Leather Armor Professions were slightly faster than heavy armor professions. Heavenly Heart gradually closed in on Ye Luo, while other leather armor professions such as archers and fist fighters followed behind. However, the knights and cloth-armored mages lagged behind, and before long, Ye Luo was more than fifteen meters away from them.
Once they closed the distance, the archers could begin attacking. Fortunately, their Physical Attack was much lower, and their attacks only dealt a little over fifty damage to Ye Luo. There were only two archers, and with Ye Luo's powerful recovery and 10% evasion, his health remained above 900 for the most part.
"An archer's attack range is too far. What a pain." Ye Luo muttered, feeling somewhat fortunate. "Luckily, they didn't take up the post of Ice Spirit Archer like Yan Hua Yi Leng. Otherwise, I'd be slowed to death."
Seeing that he was eighteen meters away from the knights, Ye Luo knew it was time to carry out his strategy. Heavenly Heart's Stealth Skill had long since come off cooldown, and entering stealth did not reduce movement speed, so he could launch Backstab at any moment.
Hearing the sound of wind, Ye Luo knew Heavenly Heart had activated a skill. He shifted his position slightly, moving farther away from the knights while preparing to attack at any time.
Sure enough, Heavenly Heart used Backstab. Ye Luo was stunned for one second, and the two knights also closed in, coming within fifteen meters of him.
Locking onto his target, Ye Luo activated Combo. Three sword shadows flashed in succession, instantly emptying Heavenly Heart's health bar and turning him into a streak of white light. Ye Luo was just about to flee when an Energy Arrow that seemed to trail a thread came whistling toward him. His body seemed to be bound by countless threads, leaving him unable to move.
Only after checking the system notification did Ye Luo realize he had been hit by Binding Arrow. It was an advanced skill that dealt 130% damage and bound the target for three seconds. It was rather similar to Yan Hua Yi Leng's Frozen Arrow.
"I don't remember archers having Binding Arrow. How did this guy..." Ye Luo muttered, then quickly gave a bitter smile. "Looks like it's not just Yan Hua Yi Leng and me who had lucky encounters. Others did too. Thankfully, my health is still high, and my equipment is two or three tiers better than theirs. There shouldn't be a problem."
Three seconds passed quickly, but the two knights behind him had already rushed over. Heavenly Fate fearlessly activated Charge, barreling toward him like a humanoid tank.
"Charging seems to put him in an Invincible State, but I wonder whether knockback can still take effect." Ye Luo spoke to himself. "I'm a swordsman with all my points in Strength, so my Strength is far higher than this knight's. The greater the difference in Strength, the easier it is to trigger knockback. Besides, my set bonus also has a knockback effect. Let's try it."
With that thought, Ye Luo fixed his eyes on the target, raised his Novice Iron Sword, and rushed forward.
The Charge succeeded. Ye Luo failed to evade it and was stunned for one second. However, to his delight, Heavenly Fate was also knocked back three meters by him. He simply took no damage because he was in an Invincible State.
"Heh, knockback really can trigger. It just doesn't deal damage." Ye Luo made up his mind, then was met by a barrage of attacks. However, these people's attacks were far weaker, only dealing forty to fifty damage to him.
One second later, Ye Luo broke free from the stun. Then Tian Di Yi Qiang activated Charge as well. This time, Ye Luo was lucky. His evasion triggered, and he was not hit.
Without hesitation, Ye Luo swallowed a mutated Major Blood Recovery Pill and ate a roast chicken. His health instantly recovered to around 800. Ignoring the two knights, he lunged toward the archer who had used Binding Arrow on him.
Although a knight's stun skill came with some damage, it only stunned for one second, which was not frightening to Ye Luo. The truly dangerous one was the archer who could bind him for three seconds. Naturally, he had to deal with him first.
"Quick, stun him!" Heavenly Arrow, the archer, shouted in panic. However, he had forgotten that Heavenly Heart was already dead, while Heavenly Fate and Tian Di Yi Qiang's Charge skills had entered cooldown.
While shouting, Heavenly Arrow fled. His leather armor set was incomplete and had no set bonus. Although he was still slightly faster than Ye Luo, he was not faster than a swordsman's Slash skill.
A huge sword shadow howled through the air, dealing 140% damage. With the additional 15% from the set bonus and the Sword Mastery boost, a yellow damage number of '610' floated above his head. With all his points in Agility, he naturally did not have that much health. Without exception, he turned into white light and died.
After dealing with the archer, Ye Luo let out a breath of relief, only to feel a violent impact strike him.
An Energy Bullet exploded nearby. It was the mage skill Energy Bullet Impact. Once upgraded to advanced level, it dealt 130% damage to all hostile targets within a five-meter radius. It was quite overbearing.
However, Ye Luo was alone, so the Area of Effect Skill did not have much impact on him. He ignored the mage. Spotting a berserker approaching him, he boldly activated Combo + normal attack.
Three sword-shadow strikes followed by a normal attack took over a thousand health from the man. Without all his points in Constitution or any equipment that increased Constitution, he could not withstand such an assault. He then turned into white light and returned to Novice Village to revive.
These people could actually remain as corpses. Bodies could stay where they died for ten minutes. However, in the early stages of the game, priests did not have resurrection skills at all, so there was no point lying here as corpses. It was better to revive quickly and hurry back.
By now, Ye Luo had killed five members of Heavenly Alliance, while his own health was still above 800. This made Heavenly Calamity and Heavenly Grief realize that things had gone wrong, and their expressions became extremely ugly.
"Damn, aren't this guy's stats ridiculously exaggerated? Other than knights with all their points in Constitution, I'm afraid none of us can withstand a full combo from him." Heavenly Calamity privately messaged Heavenly Grief. "Now that all three assassins, including Heavenly Heart, are dead, and Heavenly Arrow is gone too, the two knights' Charges alone probably can't do anything to him."
"His equipment is at least two tiers above ours, and his recovery ability is outrageously strong. We've hit a hard wall." Heavenly Grief decisively gave the order. "Retreat now. There's no need to lose more levels over him. Move!"
After saying that, Heavenly Grief turned and left without hesitation. Heavenly Calamity quickly followed, and the other Heavenly Alliance members did not delay after receiving the order, each retreating on their own.
Ye Luo did not pursue them, because he knew that although his attack power was high, he had no control skills. If others chose to run, there was nothing he could do.
Watching Heavenly Calamity and the others flee, Ye Luo felt no excitement from victory, only solemnity. "They were careless and let me instantly kill three assassins and that archer. Otherwise, even with equipment much better than theirs, I probably couldn't have endured their combined assault. It seems my PvP skills are still far behind what they were in reality."
In the early stages of the game, the Hero's Medal and the tier-three Jade Poison Bead on Ye Luo were practically divine weapons. Combined with his all-Strength build, his attack power was terrifyingly high, and his set also had a damage bonus. It was not strange that he could instantly kill those players.
However, once these people improved their equipment, it would probably be difficult to instantly kill them again. If so many people surrounded him again then, he might not even have a chance to escape.
"These people's practical combat skills are decent compared to others, but they're far too lacking compared to mine. Even so, I only won by luck." Ye Luo was quite dissatisfied with his earlier performance, then began putting himself in another's shoes. "If it were Yan Hua Yi Leng, she would use her speed and Ice Spirit Power skill to widen the distance. She could kill these people almost without taking damage and probably wouldn't even give them a chance to run."
"Overall, my combat skills in the game still need improvement. My equipment is sufficient, but naturally, the stronger it is, the better. My biggest weakness is that swordsman is too ordinary a profession. Although I have two skills with decent burst power, I don't have a single control skill."
"Ah, swordsmen still aren't as powerful as Hidden Professions." Finally, Ye Luo sighed. He now wanted even more urgently to complete the Heavenly Tribulation Trial Mission and change into a Hidden Profession.
However, he still had no idea what to do about the Heavenly Tribulation Trial Mission, which left him rather frustrated.
Shaking his head, Ye Luo temporarily put those matters aside and headed toward where the Demonic Dragonflies were.
The nearby beginners fighting monsters had witnessed Ye Luo being hunted by Heavenly Alliance, only to kill five of them in return. They immediately regarded him as some sort of immortal, and many gathered around him to ask him to become their master or carry them through leveling. Ye Luo did not know whether to laugh or cry.
After much effort, Ye Luo finally got those people to quiet down. He explained his purpose, then planned to buy Dragonfly Wings or trade Strength Pills for them.
These people had fought monsters nearby for a long time. Most had killed Demonic Dragonflies and carried quite a few Dragonfly Wings, with no idea what to do with them. Now that an "unrivaled expert" wanted to buy them, they were naturally happy to sell. Quite a few clever people even wanted to give them away for free in order to curry favor with Ye Luo, leaving him even more speechless.
After showing them the Strength Pill's properties, Ye Luo said, "See? The reason I'm so strong is because I had pills supporting me early on. I'll trade pills with you for Dragonfly Wings. That way, you'll get a decent start too."
Most of these people were below level five. Ten points of Strength was a tremendous increase for them, and they believed Ye Luo's words. One after another, they took out Dragonfly Wings to trade with him.
Ye Luo did not cheat them. One Strength Pill was exchanged for twenty Dragonfly Wings. Before long, he had two to three hundred Dragonfly Wings on him. That meant he could refine two to three hundred Gale Pills, which should be enough for him and Yan Hua Yi Leng to use for a long time.
After finally shaking off those people who wanted to become his disciples, Ye Luo returned to Novice Village, preparing to refine all the Gale Grass. However, his communicator rang.
After connecting, Yan Hua Yi Leng's calm voice came through. "Did you deal with those people? Did you kill them all? You didn't get a red name, did you?"
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