Attack trajectory display

Since Ying Huaixu had put it that way, Ye Ningshuang could only shuffle slowly out the door.

Knowing she could not be much help, she could only run off to find Hall Master Zhao and Doctor Li.

She went to Hall Master Zhao mainly because this wanted criminal had appeared.

She went to Doctor Li because the neighbors nearby had all been drugged.

Ye Ningshuang's departure let Ying Huaixu breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he watched the hideous wanted criminal before him nervously. The man's face looked covered in festering sores.

A game was a game. Reality was reality.

In the game, he was a mechanical wizard. Even with garbage gear, he could carry people through raids.

But this was not a game world, and these bosses could not possibly be as rigid as their in-game counterparts.

That was why Ying Huaixu was so nervous.

The wanted criminal paid no attention to Ye Ningshuang fleeing, because Ying Huaixu had now piqued his interest.

In fact, he did not even consider Ying Huaixu a threat.

With that delicate skin and a face as pretty as a woman's, how could Ying Huaixu possibly be a martial artist?

Although the wanted criminal had achieved little in cultivation, he did know a bit of the Qi-reading Art.

Ying Huaixu's blood and vitality were indeed considerably stronger than an ordinary person's, but to a true expert, he was still someone who could be dealt with effortlessly.

And he considered himself an expert.

The wanted criminal was starting to look forward to this.

"I've heard plenty of women scream, but I've never heard how a man screams. Boy, today's your lucky day!"

Ying Huaixu narrowed his eyes.

"Really? Have you ever heard yourself scream in agony?"

The wanted criminal chuckled.

"You seem pretty confident. In that case, before you get to enjoy yourself, I'll make you suffer a little!"

Then he placed his hand on the saber hilt at his waist.

But Ying Huaixu froze for a moment.

The instant the wanted criminal put his hand on the hilt, a red attack trajectory extended straight toward him.

Well, damn. This thing still works!

Ying Huaixu was overjoyed.

For a mechanical wizard like him, a trajectory display was practically a cheat.

When the red trajectory filled completely...

Ying Huaixu immediately sidestepped out of its attack range.

Just as Ying Huaixu moved clear, the wanted criminal became little more than a blur, appearing behind him.

The wanted criminal was dumbfounded.

Wait, what just happened?

How did he dodge that?

While he stood there stunned...

Ying Huaixu swung his sword straight at his back.

The wanted criminal really was an expert.

Sensing the sharp threat behind him, he dodged instantly, then put some distance between himself and Ying Huaixu.

Now the wanted criminal no longer dared underestimate Ying Huaixu.

The combat experience Ying Huaixu displayed seemed almost absurd.

But he knew he could not drag this out for too long.

If he stayed much longer, he feared his pursuers would find him.

The wanted criminal looked at Ying Huaixu with regret written all over his face.

"I really wanted to give it a try. Too bad you don't know what's good for you. Die, then!"

He decided to kill Ying Huaixu with a single slash, then leave immediately.

This time, the wanted criminal moved very quickly, even using a movement technique.

He was certain Ying Huaixu could not dodge this strike.

In truth, Ying Huaixu had no intention of dodging.

Because as the wanted criminal charged at him with his saber raised...

Ying Huaixu saw a yellow circle over the man's body, steadily shrinking.

This is the parry mechanic!

Then, the moment the solid yellow circle overlapped the dotted circle, Ying Huaixu slashed out.

Clang!

The ring of colliding metal rang out.

The saber flew straight out of the wanted criminal's hand.

The wanted criminal himself reeled backward.

Now he was utterly bewildered.

What the fuck is this?

Ying Huaixu immediately unleashed Flying Snow Sword.

Squelch...

The sword's gleam swept straight across the wanted criminal's neck.

The wanted criminal clutched his neck with both hands, blood seeping through his fingers.

He stared at Ying Huaixu with wide eyes.

"You... gurgle..."

The moment he opened his mouth, blood poured out in great quantities.

At last, the wanted criminal dropped to his knees, still clutching his neck, then fell facedown, his body twitching now and then.

Ying Huaixu watched him in silence for a long time.

He was comparing the game with reality.

He remembered that, in the game, a beginner needed around two minutes to kill this first minor boss, no matter how good their mechanics were.

Bosses all had fairly large health pools.

But in reality, a strike to a vital spot would probably kill them.

Bandits were the best example of that.

Even the most ordinary bandit took four or five slashes to kill unless you overwhelmed him with levels and equipment stats.

But in reality, one strike to a vital spot would probably finish him.

"By the looks of it, reality is actually much easier than the game!"

But then Ying Huaixu shook his head.

That way of thinking was wrong.

The late-game bosses were cultivators, or even immortals.

No matter how impressive their in-game backgrounds were, once they became bosses, they only had fixed mechanics and fixed moves.

As long as you knew those things well, you could fight them even across a gap of two cultivation realms.

Reality would not work that way.

Those bosses could think for themselves.

In an actual fight, they would not stick to fixed basic attacks, nor would they only use the same few skills!

Besides, reality would not provide protective barriers or anything like that to let you avoid arena-wide attacks.

Ying Huaixu put away his sword and let out a long breath.

His earlier tension began to ease.

And there was something else that lifted his spirits.

Although this was now the real world, the game's combat system was still here.

As long as the combat system remained, he had plenty of room to work his mechanical skills.

At the same time...

A notification sounded in Ying Huaixu's mind.

"Ding! Prologue quest, act one completed: kill the wanted criminal-the sexual predator!"

"Quest rewards: 1,500 experience, spirit stones ×5."

"Prologue, act two unlocked: test your spiritual root and join the Divine Firmament Sword Sect."

"Quest rewards: 500 experience, spirit stones ×3!"

Looking at the second act of the quest gave Ying Huaixu a headache.

The sexual predator had appeared at the wrong time, and a little too early.

The people from the Divine Firmament Sword Sect aren't even fucking here yet. How am I supposed to finish act two quickly?

More importantly, can I even complete it?

Just as Ying Huaixu was worrying, a voice rang out.

"How did you do that?"

That voice...

Ying Huaixu felt a surge of delighted surprise.

She's here, she's here! The Divine Firmament Sword Sect's little girl of a junior sister, Lü Qingyi!

But when Ying Huaixu looked at Lü Qingyi, he instinctively asked, "Where's your deer?"

Lü Qingyi: "???"

Ying Huaixu immediately shut his mouth.

Fuck. I said the wrong thing.

Sure enough, Lü Qingyi narrowed her eyes at him.

"How do you know I have a deer?"

Ying Huaixu felt awkward.

"Would you believe me if I said it was intuition?"

The little girl jumped off the roof.

Yet her body drifted slowly down to the ground.

After landing, Lü Qingyi tilted her head up to look at Ying Huaixu.

Ying Huaixu also lowered his head to look at Lü Qingyi.

The two of them stared at each other in silence...