Chapter 152 Killing Matthew!
Back in the newbie village, Matthew was just a bronze-level boss.
Now, he's shot up to platinum level.
His speed of leveling up is insane.
Matthew's demonic transformation and boss-leveling abilities were extremely rare.
Usually, wild monsters and NPCs only level up after a country upgrades.
But Matthew's case is really unique.
After thinking it over, Alan didn't hesitate and made his move.
Matthew was clearly up to no good, so Alan decided to see just how strong he'd become.
Alan's arrow sliced through the air, but Matthew didn't flinch. His throwing knife spun around him as he launched it.
It kind of looked like Isaac's protective flying sword, but way less impressive.
Matthew commanded, "Thousand Blades Torrent!"
Matthew touched the knife with his finger, and a thousand blades flew at Alan.
Matthew added, "Flame of the Heart!"
Matthew didn't let up. He formed a seal with his hands, and Alan felt a sharp pain in his chest as a flame ignited.
[-1000!]
[-1000!]
Damage numbers popped up above Alan's head.
Even with the Purification Amulet reducing the damage, it was still crazy high.
"You've been severely injured, and your lifesteal ability has dropped by 1%," Alan muttered to himself and grinned.
The Purification Amulet was super powerful.
The severe injury effect should've been ten percent, but it only hit Alan for one percent.
Moments later, Alan's grin widened, and he started attacking faster.
Matthew was strong, but it seemed unlikely he could withstand Alan's arrows and get close.
But then, the player who had vanished reappeared and struck the ground with his palm.
Alan squinted as he felt a slight distortion in the space around him.
It wasn't enough to hurt him.
But it could change the angle of his arrows.
In other words, his attack direction would be messed up.
This was seriously powerful!
Matthew said, "Ice King, your time's up."
Matthew charged at Alan.
Because of the spatial distortion, Alan's arrows couldn't hit Matthew.
This gave Matthew the chance to close in.
Alan commanded, "Spatial Blink."
Alan immediately created distance and then targeted the player.
'This is nuts. With invincible phasing, fifty percent reduction in three attributes, spatial distortion, what kind of class has these skills?' Alan thought.
The player used invincible phasing again, and Alan's arrow missed.
Alan held his forehead.
Invincible phasing and disappearing. This was really tough to counter.
Alan had no choice but to turn his attacks back to Matthew.
[Fission: Triple Slash!]
Matthew's body split into three, and in a flash, he was right in front of Alan.
Alan quickly put away his longbow and pulled out his newbie wooden sword to block the attack.
Matthew exclaimed, "How is this possible!"
Matthew was shocked because Alan was an archer and shouldn't be using a newbie wooden sword.
The newbie wooden sword had very low damage but was indestructible.
So, despite Matthew's powerful attack, Alan's newbie wooden sword blocked it.
But Alan didn't give Matthew a chance to think. He performed a ghostly slash and then used Ice Wing to fly into the sky, creating distance.
Alan was already fast, and with Ice Wing, he became even faster.
But Matthew wasn't about to let Alan go that easily.
Matthew yelled, "Shadow Instant Kill Technique!"
Matthew's figure flashed, and he appeared behind Alan.
To be precise, he appeared in Alan's shadow.
Alan responded, "Explosive Slash!"
The moment Matthew appeared, Alan's attack had already landed.
Matthew was startled by Alan's reaction speed and combat awareness, which were insanely strong.
Without ten years of battle experience, such combat awareness was almost impossible.
With the explosive slash landing, Matthew instinctively blocked it.
Alan didn't cause any damage, but he didn't mind because he was using offense as defense to create distance.
With a flap of the Ice Wing, Alan quickly pulled away, then switched weapons and began raining arrows.
Matthew's blocking ability in mid-air was lacking.
[-429108!!]
[-429108!!]
Alan's attacks were so fierce that they knocked Matthew out of the sky.
Alan said sarcastically, "Can't fly?"
Alan smiled. If Matthew couldn't fly, the upcoming battle would be much easier.
However, before Alan could celebrate, Matthew's throwing knives kept coming, each one multiplying into a thousand in the air.
Alan dodged immediately, but it was too late.
[-9850.]
[-9866.]
Each throwing knife could deal nearly ten thousand damage.
This damage was something Alan could handle.
However, flying in mid-air made him a sitting duck.
Alan said, "Found you!"
Alan's face showed a faint smile because he had found the player who could use invincible phasing.
Although the player had hidden his name, his appearance was different from ordinary players, so Alan still found him.
Alan's arrow flew towards the player.
The player was shocked, but his invincible phasing was still on cooldown and couldn't block Alan's attack.
[-429018!!]
A huge damage number appeared, but the player wasn't killed.
Immediately after, another arrow landed, and the player's health bar was emptied.
'Over four hundred thousand health points and so many powerful skills. This player is interesting,' Alan thought.
After dealing with the player, Alan created distance to attack the city guards.
Because Matthew's blocking ability was too strong, Alan's arrows couldn't harm him.
Black Robed Leader ordered, "Kill him!"
Just as Alan was about to switch targets to the city guards, the black-robed leader appeared.
He took the initiative to hold off Matthew.
Matthew's eyes squinted. With the black-robed leader holding him off, he couldn't continue blocking Alan's attacks.
Sure enough, Alan's arrows seemed to have eyes, constantly hitting him.
Matthew complained, "This is bad."
Matthew's face darkened because Alan's damage was too high.
With Alan's output, he would fall within ten seconds.
However, before he could react, he had already fallen.
[You have completed the first kill of Matthew. A server-wide announcement will be made. Do you want to hide your name?]