translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
Mirage, Elegant Leaves, and Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile stood together according to Qin Mo’s instructions. Little Medicine Fairy stood in the distance, while Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile was in charge of pulling the BOSS.
Suddenly, Frost Flower read out a line. “Who are you, to dare enter my secret territory within this Kunlun Mountain!”
As soon as she finished speaking, five sword spirits appeared, launching a flurry of attacks at them.
Little Medicine Fairy wanted to add blood to her teammates, but the sword spirit behind had targeted her. At that very moment, Ink Mark suddenly jumped behind her, swinging his sharp sword outward and accurately landing a direct hit on the sword spirit’s chest. Almost immediately after that, the swordsman used Flicker to rush behind Mirage, Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile and Elegant Leaves, attacking the sword spirits that had targeted them with the fan-shaped group attack skill, ‘Sword Horizon’.
The attacked sword spirits immediately turned around, seemingly attracted by Ink Mark. Qin Mo’s slender finger slid quickly across the lightscreen panel, and the swordsman’s body flew backwards elegantly by about ten feet, causing the sword spirits that had been pulled by his attacks to chase him.
Seeing Ink Mark leave her healing range, Little Medicine Fairy hurriedly typed out a message on the team channel. “Ink Mark, I won’t be able to add blood to you like this!”
Ink Mark: “No need to add.”
——Clearly three simple words, yet they exuded a strong self-confidence!
Little Medicine Fairy soon found out that Ink Mark really didn’t need any healing, having once again silenced the five sword spirits with two successful skills of Sword Horizon and Sword Rain Remnant!
He could actually… control them?!
Elegant Leaves, Mirage, and Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile were all shocked.
In the earlier tasks, they had witnessed Ink Mark’s smooth operation of the difficult Heaven Sun combo, but unexpectedly, he had already mastered its precise and accurate use—— he could even calculate the three seconds when the sword spirits released their dizzying skill, striking at that precise moment to immediately silence the sword spirits, before flying away with qinggong.
——like drifting clouds and flowing water!
Apart from this phrase, there was simply no better proverb to describe his operation.
Twenty seconds later, the second batch of sword spirits refreshed. Immediately, Ink Mark ran to rescue Little Medicine Fairy, stabbing the sword spirit behind her before launching Sword Horizon to hit the remainder of the sword spirits that had just been summoned. Following this, he decisively used Sword Horizon several times more, until a critical strike was triggered, upon which he followed up with Sword Rain Remnant—— and the five newly summoned sword spirits were silenced on the spot.
With the original five sword spirits following him closely, Ink Mark turned around and flew away, circling around the field to keep them occupied. Gradually, the other five sword spirits gathered also, resulting in ten sword spirits chasing him around!
This spectacular scene shocked his teammates.
Elegant Leaves was even shocked to the point of forgetting to hit the BOSS, instead watching Ink Mark’s operations with a complicated look—— he was also a swordsman, so why was the difference between them so great?
Due to the precise calculation of the distance and the skill cooldowns, Ink Mark did not lose too much blood. By the time he launched a second wave of attacks, the first batch of sword spirits had been eliminated, falling to the ground simultaneously and reducing the number of sword spirits behind him to five. For even the damage of the skills to be calculated so precisely…
His teammates were stunned.
Five sword spirits were pulled, then another five were pulled after twenty seconds. By the time the sword spirits behind him reached ten, the previous batch were already at death’s door.
With this cycle and smooth operation, it was no longer a problem to pass through the dungeon.
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Fortunately, Little Medicine Fairy’s reaction was very timely, immediately giving him a targeted heal.
Ink Mark’s blood volume was recovered, and Qin Mo quickly typed out a message. “I’m out of blue, does anyone have blue medicine?”
Professional leagues prohibited restorative medicines from being used; therefore, if you wanted to be healed, you could only rely on a healer. However, there were all sorts of blood and blue medicines available for use in the online game. Unfortunately, Qin Mo was used to playing in the professional league, and as such, forgot to carry medicine with him. Due to the continuous release of skills earlier, his blue volume had dropped below ten, leaving him unable to use any skills. In the end, he had to type a message, asking his teammates for help.
Mirage immediately said: “I have 10 panacea, is it enough?”
Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile: “I have 5!”
Elegant Leaves: “I have 3!”
Looking at the messages that had appeared on the team channel almost simultaneously, all three veterans were embarrassed. Only earlier had they been laughing at him in private on the voice channel, waiting to watch him fail, but right now, all three of them were rushing to offer him their blue medicine—— from ridicule to worship, this feeling really was a little complex!
Mirage threw out ten panacea on the ground, Ink Mark running over to pick them up. After drinking the blue medicine, his blue was recovered, and he could continue using skills to control the sword spirits.
The rest of the battle was surprisingly uneventful with no risks, and the BOSS’s blood volume continued to decline, soon reaching residual blood state.
Little Medicine Fairy laughed. “Is this BOSS actually not that difficult to beat?”
Mirage was embarrassed. He really wanted to say: sister, you don’t know just how miserable the other newbie teams are when facing this dungeon! The reason why you think it’s so simple is because we have an expert in the team!
It was not easy to pull ten sword spirits alone. At least, it was impossible for a swordsman of Elegant Leaves’ caliber to do so. Ink Mark’s rookie problems of ‘dying via falling off a cliff’, ‘how do I open up the resurrection point’, ‘I can’t find my way around’ couldn’t be explained just yet, but Mirage was absolutely certain—— this person was not simple.
While Mirage was lost in thought, a golden message popped up in the announcements bar overhead: Chivalrous man [Ink Mark] has gotten the secret book ‘Sword Rain Fragrance’ in Kunlun Snow Mountain Cave by chance!
This announcement immediately caused a sensation in the entire server. Many old players who took part in the beta test knew the value of secret books in Peerless Jianghu, and immediately took to chatting in the world channel——
“Someone has already beaten the level 20 secret book BOSS? Is this the first secret book of the new district?!”
“No announcement has been made before, it should be the first one! This brother’s luck is good ah!”
“Newbie asking, what is ‘Sword Rain Fragrance’?”
“It’s a skill that can be learnt, it summons sword spirits to attack targets within a certain range and stuns the target for three seconds. It’s a very powerful group attack skill, and especially useful in the arena!”
At the same time, Qin Mo’s private chat channel was also spammed with messages——
“Brother, do you want to sell the secret book? How much?”
“Sell me the secret book for 1,000? If not, 2,000!”
“Will you sell the secret book?”
Little Medicine Fairy was obviously very excited. “Isn’t it a 1% probability that the secret book will be dropped? Aren’t we lucky?!”
Mirage had finally returned to his senses, and replied to the team channel. “Yes, the BOSS usually only drops fragments. Generally, it takes more than ten days to collect enough fragments for the secret book, so we are really lucky today!”
In addition to the secret book, the BOSS had also dropped the purple materials ‘Cryolite x5’ and ‘Purple Gold Sand x5’.
“Cryolite and Purple Gold Sand are necessary materials for later equipment. Since five have dropped, let’s split them equally.” Mirage suggested.
Ink Mark: “What about the secret book?”
When the BOSS had died earlier, he just happened to be nearby and picked up the treasure that had been dropped. He had been lucky enough to draw the secret book, which is why the world channel announced his name. But in fact, the secret book was the result of the entire team’s efforts, and the distribution of items was also part of the captain’s authority. Qin Mo knew the rules of online games; even if his contribution to this dungeon was the greatest, it was impossible for him alone to take this item.
In the voice room, Elegant Leaves also asked a similar question. “Brother, what should we do with the secret book? Do we have to sell it?”
Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile: “Sell it! Sell for 10,000 gold, and we can get 2,000 each!”
Mirage was silent for a few moments, before he replied. “The secret book is suitable for swordsmen. I would like to give it directly to Ink Mark.”
“That can’t be?!” Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile was obviously reluctant. “Although he contributed the most, he couldn’t have gotten through the dungeon without us hitting the BOSS, let alone draw the secret book. Besides, Elegant Leaves is also a swordsman, even if we aren’t selling it, we should at least give the book to our own people…”
Mirage coldly interrupted him. “You still don’t see it? This Ink Mark is no ordinary expert. At our level, it’s very difficult to make friends with an expert, don’t just focus on the small profits in front of you.”
Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile was stunned by this sentence, and for a long moment, did not know what to say.
Elegant Leaves was more rational, and could distinguish between gains and losses. “Give it to him. After all, the secret book ‘Sword Rain Fragrance’ is indeed suitable for swordsmen. While the price of 10,000 gold coins seems like a lot now, it will be nothing but petty profits after reaching the full level. Anyway, I can exchange for a secret book after I gather fragments later.” He paused for a few moments, before adding, “I’ve been watching this person’s operation carefully. Except for when his blue was depleted, he’s never made a single mistake. Every time the sword spirit refreshes, he quickly controls them within three seconds before pulling them away. He has an accuracy of almost 100%, it’s truly terrible…this technique really isn’t inferior to the top ten players of the Hanhua Sword sect. I think this Ink Mark really isn’t simple, so there’s no harm in befriending him.”
“At least Leaves’ idea is good, classmate Dagger, you have to learn more from him,” Mirage praised.
“Fine, it’s up to you!” Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile exclaimed angrily. “What about Little Medicine Fairy, though? How are you going to explain it to this little sister?”
Mirage: “I’ll tell her, it’s no big deal to offer her some money as compensation.”
After everyone agreed, Mirage messaged Little Medicine Fairy privately. “Ink Mark contributed the most in today’s dungeon, and the secret book is very suitable for a swordsman, so I was thinking of giving it directly to him. What do you think?”
He was prepared to offer her some money as compensation. Little did he expect this sister to have a big heart, answering with an “okay, just give it to him!”
Mirage’s impression of Little Medicine Fairy immediately changed. Although she liked to ask all sorts of rookie questions, and made minor mistakes from time to time, she at least wasn’t a stingy person.
——Captain [Mirage] assigned <Sword Rain Fragrance> to [Ink Mark].
Puzzled, Qin Mo looked at the team channel. “What do you mean?”
Mirage: “Today’s dungeon couldn’t have been cleared without you, so this secret book should rightfully be yours. Later, add me as a friend, and maybe we can dungeon again in the future.”
Mirage had tried his best to make his tone seem even, and not like he was kissing up to him, but Qin Mo could still see through his idea at a glance.
Of course, the other party did have valid reasons to send the secret book, and Qin Mo would not be so polite as to decline. “Thank you.”
Mirage took the opportunity to send a friend request to him, which was immediately accepted.
Opening the secret book, Qin Mo learned the skill ‘Sword Rain Fragrance’, placing it at the lower left corner of the sixteen squares on his lightscreen pad.
After pressing the skill, the icon to designate the skill’s range would appear. Qin Mo gently slid his fingers across the screen—— only to witness the overwhelming white sword spirit descend from the sky, as dazzling as a celestial. The white sword spirit held a sharp sword in its hands, but since there were no hostile targets within the range designated by Qin Mo, it vanished after making a slicing motion. From this, it could be inferred that the sword spirit would automatically attack enemies within the specified range, causing them to lose a lot of blood, as well as stunning them for three seconds.
Little Medicine Fairy exclaimed: “So handsome!”
Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile could not help but to drool. “This secret book skill’s effect is really good, the white sword spirit is really cool!”
Mirage sighed. The scene of Ink Mark using this skill was really handsome, but more than that, after learning this secret book skill, his strength had no doubt increased greatly. Together with his sharp operation, fighting small monsters would definitely be as easy as cutting vegetables. If they could form a fixed team with him, they would no longer have to worry about upgrading. But, how were they supposed to ask this sort of thing?
After thinking for a moment, Mirage could only grit his teeth and ask. “By the way, after level 20, the main tasks aren’t easy, and most of them will need teams for clearance. Why don’t we form a fixed team to upgrade?”
Little Medicine Fairy’s reply was immediately. “Okay! I’ll be your exclusive milk mom.”
Hiding a Dagger behind a Smile and Elegant Leaves were naturally spoken for. After all, the three of them were originally a fixed team. Hence, everyone was looking at Ink Mark.
After waiting for a few moments, Ink Mark still didn’t respond. Mirage could only shamelessly type out another message. “Cough, Ink Mark, what’s your opinion on this?”
Qin Mo had been studying his newly learnt secret book skill, and discovered that the cooldown of ‘Sword Rain Fragrance’ was three minutes. Although the skill was powerful, the cooldown was too long, so the skill had to be released at the right time in the arena for maximum effect.
At the reminder, Qin Mo looked back through the messages that Mirage had sent. “A fixed team for upgrading? What are your online times?”
Finally there was a reply; surprised, Mirage immediately replied. “Dagger, Leaves and I are university classmates, we’re online every day during the summer holidays!”
Little Medicine Fairy: “I’m also at university, I’ll be online every day during the holidays~”
Ink Mark: “That’s fine. Sleep at 12:00pm and gather at 9:00am. How does that sound?”
Mirage: “No problem!”
Little Medicine Fairy: “I’m also okay with this!”
Qin Mo knew that the skill level of these people weren’t high, only around the level of common veterans and newbies in the online games. But, if he upgraded alone, the task progress would be too slow. He would also have to search the Internet for advice if he encountered problems, which was a waste of time. At least Mirage was a veteran who had participated in the beta test, and could help him get familiarised with the game as soon as possible. Since the other side intended to make friends with him, he could simply and party with them for tasks, which would benefit everyone.
With Qin Mo controlling the sword spirits, the secret book BOSS became very easy to defeat. All five players successfully collected fragments from the Kunlun Snow Mountain Cave, reached level 22, and were transported to the next map—— Qingcheng Mountain.
What Qin Mo didn’t know was: because he was the first person in the new district to learn the secret book skill ‘Sword Rain Fragrance’, on the Peerless Jianghu power ranking list of Xijiang Moon server, the name ‘Ink Mark’ had suddenly jumped to first place.
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter! ~
I wonder when they would meet?
aiya i’m excited to read more~
that new skill from the secret book is a summoning control skill. it was more inclined to qin mo’s former profession as a summoner in the miracle