The nature of the Blades Club was also mentioned in the previous chapter. It had an official background. All the members of the society were drawn from the military, police, government, and other organizations. The department that they were currently affiliated to was an independent team under the cyber-police, but in reality, there was more to it than meets the eye.
Some might question why the government would gather a group of people to infiltrate a game and start their future work there.
It was a long story … Obviously, in the real world of this novel, there were supernatural beings, hell, and heaven. Then … in this world's government, naturally, there would be a department that specialized in dealing with supernatural situations like this. And the power of this mysterious department was amazing. They had the power to give the order to do something like this. Much less the members of Blades, if there was a need, they could transfer a whole group of people into the game to form an organization that was stronger than any professional gaming studio.
However, since Woody had a good personal relationship with the person in charge of this mysterious department, they had adopted this kind of lenient approach. Basically, they had an attitude of 'monitoring but not doing anything'. If something really happened, the related department would prioritize taking down the Dream Company's headquarters in the real world.
Of course, this plot was not the core of the novel, so it was better to return to the story.
Even though Seven Kills was known as the number three in Blades, in terms of individual combat ability, he was the number one player. This was because their number one and two players were like the captain and the political commissar, or rather, the general and the strategist.
And Seven Kills was the general.
To be able to be ranked in the top twenty on the combat ability ranking, none of them were not top players. Even though he was ranked sixteenth, it did not mean that those who were ranked ahead of him could beat him, and it did not mean that those who were ranked behind him would lose to him. As long as their ability was within the same range, the result of a battle between two players was unpredictable.
Unfortunately … Xiao Tan was not at the same level as Seven Kills.
"That badge …" Seven Kills saw the eye-catching guild badge of Underworld Frontline from afar. "Ha … I've run into someone from Underworld Frontline in my first match." How could he not remember the name of the guild that Feng Bujue, who had defeated him in Gotham City, belonged to?
Before the fight even started, Seven Kills was already excited.
"Seven Kills. That Seven Kills from Blade …" Xiao Tan often checked the ranking boards. Naturally, he had an impression of an ID that was relatively easy to remember. "Hmm … I'm so unlucky. My first match is against an expert ranked in the top twenty." He thought to himself, "But … an opponent like this is just the right time to test my strength."
In the face of a strong enemy, Xiao Tan did not cower. Instead, his fighting spirit was ignited.
At this moment, the environment around the two of them was a barren open space. The hardness of the ground under their feet was moderate, and the surface was covered with a layer of withered grass and sand. The sun was high in the sky, and there were no clouds for thousands of miles. Since it was a script for the preliminaries, there was no plot, and the map was simple.
Furthermore, the system very 'considerately' allowed these two players who specialized in close-range combat to meet each other. Once they entered the scenario, they could see each other directly.
The two of them were more than 100 meters apart. After a few seconds of staring at each other, Seven Kills spoke first. He said loudly, "Friend, since this is a competition, I won't hold back."
"I hope you can enlighten me." Xiao Tan reached out, and the energy-charged tri-edge military knife appeared in his left hand. His right hand tightened into a fist, and the claws shot out.
"Oh … this kid is much more polite than their leader," Seven Kills complained. Seven Kills cursed in his heart, but he replied, "Same here …" He was a fighter, and his main weapon was a pair of Excellent-grade boxing gloves. Therefore, he did not need to make any preparations. He just stepped forward.
"So fast …" Xiao Tan looked at the blurry shadow in his sight, and he felt the pressure increase. As the saying went, once an expert made his move, the truth would be revealed. Once Seven Kills moved, Xiao Tan knew that his opponent's speed was not slower than his own.
At that moment, Xiao Tan instinctively moved as well. As he moved to the side, the darts on his left arm flew out at high speed.
"Are you trying to test my speed and reaction?" Seven Kills easily dodged the darts and mumbled to himself, "That is a logical strategy, but it might not be meaningful."
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two was reduced to less than ten meters. Of the five darts that Xiao Tan shot out, none of them hit their target.
"Tsk …" Xiao Tan scoffed. Seeing the man charging head-on without holding back, a sense of viciousness rose in his heart. He scoffed and said, "Then, if you want to fight me head-on … I will grant you your wish!"
Even though he said that, what he did next was … roll. The roll was very sudden and very fast … and it was unexpected.
As an extreme player who focused on fighting, Seven Kills was not afraid of anyone in close combat. Even if he was matched up against characters like Shiva or Phantom Dawn, he believed that he would not be at a disadvantage in terms of fighting.
And Xiao Tan, in terms of fighting experience and skill, was too far behind his opponent. He only had speed to match Seven Kills.
Therefore, if he wanted to win, using normal fighting skills was not going to work.
Therefore, Xiao Tan decided to do the opposite. He tried his best to surprise everyone with every move he made.
"Hmm?" Seven Kills did not expect that. His opponent had taken up his stance and flashed his weapon, but he did not use it. Instead, he rolled on the ground and swept his left leg to aim for Seven Kills' ankle.
"Humph … Suddenly attacking the lower part of the body, huh? What a dirty trick." Seven Kills raised his knee like lightning. As he dodged the attack, he counterattacked.
However, Xiao Tan's leg sweep was just a feint. His right leg swung like a scorpion's tail, aiming for Seven Kills' stomach.
Seven Kills' reaction was half a beat slower, but he still had time to change his move. He chose to use his leg to push off the ground and bounce back.
Seeing this, Xiao Tan immediately waved his sleeve, and with a cold glint, he chased after Seven Kills.
Although it was just a simple sleeve dart attack, it was still as powerful as an arrow.
Unexpectedly, Seven Kills, who was in the air with nowhere to push off, only smiled coldly. "Not bad. You made me reveal my weakness, and you know how to take advantage of it." Before he finished his sentence, he had already used two fingers to catch the dart that was heading for his throat.
"You have got to be kidding me …" Xiao Tan was covered in cold sweat. At such a short distance, Seven Kills was barely able to jump into the air, but he was still able to catch such a fast hidden weapon.
"It's not over yet …" Seven Kills laughed.
Before he finished his sentence, his hand had already turned 180 degrees. He used his index and middle fingers to flick the dart, and the dart was reflected back in the same direction.
"F * ck … Two-finger vacuum grip!" Xiao Tan exclaimed. He turned his body, and a blade flew out, blocking the dart.
He was right. Seven Kills had used the "Two-finger vacuum grip" of the Fist of the North Star. Things like arrows and flying daggers could be caught and reflected with this move. Unless the attack was far more powerful than a normal arrow, or if there was a large amount of ammunition in a short period of time, these kinds of hidden weapons were useless against the user of the Two-finger vacuum grip.
"Too bad. If you could shoot a large amount of shotgun bullets with a swing of your hand, I might actually be injured." Seven Kills' calm attitude showed that he was still at ease.
As he spoke, he adjusted his posture and stepped in front of Xiao Tan, who had just gotten up. "Let me show you something fun … Wolf Fangs Wind Fist!"
The fists came like a storm, as fast as the wind and as sharp as the fangs of a wolf.
It was not that Xiao Tan was not prepared, but the continuous attacks were hard to avoid. The only solution he could think of was … to attack instead of defend.
However, Xiao Tan gritted his teeth, moved his body, adjusted his posture, and threw out both hands, returning the attack.
The bayonet and claws created layers of silver light, like two crazy silver snakes, flying toward the fangs. Suddenly, there was a series of clinking sounds between the two of them, like raindrops falling on a jade plate.
Seven Kills' Steel Gauntlets were quite powerful. Combined with his own power, when he faced off against Xiao Tan's two weapons, he had the upper hand.
However, a skill was a skill. Wolf Fangs Wind Fist was not something that Seven Kills could yell casually; it was one of his skills. Xiao Tan only relied on his reflexes to swing his weapon at high speed to block.
After the two of them clashed, naturally, Xiao Tan was at a disadvantage.
After a while, Xiao Tan had already been hit more than ten times. His left hand was almost exhausted, and his right wrist was in pain. As for Seven Kills, his fists were only slightly numb.
"He actually relied on his reflexes to block my skill …" Although Seven Kills did not show it on his face, he was secretly shocked. "Interesting … Looks like it's not polite to use conventional skills to kill this kid …"
"Murderous aura!" Xiao Tan did not know why, but these two words just appeared in his mind. He was not looking at his opponent's eyes, and Seven Kills did not show any signs of using his ultimate skill. However, Xiao Tan had a strong feeling that his opponent's fatal attack would come in the next moment.
At that moment, Seven Kills said in his mind, "Other than speed, he is weak in all other aspects … Let's send him on his way …" Then, he threw out a move called Hyakashiki Orochi.
He raised his left hand in front of him, snapped his fingers, and a flame exploded from his fingertip. Then, the lower half of his body moved slightly, and his torso turned from left to right. His entire body was enveloped in the golden-red burning energy. Finally, his right hand moved forward, pushing out a ball of raging flames, and pouncing towards his opponent.
This series of actions was done in one breath, leaving Xiao Tan only one second to react. If he did not realize that this was a killer move when his opponent snapped his fingers, he would not be able to escape the fate of being killed.
Boom, boom, boom …
With three consecutive explosions, Xiao Tan's body was swallowed by the flame.
"Is it over …" Seven Kills thought. "No!" He felt something …
Although he had seen his opponent being hit by his ultimate skill, his years of combat experience told him that … it was not over yet.
As expected, a white light entered Seven Kills' eyes.
It was sunlight, the blinding sunlight that was reflected by the blade of the military knife.
A soundless, ghostly shadow appeared behind Seven Kills. A right arm reached out, and the hidden blade was already at Seven Kills' throat.
The hidden blade shot out, but it did not pierce Seven Kills' neck. At the very last moment, in that split second, Seven Kills still managed to make his move. He leaped to the side and craned his neck back.
The side of his neck was injured, and blood gushed out like a fountain. His Terror Points reached the peak in that second, but he still managed to escape death and instinctively counterattacked.
With a clang, his fist knocked into Xiao Tan's military knife.
The momentum from this collision helped Seven Kills open up the distance between them and bought him some time.
"Is it an afterimage?" Seven Kills made this observation based on his experience. "He purposely waited until the last moment to create an afterimage to take the brunt of my ultimate skill … and his real body sneaked up on me to slit my throat … Hmm … It feels like he knew that I was going to use my ultimate skill."
Cold sweat rolled down Seven Kills' forehead. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice … If it wasn't for the fact that the opponent's blade happened to reflect the sunlight, the hidden blade would have drilled into his head from his chin … and the outcome of the battle would have been decided.
"Isn't Underworld Frontline a small guild with only four members?" Seven Kills thought. After the Battle of the Cowl, he had asked Long Aomin about Feng Bujue, but he did not ask for details. "It's supposed to be a guild for casual players, but how come every member of it is so powerful?"
Xiao Tan did not know that his opponent was thinking about that. He immediately used Reverse Spinning Slash and used the fastest and most threatening method to close in on his opponent.
It was not easy for him to gain the upper hand in this short period of time. If he could not follow up on it and turn it into a victory, then all his effort earlier would have been wasted.
"This is much harder to deal with than I thought …" Seven Kills held his neck with one hand and used his other hand to push against the ground. He used the momentum to somersault, turned his back to his opponent, and started to run.
"No way … He's running away …" That was the last thing Xiao Tan wanted to see. Earlier, he had lost forty percent of his Life Points from Wolf Fang Zephyr Punch, and Orochi Yushiki had not missed him completely. To ensure the success of the afterimage tactic, he had to activate Wind Stop Dust at the last moment when he was hit. Therefore, he still took some damage from Explosive Flame.
Xiao Tan only had twenty-four percent Life Points left, and in tournament mode, players were not allowed to use Life Points Recovery Potions. Players without Medic mastery did not have the ability to last … They would die if they only had one life.
As long as Seven Kills stopped bleeding and stopped underestimating his opponent, Xiao Tan would be defeated within twenty moves.
"I'm sorry … I underestimated you earlier." Seven Kills' voice came from the front.
Xiao Tan could see clearly that the man had taken out something to stop the bleeding from his inventory and placed it on his neck.
"You fought well …" When the word 'wrong' left his lips, Seven Kills' body disappeared from Xiao Tan's sight. "I look forward to it …" This sentence came from behind Xiao Tan.
"Shadow Step, huh …" Xiao Tan knew that this was bad, but it was too late to turn around. He put more force into his feet and charged forward, hoping that his opponent would not be able to catch up to him.
"… We'll meet again in the semi-finals." When Seven Kills finished that sentence, his fist had already pierced through Xiao Tan's chest from behind.
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