Xiafeng hopped on top of the trees. With his familiarity with the environment, he escaped into the forest and temporarily got rid of the assassins chasing after him.
However, he knew that those people would definitely catch up. The reason was simple. As mentioned before, players had limited skill slots. Most combat players only focused on one type of weapon skill. The rest of the skill slots were used to learn support skills. Among them, searching for enemies, eavesdropping, and concealment were the most common skills. For assassin players, they were even more necessary skills.
After the skill of searching for enemies reached a certain level, one could find footprints. That was why Xia Feng entered the forest and jumped onto a tree. This way, it would be difficult for assassins to find his tracks.
" I wonder how Celica is doing. Did she escape safely and meet up with Kirito and the others?”Xia Feng thought worriedly as he looked for a suitable tree trunk to jump over. Suddenly, he stopped on a tree trunk.
"There's no suitable landing point."
The surrounding trees were either too far away or too thin. Xia Feng had no choice but to jump down from the tree.
"By the time those assassins discovered the footprints here, I was already far away.”
As he thought about this, Xia Feng continued to move forward. Then, he found himself at a crossroad, a naturally formed one, or rather, a crossroad designed by the game designer.
"Let's just walk to the side. After shaking off those assassins, we'll use the transfer crystal.”
Because the teleportation crystal was not a fixed-point teleportation, but a random teleportation. If he did not go far, it would be a joke if he teleported to the Assassin's side.
Xia Feng randomly chose a direction and walked over. After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped. His face was full of seriousness. He felt that there was something wrong. Seeing the marks he left on the ground, Xia Feng suddenly came to a realization.
"Not good, Silika!"
He then realized that Cecilia did not know how to hide her tracks like he did. If the assassins could not find him, they might go after Cecilia. After all, if they found Cecilia, they might be able to find him. Even if Celica didn't contact him, they could still kidnap her to threaten him.
Xia Feng stood there in deep thought. His expression changed, and finally, a trace of fierceness appeared in his eyes.
"Looks like I can only bury all of you here.”
He wasn't daydreaming. He really planned to leave all those people here. Although he had just killed someone not long ago, he did not feel uncomfortable. These people were different from the dead players in the Strategy Group. These people were enemies. He had always adhered to the principle of " treating friends as warm as spring, and treating enemies as cold and ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves."
Looking at the trees around him and the crossroads behind him, Xia Feng had a plan in his mind.
According to what he was thinking, he walked along the path for some distance and left footprints. Then, he jumped onto a tree and returned to the crossroad from the tree. He landed carefully and walked in another direction. This cycle repeated until he left footprints at all three forks.
That's right, he wanted to split up the assassins. His strength was stronger than any single assassin. As long as he separated them, it was possible to defeat them one by one. No matter how bad it was, he could easily escape. He wouldn't be surrounded by ten people like he was at the beginning, and he thought that he would definitely die.
After leaving his footprints at the last fork, he did not go back. Instead, he hid in a nearby tree. The huge tree crown and dense leaves concealed his figure, making it suitable for ambushing the enemy.
Xia Feng sheathed his sword and put it on his waist. Then, he took out a long spear from his backpack.
"The Long/Gunner's Final Stake skill has a high bonus damage and a high chance of a critical hit. In addition to the damage from this rare long/spear and my own strength conversion damage, as long as a critical hit occurs, there's a high chance of killing one in an instant. After all, Assassins are generally fragile.”
With that in mind, Xia Feng tightened his grip on the spear in his hand. He then closed his eyes, retracted his body, slowed down his breathing, and quietly waited for his prey to take the bait.
Silence, silence, both body and mind calmed down. Xia Feng's aura became weaker and weaker, and in the end, he almost couldn't feel his own existence, as if he had become one with the environment. In contrast, Xia Feng's perception was becoming sharper and sharper. He could feel his own calm heartbeat, the swaying of the leaves around him, and the sound of the soil being stepped on.
He was here!
Xia Feng opened his eyes without any hesitation. He could hear three people approaching. The footsteps were very light. Ordinary people would not walk like this. They were definitely assassins.
It was exactly what Xia Feng wanted. Those people had indeed split into three groups.
Xia Feng slowly opened his body and prepared to bet everything. He slowly moved the tip of his spear and aimed it in the direction of the footsteps. He threw the spear, and it instantly pierced through the tree crown. Without waiting for the spear to finish, Xia Feng shot out. The moment he broke out of the crown, Xia Feng saw clearly that the three masked men on the ground were assassins.
When the three people on the ground heard the sound, they immediately looked up and saw a phantom shooting towards them. Immediately after, another figure darted out. Before they could react, one of them was shot through by the phantom, and his HP bar instantly turned red.
"It's Xia Feng!"
The other two were shocked and immediately raised their swords. Then, they realized that Xia Feng had disappeared in the air, and they were stunned.
A flash!
Xia Feng stood behind the three of them and sheathed his sword.
Xiafeng was now level 50. The reason why he emphasized this point was because the Strategy Group was currently exploring the 30th checkpoint. The average level of the Strategy Group was 40, and Xia Feng was 10 levels higher than the average level of the Strategy Group. This was all thanks to Kirito. If not for the leveling method he provided, Natsuya would not have been able to maintain such a high level. Although Xia Feng's level was not the highest among the players, he was definitely in the top ten. He was definitely higher than these Assassins.
One of the benefits of having a high level was that it had a higher resistance to hard attacks. The Stun duration that Flash dealt to the enemy was the same as his own, but because of the level advantage, although it was only a little, Xiafeng did recover first.
Without hesitation, Xia Feng turned around and slashed out with his sword. At this moment, the two assassins were about to turn around. As for the other Assassin, he was the one who had been shot through by Final Stake. His last HP had been taken away by Flash, and he had turned into pieces and disappeared.
The scabbard combination attack was a basic skill of the scabbard style. It used the sword and the scabbard to attack in succession. He used this move to stun the Assassin on the right for a short time, then kicked the Assassin on the left away.
Body-type skill, Kick.
"Die!" Xia Feng's wild aura overflowed, and his sword and scabbard slashed at the last assassin in front of him like a storm. The other party's short sword was in a tight spot, but how could he withstand it? His health dropped rapidly. Seeing this, the assassin was shocked and shouted for help.
He watched as the other Assassin stood up from the ground and activated his Dash skill. Xia Feng's expression did not change. He only raised his sword sheath in the direction of the opponent's attack and blocked it. The sword in his right hand continued to attack, vowing to kill the Severed Blood Assassin here and now. The Severed Blood Assassin knew that he was in a life-and-death situation, so he did not dare to retreat. No matter how fast he retreated, he would not be as fast as his opponent. Thus, he became ruthless. With a short sword, he relied on the advantage of attack speed to attack Xia Feng. The sound of metal clashing seemed to indicate the death of someone.
"As long as I hold on a little longer and wait for my partner to come, I will be safe.”This was what the Severed Blood Assassin thought. At this moment, he realized that Xia Feng's sword had a flaw, and his chest was wide open.
"Looks like he's only this strong without any special skills.”The Severed Blood Assassin thought. He thought that Xia Feng's strength had been greatly reduced after using the scabbard to defend against his companion, which was why there was a flaw in his attack.
"Now is the time. As long as we can stun him, his companions will rush over and he will be dead for sure.”The Severed Blood Assassin thought so. His dagger stabbed towards Xia Feng's heart like a poisonous snake, and then…he died.
The Severed Blood Assassin stared in disbelief at the longsword that was coming from the side. It was only at this moment that he realized that Xia Feng had deliberately exposed his weakness to exchange his life for his injury. However, he did not understand why Xia Feng would do this. One had to know that this exchange of injuries for a life, Xia Feng was stunned, and when the Assassin companions rushed over, he had no strength to resist.
In the blink of an eye, the other assassin had arrived beside Xia Feng. However, the last assassin felt that everything was so long. He even hoped that the next moment would never come. Because he discovered that Xia Feng's scabbard was actually blocking the direction of his sword.
What kind of terrifying vision and judgment was this? He actually saw the rapidly advancing sword in an instant and blocked his own sword with the three-finger-wide scabbard.
The sound of scabbards clashing rang out, like the death knell of the last assassin. As expected, his advance was successfully blocked by Xia Feng's scabbard. Although Xia Feng was still in a state of stun, he was also in a state of stun after the skill was released.
The three of them were not a match for Xia Feng alone, let alone now that he was the only one left. After recovering from his stun, the assassin turned around and tried to escape. In this aspect, he was not as good as the assassin who had just been killed by Xia Feng. At least the assassin knew that it was too late to turn around and escape.
When Xia Feng recovered, the other party hadn't even taken two steps. Xia Feng immediately chased after him and killed the other party who had lost his will to fight like chopping melons and vegetables.
Xia Feng let out a long breath, sheathed his sword, and stood there. Xia Feng's cold voice drifted with the wind as he looked at the peaceful forest.
"There are six more."
······
Mysterious Code: 4 Sixty Eight Eight Nine One Five Sixty
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]