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Chapter 6: Astonishing Technique

In the instant the countdown ended, Shi Feng leaned forward, his legs bent, like a cheetah, suddenly exerting force and bursting out of the starting line.

With a whoosh, Shi Feng had already run a distance of 3 yards before the sound of gunfire rang out and hit the starting line.

Following that was another round of gunfire. Six bullets were fired, sealing off Shi Feng's path forward. Shi Feng's body was covered in green predictive bullet trajectories. If his reflexes weren't quick enough, he would be riddled with bullets.

Seeing the bullets flying towards him, Shi Feng sidestepped, dodging about a yard to the right, avoiding the second round of shots, and then charging forward again.

Although the three goblins continuously aimed and fired, with bullets shells dropping to the ground, making clinking sounds, the agile Shi Feng seemed to dominate the bullets, always able to dodge ahead of them. When the next round of bullets came, he advanced a few more steps.

"No way, he's already advanced 10 yards so quickly." The male priest watched as Shi Feng passed the ten-yard line in less than 5 seconds, almost twice as fast as his Boss Kuang, Kuang Feng, and was amazed.

Kuang Feng remained silent on the side, quietly watching Shi Feng's progress.

Originally, they thought Shi Feng was a rookie, even Kuang Feng didn't know him, coming to the challenge field for fun. However, his previous performance was so swift and precise, as if he had honed his skills for years on the challenge field, with every move simple and efficient, something an ordinary rookie couldn't achieve. Even after going through many challenges himself, he felt he couldn't dodge as well.

But Kuang Feng had the pride of a master, believing that Shi Feng couldn't be stronger than him, explaining, "Maybe this newcomer is an athlete, so he's so agile, but once he passes 15 yards, the goblins' attack pattern will change, and he definitely won't be able to hold on then."

"Boss Kuang is right, someone unknown to even our [Assassin Alliance] certainly isn't a master. Once he reaches 15 yards, he'll definitely be startled and end up riddled with bullets in the end."

"Yeah, once past 15 yards, the bullets fired will increase to 12, no longer focusing on individual players, with a very broad bullet trajectory coverage. Dodging left or right definitely won't work."

Other members of the [Assassin Alliance] expressed their agreement one after another, after all, they had watched similar challenges seven or eight times.

When Kuang Feng first challenged, he only passed 15 yards, but in subsequent challenges, he only reached a distance of 20 yards, showing how difficult it was after 15 yards.

"He's passed 15 yards." A member of the [Assassin Alliance] said.

Suddenly, Kuang Feng and the others' gazes all focused on Shi Feng, wanting to see what he would do next.

In the challenge field, after Shi Feng stepped beyond the 15-yard line, the three goblins displayed extreme anger, crazily firing their guns without focusing on aiming.

Suddenly, a vast area of trajectories covered Shi Feng's field of vision, but only three bullets could hit him. However, being hit by just one bullet would end the game.

"Finally resorting to dirty tricks?" Shi Feng smiled calmly, drew out his novice sword, and charged towards the bullets.

In his previous life, as the Boss Kuang of the [Duskwalkers Union], Shi Feng was too busy with work and leveling up to have time to play challenges. However, he had watched many challenges and was quite clear about them, knowing that goblins would change their attack pattern after 15 yards.

In the black market challenge, the 15-yard distance could be said to be the benchmark for judging players' operational skills. Only by passing the 15-yard distance and winning the Bronze prize could one be considered to have mastered basic physical skills.

However, most players took two to three months to reach this level, while a few passed within a month. Only a very few skilled players could pass it in one go, and Kuang Feng was one of them.

Watching the three bullets about to hit Shi Feng's head, chest, and arm,

"This kid really can't make it. There are too many bullets and they're too scattered. He's forgotten to dodge and is foolishly charging forward." Kuang Feng saw Shi Feng charging straight into the bullets' path, thinking it was too foolish. Did he think the challenge would continue even if he was hit by one or two bullets?

At this moment, Shi Feng's head tilted to one side, he swung his novice sword, and a white light flashed.

Bang!

The novice sword swung perfectly, easily intercepting the bullet from the chest, sparking a small fire.

Three dangerous bullets were easily deflected by Shi Feng, and he advanced another stretch of distance.

However, the three goblins had no intention of stopping. Their rifles seemed to change into machine guns, with tongues of fire constantly spewing out. The intervals between each round of shots were very short. In an instant, Shi Feng would face five bullets again, with bullets blocking every possible evasion route, making it impossible to avoid.

Clang clang clang!

While quickly wielding the novice sword to block the unavoidable bullets, Shi Feng moved his body to avoid being hit, letting the bullets graze past him. He even heard the sound of bullets piercing through the air beside his ears.

After just another three seconds, Shi Feng passed the 20-yard mark, only 10 yards away from the finish line.

"Dear lord, is this kid even human? He can actually block bullets with his sword." The male priest's eyes widened in disbelief. The shock Shi Feng brought him was indescribable.

Although knowing the trajectory of the bullets, precisely blocking them was not something that could be achieved by just talking about it. It required extremely accurate judgment and skill, with a margin of error that was incredibly small.

Kuang Feng was speechless. Using a weapon to block bullets was like walking on a tightrope in the sky. One wrong move and you'd fall into the abyss. Yet, Shi Feng seemed to enjoy it, blocking the flying bullets time and time again, while the other bullets seemed to have a life of their own, dodging Shi Feng's body.

"Boss Kuang, that [Swordsman] has already reached 25 yards. He's definitely going to pass the finish line now." The male priest watched as Shi Feng danced forward, occasionally sparking in front of him, feeling completely bewildered inside.

"I have eyes, I don't need your reminders." Kuang Feng was also deeply attracted by Shi Feng's movements, impatiently replying.

Just as Shi Feng passed the 25-yard mark,

"Die, challenger." A goblin at the finish line excitedly laughed, taking out a rapid-fire rifle from his clothes and spraying bullets towards Shi Feng.

Suddenly, each round's bullets increased to 24, and at a super short distance of 5 yards, making it impossible for players to evade.

"What the hell!? That’s cheating!" Kuang Feng couldn't help but shout.

Seeing this scene, the hearts of the other players rose to their throats, cursing the shamelessness of the goblins.

Faced with such a dense barrage of bullets, Shi Feng also became serious for the first time. Although he knew that the attack pattern would change again at 25 yards, facing so many bullets head-on still made him nervous.

Shi Feng bent his knees, leaped like a cheetah, and dove into the area with the least dense bullet rain, reducing the area vulnerable to bullets. Then, he tightly gripped his novice sword and swung it wildly, as if four white lights flashed simultaneously.

Bang bang bang bang!

After a burst of sparks, Shi Feng passed through the torrential rain of bullets.

As he landed, he supported himself with one hand and immediately stood up again with force, dashing through the finish line like lightning.

The total time taken was 14 seconds, breaking the preset record of 18 seconds for the Bronze prize.

"Hmm, this frail body really feels somewhat uncomfortable." Shi Feng, who passed the finish line, sighed softly. If he had a physique of over 100 levels, performing the four consecutive sword strikes would be much easier, and he wouldn't be as exhausted as he is now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's cheer for this [Swordsman]'s successful challenge." The goblin administrator announced loudly.

System: The player is the first to pass the Bronze prize challenge and breaks the record, rewarding the player with 1 Silver Coin and the [Swordsman] Skill [Tempestuous Thunderstrike]."

‘No way, I actually got the [Tempestuous Thunderstrike]? This is a skill that even a level 100+ Swordsman can't obtain.’

Shi Feng thought he was hearing things, but seeing the skill book for [Tempestuous Thunderstrike] in his backpack, he was truly shocked.

— Tempestuous Thunderstrike [Action Type]: Requires Sword. It swiftly delivers three sword light attacks within a distance of 10*2 yards, each dealing 130% damage. It also comes with a damage amplification effect, increasing the damage of the next attack by 20%. Cooldown time is 30 seconds.

Since he obtained the skill, without hesitation, Shi Feng clicked to learn it.

As a [Swordsman], this Class mainly relies on single-target damage skills, lacking powerful AoE damage skills. [Tempestuous Thunderstrike] can be said to be one of the few extremely powerful AoE skills for [Swordsman]. Being able to learn it in the early stages of the game definitely puts Shi Feng far ahead of all other [Swordsman].

After learning [Tempestuous Thunderstrike], Shi Feng finally felt like he had some semblance of a [Swordsman].

"You guys keep playing, I'm leaving. Don't forget my 50 copper." Shi Feng looked at the dumbfounded Kuang Feng, bid farewell, and left the black market.

Kuang Feng nodded indifferently.

"Boss Kuang, he's gone, and he took the reward with him. Shouldn't we go after him?" The male priest asked.

It wasn't until Shi Feng left that Kuang Feng recovered from his shock and glared at the male priest, cursing, "Are you an idiot? Don’t you see what that man has just done? we should be ingratiating ourselves with him, not making enemies."

"Still, I need to report this to the Guild Leader. Thankfully, I added him as a friend. His name is Shi Feng, right? I've never heard of his name before. Could he be someone famous who disguised themself as a noob?" Kuang Feng admitted that he couldn't achieve what Shi Feng did so beautifully, especially the round of attacks after 25 yards, which was simply godlike. How could players resist or evade it? But Shi Feng managed to do it.

In the trading area, Shi Feng found the master alchemist Kevin and spent 120 copper to buy 20 exploding fruits, causing his wealth to shrink significantly, leaving him with only 30 copper.

However, for the sake of rapid leveling up, spending the money was worth it.

With the exploding fruits in hand, Shi Feng left [Red Leaf Town] and ran westward.

Currently, most of the players inside the game were still at level 0, that's mean they are most likely are busy killing level 0 monsters outside of [Red Leaf Town] to gain experience point to level up. However, some players with decent combat and social skills also teamed up with each other to kill level 1 monster, such as [Wolf Pup]. Many of the party who fight against the pup are composed of Warriors took the role of tank, ranged players who dealt high amount of damage from afar, and healers who are provided support and making sure their tank are still alive and kicking.

Despite the experience points that would be split fairly amongst the party members, those who are partying up would level up much faster than those who chose to fight all by themself, because the efficiency of killing the monster are much higher when they are facing it together.

A monster that would take a few minutes to kill when faced alone would just take half a minute when you face it as a party.

Shi Feng had no intention of competing with others for these Low Level monsters. So he ran straight through the level 1 monster area, even passing through the level 3 monster area, and arrived at the [Redleaf Forest], a level 5 monster area where no other players dared to come.

At this stage in the [God's Domain], no player dared to challenge level 5 monsters. With the level suppression, robust health, and vast difference in attack power, level 5 monsters could easily crush level 1 players. Even a six-person team couldn't defeat a level 5 monster.

If players died, the death penalty was severe. Not only would they lose a level worth of experience, but they would also lose skill proficiency. No player dared to take risks easily, as hours of hard-earned experience and proficiency would be wasted.