Whoosh!
The gray flash of a blade lit up the female Magician's face!
"What?!"
Before greenyarn could even react, the sword had flashed through her body—
-26!
A bright red number popped out from greenyarn's forehead. At that moment, greenyarn couldn't help but feel a deathly terror!
"What just happened?!"
Greenyarn was a Magician, so her base HP was only 25 points. Plus, she wasn't wearing any belt equipment and had just three points of Stamina, bringing her total HP to 40 points!
A loss of 26 points of HP was equal to a 65% loss of health!
More importantly, her attacker was way too fast!
It was almost as though he had "teleported"!!!
In the time it took greenyarn just to turn her head, her attacker was already in front of her, slashing down with his sword!
A single strike from his sword brought her down below half health!
How could greenyarn not feel afraid after this?
How could she not despair?!
However, Ye Kong wasn't so soft as to stop what he was doing because his opponent was surprised—
Whoosh!
The long gray sword moved like a silver serpent, snaking through the opening created by the impact of his '"Tempest Sword" skill and piercing into greenyarn's chest!
-23
Greenyarn froze in place, her mouth half-open, but her words couldn't come out quickly enough.
Bang!
Greenyarn's body exploded into a cloud of fine sparkling dust!
It was only at that moment did floralteapot turn to look, and realized that one of his teammates had been eliminated!
"Who dares to ambush us?!"
Floralteapot focused his eyes on the new enemy, and couldn't hold back a cry of surprise: "La... Lacuna... LV4?!
"He's actually at LV4?!!!"
In an instant, floralteapot's face filled with horror, because based on the wanted notice the Yokai Legion Guild had put out, lacuna should only have been level two. How on earth did he suddenly become a level-four player?!
Floralteapot was unaware that the Yokai Legion Guild's wanted notice (the information was primarily supplied by alphabetkun) was based on old information, and hadn't been updated since Ye Kong killed Pulitzer—The reason was that after the "Stygian Night Invasion" occurred, all the closed beta players in the residential district fled the scene like dogs who had lost their home.
As a result, the Yokai Legion Guild's alphabetkun didn't personally witness Ye Kong's "betrayal" of Lilith, and had no idea that Ye Kong had received a story event reward from Thors, which had promoted him to level three and only a few experience points away from level four!
Their information was out of date!
At this time, Ye Kong's level was LV4, and greenyarn's level was LV2, so there was a difference of two levels between them. Thus, Ye Kong's attack would deal extra damage to greenyarn thanks to the "Level Suppression" effect!
Moreover, the fast movement ability given by "Tempest Sword" allowed Ye Kong to successfully get into melee range before greenyarn could even react!
When a Magician let a melee class get close, and their opponent was a Dexterity-type class—
It could only end badly for the Magician!
With a single use of Tempest Sword and one basic attack, Ye Kong easily brought the Magician's HP down to zero!
The powerful effect of movement skills was clearly demonstrated here!
Ye Kong struck down greenyarn, and without even looking at what she dropped, he immediately barked out:
"Do it!"
Fwah!
As though they had come to a tacit understanding, samuraisoul immediately drew the tachi at his waist and slashed it at the closest Yokai Legion Guild member!
Bang!
-24
The Yokai Legion Guild member was thrown off balance by the attack, and a frighteningly large damage number popped out above his head. It was important to know that he was a Holy Cavalier, and in terms of Defense alone, even floralteapot was no match for him!
He didn't expect samuraisoul's damage output to be so outstanding!
"You piece of trash!"
The Holy Cavalier was enraged, and in the next moment, he raised his greatsword and fought back against his opponent!
........
Whoosh!
"Your opponent is me!"
Ye Kong slashed toward floralteapot, preventing him from coming to his teammate's aid!
"D*mn it!"
Floralteapot was completely flustered, and he tried to raise his lance to block the incoming long sword—
Bang!
-9
Floralteapot staggered back several steps from the impact and looked up in disbelief. "How can his Strength be so high?!"
When the two of them clashed, floralteapot lost nine points of health, while Ye Kong didn't lose a single point. Even though Ye Kong's level was higher than floralteapot's and he benefited from the "Level Suppression" effect (a level difference can offset certain attribute values), floralteapot was still a Spearman—And the Spearman class was a Strength-type class!
As Strength was his Main Attribute, floralteapot's Strength was at 10 points. Unless his opponent had seven or more points of Strength, there was no way they could send him flying with an attack! Not even if they were LV4!
From this, he realized there could only be one possibility... His opponent had seven points of Strength!!!
"How did he do it?"
Floralteapot was filled with incredulity, and he thought to himself in horror, "He's just a lowly Swordsman with a base Strength of two points... How can he have seven points of Strength?!"
What floralteapot failed to realize was that Ye Kong had the City Guard's Armguards equipped, which gave him a Strength +2 bonus. At the same time, Ye Kong had put all three stat points he'd received from leveling up into his Strength attribute!
Right now, Ye Kong's Strength had reached seven points, and with the additional "Level Suppression" effect, he could send a Strength-type class player like floralteapot flying with his attacks!
"Once more!"
Ye Kong pressed his advantage and followed up with another attack!
Floralteapot could only hurriedly raise his weapon as he attempted to defend himself—
Bang!
-10
Floralteapot was sent flying again!
"I'm a member of the Yokai Legion Guild, so don't do something you'll regret!"
Floralteapot had been backed into a corner, so he tried name-dropping the Yokai Legion Guild. He yelled at Ye Kong, "Hey, brother, if you stop attacking me now, I won't hold any grudge against you, and we can peacefully go our separate ways!
"We haven't done anything to provoke you, so you don't have to go so far, do you?"
While he said this, he thought to himself coldly, "That lacuna is definitely unaware that our guild is making preparations to deal with him. Hmph, I'll let him think he's won for now, and after I report this incident to the guild, they can send more people here...
"When that happens, I want to watch him die with my own eyes!"
Sure enough, when Ye Kong heard what floralteapot had to say, he slowed his offensive—
"The Yokai Legion Guild?"
"Yes, that's right!"
Floralteapot flashed him a smile. "We're members of the Yokai Legion Guild. As long as you immediately stop..."
"You're the ones I came here to kill!"
Swish!
Ye Kong slashed at floralteapot with a sudden ferocity, the flashing blade smashing into floralteapot's chest—
-23
The look of bewilderment hadn't left floralteapot's face. He was clearly at a loss. Why was his assailant coming at him so viciously, and without showing any restraint?
One should know that at that time, the Yokai Legion Guild's plans for dealing with Ye Kong hadn't yet been implemented. Yet Ye Kong already seemed to have a deep-seated hatred for the Yokai Legion Guild. They hadn't even started to make their move, and Ye Kong had already lashed out!
"You could at least have waited for us to attack you before getting your revenge!" Floralteapot roared to himself. Still, before he could say another word, Ye Kong's next attack came—
Their weapons collided with each other!
Bang!
-10
Floralteapot fell a few steps backward, his eyes bloodshot with rage.
"You've forced my hand!"
Floralteapot froze in place, then immediately afterward, his body lit up with a red glow. It was the Spearman's Innate Skill - Litheness.
Litheness: The Attack Speed and Movement Speed of the Spearman is increased. This beneficial effect lasts for a fixed amount of time.
Then, floralteapot sent his lance spinning with a flick of his wrist, and it seemed to turn into a full moon as it came crashing wantonly toward Ye Kong!
Swish, swish, swish!!!
The lance was coming at him directly from the front. Ye Kong raised an eyebrow but didn't retreat, instead advancing into the attack—
"The first attack of the Spinning Spear Dance will come from the left!"
Bang!
Ye Kong's long sword easily caught the tip of the twisting serpentine spear, and in the next instant, he turned his arm, activating the Interrupt skill—
"The second attack will be a stab through the middle!"
Kablam!
The lance was parried to the side by the blade of the sword, exposing a huge opening!
"What?!"
As floralteapot looked on in horror, the blade flashed across his throat. In the next moment, the two players had moved across each other—
-21
Boom!
Floralteapot disintegrated into a shower of sparkling dust, which scattered in the air.
"Your skill with the spear is decent, but unfortunately..."
Ye Kong sheathed his long sword and turned away without so much as a backward glance—
"You can't even compare to 'soulspear.'"