Chapter 77 - Cursed Skull (2/2)

After losing a sizable chunk of health, the ghost’s body began to sway and fade, eventually disappearing froet No , he was unable to detect its position The level discrepancy between theh the Ghost assassin's Shroud

He cautiously retreated to a nearby wall, then pressed his back against the stone so he would only have to face attacks from the front

Suddenly, the nearby shadows flickered and a silhouette eer in its hands deftly struck towards his head

The Ghost assassin was also capable of using Concussive Blow, and Nie Yan was a goner if he let hier approach, he quickly sidestepped the attack and avoided a perilous situation

But just as he dodged the attack, the Ghost assassin turned its blade back and lashed out at Nie Yan again, though this tiht before it struck

−52, −57, −56

The unexpected chain of attacks cost hireater half of his health Nie Yan hurriedly pulled back, just narrowly evading the Ghost assassin’s second flurry of attacks, then leapt away to put some distance between them

He took out a Basic Health Potion and poured its contents down his throat, instantly restoring thirty health Seeing the Ghost assassin draw near, Nie Yan swung out his right arm and attempted to hit it in the head with a Concussive Blow

The Ghost assasin’s head split in two fro to its original shape

While its head recovered, the ghost halted its movements for several seconds And those few seconds were all Nie Yan needed to unload enough attacks to bring it down to a third of its health

He proved to be a bit too greedy with his attacks, though, as he continued attacking even after the stun had worn off He didn’t have time to react as the Ghost assassin slashed at his chest

−76

A critical hit!</e hi a second, he quickly fell back with Swift Retreat and applied a Coe

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The Ghost assassin had no intention to let hiht for his head

Nie Yan dodge rolled to the side, evading the attack, then swiftly retaliated with assassinate His dagger slashed across the Ghost assassin’s chest

His attack also dealt a critical hit and brought the Ghost assassin down to five percent health

The Ghost assassin suddenly let out a cry as its body turned a dark shade of red and began to rapidly expand and violently surge with energy

It wants to self-destruct!

The explosion fro was especially terrifying He had been caught in such an explosion before in his past, and it caused hihty percent of his health But that hen he was Level 10 As a Level 5, he probably wouldn’t even be left with a co that it was too late to escape the blast radius, he rushed at the Ghost assassin and planted his dagger in its throat

Vital Strike!

The Ghost assassin’s health fell to zero, and its Self-Detonate was cancelled As it dissolved into thin air, it let out a single asped for air ht</elance over the ground h the Ghost assassin was a summon, as soon as it broke away frouishable from common mobs This meant that it could drop items upon death like any other rasped the item that had dropped Upon further inspection, it appeared to be a skull that was roughly the size of his palns were carved onto the top of the skull, and there were even two green gems embedded in its sockets

Cursed Skull (Fate Item)