Chapter 1 Shadow Clone

Hui Buren Juan's shadow clones all disappeared when the time was up. The only thing that made him feel relieved was that the players who had been aggroed probably realized that these shadow clones weren't targeting them at all, and they stopped attacking him in the end. Otherwise, if they had kept chasing him endlessly, there would have been nowhere for his real body to escape!

Ninpō: Hyakuryū Zan.

Hui Buren Juan still wanted to try to break through, and he threw out another skill, several streams of water rushing towards Lord Grim, who was blocking his path. Of course, a straightforward skill like this wouldn't pose any threat to Ye Xiu, who easily dodged it with a simple movement. At the same time, Hui Buren Juan immediately made a reverse move and tossed a smoke bomb.

Hui Buren Juan's ninja awareness was pretty good. After using up his ninja tools in the Dark Dungeon, he immediately replenished them all after respawning.

Purple smoke billowed and spread out instantly. This was one of the things that made the smoke jade better than a Gunner's smoke grenade: it took effect extremely quickly. However, the range that the smoke jade could cover was much smaller than a smoke grenade. At this moment, Hui Buren Juan just wanted to use the smoke as a wall to temporarily hide his movements from Lord Grim.

Seeing the purple smoke, Hui Buren Juan immediately started to move, but suddenly heard a rumbling sound overhead. He raised his head and saw Lord Grim with a propeller spinning above him, using Mechanical Wings to hover directly above the purple smoke. Hui Buren Juan's sneaky movements on this side of the purple smoke were completely visible to the other party. At that moment, Hui Buren Juan felt like he was a complete idiot.

Lord Grim used Mechanical Wings for a dive, retracted the wings in mid-air, and unleashed a sword light. Just as Hui Buren Juan was about to dodge, he heard a bang, and an explosion actually occurred beneath his feet, a surge of air knocking him off balance. Hui Buren Juan looked down and saw only some remaining fragments on the ground, but he still recognized it as the Mechanic's skill, Mechanical Tracker.

How did he not notice it?

Hui Buren Juan was in tears because the little robot came out of the purple smoke! His smoke jade didn't conceal his own whereabouts, but instead concealed an ambush for the other party.

Because of the explosion, Hui Buren Juan adjusted his character's stance, and Lord Grim's Falling Light Blade failed to dodge and was directly knocked over. He immediately performed a recovery roll upon landing, but Lord Grim was already one step ahead, and a Falling Flower Palm struck him right on the head. With a bang, Hui Buren Juan was sent flying, and the teleportation gate quickly became distant in his view.

Can't beat him...

Hui Buren Juan was starting to feel discouraged. Even his own skills were being used by his opponent as cover for a sneak attack. This really made Hui Buren Juan feel a bit frustrated.

If you can't beat him, run!

Hui Buren Juan was quite talented at saving his own life. He made up his mind quickly. This time, after landing, he didn't even look at the teleportation gate and turned around to run.

Lord Grim, of course, strode to catch up. The appearance was comical, but the stats were real. Ye Xiu believed that this movement speed was enough to deal with Hui Buren Juan.

Moreover, after chasing for a while, Ye Xiu still felt that Hui Buren Juan's speed was a bit slow. Now wasn't the time for him to rush. There was no reason to hold back.

Ye Xiu was a little puzzled, but after staring at Hui Buren Juan, he suddenly felt that his equipment was a little strange. Then he suddenly remembered that Hui Buren Juan had also dropped two pieces of equipment when he died. Zhan Lou Lan had disdained them at the time, but they were indeed top-quality items among players. Those two pieces of equipment probably had movement speed bonuses as well. Now that they were gone, didn't Hui Buren Juan's movement speed drop a bit?

With this ebb and flow, Ye Xiu was even more relaxed. He didn't rush, chasing while taking potshots at Hui Buren Juan.

Hui Buren Juan wasn't running with any plan. He just knew that he couldn't get past the teleportation gate and was thinking of relying on his speed to shake off Lord Grim. He had been confident at first, but as he ran, the guy behind him was always following him not too closely, not too far, and would shoot him from time to time, which annoyed him to no end. Judging from the look of it, the other party was completely at ease. Was he playing with him?

Hui Buren Juan turned his head back in annoyance and glanced at Lord Grim's comical appearance. It was always so eye-catching. But at this moment, Hui Buren Juan instantly realized: this guy had changed his equipment!

His previous advantage in movement speed was probably gone!

Hui Buren Juan immediately understood this point. The other party was really chasing him leisurely and playing with him!

Since he couldn't get rid of him with speed, he had to hide. So Hui Buren Juan started to drill into alleys and climb walls again, using every place that could block his line of sight.

But it was useless.

Several minutes passed, and Lord Grim could still keep a close eye on him. Hui Buren Juan couldn't shake him off or get out of combat, but the guy hadn't caught up either.

"Could it be that his speed is actually just like this, just like mine, and I can't be caught?" Hui Buren Juan thought to himself.

"In that case, let's see who's more patient!" Hui Buren Juan didn't give up. He often waited for opportunities to scavenge, and he was very persevering.

What Hui Buren Juan didn't know was that there was another reason why Lord Grim hadn't caught up to him yet.

"Okay, Baozi and I have arrived," Ye Xiu received a message from Tang Rou.

"Oh, then I'll make my move." Ye Xiu replied with a message, and Lord Grim suddenly accelerated.

Hui Buren Juan was still thinking about competing in patience and perseverance when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him getting closer and closer.

Was it that guy?

Hui Buren Juan was startled and had to turn his head to take a look.

Sure enough! Lord Grim, who had been following not too closely, was now getting closer and closer.

At this moment, Hui Buren Juan had done his best to display all his skills, but it was useless. Lord Grim was approaching him in the gaps between his turns, constantly approaching.

Shurikens, shadow clones, caltrops...

None of these skills worked. They couldn't stop Lord Grim from getting closer and closer to him.

Hand seals!

Hui Buren Juan activated another ninja ultimate, Shadow Dance!

This time, as soon as the shadow clone appeared, Hui Buren Juan immediately controlled it to pounce towards Lord Grim. He wanted to take advantage of the chaos to find a character that Lord Grim wouldn't notice and sneak away. Hui Buren Juan had already seen the direction he was going, and ninjas had to be very good at using the terrain.

Shadow Dance descended.

Hui Buren Juan really liked to use this ultimate, and it was no wonder he could control it so well. But in front of Ye Xiu, this was still too inexperienced.

Those shadow clones that weren't controlled very carefully couldn't interfere with Ye Xiu at all. He easily blasted a few skills and knocked away the shadow clones that were attacking him. He scanned his surroundings again and saw the shadow clone that was secretly preparing to escape. Ye Xiu had already seen through Hui Buren Juan's intentions.

With a gunshot, the shadow clone that was secretly trying to escape was shot in the butt. Hui Buren Juan's mood fell to a low point. He knew that his methods had been seen through by the other party again.

Shadow Dance Heart immediately switched to another clone. Controlling the shadow clone, Hui Buren Juan looked for a direction that Lord Grim wouldn't notice. He found it!

Hui Buren Juan found an opening and quickly switched the Shadow Dance Heart to that side, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to run away. But this time, Lord Grim directly used a shadow clone to block him in front.

Was the opening that the other party revealed a trap, or was the other party's reaction and operation so fast that he didn't even care about his methods? Hui Buren Juan didn't know, but Lord Grim had already blocked him again. Run!

He quickly switched again, but the shadow clone behind him suddenly disappeared at that moment. The skill's duration was over!

Hui Buren Juan was so busy that he had forgotten to pay attention to such important things as skill duration. Such a low-level mistake shouldn't have happened to a master like him.

"What's the point of scavenging all day? Do you make a living off this?" Ye Xiu said. This was a rare face-to-face encounter between the two.

Hui Buren Juan drew back, wanting to run. But this time, Lord Grim had already stuck close to him. Would Ye Xiu give him such a chance? The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella shook and immediately attacked. This time, it was no longer an interception, but a life-and-death struggle. Hui Buren Juan was hit repeatedly, and his health continued to decline.

He was also struggling hard, trying hard to operate, not like before when he was surrounded and simply gave up by leaving the computer. But it was useless. Those techniques and operations that usually left other players unable to cope were all like child's play in front of this person, easily resolved.

"With such good skills, it's a pity to just scavenge! You should use your talents in more valuable places!" Ye Xiu said while beating him up. Hui Buren Juan was going crazy.

"The finals are being played these days. Do you know what that is?" Ye Xiu said, as Lord Grim's spear drew another string of blood from Hui Buren Juan's body.

"It's the most, most, most, most powerful players and characters in Glory fighting each other!" Ye Xiu continued.

"You don't know any of this? Do you think you're a recluse!" Lord Grim used a Throw and threw Hui Buren Juan against the wall.

"What does any of this have to do with me!" Although Hui Buren Juan was sliding down the wall headfirst, it didn't affect him speaking.

"I'm organizing a team. Do you want to join? There's a salary and free room and board!" While beating him up, he made such an invitation. This was completely like the bandits in Water Margin.

"What kind of nonsense is that?" Hui Buren Juan obviously didn't appreciate the bandit's heroism.

"You're still somewhat skilled. It's too bad to be a scavenger," Ye Xiu said.

"I never pick up garbage!" Hui Buren Juan said.

"Tch," Ye Xiu scoffed, "That's because you haven't seen the real deal."

"For example, have you ever seen a weapon like this in my hand?" Ye Xiu said.

"..." Of course Hui Buren Juan hadn't seen it. But it was a bit too much for Ye Xiu to use the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella as an example. No one in the entire Glory had ever seen this weapon.

"This is what you call a top-quality item. Pick one up and show me," Ye Xiu said.

"This is..."

Bang! Hui Buren Juan was knocked over again, but this time, he couldn't get up after falling to the ground.

"Oops..." Ye Xiu paused. "He died... I was too busy talking and didn't pay attention to his health. It looks like he wanted to say something?" Ye Xiu muttered.