As a bounty hunter—and one skilled enough to make the rankings—Kres naturally had a much keener sense of danger than ordinary players.
After all, most ordinary players focused on improving their strength by figuring out how to clear [Instances] more effectively and extend their survival time.
The bounty hunter community was different. Much of their focus when improving their strength came from preparing to fight various players.
Therefore, compared with many players, bounty hunters often had somewhat different [Item] setups and abilities.
The difference between them was somewhat like the difference between PVE and PVP players.
Of course, not all PVP players were bounty hunters. After all, aside from bounty hunters, plenty of players spent all day thinking about how to kill other people.
Of course, by the time they reached "Tier 3"—especially at the level needed to make the rankings—the [Item] sets and abilities in players' hands were no longer strongly biased in any particular direction. They generally began developing in a more comprehensive way, capable of handling all kinds of situations and combat needs.
But...
For someone like Kres, who had been a bounty hunter since "Tier 1," his long PVP career had given him a great deal of experience that other players lacked.
For example, how to identify experts.
Just as Gu Long had written in his wuxia novels, the people one should never offend while roaming the martial world were women, children, old people, and monks.
What could a crippled little girl, leaning on a cane and appearing in a place like Jiang City in the middle of the night, be other than a simple character—especially when she was swaggering along behind someone in ancient clothing who looked like a female ghost?
More importantly...
Kres's room had no lights on. He had been observing the scene