Chapter 415: Final Battle (1/2)
Farewell Song clearly felt greater pressure than usual since he was alone, and his opponent was the Fruit Knife Goddess. But just because he was pressured didn’t mean that he wasn’t calm or afraid to fight. Farewell Song wasn’t a solo player anymore. As the king of assassins, it was his responsibility to defend the pride of his job and more importantly, the pride and glory of Warsky Alliance.
……
Swhoosh!
He charged toward Lin Yixin in a straight line, but his body suddenly vanished midway. His stealth was an enhanced version that even I couldn’t see through, so I couldn’t imagine that Lin Yixin would fare much better than me.
The wanderer paused her footsteps and lowered her sword as she kept a close eye on her surroundings. Her pointed succubus ears were also fully erected and twitching from time to time. Lin Yixin was clearly entering a high sensorial state that enabled her to detect everything that was going on around her.
A small puff of dust suddenly appeared on the ground. Stealth could hide the assassin, but not the traces they left on the environment. Last time, I had detected Farewell Song by identifying the footprints on the ground as well!
“Got you!”
Lin Yixin smiled and swung the Frozen Sword bathed in holy energy at where Farewell Song’s should be. There should be no way the assassin could avoid the sweeping attack!
MISS!
However, Lin Yixin was shocked to find that her attack hit nothing but thin air. Farewell Song wasn’t there?!
A circular-shaped Health Potion rolled across the ground. That was the object that caused Lin Yixin to err in judgment.
However, the beautiful girl wisely shuffled a couple of steps to the side and swung her sword again with murderous intent!
Clang!
Sparks flew everywhere as her Frozen Sword clashed against Farewell Song’s dagger. She did it! She missed the first time because Farewell Song had tossed a Health Potion to the ground next to her and made her think that he was there. However, her judgment and alertness were so good that she was able to react in 0.2 seconds and parry his Ambush!
Farewell Song let out a chuckle before waving his arm in front of him and summoning a patch of shadow beneath his feet. It was a new skill—
Shadow Dance: Attack +25%, attack speed +25%, movement speed +50%, 60-second duration.
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“Fuck, this is bad…”
I couldn’t stop myself from standing up. The self-buff was powerful enough, but in the hands of a peak expert like Farewell Song it was nothing but trouble. Lin Yixin couldn’t possibly hold him off in his current state, could she? At the very least, I would have trouble dealing with Farewell Song with his Shadow Dance buff active.
Farewell Song was equally cautious. He moved in and out without warning in an attempt to catch Lin Yixin off-guard. No one could afford to act carelessly because one instant was all it took for a clash between peak experts to come to an end.
Clang!
Two probing strikes later, Farewell Song lost his patience and decided to go on the offensive. If he couldn’t defeat Lin Yixin before his buff was over, he might as well forfeit the match there and then.
After she clashed blades with Farewell Song using her dagger, Lin Yixin abruptly closed the distance between herself and the assassin and completed a half-helix maneuver. When she brought down the Frozen Sword for an overhead strike—forcing Farewell Song to parry—she also raised her right leg and kicked him in the stomach!
Bang!
Despite a successful Guard, Farewell Song’s arms were shaking a little from the impact, and he was sent crashing into the ground nearby. He looked like he would’ve thrown up blood if he could. Worse, the Fruit Knife Goddess scored a lucky critical hit with her barbaric kick and dealt over 1000 damage to him. Had it been a proper slash, he probably would’ve been dead or close to dead already.
“Hmm?”
Farewell Song let out a groan in his mind because Lin Yixin wasn’t letting up on the attack. She rushed him and brought her sword down for another overhead strike, except this time it was the Ice Flame Slash instead of a basic attack!
Farewell Song barely moved to the right and dodged the attack, but when he looked up again he almost suffered a heart attack. Lin Yixin’s exquisite features were just centimeters away from him, and a sudden pain had exploded from his chest. It was her dagger sinking into his body. The next moment, Lin Yixin’s sword arrived and slashed him right across the torso.
Puchi!
Farewell Song collapsed limply on the ground. The Fruit Knife Goddess had killed him in dominant fashion.
The first round was Snowy Cathaya’s, and the match was currently 1-0 in their favor!
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“Not bad at all. It was a hard fight, but it was a victory nonetheless,” I commented with a smile.
Li Chengfeng also smiled. “Farewell Song sure is an amazing player. He killed three Snowy Cathaya members in a row, and he went even against a full-health Wind Fantasy for a very long time. I thought assassins like him went extinct a long time ago. Maybe he is the only one left…”
I nodded in agreement. “Yeah. Back in the days where Paralyzing Wind of Sorrow was the king of assassins, Farewell Song was just a newbie. Now the king has retired, and Farewell Song looks like the perfect successor. People like him are definitely a rare breed. If only we could have a top-tier assassin ourselves…”
Xu Yang grinned. “Should I delete my account and make an assassin account?”
He Yi said, “Even if you did, you wouldn’t be anywhere close to the top tier. Why waste the energy?”
Murong Mingyue nodded. “Exactly, it would just be a complete waste of time. A priest though, that’s a different story. You don’t need any micro mechanics to play a priest, and you can just lock onto a player and heal brainlessly. It suits you very well.”