Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

What were people most afraid of? It was not failure but a sense of inferiority! Lin Jie really liked the saying “a man can be destroyed, but not defeated”! Therefore, Lin Jie made such a decision after he saw that his comrades had felt inferior after experiencing Hungry Tiger’s strength. Once the seed of failure had been sown in one’s heart, then it would be difficult for them to improve.

Indeed, even if it was anyone else, they would not be in a better state than everyone in Savage Blade. Their strengths were originally at the top of the game, but suddenly they came to know another technique existed, and such a technique could raise a certain ability of a job to the peak.

If their leader, Lin Jie, was the only one to have grasped the true technique, they would still be able to accept it, at most, everyone just had to continue working hard.

However, at such a moment, Hungry Tiger had appeared. With three top-tier techniques and absolute strength, he overpowered everyone! With such a disparity, and according to what he said, it was only the basic entry-level of the organization. It f*cking crushed their self-esteem!

Therefore, the mental damage they received from the huge gap between expectation and reality was beyond measure. It was like a landlord in the countryside, who was used to playing the bully, went to the city, and was mercilessly despised by a senior white-collar worker—one would naturally feel inferior.

Therefore, Lin Jie had to break apart such a mindset!

He wanted to use his own strength, not the ability of top-tier techniques, and defeat Hungry Tiger! What he needed right now was none other than a simple win to give his comrades confidence.

Of course, it was also to confirm the question in Lin Jie’s heart: Top-tier techniques and skills, exactly which was more important? Take Berserker’s 100 Consecutive Strikes for example, once it was activated, there was indeed no need for any skills to be used as the fearsome top-tier technique could directly instakill the opponent! Then was there a need for skills to exist? Was it possible that skills were for low-end players to use while top-tier techniques were for high-end players to use?

Of course not!

“Skills are our technique, it is far better than your top-tier techniques!” Lin Jie dashed into the canyon with the speed of a cheetah. In the distance, the wails of Harpies could be heard, it must be them who were killing monsters!

Inside the canyon.

Baili Xuanyuan, Character Z, and the others were filled with shock and a little bitterness as they looked at the battle happening in front of them. A while ago, this guy, Hungry Tiger, had actually finished all the potions obtained from Baizhan Yusheng in one go, and his body had swelled up tens of times bigger. Then he charged towards the Boss in front of him head-on! He fought impressively with the vigor and vitality of a tiger, which rendered the Xuanyuan Alliance’s leaders, who self-proclaimed as experts, completely useless.

“I had a hunch he was very powerful, but this is too…” Baili Xuanyuan shook his head, just looking from his expression alone, it was unknown as to what he was thinking. Their aim this time was Energy Crystals, and such items would normally be dropped only in maps like the City of Machinery and Goblin Ruins. The level of these maps were all above 60 and Energy Crystals were extremely rare, it was already something to celebrate if one map had hidden one Energy Crystal.

However, the Harpy’s Altar had one. According to Hungry Tiger, the reason why the three Harpy Bosses had gathered at the Harpy’s Altar was to discuss the distribution problem of the Energy Crystal. That was the background story, so there was no need to go in-depth. He only said, “The three Harpies will combine into one, kill it, and we can obtain the Energy Crystal.” Then, he transformed into a Tiger King and fought with the Harpy Boss.

In the sky, there was a Dark Gold Overlord Harpy Queen! The Harpy Queen was a combination of the three Harpy Bosses. It was the size of three humans, and its wings were widespread, just a slight flap of its wings could cause a strong gale.

Harpy Queen (Dark Gold Overlord)

Level: 60

Health Points: 1,500,000

Magic Attack: 1,773-2,036

Defense: 750

Special Feature: Whirlwind Protection, Harpy Dive

The Harpy Queen was the product of the three Dark Gold Bosses combining. It could fly and use most wind-type magic attacks, it was not weak in close combat either as its sharp claws could cause high Bleeding Damage. However, the Harpy Queen’s strongest ability was that it was able to order other Harpies! The Harpy Queen was one of the few Overlords that could command their underlings to activate Combination skills.

Screech—

The whirlwinds around the Boss reduced the damage of Tiger King’s Claw Attack by 25%. Immediately after, it let out a sharp, high-pitched scream which instantly attracted the Harpies in the surrounding trees over. They encircled the Harpy Queen, and their feathers were gathered towards the Queen’s wings. All of a sudden, the feathers were shot towards the Tiger King, as if hundreds of The Little Li Flying Daggers were thrown.

Hungry Tiger was not afraid at all, the Tiger King he transformed into had all four limbs on the ground, the pressure from pressing down on the ground created deep holes. Hungry Tiger opened his mouth and let out a loud, angry bellow which could even shock the sky. A few words could be vaguely heard. “Tiger King Aura!”

ROAR—

As the Tiger King roared explosively, an astounding aura surged out from within him, and the Combination skill of few hundreds of The Little Li Flying Daggers was actually interrupted. Those Harpies groveled on the ground timidly.

“What is happening?” Baizhan Yusheng could not understand. “AOE Interrupt?”

“Doesn’t seem like it, it seems to be some kind of aura. Is it possible that he is also a martial artist?” Character Z was fidgeting, it seemed as if he was eager to have a spar with Hungry Tiger.

Baili Xuanyuan was still more reliable, he observed the state of his team and said in a low voice, “Such a skill actually exists!”

Tiger King Aura: It can be activated under the Tiger King transformation state, your level will be increased by 10 within 20 seconds, and your grade will be increased to Silver Overlord. You will release Tiger King Intimidation to other living creatures, and there is a fixed chance to make them retreat from battle.

This was a skill that increased one’s levels. In The New Age, what was the most limiting condition for players to kill Bosses of higher levels? That was level suppression, players who had the complete same attributes as the Boss would be completely overpowered by the Boss just because the Boss’ level was higher by 10 or 20 levels—that was level suppression! If one could directly raise their level, then it would reduce the effects of level suppression.

As for the increase in grade, as monsters would be intimidated by those of higher grades, increasing one’s grade would make some monsters try to hide, not to mention taking the initiative to attack. Currently, these Harpies, which were Normal Elites, were intimidated by Hungry Tiger’s grade. Thus they stopped channeling and retreated from the battle.

Swoosh!

Hungry Tiger swung his claws around vigorously, but obviously, his claws were not as agile as when he was in human form. His attacks looked very smooth, but there were many flaws, and the immense increase in strength also made it difficult for him to control his body flexibly. This was Hungry Tiger’s weakness, and according to Lin Jie’s speculation, the people in Hungry Tiger’s organization only used top-tier techniques. Therefore, they were extremely unfamiliar with the usage of skills. As long as there was an increase in part of one’s attributes, it would affect the execution of their attacks.

-2,716!

-2,938!

…

The tiger claws left claw marks on the Harpy Queen, fresh blood could be seen oozing out, and the Damage Dealt was quite high. Meanwhile, Tiger King’s regen skill, Rejuvenation, was also strengthened—650 health points would be recovered per second, it was almost at the same level as a Boss.

“The Energy Crystal is about to appear, you guys get ready!” shouted Hungry Tiger suddenly in a deep voice.

The Energy Crystal was not dropped after the Boss was killed, but it would appear after the Harpy Queen was beaten into a low health state. The Energy Crystal was the intermediary that the Boss, which was in Enraged Mode, used to activate its skill. The Harpy Queen’s health was dangerously low, so it spat out something from its mouth, and a crystal in the shape of a prism appeared.

“Energy Crystal!” Baili Xuanyuan was excited. That Energy Crystal could create an energy barrier, and not only would it be able to protect the City of Light from being destroyed, it could also charge the Magic Cannon in the City of Light in a short duration—it was the best item to protect the city. Obtaining such a key item at such a critical period was timely help to the City of Light. With that, Baili Xuanyuan was confident he would definitely obtain the City of Light City Leader position!

With Hungry Tiger’s information, Baili Xuanyuan was naturally fully prepared beforehand. Firstly, he threw a steel chain, which was soaked in Anti-Mana Potion, and it accurately hit the Energy Crystal. Then, he poured a whole bottle of precious Anti-Wind Magic Poison onto the chain, which instantly penetrated the Harpy Queen’s wings through the chains. One could only hear a bang, and the Wind Elements, which surrounded the Energy Crystal, were dissipated, and the Energy Crystal was dropped.

Chaos In The Sky instantly activated Rush and charged towards it, but as he almost grabbed the Energy Crystal into his hand, an arrow was right in his face. That arrow spun rapidly, but the tip of the arrow was extremely flat, and it hit right onto Chaos In The Sky’s nose!

Whoosh—

Slam—

Chaos In The Sky rubbed his nose, which had swelled up a few times from the impact, in sorrow. Meanwhile, the Energy Crystal landed in a big hand, the owner of the hand stood in mid-air, and the Holy Light Winged Armor shone faintly behind him. The Power of Gliding, together with Feather Drop, allowed him to stand in mid-air steadily. He looked at Hungry Tiger, who was battling intensively with the Harpy Queen, as if he was intrigued. He then smiled and asked, “Hey, still fighting?”

Hungry Tiger was shocked. The Energy Crystal was something he wanted to give Baili Xuanyuan for him to create his guild, develop it, and help Hungry Tiger’s organization. Now it was all ruined as the Energy Crystal was actually in Lin Jie’s hands. He roared angrily and blew the Harpy Queen away. That Dark Gold Overlord Boss was actually grabbed by the Tiger King as if it was just a little chick, and he threw the Harpy Queen towards Lin Jie!

Screech—

The Harpy Queen was not weak, so it activated protective wind blades, which could deal damage to enemy targets while protecting itself.

Hungry Tiger also pounced towards Lin Jie vigorously. He wanted to kill Lin Jie when the latter was distracted from dealing with the Harpy Queen.

That was experience and skillful execution! Originally, Lin Jie was just a spectator to the battle and could even reap some benefits if he took advantage of when Hungry Tiger was killing the Boss. However, now, the Boss flew away like a rubber ball, and Hungry Tiger was even glaring at Lin Jie with a hostile look as he pounced onto him ferociously.

One had to admit that Hungry Tiger was indeed powerful as he could throw a Dark Gold Overlord so easily!

“Come at me!” Lin Jie’s eyes lit up, as he lifted his Broken Blade lightly and gathered the power of Rebel’s Fight into his hands. The moment the Harpy Queen smashed onto him, he pierced into its wings precisely.

The Harpy Queen was enraged. It waved its hand and formed a Wind Bullet, which was compressed by tens of times. Looking at the speed at which the Wind Bullet was spiraling, it was definitely very powerful.

“Outraged Roar!”

Lin Jie roared fiercely. Actually, Dark Gold Overlords’ immunity towards Crowd Control was extremely strong, so even if it was Outraged Roar, it could only make the Boss stop for a short moment.

However, that short amount of time was enough! Lin Jie clenched onto the Boss using Death Grip tightly and activated Forward Charge, dashing forward by a few steps. Then Lin Jie used the Vanishing Step technique to stop his body. Under the immense momentum, the Harpy Queen flew towards Hungry Tiger!

“Rapid Wind Bomb!”

The Harpy Queen let out a sharp screech, and the sound of the Wind Elements gathering from throughout the canyon could be heard.