Chapter 60

"He's strong, but he's only level 27. There's no need to waste time on him." Whether it was to escape or out of rational thought, one of the players said this.

Of course, this point of view wasn't wrong. Even if the Flowing Tree at level 27 was strong, it still couldn't enter the level 30 First Line Gorge. It was like how Lord Grim had lost a lot of experience from being killed, but it didn't change the fact that he was strong. It just meant that he needed to spend time to make up for the lost experience, and fix the red stats he got from dropping below the level threshold.

In Glory, red equipment meant the durability was about to hit zero and desperately needed repair. Red stats had the same meaning, desperately needing experience to fix the level.

A character with red stats, even though they were at that level, definitely wouldn't have the stats they should have. The exact difference depended on how much experience they were missing. Theoretically, it was entirely possible for a level 30 character to have level 0 stats. Skill tiers could also turn red, and they could only be fixed by recovering experience.

The guilds were targeting Lord Grim's team with this in mind, but there was no need to waste time on this Flowing Tree. This character was only level 27, and wasn't a threat to begin with.

Everyone, whether being rational or wanting to escape, agreed with this view and silently, as if nothing had happened, all slipped away.

Flowing Tree didn't chase, slowly retreating behind a tree and sitting down on the spot.

No matter how strong a god was, without mana, they wouldn't have any combat power.

Only wielding a level 25 blue light sword, Flowing Tree's damage output was truly average. Plus, there was a six-level difference between him and his opponent. The damage resistance from level suppression was also considerable. Huang Shaotian used up 90% of Flowing Tree's mana to kill that one character.

Flowing Tree's inventory was completely empty. If the opponent wanted to attack him now, he could only continue to flee.

But in the end, they all left, and Huang Shaotian heard the sentence they left behind. He didn't have any doubts about it, nor did he express any opinions.

This showed that Huang Shaotian's trash talk was definitely something he could control. In this situation where he basically had no combat power due to lack of mana, he didn't say a word.

Without food or potions, just sitting there wouldn't provide much recovery. Mana would recover automatically at the same rate as recovering from near-death to full. From 0 to 100%, without any mana regeneration stats, it would definitely take 10 minutes.

Where did that guy run off to?

Huang Shaotian thought, and Flowing Tree poked half his body out to take a look. As a result, he saw a leg extended right in front of him. Huang Shaotian was quick-witted and immediately controlled Flowing Tree to do a backward roll. The remaining mana could still be used for some attacks, and he quickly used Draw Sword on the half figure.

The figure flashed back behind the tree, and Draw Sword struck the tree, shaving off two pieces of bark. Huang Shaotian heard a voice from behind the tree: "Looks like we should team up."

It was Ye Xiu's voice. Huang Shaotian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you shake them all off?" Huang Shaotian asked.

"No, they'll be here soon."

"I don't have any mana," Huang Shaotian said.

Lord Grim reached into his pocket and shook it, throwing some food, drinks, and mana potions onto the ground.

"I despise you! Carrying so much stuff," Huang Shaotian mocked as he picked them up.

"I'm playing an online game, old brother." Ye Xiu understood what Huang Shaotian meant. The lower the character's weight, the better. Filling your inventory with potions just for the sake of convenience was a way of weakening your combat power. The higher the skill level, the greater the impact this would have.

After using Flowing Tree to pick up all the items, Huang Shaotian immediately had him sit down and drink the beverage to restore his mana.

"They're here! I'm leaving first," Ye Xiu said.

"Cover me," Huang Shaotian said.

"Cover what? Is anyone paying attention to you?" As Ye Xiu spoke, Lord Grim had already run far away. "He's over there," and "He's over there" could be heard everywhere in the forest, and characters kept emerging from the shadows of the trees, chasing after the direction Lord Grim was running. Some of them almost brushed past the sitting Flowing Tree, but they all seemed to not see him, ignoring him completely and continuing to chase after Lord Grim.

"Help me get a sword, this blue light sword is disgusting," Huang Shaotian even sent a message to Ye Xiu complaining.

"Do you have any common sense? Those people are all level 30+, can you even use the equipment they drop?" Ye Xiu replied.

"Online games are such a hassle!" Huang Shaotian awkwardly covered up this low-level mistake. It was just that he hadn't touched online games for many years and had always used the top-tier account Night Rain, and the concept of equipment requiring levels had faded a lot, and he hadn't thought of it for a while.

The players chased frantically, switching running styles, changing directions, and their hands were about to cramp up. The two gods didn't care about the lives of ordinary players at all, and they were even chatting while relying on their outstanding hand speed.

Flowing Tree sat here drinking the beverage and quickly replenished his mana. Several people ran past him, ignoring him completely. Huang Shaotian was happy to not have to greet them. Just as his mana was about to be fully restored, another swordsman ran past him, turning his perspective around wildly, unable to find Lord Grim. He stood there blankly for a moment, seeming to send a message, and then found a direction and rushed over with his sword.

The swordsman was holding a greatsword. Greatswords, heavy swords, had high physical attack, although the attack speed was slower. There were many swordsmen who liked to use them. Huang Shaotian was the number one swordsman, of course he had studied all kinds of weapons. As soon as he saw the greatsword in this person's hand, he jumped up: "Hey, swordsman, wait a moment."

The swordsman ignored him and ran wildly.

"Hey, can't you hear me when I tell you to wait? Do you have any manners? Even if you didn't turn on voice chat, I can't forgive you. Can you play Glory without voice chat? Can you? Can you? Can you?" Huang Shaotian shouted as he chased after him with his sword. The swordsman seemed determined to ignore him, not even turning his head as he continued to run.

"Is that greatsword in your hand the Striking Sword? Level 25 orange weapon, not bad! But then your weight is higher than mine, and I'm telling you, I don't have anything on me except for a little bit of potion! Listen carefully, I have nothing. Do you know what that means? It means that even if you stripped off all your equipment and ran naked, I could still catch up to you. There's no point in you running at all. Look, we've already closed the distance in just a few words. So why are you still running? Stop and chat, brother. Want to trade weapons? Level 30 light sword, blue quality, attack speed 10, you'll love it once you've used it, guaranteed to be smoother and more lovable than your greatsword..."

"Damn you, you're only level 27, where did you get a level 30 light sword?!" The swordsman couldn't help but chime in.

"Very good, your observation skills are so touching that I'm about to cry. You still know that I'm level 27? Then why are you running? Come over here and let's fight!" Huang Shaotian shouted.

"I don't have time!" The greatsword swordsman didn't stop.

"It's not up to you, Triple Slash." As Huang Shaotian spoke, he used the skill, and three sword lights flashed out. This time it was used as a movement technique. But this greatsword swordsman wasn't weak either, and he quickly used Triple Slash to rush forward as well.

"Hahahaha!" Huang Shaotian laughed loudly. The third slash of the Triple Slash struck the greatsword swordsman's back.

"Too careless about the details, brother. With your weight, your attack speed, you thought you could dodge with a Triple Slash? It's useless! Blue light sword, 10 attack speed, now you know how powerful it is!" Huang Shaotian kept talking while his hands didn't stop. This greatsword swordsman had an orange weapon, so he must be a key player being cultivated by the guild, and his strength was stronger than the swordsman Huang Shaotian had killed earlier... But, he was just an ordinary player, just like how it doesn't matter to an elephant whether an ant is strong or not.

Although the greatsword swordsman's level was slightly higher, he was not in the same league as Huang Shaotian. And he was backstabbed by Huang Shaotian right from the start. He couldn't even turn his perspective around at this point, and the successive attacks were all knock-ups and backstabs. There weren't any of his brothers passing by, so the greatsword swordsman knew that he was going to die here. What was even more depressing was that he was about to die, but he couldn't even get a word in to curse. This guy kept nagging while he was cutting him, it was so annoying.

Most people in the game wouldn't associate such a nagging swordsman with Huang Shaotian.

Ordinary players knew Huang Shaotian from the competition broadcasts or recordings. He was their idol, especially the idol of swordsman players. From an outsider's point of view, they thought that Huang Shaotian's rampant trash talk was so wonderful, especially when he made his opponent blush and become irritable. Supporters would laugh without exception.

But now, experiencing this kind of attack firsthand, all they felt was annoyance. This feeling after experiencing it firsthand was really not the same person as the Huang Shaotian in their mind.

The greatsword swordsman, who had suffered a double blow, soon couldn't hold on any longer. Silken sword lights entangled around his body, and his life kept slipping away. Just from the slipping away of his life, it could be seen how continuous his opponent's attacks were. But the greatsword swordsman really didn't have any mood to care about these things at this time. Why wasn't he dead yet? He even had this thought.

He got his wish.

His life finally slipped to the bottom, and the opponent's attack also stopped at this time. The greatsword swordsman breathed a sigh of relief. The torment was finally over!

The picture suddenly turned gray and white, zoomed out, and was no longer the character's first-person perspective. People were dead, where did the perspective come from? At this time, it was more like the soul leaving the body after death, blankly watching his body fall from mid-air.

"Damn it!!" The greatsword swordsman roared loudly as he looked at the gray and white picture. Unfortunately, his character was dead at this time, and he could no longer send out his voice.

He clearly saw that the greatsword in his hand slipped out the moment his character fell.

"Oh yo, how could I be so lucky! I can randomly kill someone and get an orange weapon? As expected, it's different after not playing online games for too long! This luck has been accumulated with great difficulty," Huang Shaotian babbled on and on.

"Lending it for a bit, I'll return it when I'm done." Huang Shaotian had Flowing Tree go over and pick up the level 25 orange weapon Striking Sword, and a text bubble appeared above his head with these words. He knew that although the other party couldn't hear him, they could see the text. The corpse was still here, it hadn't been revived and returned to the city yet!