288: The First Assassin of the Star Abyss - Yao Ye

The opponent must have been watching from the sidelines for some time, carefully calculating Huang Chen's attack power and the Kui Ox's HP.

Based on the Kui Ox's HP, one Blood Battle in Eight Directions from Huang Chen should have drained it completely.

He timed his Shadow Breaking Strike specifically for when the Blood Battle in Eight Directions skill finished, intending to steal this boss.

However, he never expected that in order to improve his comprehension of skills, Huang Chen rarely used panel skills for damage output anymore.

Instead, he simulated skills directly using basic moves.

Therefore, his skills were completely under his control, able to be retracted or unleashed at will.

He reacted extremely quickly, immediately using Soul Severing Stab to the side, forcibly terminating the eighth form of Blood Battle in Eight Directions, and dashed to the side.

The assassin did not expect Huang Chen's skill to be interruptible; since the skill had already been released and could not be retracted, his dagger struck the Kui Ox's belly directly.

"Roar..."

The Kui Ox let out an angry roar, and endless wind and rain shot towards the assassin.

Having been toyed with by one little ant for ten minutes, it was already in a state of rage. Now, another even smaller ant dared to provoke it?

Although the assassin reacted extremely quickly and retreated immediately after the strike, he still lost half of his HP to the wind and rain.

Seeing the assassin retreat, Huang Chen immediately used another Soul Severing Stab on the Kui Ox, followed by a Yang Guan Three Stacks, completely draining the Kui Ox's last sliver of HP.

[Ding! Killed boss Kui Ox, obtained points and contribution value +10000!]

"Damn it! I've been hunting geese all day only to almost get my eyes pecked out."

Huang Chen sighed inwardly, simultaneously ringing an alarm bell for himself.

This life had been too smooth. Just a moment ago, he was warning All the women that anything goes in the Asura Field, yet the next moment, he almost had his boss stolen because he wasn't vigilant enough.

He turned to look at the assassin. The assassin seemed to have recognized him long ago, yet his face showed no panic. Instead, he looked at Huang Chen with an excited expression and said, "Huaxia, Huang Chen?"

"Who are you?" Huang Chen asked.

"Heh, I didn't expect to meet the number one person of star abyss here," the assassin sneered.

"However, I was stealthed on the sidelines for ten minutes, and you didn't notice at all. Your vigilance is truly on par with some of the small fry in our clan!"

"Heh! My vigilance is poor, yet you still didn't steal the boss?"

Faced with the other party's mockery, Huang Chen immediately retorted, "And you will soon die at the hands of a small fry."

"You want to kill me?" The assassin scoffed and said, "In the Asura Battlefield, everyone's attributes are the same. Although your attack and Movement Skill realm are high, I believe your HP should be about the same as mine. With HP under one hundred thousand, I only need two moves to kill you!"

"Remember my name. I am Yao Ye!"

After speaking, Yao Ye immediately activated stealth and crept toward Huang Chen.

He was a Child of Destiny from a Low Martial Race Group. His awakened system was Assassination, which was highly compatible with his Wood Elementals attribute.

Thanks to his cheat, his stealth skill realm had reached the Great Completion stage, and his other skills were also at the Minor Completion stage.

Therefore, he firmly believed that with equal attributes, even if Huang Chen's attack power was high, the opponent's HP absolutely could not withstand his two-hit combo.

The outcome between him and Huang Chen depended solely on who gained the upper hand first.

"Yao Ye?" Huang Chen muttered to himself. He was no stranger to this name.

In his previous life, this name shone brilliantly in the Asura Battlefield and was later known as the Number One Assassin of Star Abyss.

Watching Yao Ye disappear, Huang Chen didn't take any other action. He simply activated Golden Bell Shield and stood lazily on the spot, waiting for the opponent's attack.

Although he had many area-of-effect skills that could deal with assassins, from the Shadow Breaking Strike the opponent had just landed on the Kui Ox, Huang Chen could estimate that the opponent's attack power was around 600,000.

With this attack power hitting him, after subtracting 300,000 absolute damage immunity and then deducting 80% proportional damage immunity, it could at most deal 60,000 damage to his HP.

And he was confident that with his Movement Skill, he would absolutely not let the opponent land a second attack.

Yao Ye crept toward Huang Chen. The entire process had not a trace of elemental fluctuation, nor did it make a single sound.

This was something only a top-tier assassin among top-tier assassins could achieve, because many experts could judge the position of a stealthed assassin through sound localization and elemental fluctuations.

Being able to do it without leaving a single trace like Yao Ye was something few in the entire Star Abyss could achieve. In any case, Huang Chen admitted he could not do it.

However, Yao Ye was speechless at this moment; the opponent seemed completely undefended, just standing there waiting for his attack.

"Damn it! This is the Number One Person of all Star Abyss??"

Yao Ye felt extremely unbalanced. He had top-tier awareness and operation, but because of the gap in "cheats," he remained obscure in the ladder tournament. Fortunately, the Asura Battlefield had appeared; this battlefield seemed to be prepared just for him.

Having been in the battlefield for over an hour, he killed anyone he saw, even ghosts. In just over an hour, nearly 20 people had already died under his dagger.

And this time, encountering Huang Chen in the Asura Field was the perfect opportunity for him to hold his head high.

He silently turned on the screen recording...

Seeing that Huang Chen still had that punchable, lazy expression, Yao Ye did not lower his guard. Instead, he secretly circled behind Huang Chen and used a Shadow Breaking Strike, taking away over 50,000 of the opponent's HP.

"High defense indeed!" A cold smirk appeared on the corner of Yao Ye's mouth. "You will pay the price for your ignorance!!"

Subsequently, he turned his blade and instantly struck at Huang Chen's head. The gap between the two moves was less than half a second.

This was the level 30 Wood Elementals assassin skill, Chisel Strike, which could stun the opponent for two seconds.

As long as Huang Chen was hit by this move, he could just use any random skill next to take him down.

However, facing the incoming dagger, Huang Chen simply shifted his body slightly to dodge Yao Ye's dagger.

Then, without turning his head, he gripped his long spear in reverse and stabbed backward. As it turned out, the opponent seemed to have anticipated this, arching his body into a C-shape and actually dodging this stab.

"Heh! Not bad!" Huang Chen laughed. Being able to predict the opponent's attack path while attacking—this person's combat awareness was already no weaker than what he had honed over ten years in his previous life.

This kind of talent was a true prodigy; the further into the game, the more troublesome they became.

Yao Ye completely ignored Huang Chen's praise. Seeing that Huang Chen did not turn around, he immediately unleashed another Backstab.

"Damn it..." Huang Chen cursed inwardly. You won't even let me finish acting cool.

With a half-turn, he dodged the Backstab, and Huang Chen instantly entered stealth mode.

"???" Yao Ye looked at the figure that had suddenly disappeared, a string of question marks flashing over his head.

"Chisel Strike!" However, before he could react, Huang Chen's angry shout came from above.

After entering stealth, Huang Chen had immediately flown into the air, gripping his long spear in reverse with both hands, plunging it straight down toward the top of Yao Ye's head.

The damage output of Shadow Breaking Strike is highest without adding other moves; adding Chisel Strike would reduce the attack power by at least half.

"Damn, a spear can be used as a dagger too?"

Too late to look up, Yao Ye prepared to roll on the ground. However, length is strength; the long spear was over two meters long. By the time Huang Chen shouted, the long spear had already stabbed directly onto Yao Ye's head, stunning him instantly.

"Break Control!" Yao Ye shouted, instantly breaking free from the control.

"Blood Battle in Eight Directions!"

However, before he could make any reaction, Huang Chen unleashed Blood Battle in Eight Directions, and eight shadows attacked from different angles.

Yao Ye had already fallen by the second spear. Huang Chen did not retract his move, and the remaining 6 spears all stabbed into thin air.