Chapter 340 - 193: How Could It Be a Fake?
Chapter 340: Chapter 193: How Could It Be a Fake?
Although killing these Ordinary Goblins with an Excellent Level skill yielded severely diminishing returns, every little bit counted. All told, the Skill Level had still increased by quite a lot.
Plus, he occasionally cut down a few Mutated Goblins or Quasi-Bronze Level Goblins. For a time, the Skill Level of Lin Mo’s [Sword Storing and Continuous Slash] was soaring at an astonishing rate.
(47/300)
(89/300)
...
(179/300)!
If he kept fighting like this, the skill was bound to level up soon.
As he killed an increasing number of High Level Goblins, Lin Mo ventured deeper into the battlefield. By now, there were no other Adventurers or Guards to be seen around him.
Even the military officers and the most powerful Adventurers had been left far behind him.
’This should be about far enough...’
Despite the thrill of the slaughter, Lin Mo didn’t get carried away. On the contrary, he grew even more cautious.
’Here it comes!’
Just as he swung his Sword Qi at a Bronze Level Goblin, Lin Mo snapped his head around. A flash of silver had streaked across the edge of his vision.
Lin Mo focused his gaze and noticed its missing arm.
It was the Level 7 Silver Goblin. Lin Mo remembered clearly; the creature had lost an arm to Chairman Vick.
This creature was an Assassin Class Goblin.
The sharp blade was about to plunge into his body, but Lin Mo wasn’t the least bit flustered. His relaxed and confident expression actually made the Silver Goblin hesitate.
After all, it had suffered a major loss not long ago.
But Lin Mo remained motionless, looking completely defenseless. In the end, the Goblin wasn’t deterred and plunged the sharp Short Knife in its hand straight into Lin Mo’s throat.
However—
BOOM!
The next moment, a thunderous explosion erupted. The Silver Goblin shot out from the smoke, a large part of its body blackened and looking thoroughly battered.
Its good arm was blasted to shreds, and its entire body was dripping blood.
This was the problem with most Professionals and ordinary Demons: their Attributes were severely imbalanced. So, even though this Goblin was Level 7, its Constitution wasn’t particularly high. If not for the special "talent" Protection it possessed as a Lord Level Demon, it would have been killed instantly by the blast.
"Damn you, human!"
It spoke surprisingly fluent Continental Common Tongue. It glared around furiously but couldn’t see any sign of Lin Mo.
The position-swapping function of the [Shadow Splitting] skill was just too versatile.
Although its mechanics were completely different, the skill was sometimes even more useful than Flash.
The instant he realized he was being ambushed, Lin Mo had already swapped places with his Clone. That was why he had been so calm, boldly sizing up the Silver Goblin.
The crucial part was that after the swap, as long as he didn’t attack or move, the deception was almost impossible to spot. It was a completely broken skill.
The Silver Goblin was furious at being tricked. Meanwhile, Lin Mo had already reached a safe spot and was using [Sword Charge Strike], sending out seven separate streams of Sword Qi to slaughter the surrounding Goblins and cheerfully farm his Skill Level.
Whether they were Ordinary Goblins, Goblin Guards, or Mutated Goblins, they were all like ants before his Sword Qi. They had no power to resist and died the instant it touched them.
[Sword Charge Strike] Skill Level +1
[Sword Charge Strike] Skill Level +3
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But the situation on the battlefield was still not optimistic.
The number of Goblins was simply too great. The battle had raged on for some time, and Silver Stream City’s side had already suffered heavy losses. Although the casualty ratio was at least 50 Goblins for every one of their own, the death of 50,000 Goblins barely made a dent in the Goblin Race. The loss of 1,000 Guards and Adventurers, however, was a devastating blow to Silver Stream City.
’I still have to find a way to take out that Silver Goblin, and fast.’
Lin Mo first relayed the news of the Silver Goblin’s confirmed appearance to the rear. Then, no longer wasting time on minions, he continued his charge toward the front lines.
Of course, just as before, he continuously used his [Shadow Splitting] skill. Whenever the skill’s duration was about to expire, he would immediately stop, scan his surroundings, and prepare to use Flash to escape at a moment’s notice.
He would only continue forward once the next Clone was created and had moved a safe distance away from his main body.
At the same time, he would conveniently dispatch any Goblin Guards or Mutated Goblins he passed along the way.
He mostly used the [Bone-Piercing Heavy Stab] skill. As an upgraded version of [Backstab], its Qi and Blood consumption was quite low. As long as he didn’t use it too frequently, it wouldn’t really affect his condition.
Lin Mo pushed ever deeper into the Goblin Army, continuing as before to execute the core forces of the Goblin Race.
Besides their strength, these Goblins often shouldered command duties, much like human military officers. Lin Mo’s decapitation strikes not only eliminated threats but also threw pockets of Goblins into chaos.
For a Goblin Army of this scale, even the slightest bit of chaos was a serious problem.
This often led to incidents where Goblins would run around like headless chickens, even colliding with and trampling one another.