Chapter 501: Mysterious Guest
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Little Breeze?”
That voice carried a tone of disbelief, and the ambusher finally stopped her attack. Her voice was euphonious and sounded similar to that of Breeze Wind.
Breeze Wind exclaimed happily, “Sister, it’s been a long time.” Although there was no visibility, and they could not pinpoint each other’s position, Breeze Wind’s excitement could not be stopped.
“I finally found you. I have something to tell you. I’ve quit Never Setting Sun and joined Brotherhood. This person here is Codename Lone Wolf, the city leader of City of Light.”
Indeed, the ambusher was the Druid Bi Yueshuang!
She was slightly surprised, and there was fear in her voice as she said, “Lone Wolf?”
Lin Jie politely greeted, “Nice to meet you, Bi Yueshuang.”
“Nice to meet you.” After her initial shock, Bi Yueshuang returned to her calm demeanor. She took out two skill books and tossed them into the hands of Lin Jie and Breeze Wind.
[Day and Night Sight]: Rare skill. It transforms your sight attribute, allowing your day-view to change into a night-view. It lasts for a maximum of 20 minutes, with a cooldown time of 1 hour.
A great item!
Lin Jie immediately learned the skill. His pupils changed, and his originally black irises turned grey. The sclera of his eyes turned pitch black as well, and it looked extremely strange. Day and Night Sight allowed players to gain night-view. Instead, in a place with bright light, they would lose their vision.
He could finally see everything clearly. Lin Jie thanked the woman in front of him as he sized up her up.
‘She’s beautiful indeed!’ Lin Jie had to acknowledge that this woman was more beautiful than Bu Yi. She was ripe like a peach, with eyes that were as alluring as flower blossoms. Her sexy figure looked all the more enchanting under her tight skin leather armor, and her wavy hair that rested on her shoulders looked really tasteful. Such mature charm and aura was not something a little girl like Bu Yi could have.
Breeze Wind learned the skill as well, and the surroundings instantly became clear to her. She hugged her sister happily and whined, “Where have you been? You didn’t answer my calls, changed your home address, and couldn’t even be contacted in-game. Please, when you changed the settings of the messages, shouldn’t you have added me to your whitelist?”
Bi Yueshuang gave an awkward smile, and she said unnaturally, “Well, I’m a beginner.”
Lin Jie, who was observing her, raised his eyebrows in doubt.
“A true beginner wouldn’t call herself one.” Lin Jie smiled and said, “Bi Yueshuang, you know what’s my goal, right?”
“I know, but I don’t wish to join.” Bi Yueshuang did not give Lin Jie any face. “Whether it’s a guild or a team, I find them very bothersome. You should just leave. I gave you this skill book as compensation for my earlier offense. I understand your good intentions, but please return.”
Lin Jie laughed. “Don’t be so quick to reject, think about it carefully. Look at yourself now. Although you have a lot of freedom as a solo player, you have to handle such troubles on a daily basis. If you join Savage Blade, nobody will dare to harass you anymore. On top of that, other than some compulsory activity, you are free to spend the rest of your time however you like. Why not go ahead with it?”
“What a nice way to put it.” Bi Yueshuang scoffed and said in annoyance, “Either you leave now or I’ll kill you and toss your corpse out! I don’t care who you are, I don’t want to listen to your nonsense!”
Lin Jie’s smile slowly faded.
‘An issue! This Bi Yueshuang definitely has an issue!’ When she first heard his name, her reaction was a little extreme. Then, she sounded unnatural when she was answering Breeze Wind’s questions, indicating that she might be hiding something. Considering her reactions, there was even a possibility that whatever she was hiding had something to do with him.
Moreover, while she was scolding him and asking him to leave, her eyes were blank for a moment. She was definitely... typing a message!
When players were typing a message, they would have to look at the virtual keyboard in front of them, which was why they would have a blank stare. Although she did well to hide it, there was no way this could have escaped Lin Jie’s veteran eyes—he had been playing The New Age for a long time to miss that.
Lin Jie narrowed his eyes and asked, “What are you hiding? Could it be... there are other people in the Spider Den?”
Bi Yueshuang said coldly, “You’re spouting nonsense!”
Her slender legs turned into a snake’s body and wrapped around Lin Jie’s neck. At the same time, her arms turned into a cheetah’s claws and struck at Lin Jie’s head! This was the Dark Gold Mystic Skill Book [Beast Symbiosis], which allowed her to change parts of her body into those of beasts. Combining different attributes of beasts could unleash terrifying results.
“Sister!” Breeze Wind cried out in shock. She was at a loss of what to do and stood there blankly.
Lin Jie grabbed the snake tail around his neck with his left hand, preventing any Weak Point Damage from the venomous snake’s [Strangle]. His right hand raised Broken Blade and blocked all attacks from the cheetah’s claws with precision.
Most of Bi Yueshuang’s attacks were blocked, and she dealt little damage. A few 100+ numbers popped up above Lin Jie’s head, and they were insignificant.
“My turn!” Lin Jie let out a roar.
Outraged Roar!
However, Bi Yueshuang’s head suddenly transformed into a Deaf Nightingale and became immune to the effects of Outraged Roar.
Using this chance, Bi Yueshuang drew back her tail, spun a few times in the air, and landed stably on the ground. The instant she landed, she turned into a cheetah once again and activated Stealth, disappearing into thin air.
Lin Jie snorted and struck at his surrounding viciously with Wind Rider Blade Aura Executioner. To his surprise, Bi Yueshuang’s body did not reappear. Her cheetah transformation was an enhanced skill, allowing her to gain immunity for a period of time.
“Can your skill cooldown?” Lin Jie scoffed. He knew that the skill [Beast Symbiosis] had a cooldown time. With every use, she could change part of her body into a beast’s, which would stack 30 seconds of cooldown time, and this could be stacked up to 5 times. This also meant that Bi Yueshuang could only change 5 parts of her body at once to attack, and would have to undergo 2.5 minutes of cooldown time.
At that moment, she could only use the basic Druid transformation to attack.
Since that was the case... Lin Jie quickened his steps and used Wild Charge, rushing straight into the cave! He did not believe that Bi Yueshuang was not hiding anything! He activated Mad Dog’s Boots, Holy Light Winged Armor, and Holy Light Winged Armor...
Bi Yueshuang, who was in Stealth Mode, panicked. She immediately transformed into a giant bear and used Forward Charge towards Lin Jie.
However, she was too slow! Once the effects of Forward Charge ended, Lin Jie had already left her in the dust.
“This is bad.” Bi Yueshuang let out a shriek and rushed to open her voice communication. She shouted, “Hurry, leave, someone’s coming. It’s Codename Lone Wolf! Hurry, hurry!”
Putting down her communication device, Bi Yueshuang sat onto the ground, dispirited.
Breeze Wind looked at her sister and asked slowly, “Sis, what is going on?”
...
Hwooh— Hwooh—
In the cave, Lin Jie was as fast as a cheetah. He leaned forward and ran at high speed, and the surrounding scenery swept past him. The spiders, which were hiding at the ceiling of the cave, waiting to ambush anybody that passed by, were sliced into pieces by Wind Rider Blade Aura Executioner the moment they descended! This path was indeed the correct route to the Spider Den.
Seeing that he was about to reach the end of the tunnel, Lin Jie focused his thoughts on the skill Day and Night Sight. Once he exited the cave, any place with light would cause him to lose his vision.
Whoosh—
Finally, Lin Jie charged out, and his vision momentarily turned pitch black. He, who was prepared, immediately canceled the skill. However, everything remained dark!
System prompt message: It requires 1 minute to transform your pupils!
‘1 minute!’
Lin Jie gritted his teeth. That Bi Yueshuang had planned this beforehand. This skill had a 1-minute transformation time!
Loud booming sounds could be heard as if there was a vortex spinning right beside him, as well as a raging tornado. What on earth was releasing such great power?
If Lin Jie could see, he would definitely be shocked!
In front of him stood three people. They were Yesterday Morning, Tomorrow Night, and Hungry Tiger! Behind them was a huge space vortex that was 10 meters tall. It was like a mini milky way, emitting waves that affected the entire space! Through this milky-way-vortex, the faint shadows of the other side could be seen. It resembled a Kingdom in Heaven, full of divine power.
When the three people saw Lin Jie, the expressions on their faces could not be described with simply shock. They were terror, dread... as if they had seen their nightmare. However, when they realized that Lin Jie’s eyes looked strange, they let out a sigh of relief.
Hungry Tiger grabbed a handful of silver sand-like materials and tossed them into the vortex. This material was called [Time Sand], which was exactly how it sounded like. This sand that condensed from time-space was an extremely rare material even for a Level 120 map. Who knew how Hungry Tiger had managed to get his hands on that.
Kaboom—
The space vortex began to shake even more, and thunderous booming sounds could be heard from within. It was as if a black hole was breaking apart, and silhouettes appeared one after another as if they were going to leave the space vortex anytime.
Lin Jie had lost his sight and could only feel the strange things occurring around him. In his rage, he slashed in front of him with Broken Blade. Coincidentally, he pierced something. In the void, there was something trembling. It was the Hidden Boss that was hardest to find, the Spider Lurker!
“Berserker’s 100 Consecutive Strikes!” Lin Jie roared and started to attack the thing in front of him, which he could not see. His consecutive strikes increased, and spider blood splattered everywhere, landing onto his body.
He was not using any skill for this Berserker’s 100 Consecutive Strikes, but purely relying on his techniques! On top of that, he was doing it without his sight and could only act on instinct.
“F*ck, why is the new Spider Lurker spawning here!?”
“Could it be that Spider Prophet and Spider Overlord are both dead? F*ck, why are they spawning here?”
“Ignore him. Let’s finish building the teleportation circle quickly. We only have one chance since I only brought enough materials for one teleportation circle. We have to bring that person over, or we’ll never have the chance again. Do you hear me?”
The three of them were in a hurry. They extracted a stream of health and magic from themselves to merge with the teleportation circle. On the other side, Lin Jie was unleashing his terrifying power under the circumstance of him losing his sight. Without his vision, his touch, hearing, and even his hair could differentiate the enemy. With his extreme rage now, he carried out Berserker’s 100 Consecutive Strikes without any restraint! He gained 9 Active Points as his Combo Attack increased, and they gathered in his hand.
Anti-Slash! Anti-Slash! Anti-Slash...
After 9 consecutive Anti-Slashes, Lin Jie’s Combo Attack surpassed 99! The Holy Light Winged Armor behind him turned into spider legs and raised him high above the Spider Lurker. The Blade Aura condensed and formed from the Berserker’s 100 Consecutive Strikes. The most terrifying and powerful damage output came descending down like lightning from the sky, piercing through Spider Lurker’s body and towards the teleportation circle!
Sizzle—
Berserker’s 100 Consecutive Strikes, one of the Nine Great Techniques of Berserkers, penetrated the teleportation circle with Lin Jie’s great strength! The teleportation circle let out a sizzling sound, like a short circuit. After being split in half by his slash, it tried to merge itself together but failed! There was a loud boom as if it was about to explode!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!—
Just then, seven shadows flew out from within the teleportation circle. These seven people were barely visible and looked almost transparent. They looked strangely at the broken teleportation circle and were full of shock. The seven bodies slowly materialized but disappeared in the blink of an eye.
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