The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated.

Chapter 39 Christmas Eve! (Please read on!)
Kirito is dead.

To be more precise, the guy who replaced Kirito died.

Wang Teng, Yang Jie and the others would never allow such an enemy who targeted trial-takers like them to be active around them.

When Li Xia learned about these circumstances, he fell into deep thought on the spot.

Even he had not expected the secret realm trial to be so deep:

"What the hell is this secret space?"

"Here, the danger does not only come from the various traps in the mission copy, but also from a force that preys on trial-takers?!"

"Although the people from this force will enter the trial dungeon a little later than us trial takers, they have the memory of many missions! Moreover, they can directly replace most of the natives in the trial dungeon!"

This is a dimensionality reduction attack for real novice trial-takers.

No wonder the danger level of this trial copy of Sword Art Online is at hell level.

"These guys appear in dungeons with high hidden value, and indiscriminately kill and hunt down trial participants to gain certain benefits. The natural relationship between the two parties is hunter and prey, and it's either you die or I die. But because they have the so-called home advantage, they have always been the hunters, and the trial participants, who have no relevant memories of them, often play the role of the hunted prey."

"At this time, hiding your identity as a trial-taker is actually the basic element to save your life under normal circumstances."

"Or, choose a trial copy that has no hidden value, that is, a low-difficulty mission copy, so you don't have to face them..."

These ones.

This is almost what Wang Teng and the other two found out.

"but.

Trialists also have a big advantage.

Those people will enter the trial copy first.

As long as the trial participants can seize the little time in the early stages to build up a big enough advantage, the opponent will also have a hard time.

And for me, it was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse?"

It was a perfect start, catching the opponent off guard.

In addition, the opponent had a fixed idea before entering and underestimated the enemy. He actually thought about flirting with the heroine while easily and happily killing these novice trial participants for fun! Because of this carelessness, when he couldn't choose the big bug of Kayaba Akihiko, he didn't choose another small bug of Sugo Nobuyuki...

As a result, I won the jackpot and met such an "outlier" like him!
Thinking of this, Li Xia felt indescribable relief and fear.

Fortunately, the other party underestimated us.

Fortunately, the other party is attracted by the beauty of the heroine.

I'm glad that I used my brain at the beginning to improve my team's overall strength as much as possible.

otherwise.

Wherever there is a mistake.

Nothing will happen to him for sure.

Because the rules of the secret realm left a ray of hope for the trial participants, that is, the exclusive independent game helmet. With this independent helmet that belongs to him, he will not be imprisoned in the SAO game world in any way.

But Wang Teng and his companions are in danger!
Even if a few close friends managed to clear the 100th floor of SAO, there was a high possibility that Nobuyuki Sugo would imprison their souls and consciousness in the virtual world in another way!
After all, in the original work, after SAO was cleared, there were still three hundred players whose consciousness was intercepted by Sugo and imprisoned in the virtual world for experiments!

This even includes the heroine Asuna!

How dangerous!
"After you fought with him, what do you think of his strength?"

Li Xia asked casually after exhaling a breath of foul air.

“Very strong!
None of the three of us can match him!

My combat experience and skills are far behind his!

If it wasn't three on one, and the health was set in the form of a health bar, and the pain was set to the lowest! In addition, our character level was higher than his, and the equipment was better than his...

If it weren't for these favorable factors, the three of us might have been in trouble!"

At this moment, Yang Jie rarely showed a hint of fear.

"so smart?"

Li Xia's eyelids twitched.

He remembered that Kirito's game character was only level 13, while Wang Teng was level 14, Yang Jie and Xu Che were level 13. Levels meant more health and more comprehensive attributes! The three of them also had equipment advantages and the huge advantage of outnumbering!

But even in this situation, the car almost turned over?
The other party is so damn dangerous!
"I'm sorry, I should have acted with you. No, I should have even mobilized the power of the entire guild. I was careless this time."

Li Xia banged his head hard on the table.

Sincerely recognizing his mistakes, he thought the three of them working together would be enough, but he never expected that he almost hurt the three of them.

"Brother Xia, how can you be blamed for this?

If it weren't for you, we wouldn't even know how we were killed by that guy later.

Moreover, we were almost killed by the opponent even when we were three against one. This is definitely not your fault. It’s because we were too lame.”

Wang Teng waved his hand.

Yang Jie cursed even more: "Yeah, we almost lost the three-on-one fight. Damn, I feel like a loser now."

"Luckily, Brother Xia, you are so capable that you actually saw through the opponent's fault and asked us to kill him! Otherwise, he would have used our intelligence advantage to grow stronger, and that would have been our nightmare! We were able to kill that dangerous guy early, all because of you, Brother Xia!"

When Li Xia heard these words of comfort, a fleeting feeling of emotion flashed through his heart.

I have to be more careful in the future.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard, go down and take a rest.

By the way, there is no need to be bothered by this matter. Now that we have eliminated the other party, it is time for us to enjoy the fruits of victory.

He told you a lot of ambiguous information because he had bad intentions."

"Hmm? Brother Xia, what do you mean?"

"As that person said, when we complete the trial mission and leave, all our memories will be lost. Instead of focusing on this now and causing yourself all kinds of troubles and mental exhaustion, it is better to put aside these worries and devote yourself to the next game to get more benefits."

Li Xia narrowed his eyes.

The three of them heard this and understood instantly:
"I see, that bastard is planning to kill us even after his death!"

...

The next four months.

On the second floor, the boss is the Bull King Asterios...

On the third floor, the boss is the demon tree spirit Nelius...

The ninth floor, the boss is the fallen elf Demoni...

All the way to the 30th floor.

They were all conquered quickly and effectively under the premise that the Liberator Guild led by Li Xia and others served as the core force of the strategy team.

Compared to the original timeline, the strategy progress at this time is still at the twenty-seventh level.

Also.

In more than four months, the death toll among the entire player community did not exceed a hundred.

Small guilds such as Moonlight Black Cats have sprung up since the fourth level, providing more and more fresh blood for the strategy group. The large guild [Blood Knights] has also begun to show its strength, gradually occupying a place in the strategy group, and is likely to compete with [Liberators] for the top guild.

However, the most noteworthy thing is that players with great potential such as "Yuna" were absorbed by the Liberator Guild and trained intensively.

If we say, Asuna's value lies in her individual combat power and tactical talent.

Then Yuna's value is strategic.

In the SAO game world, she has learned an extremely rare or even unique singing skill. As long as the player can listen to her singing a song, they can get a unique resistance BUFF bonus, such as anti-poison, anti-stun, etc. Her singing can also strengthen personal fighting spirit and eliminate negative emotions.

Think about it, what would it be like if the members of the attack team could receive this blessing before attacking the boss every time?

It is no exaggeration to say that there are two different levels of difficulty with and without Yuna.

However, this 17-year-old girl, who was not only very cute and beautiful, but also had an impeccable family background, a gentle and quiet personality, and an extremely kind heart, was killed by her good-for-nothing childhood sweetheart on the 40th floor in the original novel.

Because of the childhood sweetheart's arrogance and misjudgment as the team leader, the team of ten was almost wiped out.

For the sake of everyone, Yuna used her skills to collectively taunt the boss and all monsters.

He saved others, but sacrificed himself.

Of course Li Xia would save such an almost perfect girl.

...

Time flies and it is Christmas Eve 2023.

Li Xia, who is the second level in the server (level 76), used advanced props to hide his body and set out alone on the road to a wilderness forest.

(End of this chapter)