Chapter 671: Don’t Let Little Piglet Escape (1/2)
Noticing the distant hostility as well, Cute Little Naughty stooped slightly and shook her cold, gleaming dagger for a bit. Then, putting on a confident smile on her face, she melted soundlessly into thin air and left behind only swaying grass amid a gust of wind.
”A duel between two assassins? Heh!” Li Chengfeng smiled. ”Interesting!”
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We had no plans of interfering with either the clash between the Crimson Fire Cavalry and the Porcupine Riders, or the duel between the two high-level assassins. I also wanted to know how much Cute Little Naughty had evolved since joining Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls.
The thundering horse hooves were noisy, but it didn’t impact our viewing experience in the slightest.
I balanced myself against my sword and activated Dark Pupils. I immediately saw two beautiful female assassins slowly approaching each other.
When Cute Little Naughty moved forward, her ears were shaking slightly, and her eyes were watching her right side. It was as if every movement, natural or unnatural, fell within her perception; a quality that I expected every top-tier assassin to have.
A disturbance suddenly ripped through the air, and metal sparked against metal three times in rapid succession. It was Cute Little Naughty and Shangguan Wan’er clashing daggers with each other. Cute Little Naughty had slightly more Strength than Shangguan Wan’er, so the latter was sent sliding back against her wish.
”Heh!”
Cute Little Naughty smiled slightly as she put strength into her smooth, armored legs and pounced forward. Her right dagger was glowing red with the power of Gouge.
Shangguan Wan’er stopped herself and reacted with lightning speed. She parried the attack and shifted to the right in one swift motion.
However, it turned out that the Gouge wasn’t Cute Little Naughty only move. Her right dagger was knocked to the side, but her left dagger was swirling with a bloody vortex of energy. It was her strongest skill, Blade Vortex!
”Ah?!”
Shangguan Wan’er exclaimed in surprise. She hadn’t expected Naughty to react this quickly. By the time she came to, the cold dagger was about to penetrate her chest.
Shangguan Wan’er bent backward and tried to parry the skill. She actually succeeded in parrying the first and second hit of Blade Vortex, but the third hit ultimately slipped past her defense and sank into her flesh!
Thud!
Blood flew everywhere as Cute Little Naughty landed a critical hit of 18084 damage. Her critical hit rate was probably 40% or higher considering her current equipment, meaning that she would crit once every two hits or so. It was scary to say the least.
Naughty stubbornly hung on and returned the kick immediately, causing Shangguan Wan’er to stumble backward. While the latter was drinking a health potion, Naughty smoothly transitioned into a spin and slammed her dagger into Shangguan Wan’er’s arm.
5902!
Shangguan Wan’er’s expression changed drastically as she jumped backward on one foot. She then made a throwing motion at Cute Little Naughty!
Thud!
Something cut through the air like a rainbow and sank into Cute Little Naughty’s chest. When she looked down, she saw that it was a dark green throwing dart. An assassin with a ranged attack? This may be a bit dicier than I thought.
Caught off-guard and losing most of her health, Cute Little Naughty hurriedly backed away and drank her own health potion. When she looked up again, Shangguan Wan’er had melted into thin air once more.
Swhoosh swhoosh swhoosh!
Suddenly, a dozen or so arrows flew toward Cute Little Naughty. A Hegemon Palace archer was trying to assassinate her while she was distracted!
He Yi rushed in like the wind and raised her shield in front of Cute Little Naughty. She was able to intercept all of the arrows and even cause them to bounce off harmlessly thanks to her insanely high Defense. There was nothing the archer could’ve done to He Yi.
”Shameless fucker! How dare you sneak attack during a duel!”
I urged my mount forward and crossed my sword in front of me. Then, I sent it spinning toward the archer who had tried to kill Cute Little Naughty. The bastard could only stare when the Cyan Netherworld Sword punched through his chest and left a giant hole in its wake. From his dazed expression, it looked like he wasn’t expecting to die this easily.
The archer wasn’t the only one who died for his transgression. The mages around him were caught off-guard and killed as well. My attack was It was an attack of a player who had reached the Earthfire Realm, so of course I was able to one-shot them.
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Cute Little Naughty stomped her foot once before chiding me, ”Guild leader big bro, my duel with that Shangguan Wan’er isn’t over yet!”
”Save it, she’s even resorting to hidden weapons to gain an advantage. How shameless is that? Anyway, we don’t have much time left, so let’s take out Hegemon Palace and occupy the territory hall already!”