's words, Ober under his foot finally lost all hope, then he used the last bit of his strength to slowly lift his arm.

But just then, Rocky stepped on his hand just as he was about to raise it!

"Sorry..."

With a foot on Ober's raised arm, Rocky shook his head!

"Today... no one can surrender!"