Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 35 Nightingale (Thanks to Xiao Han, the Silver Alliance Leader from Yuequan Bay!)
Although the advanced skills are more powerful, their levels are reset to zero, and they all become level 1, requiring skill experience to upgrade them again.

I glanced at my skill experience. Although I've been busy these past few days, I've only accumulated 11 skill experience points, which is enough to upgrade two skills to level 10.

After thinking about it, I chose two skills: Advanced Shooting and Advanced Swordsmanship.

Among them, Advanced Shooting allows my gun damage to steadily increase, while Advanced Swordsmanship is the signature skill of the sword-type super weapon. The higher the skill level, the higher the damage dealt when using a longsword. Although it is not mentioned in the panel description, this is a hidden setting that everyone knows.

So, after injecting a large amount of skill experience, the two skills flashed with light!
Soon after, the two second-tier skills, Advanced Swordsmanship and Advanced Shooting, were upgraded to level 10, which added 6 points to my Strength and Agility respectively. The advantage of advanced skills is that as long as you have enough skill experience, you can upgrade all the way to level 10 of the ninth tier and get a total of 54 attribute points, which is simply amazing!

Unfortunately, most players won't have the god-level passive skill of "practice makes perfect," so skill experience can only be gained through repeated use. Most skills can't be upgraded to level 10. Even in the late game, most people will only choose to max out their class's signature skill. And for auxiliary skills like shooting, throwing, programming, and repair, it's already quite good if they can reach the third tier max level.

Leave the mission map.

"Shua~~~"

A flash of light appeared before their eyes, and they reappeared in the night of Xicheng, but the entrance had changed. They were now in the central park of Xicheng, in a wooded area.

Just a meter in front of me, a young couple was hiding in the darkness, snuggling together on a stone bench, whispering sweet nothings.

Will you always love me?

"Yes, I will only love you in my life, and no other woman will ever enter my heart again."

"you swear!"

"I swear on my honor that I will love only you for the rest of my life."

"Ouch...your hand..."

The surrounding air began to warm up.

I was in a rather awkward position. If I didn't do something at that moment, they probably would do something!

"Cough cough..."

"what?!"

The young couple were terrified.

"Sorry, I was just taking a dump, I didn't mean to bother you, please continue, please continue..."

As I spoke, I made a gesture of pulling up my pants, and then dashed out of the woods, leaving behind a startled couple who looked around frantically, searching for excrement.

……

The central park wasn't too far from my accommodation, but I had to walk through the old town.

I picked up my phone and remembered Lu Xiaobei's message.

Are you still there?

"What time is it?"

She replied instantly with an angry emoji: "Luckily I can still eat. I've been eating until now. I'll send you my location to share. Come over, and if you're lucky, you might catch something."

"alright."

I am indeed a little hungry.

The location sent by Lu Xiaobei wasn't too far. It was a night market that was relatively close to Feiyang Internet Cafe, which was quite rare. It was really rare for a girl like her to be wandering around outside in the middle of the night. Wasn't she afraid of getting into some kind of trouble?

My stomach was rumbling, like thunder.

I ran all the way, through countless dark alleys.

I glanced at my phone. I was only a hundred meters away from the night market where Lu Xiaobei was. I could even see the light at the end of the dark alley. I must eat a lot later. I must order at least fifty lamb skewers.

"Om-"

Just as my mind was filled with thoughts of lamb skewers and dried fish, the air around me suddenly froze, and then a strange feeling enveloped me. The next second, I could no longer see anything around me, hear any sound, or smell any odor, as if all five senses had disappeared at that moment!
"Zi!"

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my chest and abdomen, and a black thorn pierced through my chest. As I tried to struggle, countless snow-white arms grabbed me from all directions, gripping my limbs, skin, and hair tightly, rendering me unable to move!

Not good!

I had never experienced this feeling before; a strong sense of oppression washed over me.

[Please note that you have been controlled by the Nightingale's (blue boss) skill, Psychic Cage!]

[The mental strength comparison between the two sides is as follows: Nightingale (Blue BOSS): 125 points, You: 68 points. Your mental strength exceeds the opponent's by 50%, granting you a judgment opportunity. The control duration after the judgment is 4.5 seconds!]

Not only was I controlled, but the other party also unleashed many spikes that kept piercing my body, causing my health bar to drop rapidly!
"833!"

"799!"

"812!"

"903!"

Almost in the blink of an eye, my health bar dropped to around 50%!

"rustle……"

In the alley, a woman with a graceful figure, wearing a gray robe and high heels, slowly emerged from the darkness. Her face was hidden under her hood, but in the dim light of the distance, it was vaguely visible that she had a cold and beautiful face with bright red lips and a pair of eyes filled with a strong sense of mockery.

"033, do you think you can escape the clutches of Dark Tide?" Her eyes flashed with malice as she sneered, "You and 066, those two traitors, not only betrayed Dark Tide, but also killed Instructor Lakuri. Hmph, although Lakuri was a fool, killing a superior officer is an unforgivable crime!"

She gently raised her face, revealing a look of disdain: "I am Nightingale, a psionic officer of the Dark Tide Special Forces. I infiltrated Creek City on General Vega's secret orders. Don't think you can get away with it just because you've escaped into this neutral city. It would be effortless for us in the Dark Tide to kill the two of you!"

I could already hear the ringing of the bell.

[The control period of the "Psionic Cage" has ended, and you have regained your freedom!]

This setting...

I frowned, realizing the importance of mental strength. If my elemental furnace, skill level, and equipment weren't so powerful, my mental strength would definitely be less than half of the opponent's. In that case, I probably wouldn't have any chance to fight back and would have been directly controlled to death by this Dark Tide Spiritual Energy Officer named Nightingale!
Why aren't you speaking? Are you already dead?

The nightingale slowly approached, a mocking smile playing on her lips: "Don't die too quickly, I haven't had enough fun yet."

However, the next second, when Nightingale saw my eyes, she was immediately panicked!
"Pong!"

The three points of Yuan Power exploded, transforming into a burst of light that instantly pierced through Nightingale's body!
Turning around, the Vanguard Bee Sting flashed with a chilling light, unleashing a five-hit combo of normal attack + Dragon Blade + normal attack + Ground Spike Slash + normal attack on Nightingale. Combined with the damage from the Burst Charge, it instantly dealt six dense attacks!

"612!"

"404!"

"1624!"

"401!"

"2412!"

"403!"

……

With pretty good luck, both of my main damage skills, Dragon Blade and Earth Spike, landed critical hits, dealing over 5800 damage to Nightingale in an instant. Although she was also a level 20 blue boss, her health bar wasn't as thick as the Armored Earthworm's. As a magic user, my life growth is relatively weak, with only 1 health points. So, in an instant, I only had 40% health left!
"You bastard!"

Nightingale let out a sharp, angry cry, retreating while waving her hands. The two skills, Mind Blast and Psionic Burn, roared out and landed on me, causing my health bar to drop rapidly!
Without any hesitation—hesitation meant death—I immediately used the Step Slash to maintain my health and kept slashing at Nightingale, keeping me in close combat and not giving her a chance to concentrate and unleash a stronger psionic skill!

As a result, the damage from each basic attack was scattered everywhere, and Nightingale's health bar was almost depleted in the blink of an eye.

"033, you cunning bastard!"

Nightingale's eyes were filled with resentment. Suddenly, she raised her hands, and a heavy mental pressure descended from the sky, enveloping my entire body!
[Please note that Nightingale (the blue boss) has used the skill "Mind Control" on you. Due to the difference in mental strength between the two, the success rate of this skill is estimated to be 19%!]

Mind Control, a Tier 2 skill for Psionicists!
"MISS!"

In an instant, a blood-red MISS rose into the air above my head!

"how come?!"

Nightingale was shocked and hurriedly raised her hand to cast another psionic burn on me. In an instant, the blue psionic energy seeped into my body like alcohol, and then began to burn my flesh, causing continuous damage. My health bar finally couldn't hold on and dropped to below 30%!

[Please note that you have entered a "Minor Injury" state, with all attributes and attack power reduced by 35%, all skill effects reduced by 50%, and you are now in a state of invulnerability!]

Being injured for the first time is an extremely unpleasant experience. Not only is my mind foggy, but I also experience waves of intense pain throughout my body. And this is only a minor injury; if it were a serious injury, wouldn't I have fainted?

However, at this point, Nightingale only had her last bit of life force left.

I endured the excruciating pain, and my level 10 swordsmanship advanced with great flair. After a few swift, cold flashes, I sliced ​​open Nightingale's abdomen, thighs, and throat, also extinguishing her last bit of life force.

[Battle Notification: You have defeated Nightingale (Blue BOSS), gaining 200000 character experience points. The Elemental Furnace extracted 100000 experience points!]

[Congratulations! You have defeated Nightingale (blue BOSS) and obtained the item: BOSS Ability Crystal x1!]

……

Before my eyes, Nightingale's body convulsed continuously, her skin quickly turned purple, and her spiritual energy burned continuously, turning into a pile of ashes in the blink of an eye, and she cremated on the spot!

They probably did this because the mission failed and they were afraid of leaving any trace.

The wind blew it away, leaving nothing but a few traces of blood on the ground.

With a "thud," I fell heavily to the base of the alley wall, streaks of blood still trickling down my torn clothes.

"Beep~~Beep~~Beep~~~"

The phone kept ringing.

Lu Xiaobei sent many messages on WeChat.

"Ding Han, where are you?"

Why aren't you moving?

"Did something happen?"

"Don't move, I'm coming to find you."

……

Perhaps due to the injury and blood loss, I felt incredibly cold all over. I sat there listlessly, and the early winter breeze blowing through the alley made me feel like I was about to freeze.

Just then, a figure walked over in the dim light. She had long hair, wore a wool coat and winter boots, and was incredibly beautiful. She looked down at me with a worried expression.

(End of this chapter)