9: Chapter 9 Bullying Goblins

The Young Goblin King roared as it activated [Shadow Slash], its shadow dagger carrying a pitch-black edge as it thrust toward Su Chen's neck.

Su Chen lightly took a step back, easily dodging the attack.

In a flash, he quickly swung his cross greatsword twice, completing a high-frequency counterattack of "one block, two stabs," with both basic attacks landing precisely on the BOSS.

[Ding! Attacked the Young Goblin King, deducting 2000 HP!]

[Ding! [Sleight of Hand] triggered, no item obtained!]

Although the Goblin King had the S-rank talent [Shadow Walker] buffing its attack speed and movement speed by double, it still appeared stretched thin before Su Chen's 800+ full-agility build.

Relying on his flashy footwork, Su Chen constantly stepped back and dodged sideways.

Except for the occasional AoE skill [Shadow Consecutive Slashes] released by the BOSS which caused 10 points of forced damage, he perfectly dodged all basic attacks and single-target skills, remaining unscathed throughout and demonstrating ultimate control.

"With just this speed, you want to hit me?" Su Chen muttered to himself, dodging while continuously performing basic attacks, his attack frequency getting higher and higher, just to trigger [Hand of Heaven Stealing] as quickly as possible.

Just then, a system prompt suddenly sounded.

[Ding! [Sleight of Hand] triggered, successfully stole skill: Shadow Consecutive Slashes!]

Su Chen was delighted and immediately pulled up his skill bar, discovering that [Shadow Consecutive Slashes] had already appeared directly in the skill bar, learned automatically without needing to study it.

He was stunned for a moment, then realized: "It actually bypassed the class barrier. I'm an Assassin, yet I can directly use Warrior-type skills?"

This discovery made Su Chen's eyes light up. He instantly understood that with [Hand of Heaven Stealing], he could steal skills from any class without being limited by his own class.

In the future, he could even combine skills from all classes—Warrior, Mage, Priest, Archer, etc.—into one, becoming an all-powerful monster that transcends class definitions.

"Since I can steal skills, I can steal them more times." Su Chen's eyes narrowed as he thought of a good way to fleece the sheep.

Watching the BOSS's HP gradually drop to 30%, he decisively activated [Divine Stealth], his figure instantly turning invisible as he retreated toward the edge of the dungeon, forcing a combat exit.

The Goblin King lost its target and stood stunned in place. Not long after, the system mechanism triggered, and its HP began to rapidly refill, restoring back to 10,000 points.

Seeing this, Su Chen canceled [Divine Stealth], rushed up again, and continued to chip away at it with basic attacks.

Just like that, Su Chen started an infinite fleece-the-sheep mode: whenever the BOSS was low on health, he would stealth and exit combat, waiting for it to fully recover before appearing to harvest it again, repeating the cycle. The Young Goblin King jumped back and forth between anger, confusion, and fear.

Even though it clearly wasn't weak, it could never touch Su Chen, only being repeatedly worn down and stolen from, reduced to a "mobile blood bag" for Su Chen to farm talents and god-tier equipment.

"Damnable human, what exactly do you want!" the Goblin King spoke in human language, its voice filled with breakdown and anger, but no matter how it erupted, it could not change its fate of being toyed with.

As the cyclical stealing progressed, system prompts constantly sounded, and loot appeared like a scrolling screen.

[Ding! [Sleight of Hand] triggered, obtained item: Dragon's Tooth × 1!]

[Ding! [Sleight of Hand] triggered, obtained 500 gold coins!]

[Ding! [Sleight of Hand] triggered, obtained Gold-grade equipment: destroyers leg armor!]

[Item: destroyers leg armor (Gold-grade)]

[Level Requirement: Lv8]

[Defense: 100]

[Attributes: Strength +20, Agility +15]

Su Chen continued to steal items while continuing his basic attacks.

In the end, the armor, pants, and even accessories on the Goblin King were all stolen by him one by one. It was left completely bare, having totally lost its dignity as a king, its spirit completely broken, and its eyes filled with despair.

"Don't be impatient, there's still one last thing missing." Su Chen looked at it, a trace of anticipation flashing in his eyes, and continued to wear it down with basic attacks.

Time passed bit by bit. For a whole hour, Su Chen just kept wearing it down and stealing.

Finally, a golden system prompt sounded, which could be called a miracle.

[Ding! [Sleight of Hand] triggered (extremely low probability), successfully stole talent: Shadow Walker (S-rank)!]

[Ding! Talent [Shadow Walker] has been learned, stacking with your own attributes!]

[Current Agility: 1200, Attack Speed/Movement Speed +100%, all attributes doubled in shadows!]

Having lost its talent, the Goblin King's attack speed and movement speed plummeted instantly. Its originally nimble figure became clumsily unbearable, and its gaze toward Su Chen turned completely from anger to extreme terror.

It could clearly feel that its "essence of existence" had been taken away. This kind of despair was more terrifying than death.

"Goal achieved, it's time to end this." Su Chen no longer delayed. With a thought, he released the seal and activated his core skill [Flash Stab].

[Ding! Skill [Flash Stab] activated!]

With a flash of spatial fluctuation, Su Chen instantly teleported in front of the Goblin King, his cross greatsword thrusting out violently, directly piercing its heart, and the BOSS's HP was instantly emptied.

[Ding! Killed the Level 10 Gold BOSS Young Goblin King, obtained 150,000 EXP!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for leveling up, current level: Lv7!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for leveling up, current level: Lv8!]

Two white lights enveloped his body. Su Chen's level soared directly to Lv8, all his attributes increased significantly again, his agility broke through 1200 points, and his combat power reached a new height.

The Goblin King's massive body crashed to the ground. Before it died, in the eyes it turned toward Su Chen, there was no more anger or fear, only a trace of relief that it was "finally liberated."

Su Chen looked at its eyes, symbolically observed a moment of silence in his heart for one second, then smiled, bent down, and began the final physical looting of the corpse.