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“Humph! Woman, you perform too weakly! I’m rather curious as to how you killed that teammate of mine I looked up to. Could he have let down his guard because you’re a woman?”

Nightingale shifted his body, speaking coldly after he swiped the stiletto in his hand across and wounded Phoenix’s arm between her armor. He had not put too much strength into this slash, but the damage was still a third more than that of a typical Scout! Even if he had not used all his strength, following his promise from before, not even using his submachine gun, Nightingale still had a steady advantage against Phoenix!

By then, 23 seconds had already passed in this battle, which had developed into a 2V2. In this short 20-some seconds’ worth of time, Phoenix’s HP was already left with just one-third! This was still the beginning of the battle, and she had already applied an extremely precious B-grade blood tonic to herself, which she had obtained from a Hidden Mission.

Nightingale’s ability was certainly sickening; although he had never once used a skill, he had nonetheless killed two full-level Warrior players whose equipment was all certainly the cream of the crop.

Of course, there was also Number 74, who was bothering Big Pineapple—part of the reason he could face Phoenix alone.

“F*ck! Come fight me if you have the balls! Don’t just bully women!”

Big Pineapple proceeded with a Shield Bash at the Number 74 Light Armor Warrior whose face already carried a triumphant smile, but he dodged straight away with a step backward.

Even though Big Pineapple’s current HP was still above the halfway mark, relying on his strong defense. He thought of his calculation failure, which had allowed Nightingale to catch up, resulting in both opponents deciding to first finish off Phoenix, who had a greater propensity for attacking. This caused Phoenix, who initially still had a chance to be victorious, to be on the verge of death!

At this thought, Big Pineapple’s eyes reddened, and he was vexed. Although he had a wretched personality, he would not allow others to get hurt because of him—especially women! Therefore, Big Pineapple kept attempting to provoke Nightingale into attacking him instead.

However, Nightingale did not attend to him at all, while Number 74, beside him, used a skill to block him from rushing over to help Phoenix. Even though it was difficult for Number 74 to kill him, it was not difficult to cling onto him!

Just then…

Tch!

Phoenix had already been forced by Nightingale into a corner where she could no longer dodge. Nightingale, with a cold smirk, sent his blue, glowing stiletto piercing toward her chest like a venomous snake!

“Phoenix!” Big Pineapple yelled. His eyes widened as he thought of charging over but was once again forced to retreat by the sneering Number 74’s Heavy Slash.

“Your ability really disappoints me…” Just then, Nightingale’s eyes flashed with a condescending look, as if no longer in the mood to play with his prey and preparing to end the fight right here.

In the light of the incendiary bomb, Phoenix’s pupils contracted involuntarily, reflecting the viper-like blue stiletto as it came closer and closer!

However, her pupils immediately contracted. When she recovered, it felt like she had changed entirely. In an instant, her eyes were cold as ice!

Peng!

Phoenix’s body curved and fell backward. The top and bottom halves of her body bent to practically 90 degrees. The stiletto striking to pierce her chest stabbed only air!

“Huh?”

This seemingly unavoidable stab had actually been dodged by Phoenix through some sort of method. Surprise flashed in Nightingale’s eyes. However, his pupils suddenly contracted as well!

As at that moment, Phoenix, whose body had completely reclined to dodge, actually made a retaliation—even in such a state!

Tch!

A layer of a faint red glow appeared on the feminine-looking, Level-50 Rare longsword in Phoenix’s hand. The tip of the blade was turned up, stabbing toward Nightingale’s throat! It was precisely the same Rare skill that had scarred Hunting Tiger’s shield and shocked him so greatly!

“I can’t escape!?”

Compared to Hunting Tiger, Nightingale’s feeling now was even more intense! Because this slash from Phoenix was not only unexpected but also exploited perfect timing, just as his center of gravity had shifted forward from his release of energy! Thus, at this moment, he had a feeling of being unable to escape!

The fiery red sword glow had created an icy sensation on his throat. In that instant, it made him recall the feeling of someone he had faced before.

“Psych!”

But Nightingale was free of this negative affect. His face turned enraged, and his stiletto—which had no time to be drawn back—suddenly flipped and stabbed straight down!

Pai!

The longsword slipped out of Phoenix’s hand—this sure-kill slash was actually knocked effortlessly away, sending her sword flying by a spin of the stiletto!

This situation was undoubtedly a little eerie. No matter how high Nightingale’s strength attributes were, logic stated that with such a change in motion—in a rush, and furthermore with a stiletto, which was a short weapon—it should have been impossible for it to have the power to flick a longsword.

But from another angle, through the Scout Beetle’s vision from above, the answer could be seen in the layer of grayish-black special energy on the stiletto!

“I’m dead!”

As if his mood had been affected by Phoenix’s slash, Nightingale’s cold voice was filled with rage. After the stiletto in his hand knocked the sword aside, it viciously went straight for Phoenix’s underbelly, just below his waist. The layer of black energy on the blade of the stiletto was exceptionally clear in the Scout Beetle’s vision!

But just then, there was a muffled gunshot, and a bullet had precisely hit the wrist holding the stiletto!

Pow!

Ping!

No matter how strong Nightingale was, as a Scout, the strength of his wrist was impossible to maintain its original attack path after being hit by a sniper’s bullet. A sniper’s bullet could even redirect a Hunter’s shot. Hence, this stab was a miss in the end!

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Also, a weak-point damage coefficient of more than 1,000 appeared above Nightingale’s head. It was as if the same method used previously had saved Phoenix once again.

Two consecutive failures of two seemingly sure-kill moves filled Nightingale’s voice with rage. “Y’all are really damned!”

With a quick shift of his body in the next moment, he created a blur of motion in the raindrops. Through the Scout Beetle’s vision, the black energy on the stiletto turned as dark as ink, sweeping like an icy-cold venomous snake toward the throat of Phoenix, who had just turned back to stand and pick up her longsword!

“Halt!”

But just as he was about to take action, a clear, cold female voice sounded from outside the forest.

“Nightingale, you’ve gone against the rules!”

A black-colored sakura samurai sword sliced through the air from outside the forest, its speed far exceeding that of the attack from Nightingale’s finger before. It was aimed straight at Nightingale’s neck!

“Damn it!”

Nightingale, who was initially raging and had seemingly lost his senses, rapidly changed his expression. His body came to a stop at the same time, his head raised high and pulled back.

The sakura samurai sword flew past Nightingale’s face with a one-centimeter gap, but the momentum of the blade did not stop. It struck heavily into a tree trunk behind Nightingale so wide that two or three people could have wrapped their arms around it!

Boom!

There was a sound loud enough to cover the noises of the storm. The black samurai sword completely sunk into the tree trunk, creating a bowl-sized hole at the spot where it had pierced through!

At the same time, the force of the hit shook the whole enormous tree. The rainwater accumulated on the leaves and branches fell onto the people below. The power of this blade definitely exceeded the technical limits of what could be wielded by players!