Chapter 43

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Yi Qiu squinted his eyes slightly. He was thinking about whether or not to open Eight Gates. After all, this person had been through military training and his stats should be relatively higher.

However, considering that he had been through several bloodline material mergers, and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique strengthening, his stats shouldn’t be too much weaker.

After all, the stats of the Integrated Network weren’t as common as that of other games, they were very precious.

Hence, if he didn’t consider stats, but just bloodline material, and his own cultivation, Yi Qiu felt like he had a chance of winning. After all, a weak foundation meant that one would improve more quickly.

Lie Fu raised the sword in his hand and moved slowly around Yi Qiu while he just stood on the spot.

“Xiu!”

Suddenly, without any sign at all, Lie Fu accelerated and charged in front of Yi Qiu!

Warriors skill: Charge!

“Peng!”

Yi Qiu instinctively punched forward, landing on the door-like sword.

“Xiu.”

Yi Qiu was forced back several steps from Lie Fu’s momentum, but after stumbling back he managed to stabilize himself.

“Hu.”

Lie Fu didn’t chase for the victory, just standing there and calming his breathing. It seemed like that charge consumed a large amount of energy.

Yi Qiu waved his right hand that was now a little sore. With Level 1 Douqi Strike, he didn’t fear to slash against normal weapons.

That attack allowed him to acquire a basic understanding of Lie Fu’s stats. At least, in terms of strength, he wasn’t higher than Yi Qiu; he was even slightly weaker.

Before Lie Fu recovered, Yi Qiu raised his fist and charged forward!

“Peng!”

Yi Qiu’s right fist clashed against Lie Fu’s sword once more. However, this time Lie Fu didn’t have the help of the momentum, and the sword that he waved using his own strength didn’t shock Yi Qiu at all.

Flurry of Blows!

Due to the cooldown time of Fist of Awe, Yi Qiu didn’t use it. He just used a normal Monk strike.

Yi Qiu’s left hand turned into an afterimage that Lie Fu couldn’t react to. Even if he could, he wouldn’t be able to block it. After all, a sword might be strong, but if one got close it would be cumbersome.

“Peng!”

It wasn’t a good feeling for one to be defeated in height. As a Russian, Lie Fu was 1.8 meters, close to 1.9 meters. Yi Qiu had to jump to be able to hit his head.

However, the waist and lower area were more crucial to a male…

After all, they weren’t fighting to the death, so Yi Qiu didn’t hit the lethal areas. He just hit his waist as it was simpler.

After all, Flurry of Blows wasn’t a skill he could control and the part he attacked was random. Only when it reached Level 5 did it start to have a small semblance of control.

“Peng!”

Lie Fu was forced several steps back by Lie Fu. His physique was quite sturdy as the fist didn’t cause much harm to him.

“What a powerful fist!”

Lie Fu stabilized himself, holding up the two-handed sword and slashing at Yi Qiu!

Reflex Dodge!

Just as the sword was about to slash him he avoided it and then punched forward!

“Peng!”

Warrior skill: Block!

What surprised Yi Qiu was that Lie Fu, with a brilliant arc, swung the sword in front of his chest to block. However, Yi Qiu guessed that the hand he used to hold the sword wasn’t feeling good.

Lie Fu didn’t wait for Yi Qiu to move his fist away and started to add strength using his sword. Yi Qiu naturally did the same.

Although Lie Fu had been through army training and his foundational stats were strong, compared to Yi Qiu who was strengthened by the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique and bloodline material, Lie Fu’s stats were no longer an advantage.

Their tight muscles clashed with one another. Lie Fu opened his mouth and revealed his white teeth.

Just as Yi Qiu was thinking about what that fellow was doing, Lie Fu punched toward him!

Yi Qiu instinctively welcomed it with a punch!

“Peng!”

Like the sound of a clock being hit, Lie Fu covered his head and retreated.

Yi Qiu guessed that his eyes were in a daze, after all, from the recoil, that fellow was hit quite hard.

“Si… blyat! Are your bones made of adamantium?”

Yi Qiu touched his head, it wasn’t his fault that his head was made of metal.

Speaking of which, being short wasn’t bad. After all, looking down from above, his shiny head attracted firepower.

Considering that he would face large-sized or even enormous monsters, Yi Qiu was thinking about whether or not he wanted to increase his own height.

Of course, that was just a thought. After all, he didn’t have such an ability. He had a whole bunch of things to do now, so these other things were considerations for the future.

“I really can’t believe it, bald head, let me reintroduce myself: Russian Alpha Ranger Member, Lie Fu-Valery-Ivanoff, my partners all call me Black Bear.”

Lie Fu stuck his sword into the ground and reached his right hand out to Yi Qiu.

“Yi Qiu, I’m a Chinese teen trying to find a job.”

Yi Qiu reached out his hand and they shook.

“I knew that you were definitely strong. Do you want to smoke, my partner has a cigar factory, you definitely won’t be disappointed.”

Lie Fu took out a box of cigars from his inventory. It was in a simple box without any markings.

“No, I am used to it.”

Yi Qiu took out a Chinese cigarette and said.

“What a waste, my team during my time there all smoked cigars, so I learned that. After which, I found out that the person who owned a cigar factory gave each person a box of cigars!”

The Cowhead Monsters were all quiet now. Yi Qiu and Lie Fu sat beside the forest and smoked, it was a rare peaceful moment.

“Yi, do you have any thoughts. I mean after you obtained such powers, what did you think about doing?”

Lie Fu suddenly said.

“Maybe… Grab an author to force him to write? I didn’t have much I wanted to do.”

Yi Qiu spat out a mouth of smoke, the smoke around his face caused it to be a little hazy.

“Wow, you really have no plans? I thought that you would want to be a hero or something.”

Lie Fu was surprised.

“Toward being a superhero, I like one of those words: The more power one has, the less responsibility one has.”

Yi Qiu sucked in a mouthful of smoke and said.

“Sometimes problems will find their way over. I feel like we can form a guild or rather a small team to help one another. Think about it, if we form a party like in WOW and face a boss together, wouldn’t that be quite interesting?”

“I will be the tank and you will be the damage. If we can find a wizard or a healer then that would be fantastic!”

The more Lie Fu spoke, the more excited he became. Who knew that this old man who even had a kid had such a burning heart?

Yi Qiu felt like he was a little infected. He was just 20 while that man was at least 40. He probably had a family and might have a child already. He had served in the army and saw the darkness of humanity. Who knew that he could persist in that passion, that was such a rare spirit!

This was a passion that all players had. No matter how old one was, when one faced a game they could calmly say, “Why not let’s play one more year.”

“I don’t think that it’s practical.”

Yi Qiu put out the cigarette as he said this. Lie Fu looked a little dejected.

“But this is interesting enough, count me in…”

“Wow!”

Yi Qiu’s Reflex Dodge was able to activate and Lie Fu gave him a bear hug!

“What do you think our party should be called? I feel like Paragon is good. As the top WOW guild on earth, Paragon seems like a good name.”

“Whatever, can you let go first?”

“Wow!”

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Everyone’s youth will pass, but a gamer’s youth will never disappear!