The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

The bandit leader was in mid-air, wide open, and could only watch helplessly as the cold light of the Ripper's Blade slashed towards him.

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Three huge golden numbers floated over the leader's head, and Huan Cheng's attack successfully landed a critical hit!

With the help of Huan Cheng's strike, the bandit leader was sent flying backward, and immediately activated his stealth ability upon landing.

Huan Cheng resorted to the same old trick, pretending not to see him, looking around nervously, putting on a crazy performance.

This time, the bandit leader was noticeably more cautious, circling Huan Cheng several times and probing him with feints on several occasions.

Huan Cheng glanced at the bandit leader's comical performance out of the corner of his eye, mentally reviewing all the bad luck he had suffered in his life, before managing to keep a straight face.

After probing for about three minutes, with the invisibility timer about to expire, the thief leader launched a surprise attack.

Having learned from the previous lesson, this time the bandit leader did the opposite, attacking directly from the front, his dagger flashing coldly as he thrust it straight at Huan Cheng's throat!

"Wind Slash!"

The moment the dagger came at him, Huan Cheng seized the opportunity and launched another Wind Slash.

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Three cold glints flashed, and Huan Cheng, pressing his advantage, was about to swing his sword again when he saw that the bandit leader had already teleported away, several meters away.

Even if the bandit leader was stupid, he would realize at this moment that he had been tricked by Huan Cheng. He immediately became furious and turned into a black shadow to rush straight at Huan Cheng.

Huan Cheng dared not be careless and met the attack with a heavy blow.

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The true damage was successfully triggered, but before Huan Cheng could even rejoice, a sharp pain shot through his chest, and a high damage of four thousand floated above his head.

"Damn, what's this guy's base attack power?"

After reaching level 20, Huan Cheng's physical defense reached 1400, yet he still took 4000 damage.

He cursed inwardly, but his actions were swift; he turned his blade toward the bandit leader's throat.

The bandit leader nimbly flipped over to dodge the attack, then a dark light flashed on his dagger, and his movements suddenly became several times faster.

A short dagger danced in his hand, leaving afterimages, its cold light flashing like lightning and enveloping him.

The hard training he had been doing was now paying off. Huan Cheng couldn't see the bandit leader's movements clearly, but relying on his fighting instincts, he wielded his long sword and launched a full-scale counterattack, putting up a remarkable fight.

A few breaths later, the bandit leader leaped backward and deliberately withdrew from the battlefield.

Three zhang away, the bandit leader was slightly out of breath, his eyes fixed on Huan Cheng with a sinister look, a hint of doubt flashing in his fierce eyes.

He just used the skill Shadow Strike, which greatly increases attack speed at the cost of reducing base attack, and each attack has a 20% chance to trigger true damage that ignores defense.

In the few breaths of the exchange, he slashed Huan Cheng more than a dozen times, but he didn't suffer any real damage. Instead, Huan Cheng inflicted two real wounds on him, taking away five thousand of his health.

Little did they know, Huan Cheng was also secretly alarmed at this moment.

In just a few breaths, he lost 25,000 life points. If it weren't for the endless regeneration constantly restoring his life, he would have already returned to Qingyang City and been resurrected.

Even so, by the end of the previous exchange, his health was less than a quarter. If the bandit leader had maintained his offensive for a few more seconds, he might have been able to take him down in one go.

"Instant kill!"

Catching his breath and recovering his strength, the bandit leader immediately launched a new attack.

In a flash, he appeared behind Huan Cheng and, before Huan Cheng could react, plunged the dagger into his back.

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The former was the back attack damage inflicted on Huan Cheng by the bandit leader, while the latter was Huan Cheng's immediate counterattack after feeling pain in his back, which successfully triggered true damage.

Having struck successfully, the bandit leader immediately fled. He appeared a few meters away in a few quick movements, but this time, his gaze toward Huan Cheng was no longer just one of confusion.

"Why aren't you afraid of critical hits?"

With his eyes fixed on Huan Cheng, the bandit leader asked in a hoarse voice.

Huan Cheng glanced at the incredulous bandit leader, a slight smile playing on his lips, feeling quite pleased.

"Want to know?"

In the instant the bandit leader relaxed his guard, Huan Cheng seized the opportunity and suddenly launched the Wind Slash!

"mean!"

Before he could react, the bandit leader took the full damage from the skill, his face filled with frustration.

Throughout the battle, Huan Cheng has maintained Dark Breath, dealing an average of about 500 mixed damage to the bandit leader per second.

Adding to the previous series of skills and normal damage, the Thief Leader's health is now less than 30,000!

In contrast, Huan Cheng's health had fully recovered while the bandit leader was hurling insults.

"A deterrent!"

Seeing that the bandit leader's health was low, and especially since he seemed quite intelligent, Huan Cheng was afraid that he would suddenly run away, so he decisively activated the Stun skill.

"You bastard!"

The intimidation skill did not disappoint Huan Cheng. The moment the skill was used, the bandit leader seemed to have suffered some great humiliation, turning into a blur and rushing towards Huan Cheng again.

"It seems that [Deterrence] has great development potential!"

With that thought in mind, he continued to slash wildly at the bandit leader with his long sword without stopping.

Half a minute later, the thief leader's eyes regained some clarity.

However, it was too late; his health bar was reduced to a barely perceptible sliver.

"Heavy blow!"

Taking advantage of the bandit leader's momentary lapse in concentration, Huan Cheng roared, and the Ripper's Blade transformed into a white streak, slashing down at the bandit leader.

Under the bandit leader's resentful gaze, Huan Cheng unleashed a critical hit plus true damage, dealing over six thousand points of overflow damage, leaving the bandit leader with no chance of turning the tide.

"Ding! You have defeated the level 25 Silver BOSS [Swift Bandit Leader], gaining 1500000 experience points and 100 reputation points."

"Ding! Your level has increased to 21. All attributes +2, free attributes +10, health +200, mana +20."

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Yunmeng City, Flame Canyon.

Han Feng, wielding a battle axe, stood at the forefront, expressionlessly hacking at the fire lizards before him.

Behind him, several priests kept healing him to ensure he wouldn't be killed by the swarming fire lizards.

As he listened to the constant stream of messages about gaining experience, a barely perceptible smile appeared on Han Feng's cold and stern face.

After killing all the fire lizards, Han Feng's body flashed with golden light, and he finally reached level 20.

A female priest took a moment to step forward, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the sweat from Han Feng's forehead. She said with some concern, "Feng, you haven't logged off for four days. I'm a little worried..."

Han Feng forced a smile on his tired face and grabbed the girl's hand: "Don't worry, Yao Yao, I'm already level 20. If I can hold on for another half day, I'll log off and rest after surpassing Cheng Feng."

Yao Yao looked at Han Feng, hesitant to speak. She wanted to say that there was no need to fight for first place, but looking at Han Feng's determined eyes, she knew that he had paid too much for this first place, so she silently swallowed her words.

"Send someone to lure another wave of fire lizards over!"

Having regained some of his strength, Han Feng stood up and gave instructions to his underlings.

However, the younger brother did not move upon hearing this, and looked at Han Feng with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" Han Feng frowned, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

"Young Master Feng, please take a look at the rankings." The underling said in a low voice, gritting his teeth.

Han Feng was slightly taken aback. He opened the leaderboard, glanced at it, and his expression froze.

First place: Chengfeng, Class of 21!

He rubbed his eyes and looked again, only to find that the number was still 21. Han Feng blankly closed the leaderboard, looked up at the sky, and remained silent for a long time.