Chapter 306 (1/2)

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Without a word, I took several steps back with the Purgatory Sword, quietly reaching the edge of the forest. I was prepared to retreat.

At this time, a Level 81 warrior called Little Frog next to Warsky came out with his battle axe and shouted, ”Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand, you think you can leave just like that? d.a.m.n, you dare to challenge our Farewell Song? Then leave your life here. I'm telling you—our Warsky Alliance rules Sky City!”

As he spoke, Little Frog activated his Charge skill, locked onto me.

”Ha!”

Seeing the other's impulsiveness, I smiled. I saw the whole charge-up animation. The moment his skill activated, I quickly moved two steps to the right to dodge the skill's CC. Instinctively I continued to move, my blade headed for the place Little Frog would appear after the Charge!

Crack!

Desperate Gambit. Thick hue of red wrapped around my blade and slashed into the other's chest armor!

4178!

Accompanied by a scream, Little Frog fell down and died instantly. This Level 81 warrior clearly was of the type who allocated 5 stat points into Strength at each and every level-up. His HP was too low compared to the top experts like Laughing At The Heavens!

……

”d.a.m.n! He killed Frog...”

The group of Warsky Alliance players were furious. Before Warsky even gave an order, the melee players charged each of them howling. Their blades had either flame or ice, the prelude to Blaze and Ice Ray attacks. This group of people were very arrogant and did not conceal their intentions to attack at all.

”Die!”

I took several quick steps back, and raised my hand for a Thousand Mirage Slas.h.!.+

Clang!

My sword energy split into eight and poured into the crowd. The Warsky players screamed, and enormous damage numbers flew above their heads—

4012!

3874!

3902!

……

Immediately, four warriors were killed, and three magic knights and a wanderer only had a bit of HP left. Such a powerful Thousand Mirage Slash struck them dumb.

But I wasn't done yet!

I dashed forward, my sword raised high. I suddenly jumped up and hacked down!

Boom!

War Crush's power rampaged everywhere. The four melee players howled, as they fell to the gra.s.s and became cold corpses.

I held the Purgatory Sword and stood in the wind, my cloak flapping. I pointed my sword at the Warsky Alliance crowd and said, ”Sky City doesn't belong to anyone yet. If you want to challenge me, go ahead!”

“Gulp!”

Warsky's gaze was harsh. He swallowed and said, ”Retreat! We've just entered Sky City and don't want to fight any factions. Let's leave all the grudges until the territory system is opened! Hmph, Lu Chen, remember what you said today. One day, I will make you learn who Sky City belongs to!”

Then, Warsky left with October Rain, Farewell Song, Laughing At The Heavens and others, leaving behind eight corpses. Clearly, Warsky Alliance would lay in wait and gather their power. They didn't want pointless deaths. Actually, I was already at the borders of the forest. I could retreat there at any time and employ guerilla tactics and deal with them with hit-and-run. On open land, I was obviously not their match, but in the forest, they had no chance of winning. None of them could match the 12th place of CGL Hall of Fame in single combat, not even Farewell Song.

In the previous battle, the reason I had been in such a sorry state had a lot to do with being ambushed. As an a.s.sa.s.sin, Farewell Song had an advantage of initiative due to their ambush potential. Without that however, it wouldn't be a fight at all. I could kill him in two attacks while he needed to expend great power to deal with me. It was the cla.s.sic cla.s.s counter.

An a.s.sa.s.sin's advantage was in zone control and CC. Farewell Song's Silent Punch stunned for 1 second, Cold Poison Strike for 3. Adding the CC recovery animation, he could keep the enemy in check for 5 seconds. It was enough for him to kill most experts, including Lin Yixin. This was the power of a.s.sa.s.sin. Stunlock to death, not give your enemies a chance to retaliate. With the element of surprise on their side, a.s.sa.s.sins were kings of open-world PvP.

……

I opened the big map and found Warsky and the others had walked far away. I didn't bother paying them anymore attention and continued on my quest!

I came to Dry Town. The second group of townspeople had finished preparing, and the countdown started immediately after I arrived. I escorted the group to the temporary supply camp.

This time, the attacks of the h.e.l.lhounds were madder. Without walking far, a large pack of h.e.l.lhounds leapt toward us. I naturally met them head-on and used Thousand Mirage Slash to attract their aggro. Surrounded by the h.e.l.lhounds, I drank a health potion and used Tenacity of the Dead to barely manage to hold on.

At this time, the War Crush skill was extremely important. Its quick three-hit combo was able to almost instantly kill all the h.e.l.lhounds and my grinding and leveling speed had been increased greatly!