27: A cold arrow from the dark

Whoosh!!

A violent whooshing sound rang out.

Wang Chen, who was preparing to attack, suddenly felt a warning sign in his heart.

Through the corner of his eye, he saw a dark shadow flying rapidly from his left.

"Someone's ambushing me?"

A realization dawned on him, and Wang Chen's forward momentum instantly stopped. In a flash, he leaned backward.

Whoosh!

A cold, gleaming arrow flew past his nose, landing heavily on the ground.

Steadying himself, Wang Chen turned his head to look in the direction the arrow had come from.

On the rock wall of the valley, three figures stood silently, one of whom had just lowered his bow.

"Them?"

Seeing these people, a hint of confusion flashed in Wang Chen's eyes.

They gave him a familiar feeling, as if he had seen them somewhere before.

However...

At this moment, he had no time to think, because this delay allowed the Strong Fallen One Warrior to Charge forward, gripping its bone club.

"Roar! Damn human!"

It roared, swinging the bone club in its hand down fiercely towards Wang Chen.

At this moment, the Strong Fallen One Warrior was eager to see this human in front of it smashed into meat paste.

Seeing this scene.

Wang Chen's face showed no fear, only indifference.

"Hoo!"

He took a deep breath.

His leg muscles suddenly tensed, and his body shot out like a cannonball.

The ground was even trampled into two deep pits by the powerful force he unleashed at that moment.

Bang!

The Swift Wind Longsword and the huge bone club collided, emitting a muffled sound.

The next second.

A scene that shocked both the monster and everyone present appeared.

Wang Chen, merely with the light Swift Wind Longsword in his hand, had intercepted the bone club from the Strong Fallen One Warrior's grasp.

"Wang Chen... Are you kidding me?!"

Everything happened in a flash. Situ Yu was about to warn Wang Chen about the sneak attack when she witnessed this unbelievable scene.

The Level 20 monster, Strong Fallen One Warrior, was inherently biased towards strength-attribute mutation. After initiating a Charge, the power unleashed by its swinging bone club could at least shatter a boulder.

Even a Level 20 Warrior focused on strength attributes probably couldn't withstand this blow.

Situ Yu never expected that Wang Chen would actually go head-to-head, directly clashing with the Strong Fallen One Warrior!

Since when could a newly Awakener Giant-Beast Master contend with a Level 20 strength-type monster?!

Doesn't this mean that Wang Chen's strength attribute must be at least on par with the Strong Fallen One Warrior!!

While Situ Yu was in disbelief, the Strong Fallen One Warrior facing Wang Chen was even more shocked and furious.

It was using every ounce of its strength, yet not only did it fail to suppress this hateful human in front of it, but the bone club in its hand was even being lifted little by little.

"Didn't you eat?"

Holding the sword with one hand to block the bone club, Wang Chen looked at the Strong Fallen One Warrior opposite him, a hint of mockery on his face.

Through this collision, he had a rough estimate of his own strength.

Excluding the attribute bonus from the Swift Wind Longsword, his strength attribute could already contend with a Level 20 Warrior. Including the attribute bonus, even a Level 20 Warrior would have to admit defeat.

"Roar roar roar!!"

"Damn human, how dare you mock me?"

The Strong Fallen One Warrior opposite was filled with shock and fury, looking at Wang Chen with extremely angry eyes.

It mustered all its strength, wanting to push down this hateful human in front of it.

But...

Its efforts were futile!

Instead.

As Wang Chen suddenly exerted force, the bone club in the Strong Fallen One's hand directly flew out.

"Since you're only this strong, then just obediently die!"

A cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth as Wang Chen quickly thrust his sword forward.

Swish!

Amidst the flashing cold light, the Swift Wind Longsword shot out, instantly piercing through the Strong Fallen One's throat.

At this moment, the enchanted effect of this silver weapon was also activated.

Swish swish!!

Two sword shadows, with undiminished attack power, also simultaneously landed on the Strong Fallen One Warrior's chest.

In just the blink of an eye, this Level 20 monster's life was harvested!

"Ugh..."

Blood splattered, and the Strong Fallen One Warrior's face held an expression of disbelief. Its stout body swayed a few times, then fell powerlessly to the ground.

A strong smell of blood spread around, and the Fallen Ones who witnessed this scene had extremely terrified eyes.

They no longer listened to the Fallen One Shaman's command, all of them fearfully fleeing backward quickly.

Directly around Wang Chen, an empty space of about thirty feet in radius formed.

At this moment.

Wang Chen completely disdained the fear of these surrounding monsters. After slaying the Strong Fallen One Warrior, he looked indifferently at the rock wall on his left.

"I'm very curious, who gave you the guts to ambush me?"

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"Is this even human?!"

On the rock wall, Chen Hao's three Followers stared dumbfounded at the scene below, their faces filled with incredulous expressions.

They never expected that Wang Chen, while fighting the Strong Fallen One Warrior, could still dodge a cold arrow shot from the shadows!

Especially Follower A, who launched the sneak attack, felt like his worldview was shattering!

His Awakener was an Archer. Although it was just a common Awakener, not comparable to Situ Yu's Gale Archer, the arrows he shot, under the effect of his skills, had speed comparable to bullets.

If a Second Turn Awakener dodged it, he would have nothing to say, but Wang Chen was just a First Turn novice, and a useless Awakener Giant-Beast Master at that.

How could Wang Chen possibly dodge it?!

Immediately after, when they saw Wang Chen effortlessly kill the Strong Fallen One Warrior.

"What do we do?"

"This guy is too terrifying, maybe we should retreat!"

Follower B, the Mage, and Follower C, the Warrior, were trembling even more, their words slurred.

Hearing their words, Follower A's face showed a hint of indecision. If possible, he also didn't want to be enemies with the terrifying Wang Chen.

However, just as he was about to agree to his companions' suggestion...

"I'm very curious, who gave you the guts to ambush me?"

The cold voice echoed in the valley, and all three of them stiffened simultaneously, turning their heads to see Wang Chen's cold, emotionless gaze.

"Damn it!"

"He found us!"

The three Followers panicked. When they made their move earlier, they thought Wang Chen was sure to die, so they hadn't hidden themselves at all.

Now.

"Damn it, retreating is impossible!"

"If Wang Chen doesn't die, once he reports today's events to the Adventurer's Guild, we're dead!"

"We must kill him!"

Follower A, holding his bow, swallowed with difficulty, his eyes sweeping over the two people beside him.

"Okay."

Under his gaze, the two looked at each other then nodded heavily.

Let's risk it!

They refused to believe that the three of them—an Archer, a Mage, and a Warrior—plus the monsters in the valley, couldn't kill just one Wang Chen.

Thinking this, the three began to advance into the valley.