Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“Damn! Instantly killed 20,000 HP!”

Magnanimous Capacity’s face burned with pain, not daring to meet anyone’s gaze.

“Woah, is he hacking? One slash instantly killing a thrower goblin?”

Milk Tea in the Air let out an exclamation of surprise.

“Don’t talk nonsense, this game doesn’t have hacks!” 36D Inflatable shook his head. “You probably didn’t notice, but the damage number above the thrower goblin’s head was only 6999!”

“Damn! 6999? What kind of insane damage is that? Even my Holy Purification with a 500% summon bonus only does 600 plus damage! This is over ten times that, it’s simply outrageous!”

“But…what do you mean by that? Yeah, it was 6999, so why did the 20,000 HP goblin die then? Isn’t that hacking?”

Milk Tea in the Air looked very puzzled, her small face showing utter confusion.

The others also agreed with her words, equally perplexed.

It was only 6999 damage, so how could a 20,000 HP goblin die from that?

Wasn’t that clearly hacking?

Nonsense, right?

36D Inflatable’s lips curled into a slight mocking smile as he shook his head. “If I’m not mistaken, the key lies with that black skeleton’s weapon!”

“Weapon?”

Everyone looked towards Jiang Cheng’s hands.

But at this moment, the sword wing was no longer in Jiang Cheng’s left hand, but rather on his right shoulder instead.

This immediately left them puzzled.

Seeing their confused looks, 36D Inflatable shook his head disdainfully and explained,

“Actually, you may not know that in this game, physical damage is triggered the moment the blade strikes the enemy’s body.”

“It’s just that for visual effect, the game company forces you to go through the full motion: unsheathing, striking the enemy, damage appearing, withdrawing the blade, then sheathing – this complete attack sequence cannot be avoided.”

“This is what we call attack recovery.”

“In Mythic, you could still move while attacking, but now The Great Wasteland has removed that ability, so avoiding the attack recovery by moving is impossible.”

“I suspect this black skeleton’s attack speed reaches 0.3 seconds, likely using some attack speed boosting skill.”

“At 0.3 second attack speed, the unsheathing motion takes around 0.03 seconds, the striking motion around 0.06 seconds, and damage applies in just 0.01 seconds!”

“But the withdrawing and sheathing motions take 0.2 seconds, occupying two-thirds of the entire attack time!”

“These withdrawing and sheathing motions are completely redundant.”

36D Inflatable sighed at the game company’s bizarre fetish.

Seeing everyone captivated by his explanation, looking at him with admiration, he became extremely smug and continued confidently,

“But if you switch weapons the moment the damage is applied, you can skip the subsequent sheathing motion.”

“This little trick was called ‘forced sheathing’ by players in Mythic.”

“However, after switching weapons once, you needed a 10 second cooldown before you could switch again, so you could only use it once every 10 seconds.”

“And for most players like myself, having a decent weapon was good enough, let alone carrying additional switchable ones.”

“After switching, the second weapon often had weaker attack power, so damage output for the next 10 seconds would be much lower – completely impractical.”

“So most players forgot about this trick.”

“But this black skeleton’s other weapon can apparently deal the same high damage!”

“With forced sheathing, he can attack extremely smoothly.”

“Although there may also be a 10 second cooldown, due to his weapon’s special nature, one forced sheathe allows him three consecutive strikes.”

“So every 10 seconds, he has a 0.3 second window to slash three times!”

36D Inflatable finished speaking and looked deeply at A Silly Cutie on the Goblin King Ship.

“It seems we’ve encountered a true master! For the captain to have recruited such a powerful ally, she is likely no ordinary person!”