One Kill Against Five

Bang! The air suddenly exploded, and amid flying sparks, a player emerged from the air with terror in his eyes.

"-135" (Stunned for two seconds)

Xiao Liang was about to ask Lu Yang what he was doing when he saw a player suddenly appear behind them and instinctively shouted, "It's a thief!"

The thief was stunned by Lu Yang's attack and asked in horror, "How did you know I was behind you?"

Lu Yang sneered. "Because your level is too low. I'm already level 4. You, a level 1 alt, were following me. How could I not see you?"

"What?" The thief suddenly felt like an idiot. He had thought Lu Yang had never noticed him, but Lu Yang had been treating him like a monkey all along. Humiliated and furious, the thief said bitterly, "Don't think you're so amazing just because your level is high. I'm not here to kill you. I'm just here to follow you."

Lu Yang asked, "Tell me, who sent you?"

The thief said arrogantly, "My boss is Black Blood. You even dared to offend him? He's already sent his elite men. Just wait and see how you die."

"I don't know how I'll die, but I know how you'll die." A Fireball ignited in Lu Yang's hand and shot toward the thief.

The thief only had 160 health in total. Flame Impact had already taken 135 health from him, leaving him with just 25. Facing a mage and a warrior, he had no ability to evade. He simply stopped resisting and let Lu Yang easily send him back to the city.

System Notification: You killed a player!

Xiao Liang asked anxiously, "Boss, what do we do now?"

Xiao Liang had already heard of Black Blood's reputation. The level 1 monster zone on one side of Flower Whisper Plains had been claimed by Black Blood's men for leveling.

Lu Yang said indifferently, "Don't worry. Hide off to the side and watch how your boss kills them."

"Boss, you're going to fight the people Black Blood sent all by yourself?" Xiao Liang asked in disbelief.

Lu Yang said, "Not fight. Slaughter."

At their current levels, players generally weren't very strong. They had only been in the game for two days and were still beginners. Even Black Blood's elite men couldn't possibly have better equipment than Lu Yang. Besides, Lu Yang had over a decade more experience than them and knew the simplified incantations for fire mages.

Elsewhere, around 500 yards away from Lu Yang, five figures rapidly approached from the distance.

The leading warrior wore a full suit of black armor, a blade in his right hand and a green bead in his left. Beside him was a hunter in leather armor, currently using a Swiftness Aura to increase everyone's movement speed by 10%. The remaining three members were a mage, a priest, and a thief.

"Everyone, be careful. The watchdog responsible for tailing him was discovered and killed. That guy has some skill," the warrior Golden Eagle said.

"What?" Wind Seeker, the thief in the group, cursed. "The boss said we have to kill this guy. Don't fucking let him get away."

As he spoke, Wind Seeker spotted Lu Yang standing in an open patch of grassland ahead. A savage expression immediately appeared on his face as he shouted, "He's right there. We caught up to him."

Golden Eagle had originally been worried that the man would escape and that their boss would tear them apart for it. He hadn't expected them to actually catch up.

"Get him together. Don't let him run!" Golden Eagle said excitedly.

"Relax, he won't get away." Wind Seeker suddenly activated his speed skill—Sprint. With his movement speed increased by 30%, he charged toward Lu Yang at high speed.

The priest in the party frowned. "Be careful. You're red-named too. If you get too far away, I won't be able to heal you."

"Why would I need healing to kill him? Watch how I crush him." Wind Seeker was extremely confident in his skills. Throughout Eternal Bliss Paradise, he considered his thief techniques the best.

In fact, every one of the five people who had come was an absolute elite under Black Blood. In a one-on-one fight, each of them was an expert capable of holding his own in the guild.

"Keep him tied down. We'll be there in a moment," the mage in the party said.

"Then you'd better hurry." As he spoke, Wind Seeker had already reached within 30 yards of Lu Yang. He drew a crossbow bolt from behind his back, leaped into the air, and fired at Lu Yang.

"Let's see where you run now," Wind Seeker said mockingly.

"Courting death." A massive fireball twice as bright as an ordinary Fireball suddenly appeared in Lu Yang's hand. He hurled it at Wind Seeker.

Pyroblast

Type: Fire spell

Cost: 30 mana

Casting time: 5 seconds

Range: 35 yards

Description: Fires a blazing fireball at the target, dealing 36–42 fire damage and knocking the target back.

Wind Seeker was still in midair. He never expected Lu Yang to suddenly cast Pyroblast at that moment.

Bang!

"-144"

Wind Seeker was killed outright and crashed to the ground. A level 2 thief built entirely for agility only had 100 health. Even as he died, he couldn't understand how Lu Yang had instantly cast Pyroblast, which required a five-second chant.

How could he have known that after unlocking free mode, Lu Yang understood simplified incantations? As the main damage skill of fire mages in the future, Pyroblast had long been studied by countless fire mage masters until its casting time was reduced to just 0.7 seconds. To Lu Yang, it was practically instant cast.

Golden Eagle, the mage, and the others following behind were all dumbfounded by Lu Yang's spell damage.

"He actually one-shot Wind Seeker. How much spell damage does he have?" the mage asked.

"I don't know. And I don't think he even had a cast timer when he used Pyroblast just now," the hunter said.

"Could he have the Presence of Mind skill?" the priest asked.

Presence of Mind could make a spell instant, but it had a two-minute cooldown.

Golden Eagle said, "Forget it. Kill him first. Everyone come with me and watch your formation."

"Yeah." The mage and the others put away their contempt, their faces turning grave.

When the four of them came within 50 yards of Lu Yang, the hunter and mage moved laterally to either side from behind the warrior. The priest remained behind the warrior, and the four formed a fan-shaped encirclement around Lu Yang.

"I'll go first." When Golden Eagle reached 30 yards, he suddenly used Charge on Lu Yang.

Charge was a warrior's first control skill in PvP. It could not only cross 30 yards in a single second and bring the warrior directly before the enemy, but also stun the target for one second.

As long as Lu Yang was stunned for one second, the hunter, mage, and warrior's follow-up attacks could kill him. Yet Lu Yang remained completely calm. Just as Golden Eagle was about to slam into him, a golden ring of flame suddenly burst from Lu Yang's body.

Flame Shield

Type: Fire spell

Cost: 10 mana

Casting time: Instant

Range: 5 yards

Description: Releases a powerful force around the caster, pushing enemies away. The greater the level difference, the farther the knockback distance.

With a bang, Golden Eagle, who had charged right in front of Lu Yang, was blasted backward by Flame Shield and stumbled back more than ten steps.

Neither the mage nor the hunter at the sides expected Golden Eagle's Charge to fail. The mage was currently chanting Frostbolt. If Frostbolt hit, Lu Yang's movement speed would be reduced by 30%. However, how could Lu Yang allow the mage to use his skill?

After blasting the warrior away, Lu Yang immediately used Spell Counter.

Spell Counter

Type: Universal spell

Cost: 10 mana

Casting time: Instant

Range: 35 yards

Description: Counters the spell currently being cast by the target, preventing the target from casting any spell of that school for 12 seconds.

A flash of light appeared, and Lu Yang successfully countered the enemy mage's ice spell. At that moment, the hunter's arrow arrived. The poison arrow carrying Serpent Sting appeared right before Lu Yang. With no time to spare, Lu Yang Blinked to a spot three yards from the hunter.

The bow in the hunter's hand was automatically forced off by the system, and he instead grabbed a wooden polearm.

"W-What's going on? Why can't I use my bow?" the hunter asked in shock.

Golden Eagle shouted, "Retreat! He's in your bow's blind spot. Take one step back and you can use your bow again!"

The hunter knew about the bow's blind spot too, but Lu Yang's sudden attack had thrown him into a panic. After hearing that, he immediately stepped back. Yet whenever the hunter took one step back, Lu Yang took one step forward. When the hunter took two steps back, Lu Yang took two steps forward. Furious, the hunter stepped forward to attack Lu Yang with his weapon, but Lu Yang stepped back again, always staying in the hunter's weapon blind spot.

At the sight of this, sweat instantly poured down the hunter's face. After playing games for so many years, this was the first time someone had forced him into such an awkward position.

"Don't panic. I'll help you." Once the warrior had steadied himself, he used Intercept on Lu Yang.

Intercept was the warrior's second control skill and had the same effect as Charge. However, just as Golden Eagle activated Intercept and before he could reach Lu Yang, Lu Yang chanted Pyroblast again. After 0.7 seconds, a Pyroblast struck the warrior with perfect accuracy.

With a bang, Golden Eagle involuntarily leaned backward. His Intercept was interrupted, and "-147" appeared above his head.

"Heal me!" the warrior shouted.

The priest immediately began chanting Restore, but Restore took three seconds to cast. Before the priest could finish chanting, Lu Yang's second Pyroblast arrived.

With a bang, Golden Eagle was killed where he stood. The green bead dropped onto the ground, while the priest was only halfway through his chant.

"H-How are this mage's Pyroblasts all instant cast?" the priest asked excitedly.

"They're not instant cast. I saw him casting. Mage, counter him!" The hunter was closest to Lu Yang and had clearly seen Lu Yang's casting method.

However, seeing it clearly and being able to counter it were two different things. With a casting speed of only 0.7 seconds, even a top-tier mage would struggle to grasp the timing. Watching Lu Yang use another Pyroblast to reduce the priest to zero health, the mage could only blindly try to use Spell Counter on Lu Yang.

The result went without saying. The counter failed!

Seeing this, the priest abandoned his companions in terror and turned to run. But how could Lu Yang let a low-health priest escape? Seeing that Flame Impact had finished cooling down, he aimed at the priest's back and cast the spell.

Bang!

"-135"

The priest was killed outright and collapsed to the ground.

At that point, only a mage and a hunter remained. Lu Yang became more excited the longer he fought. Since returning from rebirth, this was his first PvP battle. To show off his skills, Lu Yang continued maintaining a distance of three yards from the hunter. At the same time, he stopped using Spell Counter to limit the enemy mage's output and instead directly traded Pyroblasts with him.

Unfortunately, Lu Yang only needed 0.7 seconds to cast Pyroblast, while the enemy mage needed 2.5 seconds to cast Frostbolt. Before Frostbolt could be cast, Lu Yang hit the mage with a Pyroblast.

"-142"

A level 2 mage built entirely for magic only had 96 health. He was directly killed by Lu Yang and fell to the ground.

Lu Yang turned to look at the hunter. "You're the only one left."

The hunter had been terrified out of his wits by Lu Yang's ferocity and no longer dared to fight him. He turned and ran as if fleeing for his life. Unfortunately, before he could even take two steps, two Pyroblasts struck him one after another.

After two bangs, the hunter also died on the ground.

One against five—Lu Yang won flawlessly!