Killing the Lizards

Xiao Fan's gaze darkened as he swiftly reviewed the gap in their combat strength.

Recently, aside from creating game skills, he had secretly been training hard in the ancient martial arts techniques and close-combat killing methods from before the apocalypse.

Pure game skills were powerful, but they came with downtime, leaving enemies plenty of room to attack or evade.

The fierce, tricky techniques of ancient martial arts, combined with the explosive damage and special effects of game skills, complemented each other at close and long range. They balanced offense and defense, offering a far higher damage ceiling and greater fault tolerance than rigidly chaining skills with basic attacks.

The top ancient martial artists before the apocalypse had risen to prominence before the game invasion and swept through countless low-level mutant beasts. That was the best proof.

That was also one reason Xiao Fan had not used any skills after entering the secret realm.

In the blink of an eye, the airflow around him suddenly churned!

The other two Shadow Scale Lizards sprang up abruptly. Their pitch-black scales glimmered with cold light in the dim forest as their agile bodies lunged at Xiao Fan from both sides.

Their sharp tusks curled outward, and dark green venom with intense corrosive properties continuously dripped from the corners of their mouths. The grass leaves it touched immediately sizzled and smoked before rapidly withering.

The two mutant beasts attacked with extreme cunning and ferocity. Together with the leader-level scale lizard lying in wait before him, the three Shadow lizards formed an encirclement, their killing intent chilling as they tightly sealed off the entire area.

Xiao Fan's eyes narrowed sharply.

"I'll use you to test the results of my recent training."

In an instant, Xiao Fan moved like a fleeting shadow. His Agility attribute was already