Survival in the Class: I'm the Only Boy on the Bus

Hunter frowned as he watched the black flames shooting into the sky.

Without hesitation, he removed the [Dragon Bone Shield] from his back to protect the newcomer who had only recently joined.

The greyish-white dragon bone shield was held in Hunter's right hand. It looked very solid and gave people a sense of security; it was certainly more imposing than Wen Ruyan's small round shield from March 7th...

Hunter leaned his gray-white giant shield on the ground and looked at the boy holding a sword on the opposite city wall.

The two were quite far apart, so he failed to recognize that the boy was Jiang Chen, one of the players.

Hunter looked puzzled, and because he had a cigarette in his mouth, his speech was not very clear:

"Another resident has arrived?"

Zi Ying Liuli extended her slender fingers, her nails adorned with pale purple nail polish.

She gently touched the faintly visible, pale-colored, transparent film in front of her.

When the fingertip touches the film, a colorful ripple spreads.

Purple Shadow Glass's voice was both cold and scalding:

"The [Illusion] is still active, so the 'residents' shouldn't have discovered us yet."

Hunter watched as the boy gradually compressed the black aura around his body, and for some reason, his right eyelid kept twitching.

As a veteran with many years of experience in life and death, his intuition told him that this young man was terrifying and that it was best to leave as soon as possible.

But he still instinctively controlled his body, his eyes fixed on the boy.

Hunter was analyzing the effects of this suspected "resident's" talents or skills, and searching his mind for all the talents and skills he knew.

There's one thing you absolutely must avoid when fighting residents or other players.

That is, the effect of one's talents and skills is seen through by the opponent. Once the effect of one's talents and skills is fully grasped by the opponent, the opponent can formulate targeted tactics.

Like Zi Ying Liuli, she rarely uses her real body to contact enemies; she always uses her clones.

This allows her to exploit information asymmetry and repeatedly manipulate system rules to trick people.

Therefore, unless they are absolutely trusted, few residents will reveal their talents and skills.

Some residents are even more radical; they will directly kill residents who know their talents and skills, or hire [Awakened Bounty Hunters] to do such things for them.

This is all to protect information about one's talents and skills.

If the system hadn't indicated that residents could not only harm players, but also that their talents and skills couldn't affect players, Hunter and Purple Shadow Glaze would definitely have killed Jiang Chen and the others.

No matter how hard Hunter tried to recall, he couldn't find any talent or skill that could unleash the black flames.

The only similar talent he could find was the advanced version of the A-level [Blood Burning], the S-level [Blood Burst].

The Blood Burst skill could achieve a similar effect, but it wouldn't make Hunter genuinely fear this young man.

Zi Ying Liuli's pupils dilated sharply when she saw the black flames soaring into the sky.

Unlike Hunter, she felt a deep-seated fear, and she also felt goosebumps all over her body and her body became stiff.

This is the body's instinctive reaction when humans face predators and fear.

Aside from being hunted down by the number one awakened team in China, she had never felt this kind of genuine fear before.

If a battle were to break out, she would not hesitate to use the portal to create distance before remotely controlling the enemy, thus giving Hunter an opportunity to deal damage.

Zi Ying Liuli loves remotely controlling others with her mind, and she hates physical combat with men the most, finding it very inelegant...

It doesn't look good either; it would be bad if it accidentally bumped into something...

However, with the [Illusion] present, Zi Ying Liuli was not worried about herself and Hunter being discovered by that [Resident].

Zi Ying Liuli crossed her left arm over her chest, turned around gracefully, raised her right hand, and casually slid the tips of her fingernails in the air.

It's like taking a brush dipped in black ink and making a stroke on transparent glass.

A black vertical crack appeared in the air.

'Bang!'

Immediately afterwards, the black vertical marks suddenly unfolded, and a black circular portal opened in front of Zi Ying Liuli.

She turned her head and tugged at Hunter's sleeve, raising an eyebrow playfully:

"Let's go, first thing! Which girl have you got your eye on? I'll show you what it means to be both cute and adorable!"

Hunter stopped looking at the young man with the sword and was about to turn around, but the next moment his eyes widened in disbelief!

Because the boy with the sword disappeared...

That terrifying aura also vanished...

A pale green current appeared beneath Hunter and Purple Shadow Glaze's feet, instantly slowing them down!

Hunter, being a seasoned veteran, immediately sensed something was amiss and quickly turned to look at Purple Shadow Glaze, raising his right hand to wield the [Dragon Bone Giant Shield].

At this moment, Zi Ying Liuli turned her head and tugged at Hunter's clothes, her attention also focused on Hunter.

Behind the black portal, Jiang Chen immediately deactivated his stealth and, wielding [Calamity], slashed directly at Zi Ying Liuli's head.

Jiang Chen's invisibility was broken because he launched an attack.

He wanted to deal with the mages who could be controlled remotely first, and then slowly deal with the tanks.

In order to better conceal his aura and figure, he forcibly compressed the black flames and crimson flames constantly erupting from his body to his side, while his eyes were still burning with crimson flames.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was surrounded by condensed black aura and crimson flames, just like Lucia Reverse Crown in her standby state when she held her sword with her back turned.

Before he even grasped Wang Wushuang's [Calamity], he had already activated the active effects of [I'm so afraid of pain that I've maxed out my defense] and [Sever the Cage] in succession, first adding defense to attack power, and then multiplying both attack power and agility by 3!

At this moment, Jiang Chen's attack power has reached 4902!

Only then did he take the SS-level [Calamity] provided by Wang Wushuang and give all his attributes a ×3 boost, bringing his attack power to a terrifying 14706!

The defense stat has also reached 1676!

Then, Jiang Chen wasn't satisfied, so he cast a shield on himself that could withstand 838 points of damage.

Moreover, Jiang Chen also has the same field of vision as Wu Maiduo, allowing him to directly see Hunter and Zi Ying Liuli.

His core panel at this time looks like this:

①Attack power: 14706

② Physical condition: 951

③Defense: 1676

④ Agility: 3636

⑤ Mental Strength: 2115

⑥ Luck: 45

Jiang Chen's attack caused far more damage than 14706.

He has already slowed down the two people in front of him with [Gale Archmage]. [Gale Archmage] can apply a debuff to slowed enemies, increasing the damage they take by 50%.

Moreover, Jiang Chen's attack was accompanied by the [Shadow Queen]'s guaranteed critical hit effect.

He declared directly: "A raging torrent! Divide heaven and earth!"

Zi Ying Liuli had already sensed something was wrong, but she only had time to turn her eyes and glance at Jiang Chen behind the black teleportation portal.

next moment!

Jiang Chen swung the [Calamity] weapon directly at Zi Ying Liuli's head, intending to smash her head in one blow.

Although Jiang Chen didn't know if Zi Ying Liuli and Hunter had any items to revive them, he only wanted to chop off Zi Ying Liuli's head first, not giving her a chance to revive at all.

(The author mentioned at the end of each chapter that there are character photos! Almost every chapter has one! Once the author reaches level 4, they'll be included in the novel!)