Su Fan and the bandits stared at each other, an awkward silence filling the air for a moment.
The bandit glanced at his brother, who lay bleeding in a pool of blood beside Su Fan, then back at Su Fan.
Su Fan lowered his head and looked at the corpse at his feet.
"Believe me if I said it wasn't me?"
"Enemy attack!"
The bandit immediately let out a loud shout, alerting his companions inside.
Seizing the opportunity, Su Fan charged forward and attacked him.
Hearing their comrade's cry, the bandits inside the room were instantly on alert. The two who had been drinking rushed out first.
The three bandits resting on the beds groggily woke up, confused, and walked towards the door.
Su Fan, enduring the damage, quickly killed the bandit.
At this moment, the two bandits who had been drinking had just emerged. Seeing Su Fan kill their brother, they became enraged and attacked Su Fan with their weapons.
Facing two bandits, Su Fan was confident he could handle them. His speed attribute was very high, making it easier to dodge his opponents' attacks.
With this thought, Su Fan didn't run but chose to fight.
Su Fan first dodged a sword strike with a flash, then spun his long sword and attacked the opponent's neck.
Su Fan realized that this game world was a bit different from a real game. Attacking vital points, while not resulting in an instant kill like an assassination, could deal significantly more damage. Critical and fatal hits could increase damage by at least half.
-110!
A blood-red number appeared above the opponent's head. Su Fan's sword had directly depleted more than half of his health.
Su Fan's heart leaped with joy. While the opponent's long sword hadn't been fully retracted, he grabbed the hand holding the sword, preventing him from dodging, and plunged his own long sword into his heart.
Relying on his high defense, Su Fan completely ignored the attacks from the other bandit, enduring two hits.
-90!
The bandit's health dropped to zero, and Su Fan gained kill experience.
Su Fan flicked his hand, tossing the dead bandit aside, and moved towards the other.
The bandit slashed diagonally at Su Fan. Su Fan dodged the vital spot, his feet not stopping. He exchanged damage for an opportunity to get closer.
He used the same method as before, thrusting his sword into the opponent's heart.
-114!
Su Fan tripped the bandit, causing him to fall backward. Su Fan seized the moment, drew his long sword, and thrust it down into the fallen bandit's head.
-86!
Su Fan eliminated another bandit.
He had only lost twenty health points, with a hundred and six remaining.
Though it seemed like a long time, all this happened in the blink of an eye, taking no more than ten seconds.
By the time the three sleeping bandits emerged, two bodies already lay on the ground.
Su Fan smiled. He suddenly realized that his reckless fighting style, relying on high defense, was more efficient. By this logic, these three bandits were no match for him.
Without a word, the three bandits charged at Su Fan. Su Fan smiled slightly and went to meet them.
One minute later, only Su Fan stood in his place. All other bandits lay on the ground.
Su Fan checked his remaining health, forty points. Although only one more person had appeared, the difficulty had indeed increased exponentially.
After disengaging from combat, Su Fan quickly recovered to full health.
He checked the bodies, but none of them dropped any equipment.
"Huh?" Su Fan's gaze swept sideways, and he suddenly froze.
He saw a chest in the room.
This game did have treasure chests. Chests usually appeared in the wilderness, but encountering them depended entirely on luck. They appeared almost randomly, and the contents weren't always good, with a very low drop rate. In real games, no one would specifically search for treasure chests; they'd rather team up to kill bosses.
But here, Su Fan was surprised to see a chest. He couldn't find anyone to help him here.
Anything could appear in a treasure chest. The probability of obtaining medicine was the highest, at 50%. Next were white-grade items, at 30%. Blue-grade items had a 10% chance, items a 6% chance, common pets a 3% chance, and unidentified blue-grade items a 1% chance.
The most valuable item here was the unidentified blue-grade item. In "Martial Arts Hegemony," equipment above blue-grade wasn't directly dropped. The most valuable were unidentified blue-grade items.
To obtain divine equipment, one had to craft it themselves. Blue-grade items were also known as base equipment. All equipment relied on blue-grade items as a foundation, which were then enhanced.
For example, the pink-grade items Su Fan had crafted with pink crystals, as well as set items, attribute items, and red-grade items.
Unidentified blue-grade items were essential for acquiring top-tier base equipment. Only unidentified blue-grade items could be identified with three or more affixes. Otherwise, blue-grade items that dropped usually had at most two affixes.
Therefore, what this chest contained depended entirely on Su Fan's luck. This was the moment to see if he was an African or European player.
Su Fan's most desired items were, of course, the last two: pets and unidentified blue-grade items. At the very least, he hoped for a common blue-grade item. White-grade items, medicine, and items were things Su Fan didn't lack.
Su Fan rubbed his hands together.
"Hoo! Heaven bless, Earth bless, Virgin Mary, God bless!"
Su Fan blew on his hands and muttered as he opened the treasure chest.
A beam of light flashed from the chest, blinding Su Fan.
When the light disappeared, Su Fan opened his eyes again. A white object appeared in the chest.
"Jiguā!"
The white object stirred, suddenly raised its head, and let out a cry at Su Fan.
The little creature resembled a small bear, entirely white except for its four black paws, which looked like it was wearing gloves and socks. Its large eyes were very cute, somewhat like a panda.
"What in the world is this?" Su Fan knew it was a pet, but he had never seen one like it before.
[Iron-Eater Beast - Mutant]
Su Fan was startled. It was a mutant pet!
In the game "Martial Arts Hegemony," pets were divided into tiers. The lowest tier was "baby," very common pets, slightly stronger than wild monsters.
Above that were mutants, and then divine beasts. Divine beasts were the highest quality pets, but mutant pets weren't necessarily inferior to divine beasts. Some exceptionally talented mutant pets were even stronger than divine beasts.
Su Fan had struck gold! He was definitely a European player, not unlucky at all.
"I need to give you a name. Let's call you Little White."
Su Fan picked up the little creature from the chest.
Currently, Little White was only level one and had no combat power, but it did have a talent skill.
Iron Eater: Consuming equipment can improve its aptitude.
Su Fan was stunned when he saw this skill. This was a growth-type pet.
Looking at Little White again, Su Fan felt like he was looking at a treasure.
Little White's current aptitude seemed ordinary, but as long as it had enough equipment to eat, it could grow to have attributes surpassing those of a divine beast.
"Hahaha, I found a treasure!"