Swallowed Star: What the Heck Is a Farm Game?
Chapter 27

Successive Kills

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Xiao Yang thought it over, but there was no other way.

The best thing to do now was stall!

He still had some watermelons and blueberries in his game space.

Level 1 watermelons were not only useful for restoring stamina; they could also restore Psychic Power!

As for blueberries, although Xiao Yang's physical strength currently limited him from further increasing his Psychic Power after eating them—

They could still restore Psychic Power without any problem.

So Xiao Yang decided to drag things out with them.

He had always been in the habit of stockpiling certain items in his Game World's warehouse.

That was to avoid not having them when he needed them.

For example, watermelons could restore stamina at critical moments and save his life.

Many Martial Warriors died after being surrounded by monsters and eventually running out of strength.

Especially during a Beast Tide.

Some Gods of War and even Advanced Warlords were not afraid of Beast Tides themselves.

What they feared was running out of stamina.

No matter how strong they were, they could still become exhausted.

When that happened, even ordinary Beast Soldiers might be able to wear them down and kill them bit by bit.

Xiao Yang had stockpiled the most blueberries and watermelons.

After all, one replenished Psychic Power, while the other restored a great deal of stamina.

Although watermelons could also replenish Psychic Power, they restored less than blueberries.

And watermelons were more troublesome to eat.

Xiao Yang's warehouse contained plenty of blueberries.

In any case, they would not spoil in the game warehouse.

Even if the daily shop refreshed with something good at a critical moment—

Xiao Yang could simply sell the things in his warehouse on the spot.

Anything sold in the game could be sold instantly.

Items stored in the warehouse could immediately be converted into money.

But money could not immediately be exchanged for the crops he needed.

That was why Xiao Yang had developed the habit of keeping some crops in the warehouse.

His throwing knives continuously attacked the White Elephant Martial Warrior Team.

Although they had eight people and could defend well against Xiao Yang's attacks—

Only four of them were Advanced Warlords.

The remaining four Intermediate Warlords found it difficult to completely block Xiao Yang's attacks.

Xiao Yang kept using those four as his breakthrough point.

Throwing knives were unlike ordinary weapons or bullets, whose trajectories were relatively fixed and easy to predict.

The trajectories of throwing knives were extremely unpredictable.

Xiao Yang could make them change direction at will according to his thoughts at any moment.

Although inertia still existed, their paths were far stranger than bullets'.

In just a short while, two Intermediate Warlords in the White Elephant Martial Warrior Team had been injured.

The members of the White Elephant Martial Warrior Team also realized Xiao Yang's intentions.

But they had no good solution.

The four Advanced Warlords could only protect their teammates as best they could.

Each of the four was responsible for one direction.

Still, even though this was somewhat better, Xiao Yang's throwing knives occasionally broke through their defenses.

Xiao Yang was not using only three throwing knives.

He had bought ten in total.

Sometimes, he threw the knives at the Martial Warrior Team.

Then he used Psychic Power to alter their direction midair.

After the throwing knives fell to the ground, he sometimes used Psychic Power to control the other knives on the ground and attack.

Sometimes, Xiao Yang even used Psychic Power to manipulate the weapons in the White Elephant Martial Warrior Team's hands.

He did not need to control them completely; a little interference was enough.

Sometimes, just the slightest interference was enough for his throwing knife to break through their defense and strike one of the Warlords.

As time passed, Xiao Yang figured out quite a few methods.

Apprentice Level Martial Warriors could not project Genetic Origin Energy, so they had no way to defend against such tactics.

After discovering this, Xiao Yang would pull this trick from time to time.

Very soon, three of the four Intermediate Warlords in the team were dead.

The remaining one was also severely wounded.

Even if Xiao Yang ignored him, he would die soon enough.

Under these circumstances, the others had no way to treat his wounds for the time being.

"Dammit!"

"Do you dare come down and fight us one-on-one?!"

The captain of the White Elephant Martial Warrior Team glared at Xiao Yang, grinding his teeth in fury.

Xiao Yang ate blueberries as he smiled and replied.

"I don't!"

His utterly shameless demeanor made the White Elephant Team below even angrier.

Xiao Yang seized this opportunity and repeated his old trick.

He directly controlled one person's saber, causing it to pause for a moment.

"Not good!"

The next instant, one of Xiao Yang's throwing knives shot straight past that person's defense and toward the badly injured Intermediate Warlord.

Pfft!

This time, the throwing knife approached at the perfect angle and instantly pierced through the Intermediate Warlord's heart.

"Nikir! You bastard!"

"If you've got the guts, come down and fight us one-on-one! What kind of skill is flying in the sky?"

The Advanced Warlord whose weapon had been disrupted glared at Xiao Yang, his eyes filled with rage.

Xiao Yang acted as if he had not seen it and continued calmly eating blueberries.

The four remaining Advanced Warlords were starting to panic as well.

If this continued, sooner or later, Xiao Yang would catch them off guard too.

Because the four had stronger defenses, greater strength, and faster reactions, Xiao Yang had chosen to attack the four Intermediate Warlords first.

But the four knew that although their defenses were a little stronger than those of their dead teammates—

If Xiao Yang pulled this on them a few more times, they would not be able to withstand it either!

At this moment, traces of fear flickered in the four men's eyes.

There was also a hint of regret.

The captain of the White Elephant Martial Warrior Team noticed this as well.

"Hold on. That guy must be putting on a front."

"He's maintained high-intensity combat for so long; his Psychic Power must have been heavily drained."

"His Psychic Power consumption is definitely greater than our stamina consumption."

"As long as we hold on, we can wear him down!"

Perhaps the captain's words gave the other three a little hope.

They began defending themselves in earnest.

At the same time, they remained on guard against Xiao Yang's interference.

More than ten minutes passed.

Several more wounds had appeared on their bodies.

But because they were all powerful and reacted quickly, they could still hold on.

What troubled them now was that after fighting continuously for so long and constantly focusing on avoiding sneak attacks, even as Advanced Warlords, their stamina was nearly depleted!

Although the stamina of Advanced Warlords was beyond comparison with ordinary people—

The stamina and strength required to defend against Xiao Yang's throwing knives were correspondingly greater as well.

"Huff! Huff! What kind of monster is he? Does he have unlimited stamina?"

"W-why is this happening? This isn't scientific!"

Just then, Xiao Yang suddenly seized an opening.

The captain's sword was suddenly disrupted for a moment.

"Not good!"

Before he could react, the throwing knife that had originally been attacking another team member shot directly into the captain's eye socket and out through the back of his head.

Not only that, it also plunged into the back of another team member's head!

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