In the distance, the freckled girl who had been watching Zhou Heng all along nearly dropped her jaw to the ground in shock.
This guy was absolutely insane!
Not only was he plundering resources from Frost City's treasury, he was even killing people. Was he afraid he wouldn't die fast enough?
Zhou Heng knew nothing of the freckled girl's attention. His gaze fell on a scroll nearby.
(Common) skill advancement scroll Upon use, guaranteed to advance one Common-grade skill
With this, his Burning Rage could advance from Common to Complex grade. What kind of improvement would that bring?
Zhou Heng used the (Common) skill advancement scroll without hesitation. With a ding, Burning Rage rose from Common to Complex grade.
Burning Rage Quality: Complex Upon activating this skill, your entire body will burn with rage Costs 300 mana: attack speed +2.0/s, movement speed +4.0 m/s, attack +20 Costs 3,000 mana: attack speed +3.0/s, movement speed +6.0 m/s, attack +200 Debuff: after the skill ends, lose 1,000/10,000 Health per second for 20s. When Health falls below 1,000/10,000, forcibly retain 1 Health. Duration: 15s Cooldown: 30s
After Burning Rage advanced to Complex grade, its duration and cooldown remained unchanged, but its costs and bonuses increased substantially.
With Zhou Heng's current mana, he could use the 3,000-mana mode.
This meant that once he spent 3,000 mana to activate Burning Rage, paired with the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), his attack speed could reach a terrifying 7.0/s, while his movement speed would reach an even more outrageous 13.2 m/s. With attack and movement speeds like these, he was only 1.8 m/s slower than the Vast Imperial Guard (Axeman) (Boss), and his attack speed was even higher.
That comparison made Zhou Heng's strength and terrifying power apparent.
After all, he was only level 20 max and had not even undergone his second class advancement, whereas the Vast Imperial Guard (Axeman) (Boss) was a major boss at level 70.
"What? Someone's plundering supplies from our Longevity Su Family's Resource Vault?"
"I'd like to see who's in such a hurry to die!"
After Zhou Heng used the Common-grade skill advancement scroll, the enraged voice of Su Hai, a Longevity Family player, came from outside the Resource Vault.
He had never imagined that anyone would dare provoke the Su Family within their own territory.
They were showing absolutely no regard for the Longevity Family!
Su Hai walked into the Resource Vault with his large belly sticking out, and soon spotted Zhou Heng under the guidance of the player Zhou Heng had killed.
"This brat?"
Su Hai frowned slightly. He felt he had seen this person somewhere before, but he could not recall where.
"Stop!"
"What are you doing?"
"Since when did trash like you dare mess with the Longevity Family?"
"Do you really think that just because a Longevity player died in Frost City's territory..."
Whether Su Hai remembered was irrelevant. With his level 30 max strength, he could beat these ordinary players into the ground anyway.
In his eyes, Zhou Heng was merely a new player who thought his talent made him invincible.
When he mentioned the Longevity player who had died in Frost City's territory, the memory suddenly surfaced.
His eyes widened as he stared at Zhou Heng in the distance in disbelief, crying out in horror, "You... you..."
Su Hai was a lecher, something many people in Frost City knew. After all, for a Longevity Family player like him without any particularly good talent, eating, drinking, and having fun were what truly mattered. But that did not mean he was an idiot or a fool. Despite his usual flippant manner and enjoyment of bullying ordinary players, he only threw his weight around by relying on the formidable reputation the Longevity Family had built. The moment he encountered a tough guy who refused to play along, he was finished, let alone one who possessed the means to erase them completely.
And that tough guy happened to be Zhou Heng.
"What? Recognized me?"
With his right hand resting on the hilt of the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) and his left hand in his pocket, Zhou Heng strolled toward Su Hai.
Run!
Su Hai did not waste a single word. Completely unlike his earlier flippant, reckless self, he was now frighteningly calm and composed.
Without hesitation, he activated Burning Rage and charged toward the Resource Vault exit.
"Hmph!"
"You want to run now? Think you can get away?"
Zhou Heng did not even use Burning Rage. With his own movement speed of 7.2 m/s, he easily caught up.
"What! That movement speed-how is that possible!"
Seeing Zhou Heng catch up so easily filled Su Hai's mind with shock and fear.
His opponent had not used Burning Rage, and he was only level 20 max, a full ten levels and one achievement leap below a second-advancement max-level player like him. Yet he had somehow bridged that level gap?
Su Hai's face twisted viciously. He immediately turned and hurled a collection of bottles and jars at Zhou Heng.
[You have suffered water-element erosion] [Movement speed -1.0 m/s (temporary)] [You have suffered fire-element erosion] [Health -100/s (temporary)] [You have suffered physical-attribute erosion] [Armor -500 (temporary)] [Current armor (-500)]
Looking at the various statuses on him, Zhou Heng could not help clicking his tongue in wonder.
He had not found resources like these even in the Resource Vault, yet his opponent had thrown out a whole pile of them.
Looking at his -500 armor, if his opponent so much as touched him, he would probably lose 500 HP before he even saw how much damage the hit dealt.
"What an opening!"
Seeing Zhou Heng momentarily distracted, Su Hai thought he had seized an opening to attack. He abruptly turned back, drew a greatsword, and slashed at Zhou Heng's neck.
Although his access to resources and certain privileges could not compare to Su Ling, a direct descendant, he was still a reasonably skilled player who had fought his way to level 30 max in the Boundless Endless World.
Now that he had seized an opportunity, how could he let it slip away?
Compared with ordinary players, his physical attack had reached a terrifying 134-268, a little over twice that of an ordinary level 30 max player.
Not only that, his talent was the B-grade Weak-Point Critical Hit. As long as he hit a weak point, his damage would double again.
He was attacking Zhou Heng's neck. Calculating from his maximum attack, this strike would cost Zhou Heng 768 HP. Factoring Weak-Point Critical Hit into that damage, his sword could deal a full 1,536 damage.
He believed Zhou Heng could not withstand it. Since his opponent had been able to kill Su Ling, a direct descendant of the Su Family, he must have taken an all-out offensive build. Players like that generally had high attack and low HP.
With this strike, victory was practically in his grasp.
Yet when -1,536 floated above Zhou Heng's head, Su Hai froze on the spot.
An ordinary level 20 max player could never withstand that damage. Why had his opponent...
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