Absolute Death Game

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However, it was evident that, overall, Xu Lie had the upper hand. After all, he was the BOSS, with the BOSS template, and his health points soared to 11,600.

Although Zhang Haojie was decked out in Divine Gear and had a high physique, his health points were only 1,200, making him a super tank among players. But compared to the BOSS, he fell far short, with nearly a tenfold disparity.

Both of their attacks were quite high, their defenses were strong, but the gap in health points was massive. Xu Lie quickly noticed this and, willing to take a few more hits, exchanged a few rounds of health with Zhang Haojie. After a few rounds, half of Zhang Haojie’s health was gone.

"Haha, now let’s see you not die!" Xu Lie laughed as he spoke.

Just then, a white light suddenly fell upon Zhang Haojie, and his health points instantly recovered a bit. Zhang Haojie was momentarily stunned. Healing professions were extremely rare in this game, and at the same time very fragile and valuable. So this time, he hadn’t brought any healers from his guild.

In the midst of everything, he glanced at the fort wall and saw a figure that looked like a Swordsman adding health to him—it could be no one other than Xiao Buli.

Inwardly, he was surprised. He hadn’t expected that among solo players, there would be a healer who knew spells. But he was also relieved. Such a rare encounter had happened to him, and this battle just got a lot easier. If he managed to get any spare equipment later on, he wouldn’t mind sharing one or two pieces with him.

Xiao Buli wasn’t healing him just for the sake of getting those one or two pieces of equipment. If that were the case, he may as well have sat back and watched the two exhaust each other before going out to deliver a final strike, which would have been even better.

He healed Zhang Haojie partly because Zhang Haojie had incidentally saved Han Wenhuan’s life. Otherwise, even if Zhang Haojie died, Xiao Buli wouldn’t have lifted a finger, and might even have found it secretly amusing.

With Xiao Buli’s healing, Zhang Haojie no longer had any reservations and went all out in the battle. In the back and forth that followed, Xu Lie’s health points were slowly ground down, and before long, a third of them had dropped. Xu Lie, however, began to panic.

He parried a blow from Zhang Haojie and charged towards the fort wall. Seeing this, Zhang Haojie naturally couldn’t let him get away and pointed at him fiercely, "Hey, thief, do you dare to face me in combat?!"

He then activated a warlord’s special skill—Solo Charge.

Xu Lie, upon hearing this, sneered coldly, "Go to hell for all I care!" Just as he was about to charge up the fort wall and slay Xiao Buli with a swing of his sword, a haunting voice echoed in his ear, "You’re leaving just like that? Won’t you fight him? Are you scared?"

Xu Lie angrily retorted, "I’m not afraid at all! I’ll kill that healer first, then settle the score with him."

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But the voice taunted him more sharply, "Seems like you are scared, after all. If not, why aren’t you killing him? His aggro is clearly higher than that of the healer on the fort wall." @@novelbin@@

"I told you I’m not scared!"

The voice sneered again, "Heh, some eunuchs claim they’re still potent too. Do you believe that?"

"Shut up!"

Zhang Haojie was somewhat puzzled to see the BOSS standing there, muttering to himself, not returning to fight, nor continuing to charge the fort wall. He wondered if there could be a bug with the Solo Charge skill.

But he immediately dismissed that thought. (What am I thinking? A game like this having a bug? That would be a joke.)

Zhang Haojie chuckled self-deprecatingly and charged once again.

But the BOSS didn’t get hit squarely like before. Instead, in a critical moment, he countered with a skillful block.

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Clang! Blade and halberd collided, emitting a deafening ring. The boss’s face turned towards him, startling Zhang Haojie with its fierce and terrifying visage, twisted like an evil spirit.

"You want to fight me? Well then, I’ll oblige!" Xu Lie roared, suddenly standing him up straight with a shove, followed by a series of Chain Slashes, striking down seven or eight times in succession with an aura that was completely different.

Zhang Haojie turned his horse and fled, dodging the boss’s attacks while taking the opportunity to strike back. The boss, however, seemed to have no intention of dodging, recklessly slashing away ferociously.

"Die, all of you die!" Xu Lie’s attack power seemed to have increased significantly. His weapon swung like a windmill, attacking him over and over like a madman. Each strike took away one to two hundred health points.

Zhang Haojie was inwardly shocked; he had the protection of Heavenly Gang Fighting Qi, which could reduce 30% of physical damage, and his Armor Value was as high as 300 points, but even so, his health points were rapidly draining. This guy was too fierce.

Has he gone into Fury? No, that can’t be right. He’s barely lost any health. How can he enter Fury this quickly? Zhang Haojie felt something was off. But he was used to being strong and knew that now was not the time to lose composure.

The more ferocious the boss’s attacks, the calmer he became. Fighting and retreating, he gradually got the hang of the boss’s attack patterns. This time he didn’t block. The opponent’s Strength Value was too high; it couldn’t be blocked. He continuously widened the distance, charged, widened the distance, and charged again. Relying on his speed advantage, he engaged in guerrilla warfare with the boss.

This battle lasted for more than five minutes, but to Zhang Haojie, it felt unprecedentedly long. This boss’s combat power was even stronger than the Divine Race bosses he had fought before. Finally, seeing his health points drop by two-thirds, Zhang Haojie’s heart gradually lifted.

He could enter Fury after losing only one-third of his health points, what would happen after losing two-thirds? It might explode.

Indeed, after Xu Lie realized that he could not catch up with Zhang Haojie, he suddenly leapt into the air and decapitated his steed with a single blow.

"Useless beast! What use do I have for you!" With one slash, Xu Lie’s horse let out a pitiful whine and collapsed with a thud.

However, having lost his mount, his speed was even slower. Zhang Haojie simply switched to bow and arrows and started shooting from horseback. The archers on the palisades also started to focus fire on that boss.

Far from being discouraged by losing his mount, Xu Lie seemed to be injected with adrenaline, and a surge of momentum soared into the sky.

This momentum was not just for show; a black glow of fighting Qi burst forth from his body, transforming into another silhouette that looked exactly like Xu Lie, except that it was pitch black and its face was indiscernible. Its name was—Xu Lie’s Shadow.

"You should have let me take over earlier," said Xu Lie’s Shadow indifferently, examining one hand, "Too bad it’s just a temporary body."

Xu Lie seemed puzzled too. "How did you come out?"

"Hmph, if I didn’t come out, you would have been chopped to death."

"Who exactly are you?"

"Who I am is not important. What’s important is that I can save you." The Shadow of Xu Lie said, and with a whistle, a steed as black as a ghost appeared beside him. Mounting it, the shadow pointed its black long sword at Zhang Haojie and said, "Come, let’s see how you defend against the Blade Unseen."

The next moment, Xu Lie’s Shadow turned into a blur and disappeared from the spot.

Fast, too fast! Zhang Haojie had only enough time to assume a blocking stance before the phantom had already passed through him. Xu Jing didn’t seem to possess a real body, because there was no collision as it charged at him, but Zhang Haojie’s health points dropped by about a fifth in that instant.

-234, a bright red number flashed above his head. (