Chapter 355: Wind of Recovery (2/2)

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Crack!

A series of devastating exchanges later, my sword finally diverted a little from its original path and hit Little Piglet on the shoulder instead of the neck.

The killing intent in his eyes suddenly exploded like the sun. This was his chance!

Ice Ray Flurry!

The triple strike was absolutely devastating. I had lost almost 4000 HP in one go!

But I wasn’t planning to guard the attack from the beginning. Slamming my foot on a protruding rock on the ground and leaping to Little Piglet’s right like lightning, I kneed the warrior right beneath his armpit!

Bang!

797!

Damaging Little Piglet wasn’t the intent of the knee strike, knocking him off balance was. While his rhythm was completely disrupted, I attacked him four times in rapid succession—Pardon + Desperate Gambit + basic attack + Dragon Slaying Slash!

MISS!

4657!

1239!

3568!

I dealt over 9000 damage in one combo, but Little Piglet was still alive. Wind of Recovery was still healing him, and he was able to drink a health potion immediately despite being caught by surprise. His reaction speed really was incredible!

My Purgatory Sword shone brightly, and I fired one last Thousand Mirage Slash while growling, “Die!”

Boom!

The attack sent Little Piglet rolling far, far away across the floor, but he was still alive! It was because someone had healed him for 2874 health!

Where was that priest?

I looked up and saw a male priest walking out from behind Pillar of the Nation. He was Level 91. No wonder he was able to cancel out my Thousand Mirage Slash with a Greater Heal.

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Clang!

I sheathed my sword and said softly, “You’ve lost, Little Piglet!”

Little Piglet cut a sorry figure as he climbed to his feet, but he simply let out a chuckle. “You’re right, I lost. That being said, you’re nothing special if you didn’t have that Dragon Slaying Slash…”

I smiled. “And if you didn’t have Ice Ray Flurry, I could kill you even without a weapon!”

“...”

The conversation ended there as Little Piglet returned to Pillar of the Nation’s side. He said calmly, “Leader, I can’t beat him one on one, so I leave it to you to decide our next course of action. I wouldn’t mind if you chose to gang up on him…”

His words surprised me. Little Piglet was definitely a mercenary with none of the sense of honor and principle an expert should have at all, but his skills were undeniably exceptional. Right now he was probably better than the likes of Transient Smoke and Clouds or Blue Sky Scar, and on par with Farewell Song. It was the reason I was challenged to the extent I was. If Farewell Song was here, and he chose to work with Little Piglet and fight me 2 on 1, I would be lucky to have even a 30% chance of winning.

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Eyes brimming with hostility, Pillar of the Nation smiled and said, “Relax, we aren’t the only ones who want them dead. Just wait patiently for a moment, our allies will be arriving very soon!”

Lin Yixin and I grew apprehensive as a couple of archers joined them and aimed their arrows at us. From the start we were stuck in combat mode, and it was looking more and more impossible to use a return scroll somehow and teleport back to Sky City.

A few minutes later, another twenty players joined Hegemon Palace as Pillar of the Nation had said they would. The leader of the new party was none other than Li Le himself, and he was accompanied by the usual Flower Room experts, Spring Mud, Night Sorrow, and Moon Shadow.

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I turned around to look at Lin Yixin. “Aiyo, it looks like we’re going to die here…”

Lin Yixin nodded. “If each of us take one of them with us, it’ll be worth it. Two, and the last laugh belongs to us…”

“...”

I didn’t want to die here though. It took me so long to grind to 98%, just 2% away from hitting Level 100. If I died and dropped to Level 98 now, the entire day would basically be wasted. How sad would that be?

……

Li Le stepped to the front while directing his archers. “Prepare your Devil Piercing Arrows and Volleys. Your goal is to one-shot Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand!”

“Yes, guild leader!” They responded.

There was no getting away from this, so I plotted to kill as many players as possible before going down. The first two idiots I’m going to kill are Pillar of the Nation and Li Le!

Warsky’s strategy was a complete success so far. For just 5000 RMB, he managed to draw all these hostiles like bees to honey. My hopes of getting my fourth promotion was looking more and more unlikely by the second...

At the side, Little Piglet was holding his cyan sword and wearing a careless expression on his face. However, there was no mistaking the killing intent he hid behind his mask.