Encountering PvP

Chapter 37: Encountering PvP

"These NPCs have had their brains scrambled by Lion's Roar Skill and are now attacking players like mad." While using Wudang Swordsmanship to fight a frenzied Divine Fist Sect disciple, Yin Bukui analyzed, "They're all around level 20, and they're attacking purely on instinct. The only trouble is that they have a bit more HP, but they're still easy enough to deal with. This is actually a decent place to grind."

Seeing that Ye Weiming was only watching from the side, Yin Bukui chuckled. "Brother Ye, why aren't you making a move? Planning to leech experience?"

Ye Weiming could not be bothered with him. Turning around, he shouted to everyone, "I'm buying a Sword-type Weapon at a high price! If anyone has a spare one, contact me!"

Only then did Yin Bukui realize what was going on. Ye Weiming had forced Xie Xun to reveal his true strength earlier, only for his sword to be shattered by one punch from Xie Xun. Without a weapon in hand, naturally he had no way to kill monsters.

Thinking back to how mocking his earlier words had sounded, Yin Bukui simply shut his mouth and continued fighting the humanoid monster before him. Judging by his expression, he was even more serious than when he had been undergoing Xie Xun's trial.

"Hehe, brother, we meet again." Amidst the laughter, a plump, fair-skinned player dressed in Mount Hua Sect clothing walked toward Ye Weiming. It was Jiao Tailang, the man who had recommended board-game entertainment supplies to them when they had first landed on the island.

Weaving around several small monsters ahead, Jiao Tailang came before Ye Weiming and sent him a trade request. Once Ye Weiming accepted, he immediately placed a longsword into the trade window, moving with practiced ease.

Fine Steel Sword: A longsword forged from fine steel, more powerful than an ordinary iron sword. Attack +20.

After looking over its stats, Ye Weiming saw that it was far inferior to his Dragon Spring Sword, but it would do for now.

"How much?"

"Just 1 gold."

"1 gold?!" Ye Weiming flared up. "For this kind of street-stall junk, weapon shops in town sell them for 20 silver apiece. You've marked it up fivefold!"

Jiao Tailang gave a sly grin. "I already told you, this is Wangpan Mountain Island. You won't find any system shops here. One gold for an hour of valuable grinding time—you can earn that back easily enough, can't you?"

"But that's way too damn shady!"

"Exactly!" A man dressed in black approached from the other side. "I happened to get a good sword from a quest. Let's look at the goods first, then discuss the price."

Ding! Player Zang Yue has requested to become your friend.

Without a second thought, Ye Weiming accepted the friend request. Then he saw the other party send him a private message with an item link attached.

Green Bamboo Sword (Gold): A treasured sword forged using the Poison Scripture Secret Method of the Miao Territory. Attack Power +150, Agility +5, Poison Damage +5.

It was actually a gold-grade weapon—and a Poison Sword with poison damage to boot!

After all, there were no level restrictions on equipment in Eternal Chivalry. Like the Zhuge Divine Crossbow from before, as long as one could get their hands on it, even a clueless newbie could wield a divine weapon and stir up trouble.

For that very reason, high-level weapons were extremely difficult to obtain. Ye Weiming had successively taken down the two major bosses, Chou Ba and Chen Ming, yet the best equipment they had dropped was merely blue-tier gear. Even among blue-tier items, they could only be considered average; their quality was even inferior to the Dragon Spring Sword distributed free of charge by the Divine Constable Bureau.

With the Green Bamboo Sword's stats, it would surely remain a rare item for a long time to come. As for its exact value, Ye Weiming could not say for certain.

Ye Weiming was genuinely tempted by the Green Bamboo Sword's stats. "How much are you selling this sword for?"

"50 gold."

Fifty gold was a fair price—not expensive, but not cheap either. If it were put up in the system auction house, the final selling price would probably be around 50 gold, perhaps a little higher or lower depending on luck.

Since no one could spend real money in the game, there were no rich fools in Eternal Chivalry.

The price was not the problem. The problem was that Ye Weiming could not afford it!

"Can I use other things in place of cash?"

Zang Yue smiled faintly. "That depends on what you have."

"Wait a moment."

As he spoke, Ye Weiming began rummaging through his bag, preparing to see if he had anything valuable. But after checking, he was sorely disappointed.

Primal Chaos Skill was certainly valuable enough—far more valuable than the Green Bamboo Sword, in fact—but Ye Weiming would never trade it for equipment. As for everything else, it was worth very little. His equipment, manuals, and hidden weapons combined might not even fetch 10 gold. Even adding all the cash on him, he could barely scrape together half of 50 gold.

Shaking his head, Ye Weiming was helplessly about to declare that he had no fate with this sword when his throat suddenly tightened. Zang Yue had taken advantage of his distraction while checking his bag to slip behind him. Curling both hands into claws, he gripped Ye Weiming's right shoulder and throat respectively.

Ye Weiming was startled. "What are you doing?"

"Of course I'm killing you and making you drop your stuff." Zang Yue chuckled, then lowered his voice and whispered into Ye Weiming's ear, "You passed Xie Xun's trial too, didn't you? You got the quest reward. Now, that reward is mine."

As he spoke, his right hand clamped down hard on Ye Weiming's throat. The critical hit instantly took away 231 HP. Meanwhile, his left hand continued gripping Ye Weiming's right shoulder with the same force. Though it could not deal direct damage, it kept Ye Weiming under control.

That was the power of grappling techniques like Eagle Claw Technique. With his right shoulder restrained, Ye Weiming's entire arm had gone limp. He had only learned Moon Maiden Swordplay, and seventy percent of his combat power lay in that right arm. He could not mount any effective response at all.

As Zang Yue moved to grab his throat again after landing the first strike, Ye Weiming was helpless. He could only watch as the clawed hand drew closer and closer to his throat.

Suddenly, Zang Yue felt an unprecedented sense of danger coming from Ye Weiming, sending a chill down his spine.

Startled, Zang Yue instinctively released Ye Weiming's right shoulder and retreated. With that single retreat, he withdrew more than ten feet!

Yet that heart-pounding sensation came quickly and vanished even faster. Almost the instant he landed, it had disappeared. Meanwhile, Ye Weiming pushed off the ground with the tip of his foot and retreated as well, covering a much greater distance than Zang Yue.

Because Ye Weiming's movement technique was superior to Zang Yue's!

Seeing that he had opened the distance, Ye Weiming hurriedly tossed a healing pill into his mouth. Yet he did not flee immediately. Because...

"You bastard! You dare attack my friend? Take my sword!" With an angry roar, Yin Bukui had already drawn his sword and charged at Zang Yue.

Seeing this, Ye Weiming was somewhat touched.

Yin Bukui was a good guy. He seemed worth befriending.

But character did not equal strength. Though Yin Bukui was a fan of the original work, he had clearly failed to turn what he knew into effective combat strength. The moment the two clashed, he was immediately forced onto the back foot. In fewer than ten moves, he was struck by three claws in succession, losing a third of his HP. His sword, meanwhile, had not even touched the corner of his opponent's clothes.

Seeing that he was no match for his opponent, Yin Bukui developed a massive headache.

Maybe he should never have jumped out to play the hero. With Brother Ye's movement technique, wouldn't it have been easier for him to protect himself?

Just as he began thinking of a strategy, he suddenly felt his body grow light. Ye Weiming had rushed up from behind, grabbed his legs, and hoisted him onto his shoulder. Then, without even looking back, he bolted.

All that "don't be a coward, fight head-on" nonsense was just bullshit.

Ye Weiming's only means of attack right now was swordsmanship. Without a sword, how the hell was he supposed to fight!?

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