Chapter 44: Queen Wasp Nes (2/2)

What was even worse was that Dominating Archer God just fired “Devil Piercing Arrow” at me. Devil Piercing Arrow was the signature second-promotion skill of the Archer class, and it ignored 50% of the target’s armor. It was a killer move against defense-heavy class like Warrior!

I backed away quickly and downed a Rank 2 Health Potion, recovering 400 HP in an instant. Thank you, Lin Yixin, I would have died if I didn’t have this!

Bang!

The Devil Piercing Arrow struck my chest and exploded for 227 HP. This archer had completely broken through my defense.

The four enemy players charged toward me to secure the kill, the deadliest among them being Dominating Heaven Blade of course. As expected from the number one player on the Heavenly Ranking, his offensive power was no joke at all. Outnumbered, I would lose if I tried to beat them fair and square!

Fighting and retreating, I downed another HP pot and rolled into the trees behind me, hoping to find an opportunity to use Earth Escape to slip underground. But not only did the skill have a one-second cast time, my own brain was still delayed by about half a second. If I couldn’t find a way to stall them for 1.5 second, this battle would probably end badly for me.

Dominating Heaven Blade chased me and shouted, “Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand, is this how you repay the kindness I’ve shown you? I will make you pay for killing my brothers!”

I snorted and checked the cooldown on Pardon. 45 seconds gone, 15 more to go. Hmph, just watch me drag you down from your throne when these 15 seconds are up, Dominating Heaven Blade!

I zigzagged non-stop to avoid Dominating Archer God’s attacks. Heavenblessed was a full virtual reality game, so there was no lock-on system when shooting. People couldn’t just get the target lock and spam skills. Now, the player had to at least aim near the target to hit. After all, it would look ridiculous to shoot in another direction just for the arrow to magically curve to hit the target behind you.

Thanks to my movement, at least half of Dominating Archer God’s shots hit nothing but trees. Moreover, thanks to my amazing Defense, his Devil Piercing Arrow was the only attack that I needed to be wary of.

Although Dominating Heaven Blade was a top-class player, my movement dizzied him and nearly caused him to run into a tree several times. His movement and control might seem extraordinary compared to a normal player, but his fluidity still had room for improvement. He was definitely just a bit inferior to Lin Yixin.

Pardon was almost done refreshing. My eyes almost never left the countdown.

3!

2!

1!

It’s off cooldown!

I instantly ran an S across the terrain before turning around. Then, I swung the Weeping Fire Blade twice at Dominating Heaven Blade! He never had a chance to evade my Pardon + Slayer Slash combo!

Whoosh!

Dominating Heaven Blade summoned a powerful wind around himself. The protective barrier around him seemed to work similarly to my Ghost Deity Armor.

Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t enough to withstand the divine punishment that came after Pardon!

MISS!

987!

Dominating Heaven Blade’s breath left his lips. Warriors didn’t have the highest HP scaling to begin with, and Dominating Heaven Blade only had slightly over 600 HP. How could he possibly withstand my attack?

Thump!

Just like that, the boss of the Domination Clan and the leader of Gods of Destruction had died in my hands.

I was angry because of Dominating Warrior God’s words, because he said that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was a third-rate guild.

To me, it was a name that deserved to be protected with my life. I would never allow anyone to trashtalk it, even if I had to give my life for it.

In reality, my situation was absolutely critical. Although I managed to kill Dominating Heaven Blade, the counterattack also gave the archer the opening he needed to shoot me.

Dominating Archer God’s Devil Piercing Arrow hit me with incredible force!

Bang!

291!

I downed another Rank 2 Health Potion the second I was hit. However, the shot knocked me into the air and sent me free-falling like a broken kite!

Swoosh!

Shock gripped me as my vision turned black. I didn’t realize that there was a giant pit behind the bush I had been standing in!

Bang!

I fell all the way to the bottom of the pit. When I looked up, I could barely see a sliver of light above me. This pit has to be a hundred meters deep at least!

“So, did we do it?” someone asked.

Dominating Archer God said, “I think so? He probably died from the fall damage. Let’s head back and report our success to the boss!”

“Okay. Damn this kid is fierce! He was fighting us alone, but it didn’t look like he was using his full strength. Hmph! What a shame that we couldn’t make use of a top-class pro like him!”

“Pro my ass. He still fell to my arrow in the end, didn’t he?”

“Haha, you’re definitely the reincarnation of Huang Zhong, brother!”

“...”

Not long after, the two players lingering above the pit went away to report to Dominating Heaven Blade.

As for me, I was busy looking around me and coming to the realization that this “pit” wasn’t as simple as I thought. The rocks on the walls looked completely natural, but I noticed that they were riddled with tiny holes. It almost looked like the pattern of a… hive!?

I felt chilled from the bottom of my heart. This is the Venomous Wasp Forest, so can this place really be a hive…?

I checked the map and felt even colder.

The location was “Queen Wasp Nest”!