Chapter 165 - 135: Triggered Lu Wen!

Chapter 165: Chapter 135: Triggered Lu Wen!

With such teammates around, they could be this safe. But such teammates weren’t always available every time.

"I know, I know." Cao Yu covered his head and smiled awkwardly. "I was just saying it casually. I’ll definitely be careful next time I enter a Dungeon."

"That’s more like it." Zhou Yunhao withdrew his hand in satisfaction. He looked at Yu Zhun, who was holding a Spring Token and pointing it toward the last glowing direction. "Captain?"

"From just now, the position of Lu Wen’s team has been constantly changing," Yu Zhun said slowly. "Judging from the direction of the changes, they should be looking for us too."

"Then let’s go." Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes held a bit of anticipation. "Once we take care of the last team, we’ll be able to gather all the tokens."

She wanted to see what would happen once the tokens were complete.

"Let’s move out." Yu Zhun took a deep breath and led the group toward the direction of Lu Wen’s team.

The opposing party also seemed to have faintly detected their current position through some means and was heading toward them as well.

Soon, on a rugged mountainside covered in jagged rocks, the two teams officially met.

"It’s him?"

Seeing Lu Wen, Sheila’s pupils slightly contracted. Thinking of his terrifying performance of single-handedly wiping out an entire raiding team earlier, she nocked an arrow to her bow without hesitation. An arrow crossed a distance of hundreds of meters, shooting toward Lu Wen.

Yu Zhun didn’t stop her. Now that they had crossed swords, he could take this opportunity to see what new trump cards Lu Wen had.

Seeing the arrow, the opposing raiding team experienced a slight commotion, but it quickly subsided. It wasn’t until the arrow entered his combat range that Lu Wen dodged it with an extremely agile posture.

Was this... [Mental Domain]? Keenly noticing this detail, Yu Zhun’s gaze flickered slightly. He felt like he knew what Lu Wen’s maneuver was.

On the other side, Lu Wen’s crisis had not been resolved.

Sheila’s arrow was not something that could be dealt with just by dodging. Failing to hit any target, the arrow forcefully carved a trajectory in mid-air and shot explosively toward Lu Wen once again.

Sensing this scene, Lu Wen slightly furrowed his brows. He raised the twin swords in his hands without hesitation, their sharp points accurately tapping the front of the arrow.

CLANG!

Accompanied by a sharp, explosive sound of clashing metal, the arrow shattered upon impact.

Sheila expressionlessly nocked another arrow to her bow, but Yu Zhun reached out and patted her shoulder. "Clear out the other targets.

"Leave him to me."

After saying that, Yu Zhun drew a pair of daggers, stomped his foot, and darted forward like an arrow released from a bowstring.

The members of Lu Wen’s team quickly reacted. One after another, Magic and arrows were shot at Yu Zhun, who was taking the lead. However, under the ultimate close-combat capability of [Unrivaled Sword Dance], the vast majority of these skills were easily dodged. Even those that hadn’t been dodged failed to pose any threat to Yu Zhun, not even able to break his shield.

Ignoring everyone else, Yu Zhun had eyes only for the figure with a black blindfold over his eyes. And Lu Wen had also sensed the thing known as killing intent. He lifted the Long Sword in his hand without hesitation and charged at Yu Zhun.

Closer, even closer!

The moment both sides entered each other’s combat range, Lu Wen’s [Mental Domain] captured Yu Zhun’s figure.

Daggers, dual weapons...

Lu Wen’s heart trembled fiercely. Not daring to carefully sense his opponent’s face, he controlled his perception, causing the clear figure to instantly blur.

He had to kill him! No matter who it was, he would definitely be the winner this time!

"Silence!"

Lu Wen suddenly gave a furious shout, and a layer of an invisible Domain instantly enveloped everything around them.

[Silent Realm Sword Saint] exclusive skill, [All Things Are Silent]!

Witness the end of Swordsmanship in the silence, causing a 50% reduction in speed and agility to all targets within range, and increasing one’s own All Attributes by 100% lasting 5s, cooling 90s!

Yu Zhun’s eyes flickered slightly. Facing the opponent’s entirely new power head-on, his perception became even clearer. The Domain the opponent had just unfurled could devour all sounds and fluctuations!

So that was it. Was this the opponent’s hidden Profession advancement path? However, wanting to win by relying on this method was simply a fool’s dream!

CLANG!

Absolute silence couldn’t stop the Funeral Bell transmitting through the void!

[[Doomsday’s Thorn] Yu Zhun, has already tolled the Funeral Bell for you!]

Accompanied by a message appearing directly in his mind, Lu Wen’s movements suddenly stiffened. His facial expressions changed continuously in a brief moment.

Realization. His guess hadn’t been wrong. It really was Yu Zhun.

Bewilderment. Why could he still hear his name?

Astonishment. The conditions for [Unaware of Invincibility] had been broken.

Anger. Why was he helpless against him every single time?

Finally, Lu Wen lost his composure.

"There’s seriously something wrong with you!"

Wielding his twin swords, Lu Wen attacked Yu Zhun like a madman. He couldn’t help but deactivate [All Things Are Silent] and curse aloud, "I’ll say it again. I don’t want to know your name!

"What’s the meaning of announcing your name every time you show up?"

"No meaning. Just letting you know what my name is," Yu Zhun quickly replied, a hint of a strange smile in his eyes.

"Do you have chuunibyou?!"

"I answered you last time. I have it a little bit."

The opponent still had the same talent as before; there wasn’t the slightest change. This time, however, Yu Zhun wouldn’t let Lu Wen run away so easily.

As an Assassin, he had deliberately refrained from using the ultra-long-distance displacement he had used before to charge into enemy lines. Instead, he made a frontal Charge like a Warrior, specifically to save the Equipment effect [Pursuit] of the [Nether Treading Demon Boots] and the Equipment effect [Eagle Strike] of the [Falcon’s Fury Song Dagger].

With these two effects, even if Lu Wen wanted to teleport hundreds of meters away to escape this time, he would immediately catch up and deal the opponent a fatal blow.

Cursing loudly while having the other party banter back, the familiar feeling surged in his heart once more. The infuriated Lu Wen went completely mad!

"Ahhhhh!"

He completely dropped the Long Sword in his hand.

"If you have the fucking guts, then kill me!"

The last time his own talent had failed, Lu Wen had chosen to teleport away directly out of caution, not even knowing what Yu Zhun’s talent was. But this time, he didn’t plan to do that again. His newly changed Equipment had added quite a few life-saving trump cards for him. He truly didn’t believe Yu Zhun had the capability to achieve a One-Hit Kill on him.

Today, he insisted on seeing what kind of abilities this bastard named Yu Zhun had!

However, despite saying so...

Sensing Yu Zhun’s dagger stabbing toward his chest at an extremely fast speed, Lu Wen still felt an inexplicable nervousness. After all, his opponent was a player with an SSS-rank talent, not some noob.

Some people subconsciously closed their eyes when they were nervous. So, Lu Wen subconsciously closed his [Mental Domain].

After the world turned completely pitch-black, Lu Wen felt a trace of stinging pain coming from his chest.

[Shield -60230]

Seeing the text floating above Lu Wen’s head, the two of them fell silent at the same time.

"Are you..." Lu Wen tilted his head, revealing a look of surprise. "Dealing scratch damage?"

"..." Yu Zhun was speechless. Crap, he was about to lose his composure too.

Although the opponent’s eyes were wrapped in a black blindfold, his keen combat perception allowed Yu Zhun to clearly realize that the opponent had always been able to "see" him. But this feeling vanished in the final moment of his strike.

The opponent had proactively closed his [Mental Domain], losing his perceptive abilities, and was fundamentally in a blind and deaf state...

The triggering conditions for [Open and Aboveboard] had been broken.

Lu Wen’s reaction was very fast. In just a brief moment, he realized that Yu Zhun probably wasn’t truly dealing scratch damage.

As an Output Profession, the opponent had chosen high-tankiness Equipment and skills that enhanced close-combat techniques. If his damage output was also just scratch damage, he would be completely useless. Therefore, it was highly likely that the opponent’s talent possessed extremely high damage output, perhaps even a One-Hit Kill just like his own!

It was just that the opponent, like him, also required certain conditions. What could the conditions be?

Lu Wen instantly realized something. His expression became fascinating as he lowered his voice and said, "You can’t leave someone’s line of perception, right?"

"..." Yu Zhun looked up at the sky wordlessly and took a deep breath. "Everyone, stop fighting!"

Following Yu Zhun’s shout, both parties engaged in the fierce battle stopped at the same time.

Yu Zhun looked at Lu Wen. "Want to make a deal?"

"Speak," Lu Wen said, remaining stoic.

"Two Spring Tokens in exchange for the perfect strategy for [Giant Demon Valley]." Yu Zhun pressed his voice to the lowest volume. "Also, we keep each other’s secrets."

"Deal."

A moment later, watching all the members of Lu Wen’s team leave, Ji Xiaoyu looked at Yu Zhun with a somewhat strange expression. "Guild Leader, are we really letting them go?"

This didn’t seem like the Guild Leader’s personality!

"Lu Wen and I hit it off right from the start," Yu Zhun lied through his teeth and quickly changed the subject. "The Spring Tokens have all been gathered. We should proceed to the next step."

Under everyone’s expectant gazes, Yu Zhun took out the 36 tokens.