Am I the only one streaming Sword Art Online on the entire internet?

Yura suddenly stopped speaking, staring intently at Sorin. Then, she gently inserted the rapier, which was stuck in the center of her shield, into the floor, which had once been covered with molten oil and now showed black marks. The sharp, clear metallic sound tore through the surrounding air.

"Master Mo, I must reward you for revealing my true nature. So I'll give you a chance. Right here, have a one-on-one duel with me. Of course, I will revoke my administrator privileges and disable those extraordinary functions. If you win, the game will be completely conquered, and all players can log out of this world. What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, the players behind him became excited. Of course, they weren't excited about the chance to escape quickly, but rather they didn't want their guild leader, who used to fight recklessly and command by shouting, to stubbornly confront Yura at this moment.

"Boss, let's retreat! We still have a chance!"

"Once you reach the hundredth floor, you'll have all these guys fighting alongside you! Don't be foolish, Guild Master Solin!"

When Suolin heard his teammates' anxious shouts, he was suddenly moved. He smiled and waved to the brothers behind him.

"Do you remember what I said when I led you guys to take down those red-named players? Kirito. A true tactician never duels." His voice was full of confidence and mockery. "Yura, have you ever heard what it sounds like when a flattened cylinder flies out of a high-speed spinning tube?"

"Fuze, Dad! Move! Cluster charge is going live!"

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Chiba, the basement of the Kayaba Research Institute.

"I'm ready in the vertical position, Mox."

Fuze's voice came through the earphones. Mo Tianfang nodded, then took out his phone and glanced at the scene on the screen.

"Looks like my son needs to talk to that guy for a while longer. Tell Fuze not to rush into anything. Dokkaebi: Keep the signal blocked."

He said in a deep voice, then unfolded the patch explosive and stuck it on the door. "I just checked with the drone. There's only Kayaba Akihiko inside, and he hasn't shown any signs of logging out."

Just then, Mo Yulan's voice suddenly came through his phone: "Fuze, Dad! Make your move!"

“Fuze!” he quickly whispered into his earpiece.

"I understand! Cluster charge going live!" Fuze, who was on the upper level, said this and pressed the button on his hand. Suddenly, a tube extended from the ceiling above the bed where Kayaba was lying, followed by five flat cylindrical objects flying out of the rapidly spinning tube and scattering on the ground one after another, followed by a deafening explosion.

"GOGOGO!" Mo Tianfang moved a little further away and then detonated the patch explosives. Taking advantage of the smoke, Blitz, carrying his flash shield, was the first to rush in. Mo Tianfang and IQ followed closely behind, quickly entering Kayaba's underground research facility. Following the location they had found earlier, they located Kayaba Akihiko's true form and immediately showered him with peanuts as if they were free.

"Kayaba Akihiko confirmed dead. Mission complete." Mo Tianfang stepped forward to confirm, then spoke into the earpiece. But when he took out his phone to watch Mo Yulan's live stream, he found Yura still standing there unharmed.

"Wait, something's wrong. What's going on?"

171. The final battle should definitely be broadcast live! (49/75)

"Give me your last words. You still have a chance," Sorin said confidently, pointing at Yura.

However, Yura simply smiled and remained silent. Sorin stood there for a while, but Kayaba Akihiko, who he had expected should have been blown to pieces by the shrapnel and his game character should have disappeared, was still standing there as Yura, as if nothing had happened.

"You're not dead? How is that possible?" The confidence on Sorin's face finally turned into astonishment. His eyes widened as he pointed at Yura and asked in a trembling voice, "Thirty 5.56mm and thirty 5.8mm rounds, plus five shotgun pellets, all hit you, and you're still alive? Are you the Terminator?"

The members of the surrounding raiding team suddenly started discussing, of course, about Sorin's performance from the moment he arrived and what he had just said.

“If I heard correctly, you just asked me to say my last words, right?” Yura smiled at Solin, then said something even more horrifying, “A month ago, I used NERvGear to scan my brain and then transferred my consciousness… or rather, my soul, into this virtual world. The me in the outside world is just in a vegetative state, barely alive with nutrient solution and similar things.”

"How...how is this possible?" Sorin's confidence crumbled slightly, and the hand pointing at Yura trembled. "To actually do this...how much obsession do you have, Kayaba Akihiko?"

“You should be able to understand my obsession. But it seems you’re using those people as a trump card, your last trump card against me.” Yura calmly exposed Sorin’s plan, then added, “Why not explain? Anyway, win or lose, I’ll erase their memories.”

“No need. You know Rainbow Team, and you know our plan, and you countered our plan in advance, that’s all.” Sorin sighed helplessly and said with a wry smile, “I admit, I shouldn’t have underestimated you, Mr. Kayaba.”

“Now it’s your turn. If you have anything to say, then say it now.” Yura looked at Sorin with interest, then was surprised by his transformation—from initial astonishment to regaining his confidence, and laughed heartily.

"why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at myself for relying on my and Rainbow Team's plans all this time, forgetting my greatest strength." Sorin laughed for a while, then suddenly became serious, his tone as confident as before, "I am Sorin Markov, ranked 32nd in the World Esports Hall of Fame. At this level, I will not lose to you. Even if Dendi, Sumail, or even Miracle were standing in front of me right now, I wouldn't be afraid of losing. Dad, tell the Rainbow Team friends to stop your comments, I'm going live."

As he spoke, he opened his live stream page, switched it from private to public mode, and changed the stream's name. Instantly, over 100 million users on MagicTV who were following the live stream of "[Elegant Mr. Solin]" received the message: "The streamer you are following, [Elegant Mr. Solin], has started broadcasting."

[Oh my god! Old Man Suolin has come back to life!]

[What's going on? Isn't that the INM shield warrior? What's happening?]

[Is the siege of Mirrodi livestream that I used to watch back on, or has it started again?]

"Ahem... Could you please tell everyone watching this live stream that what's being recorded here is the final battle of the game Sword Art Online—yes, the very final battle. I've learned through some means that our shield warrior, Yura, is actually Kayaba Akihiko himself playing this game, and if I can successfully kill him here, the game will be over. Of course, if you're interested in my live stream, remember to follow me so you don't get lost, friends."

Now, everyone on the raiding team knew this undeniable fact: with their tactics failing, their guild leader, who used to fight recklessly and command with shouting, was finally going to duel with Yura. And knowing Sorin's personality well, they knew that at this point, no one could stop him from doing it.

“Sorin, you…” Yuna said from the side, but Sorin gave her a reassuring look before turning to Yura. Of course, after starting the live stream, Sorin hadn’t forgotten about another related matter.

"Okay, I've recorded it. I'll try to speak seriously in a bit, but you should all get used to my unserious way of speaking. Hello everyone, welcome to Sword Art Online brought to you by MagicTV and Suolin. This episode should be the last one for this series. With a serious and responsible attitude, I still want to finish this series. I can't be like Qin San Shu next door, who took four years to release Dark Sword 22."

He watched as the number of viewers in his live stream instantly soared to over 100 million, and felt it was about time. He then pulled aside the barrage assistant that was blocking his view, drew his katana from his back, and pointed it at Yura.

"One-on-one, no drugs, no crystals, starting distance 50 yards, full duel mode, no problem, right?"

He uttered the declaration that signaled the start of the duel. Yura nodded, brought up a window in front of Sorin, selected the modes Sorin had requested, and then opened the duel arena.

A faint halo of light enveloped the entire Kahn Hall. Sorin and Yura each stood fifty yards away, pointing their weapons at each other, looking tense and ready to draw their swords.

"Let's start the countdown, five seconds until we start fighting, okay?"

Now it was Yura's turn to ask Sorin for his opinion. Sorin nodded, letting Yura start a five-second countdown in the center of the dueling arena, and then silently counted down in his mind.

【Honorable Mentor!】*N

[Editor-in-Chief Liu Yuchen and Magic Sheep wish Teacher Mo a triumphant return!]

【This is Reid Duke. Cheer up! Mr.Mo,beat him!]

This is the Newbee Club, bro Solin, let's get this place started!

YYF.MoonlightMaple gifted 50 rockets to the elegant Mr. Solin.

Mr. Quin33 has entered the live stream.

[Mr.Quin33: I've finished three chapters of Dark Souls, you can decide what to do next.]

[I'm Not a Poisonous Milk Color gifted 100 rockets to the elegant Mr. Solin]

[I'm Not a Poisonous Milk Color: Stop watching and move on. Solin isn't in good form today. He's going to get crushed by Kayaba. I'm a professional commentator; you can't understand this situation?]

……

Sorin saw almost every name he recognized: those he knew from his Magic: The Gathering career, his former teammates from his professional gaming days, and the streamers he'd met on live streams. He was suddenly deeply moved, but right now, the only thing he could do to reciprocate that feeling was to do one thing.

He confidently twirled his katana, stood still, and said in a deliberately relaxed manner.

"Thank you, thank you friends... Wow, there are so many people... Well then, I won't make any promises, let's get serious."

172. The End of Swords and Blades (Bonus Chapter 50/75)

The five-second countdown quickly passed. The instant the countdown ended, Sorin switched to his one-handed sword and charged. Yura, watching Sorin rush towards her, didn't do much, simply raising her large shield in front of her.

Sorin's shield charge drew an arc, circled around to Yura's side, and then forcibly interrupted the shield charge, cutting into a rapier and thrusting it into the side of Yura where there was no shield to block it.

Yura frowned, quickly took two steps back, turned his shield back towards Sorin, and then placed his rapier against the side of the shield. However, Sorin used his war club to adjust his position once again, attempting to knock down Yura with a low sweep from the side, but Yura blocked it with a low sweep of his rapier as well.

"We missed with our low slash here, so let's retreat and wait for the cooldown. We just chipped away at his health by 5%, and it looks like it will be very difficult to whittle down this shield warrior."

Sorin has the leisure to provide commentary during battles, or rather, providing commentary during PvP has become a habit for him, regardless of whether he is facing a strong opponent.

“So we didn’t engage in the previous exchange. Here we can try to find an opportunity to counter his next attack, parry, and then counter-attack. OK, he’s coming.” After explaining this move, Sorin watched as Yurati slowly walked towards him, and after taking two steps, he suddenly charged towards him with a shield charge without warning.

He subconsciously activated his accelerated thinking, and in his vision, Kayaba's movements suddenly slowed down considerably. Just as Kayaba's shield was about to reach him, he drew his katana and skillfully executed the starting stance for a parry.

However, Kayaba's shield charge was actually a feint. He suddenly stopped when he was close to Sorin, then moved to the side and thrust the Holy Sword toward Sorin's ribs.

"Damn, that was a total rip-off. I got tricked by that attack and it hurts a bit. I need to dodge it quickly."

Sorin quickly rolled to dodge Yura's thrust, then swung his war staff, attempting a knockdown. This time, Yura was caught off guard during the pursuit and had to use a shield bash to interrupt Sorin's low slash before retreating again with his shield raised.

Sorin wasn't having it. He drew his one-handed sword and cast a Swallow Return spell on the spot, the swift blade flashing across Yura's shield. Swallow Return was already considered a slightly more powerful one-handed sword technique, and after hitting Yura's shield, Yura's health visibly dropped significantly.

Not only that, at this moment, Sorin also used the method of forcibly interrupting his own sword technique, so that the Swallow Return was only half-finished, thus rushing in front of Yura when he hastily retreated.

"At this point, our tactics are very clear. Now that we've finally gotten a chance to break through to their face, we're definitely going to go all out and go all out. I'm really good at this kind of reckless, all-out attack."

Sorin explained, not attempting to land a critical strike before following up with a combo, but instead launching a relentless, storm-like attack from the front, relentlessly chipping away at Yura's health against her shield. Even with this advantage, he didn't try to use high-combo skills like Phantom Sword Dance, which would leave him unable to move after activation. Instead, he constantly switched weapons, using the 200% weapon damage from Mark Burst and low-level but fast sword techniques to slowly whittle down Yura's health.

"We start with a Kasa Slash, then switch to a rapier for a double thrust, followed by dual daggers... This prevents us from casting Oni Dance, so we do two normal attacks and switch to a one-handed sword... Oh no, he's about to counterattack. Here we switch to a rapier, turn around, and thrust to create distance while waiting for the cooldown..."

Yura was caught off guard by Sorin's outmaneuver. His original plan was to hold off on using his parry and counter-attack, waiting for Sorin to cast a powerful skill before interrupting him and turning the tables. However, Sorin had anticipated this tactic, chipping away at Yura's health by about 20% before switching to his rapier and running away, thwarting Yura's plan.

"I'm telling you, you need to be more cautious and not reckless. When a shield warrior plays PVP, he's definitely the kind of person who plays steadily and methodically. According to the StarCraft Five Elements theory, steadyness counters recklessness and stealth counters steadyness. So here we can choose to play a little more stealthy. Stealing one big skill is already a win. Let's see if he wants to counterattack."

Yura ultimately chose to counterattack. In fact, Yura's [Holy Sword] skill can be seen as a hybrid of a normal shield warrior and a rapier user. Because both of his attributes are quite high, his shield charge is actually much faster than Sorin's shield charge.

“Let me tell you, we’re all adults. If we’ve done enough foreplay, let’s just get straight to the point. My audience won’t like this roundabout way of doing things.” Sorin blurted out a particularly bad line, and at the same time turned around and drew his katana, trying to make the starting motion of a slash, but each time he only did it halfway before stopping, just to scare Yura.

However, his Foresight was fake, while Yura's Shield Charge was real. By the time he realized this, it seemed too late. In desperation, he had no choice but to activate [Za Warudo] a second time... no, it was time acceleration, instantly slowing down Yura's movements in front of him, and then steadily unleashing Foresight.

This time, the piercing slash hit Yura squarely, not only preventing his charge from dealing any damage, but also reducing Yura's health by about 3% and knocking him unconscious.

"Now is the time to strike while the enemy is down. We have two multi-hit damage skills that are suitable for use right now: Phantom Sword Dance and Demon Dance. Since our one-handed sword has excellent performance, we chose Phantom Sword Dance."

As Sorin explained, he cast a Phantom Sword Dance in front of the unconscious Yura while observing the abnormal status bar above his head. When the abnormal status of being unconscious began to flash, he switched to his rapier and thrust to interrupt his Phantom Sword Dance. Then, before Yura could recover from his unconscious state, he used his war staff to move behind Yura and unleashed another set of small skills.

[Grandpa Suolin has a significant advantage!]

To be fair, Kayaba is a researcher. Do you expect a researcher to compete with a professional gamer like Sorin?

However, what Solin didn't expect was that after Yura turned around again, she actually used a skill that is not easy to use in normal PVP, but is very deadly when it is used, in the gap when he was about to retreat.

“Looks like I need to get serious, Mo-jun.” Yura said, watching Solin uncontrollably slash at him, and thrust out her sword. Solin had anticipated that he might suffer a heavy blow, but when the sword was right in front of him, aimed at his weak point, he realized a problem.

He might not be able to kill Yura even if he slashed him a hundred times, but if Yura stabbed him accurately, he could kill him with just one opening.

"Friend, stop for a second, let me...rua~" Suolin muttered to himself, when he saw a silver-white object flying towards him from his blind spot.

He examined it closely and recognized it as Yuna's flute. The flute traveled a distance of about ten meters and struck the upper part of the Sacred Sword of Yura, causing the tip of the sword, which could have hit Sorin's heart, to pierce Sorin's ribs instead.

"I fucking heard you're going to trade one for one with me?" Sorin suddenly became ruthless. He switched his weapon to a flail, and despite the bleeding status caused by Yura's sword, he cast a charged attack that slammed into Yura's shield.

Both were currently low on health, but the difference was that Sorin had a bleeding debuff above his head, and his HP was steadily decreasing. Yura, on the other hand, had an armor-piercing debuff, meaning that his shield would likely be useless as long as the battle continued.

He sheathed his sword and retreated, returning to the perimeter to stare at Sorin. Once again, they were locked in an awkward standoff. However, if they continued to exchange blows like this, Sorin, already afflicted with the bleeding debuff, would only face certain death.

But just then, a sudden burst of music came from the audience section. It was a melody that Sorin knew all too well—The Unbreakable Alliance.

Chapter 174: It's over... It's all over... (Bonus Chapter 52/75)