Chapter 1 The Spearhead

Being pointed at by the floating sword qi, dodging Lord Grim's attacks was simply an impossible task. A "boom" rang in his ears, the force of the qi lifting the rainwater into a layer of spray, so real it felt like it was about to splash out of the screen and hit his face.

Sword Qi Guidance was blown away. He quickly adjusted his perspective, preparing to perform a ukemi to land safely. But as his view shifted, he was horrified to discover a small monster in the direction he was flying.

Sword Qi Guidance was overjoyed! If he bumped into this little monster, it would immediately be judged as Lord Grim's attack, and the monster would naturally retaliate. This would greatly increase his chances of escape! Truly, heaven was helping him.

Sword Qi Guidance was happily dreaming when his character instantly flew in front of the little monster.

The result... the result was that he brushed past, the two nearly touching, missing by just a hair.

"Damn!" Sword Qi Guidance was disappointed. He hadn't even prepared for a ukemi to hit this, never imagining he wouldn't make contact. He quickly looked for a direction to perform the ukemi, and fortunately, with his skilled operation, he completed it beautifully in that short time.

His character rolled to his feet, only to see a cold light already smeared before his eyes.

Coming so fast!

Sword Qi Guidance was startled, but the next second he saw clearly that it wasn't Lord Grim who had come, but the little monster pouncing at him.

Sword Qi Guidance froze, then felt like crying.

His flight hadn't hit the monster, so the monster naturally wouldn't have any aggro toward Lord Grim. But himself! This flight had landed him in the monster's aggro range. Now he was being targeted by the savage residents of the City of Sin.

Sword Qi Guidance scrambled to his feet and immediately rolled on the spot, dodging the knife.

With his skill, dealing with such a small monster was easy, but what about Lord Grim over there? Sword Qi Guidance glanced over and saw that Lord Grim was already rushing over quickly. His fantasy of the monster缠住纏住 (chanzhu - entangling) Lord Grim to make it easier for him to escape hadn't happened. Instead, he was缠住 (chanzhu - entangled) by the monster, giving Lord Grim the opportunity to chase him down.

Having to deal with the monster and dodge Lord Grim, Sword Qi Guidance was even more flustered. Before Lord Grim even got close, he raised his weapon and fired another shot. This shot was fired with such concealment that Sword Qi Guidance couldn't tell what kind of attack it was. If it was just a normal shot, he would grit his teeth and take it to run. But if it was one of the strange bullets from an artillery expert, taking a hit and getting a status effect would be too much to bear.

Sword Qi Guidance dared not not dodge, but the bullet was so fast that he had no time to think. He changed direction in a panic to avoid the shot and heard someone "hehe" laugh behind him.

Someone was laughing?

Sword Qi Guidance was still trying to confirm when he saw a figure flicker in the corner of his vision. He quickly turned to look, and a resident of the City of Sin, who had been squatting in the corner of the wall, stood up and ran towards him.

Damn it!

Sword Qi Guidance spat out blood. He had been careless and stepped into the aggro range of another small monster, attracting another thug.

Sword Qi Guidance quickly turned to try to dodge early, but after a few steps, he heard footsteps approaching. He weaved back and forth, but Lord Grim had already arrived in front of him.

If he didn't fight, he'd still have to create some obstacles.

Sword Qi Guidance gritted his teeth and counted one, two, three, then suddenly turned around and performed a Draw Sword Slash!

"Fuck!!!"

Sword Qi Guidance cursed directly.

Behind him, Lord Grim jumped high, the sword light of the Draw Sword Slash passing under his feet. Behind him, two more small monsters, drawn from who knows where, were hit by his Draw Sword Slash.

The two monsters had been staring at Lord Grim, but after taking this hit, their gazes immediately turned to Sword Qi Guidance, and they charged at him with their knives.

Four of them!

Having reached this point, Sword Qi Guidance knew what was happening. Not hitting the monster, accidentally stepping into the monster's aggro range, Lord Grim bringing two monsters behind him, these were not coincidences, these were intentionally set up by the other party. This was naked revenge, adding the methods he used against Soft Mist back onto him. However, the other person's methods were more sophisticated, not just cheating. Blowing him away to attack the monster's aggro range, even this had some technical content.

Sword Qi Guidance's forehead was already sweating. He could barely handle four, but what about Lord Grim? He glanced over and found that Lord Grim didn't seem to be in a hurry to force him.

Was this guy trying to attract more monsters? Sword Qi Guidance immediately had this thought and began to pay attention to his surroundings. This was a leveling area, and how could there not be enough monsters for players to level up? There were resident monsters every few steps on the street. Sword Qi Guidance glanced around and felt that these could all become his opponents.

Be careful, be careful!

Sword Qi Guidance tried to observe his surroundings and Lord Grim's actions, but Lord Grim didn't seem too interested in the surrounding monsters. He didn't take the initiative to attract them. For a moment, Sword Qi Guidance couldn't figure out what the other party was planning. What exactly did this Ye Qiu want to do?

Sword Qi Guidance looked at one end of the street, where several of his brothers were coming to meet him. Frankly, with just these few people, Sword Qi Guidance didn't expect to be able to be Ye Qiu's opponent. He just thought that having more people would create more chaos, and he would have a better chance of escaping.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly saw a figure flash on the roof over there. The artillery expert, who had been blown down by Su Mucheng's attack earlier, had finally climbed back up secretly. He glanced at the situation on the street and went to support Sword Qi Guidance.

Holding a grenade, he rushed over a few steps and quietly threw it from the roof behind Lord Grim.

Sword Qi Guidance's heart was in his throat. Lord Grim didn't seem to know at all. If this grenade exploded and slowed him down, he would have a better chance of escaping!

The grenade flew down in an arc. As long as it touched the ground, it would cause a wide-range explosion. But at this moment, Lord Grim suddenly turned around and swung his sword at almost the same time. With a flash of sword light, the grenade was hit in mid-air and exploded into a ball of fire.

Sword Qi Guidance felt regret, but then he saw the sword light disappear, and Lord Grim raised his weapon again, flames erupting from the muzzle.

The artillery expert on the roof didn't react at all and was still loading ammunition to attack. Sword Qi Guidance wanted to remind him, but it was too late. Lord Grim fired an anti-tank gun. The artillery expert noticed it, but it was too late to dodge. The explosion of qi lifted him up again and sent him flying to the side of the street.

Sword Qi Guidance was a little stunned. He knew that everything that had happened in that instant contained a high level of skill.

Lord Grim had split the grenade in mid-air with a sword. There were not many people who could guarantee a high success rate with such micro-control. The anti-tank gun that followed used the light and sound of the grenade explosion as cover. So Sword Qi Guidance could see clearly, but the artillery expert was completely unaware. As far as the artillery expert was concerned, Lord Grim's shooting was completely obscured by the explosion of the grenade. By the time the flying shell appeared, it was too late for him to dodge.

It was not easy to make use of such a small detail.

Clearly grasping the opponent's position and field of vision, fully understanding the effect of the grenade explosion, and having the extremely fast hand speed to ensure the operation of the anti-tank gun during the explosion...

Sword Qi Guidance once again resolutely turned his head and ran. The more knowledgeable he was, the more he realized how terrifying this was. Sword Qi Guidance realized it, so he no longer hoped that anyone could stop Lord Grim. Whether he could escape depended on his luck!

Sword Qi Guidance no longer turned his head to look behind him. He ran, just ran forward. He didn't care what was behind him, he didn't want to know how close Lord Grim was, or if he had attracted more monsters. He just wanted to run. Only by running straight ahead might he have a chance to escape.

Gunshot!

Sword Qi Guidance didn't look back, just changed direction slightly. Whether he could dodge it depended on fate!

Another gunshot!

Sword Qi Guidance twisted his body, but still didn't look back.

The gun kept firing, and Sword Qi Guidance was running while swaying left and right. His health didn't decrease, and he wasn't hit. Hope was kindled in Sword Qi Guidance's heart again. Was he unleashing some kind of potential at this critical moment? Was he dodging so brilliantly and skillfully?

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Amidst the constant gunshots, Sword Qi Guidance felt like he was running as freely as if he were using Lingbo Weibu.

Bang!

Another shot passed, and Sword Qi Guidance twisted again, his health still intact.

Awesome! Sword Qi Guidance praised in his heart, and then, in the corner of his vision, he caught sight of something keeping pace with him.

No matter what, just run!

Sword Qi Guidance didn't want to waste any time. Then there was another gunshot, and in the corner of his vision, a cluster of fire seemed to flash out.

A completely clear figure appeared in Sword Qi Guidance's screen's field of vision. It was Lord Grim, facing him, but walking backwards all the way because he was using Flying Gun.

Sword Qi Guidance cried.

Could it be that the other person was using the technique of Flying Gun to constantly chase him? He was listening to the sound to identify the position and twisting around, he must have looked like a lunatic, right?

"You twist pretty well." Sword Qi Guidance soon heard someone praise him.

He was ready to draw his sword. No matter who his opponent was, no matter how terrible, he didn't want to be captured without resistance. He always had to fight desperately, that would be more like a man.

Sword Qi Guidance stared at Lord Grim, who had already appeared in his field of vision.

Bang!

Another burst of fire erupted.

Sword Qi Guidance was already conditioned to react. Hearing this sound, he couldn't help but twist...

But this shot still wasn't aimed at him.

"You're addicted." The other person laughed again. Sword Qi Guidance was ashamed and angry. He drew his sword and finally took the initiative to attack Lord Grim. What if he was a god? Killing him would only drop 10% of his experience. He would go all out today.

"Fight!" Sword Qi Guidance shouted loudly.

As a result, this sword was avoided by Lord Grim lightly and skillfully.

"You got the opponent's location wrong. You're too much of a failure." Ye Xiu laughed.

Sword Qi Guidance was shocked. He had been too focused on listening to the gunshots just now, and now he suddenly realized that a very fast rhythm of footsteps had appeared very clearly beside him...

"This is?" Sword Qi Guidance quickly turned his gaze behind him.

A red light had already flashed in front of him, and he saw the ID above the other person's head: Soft Mist.