The instant Shadow Blade went invisible, the archers of the icy world had already thrown out several flares. Then Jiang Hao saw the afterimage of Shadow Blade after it went invisible.
He gripped the dagger tightly in both hands, crouching low, and tiptoed toward this place step by step.
It's likely because these archers, after receiving skill points as a reward, upgraded their flare skill. This is why they weren't helpless as before.
An archer drew his bow and was about to shoot at him when Jiang Hao stopped him with his left hand. Then, Jiang Hao raised his left hand high and pointed his index finger at other players in the distance.
So the archers and mages all tacitly let Shadowblade go and instead turned their attention to the Japanese players behind him.
The archers fired their arrows first, followed by the mages' ice arrows. The thousand or so Japanese players were immediately sent off the battlefield.
Shadowblade turned his head and saw this scene, but his expression did not change much, as if he had expected it all along.
Jiang Hao deduced that Shadow Blade must have been watching from the sidelines while they were fighting the boss. Otherwise, he wouldn't have such a calm expression.
Given Shadowblade's personality, Jiang Hao even suspected that he must have considered delivering the final blow to the boss and taking the boss kill reward. Perhaps it was because they killed the boss too quickly, or because his teammates' attack power was too high, that he didn't have a chance to make a move, which prevented him from carrying out his plan.
Shadowblade turned his head again and saw Jiang Hao and the others looking at him. Knowing that he had been exposed, he simply shook his body and revealed himself from his stealth state.
He gave a bitter laugh, and surprisingly, he opened his arms wide, adopting a posture of accepting death calmly.
Jiang Hao smiled slightly and raised the staff in his hand.
Shadow Blade seemed to remember something, and his expression immediately turned terrified. He shook his hands violently at Jiang Hao, saying, "No, no, no, can you just kill me? I don't want to kneel before you before I die."
He indeed saw the giant boss kneeling in front of Jiang Hao when he was fighting the monster.
Jiang Hao smiled and said, "I'm quite curious about your talent and skills. Could you tell me about them? If so, I'll give you a straight answer."
Shadowblade said angrily, "You players from the Rabbit Country are indeed extremely rude. Don't you know that making this condition is an insult to me?"
Jiang Hao raised an eyebrow and said, "You're an assassin, always ambushing the enemy from behind. Do you think that makes you any more polite?"
Shadowblade's face turned red as he shouted, "Players from the Rabbit Kingdom are indeed unreasonable! My profession is an assassin. My sneak attack from behind is not only a sign of respect for my own profession but also for my opponent. How is that rude?"
Jiang Hao dropped his joking expression and said, "I've only ever met one assassin who never hid, not even among a horde of 100,000 silver-level skeleton monsters. Your explanation is clearly just an excuse for your despicable and shameless behavior."
Jiang Hao was talking about "honor among thieves." Actually, "honor among thieves" had already disappeared the first time he met Jiang Hao. Jiang Hao just felt that if a player from China were to open up to a player from Japan and tell them everything, they'd be a complete idiot.
Shadowblade stared wide-eyed at Jiang Hao, somewhat uncertainly. He didn't even bother to argue.
Jiang Hao said, "Also, what do you think you are in right now? My opponent? No! You chose to show yourself instead of fighting to the death, so you should be prepared to be taken prisoner. I haven't restrained you, but let you stand in front of me and speak, which is already giving you enough respect and courtesy."
Shadowblade opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't utter a single word.
Jiang Hao raised his staff again and said, "So, are you still willing to talk? I don't have any more time to waste on a prisoner."
Shadowblade sighed as if resigned to his fate and said, "Is that assassin you mentioned real? He really didn't become invisible even among a hundred thousand skeleton monsters?"
"Do you think I need to lie to a defeated opponent?"
Jiang Hao's words were extremely arrogant, and Shadow Blade's face turned red with anger again. However, what Jiang Hao said was completely true, and he couldn't refute it.
With another sigh, Shadowblade finally revealed all his talents and skills.
It turns out he had two skills. One was a backstab, which could deal massive damage; he had taken away over 80,000 of Jiang Hao's health with that one skill. The other skill was a forehead strike, which could stun the target. What terrified him was that this skill was useless against Jiang Hao.
Little did he know that Jiang Hao's second talent, the Immortal Heart, not only increased his attribute values by killing monsters, but also granted him immunity to all control effects. Of course, Jiang Hao would never tell him this.
As for why a two-star player could deal over 80,000 damage, it's because of his talent, Stealth Burst, which increases damage by 10 times when using skills or attacks while in stealth mode.
Jiang Hao believed that Shadow Blade was telling the truth. Even if there was some deception involved, it didn't matter, as long as it explained what he had seen.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Hao said, "I have one last question. Why are the Rose Crusaders of Sausage Country stronger the more numerous their warriors are?"
Shadow Blade was visibly surprised, clearly not expecting Jiang Hao to even know this.
As if understanding his situation, and as if wanting to curry favor with Jiang Hao, Shadow Blade considered for a while before honestly confessing.
"Their guild leader's talent is teamwork. The more warriors team up with him, the higher the defense and attack of the entire team will be."
Oh!
Shadowblade is full of politeness and respect, yet he's surprisingly ruthless when it comes to betraying his teammates.
Jiang Hao thought for a moment and said, "That's not right. Your entire legion has nearly 200,000 people, so why haven't the other warriors gotten stronger? Only the 2,000 warriors in their own guild have gotten stronger?"
Shadowblade's eyes narrowed again; he hadn't expected Jiang Hao to know so much detail.
After hesitating for a moment with his head down, Shadowblade looked up and said, "Our total number is 188,000. Because if the Fortress has 180,000 teammates, it can achieve almost 100% damage immunity. And his talent conflicts with the Bloodrage talent. Therefore, the Rose Crusaders and the Royal Guard priests form a separate legion."
Bloodrage should be the guild leader of the Rose Crusade Guild. However, this explanation still has some contradictions. Does bringing the Rose Crusade and the Royal Guard into the Legion mean they can no longer fight bosses?
Jiang Hao voiced his doubts.
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