When Yang Shung saw the 'Sprinter', he quickly checked his agility.
Thanks to his Shadow class bonus and the agility boost from his bronze-level 'Corroded Dagger', Yang Shung's agility was now 34 points.
In the God Forsaken game, agility doesn't directly double movement speed. There's a formula.
"The base agility is 10, normal speed is 3 meters per second, and full-speed running is 9.5 meters per second."
"Now with 34 agility, my normal speed is 5.83 meters per second, and full-speed is 17 to 18 meters per second."
Yang Shung's speed was nearly double that of new players!
Even so, it matched the speed of the 'Sprinter'.
"Perfect."
"I can catch it. No need to worry about it escaping."
Yang Shung moved silently into the shadows and observed.
The Sprinter was chasing a team of players.
The leader, a burly man with a low-quality shield, was holding off the Sprinter as his team retreated.
This burly man was the second-ranked player in Shell Town, known as 'Wang Meng'!
Behind him, five other players with hidden professions were releasing skills to fight back.
Unfortunately…
Whether it was the archer or the mage, it was hard for them to land hits on the fast-moving Sprinter!
The Sprinter darted from side to side, using its sharp claws and fangs to reduce Wang Meng's health to half.
The holy shield warrior had high defense, but the Sprinter was strong enough to break through.
And the Sprinter still had at least 90% of its health remaining.
At that moment, 'Sharp-Eyed Shooter', one of Wang Meng's team, missed another shot.
"This BOSS is too fast," he muttered, frustrated. "I can't land a hit!"
Wang Meng, staying calm, replied, "Just keep attacking. If we can't kill it, we'll grind its health down and try again after respawning."
But Wang Meng's plan was overly optimistic.
As the fight dragged on, more monsters appeared nearby!
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[Polluter (Lv2)]
[Grade: Ordinary]
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Three Polluters emerged. They were humanoid, covered in dark brown mud, and used long-range mud attacks.
They immediately targeted Wang Meng's team, throwing mud at their back row!
Puff!
A beautiful girl holding a staff was hit in the chest by a mudball.
-32!
"Ah, ugh, it stinks!" She cried, recoiling from the foul stench.
The mud attacks kept coming.
The Polluters' speed was high, and the team couldn't avoid the attacks.
But with the Sprinter ahead of them, retreating wasn't an option—if they ran, the Sprinter would strike and kill them in seconds.
For a moment, Wang Meng's team was in a desperate situation. Their health dropped rapidly.
...
"Wang Meng," Yang Shung narrowed his eyes, observing the situation.
He knew this man.
Though not personally in this life, Yang Shung remembered him from his previous life.
Before his rebirth, Yang Shung had been among the world's top 100 warriors. He was the last in the list, just a regular "warrior," but achieving this rank with such a profession made him legendary.
Countless players idolized him, including Wang Meng.
Wang Meng, with his hidden class 'Holy Shield Warrior,' had far more advantages than Yang Shung, but Yang Shung's combat ability outshone him.
Yang Shung had a history with Wang Meng. Wang Meng was in charge of managing deals with Yang Shung's guild, 'Slaying God.'
In the past, Yang Shung had provided extra equipment and skills through the guild, which Wang Meng sold to the Daxia official in exchange for tradable life.
"In my past life, I created the guild to protect Qin Xiaoyou."
"That's unnecessary now."
"But… Wang Meng is still someone worth getting along with."
Yang Shung knew he could convert his surplus equipment and skills into tradable life points to improve himself.
Now, he needed a stable sales channel.
Wang Meng was a reliable person, and the Daxia official he worked with had plenty of financial resources.
"Anyway, these monsters need to be dealt with."
Yang Shung quickly decided to step in.
He didn't want to directly make friends but rather leave a good impression.
He moved swiftly and silently, approaching one of the Polluters.
Without warning, he attacked!
The Polluter, busy throwing mud at the girl, never saw the assassin coming.
Yang Shung's 'Corroded Dagger' flashed like a cold blade, striking the back of the Polluter's neck.
-441 (weak point attack)!
A fatal blow!
The Polluter melted into a pool of mud, scattered across the charred land.
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[You killed the 'Polluter (Lv2)'.]
[You gained 20 experience points.]
[You gained 1 evolution point!]
[You gained 4 days of life (tradable).]
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The system's prompt surprised Yang Shung. A simple monster gave him evolution points! Luck was on his side.
He casually used the 'Hand of Greed.'
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[Skill 'Hand of Greed' was judged successful!]
[You gained 4 days of life (tradable).]
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"No evolution points this time," Yang Shung thought, disappointed.
The chances of getting evolution points from regular monsters were low.
And the 'Hand of Greed' just provided an extra drop—like killing another identical monster.
No evolution points from that.
"Only BOSSes drop consistent evolution points."
Yang Shung wasn't in a hurry. He went invisible again and continued his silent attack.
"Who?!"
Wang Meng and his team froze as they saw the Polluter fall without warning.
They only saw a black figure flash by, and the monster collapsed!
"How is that possible?"
One of the team members exclaimed, "Even a level 1 crawler takes us over ten seconds to kill. How did we kill a level 2 Polluter so quickly?"
For a moment, Wang Meng's team was stunned!