Repelling the Enemy

Leather armor classes are slightly faster than heavy armor classes. Tian Dixi was gradually approaching Ye Luo, and other leather armor classes like Archers and Boxers also followed. However, the Knights and cloth-robed Mages fell behind, soon being more than 15 meters away from Ye Luo.

After closing the distance, the Archers could begin their attack. Fortunately, their physical attack power was much lower, only dealing over 50 damage to Ye Luo. Moreover, there were only two Archers, and under Ye Luo's powerful regeneration and 10% evasion, his health remained above 900 points.

"Archers have too much attack range, it's too troublesome," Ye Luo muttered. He felt a bit fortunate, "Good thing they didn't choose to become Ice Spirit Archers like Yan Hua Yi Leng, otherwise I'd be slowed to death."

Seeing that he was 18 meters away from the Knights, Ye Luo knew it was time to implement his strategy. Tian Dixi's [Stealth] skill was already off cooldown and invisible, allowing him to activate [Backstab] at any time.

A gust of wind sounded, and Ye Luo knew Tian Dixi had activated a skill. He slightly adjusted his position, moving away from the Knight, and prepared to attack at any moment.

As expected, Tian Dixi activated the Backstab skill, and Ye Luo was stunned for one second. At this moment, the two Knights had also closed in, now less than 15 meters away from him.

Locking onto the target, the [Combo Attack] skill was activated. Three consecutive sword shadows appeared, and Tian Dixi's health was instantly depleted, turning into a beam of light and disappearing. Just as he was about to escape, an energy arrow, seemingly trailing a thread, whistled towards him. His body also felt as if it were bound by countless threads, rendering him immobile for a moment.

Checking the personal system prompt, Ye Luo discovered he had been hit by [Binding Arrow]. This was a high-level skill that dealt 130% of attack damage and bound the target for 3 seconds. It was similar to Yan Hua Yi Leng's [Frozen Arrow].

"I remember that the Archer's skills don't include [Binding Arrow]. How did this person..." Ye Luo mumbled, but then he gave a wry smile, "It seems not only Yan Hua and I have had fortunate encounters, but others have too. Fortunately, my health is still high, and my equipment is two or three tiers higher than theirs. It should be fine."

The 3 seconds passed quickly, but the two Knights behind him had also charged back. Tian Diming brazenly activated the [Charge] skill. He charged forward like a human tank.

"It seems Charge makes one invincible during the charge, but I don't know if the knockback effect works," Ye Luo mused to himself. "I'm a Swordsman with full Strength points, so my Strength is much higher than this Knight's. The greater the difference in Strength, the more likely a knockback effect will occur. Moreover, my set attributes also have a knockback effect. Let's try it."

With this thought, Ye Luo locked onto his target and charged forward with his Novice Iron Sword.

The Charge skill was successfully activated. Ye Luo failed to dodge it and was stunned for one second. However, to his surprise, Tian Diming was also knocked back by 3 meters. It's just that because he was in an invincible state, there was no damage.

"Heh heh, as expected, the knockback effect can occur, it's just that there's no damage," Ye Luo had a plan in mind. Then, he was met with a barrage of attacks. However, these people's attacks were quite weak, only dealing 40 to 50 damage to him.

One second later, Ye Luo broke free from the stun. Then, Tian Diyiqiang also activated the [Charge] skill. However, this time, the former was lucky enough to evade, and he was not hit.

Without hesitation, Ye Luo swallowed a mutated Major Blood Recovery Pill and then ate a roast chicken. His health instantly recovered to around 800 points. He then ignored the two Knights and lunged at the Archer who had used [Binding Arrow] on him.

Although the Knight's stun skill dealt some damage, it only stunned for one second, which was not terrifying for Ye Luo. The most frightening was the Archer who could bind him for 3 seconds, so he had to deal with him first.

"Quick, stun him!" The Archer, Tian Yijian, was greatly alarmed, but he forgot that Tian Dixi was already dead, and Tian Diming and Tian Diyiqiang's [Charge skills] were on cooldown.

Shouting and fleeing, this person's leather armor set was not complete, lacking set attributes. Although his speed was still slightly faster than Ye Luo's, it couldn't match the Swordsman's [Slash] skill.

A huge sword shadow whistled through the air, dealing 140% attack damage, plus an additional 15% from set attributes and the bonus from [Sword Mastery]. A yellow damage number of '610' floated above his head. With full Agility points, he certainly didn't have that much health, and he died without exception, turning into a white light.

After dealing with the Archer, Ye Luo breathed a sigh of relief and then felt a fierce impact.

An energy bullet exploded around him. This was the Mage's skill [Energy Bullet Impact]. After upgrading to high level, it dealt 130% damage to all enemy targets within a 5-meter radius, which was quite formidable.

However, Ye Luo was alone, so area-of-effect skills were not very effective against him. He ignored the Mage and locked onto an approaching Berserker. He brazenly activated [Combo Attack] + basic attack.

Three sword shadow attacks plus one basic attack caused the Berserker to lose over a thousand health points. Without full Strength points or Strength-boosting equipment, he couldn't withstand such an attack and turned into a white light, returning to the Novice Village to respawn.

Actually, these people could also lie on the ground. Their corpses could remain in place for 10 minutes after death. However, in the early game, Priests did not have resurrection skills, so lying on the ground here was meaningless. It was better to respawn quickly and rush back.

So far, Ye Luo had killed five members of the Heavenly Alliance, and his own health was still above 800 points. This made Tian Diejie and Tian Di Shang realize that something was wrong, and their expressions turned extremely grim.

"God, this person's stats are too exaggerated. Except for the Knights who are full Strength, I'm afraid none of us can withstand a single combo from him," Tian Diejie privately messaged Tian Di Shang. "Now that Tian Dixi and the other two Assassins are dead, and Tian Yijian is also gone, relying only on the two Knights' [Charge] won't be enough to deal with him."

"The equipment is at least two tiers behind, and his regeneration ability is ridiculously high. We've hit a hard nail," Tian Di Shang said. He decisively issued an order, "Quick, retreat! There's no need to lose more levels for him. Retreat quickly!"

With that, Tian Di Shang turned and left without hesitation. Tian Diejie also quickly followed, and the other members of the Heavenly Alliance, upon hearing the order, did not delay and retreated.

Ye Luo did not pursue them because he knew that although his attack power was strong, he lacked control skills. He was helpless when others fled.

Ye Luo watched the direction in which Tian Diejie and the others fled. Instead of feeling exhilarated by victory, he felt only solemnity. "These people were careless, allowing me to instantly kill three Assassins and that Archer. Otherwise, even with my much better equipment, I might not have been able to withstand their encirclement. It seems my PK skills still have a long way to go compared to reality."

In the early game, Ye Luo's Hero's Medal and the Tier 3 Jade Poison Bead were like divine weapons. Coupled with his full Strength build, his attack power was terrifyingly high, and his set had damage bonuses. It was not surprising that he could instantly kill those players.

However, if these people's equipment improved, it would be difficult to kill them instantly. If so many people came to surround him again, he might not even have a chance to escape.

"These people's practical combat skills are decent for others, but far inferior for me. Even so, I only won by sheer luck," Ye Luo was quite dissatisfied with his previous performance. Then, he switched roles. "If it were Yan Hua, she would use her speed and [Ice Spirit Power] skill to create distance. This way, she could kill these people with almost no damage, not even giving them a chance to escape."

"Overall, my combat skills in the game still need improvement. The equipment is sufficient, but the stronger, the better," Ye Luo concluded. "The biggest drawback is that my Swordsman class is too ordinary. Although I have two skills with good burst damage, I have no control skills at all."

"Alas, Swordsmen are still not as powerful as Hidden Professions," Ye Luo sighed in the end. He now more urgently hoped to complete the Heavenly Tribulation Trial Mission and then transfer to a Hidden Profession.

However, he had no clue about the Heavenly Tribulation Trial Mission so far, which made him quite depressed.

Shaking his head, Ye Luo temporarily put these thoughts aside and headed towards the location of the Demonic Dragonflies.

The scene of Ye Luo being pursued by the Heavenly Alliance but killing five of their members was witnessed by other Novices farming monsters nearby. They were instantly amazed, as if they had seen immortals. Many surrounded him, asking to become his disciples or to be carried, which made Ye Luo both amused and exasperated.

After finally calming those people down, Ye Luo stated his purpose and intended to purchase Dragonfly Wings, or exchange them for Strength Pills.

These people had been farming monsters in the vicinity for a long time and had mostly killed Demonic Dragonflies. They had many Dragonfly Wings on them and didn't know how to deal with them. Now, a 'peerless expert' wanted to buy them, so they were happy to sell. Some smart people even intended to give them away for free to curry favor with Ye Luo, which made him even more amused and exasperated.

Displaying the attributes of the Strength Pills, Ye Luo said, "See? The reason I'm so powerful is because I have the support of pills in the early game. I'll exchange pills for your Dragonfly Wings, so you'll also have a good start."

Most of these people were below level 5, and 10 Strength points were a huge improvement for them. They also believed Ye Luo's words and took out their Dragonfly Wings to exchange.

Ye Luo did not deceive them. One Strength Pill was exchanged for 20 portions of Dragonfly Wings. Before long, he had two to three hundred portions of Dragonfly Wings, which meant he could refine two to three hundred Gale Pills. He believed this would be enough for him and Yan Hua Yi Leng for a long time.

Finally managing to shake off those who wanted to become his disciples, Ye Luo returned to the Novice Village, preparing to refine all the Gale Grass. However, his communicator rang.

Upon answering, Yan Hua Yi Leng's calm voice came through, "Did you take care of those people? Did you kill them all? You don't have a red name, do you?"