Chapter 55

“What?!”

Wang Jian raised his sword and said angrily, “Isn’t Xiao Yao Zi Zai a strength type healer? This…how can a healer with . 5 growth in strength use a Level 4 [Combo] to oneshot Bai Qi?!”

Li Mu pointed at me with his sword and yelled, “Stop talking and kill him already!”

I got hit by two more arrows in my back and lost 400+ HP . General Lian Po’s archery was way too strong . Facing me, Li Mu thrust his sword towards me with exceptional speed! The player ranked just second to Yan Zhao, he was indeed strong!

……

Clang!

I powerfully swung my sword as I stepped backwards into the shallow water with my Silver boots . Li Mu’s sword was forcefully knocked away with a clang . The surprise in his eyes became very obvious, he was mistaken to think that a healer’s attack damage and strength could be enough to knock him away .

Although I knocked the edge of his sword away, Li Mu reacted quickly . He bent and suddenly leaped forward, and he kicked my chest with his boot!

“171!”

I rolled into the water with a dull feeling in my chest . I clenched my fists and thrust them into the surface of the water . A row of chains broke through the water, encircling Lian Po .

Whoosh!

General Lian Po got bound by the chains for 2 . 1 seconds . At the same time, Baby Bobo also appeared behind him, buzzing around while a golden hexagram started to appear on his stinger .

“Ah d*mn…”

Lian Po cursed, and fell on the ground, killed within moments .

Bang!

As I was focusing on killing Lian Po, I received yet another blow from behind and multiple pets started chasing me around . Wang Jian came rushing at me with the edge of his sword glowing, indicating a [Combo] cast, and the only thing I could do was keep backing away . While doing that though, I waved my hand, and cast [Heal]!

“+600!”

Li Mu appeared at my side and attacked together with Wang Jian . Although my body was in the game, I flicked my Jade City Sword out of reflex and with a bang, it hit Li Mu’s wrist . At the same time I yelled loudly, and the wind concentrated around my blade . With a teal glow lingering on my sword, I quickly slashed towards Wang Jian’s shoulders .

“Careful!” Li Mu yelled out .

Wang Jian frowned and backed away quickly and calmly . He saw the wind gather at my blade and backed away immediately . As soon as the strike finished preparing, I slashed at him but only managed to scratch at his shadow; a huge “MISS” popped up . I stared wide-eyed at the empty space where Wang Jian was . Damn, the [Wind Blade] strike missed . What kind of reaction time did Wang Jian have?!

At the same time, Li Mu leaned forward . His shoulder heavily bumped my exposed side . With a bang, I lost balance and entered a state of immobility . I couldn’t do anything for 0 . 5 seconds!

Li Mu steadied himself and leaned down again . A ray of light appeared on his feet and pushed away the water, creating a small whirlpool . It was the beginning of a combo! Damn it, this guy also learned a combo?

“Absolute Authority!”

Li Mu yelled out loud . His body and the sword seemingly combined as he stabbed my chest . After that was a slash, then followed by a stab and then another slash . After 4 continuous strikes, he bellowed and threw his entire body and sword straight at me . With a bang, he flung me into the air, and I lost all control!

Li Mu twisted his body, and the edge of his sword started glowing . The last attack, [Twisted Strike]!

At that time, the damage numbers of the 6 strike combo, [Absolute Authority], finally popped up——

“79!”

“81!”

“76!”

“84!”

“197!”

“514!”

……

That last attack, [Twisted Strike], was really strong . The length of [Absolute Authority] was 1 . 9 seconds, and the combo itself was pretty original . I didn’t feel too much regret, getting killed by such a great combo .

After a sharp pain, I died and became a corpse . I respawned in soul form in a nearby graveyard .

I quickly opened my bag and checked my items . Ahh, I didn’t drop any of my equipment, but I dropped back down to level 31 . I also dropped a few batches of [Chilling Wind Pill] . Quite a shame, those were equal to shining white silver coins!

Still, the happiest people would be those Generals huh? Kill me once, and they get a bounty of 1000 gold . They made quite a big profit .

I clenched my fist, and muttered to myself . I couldn’t let this go . I needed to retaliate or else the Generals would think I was like a plate of food that they could trample over whenever they wanted .

I ran towards my corpse as I thought about the coming battle . Those 4 Generals were all attack classes, so they had no healer . So I needed to use more reasonable tactics; that would give me higher chances in succeeding . First, I needed to avoid the attacks of Li Mu and Wang Jian . Out of the four of them, those two were the deadliest . Wang Jian could easily dodge my [Wind Blade], and Li Mu had his strong combo .

Or maybe I should be kill Li Mu first, then face the others? If I focused hard, I might be able to dodge Wang Jian’s attacks . I also had [Heal] and health potions, so I shouldn’t die .

Yep, I would do that!

……

I returned to the [Desolate Cloud Swamp], and of course, Li Mu and the others were watching over my corpse, while chatting——

Li Mu said, “Actually, I feel a bit sorry for Xiao Yao Zai Zai . For 1000 gold coins, we grouped up to kill him . I feel like we’re giving the General Family a bad name…”

Wang Jian frowned, “Boss, when we are weak we have to bow our heads . For those 1000 gold coins, we do what we need to do . What else is there to say? After getting the gold coins, we’ll publicly apologize to him . Besides, Xiao Yao Zi Zai helped [Prague] kill us and steal the boss . Killing him is perfectly reasonable . ”

Lian Po held his bow, and said with a slight smile, “ Even with the four of us combined, he still killed two . Xiao Yao Zi Zai is very strong . Li Mu, do you think you can win in a 1v1?”

Li Mu muttered, “Without pets, I can win . With pets, I will lose . I heard that Xiao Yao’s pet is a Bee Overlord, 5 star in attack, with 97% excellency…”

Bai Qi took a deep breath, “Gah, that’s really OP……”

Bai Qi slapped his leg and said, “Well, we’ll kill Xiao Yao Zi Zai one more time and then scram . We shouldn’t stay in this area for too long…”

“Mm!”

……

I waited silently for a good 20 minutes . I didn’t want to rush and revive recklessly . I would make my move when they started to get twitchy . I needed to finish the job in a split second!

I looked at Li Mu, Bai Qi and the others . Their gray name status lasted for 30 minutes, and it was just about to end . I needed to start soon! I silently started countdown, preparing my counterattack after reviving——

“3!”

“2!”

“1!”

I revived, and it was time to take revenge!

Whoosh!

I revived right behind Li Mu, and I immediately drank a health potion to fill my HP up . I summoned Baby Bobo and pointed towards General Lian Po, telling Bobo to attack him . Finally, I dropped down and punched into the water heavily .

Clang!

Chains suddenly broke through the water’s surface, and bound tightly around Li Mu’s feet . For 2 . 1 seconds, he couldn’t attack or defend, and he was not even allowed to drink a health potion .

“Damn it!” Wang Jian reacted quickly, and his sword came flying over .

But, I was prepared for it . I spun around and positioned myself behind Li Mu . At the same time, a golden hexagram started to form on my sword as I combined the level 4 [Combo] and [Wind Blade] to attack him!

Li Mu widened his eyes, and muttered, “I’m done for…”

“228!”

“231!”

“229!”

“418!”

……

I struck 4 times, and Li Mu’s 900 or so HP drained completely as he slowly fell over . Shortly after, he exploded with health potions and a faintly glowing necklace!

I stretched out my hand, grabbed the necklace out of midair and stuffed it into my bag . I took my sword, crouched low, and dashed towards Wang Jian .

Wang Jian widened his eyes, shocked, “Damn, this guy… he’s a sword expert!”

Still, even while facing my attack, Wang Jian didn’t hesitate . He faced the edge of my blade with his chest and, with a whoosh, the Jade Sword cut into his shoulder . But Wang Jian grabbed onto my sword hilt, and with his other hand, his sharp blade started glowing with a golden hexagram, [Combo] + [Heavy Strike] combined!

“233!”

“301!”

“218!”

“+600!”

“357!”

Thankfully I pulled off a [Heal] in the middle of the combo or else I would have been killed right there . Directly behind me, Bai Qi bellowed . I could almost feel the flames from his axe burning my back!

I clenched my teeth and put power into my feet . I leaned down and kicked Wang Jian’s leg . His whole body lost balance, and rolled into the mud with me . That also allowed me to dodge Bai Qi’s attack, and as I continued retreating, I looked at the cooldown on [Heal] . There were 3 seconds left, hurry up and get off cooldown!

Whoosh!

“274!”

Lian Po’s arrow struck again, and I saw the end of my HP bar . Luckily, Bobo didn’t fail his mission and killed off General Lian Po with his combo . Meanwhile, Wang Jian and Bai Qi’s pets, one of them was a Killer Bee and the other was a Green Water Insect, continuously banged on my armor . My HP would drain in the blink of an eye at this rate!

Grief consumed me as I saw my HP plummet . I could only watch as Bai Qi’s battleaxe fell on me while one second was left on the cooldown of [Heal] . No, that won’t do . I must fight to the death . I countered Bai Qi’s [Fiery Axe] + [Heavy Strike] with my [Combo] + [Wind Blade] . Under the violent attacks, I felt a hot pain in my chest as my HP completely depleted . Simultaneously, the Jade City Sword sliced open Bai Qi’s chest . He died as well with blood spurting out!

“Die!”

Bai Qi looked at his own health as it disappeared . He was as sad and angry as I was, “How was he able to kill me too…?”

Wang Jian clenched his fist and stood off to the side with a heavy mood, staring at Bai Qi and I as we went into soul form .

……

Whoosh!

I returned to the graveyard again in my soul form, and checked my equipment first . Mm, Jade City Sword, Armor of the Earth, and the Helmet of Cruelness were still here . I only dropped a white tiered cloth leg protector . That was fine . Oh yeah, Li Mu dropped a necklace for me, let’s see what kind of gift he left me . I took the necklace out of the pack and looked . My mood instantly got better——

【Necklace of Bravery】（Bronze-Tier Equipment）

Strength: +21

Others: Equipper gains 50 HP

Level Requirement: 30

……

Very nice! Added 21 strength and 50 HP . They were just the stats I needed!