Chapter 162: Saving the Protagonist and Heroine
A mage leaned against a tree.
MoonPetal frowned.
"PKers."
The axe wielder laughed.
"Correct."
Jiang Feng counted.
Twelve.
Two versus twelve.
Not impossible.
But difficult.
Especially at low levels.
The leader looked toward MoonPetal.
"Drop your equipment."
MoonPetal stared.
"No."
"Then we’ll kill you and take the chance on drops."
Jiang Feng stepped slightly forward.
The leader looked at him.
"You too."
Jiang Feng’s hand rested on his sword.
"No."
The leader smiled.
"Fine."
His axe lifted.
"Don’t complain afterward."
MoonPetal whispered,
"Can we win?"
Jiang Feng’s eyes moved.
Archers.
Mage.
Two rogues.
Three melee fighters.
Support player near the rear.
The formation wasn’t terrible.
But...
They were overconfident.
Jiang Feng’s professional instincts activated.
His heartbeat slowed.
His attention sharpened.
Cooldowns.
Distance.
Terrain.
Line of sight.
The mage stood too close to a tree.
One archer had poor positioning.
The rogue on the left was impatient.
Jiang Feng smiled slightly.
MoonPetal noticed.
"...Why are you smiling?"
"I think we can."
The axe wielder charged.
"Kill them!"
Jiang Feng drew his sword.
This...
Was exactly the kind of situation where he excelled.
Outnumbered.
Pressured.
No room for mistakes.
Perfect.
The axe descended.
Jiang Feng’s eyes narrowed.
**Flowing Step!**
He was about to move.
Then...
WHOOSH!
An arrow flew past his face.
Jiang Feng froze.
The arrow struck the axe wielder directly between the eyes.
**CRITICAL HIT!**
**-146 HP**
The man’s health vanished.
His character collapsed.
Everyone stopped.
"..."
MoonPetal blinked.
Jiang Feng slowly turned.
Another arrow appeared.
WHOOSH!
The mage screamed.
**CRITICAL HIT!**
Dead.
A third.
One archer fell.
A fourth.
The rogue beside MoonPetal disappeared into particles before reaching her.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
The remaining PKers scattered.
"RANGER!"
"WHERE?!"
"FIND HIM!"
Jiang Feng’s eyes moved toward the trees.
There.
High above them.
A figure stood on a branch.
Golden hair.
Bow in hand.
The sunlight passed through the leaves behind him.
MoonPetal looked up.
Her violet eyes widened.
Shen Tian released.
WHOOSH!
Another PKer fell.
Then Shen Tian jumped.
He dropped from the branch.
Landed.
Rolled.
Immediately drew another arrow.
**Power Shot!**
The projectile tore through one player.
Then struck another behind him.
"RUN!"
Too late.
Shen Tian activated...
**Quick Step!**
His speed increased.
He drew while moving.
Released.
Critical.
Turned.
Released.
Critical.
One of the rogues finally reached him.
The dagger came forward.
Shen Tian stepped sideways.
Caught the man’s wrist.
Kicked his knee.
The rogue stumbled.
Shen Tian shoved him backward.
Drew from less than three meters.
The rogue’s eyes widened.
"Wait..."
THUNK!
Arrow directly into the forehead.
The character disappeared.
Jiang Feng stared.
"..."
MoonPetal stared.
"..."
The remaining three PKers ran.
Shen Tian looked toward them.
Then lowered his bow.
MoonPetal blinked.
"You’re letting them go?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"No."
Three arrows suddenly descended from above.
MoonPetal’s eyes widened.
The arrows had been fired earlier.
They landed almost simultaneously.
**CRITICAL HIT!**
**CRITICAL HIT!**
**CRITICAL HIT!**
Three players collapsed.
Silence returned to the forest.
Leaves drifted gently toward the ground.
Shen Tian lowered his bow.
Xu Ning appeared beside him.
[Host.]
"Hm?"
[That was extremely dramatic.]
’I know,’ Shen Tian said in his head.
He had learned to control the inner thoughts of what the heroines could hear.
[You deliberately fired those last three arrows high.]
’Maybe.’
[You wanted them to land after you stopped shooting.]
’Timing matters.’
Xu Ning stared.
[Show-off.]
Shen Tian smiled.
MoonPetal slowly lowered her staff.
"...Wow."
Jiang Feng did the same.
His sword remained in his hand.
He looked around.
Twelve.
Every PKer...
Dead.
He had barely moved.
For a brief moment...
Something uncomfortable entered his chest.
He had been ready.
He had seen the openings.
He had already calculated the first several movements.
He could have shown MoonPetal exactly what he could do.
Instead...
Someone else had appeared.
And completely stolen the moment.
Jiang Feng looked toward MoonPetal.
She was staring at Shen Tian.
Of course she was.
The man had just wiped out twelve players by himself.
A tiny spark of jealousy appeared.
Small.
Almost embarrassing.
Jiang Feng immediately recognized it.
[Seriously?]
Moonpetal was still confused when she heard a inner voice enter her mind suddenly.
’Again? Is this a game feature?’
Jiang Feng sighed, he had known her less than an hour.
He quietly exhaled.
No anger.
No resentment.
The other player had helped them.
That mattered more.
Jiang Feng sheathed his sword.
Shen Tian approached.
"You two alright?"
MoonPetal nodded quickly.
"Yes."
Then she smiled.
"Thanks to you."
Shen Tian shrugged.
"You probably would’ve been fine."
Jiang Feng raised an eyebrow.
Shen Tian looked toward him.
Their eyes met.
The protagonist and villain properly faced one another.
Jiang Feng studied him.
Level 6.
Ranger.
Good equipment for launch day.
Exceptional accuracy.
Excellent movement.
Calm under pressure.
Not normal.
Jiang Feng extended his hand.
"FallenWind."
Shen Tian looked at it.
Then shook.
"ShenTian."
Jiang Feng smiled.
"You’re good."
Shen Tian smiled back.
"So are you."
Jiang Feng blinked.
"You didn’t see me fight."
"No."
Shen Tian glanced toward the positions where the PKers had stood.
"But you spotted them before they attacked."
Jiang Feng’s expression changed slightly.
Shen Tian continued.
"You moved between them and her."
He nodded toward MoonPetal.
"And you were watching the mage instead of the guy charging you."
Jiang Feng became interested.
"You noticed that?"
"Yeah."
Shen Tian released his hand.
"You were going to dodge the axe and rush the mage."
Silence.
Jiang Feng stared.
That...
Was exactly his plan.
A smile slowly appeared.
"You’re really good."
Shen Tian laughed.
"You already said that."
"I’m saying it again."
MoonPetal walked over.
She looked toward Shen Tian.
"I’m MoonPetal."
"ShenTian."
"I heard."
She smiled.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
"Seriously."
Her expression became sincere.
"There were twelve of them."
"Two of us."
"We might’ve..."
Jiang Feng interrupted calmly.
"We would’ve survived."
MoonPetal looked at him.
Jiang Feng smiled.
"Probably."
She laughed.
"Very reassuring."
Then she looked back toward Shen Tian.
"But you still saved us a lot of trouble."
Shen Tian nodded.
"I’ll accept that."
MoonPetal glanced toward the bow.
"How did you do that last shot?"
"Which one?"
"The three arrows."
"Arc shots."
"You can do that?"
"If you aim high enough."
"But how did you know where they’d be?"
Shen Tian smiled.
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