Chapter 1 The Rapid Action

Xue Wuhen’s movements were extremely fast; everything happened in the blink of an eye.

He didn’t give Ziyan Liuyun any chance to cast spells.

Xue Wuhen knew something about Ziyan Liuyun, that her strength was extremely high. If he gave her a moment to breathe, the assassination might fail. That was why he spent so much time slowly approaching Ziyan Liuyun, using Shadow Step at its maximum range. This way, when Ziyan Liuyun’s instincts reacted, it would already be too late.

The dagger, engraved with black magic runes, easily tore through the air and landed on Ziyan Liuyun’s back.

Having succeeded with one strike, Xue Wuhen immediately used the Assassin’s highest damage skill, Shadow Kill, instead of Backstab. Backstab had an attack animation that would waste time, so he switched to Shadow Kill, which required no attack animation.

Instantly, Xue Wuhen transformed into a streak of black light that passed through Ziyan Liuyun.

Arriving in front of Ziyan Liuyun, Xue Wuhen did an aerial turn and used the strongest skill attached to his dagger, Flowing Light. The single-target damage was much higher than the Assassin’s Shadow Kill, and the speed was even faster. The entire process was completed in a flash.

“You!”

Xue Wuhen’s eyes widened in disbelief as he watched his dagger fail to pierce Ziyan Liuyun’s light golden robe. It was as if the light golden robe was made of divine iron, impervious to blades and spears.

“You’re really something. If I hadn’t used Juekong at the first moment, I probably would have become a dead man.” Ziyan Liuyun glanced at the dagger engraved with black magic runes. The black magic runes felt very familiar, like the magic runes found on the magical equipment she knew. The power of magical equipment was astonishing; if she had been hit, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Although surprised by the failed attack, Xue Wuhen immediately turned and sped away, with no intention of attacking again. He knew that he could no longer harm Ziyan Liuyun, and he didn't know how long Juekong would last. During that time, he would be a sitting duck, and the only thing he could do was to escape.

“You can’t escape!”

Ziyan Liuyun dared not give Xue Wuhen a chance. Juekong had a long cooldown. If Xue Wuhen escaped and came back for another attack, she wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Ziyan Liuyun waved her finger and directly used the Tier 1 skill, Star Guidance.

Instantly, an enormous gravitational pull grabbed Xue Wuhen, causing him to retreat continuously and move towards Ziyan Liuyun.

“What is this skill?” Xue Wuhen was seeing such a strange skill for the first time. It was as if his whole body was being pulled by silk threads, dragging him backward madly.

Forced to, Xue Wuhen used a skill to remove the restriction, releasing himself from Star Guidance.

“Holy Seal!”

Seeing that one attack had failed, Ziyan Liuyun used the Priest's mark skill, Holy Seal. A holy light appeared on Xue Wuhen’s head, preventing Xue Wuhen from stealthing or going invisible.

“Damn it, she even learned this kind of skill.” Xue Wuhen looked at the golden magic mark that appeared on his body and felt a little anxious. If he couldn’t go invisible, it would be too disadvantageous for him. It would be impossible to approach Ziyan Liuyun silently again. “I can only hide first and wait for the Holy Seal to disappear.”

Xue Wuhen hadn’t run a few steps when a black shadow rushed over.

“Don’t even think about leaving!” Jian Ying, wielding Hurricane Breath, used Charge and slashed at Xue Wuhen.

Xue Wuhen had already used his skill to remove restrictions, so he had to use Swift Wind Stance, using the one second of invincibility to block Jian Ying’s Charge. He turned to the side, and the dagger in his hand flipped, directly stabbing towards Jian Ying’s abdomen.

Kidney Shot!

As long as the skill stunned him for at least two or three seconds, it would be enough for Xue Wuhen to escape.

Jian Ying didn’t defend at all, using Whirlwind Slash, and Hurricane Breath landed on Xue Wuhen’s body. It was a completely trade-damage style of fighting.

Xue Wuhen had no choice but to retreat sharply, dodging Jian Ying’s Whirlwind Slash.

He was just an Assassin. How could ordinary weapon damage compare to a Berserker’s? Moreover, he was wearing leather armor, while the Berserker was wearing plate armor. Even if he had magical equipment in hand, the end result would be mutual damage. However, Ziyan Liuyun, the healer, was by Jian Ying’s side, so he wasn’t afraid of attrition. He attacked without any worries, but he was different. He was in the depths of the enemy’s camp, and there was no healer to heal him.

Having avoided Jian Ying’s move, Xue Wuhen no longer lingered and turned to flee.

A high-level Priest and a high-level Berserker, facing either of them alone after being revealed, he wouldn’t have much confidence, let alone facing both of them at once.

However, Jian Ying didn’t intend to let him leave easily and directly began to entangle him. A Crippling Strike plus Thunder Strike, the dual slow effects made it impossible for Xue Wuhen to outrun Jian Ying.

Seeing this, Xue Wuhen had no choice but to engage in close combat.

Bang!

Weapons collided, creating dazzling sparks.

Xue Wuhen couldn’t help but retreat three steps, looking solemnly at Jian Ying, who hadn’t retreated even half a step.

“How is his strength so great!” Xue Wuhen believed that his Strength stat wasn’t low, even higher than a normal Berserker’s. However, facing Jian Ying’s attack, he was completely suppressed. He knew that the magical equipment in his hand provided a certain boost to Strength. Even if his Strength stat was a little higher than his, it shouldn’t have caused him to retreat three steps in one go. His hand was still numb. “Zero Wing actually has so many top experts?”

At this moment, Ziyan Liuyun also finished chanting her incantation, and her jade finger pointed at Xue Wuhen.

Tier 1 magic, Black Coffin!

A pitch-black barrier instantly enveloped Xue Wuhen.

Xue Wuhen could only use Vanish. Vanish provided a brief period of invincibility, allowing him to forcibly stealth for three seconds, then enter stealth mode. Even with Holy Seal, he could forcibly stealth for three seconds, which was enough for him to escape far away.

“Vanish?” Jian Ying was also helpless about this.

Assassins were the most survivable of the twelve major classes. Unless someone possessed magic nullification abilities, it was difficult to kill a high-level Assassin.

After three seconds, Xue Wuhen had already moved far away from Jian Ying. Even the Charge skill couldn’t reach him at this distance. Assassins were agility-based classes, and their Agility growth was naturally extremely high. Their speed was naturally very fast, and their equipment had speed-boosting attributes. It was almost impossible to chase him down.

This was also why Xue Wuhen was able to escape after assassinating Xinghe Wangxi.

“What is this?” Xue Wuhen suddenly noticed that a black magic array had appeared under his feet.

Xue Wuhen wanted to break free, but this black magic array was like a black hole. No matter how Xue Wuhen struggled, he couldn’t escape the fate of being swallowed.

Instantly, Xue Wuhen was swallowed by the black magic array and disappeared from the spot.

When Xue Wuhen saw the light again, he was shocked.

“How is this possible!”

He had actually reappeared not far in front of Ziyan Liuyun, and all around him were magic light spheres and walls of light. Moreover, there was a Berserker, Jian Ying, making it impossible to leave the range of the light barrier.

“I told you that you can’t escape.” Ziyan Liuyun held a pitch-black key in her hand, looked at Xue Wuhen, and smiled faintly. “You have magical equipment; I have magical equipment too.”

In order to ensure that a big problem like Xue Wuhen was eliminated, Ziyan Liuyun used her ultimate trump card, Star’s Recollection, which was also the Star Enchanter’s main weapon. One of its skills was Spatial Imprisonment.

It locked onto a target and imprisoned the target within a designated space. There was no duration limit. To leave, one had to shatter the spatial barrier. The amount of damage the spatial barrier could absorb depended on the user’s magic power, or the user could release the spell. It was a skill with astonishing effects, but the cooldown was also very long, requiring two hours.

“I actually fell like this.” Xue Wuhen glanced at the magic light spheres in the sky and Jian Ying, who was eyeing him covetously, and couldn’t help but smile bitterly.