Slaying Longevity

Zhou Heng said nothing. Instead, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, answering her with action.

The girl's expression remained unchanged, her manner as condescending as ever.

She glanced sideways at Zhou Heng and suddenly chuckled. The next second, she lunged forward, one hand on her bow while the other swiftly drew an arrow from the quiver on her back.

Then she drew, nocked, and fired in one fluid, effortless motion.

The instant the girl moved, Zhou Heng also drew the Great Sun Divine Bow to its limit and fired an arrow at her.

But in that brief instant, her figure suddenly darted aside. Both their arrows flew. Hers struck Zhou Heng, while his missed.

-23!

The damage number 23 flashed above Zhou Heng's shoulder, and that was only because he had shifted to keep it from hitting a vital spot.

The instant the damage appeared, Zhou Heng rolled backward, trying to put distance between himself and the girl who had vanished from sight.

But he had only just tumbled over when he felt a powerful rush of wind from behind, bearing down on him.

Zhou Heng grunted and slammed the hand holding the Great Sun Divine Bow backward.

-17!

As the damage number rose above his arm, his arm was knocked aside, followed by the girl's lightning-fast sweeping kicks.

-20!

-20!

In mere moments, Zhou Heng's health bottomed out. A full 100 health amounted to nothing before a new player from a Longevity Family.

Only then did Zhou Heng understand why so many people feared the Longevity Families.

They were all new players, yet the disparity in technique was chilling.

In this life, he had been one of his school's finest students, ranking near the top in every subject and winning scholarship after scholarship.

Yet even with that ability, facing a new player from a Longevity Family was like a chick being toyed with by an eagle-easy and effortless.

But...

The instant the girl's third round of whipping kicks was about to strike him, Zhou Heng exhaled deeply and activated Burning Rage.

Boom!

Blazing flames surged from Zhou Heng's body. The next second, his attack speed increased by 1.0/s, movement speed by 2.0 m/s, and attack by 5.

Looking at his attack speed of 2.0/s and movement speed of 3.2 m/s, Zhou Heng refused to believe he could not beat a Longevity Family player who had only just logged into the Boundless Endless World.

Even if she might already have found other resources placed here by the Longevity Families, there was absolutely no way she could have learned a skill like Burning Rage so quickly.

If she had, then he would accept defeat today!

With his movement speed and attack speed increased, the girl's attack speed was no longer difficult to follow. It was around 1.8/s, and her movement speed was not bad either, probably around 2.0 m/s.

With base stats so far beyond those of ordinary players, Longevity Family players could indeed suppress other players and develop with ease right after logging in.

But against Zhou Heng as he was now, that was no longer enough.

"Hmph!"

Zhou Heng grunted, kicked the sole of the girl's foot, then ducked forward and rushed right up to her at a speed she had not anticipated, pressing the Great Sun Divine Bow against her face.

Surprise and confusion flashed through the girl's eyes before she said, "How do you know Burning Rage? This skill shouldn't be recorded in the textbooks. It belongs to the Secret of Longevity. How did you do it?"

Even with a weapon on the level of the Great Sun Divine Bow pressed against her face, her expression still doesn't change? The Longevity Families' training in willpower really is beyond what ordinary people can match! A fierce glint flashed through Zhou Heng's eyes. As the thought passed through his mind, he drew and fired without hesitation.

-100!

A clean hundred points of damage appeared above the girl's head.

The instant the damage landed, an illusory revival coin floated above her head. This was one of the chances at revival Boundless Endless gave every new player. Clearly, his damage had killed her instantly.

Still, this girl was truly formidable.

His damage should have been 108, yet even a headshot had only just dealt 100 points of physical damage.

That meant the Longevity Family player before him had a full 8 armor.

The girl glanced at the revival coin hovering in midair, then at Zhou Heng, without the slightest change in her eyes.

The records of the Longevity Families contained plenty of players like Zhou Heng. They always thought that a decent talent or start meant they could crush the Longevity Families and reshuffle the vast Boundless Endless Player System.

But the truth was that, as they developed, they would discover to their despair that the Longevity Families were the kings of the Boundless Endless Player System. Even the national systems of Blue Star's various countries had to bow before them.

To the girl, Zhou Heng was now like a mildly interesting toy, waiting for her to torment and play with.

She turned into light, about to vanish and return to town. Suddenly, she sensed something. Her expression shifted slightly as she looked at the item that had dropped at her feet. Just as she was about to say something, her body turned completely into white light and dissipated over the Wind Grassland.

Having lived two lives, Zhou Heng keenly noticed the slight change in her expression. He went to the spot where she had died and returned to town. A curled scroll lay on the lush green grass. When players were killed, they randomly dropped 1%-10% of their resources if they had a revival coin. If they had none, they died outright and dropped all their resources.

From her sudden change in expression, combined with the earlier hint from Fate Hint, Zhou Heng could readily guess that this scroll was "Extreme Long-Range Shooter," the class that paired with the Great Sun Divine Bow.

With that thought, Zhou Heng unrolled the scroll, and line after line of text came into view...

Extreme Long-Range Shooter (class change scroll)

Star rank: ☆☆

In the fallen Sakaste Empire, there were archers renowned for their extreme long-range archery.

Combining the might of ancient archery and technology, they created a new class: "Extreme Long-Range Shooter."

Stat growth +100%

Additional stat growth +50%

Extreme Long-Range Vision: With no obstructions, your vision can reach up to 10 kilometers.

Extreme Long-Range Shooting: Your arrows' attack range increases from 500 meters to 10 kilometers.

Extreme Long-Range Tracking: When you lock onto an enemy, your attacks will pursue that enemy indefinitely within firing range.

Blood Pump: Within 1 second, you can temporarily convert all stats into attack/magic; afterward, you enter a weakened state lasting 30 seconds (all stats reduced to 1).

Class change requirement: Possess a renowned level 10 bow (met).

Each star in a class's star rank increased base stats by 50%. In other words, if you randomly gained 1 attack upon leveling up, a one-star class would increase that gain by 50%, or 0.5 stat points.

The highest initial star rank currently recorded in the textbooks was three stars, granting an additional 150% in stats.

As for classes like Extreme Long-Range Shooter, which could further increase stats, they were called rare classes and were exceedingly uncommon.

Even Zhou Heng had to admit that this class was very powerful. Not only did it have two stat growth bonuses, but its skill set was also formidable. A class like this could truly let him turn an early lead into a lead at every step. With that thought, he opened the Extreme Long-Range Shooter class change scroll without hesitation and chose to change classes. Even a second's hesitation would have been disrespectful to this class.