7: Chapter 7 Sorry, your invisibility is a highlight in my eyes

The night wind rolled up withered leaves, swirling on the scorched earth.

The light spots after the Twisted Treant disintegrated had not yet fully dissipated, and the hem of Qin Ji's windbreaker flapped in the airflow.

"Gr... Great God! Wait!"

The panting shout of Futou Shield Mountain came from behind.

This fat man was hugging the three-piece set he had just bought, rolling over like a moving meatball, his face piled with a fawning smile, "Can you add me as a friend? In the future, if you have such good goods, can you prioritize contacting..."

Before the words could finish, the air suddenly solidified.

Without any warning, a pitch-black cold light bloomed out of thin air behind Futou Shield Mountain's neck.

It was not the light effect of a skill, but a visual distortion caused by pure metal cutting through the air.

"Chih —"

The sound of a sharp blade grazing the throat was as light as tearing a thin piece of paper.

The smile on Futou Shield Mountain's face hadn't even had time to fade when a scarlet critical hit number exploded above his head.

- 642!

(Bleeding - 90... - 90...)

The fat man's massive body collapsed limply to the ground as if his bones had been removed, instantly turning into a white light and returning to the resurrection point.

On the ground, a piece of [Nature's Guardian Leggings] he had just bought and hadn't even warmed up yet dropped.

Qin Ji stopped in his tracks, his purple-gold pupils slightly constricted.

Such high damage.

At the current stage, an assassin, even with full Agility points, would have an attack power of at most 80 points.

To deal this kind of damage, one must not only have a top-tier weapon but also a passive talent that provides armor penetration.

"Fast reaction, actually didn't turn back."

A cold voice sounded in the air ten meters to Qin Ji's left.

As the light distorted, a thin figure wearing tight leather armor and holding two ink-colored daggers appeared.

He did not look at the equipment on the ground; his dead-fish eyes stared fixedly at Qin Ji, as if looking at a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

ID: Shadow Killer.

LV.9.

"Hand over the gold coins that just dropped, and that skill book."

Shadow Killer rotated the daggers in his hands, his tone as calm as if he were stating a fact, "Otherwise, that fat man will be your fate."

Qin Ji turned around, his gaze falling on the boots on Shadow Killer's feet that were emitting a faint light.

"You want them?"

The corners of Qin Ji's mouth curled into a playful arc, his right hand slowly resting on the hilt of the sword at his waist, "Come and take them yourself."

"Courting death."

Shadow Killer let out a cold snort, his figure instantly fading, entering [Stealth] status again.

The air returned to dead silence.

For ordinary players, facing an assassin with explosive damage and Stealth, there was no other way but to tremble with their backs against a wall.

But in Qin Ji's eyes, this world was made of data.

As long as it is data, there are traces.

Qin Ji stood still, not even putting up a defensive stance.

Three seconds.

Two seconds.

One second.

Behind-left, the withered leaves sank by half a millimeter extremely subtly.

"Clang —"

The whistling sound of the iron sword leaving the sheath exploded like a Dragon's roar.

Qin Ji did not turn around; the iron sword in his hand slashed backward with a backhand, the blade precisely cutting into that seemingly empty air.

"Clang!"

Sparks flew.

In the originally empty place, two ink-colored daggers appeared out of thin air, dead-locking Qin Ji's iron sword.

Shadow Killer's figure was forced to reveal itself, his originally cold face now filled with astonishment.

"How is it possible..."

"Your breathing is too loud."

Qin Ji flicked his wrist, the iron sword sliding down the blade of the daggers; amidst the ear-piercing friction, the tip of the sword drilled toward Shadow Killer's armpit like a poisonous snake.

Shadow Killer's pupils shook violently, his body instinctively performing an extreme backflip.

MISS!

This sword missed.

"Interesting." Qin Ji raised an eyebrow.

This dodging action was not System-assisted, but pure neural reaction.

This person was a trained fighter, and a top-tier one at that.

Shadow Killer in mid-air adjusted his posture, and the moment he landed, he forcibly activated [Forced Stealth] again, attempting to pull away distance.

"Still want to run?"

Qin Ji raised his left hand, violent thunder light surging in his palm.

As a freak of magic and sword Dual Cultivation, he didn't just know how to swing a sword.

[Thunder Chain!]

A blue-purple electric arc burst from his palm, instantly piercing through the air ten meters away.

"Ugh!"

A muffled groan came from the Void Realm.

Struck by the lightning, Shadow Killer stiffened and was forced to reveal himself again.

Under the paralysis status, his speed, which he was proud of, became a joke.

Qin Ji's figure approached like a ghost, the iron sword in his hand turning into a fierce white rainbow.

Normal Attack!

Cancel backswing!

Heavy Slash!

- 480!

- 520!

- 610 (Critical Hit)!

Three swords.

Just three swords, and this top assassin, famous on the leaderboard, couldn't even withstand the last hit of this combo, directly turning into white light and dissipating.

[Ding! You have killed the red-named player "Shadow Killer"!]

[Triggered "Greedy Grasp"! Plundered Attribute: Agility + 5!]

[Triggered "Greedy Grasp"! Plundered Hidden Passive: Dynamic Vision (Elementary).]

Qin Ji sheathed his sword, his gaze sweeping over the loot on the ground.

Besides the leggings that the fat man had dropped, Shadow Killer also contributed a pair of boots emitting purple light, and a skill book emitting blue light.

"Killing and arson lead to golden belts; the ancients did not deceive me."

Qin Ji picked up the boots, his fingertips brushing over the cold leather texture on the surface.

[Brutal Boots (Silver Rank)]

[Rank Requirement: LV.8]

[Agility: + 15]

[Special Effect 1 - Speed: Movement speed increased by 10%.]

[Special Effect 2 - Hunt: Critical damage increased by 5%.]

Good stuff.

At the current stage, most players are still wearing straw sandals; these boots that add movement speed and critical damage are simply a Divine Artifact.

Qin Ji directly put them on, and the feeling of being light as a swallow instantly spread throughout his body.

Next was the skill book.

[Skill Book: Thunder Arc Leap (Passive)]

[Effect: Your normal attacks have a 30% probability of triggering a thunder arc, bouncing to 3 surrounding targets, dealing 50% attack power as magic damage.]

"AoE passive?"

Qin Ji's eyes lit up.

His single-target damage was overflowing; what he lacked was this kind of AoE means to clear mobs.

Without any hesitation, he clapped his hands, and the skill book turned into flowing light and drilled into his brow.

After doing all this, he glanced at the frantically flashing avatar of Futou Shield Mountain in his friend list, directly choosing to ignore it, and turned to step into the fog-filled canyon ahead.

...

Death Canyon.

The air here was suffocatingly thick, and the steep rock walls on both sides were covered with pale spider webs.

"Hiss hiss —"

Just as he stepped into the outskirts of the canyon, a scalp-numbing friction sound came from all directions.

Dozens of [Venomous Wolf Spiders] the size of millstones crawled out of the rock crevices, their eight compound eyes flashing with bloodthirsty red light, densely blocking the way.

[Venomous Wolf Spider (Elite)]

[Rank: LV.13]

[Health Points: 4500]

[Skills: Venom Spray, Web Bind]

This kind of monster is a nightmare for players at the current stage.

High attack, poisonous, and capable of crowd control; the most disgusting thing is that they always appear in groups.

But in Qin Ji's eyes, where are these monsters?

These are clearly a pile of walking attribute points!

"Just right to test the new shoes."

Qin Ji pointed his toes, and his whole body instantly turned into an afterimage, rushing into the spider swarm.

The speed bonus brought by the [Brutal Boots], combined with the newly plundered [Dynamic Vision], made everything around him slow down in his eyes.

A wolf spider opened its mouth and sprayed a ball of green venom.

Qin Ji just tilted his head slightly, and the venom flew past his ear, corroding the rock behind him.

"Too slow."

He shuttled through the spider swarm, every swing of the iron sword in his hand bringing up a spray of blood.

- 1800!

- 1800!

Terrifying damage numbers jumped wildly.

Just at this moment, it triggered!

A dazzling blue thunder arc suddenly exploded from the blade, like a violent electric snake, instantly bouncing three times in the dense spider swarm.

- 900!

- 900!

- 900!

Thunder light flashed, and the three wolf spiders that were originally preparing to surround him were instantly stiffened by the electricity.

[Killed Venomous Wolf Spider! Experience Points + 800!]

[Plundered Attribute: Poison Resistance + 1!]

[Killed Venomous Wolf Spider! Experience Points + 800!]

[Plundered Attribute: Agility + 0.5!]

...

The System notification sound was like a pleasant musical movement, frantically scrolling across Qin Ji's ears.

One by one the wolf spiders fell, but Qin Ji's movements became faster and faster.

With the continuous stacking of the Agility attribute, his figure pulled out streaks of afterimages in the canyon, and wherever the sword edge passed, thunder arcs danced wildly, illuminating this gloomy canyon like daylight.

Ten minutes later.

The last Venomous Wolf Spider let out a shrill hiss, its eight long legs curled together, and it stopped moving completely.

Qin Ji stood in the center of the corpses, shaking off the sticky green body fluid on the sword edge.

Opened the panel.

In just ten minutes, the Agility attribute skyrocketed by 30 points, and the Poison Resistance had stacked to an outrageous level.

Now, even if he drank that venom as a beverage, it would probably just have a slightly spicy taste.

"Is this the joy of snowballing?"

Qin Ji took a deep breath, feeling the power surging within him.

Just then, a dull sound of drums suddenly came from the depths of the canyon.

"Boom —"

"Boom —"

The ground vibrated rhythmically with the drum sounds.

The mist in the distance surged, and a huge black shadow five meters tall slowly emerged.

The black shadow dragged a thick white bone totem in its hand, leaving a deep pit on the hard rocky ground with every step it took.

Qin Ji raised his head, his purple-gold pupils shining brightly in the darkness.

He did not retreat, but instead tightened his grip on the sword hilt, the crazy smile at the corner of his mouth becoming more intense.

A bigger experience pack has arrived.

The setting sun was like blood, dyeing the canyon a dark red.

Qin Ji held his sword with one hand, standing alone on top of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the strong wind tousling the bangs on his forehead, his cold eyes looking through the surging fog, locking onto the behemoth approaching in the depths of the darkness, like a tyrant who had just awakened, coldly watching his new prey.