Song Fei marched out with his entourage of fangirls, making quite a spectacle.
Many nearby players gave them a wide berth when they saw the procession.
"Damn, what's this little celebrity heading out to do now?"
"Heh, haven't you heard? Someone just killed him out there and sent him back. Serves him right!"
"What? With all those girls protecting him, how did anyone kill him?"
"It was Dark Shadow. What do you think?"
"Holy shit! Dark Shadow's a badass! But he's got some guts, picking a fight with that bunch. Those women all seem nuts to me..."
Many players were stunned when they heard the news.
Some shook their heads and sighed after seeing the lineup in Song Fei's party.
"Dark Shadow's done for. I spotted a hunter in Song Fei's party who can detect stealth."
"Yeah, I tried sneaking up on them in stealth before, and that female hunter spotted me with her Eagle Eye..."
"If Dark Shadow's stealth doesn't work, he's just a squishy little Assassin."
"And I remember their party's mages having plenty of crowd-control skills. Dark Shadow's toast..."
Quite a few people looked regretful.
Still, they followed at a distance, eager to see how this spectacle would end...
With his fangirls around him, Song Fei's confidence was soaring.
Plenty of players were following behind, but he didn't care.
Good.
Song Fei sneered inwardly. With this many witnesses, once I kill Dark Shadow, everyone will know that being strong on your own means nothing-especially for an Assassin!
How could a squishy little Assassin compare to a noble mage like me?
Song Fei was quite pleased with his class.
He was only an ordinary mage.
But in his eyes, even an ordinary mage was stronger than any hidden class.
Dark Shadow, for instance...
He didn't know that Dark Shadow's class was also called Dark Shadow, but it had to be a hidden class in the Assassin line.
So what if you have a hidden class?
Soon, you'll be my stepping stone... You got the first kill on a gold boss, and I'll get the first kill on you. That's the food chain!
The girl with the Eagle Eye skill had now moved to Song Fei's side, feeling deeply honored.
With a proud expression, she scanned their surroundings.
When Song Fei had been killed during the boss fight earlier, her Eagle Eye had just expired, and she had run out of mana from casting skills.
She blamed herself for it.
I should've saved all my mana to keep Eagle Eye active...
It's all my fault that Brother Song Fei died! Waaah!
The girl felt terribly guilty, but she was also proud that she could help Song Fei. Now that she was beside him, she wished she could press herself right against him.
Unfortunately, she wasn't particularly attractive.
Song Fei wasn't very interested in her either. He merely treated her as a useful tool...
After all, she handed over every bit of tradable lifespan she earned without asking for anything. How great was that?
Just as their group was making its way toward Mourning Valley!
Qin Feng, returning in stealth, happened to spot them.
Coming out with all that bluster-are they looking for revenge?
Qin Feng smiled.
He remained in stealth. Thanks to the +1 stealth level granted by his Dark Shadow class, no one at this stage could possibly see through it!
By now.
Qin Feng had already reached the smug-looking Song Fei's side.
He didn't attack right away.
Instead, he reached out and tapped Song Fei's shoulder twice.
"Who's there?!"
Song Fei jumped in fright and turned around, only to find no one there.
Tapping someone on the shoulder like that didn't count as an attack, so it wouldn't break Qin Feng's stealth!
Song Fei saw no one when he turned, but a ghostly voice sounded beside his ear. "Just letting you know-you're about to die."
The moment he heard that male voice, Song Fei realized it was Dark Shadow!
"Protect me! Protect me!"
Song Fei was scared out of his wits.
But before anyone around him could react, Qin Feng's figure flashed through the crowd. Immediately afterward, the blade flashes of Instant Shadow Slash erupted across Song Fei and several girls beside him!
-2218! -2275! -2197! ...
The moment Qin Feng struck, he instantly killed Song Fei again!
Song Fei had managed to cast a magic shield on himself in time, but it could only absorb three to five hundred points of damage. Qin Feng's Instant Shadow Slash shattered it in an instant!
And that wasn't all...
Song Fei also keenly noticed that Qin Feng's damage had risen yet again since their last encounter beside the Silver Grade boss!
"Fuck!"
When Song Fei opened his eyes again, he was back in the town square.
He was dazed.
His face turned green, his expression looking as though he were constipated.
After two consecutive deaths, the roughly 2,000 days of tradable lifespan he had accumulated were down to just 500!
The girls had saved all of that for him. Now it had dropped upon his death, and Dark Shadow must have pocketed it!
"How is that possible?"
"Didn't you have Eagle Eye active? You didn't see him coming?"
Song Fei stared wide-eyed at the archer girl who had respawned beside him.
She looked just as bewildered!
Flustered, she said, "I did have Eagle Eye active, but there was nobody in sight! I kept looking in every direction. I didn't see so much as a shadow..."
The girl was both frightened and miserable.
She was miserable because she had messed up! Although she had no idea what had gone wrong, she had gotten her beloved Brother Song Fei killed again!
And she was frightened that Brother Song Fei might send her away for making another mistake.
Still, Song Fei didn't blame her.
After all, someone who had become this popular must have had some ability. He certainly wouldn't lash out at his fans with insults or blows over every little thing.
He began looking for the reason.
"Why couldn't even Eagle Eye see Dark Shadow?"
He couldn't help asking in the party channel.
Soon, one of the girls who had randomly received the Assassin class timidly spoke up. "My Attribute Panel mentions a stealth level... Could Dark Shadow's stealth level be higher?"
The archer girl immediately nodded. "Yes, yes. Mine has that too. My Eagle Eye skill has a stealth detection level of 1, so it can only see targets with level 1 stealth. If their stealth level is 2 or higher, I can't see them..."
That solved the mystery.
Song Fei now knew he had provoked a terrifying opponent with level 2 stealth!
The realization made his scalp prickle.
He comes and goes without a trace. If he wants to kill me, how am I supposed to stop him?
Song Fei was terrified!
He had still been planning to fight Dark Shadow, but now that he knew Dark Shadow possessed higher-level stealth, he completely lost the desire to take him on.
Because he couldn't catch him at all!
The moment Dark Shadow appeared, Song Fei would die!
Dark Shadow even had time to tap his shoulder and deliver a death notice!
The pressure was utterly overwhelming!
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