Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 22 Evil Ivy
Shadow Claw Demon

Level: 7

Rank: Lord
Blood volume: 760
Attack: 400~1000
Note: The Shadow Demon excels at ambush and assassination. It often hides in the darkness, lurking close to its target to deliver a fatal blow. When the target has its back to it, the hit damage is increased by an additional 10%!

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Even though the Shadow Demon had a million doubts in his mind as he ran, he didn't dare to look back at Lin Hanchuan again. He had used up all his skills for the assassination attempt.

[Lurking in the Shadows]

Approaching silently

[Hidden Jump]

Darkness descends.

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[Damage Enhancement]

[Critical Hit Bonus]

【Fatal blow】

In order to kill Lin Hanchuan, he used more than a dozen skills at once.

I thought it was a sure thing, but...

boom! !

—136!

Based solely on its own attributes and status, without any skills, the Shadow Demon, running at full speed, is only slightly faster than a warrior of the same level.

Before he could run ten meters, he was hit directly by Lin Hanchuan's fireball.

The Shadow Demon, skilled in assassination, is inherently fragile, with low health and weak defense.

A single fireball took away more than ten percent of his health.

Boom boom! !
—280!

—278!

Two more Shadow Demons were hit, and luckily, both triggered the special effect of the Fireball, doubling the damage, plus the subsequent burning effect.

After Lin Hanchuan unleashed three large fireballs, the Shadow Demon's health bar began to drop.

follow closely.

laugh! !

Another arrow flew through the air.

Inserted into the back, with the chest exposed.

—96!

The shadow demon's figure suddenly paused, looking down at the arrow in his chest, death slowly creeping into his pupils.

boom!
The Shadow Demon, its health depleted, swayed for a moment before crashing heavily to the ground, becoming a corpse.

"Ding! According to the team's internal distribution plan, you have individually gained 870 experience points!"

As the notification of the experience points being credited rang in his mind, Lin Hanchuan immediately looked up in the direction of the old woman.

The old woman was still in the corner of the tavern, but she had changed from sitting to standing, and her expression showed surprise.

As for the young girl who had just been serving the old woman, she had disappeared without a trace.

"Playing hard to get, deceiving the enemy, and feigning an attack in the east while striking in the west!"

"Wow, that's really clever!"

Lin Hanchuan muttered to himself in a low voice.

Without a doubt, the Shadow Demon is that girl.

The old woman's order was simply to use a large number of low-level demons to draw their attention, and then let the shadow demons sneak in.

Take advantage of the moment when your defenses are at their weakest to deliver a fatal blow.

If it weren't for the mage's robe, I would have been dead from that slash.

We almost capsized in the gutter!

"Is this still the newbie village? Shadow Demons have even appeared!"

Night Legend, who had just secured the first kill of a level 7 Lord-level Shadow Demon, showed no excitement on his face, but rather a lingering fear.

"Outrageous, absolutely outrageous!" Both the little wooden man and the heavily armored man nodded in agreement with the Night Legend's statement.

The appearance of demons in the starting village is already outrageous enough.

In addition, a higher race, the Shadow Demons, has appeared, far exceeding the players' current capabilities. Their intelligence is also remarkable; lower-level demons feign attacks to draw attention, while the Shadow Demons stealthily approach to assassinate.

If it weren't for Huang Ge having some trump cards that allowed him to survive that assassination attempt, their team would have already fallen apart.

The little wooden figure watched the two demons about to escape from the fire domain, drank a bottle of red potion, and couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

"This is nothing like the slogan that the official [Descent] team used to promote before the opening of the ninth server: 'The ninth server's newbie village will make you feel at home.'"

"Every house is full of demons!"

"If we could not communicate with other players and access the forum, I would suspect that we are playing on a private server."

The heavily armored man at the very front remained silent, only nodding repeatedly.

But complaints are complaints.

They were still incredibly excited.

While others were still doing low-level, easy quests, chasing cute-looking monsters, and indulging in pure entertainment, they were already slaying demons in the starting village.

Compared to this, everyone would want to put their hands on their hips for a while.

Ho ho ho! !

At this moment, demons began to emerge from the fire domain.

However, after the fire domain consumed its resources.

These demons are currently all at low health.

Boom boom boom! !

The demon's level was about the same as that of the Underworld, so Lin Hanchuan didn't wait for him to make a move and easily finished him off with a few large fireballs.

"Ding! Successfully killed a level 3 elite..."

"Ding! Kill successful..."

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The level 7 experience bar on the panel quickly filled up.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully leveled up to level 8. Your base attributes have increased by 2, and you have gained 4 free attribute points!"

With the system notification, Lin Hanchuan's level reached level 8.

With 4 points of free attribute, Lin Hanchuan continued to add points to Intelligence.

Meanwhile, the one-minute duration of the fire domain had ended, and the tavern floor, which had just been ablaze, was now reduced to ashes.

A dozen or so demon corpses stood there, charred and twisted, their faces grotesque and terrifying.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at it lightly, then turned his gaze to the corner of the tavern.

After clearing out the initial twenty or so demons, only the old woman in the corner and the guy who initially blocked the fireball with his hand remain.

The fireball-blocking creature has revealed its true form. It is entirely black and covered with dense vine tentacles, some as thick as a wrist and several meters long, others as small as warts hanging on its body. It is a demon that is not ranked high among demon races, but is extremely rare—the Evil Vine.

【Evil Ivy】

Level: 8

Rank: Elite

Blood volume: 4000
Attack: 200~500
Note: As a rare vine-type creature among demons, the Evil Vine can suddenly sprout vines from any part of its body, allowing it to attack and defend from all directions during battle.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at the attributes of the Evil Vine.

The B-level team mission has not yet been completed by the system, which means that the demon who replaced the white-bearded old man's grandson is not yet dead.

It must be the Evil Vine.

All you have to do is kill it.

Making killing an 8th-level elite demon a team mission is truly befitting of a B-level difficulty team mission. If a normal newbie village team were to come here, they would definitely be wiped out.

However, the ultimate boss in this tavern should still be that old woman.

She stood in the corner, not revealing her true form, but her eyes were fixed on Lin Hanchuan, a purple light flashing in her pupils, her voice hoarse and sounding somewhat angry.

"To actually withstand the Shadow Demon's fatal blow, your trump card is a bit beyond my expectations, but what you're about to do is..."

"Kill that evil vine first!" Lin Hanchuan didn't listen to her nonsense and directly said to Black Night Legend and the others.

"That's the grandson!"

(End of this chapter)