5: bandit leader

Xiao Xing looked at the wooden cabin not far away; the doors and windows of all three rooms were tightly shut.

At this moment, faint, sinister laughter still drifted out from the house, and a flicker of green light could be seen through the doors and windows.

After resting for a moment, he gripped his sword and walked toward the wooden cabin, his expression devoid of any ripples.

The quest scenarios in this Beginner Village were relatively simple, without much flashiness; the quest target should be inside.

In that case... Boom! Boom!

Just as Xiao Xing was about to reach out and open the middle door, the doors on both sides suddenly exploded.

Once the dust settled, two figures had appeared by his side, one on the left and one on the right.

Iai Slash!

With low growls, two streaks of light crossed each other, slashing through the spot where he had originally stood.

Xiao Xing dodged the opponent's attack, appearing at the side of one monster and plunging his sword into the back of its head.

-88 (Weak Point Attack)

By the time they turned around, his figure had already appeared ten meters away.

In that brief moment, he had clearly seen the two monsters.

Bandit Leader (Elite)

A Bandit Leader entrenched deep within Black Wind Mountain, specializing in robbing and killing those passing by the mountain. For some reason, he has transformed into a spectral Puppet, and his strength is very formidable.

Rank: 10

HP: 5500

MP: 2640

Attack Power: 156

Defense: 68

Skills: Air-Tread Step, Iai Slash, Overlord Saber Slash.

Air-Tread Step ★★: Instantly burst with five times speed, lasting for five seconds.

MP Consumption: 300

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Note: This skill's grade is two-star, with no growth potential.

Iai Slash ★★: Instantly increase speed by five times, performing a slash that deals five times your own attack damage to the target.

MP Consumption: 300

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Note: This skill's grade is two-star, with no growth potential. Execution requires coordination with another person; if successful, it deals damage to the target twice.

Overlord Saber Slash (3000/3600): Pour powerful strength into the battle saber, unleashing a six-meter-long Saber Qi that deals 300% attack damage to the target.

MP Consumption: 300

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Note: For every level this skill increases, attack power increases by 50%, MP consumption increases by 50, cooldown decreases by 5 seconds, and attack range increases by 1 meter.

Bandit Deputy Leader (Elite)

Rank: 10

HP: 5380

MP: 2240

Attack Power: 149

Defense: 66

Skills: Air-Tread Step, Iai Slash, Moon-Severing Slash.

Air-Tread Step (Two-Star): Instantly burst with five times speed, lasting for five seconds.

MP Consumption: 300

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Note: This skill's grade is two-star, with no growth potential.

Iai Slash (Two-Star): Instantly increase speed by five times, performing a slash that deals five times your own attack damage to the target.

MP Consumption: 300

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Note: This skill's grade is two-star, with no growth potential. Execution requires coordination with another person; if successful, it deals two segments of damage to the target.

Moon-Severing Slash (3000/3800): Pour powerful strength into the sharp sword, unleashing a 6-meter-long Sword Qi that deals 300% attack damage to the target.

MP Consumption: 300

Cooldown: 35 seconds

Note: For every level this skill increases, attack power increases by 100%, MP consumption increases by 50, cooldown decreases by 5 seconds, and attack range increases by 1 meter.

The Bandit Leader held a fine-steel greatsword, a faint red light constantly drifting from his eyes, and his entire body was a dark red color.

The Bandit Deputy Leader held a fine-steel longsword, green light flickering in his eyes, and his body was similarly dark green.

The same formula, the same flavor, only the appearance was different.

Two Rank 10 elite monsters were merely a bit stronger than ordinary monsters; with his current speed, even if the opponents activated their burst skills, he could still dodge them.

Moreover, his attack power was already enough to break through their defense.

Whoosh!

Xiao Xing dashed out directly, instantly engaging in battle with the two leaders.

Clang, clang, clang... the sound of metal clashing rang out continuously, producing bright sparks everywhere as they moved with extreme agility, as if several Martial Forest experts were dueling.

But from the damage values constantly popping up over the two leaders' heads, it could be seen that Xiao Xing had the upper hand.

After dozens of breaths, the two leaders had each lost over 2000 HP.

They seemed to have been driven to desperation, activating their acceleration skills simultaneously.

-31 (Weak Point Attack)

-26 (Weak Point Attack)

-33 (Weak Point Attack)

-35 (Weak Point Attack)

...Xiao Xing's attacks were precise and fast, crisp and neat, with no wasted movement in every sword strike.

Even though they had activated their acceleration skills, it still had little effect; their health just dropped slightly slower.

Iai Slash!

After the two pulled back a bit of distance, they growled simultaneously and slashed toward Xiao Xing.

Aurora Slash!

The moment the opponents backed away, Aurora Slash appeared, so the attack he unleashed was slightly faster than theirs.

With Xiao Xing's gaming experience, when they intended to retreat, he knew without thinking that the opponents were about to use skills, and even if they didn't, he would have used his.

Boom!

Three streaks of sword energy collided, the sound of the explosion echoing in this dim space, sounding somewhat deafening.

-1690

-1936

...-56

At the moment of the explosion, three damage values floated up simultaneously.

The first two damage values naturally belonged to the two leaders.

He had considered the outcome when he swung the sword energy, so he retreated as soon as the sword energy left his hand; combined with his preemptive attack, the sword energy exploded almost right in their faces.

The power generated by the explosion of the three attacks was immense, so much so that even Xiao Xing didn't dare to test it; thus, he retreated, only suffering some impact from the shockwave.

The realism in the Continent of Gods and Demons was extremely high; as long as the aim was accurate, it was normal for two skills to collide and cancel each other out.

This wasn't like games from the keyboard era where skills could pass through unconditionally; every unit was an obstacle, and one could not walk through a human body.

“Hmm? Not a one-shot kill?”

Seeing the two low-health leaders begin to use their final ultimate moves, Xiao Xing raised an eyebrow.

Due to his combat experience from his past life, he had roughly estimated the opponents' attack power and distance; the power generated by this explosion should have been enough to one-shot them, but reality was a bit of a slap in the face.

“Hmph, these two bastards definitely have health locks...!”

He let out a cold snort without blushing or his heart racing, his body already vanishing from the spot.

As a fellow cheater, why would I be afraid of you... Whoosh whoosh!

-29

-22

Two damage values appeared on their respective heads, and the attacks gathering in their hands also came to an abrupt halt.

To prevent them from using their skills, Xiao Xing directly used Aurora Step; with his speed, he could attack the opponents in an instant at such a distance.

System Notification: You have killed the Rank 10 Bandit Leader, gaining 2600 Experience Points!

System Notification: You have killed the Rank 10 Bandit Deputy Leader, gaining 2593 Experience Points!

After killing the two elite monsters, his experience bar increased significantly.

Now he was almost at Rank 9, and this was only a few hours after the game server had opened.

At this time in his past life, he had formed a rookie team and was dealing with crazed water buffaloes in the Rank 3 monster zone.

Because there were too many people leveling up in the early stages, the Rank 3 zone was still overcrowded, and they even got into a fight with another team while competing for the water buffaloes.

In this life, he was leading almost everyone, walking ahead of the crowd.

He remembered that the announcement for the first person to leave the Beginner Village in his past life was around 12:00 PM on the third day of the server opening; his name was “Third Young Master Wu.”

In the following years, his Rank consistently appeared on the top ten list of the Dragon Kingdom, all the way until the Late Stage of the game.

Moreover, his strength was extremely powerful, and the onlookers gave him the title of the Three Madmen.

The second person to leave the Beginner Village followed closely behind, named “Sweetie is Super Cute.”

These people at the forefront either obtained hidden classes or possessed superb techniques.

In this life, he believed he would not be inferior to anyone, because he was already too far ahead of everyone in all aspects.