Chapter 376: Killing Three Birds With One Stone (1/2)
Swhoosh!
I spun around like lightning and pressed my sword against Shanggong Wan’er’s chest. However, she withdrew almost just as quickly, so I had no choice but to use a basic attack instead of a skill like I had planned to!
Puchi!
The tip of the blade penetrated Shanggong Wan’er’s chest and drained all the blood from her face!
3209!
Had I been able to hit her with a skill, even one as weak as Ice Ray, she probably would be dead already. In fact, an average assassin would’ve been one-shot by even my basic attack. The Heaven-stealing Sword was that powerful, and she survived only because she had sufficient Defense and HP.
I ran after her and swung my sword at her neck. One of them must die for me to win this duel!
However, someone suddenly appeared behind me and stunned me! At the same time, the combat log updated and displayed a terrible news—
Beep!
Combat Log: Player ”Farewell Song” used ”Poisoned Weapon Kill” and stunned you for 3 seconds!
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Farewell Song!!? Why is he here? And why have I failed to sense him even though he’s only Level 96?
At this point, I was certain that Farewell Song’s stealth skill had been somehow enhanced like my skills, and it made him even harder to detect than before. This was bad!
Farewell Song launched a fearsome attack on me. He swung his dagger twice and used Blooddrinker Slash + Blade Vortex!
2985!
1302!
1487!
MISS!
Three of the four attacks hit me for over 5700 damage, but 10% of it was absorbed by the Obsidian Dragon Scale Armor and converted into HP. Therefore, the real damage I took was around 5000 or 60% of my total HP. Farewell Song looked a bit disappointed because he thought he could one-shot me.
Little Piglet didn’t let the opportunity slip by. He dashed toward me, swung his sword in a wide arc and used the Ice Breaking Slash!
2985!
My health instantly dropped to the red. Not everyone could endure the attacks of three top-tier experts for three seconds and still be alive. The good news was that Little Piglet was a bit too far away from me when he initiated his attack, so I had already broke out of the stun when he tried to follow up with an Ice Ray Flurry. I immediately used Tenacity of the Dead and drank a health potion to heal myself, and used Guard to minimize the damage I took!
+2050!
+3000!
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It was always nice to stay above 50% HP. Gripping the Heaven-stealing Sword tightly and glaring at Farewell Song, ”What is the meaning of this?”
Farewell Song smiled and replied, ”What does it look like? I’m challenging the amazing Falling Dust, that’s all. Why do you ask? Is my timing not to your liking?”
But Farewell Song wasn’t intimidated. ”My guild leader ordered me to kill Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand, and I will carry out his order. I couldn’t care less about your circumstances!”
I looked at Little Piglet and Shangguan Wan’er, but neither of them looked like they wanted to say anything. I guessed that meant they didn’t mind Farewell Song ”interfering” with the duel and turning this into a 3v1. Well shit, if this fight wasn’t dangerous before, it was now. All three players were super experts, and victory or defeat could be decided in a single instant. Farewell Song’s sneak attack especially was terrifying even for me.
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But I couldn’t run away. Not only would I be accused of cowardice since I was the 12th ranker on the CGL Hall of Fame, both my and the guild’s reputations would suffer tremendously. In that case, the only way to deal with this was to smile and overcome the challenge before me.
So I smiled and held my sword in front of me. ”If you want a 3v1, then a 3v1 is what you’ll get. You didn’t think this is enough to scare me, did you?”
Farewell Song chuckled as his dagger gleamed menacingly. ”You’d better get ready then!”
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Some distance away, He Yi, Murong Mingyue, Beiming Xue, Du Thirteen, and the others watched us with bated breaths. A lot of people had turned on their recorders to capture the epic battle as well. After all, this wasn’t something you got to see everyday.
The trio moved to the corners and surrounded me in a triangular formation. I pointed my sword to the ground and waited calmly for them to come at me first.
Little Piglet abruptly shouted, ”Go!”
All three players moved in unison. Farewell Song was dashing toward me from an odd angle and aiming for my back like a venomous snake. At first glance it looked like a probing attack, but in reality I would suffer huge damage if I allowed it to hit me!
At the same time, Little Piglet and Shangguan Wan’er also attacked me from two different directions.
I made up my mind in just the blink of an eye. I bent my body just enough to dodge Farewell Song’s attack and shuffled my feet to the right at the same time. It was such an odd movement that I actually lost my balance and almost fell on the ground. Thankfully, I managed to stay on my feet and parried away both Farewell Song and Little Piglet with two strikes. At the same time, I lifted my leg and kicked Shangguan Wan’er right in the stomach!
Bang!
The beautiful assassin let out a muffled groan and stumbled backward. The kick actually dealt over 1200 damage to her!
Thud...
I regained my footing after my lightning quick movements bought me a bit of time. Then, I roamed to the left and slashed Shangguan Wan’er’s pet, the Purple Butterfly King, vertically!
8041!
It was a one-shot. There was no way her pet could survive my attack.
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