Chapter 1 How Can Her Strength Be So High?

“How can her strength be so strong?” Xuan Cang stared at Mu Xiaoxiao, his heart filled with astonishment.

He was a Berserker known for his strength, and he had already been promoted to a Tier 2 class. Even against a Tier 2 Shield Warrior or a Tier 2 Guardian Knight, he was confident he could suppress them with his strength.

But Mu Xiaoxiao was just a Swordsman.

Now, after just one exchange, he was actually not her match…

Before Xuan Cang could recover from his brief surprise, Mu Xiaoxiao launched another attack.

Chasing Wind Sword!

Almost in the blink of an eye, Mu Xiaoxiao appeared in front of Xuan Cang, who was more than ten yards away. The twin swords in her hands twisted like whips, yet were as flexible as living things, like cunning snakes. More than ten snake shadows lunged toward Xuan Cang.

Combat Technique: Snake Shadow!

These snake shadows were intertwined and chaotic, completely overwhelming. The attack trajectories were complex and ever-changing, unlike normal attacks that were direct and without any alterations. These snake shadows changed almost constantly. Even if the attack trajectory was captured a moment ago, it would change in the next, rendering all parrying preparations useless.

Although Mu Xiaoxiao couldn’t make all ten-plus snake shadows change at will, she could make four of them change constantly, making it impossible to easily grasp their attack trajectories.

More than ten snake shadows instantly assailed Xuan Cang, and his expression turned serious.

Even he couldn’t fully grasp the snake shadows’ attacks at this moment. He could only use his ultimate move, Chaotic Qi Slash, to cope, and didn’t dare engage in a normal melee.

Clang, clang, clang…

A series of collisions echoed around them.

Even though Xuan Cang used Chaotic Qi Slash, which could unleash more than twenty attacks, and even strengthened his power, both Xuan Cang and Mu Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but retreat two or three steps after the exchange.

“How could this be?”

The Hecate members watching from a distance stared with their mouths wide open.

Everyone present was an elite or expert of Hecate. Regarding Mu Xiaoxiao’s initiative attack, it seemed like Xuan Cang and Mu Xiaoxiao were evenly matched, but they all knew that Xuan Cang was actually at a disadvantage.

Because Chaotic Qi Slash was a Berserker’s ultimate killing move.

Using a killing move and only achieving a draw meant that if they exchanged blows normally, the outcome was predictable.

This filled the Hecate members with unspeakable fear as they looked at Mu Xiaoxiao.

Xuan Cang was a genuine Tier 2 Berserker, and his combat level was definitely among the top experts in Hecate. Now, he was actually being suppressed by a member of a rural adventurer team.

If the other experts of Hecate knew about this, they would probably think they were joking.

At this moment, not only the Hecate members but even Xuan Cang himself was dumbfounded.

He couldn’t understand how Mu Xiaoxiao could be so powerful.

“How can this be! I am a Tier 2 Berserker!” Facing Mu Xiaoxiao, Xuan Cang’s eyes no longer held the composure of before but instead felt the threat of death. “Isn’t she ranked sixth in Cold Wind City? How can her basic attributes and combat level be so high?”

The Asura adventurer team members in the distance were also stunned.

“How can Mu Xiaoxiao be so strong?” Feng Ran stared fixedly at Mu Xiaoxiao, who was unscathed and easily suppressing Xuan Cang, completely unable to believe it was real.

He was very clear about Mu Xiaoxiao’s strength. Although she was a little stronger than him, the difference was very limited. But the current Mu Xiaoxiao was a completely different person from the Mu Xiaoxiao he knew.

“Mu Xiaoxiao’s grasp of Snake Shadow is still too superficial. If she could fully master it, that attack could have taken at least half of Xuan Cang’s life,” Jing Wuming commented indifferently.

Lone Nine Extremes and the others nodded in agreement.

The current Mu Xiaoxiao was wearing the Magic Light Set, a Level 50 Fine-Gold set, and the weapons in her hands were a Level 50 top-grade Fine-Gold longsword and a Level 50 growth-type Epic-grade sword. Compared to Xuan Cang, who was only wearing a set of Level 50 Mithril equipment, she surpassed him by more than one level. It was only natural for her to suppress Xuan Cang head-on.

Moreover, after leaving the Ice Crystal World, Mu Xiaoxiao had also challenged various experts in the God’s Domain Continent along with them. Combined with the training conditions provided by the Zero Wing Guild, Mu Xiaoxiao was already very close to the Half-step Insight realm, and now she had completely stepped into the Insight realm. She was only slightly inferior to old hands like Xuan Cang who had already reached the Insight realm.

However, the advantage in attributes was enough to make up for this gap.

As for the combat technique Snake Shadow, it was one of the several combat techniques obtained from the Ancient God’s relics. Although it was only a basic combat technique, its power was definitely top-tier among basic combat techniques. In order to strengthen their strength, Shi Feng had allowed them to learn it directly by owing the guild points.

If she could fully master the combat technique Snake Shadow, coupled with Mu Xiaoxiao’s own powerful attributes, it was not impossible to kill half of Xuan Cang’s life with one strike.

“Take half of Xuan Cang’s life with one strike?” Feng Ran looked at Lone Nine Extremes and the others, who all agreed with Jing Wuming’s words, and wondered if he was hallucinating.

This was Xuan Cang, who had single-handedly killed hundreds of experts from the Century Financial Group and finally killed the expert Tyrant Blade Chang Kong!

But in the eyes of Jing Wuming and the others, such an expert was just like any random player on the street…

Just as everyone was shocked by the strength Mu Xiaoxiao displayed, Mu Xiaoxiao changed her footwork again after stabilizing her body, turning into a series of afterimages, as if Mu Xiaoxiao had instantly transformed from one person into four or five people rushing towards Xuan Cang at the same time.

Combat Technique: Phantom Steps!

This Phantom Step was also a combat technique obtained from the Ancient God’s relics. It could create afterimages for the enemy to see through special movement and aura changes, thereby confusing the enemy and preventing them from making the right judgments, and then allowing the player to take the opportunity to attack.

Although movement-type combat techniques were not like attack combat techniques that could greatly increase a player’s combat power, in terms of rarity, a basic movement-type combat technique was equivalent to an advanced attack or defense combat technique. This was because movement techniques could not only increase a player’s ability to protect their life, but also allow them to take the initiative when facing enemies of similar skill, which was crucial for experts.

Faced with five afterimages, Xuan Cang was only in the Insight realm after all and could not fully grasp the movements of the five afterimages. He could only stomp his foot when Mu Xiaoxiao approached.

Thunder Strike!

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and then it collapsed, preventing Mu Xiaoxiao from using Phantom Steps normally and directly revealing her figure.

“Die!” Xuan Cang knew this was an opportunity, so he used his strongest Tier 2 skill, Death Impact.

Instantly, Xuan Cang’s muscles bulged, instantly turning him into a giant with a height of three meters. Then, he lifted the silver spear in his hand and thrust it towards Mu Xiaoxiao.

Death Impact was a self-sacrificing skill that cost 40% of one’s own health points in exchange for charging and attacking within a 50-yard range in front, increasing speed by 150%, power by 100%, and dealing 500% damage.

The ground shattered, and a black shadow directly attacked Mu Xiaoxiao, causing a storm in the surrounding area with its terrifying aura.

Just as Xuan Cang was about to rush in front of Mu Xiaoxiao, Mu Xiaoxiao suddenly put away the Level 50 Fine-Gold longsword in her right hand and directly took out an old longsword engraved with silver divine runes from her backpack, and swung it fiercely towards Xuan Cang.

As Mu Xiaoxiao wielded the old longsword, the silver divine runes on the sword suddenly lit up, directly striking Xuan Cang’s silver spear.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the ground collapsed.

Mu Xiaoxiao was not directly knocked away as everyone had imagined. On the contrary, Xuan Cang’s actions came to an abrupt halt. He couldn’t help but retreat three steps, and the spear in his hand trembled, completely entering a brief state of stiffness.

Xuan Cang’s eyes were filled with shock. He didn’t understand what Mu Xiaoxiao had done to unleash such power and block his strongest strike.

Before Xuan Cang could break free from his brief state of stiffness, the growth-type Epic-grade sword in Mu Xiaoxiao’s other hand swung down.

Tier 2 Skill: Storm Barrage!

This move was also the strongest Tier 2 skill that Mu Xiaoxiao had mastered.

Countless wind blades swept towards Xuan Cang. At this time, Xuan Cang couldn’t move at all and was directly devoured by the countless wind blades. His health points dropped wildly, until Xuan Cang recovered from the stiffness, and his health points were less than one-third. He was directly taken away by Mu Xiaoxiao, who had approached him with two swords. His eyes went dark, and he crashed to the ground…