That lithe figure, in a flash, caught sight of the master of the sinister twin blades, Dong Xu, walking along the corner of the wall.

"Old Master Liu Jianfeng, cooperate with me to take care of Dong Xu first." Lian Shuang moved like the wind, leaping off the roof and rushing towards Dong Xu.

Dong Xu stood still, his hands empty. He had already sheathed his twin blades, and simply watched Lian Shuang charge towards him.

The corners of Lian Shuang's lips curled into a cold smile as she flickered, constantly changing direction, like a nimble cat, pouncing on Dong Xu in a few blinks.

"Shu shu shu." Dong Xu flicked his hand, sending out three streaks of light. Two missed their mark, but Lian Shuang deflected the third with her Miao blade.

"I knew you had hidden weapons." Lian Shuang parried the hidden flying knife and was already in front of Dong Xu, gripping her Miao blade with both hands and hacking down!

Dong Xu instantly gripped a blade in each hand and charged forward.

Clang clang clang!!!

The Miao blade danced, ferociously. It was over a meter and a half long, and when Lian Shuang wielded it, it seemed like a silver serpent was circling her! A touch meant a broken arm or leg. However, Master Dong Xu, coordinating his twin blades, blocked every attack, not letting a drop through, while trying to get closer.

Lian Shuang wanted to maintain a distance of about two meters, which was more suitable for her Miao blade. Master Dong Xu, on the other hand, wanted to close the gap.

The two exchanged steps, clashing, the light of their blades dancing.

Elsewhere, Old Master Liu Jianfeng was rapidly approaching, only two alleys away, less than a hundred meters in a straight line.

And about two hundred meters away, Sharpshooter Wang Yi, moving only a few steps on the roof of a restaurant, already saw the fight in the alley.

She sensed the drifting drizzle, felt the gentle breeze.

She hid her body behind the roof's cover, only a pair of eyes slightly revealed, watching the distant clash, calculating Lian Shuang's movements, slowly drawing her bow to its full extent, the arrow already on the string.

Suddenly—

She instantly straightened up, and an arrow shot out!

Where the arrow passed, it formed a high-pressure wave of air!

"Clang clang clang." Dong Xu frantically pressed closer, while Lian Shuang constantly retreated to maintain distance, her Miao blade slashing out again and again, threatening Dong Xu.

"Hmm?"

Lian Shuang suddenly sensed something was wrong, and turned her head.

She saw a blurry shadow coming from a dozen meters away! Lian Shuang moved instinctively. Her movements were fast and agile, but that blurry shadow was terrifyingly fast!

"Boom!" Even though she barely moved, the blurry shadow still pierced her left chest, followed by the shadow slamming into the stone-slab ground in the distance, blasting a deep pit. Splinters of an arrow shaft within the pit confirmed that it had been an arrow!

Lian Shuang looked up at the distance, vaguely seeing a woman holding a bow and arrow, looking in this direction from the rooftop, then disappearing.

"It's her, Sharpshooter Wang Yi!"

Lian Shuang understood, and her figure turned into nothingness, disappearing into the small town!

Swordswoman Lian Shuang was the first to be killed! She died from an arrow shot by Sharpshooter Wang Yi!

...

Summer Country official livestream.

Host Liu Xin gently waved his hand, replaying the process of the arrow kill from a high-altitude position in the combat space.

The arrow tore through the air, the air parting like water, the drizzle pierced by the arrow, the speed of the arrow terrifying! Compared to the arrow’s speed, Lian Shuang and Master Dong Xu’s fight seemed incredibly slow.

When the arrow was a dozen meters away from Lian Shuang, she finally sensed it and slowly looked up to see it.

But it was too late!

At that speed, the arrow traveled over a dozen meters, piercing Lian Shuang's left chest, killing her.

Afterward, the arrow embedded itself in the stone slabs in the distance, breaking the slabs, blasting a deep pit, the shaft shattering! The arrowhead was buried deep in the dirt.

That arrow was beautiful, and terrifying!

"That arrow was too beautiful!" Qin Yiwen pointed excitedly, "According to the data, that arrow's highest speed reached 432 meters per second, a supersonic arrow. But from the restaurant to the battle location is about two hundred meters. The arrow still had to fly for about half a second. Half a second... Lian Shuang was constantly moving! It was drizzling, and there was a breeze! Wang Yi completely calculated the weather's impact, even calculated where Lian Shuang would move in the next half second, and only released the arrow when she was certain."

"Once the arrow was released, it was too late for Lian Shuang to see it," Qin Yiwen exclaimed.

"From the time she saw it, to the arrow hitting her, the time was too short, even more terrifying than Senior Liu Jianfeng's assassination. Lian Shuang was already reacting very quickly by moving a bit," Huang Yong shook his head. "There's an old saying, 'It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow.' The hardest to guard against is a hidden arrow... If it was an arrow in the open, two hundred meters, 0.5 seconds, Lian Shuang and the other god-level experts would have had plenty of time to dodge. She could even dodge it if she discovered the arrow at 50 meters! But only a dozen meters, too close."

"The difficulty of guarding against a hidden arrow lies in the fact that by the time you see it, your body doesn't have time to dodge," Qin Yiwen nodded. "In ancient times, many famous generals died from hidden arrows and cold arrows. Very few were shot to death by arrows in the open."

"This arrow's success is due to Wang Yi's marksmanship on one hand. And on the other hand, it's because Lian Shuang was wearing weak, soft leather armor, weighing only three to five kilograms. If she had changed into lightweight body armor weighing fifty kilograms, or heavy body armor weighing two hundred kilograms, it would have been impossible to shoot through the armor and kill her with one arrow."

"Lightweight body armor can defend against arrows and sword slashes. Heavy armor not only defends against arrows and swords, but also against the chopping of large axes and the furious stabs of long spears. Maybe only heavy weapons would be useful," Huang Yong laughed. "Of course, in the game, all players have a common weak point—the head."

Qin Yiwen also said, "For a sharpshooter, it's also very difficult to shoot the head while moving at high speed."

...

The livestream was commentating.

In the small town, the god-level battle was becoming even more intense.

Swish swish swish.

Almighty God Gao Chong, Blood Axe King Qiao, and War Goddess Sun Yuting were advancing together.

"Lian Shuang was killed," Sun Yuting said solemnly, "killed by an arrow from the sharpshooter!"

"The archer is the biggest threat to us on the other team." Almighty God Gao Chong's eyes also held the fire of battle. He was tall and large, two meters and nineteen centimeters, with incredibly thick arms, like a standing bear. Of course, this was also due to his body transforming after practicing the *Giant Bear Evolution Technique*. In reality, he was originally only one meter and ninety-eight centimeters tall, and his imposing presence wasn't as terrifying as it was now.

Wearing heavy armor, Gao Chong held a thick long spear, and looked at Blood Axe King Qiao and Sun Yuting beside him: "They were in that restaurant before. We'll just charge over there. The three of us will pay attention to all directions, and be careful of her hidden arrows."

Blood Axe King Qiao nodded.

Sun Yuting also trusted her teammates.

Her teammate Gao Chong had won first place in the World Martial Arts Competition! Blood Axe King Qiao had also won second place in the World Martial Arts Competition. She herself had won first place in the World Women's Martial Arts Competition twice.

The three of them were experienced and skilled in direct combat!

"They haven't moved far. They should still be in the restaurant area. I'll keep an eye on that area!" Old Master Liu Jianfeng said in the team voice chat.

"Old Master, please keep watch. We'll break through them head-on," Gao Chong said.

The three of them, Blood Axe King Qiao, with a large shield in one hand and a large axe in the other, walked on the left side of the team.

War Goddess Sun Yuting, with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, walked on the right side of the team.

Gao Chong walked in the center of the team, holding a large spear.

The three of them charged towards the restaurant.

...

Not far from the restaurant, at an inn, Sharpshooter Wang Yi was upstairs. Xu Jingming and Panda Zhang Qian were also guarding upstairs, while Wu Sai was watching downstairs. Master Dong Xu was carefully lurking at the street entrance.

"Gao Chong and the other two are charging towards us head-on," Wang Yi frowned and said, "They're moving very fast! They're all wearing armor, and Sun Yuting and Wang Qiao are also carrying shields."

"Little sister, are you confident?" Panda Zhang Qian asked as he looked out the window.

"Heavy armor and shields, and they are experienced." Wang Yi shook her head, "It must be at close range, preferably within fifty meters... Only by finding a chance to attack at close range can I hope to hit their heads."

"We can't let them into the inn. It's best if we fight them in an open area, giving Little Sister Wang Yi a chance to shoot," Panda Zhang Qian said. "The most difficult opponent among the three is Almighty God Gao Chong. Who will stop him?"

"I'm good at strength and have dual shields. I'll block him," Fist King Wu Sai said in the team voice chat.

"I'll go head-on. Panda, you act as you see fit," Xu Jingming said.

"Okay, that's settled then," Panda Zhang Qian nodded.

At this moment, the three enemies had already charged into the street in front of the inn.