Chapter 22

Alakes’s body was like an arrow off a bow, making the first move.

Carrying a creepy dark aura, he raised his sword and shot toward Su Liang.

There was almost not even a blink of an eye.

The BOSS had already approached.

Such fast speed!

Su Liang’s eyes narrowed slightly, feeling his attributes suddenly drop, and he became serious.

An Epic BOSS at this stage was truly perverted; its speed was almost catching up to his.

『Unrivaled』!

Su Liang decisively went all out, dazzling golden light soared into the sky, and Su Liang was enveloped in golden light.

Entering Unrivaled mode.

Speed skyrocketed!

Attack and attack speed increased, 100% critical hit!

Ignore control skills!

Boom!!!!

Alakes smashed down with his sword.

Dust filled the sky.

According to the "no smoke, no damage" law, when the dust settled, Su Liang’s figure was not seen.

Beside the BOSS.

Su Liang’s greatsword moved, slashing out rapidly.

Alakes was also extremely flexible, dodging aside.

Su Liang was stunned, not expecting the attack to miss.

『Instant Stab』!

He hurriedly unleashed his skill, pressing the attack while he had the advantage, and closed the distance in a flash.

The longsword contained peerless sharpness, piercing out and hitting Alakes.

"Poof!"

The benefit of critical hit determination in "Origin" was very high!

Double critical damage could be applied to the 10 times skill damage of Instant Stab.

In an instant!

20 times the burst damage.

This Epic BOSS’s health was reduced by a chunk.

There was no time to follow up with an attack.

『Cold Wind Impact』!

Alakes’s frost greatsword swung out, and an endless cold aura that froze the marrow erupted.

A gale wrapped in frost blew past.

Countless sharp ice spikes of various sizes and shapes suddenly protruded from the ground, covering a range of a thousand yards!

Turning the great hall into a small ice-spike tundra!

(Event period: October 1st to October 7th)

Hit by the Winter Impact, Su Liang’s health bar dropped by a small fraction, thanks to the damage reduction from his Iron-Steel Body talent.

Immune!

At the same time, two words popped up.

Peerless Mode grants immunity to crowd control, negating the freezing effect attached to Winter Impact.

"Life-Steal Aura"!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Su Liang quickly activated the aura beneath his feet while Alex was in the post-skill recovery animation.

He thrust his sword out several times in succession!

He easily sucked his health back up.

What the hell!

Isn't this my skill?

Alex was a bit bewildered; now he finally knew what had disappeared.

"Damned little thief, suffer the King's Wrath!!!"

An enraged Alex let out a cold snort.

"Fallen Blade"!

The frost greatsword in Alex’s hand was coated in a layer of black mist, and he slashed out.

A dozens-of-meters-long slash filled with the aura of corruption flew toward him.

"Shadow Mist"!

Su Liang revealed a smile; after testing the boss's damage, he simply stopped dodging.

The mist expanded!

Alex’s vision was drastically reduced.

However...

This was not the effect Su Liang needed.

Instead,

The Shadow Walker talent grants double attack speed while in shadows!

The mist counted perfectly as shadows!

His attack speed was already maxed out!

Swish swish swish swish swish—!!!!!

The greatsword stabbed out continuously, and his attacks rained down like a storm once again!

I’m not pretending anymore, I’m showing my hand!

Hmm...

A true assassin must maximize their output!

He let Alex’s attacks land on him.

Relying on the Life-Steal Aura stolen from the boss, he began to stand and trade blows!!!

Immune to control, every sword strike a critical hit, crazily stealing life!

Su Liang curled his lips.

At this moment!

He was a real man; just go for it!

He even had to thank Alex for the skill!

Otherwise,

He would still have to rely on kiting with skills...

"Hmm, your skills are truly excellent!"

Su Liang gave an evil smile, his voice like a demon’s whisper, as he spoke to Alex.

Upon hearing this!

Alex became even more enraged, his eyes blood-red.

"I will tear you to pieces!!!"

Insult!

A naked, blatant insult!

"Ice Devour"!

"Extreme Ice Storm"!

"Death Reckoning"!

"Death Coil"...

Alex was outputting wildly, using bursts, crowd control, and sustained attacks...

All sorts of skills were poured out.

Unfortunately, it was all for nothing...

Every time a skill or attack landed, Su Liang’s health would drop.

But it would be sucked back in just a second later...

The two of them just went at it like this: one hit from the boss, two from Su Liang.

Hurting each other.

The difference was—

The boss’s health was gradually decreasing, while Su Liang’s health would drop and then be sucked right back up.

Because the boss’s grade was too high and Su Liang’s level was low, the theft probability had decreased.

After hacking away for who knows how many swords, the Thunder Purgatory was also released.

Until his basic attacks had whittled away one-third of Alex’s health bar...

The notification finally sounded.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the "Sleight of Hand" passive "Pickpocketing," stealing: "Berserk Aura" (Skill)!]

Following that, one of the auras beneath Alex’s feet disappeared.

"Berserk Aura": Once activated, friendly units within 1000 yards gain +100% attack speed, +50% attack, and -20% defense. Consumes 100 mana per second.

The next second!

This aura appeared beneath Su Liang’s feet.

Su Liang’s attack rhythm accelerated again, and Alex’s speed slowed...

"Ah ah ah ah!"

Seeing another skill stolen, Alex was incredibly horrified, his face looking ugly.

At this moment!

He gradually realized the severity of the problem.

"It's mine, it's mine, it's all mine!!!"

Su Liang became more excited the more he fought.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the "Sleight of Hand" passive "Pickpocketing," stealing: "Evil Aura" (Skill)!]

"Evil Aura": Once activated, friendly units within 1000 yards gain +200% health regeneration, +100% movement speed, and +100% evil-type skill damage. Consumes 100 mana per second.

Another aura obtained!

For Su Liang, this aura...

Was a bit of a chicken rib.

Aside from increasing movement speed, the rest wasn't of much use.

Unless he could steal Alex’s evil-type skills.

The stand-and-trade continued...

Seeing the health bar about to bottom out, with only one last hit remaining...

"No! I haven't made the kingdom great again, I am not reconciled!!!"

Alex let out a desperate wail and his final words of unwillingness.

However, after the words fell...

He did not feel death approaching!

Su Liang’s figure had already disappeared from the hall.

In the corner of the great hall.

Su Liang was in a stealth state with Divine Concealment active, and his Peerless Mode had just ended!

Although,

With the boss at such low health, Su Liang could kill him with any random skill or basic attack.

There was no need to hide at all.

However, the boss’s wool hadn't been fully sheared yet.

He hadn't stolen the talent yet, so how could he end his life so quickly?

Anyway, there was still plenty of time left on the mission...

While popping potions to restore mana, he waited for Alex to recover health after leaving combat status.

Ten minutes later...

The boss’s health was fully restored.

"Hehehe..."

Su Liang’s mana and skill cooldowns had long since finished, and with an evil smile, his figure slowly emerged before Alex...

(Event time: October 1st to October 7th)