Chapter 41 A Reborn Archer, Yet Defeated
Alan didn't respond.
He didn't like to talk while fighting.
Arrows whizzed through the air.
Once again, they landed on Daniel.
The increased attack and movement speed made Alan's attacks very fluid.
However, Daniel's reaction speed was equally fast!
After Alan created some distance, Daniel used his fourth shadow step.
Alan felt a chill down his spine.
Nine Shadow Steps!
If Daniel could actually pull off nine displacements, that would be ridiculously OP.
Especially when a brawler held that kind of skill, every time they got up close, it was a death sentence for squishy ranged classes like priests, mages, archers, and summoners.
"Explosive Punch!"
Daniel's punch landed squarely on Alan's chin, sending him flying.
But just as Daniel was about to follow up with a combo, Alan had already landed.
'So fast. He can even reduce the knockback?' Daniel thought, his pupils contracted sharply, and he had a bad feeling.
He had no advantage in movement speed now, having already used Super Armor and Rage.
If Nine Shadow Steps couldn't kill Alan, then the outcome of the battle would be clear.
"Ice King.
"We can negotiate. Name your price."
Daniel was a bit panicked inside.
After all, he wasn't confident he could kill Alan with Nine Shadow Steps.
Alan's health regeneration was ridiculous.
A single normal attack restored about three thousand health, which was more insane than his own silver set that restored a thousand per second as the newbie village boss.
"Sure."
Alan's hands didn't stop moving, but he still agreed verbally.
Daniel was stunned for a moment. "What do you want?"
Alan pretended to think, but his arrow speed remained insanely fast.
Maxed out attack speed!
"How about this, ten God-level Talent Awakening Stones," Alan said.
Hearing this, Daniel knew he was being fooled.
"Ice King, you're forcing me. If that's the case, I'll waste this rune to kill you."
As he finished speaking, a light blue rune appeared in Daniel's hand.
Alan's face changed dramatically, and he turned to run.
Runes were extremely dangerous.
Alan might be able to handle a yellow rune, but Daniel had a blue rune, which Alan didn't have the strength to counter.
"Trying to run now? Too late!"
Daniel activated the blue rune in his hand.
A chilling cold surged from the rune, freezing everything in its path into ice sculptures.
Alan moved at full speed, but it wasn't enough!
In the blink of an eye, Alan felt his legs stiffen as they began to freeze from the bottom up.
In just a moment, Alan was completely frozen.
[-9,999!]
[-9,999!]
...
After being frozen, Alan's health bar plummeted.
But Daniel wasn't planning to let Alan off that easily.
"Flaming Cloud Palm!"
A palm imbued with intense fire struck the frozen Alan.
The forces of ice and fire exploded at that moment.
[-98,510!]
Alan's health bar was instantly emptied, and he died on the spot!
Newbie Village, Resurrection Altar.
After reviving, Alan found that all his equipment, except for a few that didn't require a level to wear, had dropped.
Because he had been wearing a level 10 Breeze Set, now that his level had dropped to 9, he couldn't equip them anymore.
Alan was revived at the resurrection altar.
As soon as he revived, a crowd of NPCs gathered outside the altar.
There was the tavern owner, the potion shop owner, the clothing store owner, and some other wandering NPCs in the newbie village. At a glance, there were fifteen of them!
Seeing Alan revive, they didn't hesitate and launched their attacks.
The clothing store owner threw silver needles at Alan.
Alan stepped back, drew his bowstring, and leaped into the air, simultaneously firing five arrows.
The Ninefold Longbow had no level requirement, so Alan was still using this golden longbow.
The five arrows hit five different NPCs, dealing nearly eight thousand damage to each.
At the same time, Lightning Leap was triggered.
Three of the five arrows triggered Lightning Leap, causing another series of damage numbers to jump from the NPCs' heads.
"Flame Burn!"
The tavern owner threw a wine jar at Alan's feet, causing burn damage to him.
[You have received burn damage and will continuously lose health.]
[-100.]
[-100.]
[...]
Damage numbers kept popping up, but fortunately, Alan had a Purification Necklace, which made him 80% immune to such negative buffs.
Otherwise, it would have been -500 per second.
Before Alan could strike again, the potion shop owner made his move.
A bottle of pitch-black potion was splashed around him.
[You have been affected by an anti-healing potion, reducing your healing and life stealing by 8%.]
Not just the two of them, but other NPCs also used their skills, dealing various types of damage to Alan.
In less than a second, Alan's health dropped by twenty thousand.
'Damn it!' Alan cursed inwardly.
He was a reborn hero, yet he was being ganged up on here.
It was an utter humiliation!
"If you want to mess with me, do it then!"
Alan's eyes turned cold. After enduring a round of damage, he immediately fired another five arrows.
In the archer's equipment, there were items like the Split Bow.
Such a Split Bow required less accuracy.
But Alan's five-arrow shot, hitting all targets, was incredibly challenging.
Alan's arrows flew, targeting five NPCs.
He discovered something interesting: the five-arrow shot could trigger the passive effect of "The Hand of God's Retribution" five times.
With his current three-star skill, "The Hand of God's Retribution," each five-arrow shot could permanently increase his health by fifteen points.
However, there was a problem with the five-arrow shot.
The damage was insufficient, especially since these NPCs were all bosses with high defense.
In this situation, the damage from a five-arrow shot was generally not high.
But the insane nature of Alan's super-god-level talent, The Hand of God's Retribution, became evident.
The passive effect dealt true damage equal to 3% of the target's maximum health, unaffected by the five-arrow shot.
So, just from this passive damage, he could deal massive damage.
Daniel hadn't returned yet.
But he was definitely on his way.
Alan needed to take down at least five NPCs before Daniel returned; otherwise, escaping from here would be extremely difficult.
Five-arrow shots.
The energy consumption was enormous.
Alan's current attributes could sustain the five-arrow shot for no more than fifteen minutes.
Soon, the accuracy of the five-arrow shot would be affected.
'Fifteen minutes, that's enough.'
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