Chapter 55 - Running off with a Pocketful of Cash (1/2)
The moment Jiang Fei shut his eyes, the scene flashed white, and the world of Dawn Break quickly replaced it. Or rather, its dense forestry. This was an entirely new and odd experience for Jiang Fei as this was his first time logging in via a Gaming Pod, not the mysterious ring. Also, a certain fear bit at him. What if his account information was illegal? To his surprise, no flags had been triggered — yet!
By then, Huang Mao’s character had already spawned, standing not far away off. Most prominent was a huge, giant countdown figure before his eyes. It was the doomsday clock for their battle!
Curly Monkey (Race: Elf, Class: Rogue)
Level: 19
Health Points: 1,350
Attack Power: 187
Remark: A regular member of the guild, “Red Star.”
Jiang Fei stole a glance at Huang Mao’s character. His Level was not low. It was no wonder that Zhao Feng was no match for him. Anyhow, he was only packing White grade trash. As he was an unknown member of a small guild, he had to be a nobody.
Against such an opponent, Jiang Fei could not possibly lose the fight, even with his eyes sewed shut! Jiang Fei’s lips slowly curled into a cynical smirk!
Stealth!
The very moment the countdown ended, Huang Mao entered Stealth mode. Although he seemed incomparably arrogant earlier, he intended to fight seriously! Jiang Fei had earned 300,000 RMB in one night. A street punk like Huang Mao was barely even scraping together 2,000 to 3,000 RMB a month. To him, 5,000 RMB was massive!
“Buzz!”
The moment Huang Mao vanished, a massive red arrow appeared in Jiang Fei’s HUD. Somewhere up ahead, the red arrow pointed downwards, and a translucent blurry figure could be seen right beneath the arrowhead tip!
“Holysh*t! Is this the ring’s doing again?” As Jiang Fei had never fought anything invisible before, he could not have known better!
Completely convinced that he had disappeared off the universe’s face, Huang Mao began to scurry around Jiang Fei, keeping a 5-meter distance. That was just textbook-Rogue behavior!
“Alright, you can stop running about now…” Jiang Fei did not intend to waste another second. Charge!
-50!
Stun!
Triple Bash!
300!
635! (Critical hit!)
628! (Critical hit!)
Jiang Fei had originally intended to follow-up with a Iron Fist. He had not expected two out of the three Triple Bashes to produce Critical Hits. All of 1,300 Huang Mao’s Health Points disappeared!
That sudden burst of damage could have only occurred with a combination of Jiang Fei’s massive luck and Huang Mao’s misfortune!
“What the f*ck!” One moment, Huang Mao was sneaking about, ready to bury her daggers into his prey’s back, and the next, he was lying flat on HIS back!
Two seconds later, the playing field was reset. Not only were both their Health Points fully recovered; all their skills with a cooldown duration over 3 minutes were also ready!
Stealth!
As he had been slain without any rhyme or reason, he was far more cautious. Losing again meant a financial crisis. He would be unable to afford any food for the second half of that month!
“Hmph!” Jiang Fei snorted. Thanks to the ring, Huang Mao’s ratting about became as clear as day. That huge red arrow made it even easier to spot him than an un-Stealthed thief!
As the cooldown duration for Charge was five minutes, it was not subject to a similar situation. Thus, Jiang Fei was temporarily unable to cast the skill.
Huang Mao approached his prey like a cautious cat. He crept towards Jiang Fei’s back, inch-by-inch. He had no idea what the heck had occurred back then, but he was sure to prevent it from happening again!
5 meters…
4 meters…