18: This was a great deal!

NPC: Rank 10.

HP: ???

ATK: ???

Skills: ???

For these three NPCs—NPC, Lame Wang, and Chen Two Dogs—only their names and Ranks were displayed; all other attributes were question marks.

In this situation, one had to test them to find out their true capabilities.

"Chain Fireball!"

The legendary staff emitted a dazzling red light. Without a word, Lin Yue launched an attack at the nearest one, NPC.

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Burning Effect

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Fireballs streaked through the air one after another, striking NPC in the chest. He wore only coarse hemp clothes, and upon impact, his entire body burst into flames, triggering the Burning Effect.

With this single strike dealing over ten thousand points of high damage, the opponent's attributes changed once more.

NPC: Rank 10

HP: 990,000 / 1,000,000.

Attack Power: 1500

Skills: Eight Trigrams Saber Technique, Super Armor, Extreme Speed.

Lin Yue's eyes narrowed. With health as high as a million and skills like Super Armor and Extreme Speed, his difficulty was no less than that of a dungeon boss.

Furthermore, humanoid NPCs were different from beast bosses; their intelligence was no worse than that of an ordinary person.

Feeling the pain, NPC instantly became enraged.

In this village, besides Chen Two Dogs, who dared to lay a hand on him?

"Adventurer, you have successfully provoked me. You were sent by the Beggar, weren't you? Once you're dead, I'll teach him a good lesson and let him know the consequences of offending us."

NPC picked up the Cleaver beside him and activated Extreme Speed against Lin Yue. In an instant, his speed increased greatly.

The village bully Chen Two Dogs gave Lame Wang a meaningful look. The two of them held their sabers and surrounded Lin Yue, with Lame Wang blocking Lin Yue's retreat, leaving him no room to escape.

Chen Two Dogs pointed his saber at Lin Yue, killing intent surging in his eyes.

"Ignorant Adventurer, to think you'd barge into my, Chen Two Dogs', territory. Don't even think about leaving alive. Brothers, kill him for me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, NPC moved as swift as the wind, swinging his saber ruthlessly toward Lin Yue's neck.

However, Lin Yue's speed was not slow either; he avoided the strike with a roll to the left.

But at the same time, Chen Two Dogs and Lame Wang also slowly closed in, shrinking Lin Yue's space to dodge.

Once the encirclement was formed, unless Lin Yue had three heads and six arms, he would find it impossible to escape even with wings.

Compared to ordinary field bosses, the intelligence of humanoid NPCs was evident. The tacit cooperation between the three of them was not necessarily worse than that of elite players from a guild.

Lin Yue remained calm and unhurried. Before the three could form their encirclement, he took a step ahead to leave the pincer range, not forgetting to cast spells to interrupt NPC's attack rhythm during the process.

With Lin Yue's current Casting Speed of 3.0, it was impossible for NPC to be faster than him.

However, NPC was no fool and immediately activated his Super Armor state.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, surround him and don't let him run away!"

Once the Super Armor state was active, Lin Yue felt a bit of a headache. No matter how he attacked the opponent now, it would be impossible to interrupt the opponent's skill usage.

Eight Trigrams Saber Technique!

NPC flicked his wrist, using his waist as an axis and his shoulder to drive the blade. His footwork suddenly accelerated; the blade followed the steps, and the steps turned with the blade.

A set of extremely fierce continuous saber strikes hacked towards Lin Yue with rapid intensity.

Good heavens!

For a moment, even Lin Yue was slightly moved. The opponent's movements were very fast; if he were even slightly careless, he would be hit. Moreover, Chen Two Dogs and Lame Wang were still watching like tigers, ready to strike at any moment around him.

Chain Fireball!

Lin Yue retreated while dodging, attempting to knock the opponent back, but NPC had activated Super Armor. The Burning Effect had been cleared, and he ignored everything else, attacking frantically.

The space in the courtyard was narrow, so Lin Yue could only use the surrounding wooden boxes, tables, and chairs as obstacles to dodge. Although it was useful, during the kite-and-pull, Chen Two Dogs' encirclement was also shrinking.

Damn!

Lin Yue held onto the Gale Technique tightly in his hand, unable to rush its release. The duration of the Gale Technique was only one minute.

Although he could quickly break out of the encirclement, NPC's Super Armor duration hadn't expired yet. If he used it prematurely, he would eventually be surrounded again.

Besides, Chen Two Dogs hadn't moved yet; this Gale Technique would have to wait a little longer.

At the entrance of the courtyard, a player was walking this way.

He was currently livestreaming, constantly narrating to the camera: "I believe many brothers are still leveling up in the wild right now, but the Novice Village might have many secrets waiting for us to uncover. Don't look at me just wandering around the village; if I discover some quest, it'll definitely be worth it."

"I reckon that White Emperor Boss is so badass because he must have run into some quests and unlocked a special talent to become this strong. So brothers, the way to get stronger in this game is definitely not as simple as just leveling up."

As he spoke, the player with the ID 'This wave wont lose' analyzed. He was also a veteran game streamer, and his ability to understand games was quite good.

When he reached the door of Chen Two Dogs' house and heard the sounds of fighting coming from the courtyard, he instantly showed a look of pleasant surprise.

"Is there a quest?"

Looking at the door that had been kicked open, This wave wont lose walked straight in. The next second, he froze completely.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"

After three consecutive 'holy craps', a look that was terrified, shocked, and carried a hint of disbelief appeared on This wave wont lose's face.

At this moment, all the friends in the livestream were looking on in confusion because the camera was pointed at the streamer, and they couldn't see what was happening.

"Damn it, streamer, what happened? Let us see quickly."

"What's the situation? Your expression is like you've seen a ghost. Could it be that there are ghosts in the Land of the Final End?"

"Turn the camera around quickly! Who can see anything like this?"

"If you don't turn it, I'm unfollowing. Hurry up."

Under the frantic urging of the viewers in the livestream, This wave wont lose finally reacted. He swallowed hard twice and then said:

"Brothers, guess who I saw? White Emperor! He actually appeared in our Novice Village!"

After saying that, This wave wont lose quickly aimed the camera at Chen Two Dogs' courtyard. Then, the entire livestream's bullet chat instantly froze, falling into a brief silence.

Immediately following that, an even more violent wave of bullet chat erupted.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"

This wave wont lose's livestream was directly flooded with various 'holy craps' and question marks.

"This is even more badass than seeing a ghost. Out of billions of players globally, you actually ran into White Emperor. That's freaking legendary!"

"What am I seeing? White Emperor is actually fighting three NPCs, and looking at his stance, White Emperor is doing it with ease!"

"That swordsman's speed is so fast, but how can he not even touch the hem of White Emperor's clothes? My god, White Emperor just avoided the attacks of two people with a single back-jump. What kind of monstrous control is this?"

"I know who those are. Isn't that the Novice Village bully Chen Two Dogs and his lackeys? So NPCs can be killed too."

"I've learned something new. We're still fighting wild monsters outside the village, while White Emperor Boss can already solo NPCs. I'm kneeling in respect."

...The entire livestream was in an uproar. By sheer accident, This wave wont lose had allowed the viewers to see White Emperor's superb movement and simultaneously discovered more ways to play in the Land of the Final End.

Just as This wave wont lose planned to get a bit closer to watch, Lame Wang, who was guarding the door, spotted him.

"There's an accomplice?"

Without a word, Lame Wang swung the Large Hammer in his hand and launched an attack at This wave wont lose.

Before This wave wont lose could even react, the screen turned black in the next second. He died on the spot!

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