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Linsset was not afraid of the "Mountain Bear's" attack; he had already made preparations to deal with it.

The opponent's great axe may seem menacing, but such a heavy weapon raised overhead is slow, leaves many openings, and is easy to predict.

As a Silver-rank adventurer, he should know that his attacks are unlikely to hit the enemy. Would the opponent really make such a basic mistake? Linsel didn't think so.

This is likely a feint, since he himself occasionally uses similar feints to deceive his enemies when using a one-handed sword.

Therefore, he dodged to the side and immediately released [Battle Smoke].

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The adventurer, nicknamed "Mountain Bear," roared, then chuckled evilly after his great axe cleaved through the air and crashed to the ground, as if he had a backup plan.

Immediately afterwards, he grabbed the great axe and leaped backward. The axe flashed and swung again, combining some kind of combat technique, sweeping towards Linsel once more.

But then he saw something he had never imagined: green smoke was rapidly being exhaled from Linsset's mouth, spreading out instantly and filling the surrounding area.

The eerie green smoke shocked "Mountain Bear," but the momentum of its massive axes had already caused it to continue its movements.

"Red crossbow, stun staff, quick!"

The burly adventurer immediately urged his opponent on, but by then the green smoke had already enveloped him. Although the great axe, with its immense power, managed to clear a small area of ​​smoke, he was completely engulfed by it within seconds.

Without a second thought, "Mountain Bear's" axe missed its mark again. Unable to see clearly in the smoke, he coughed violently incessantly.

At this moment, "Mountain Bear" only wanted to escape the smoke immediately, so he rushed out in one direction without regard for anything else.

"What happened?"

Several bronze-level adventurers who followed behind gathered around, all hovering at the edge of the smoke, hesitant to enter. Even the adventurers who were firing arrows behind them stopped shooting, unsure of how to deal with the smoke.

"Let me do it." "Stasis Staff" closed the distance to the smoke, pointed his staff forward, and then everyone saw dozens of pebbles on the ground nearby float into the air and fly into the smoke.

"Ahhh..."

A scream came from the green smoke, and an adventurer with blood streaming from his head and his leather armor badly torn emerged from the smoke—it was "Mountain Bear".

"Which idiot threw that stone at me?"

"It's the 'Staff of Restraint'," the adventurers answered in unison.

Upon learning that it was the long-staff adventurer who was responsible, "Mountain Bear" was furious. He picked up his great axe and was about to head over to "Stuck Staff" to demand an explanation when he suddenly realized that he had no strength left to walk.

Blood began to seep from the tattered leather armor on his abdomen, staining a large area red. He realized that a deep cut had been made there at some point.

"We were ambushed..." Before "Mountain Bear" could finish speaking, he collapsed like a small hill, panting on the ground.

In the green smoke, Lindsay was feeling triumphant about his successful backstab of the enemy.

I never expected that [Sensitive Sense of Smell++] would work so well with [Battle Smoke]. How come I never noticed it before?

When "Mountain Bear" disappeared into the smoke, Lindsay intentionally tried to use his [Sensitive Sense of Smell] in order to locate the enemy in the low-visibility smoke.

It worked. Although his [sensitive sense of smell] made the unpleasant smell stronger than before, he also detected a human scent in the smoke, right to his left.

Then, slowly approaching in that direction, the hard iron sword slashed at a very blurry humanoid figure, and the painful cry of the injured person reached his ears.

The feeling of the iron sword cutting through flesh with my fingers must have caused a very deep wound, which is excellent!

"Shoot! Shoot arrows into the smoke!" "Red Crossbow" shouted as he watched "Mountain Bear" fall. His crossbow flashed and fired a fast-moving arrow.

Linsel slowly exhaled mist as he moved toward the "Red Crossbow," while several melee adventurers around the smoke retreated continuously.

Now, in conjunction with [Sensitive Sense of Smell], my strategy is to use the smoke to conceal my figure while relying on scent to quickly pinpoint the approximate location of enemies. I have already determined the positions of several adventurers near the smoke.

He opened his mouth, intending to use [Skeleton Strike] to shoot chunks of flesh at several enemies around him who were hesitant to enter the smoke.

"Hiss~"

A sudden pain shot through his chest, causing Linsel to gasp for breath. A crossbow bolt had pierced through the layers of scale armor, its tip lodged in his chest.

[Health: 126/155, Armor: 453/495 (Wolf Head Armguards, Heavy Scale Armor)]

It must be the arrow from that "red crossbow"!

He felt the crossbow bolt stuck in his chest corrode and break off after a few seconds due to the [flesh-and-blood corrosion].

Linsel decided to ignore the red crossbow for now and continue using [Skeleton Strike].

After all, the crossbows used by the enemy also require a reloading time, and making good use of this gap is enough to strike other enemies.

Several chunks of flesh spewed from his mouth, flying through the smoke towards a few nearby bronze-level adventurers.

These people had not anticipated this situation at all. They had no time to dodge, and the corrosive chunks of flesh crashed into their bodies, instantly burning large wounds.

The men grimaced in pain, the affected areas becoming numb and sluggish, causing them to collapse to the ground and try to relieve the pain by rolling around.

As for the other Iron-rank adventurers, they had already long since hidden far away from the smoke.

"Is there anyone who can treat this?" "Stuck Cane" asked the people around him, but no one said they could.

"Alright, 'Mountain Bear,' hang in there a little longer."

Another bolt from the "Red Crossbow" was fired, shooting into the smoke along with several adventurers using ranged bows nearby.

The "Stasis Staff" was near the green smoke. The staff flickered and glowed, gradually forming a thin layer of stone covering the wooden staff.

He quickly spun his staff, using the airflow generated by the rotation to disperse the surrounding smoke, and slowly ventured deeper into the smoke.

Linsel was holding his left leg with one hand; the arrow from the "Red Crossbow" had just caused a bleeding wound on his leg.

He didn't have time to deal with the bleeding on his leg, because "Stuck Staff" and his long staff had already rushed into the smoke, and he would probably be discovered hiding in the smoke soon.

He recalled some of the monster abilities he had previously acquired, and then he had it!

Let this guy suffer one more time.