Do you think you’re free from danger on shore? Let me show you the power of sorcery.
With a fierce slap of its tail on the water’s surface, it leapt directly toward the shore.
Xiao Jie had been keeping an eye on the BOSS’s movements and, seeing it finally take the bait, immediately shouted, "Not good, the fish is coming ashore, run!"
As soon as Xiao Jie yelled, he turned and ran, with I Want to Be Immortal closely following behind.
Li Jinlin might look like a Fish Spirit, but his speed was noteworthy. With a push of his tail, he could leap several meters at once, quickly catching up.
I Want to Be Immortal was greatly alarmed; teasing the little monsters had been easy for him, but he didn’t dare to mess around with this BOSS.
I Want to Be Immortal suddenly activated the talisman on his leg, instantly boosting his speed by a third, and bolted in a frenzy. Li Jinlin, seeing his prey slipping away, was unwilling to give up. As he pursued, the twenty or so Fish Spirits and Demons that had come ashore followed closely behind.
These little monsters were much slower.
Xiao Jie kept throwing Flying Knives over his shoulder as he ran to avoid disengaging from combat.
He continued his dialogue, "Run, don’t let that ugly freak catch up. It looks so disgusting that even if it doesn’t bite you to death, it’ll gross you out."
"Argh!" Li Jinlin roared in fury; before his Demon Transformation, he had been quite the handsome young man. How dare they call him ugly? Those people must die.
Water Flow Bomb! He flicked his harpoon, and a sphere of water, one meter in diameter, formed in mid-air and smashed down towards Xiao Jie.
Xiao Jie dodged with an Instant Shadow Step. Seeing his reaction, Li Jinlin suddenly sensed something was wrong—why hadn’t he used such movement techniques before?
A Furious Roar of a wild boar sounded from behind, followed by a thunderous tremor as if the earth itself were cracking, and the cries of the Fish Spirits and Demons echoed from behind.
Li Jinlin’s heart tightened suddenly, and as he looked back, he saw a huge bear rampaging and biting amidst the swarm of fish.
There was also an archer with a bow and arrow, shooting down at the Fish Spirits from high in a tree.
Another Big Wild Boar was charging and biting into the Fish Spirits.
And there were two Swordsmen, their moves sharp and forms agile, their Sword Qi crisscrossing, chopping up the Fish Spirits and Demons so fiercely that it was a one-sided slaughter.
What? No—It’s a trap!
"Darn, it actually worked? The freedom in this game is a bit exaggerated! I never knew you could play it !"
Jiu Jianxian was slaughtering the Fish Spirits, marveling to himself.
His look towards Hidden Moon Following Wind warmed, thinking that maybe his chance to become a Sword Saint lay in this person!
He wanted to change his job to Sword Saint at Level 30 but had failed to find the necessary skills. After inquiring carefully, he vaguely learned that it seemed necessary to have Grandmaster Level swordsmanship and Supreme Sword Skill.
But how to learn the Supreme Sword Skill? He had no clue; the auction house had no trace of Supreme Martial Arts.
Until the day he saw the video of Hidden Moon Following Wind defeating Xiong Ba solo; he immediately recognized that the opponent must have been using a Supreme Level Saber Skill.
The opponent might very well know how to learn Supreme Level Martial Arts.
But of course, he dared not rashly inquire. They were strangers—how could such secrets be easily revealed? Besides, he wasn’t entirely sure the other party could do it.
However, seeing today’s various fancy moves by Xiao Jie, he felt there was a good chance.
Luckily, he knew what the other desired, so he planned to strike accurately; as long as he was willing to spend money, he was confident Hidden Moon would help.
At this moment, the Fish Spirits and Demons were being slaughtered almost entirely one-sidedly. Their Levels weren’t very high to begin with, and on land, their movements were sluggish, making them like fish on a chopping board.
In an instant, the ambushing players had flipped over most of them.
Li Jinlin was on the verge of exploding, "Don’t kill my brothers!"
He roared, intent on rushing over to rescue them, but a figure stepped in front of him,
"Your opponent is me," Hao Mie said calmly.
Just standing there, he conveyed a sense of extreme danger to Li Jinlin.
"Mere humans, I’ll show you—"
Thump! A solid punch landed right on his chest.
Gale Thunderbolt Style!
Then came a Rising Dragon.
Dragon Soaring Breaking Sky Fist!
It sent Li Jinlin flying into the air.
Hao Mie leapt into the sky.
Cloud Piercing Chain Kicks!
Three consecutive kicks sent Li Jinlin flying.
A combo decreased the Boss’s Blood Volume by more than 170, the damage might not be that high, but the overwhelming pressure was evident.
Xiao Jie was also tongue-tied, with his own strength he naturally wasn’t afraid to face off with this Boss directly, but such strong pressure, even he couldn’t achieve—unless he used his Big Move.
But no time for admiration, let’s also go up and add a few hits of damage.
One Cut, Two Pieces—Sky Splitting Flash!
As soon as Li Jinlin got up, he was struck squarely by the Sword Wind of the Sky-breaking Slash, just as he aimed to pounce on Xiao Jie, but Hao Mie’s attack arrived again.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, you with a sword and I with a fist.
Then the others also arrived one after another—in this short time, all the Little Monsters had been killed.
Eight people surrounded Li Jinlin and after two rounds, halved the BOSS’s Blood Volume.
In the water, Li Jinlin would be incredibly strong, but once on land, he was a bit weaker than a typical Boss, not to mention his Level was only 22. Facing a group of players Over Level 30, he could only take the beating.
Li Jinlin waved his spear, water converged around him, forming a spherical Shield. This Shield, if used in the water, would be at least five meters in diameter, but on land, it barely protected his immediate vicinity.
However, Hao Mie didn’t care about this Protective Magic, having mixed in Canglin State for so long, he had mature ways to deal with all kinds of demons and Sorcery.
Remote Beat—Shattering Jade Palm!
Bang! A palm hit the Water Escape, the fist strength directly penetrated the Water Shield and hit Li Jinlin, making him spew a mouthful of blood. The blood, mingling with the surrounding Water Shield, was a ghastly sight.
Spirit Removal Technique!
A flash of white light, Zishan had finally made a move with a dispelling spell.
The moment the water dispersed, bows and arrows, Flying knives, Sword Qi, Sword Wind, all relentlessly struck Li Jinlin, leaving his Blood Volume at less than 1000.
Then Li Jinlin finally became furious—"Get away from me!"
Sorcery—Gold Scale Blade Rain!
The golden fish scales on his body suddenly exploded, and the golden scales shot out like a violent storm in all directions.
Hao Mie was the closest and was hit by more than a dozen, fortunately, each hit only caused a few points of damage, but it still gave him a shock.
He quickly activated his protective skill to reduce damage while swiftly retreating and dodging.
Everyone else also activated their Protection Skills and scattered to evade.
Luckily, this move could only be used once, and seeing Li Jinlin covered in blood was clear evidence that such abilities were not to be used casually.
"It’s you who forced me, that strange bird was right, only strength! Only strength!"
Xiao Jie’s heart skipped a beat, strange bird? He suddenly remembered. During the fight with Niu Dali before, it seemed like he had also mentioned a strange bird, quickly he turned to look at Li Jinlin, wanting to see what he was about to do.
Li Jinlin swiftly pulled out something like a meatball from his chest, the meatball pulsating with blood vessels and sinews, emitting an eerie red glow, and he swallowed it in one gulp.
The next second, his body burst into a bizarre crimson glow.
So that was it! Xiao Jie suddenly realized, was this the origin of Niu Dali’s Third Stage Transformation? But this time, perhaps because the fight was too fast, Li Jinlin used it directly, bypassing the Second Stage Transformation and entering the Third Stage.
His figure swelled instantly, the half-human, half-fish body grew wildly, stretching out, the back fin receded, the forelimbs seemed to shed and stayed on the ground, visibly growing something like horns.
Li Jinlin (Fish Demon to Jiao): Level 26, Life Value 2158/3200.