Troublesome Broad!

thump.

Two streaks of blood appeared, followed by a corpse clutching its throat and collapsing.

Soren is becoming increasingly adept at throat-slitting techniques, and his success rate in triggering lethal attacks by targeting vital points in combat is also increasing. If he had sufficient strength to support it, Soren could probably execute a Decapitation Attack. To trigger Decapitation Attack, one needs more than 18 points of strength and must combine it with a charged-up burst of power. Soren's full-force strike can only penetrate an inch into the neck bone at most, and cannot completely sever the neck.

His figure was still indistinct, but his movements and sounds could be used to determine his location.

"Greater Invisibility [Fourth Ring Spell]; This Spell's effect is similar to Invisibility, but it does not reveal the caster after an attack. After casting the Spell, the Spellcaster becomes completely invisible. Attacking may reveal their location due to air currents, silhouettes, or sounds. The effect of Greater Invisibility gradually weakens during combat, but the Invisibility State effect is still maintained. Even if the enemy detects the caster's location, they still gain a 4-point invisibility bonus, and the enemy's hit chance is reduced by 4 points. Duration is 1 minute per point of Spell power."

Greater Invisibility is undoubtedly a very powerful Spell.

The only drawback is that it doesn't last long; Soren can only maintain it for about ten minutes.

Even with a Legendary Wizard, Greater Invisibility would only last about half an hour at most. However, Soren possesses the Metamagic Feat [Empower Spell]. Once he reaches the fifth Wizard Class Level and acquires 5th-level Spell slot, he can use that 5th-level Spell Soren memorize Greater Invisibility. At that point, the duration of Greater Invisibility will receive a 50% bonus. Don't underestimate this 50% bonus; it adds an extra five or six minutes of invisibility time.

Empower Spell is significantly more useful than other Metamagic Feat in the early game; otherwise, he wouldn't have given up the other Metamagic Feat.

Thump, thump, thump.

Soren moved in and out as if in an empty field, carving a bloody path with each faint flash of his blade. Enemies couldn't even see the trajectory of his weapon attacks, greatly reducing their chances of parrying and forcing them to rely solely on their senses to Dodge. At this point, enemies with high base stats could easily spot him; those who could dodge Soren's attacks generally possessed excellent attributes and Feat. Unfortunately, they still couldn't turn the tide, because Soren's Superhuman Dexterity was overwhelmingly dominant within this area.

Slurp slurp!

Although the battle only lasted five minutes, the enemy finally recovered from their stunned state.

They found a solution!

That means throwing weapons directly and using Heavy Crossbow and shortbows to shoot. Although there is a possibility of accidentally injuring friendly forces, at least you won't be so passive as to not even know the enemy's exact location after fighting for a long time.

Ding ding ding!

Soren easily parried and Parry the weapons, but he didn't have such a high ability to parry crossbow bolts.

Bang.

Soren was struck by three crossbow bolts, and his figure staggered back a step. However, he wasn't seriously injured, as a Stoneskin had been cast on his body. The Stoneskin spell was much more powerful now; although the Heavy Crossbow bolts hit Soren, the damage was only in the single digits, not even penetrating his body to injure his internal organs. The enemies in front of him were still reloading their crossbows, and some were swinging their weapons wildly to prevent Soren, who was in Invisibility State, from getting close.

"As expected, combat needs to be tested!"

Soren's expression was grim. He pulled the crossbow bolts from his body and muttered, "They actually forced me to use Legendary Equipment! Without the Stoneskin buff, I would probably have been seriously injured. It seems that while Greater Invisibility is powerful, it can't completely overwhelm the enemy."

--"Hide from Gaze!"

Soren activated his Shadow Dancer ability, instantly entering Stealth mode, and his previously revealed silhouette vanished completely once again.

Greater Invisibility can be combined with Stealth ability, and the effect of Hide from Gaze is still useful!

"Where are they?! Where are they?!"

The surviving pirates were filled with terror, and some of them screamed hysterically as they attacked wildly in all directions.

The deck above his head suddenly shook, and then a footprint appeared on the side wall. The next moment, a spurt of blood gushed out. Only after his chest was ripped open did Soren's presence become slightly visible, along with a barely perceptible glint of his blade. Soren had already charged into the enemy ranks, wielding his twin swords with his familiar Ground Blade Technique. Seven or eight pirates screamed in agony as their legs were either cleaved by Scimitar or severed off. The cramped cabin was a scene of flying limbs and gore, the crazed pirates attacking wildly. Occasionally, someone would be lucky enough to strike Soren, but their attacks were blocked by his Stoneskin.

More often than not, they cut down their own comrades!

"Devil!... Demon!... Ghost!... Run away!..."

Finally, someone had a mental breakdown.

Perhaps they weren't afraid to confront a powerful enemy head-on, but now they didn't even know where the enemy was. As blood splattered and their comrades fell one after another, some of these pirates finally began to suffer mental breakdowns. Some tried to escape, but they couldn't escape the faint glint of blades appearing behind them. Soren's expression was cold; he showed no pity or sympathy for these pirates. Wherever he swung his twin blades, almost no one survived.

"The thirty-ninth."

Soren flicked his Scimitar, wiping away the blood, and muttered in a cold tone, "The Spell lasts for three minutes. It seems that with the added effect of Greater Invisibility, I have the ability to confront a large group of enemies head-on. However, this is only because there are no Spellcaster among the pirates; otherwise, a simple detection of invisibility would break my Spell."

"I should go to the desert sometime in the future. If I remember correctly, I still have that cloak that resists Spell detection, right?"

Anti-Detection Cloak.

One of the most coveted Legendary Equipment among Rogue, its effects are almost equivalent to Artifact in their hands!

This Legendary Equipment has almost no other additional abilities; its only effect is that most Detect Invisibility Spell are ineffective against the wearer. It is the only Legendary Cloak Legendary Equipment in the world, and Soren participated in the massive battle for it, a conflict arguably even more bloody and Cruelty than the struggle for Artifact. Even though Soren possessed near- Legendary Tier combat power at that time, he ultimately failed to seize this Legendary Equipment.

It eventually fell into the hands of an Assassin!

The fight for it was a Sea of Blood! Soren himself nearly died in a combined attack by two Assassin. Even the struggle for an Artifact didn't result in so many deaths; this Legendary Cloak has led to the deaths of hundreds of high-level professionals. If no one finds it, this Legendary Equipment should still be in an underground ruin in the desert. It's a dangerous place; even Soren might not be able to break through it now, because some powerful Demon are sealed there.

The number of enemies is decreasing.

However, Soren frowned, because he had not yet seen any trace of the captain.

Could it be that the pirate captain isn't even here?

Just as Soren was about to walk around the corner of the goods, a flash of light suddenly appeared from the side, followed by a fiery red figure that swung its blade at Soren's head.

Clang!

Soren's conditioned reflex kicked in instantly; almost instinctively, he raised his Icetail to block the enemy's attack.

Clang!

Another sound of Parry rang out.

The enemy was also a skilled Two-Weapon Fighting. After Soren parried one attack, another cold light shot towards his kidneys. Sauron simultaneously swung his sword to deflect the sneak attack. Before him Plane beautiful, tall woman dressed in rather ornate clothes and wearing a captain's hat. She had been waiting for an opportunity, sending her men to their deaths while searching for Soren's location, attempting to eliminate him in one fell swoop through a sneak attack.

woman?

Soren wasn't too surprised that the pirate ship's Boss was a woman, as there were many women of Amazon descent among them. He vanished into thin air again, simultaneously searching for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow. Two-Weapon Fighting was no easy feat, and the woman before him was likely a fourth-tier professional. Judging from her patience and cunning, Soren sensed she was a very dangerous enemy.

"Damn it! It's disappeared again!"

The stunning female pirate with fiery red hair cursed under her breath, then brandished her twin swords to protect her left and right sides. Soren, having activated his Hide from Gaze, entered Stealth mode, and with his Greater Invisibility, he was completely undetectable. His enemy was unusually alert, her two weapons practically shielding every blind spot around her, leaving Soren with no opportunity to strike. Just as he was about to flank and launch a powerful attack, the woman made a move that surprised even him.

The woman closed her eyes!

Yes.

She closed her eyes, then crossed her twin swords in front of her, took a deep breath, and her ears visibly twitched.

"Not good!"

In an instant, the hairs on Soren's body stood on end, and without thinking, he Roll Dodge.

Two flashes of light erupted from where he had initially stood, cleaving the half-meter-high cargo crate in two, leaving a three-inch-long blade mark on the ground. The glamorous female pirate had actually located him and launched a fierce attack. She was still moving with her eyes closed, but the blades relentlessly slashed at Soren's figure. The sharp blade winds raged out, clinging to his clothes like leeches, as if his Invisibility had completely lost its effect.

"Blind Fight!"

What an amazing woman!

The opponent had actually trained and mastered the Special Feat of [Blind Fight].

...(To be continued~^~)