Chapter 140: Finally Here
She tilted her head up slightly and saw the edge of the greatsword swinging towards her face.
Bailu, with her triple-speed buff, retreated and dodged the attack. The greatsword heavily cleaved the ground, sending gravel splashing outwards. The debris hit Bailu, dealing minor damage. She raised her staff and cast Stiffening Spell, but unexpectedly, although the magic hit the target, it had no effect.
At least, that’s how it appeared.
The attack missed, but Bai Xingyishi’s expression remained unchanged. He hadn’t intended to win through a sneak attack, otherwise, he wouldn’t have spoken before attacking.
He pulled the greatsword out of the ground and said coldly, “How much Mana do you have left to squander?”
This was a tricky enemy, more challenging than most players Bailu had encountered before. She glanced at her status: Mana: 17/100.
“Enough to finish you off,” Bailu said, bracing herself, even though her remaining Mana wasn’t ideal, or rather, pitifully low.
But as soon as she finished speaking, several more players appeared from the surroundings. They had jumped from the rooftop just like Bai Xingyishi. Before this, they had cleared out all nearby players and NPCs.
Bailu noticed that their positioning was very strategic, spread out around the player with the greatsword and poker face, but not too far apart, allowing them to support their teammates at any time.
Based on this positioning alone, Bailu realized these were not casual players.
“You guys just watch. Her head is mine.”
Bai Xingyao was slightly taken aback. Just as he was about to try and persuade their Guild Leader, he noticed Bai Xingyishi’s eyes filled with fighting spirit. Clearly, his competitive nature as a professional player had been ignited. In this situation, Bai Xingyishi was clearly impervious to persuasion. He pondered for a moment, realizing that all the top players from their Guild were here, and there was no way she could escape.
So, he decided to let Bai Xingyishi have his fun. Of course, just in case, he still instructed the other members to act immediately if the situation took a turn for the worse.
Seeing this, Bailu didn’t feel angry about being underestimated. Instead, she felt relieved.
A one-on-one fight? Who’s afraid of who?
Almost instantly, she swung her staff and struck Bai Xingyishi with a whip.
After all, Bai Xingyishi was a former professional player, his reaction time was a step faster than ordinary people. He dodged the whip with a slight sidestep, then held his sword with one hand, flashed forward, and appeared in front of Bailu, slashing down with a vertical strike.
So fast!
The opponent’s speed was a half-step faster than Bailu, even with the Swiftness buff. In the blink of an eye, she had fallen within his attack range. There was no time to consider his class and abilities. Casting at this distance was definitely too late, and her Moment of Clarity was still on cooldown. Bailu simply crossed her staff with both hands to block the downward strike.
If the opponent had been using both hands, Bailu would definitely not have tried to tank it. The weight of such a weapon, just holding it with one hand would be strenuous enough, let alone swinging it with one hand to deal damage.
The sword blade collided with the seemingly frail wooden staff. Bailu slid slightly, deflecting the staff diagonally. The greatsword and its attack were instantly deflected to the side. Having neutralized the attack, Bailu freed up a hand and punched forward with a straight jab.
Taste the mage’s iron fist!
Bai Xingyishi showed no contempt. He dodged the attack with a footwork adjustment, moving to Bailu’s side, and then held his sword with both hands to activate his skill, Warrior’s Fury.
This skill allowed the user to consecutively slash their weapon twice in a very short period. If using heavy weapons like a dual-headed axe or greatsword, only one strike could be made, but that strike would definitely be a critical hit, with a high probability of causing a crippling effect.
It was no exaggeration to say that as long as this sword strike landed on Bailu, even with the magic shield and Body Reinforcement buffs, her health bar would immediately drop to critical levels.
Bai Xingyishi swung his weapon, the blade drawing a pale arc in the darkness. However, as soon as he raised his greatsword, he froze, or rather, he couldn’t move.
This was the effect of a Tier 2 magic spell, Psychic Tremor. Anyone directly hit by this spell would fall into a trance for 5 to 20 seconds and suffer some mental damage. If their mental strength was too fragile, they would very likely become a vegetable or have their head explode on the spot.
Bailu naturally didn’t expect this magic to directly blow off his head. She leaped agilely and kicked him in the chest, actually sending him flying four to five meters away. Bailu also used the recoil force to jump onto the not-so-high rooftop.
“She’s trying to escape! Stop her!”
Escape? She had no such intention.
Bailu first took out a Mist Scroll from her pocket and used it below, then seized the opportunity to begin casting.
Her casting speed was very fast, and the magic was almost complete in about two to three seconds. Aether in the void condensed at the tip of her magic staff, generating fluctuations that even dispersed the rain and mist around Bailu.
Whether she could win depended on this move!
An almost perfect transparent sphere appeared at the tip of her magic staff like a soap bubble and instantly expanded to a certain size. Bailu watched the transparent bubble with excitement, envisioning this unknown magic instantly killing all the people below, but her smile quickly froze – the transparent sphere did not attack, nor did it produce any effect that could be considered useful.
It just vibrated in the air like a headless fly for a while, then completely stopped, floating motionlessly.
The magic did not find a target.
The experienced magic apprentice, Bailu, immediately realized this. Clearly, this was a defensive or auxiliary spell. She faced these people with an antagonistic mindset, so this magic would naturally not affect them.
As for why she would cast a defensive or auxiliary magic… it was because the spell Bailu used was the Tier 2 “Magic Burst.”
This spell, which consumed 5 Mana and had a 5-second cast time, could randomly transform into a Tier 2 or lower-level spell upon release. If it transformed into a spell below Tier 2, it would refund a portion (25%) of the consumed Mana, and the spell effect would be enhanced by 50%.
In summary, although this was a Tier 2 spell, its effectiveness was full of drawbacks. The reason Bailu learned this spell at level ten was simply because she had no other spells to learn.
After all, her magic teacher was nowhere to be found.
Bailu was lost in thought about her spell, but her opponents did not hesitate at all.
Bai Xingyishi lunged out of the mist with his greatsword, slashing at Bailu. The blade tore a huge gash in the rooftop. If Bailu hadn’t dodged in time, this attack would have killed her.
Looking at her meager remaining Mana, Bailu debated whether to surrender or make a run for it… What was there to debate? She turned around, intending to bolt.
But Bai Xingyishi saw through her intention at a glance, snorted coldly, and injected Mana into his greatsword, activating the enchantment on it.
The moment Bailu took a step forward, her feet suddenly felt weak… It wasn’t her legs that were weak, but the rooftop was shattering layer by layer due to an unknown force.
Accompanied by flying dust and debris, Bailu’s figure crashed directly from the rooftop into the interior. Fortunately, the house was only one story high, about five meters, and she wasn’t seriously injured.
Enduring the pain all over her body, she got up with difficulty, observing her surroundings for an escape route.
This seemed to be some kind of warehouse, filled with dusty or moldy miscellaneous items. In a corner sat a middle-aged man, looking at her in surprise. Judging by the bloodstains on his clothes, he probably wasn’t the warehouse guard.
Bai Xingyishi also jumped down from the rooftop, pointing his greatsword at Bailu, and said somewhat boredly, “Forget it, this isn’t fun anymore. I’ll send you on your way.”
Just then, a dark figure descended from the sky, attacking Bai Xingyishi with a dazzling arc.
The tiny short sword collided with the wide greatblade, and it was the latter that was at a disadvantage.
Bai Xingyishi was caught off guard by the sneak attack and could only use a skill to dodge, lest the arc splashing from the short sword sever his neck.
“How pathetic.”
A familiar voice sounded, and Bailu was so moved that tears almost streamed down her face.
Finally!
