With stealth detection and crowd control, why would I fear an assassin?

For a moment, the dozen or so unaffiliated players who had retreated to the side could only stare in shock.

"Wh... what the hell? One dart just one-shot the boss?"

"The boss only had a third of its health left. Isn't a one-shot normal?"

"Do you even hear the crap you're saying? Even at a third of its health, a Silver Tier boss still has several thousand HP. How is one-shotting it normal?"

"So this is the legendary Dark Shadow?"

"I thought he'd farmed that Gold Tier boss by exploiting a bug, but clearly that wasn't it!"

"That damage is absolutely insane!"

"Our skills do a few dozen damage, and his do thousands. A hundred times ours?!"

"Are we even playing the same game?"

"He's playing League with Honor of Kings stats, huh?"

Everyone was stunned, staring blankly as the Two-Headed Flame Burner's health bar emptied and it crashed to the ground!

Blood-red flames burned over the Two-Headed Flame Burner's corpse, leaving scorched black marks on the valley floor...

Qin Feng appeared beside the boss's corpse.

He toyed with the Platinum Tier Ghost Ship Twin Blades in his hands, eyeing the dozen or so unaffiliated players as though they were prey...

"Go. Hurry!"

"Damn it, is he going to kill us too?"

"Stop staring! Do you want to die?"

"Go, go, go..."

Terror seized them. All dozen or so immediately fled Mourning Valley and vanished into the woods, practically flying as they ran.

They had no choice. In the Godforsaken Game, dying meant losing lifespan.

They didn't dare take that gamble!

Although Dark Shadow had appeared and killed Song Fei and his group, that didn't mean he was on their side!

Judging by what they had just witnessed, if Dark Shadow wanted to kill them, he could slaughter them like dogs...

How could they not run?

Qin Feng watched them flee without any hurry.

He activated the Ghostfire Bell's active effect, Soulshock.

Jingle, jingle...

The bell's eerie ringing spread outward, capable of immobilizing every enemy within a hundred meters!

Any targets in stealth would be immobilized, then forced out of stealth...

Fortunately, when the ringing spread, no one remained nearby.

Qin Feng turned and raised his hand, casting Greedy Hand on the Two-Headed Flame Burner's corpse!

Three extra sets of rewards immediately burst from the Silver Grade boss's corpse, gleaming silver, with even a faint golden glow among them!

Qin Feng calmly picked everything up.

One boss fills most of my inventory slots now...

I'll have to reach level 10 and leave the starting town before I can free up some space.

Qin Feng shook his head.

It still took quite a bit of experience to go from level 9 to level 10. Even after killing this Silver Grade boss, he hadn't reached level 10; he was still a third of the way short.

If only Greedy Hand could give me a few extra shares of experience too...

Qin Feng couldn't help thinking.

But that would make Greedy Hand far too powerful...

Of course, the most important reward this time was the sixteen evolution points.

Qin Feng opened his skill interface and evolved Coup de Grace once.

[You have consumed 10 evolution points. Remaining: 9.]

[Coup de Grace (Epic Grade → Legendary Tier): Passive effect: Weakness Attack modifier +100% → 200%. Weakness Attack multiplier doubled.]

[Active: Your next attack inflicts Throat Slit, dealing 100% → 150% of that attack's damage per second for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 30 (22.2) seconds → 25 (18.5) seconds.]

His weak-point Hit Adjustment had increased by another 100%, reaching 200%.

That effectively enlarged his targets' weak points by twofold!

This... everyone's going to look big-headed to me now, huh?

If they get any bigger, even my Instant Shadow Slash will deal weak-point damage!

Qin Feng sucked in a sharp breath.

The Weakness Attack multiplier hadn't increased, but Throat Slit's damage had risen dramatically, and its cooldown had dropped from thirty seconds to twenty-five!

Previously, it dealt an extra three times the damage.

Now, it dealt an extra four and a half times the damage.

I really can one-shot a Gold Tier boss now.

Qin Feng couldn't help marveling. It truly was a god-tier skill for an assassin!

This skill alone had brought his damage to an entirely new level!

Skills that start at Epic Grade are fantastic.

Just ten evolution points to reach Legendary Tier.

But... going from Legendary Tier to Mythic Grade actually costs a hundred times as many evolution points?

A skill's second evolution would normally cost two evolution points.

But going from Legendary to Mythic takes two hundred!

Qin Feng clicked his tongue.

There really was no such thing as having enough evolution points!

Following that pattern, evolving Epic Grade Greedy Hand takes 210 evolution points. Once it's Legendary Tier, will its next evolution take 3,400?

Qin Feng felt he had a long road ahead.

Still, it wasn't too bad.

With Greedy Hand available, farming a few hundred evolution points would be fairly easy once he left the starting town.

Qin Feng checked. He still had nine evolution points.

So he spent another eight to evolve Back Attack Enhancement once.

[You have consumed 8 evolution points. Remaining: 1.]

[Starting skill: Back Attack Enhancement (Gold Tier → Platinum Tier). Passive effect: Damage dealt when attacking a target from behind increased by 30% → 40%.]

Once that was done, Qin Feng collected all the white lifespan orbs scattered across the area.

He gained over 1,400 days of tradable lifespan in total!

On top of that, the boss had actually dropped several decades of non-tradable lifespan.

"All done. Time to head back."

After clearing the battlefield, Qin Feng entered stealth again and left Mourning Valley...

Just then!

Back in the town square after being killed, Song Fei naturally couldn't swallow that humiliation.

Soon, it emerged that one of his followers' younger sisters was an archer and had learned a skill: Eagle Eye!

The girl approached Song Fei and said eagerly, "Brother Song Fei! My Eagle Eye skill can detect stealth!"

Another girl holding a staff volunteered, "Brother Song Fei! I learned an area crowd-control skill, Ice Wind and Snow! Even Dark Shadow won't be able to escape!"

Song Fei burst out laughing. "Great! Come on, let's go kill Dark Shadow!"

They had stealth detection!

They had area crowd control!

Why would he still fear an assassin?

With so many of them, they could detect him first, then restrain him. One skill from each of them would be enough to blast him to death!

Several girls immediately began complaining beside him. "That Dark Shadow relies on being an assassin to launch sneak attacks. He fights dirty! He dared attack our brother, so we have to make him pay!"

"Exactly! Once we restrain Dark Shadow, we'll let our brother kill him and teach him what happens when he messes with our brother!"

These girls kept calling him "brother" with every breath. If Qin Feng had heard them, he would probably have thrown up...

Before long, Song Fei led the crowd of girls toward Mourning Valley once again!