"You suffered 21 points of piercing damage (Vital Strike + Critical Hit), and were inflicted with Severe Bleeding!"
The startling notification made Jiao Guoping's face change in horror. Fortunately, he had plenty of combat experience and immediately endured the pain as he dashed to the side.
"Damn it... This rookie actually has a third summoned creature! Where did he get the skill slot? Could he be an Elite Class?"
Standard Classes only had two combat skill slots, while Elite Classes had three.
The Shadow Assassin revealed itself. Its determined second Vital Strike only left a faint bloody mark on Jiao Guoping's body.
Bai Xiaowen activated Mind Link! The three summoned creatures, together with Bai Xiaowen, moved in perfect coordination to block Jiao Guoping in, leaving him no room to retreat. The rusty iron sword, twin swords, and Fang Dagger struck him in turn.
When Jiao Guoping saw Bai Xiaowen charge forward as well, he was delighted rather than alarmed, and the thought of retreating vanished instantly! When dealing with a summoner-type Awakened, the summoner himself was always the primary target.
Summoners usually paid close attention to protecting themselves. Someone like Bai Xiaowen, who took the initiative to rush forward, was making the kind of low-level mistake only a rookie would make.
After drinking a hemostatic agent to suppress the Severe Bleeding effect, Jiao Guoping held his guns with both hands and aimed at Bai Xiaowen.
Flames burst from the silver muzzles, and the firing rate suddenly doubled! An unbroken stream of bullets howled forth.
However, at the instant Jiao Guoping raised his hands, the Shadow Assassin sidestepped and blocked Bai Xiaowen! Bullets struck the Shadow Assassin one after another, leaving only a string of low damage numbers: "-4," "-3."
"How... is that possible? Activating burst-fire mode weakens firearm damage, but