Chapter 465

As his Affinity with the Long Ears increased by the day, Zonyan had long since received a notification about a new main quest: the next phase would be triggered once he reached Level 50.

He had been a first-rate Player in the first place, but his level had fallen as he focused on trivial quests in the Western Continent. It wouldn't be difficult for him to catch up again.

And from the series of quests, it wasn't hard for Zonyan to guess that his quests would involve the Grayclaw tribe once he reached the required level.

He wasn't afraid, and was even a little excited. The only thing he was worried about was that his friendly tribe wouldn't surrender as soon as possible, and if they were listed as red-named hostile creatures, the other Players wouldn't hold back for his EXP bag even if he didn't do it himself.

Digressing, Zonyan realized that the Berserker path he had taken before was a little lacking as he was farming Affinity with the Long Ears. Aside from burning HP, most of his attacks had AoE splash damage, and while it appeared more destructive than other paths when dealing the same amount of damage, the damage to a single target was spread out. While it was an advantage in chaotic battles, it was a little weak in one-on-one PvP or PvE.

It was fortunate that skills of the same class could be trained concurrently. While dual training certainly wouldn't have the upper limit of mastery, it could make up for each other's flaws, making it much better than mastery and harder to counter.

It was only after Mufasa showed off the Kengyoku path that the Players who had been complaining that Kengyoku was a scam all realized. 'Oh, so it's not Kengyoku that's weak, but me.'

With that, sword and blade Players who were confident in themselves would naturally choose the Kengyoku path, which was claimed to be the strongest single-target skill.

Clearly, Zonyan was such a person.

At the same time, as an Inhuman of the Grayclaw tribe, his powerful physique and hunting instincts allowed him to quickly adapt to the Kengyoku path that required a certain amount of strength and speed.

After a few rounds of PvP against the Players, Zonyan was almost certain that he would have a good chance of winning even against an average Player who was two or three levels higher than him.

Moreover, the enemy before him was Sultan, the Rhinoceros Horned Warrior, who was merely a Level 39 elite mob that was lower in level than him. If Gurozlan, a Level 35 elite mob, wasn't glaring hungrily beside him, Zonyan could easily defeat him!

"Zonyan, do you need help?" Vulcan asked Zonyan after he had fed Laybit the coca-cola and confirmed that he was fine. Then, he glanced at the thick and long Elephant Serpent which was still sticking out its tongue.

"No need."

Zonyan replied quietly.

In fact, he could see quite a few HP bars closing in on him from afar. If he let Vulcan go over, he'd probably be able to kill them easily with the Spirit Swordsman's powerful AoE attacks.

But Zonyan had his own idea.

He used to be the chief of the Grayclaw tribe and had once ruled over the nonhumans of the Vierlin Plains. Though he had only been there for a short time, his father's generation had left a deep impression on him.

It would have been fine if he was still being hunted down, but he now had the ability and was confident that he could defeat Swordtail with one or two more levels and reclaim his position as chief of the Grayclaw tribe. When that happens, the nonhuman tribe would become his subjects again.

The tigermen had been slaughtered to the point of extinction a little too horrifying. Even if they had been courting their own deaths, Zonyan was still alerted by their terrible state, which was why he wanted to preserve a Seed Flame for the nonhumans of the Vierlin Plains as much as he could if it was within his power. * * * Sanjiu Chinese Network

The Rhinoceros Horn tribe was a simple-minded nonhuman tribe that feared the strong.

Therefore, the best way to subdue them was to defeat their warriors in front of the Rhinoceros Horn Clan as easily as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood!

"Die!"

Sultan, the Rhinoceros Horn Warrior, didn't have the Players' ability to discern the enemy's strength by looking at their forehead, much less know that Zonyan was thinking about how to defeat him.

Sultan had never been afraid of anyone in his life apart from being beaten up by Swordtail's sorcery. Therefore, he simply assumed that Zonyan's small arms and legs were no match for him in terms of brute strength, which was why he simply swung his blade in a straightforward yet overwhelming manner. In wuxia novels, it would be called splitting Mount Hua with brute strength!

Zonyan in the past would most likely use Heroic Death in such a situation and use Berserker to fight back. On the other hand, he would have to evade Sultan the Rhinoceros Horn Warrior before he was a Player and would slowly circle around him in search of a chance to strike.

But things were different now.

Zonyan raised his sword and parried it softly. With the crisp sound of metal colliding and a burst of sparks, Sultan's greatsword that could be used as the door of a Long Ears' house was deflected!

It was a Kengyoku skill that was both basic and difficult to grasp — not only did it completely nullify his opponent's attack, the visual effect was also immeasurably shocking. It was as inconceivable as seeing an ant repelling a mantis with a single Rising Dragon Fist!

Aside from Vulcan, the Player who knew the ins and outs of the situation, it wasn't just Laybit of the Long Ears, the Horned Roll princess, and the other Rhinoceros Horn tribesmen who had hurried over to try the same trick and encircle Sultan were left dumbfounded!

Zonyan's lips curled when he noticed that. 'It seems that things aren't as complicated as I thought.'

Well, there was little wonder. After all, as Players, they had seen too many cool visual effects and displays in events and dungeons to naturally become numb to it, and it wouldn't be easy to pursue better visual effects.

The problem, however, was that the Rhinoceros Horn tribesmen had never seen such a thing!

They were rather simple since they had yet to be corrupted by special effects, and were probably thinking that 'bigger is more beautiful'. That was why they were stunned when they saw Zonyan deflect Sultan's attack so easily, even though his blade alone was bigger than his body.

Zonyan stopped thinking about it after realizing that.

He immediately activated Heroic Dying, but it was not for the attribute buffs that came with this skill. Instead, it was for the special effect of the red smoke particles that would appear when this skill was activated!

Then, in the split second that Sultan was left wide open due to his deflection, Zonyan had already sheathed his blade, cancelled Heroic Dying, and then unsheathed it again.

[Eight Blades, One Flash]!

Under the buff of Heroic Dying, the eight consecutive sword trajectories turned from formless to bright crimson, wrapping around Sultan's body like eight demonic chains that claimed his life.

In the very next split second, thick blood spilled out of Sultan's body where the crimson blades cut him. Then, with a look of disbelief, his entire body was directly cut into fifteen chunks of flesh, with his innards falling to the ground as everyone stared in shock!