When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village

"What's going on?"

After the dust from the Spiritual Ability Explosion had cleared, players who had tried to rush in and help Bai Fu all stopped in their tracks.

The players who had been blasted away by the shockwave of the explosion couldn't care less about their injuries as they got up from the ground with a dazed expression.

It's not that they lacked combat experience, or that it's normal to zone out in such intense battles, the blame could only lie with the fact that the tide of battle between Bai Fu and Graham had changed too swiftly!

From the moment Bai Fu walked up with the Electric Knife in her hand, to the moment Graham was forced to kneel by her strike, barely over a minute had passed.

Yet, in such a brief period, the tide of the battle had turned twice.

The first reversal came when Bai Fu's Blood Bar was displayed to everyone through the live stream. Seeing that exaggeratedly long Blood Bar, all the players on site thought Bai Fu was destined to win by an overwhelming margin.

However, the actual fight was a surprise for everyone.

Bai Fu was clearly suppressed by Graham. She would land one hit on him, but he would retaliate with four. Although she had the Spiritual Ability Shield protecting her, once the shield was breached and entered a cooldown period, she would be done for.

Many players wanted to go up and help, but at that moment, Bai Fu pulled off a crisp Helical Slash, a cold explosion as a prelude, and summoned a pale blue Energy Storm, which led to the second reversal of the situation.

"Is that even possible?"

"Holy shit, what kind of move is that?"

To describe this battle process using the floating comments in the live stream at that time:

[Bai Fu in a bad spot → Bai Fu making reckless moves → Bai Fu in a tough fight → Bai Fu desperately struggling → Bai Fu's defeat imminent → Bai Fu giving victory speech]

Although it wasn't entirely clear, it was obvious that Bai Fu had now completely seized the upper hand in this battle.

She moved forward a few steps and used her right foot, shrouded in black boots, to step on the knife that had fallen from Graham's hand.

The shimmering edge of the Electric Knife was faintly visible, illuminating Bai Fu's cold profile and Graham's somewhat evasive gaze.

That foot had stepped not only on Graham's knife but also on Graham's hope for victory and the hearts of the players!

"Cool, cool, cool!"

"I apologize to the game company for my previous insults; they sure know how to create iconic moments!"

"Awesome, Fufu is awesome, Fufu's legs are awesome too!"

"Damn, is now the time to talk about legs?"

Now is the time for "Fight! Excitement!"

The players who had joined Bai Fu in the ambush were all thrilled.

A Boss, right? Tall and muscular like a bear and capable of using Qi, right?

Too bad, our Fufu is even more badass; not only is Fufu a Boss, but she's also the main character of this version!

Kill, kill them fiercely, the main character of the version is meant to harshly bully the antagonist!

Graham began to feel uneasy.

It wasn't the "thirsty" gaze of the players that scared him, although such looks were indeed terrifying, implying he could be pinned down any moment to experience ultimate humiliation.

Nor was it the sight of his dropped knife being stepped on by Bai Fu that scared him. He had been through many dangers on the way to becoming the deputy head of the Special Action Department; such things were trivial to him.

The real problem was that he had no idea how Bai Fu had managed to detonate Spiritual Energy within his body.

How could he counter the move without understanding it?

Life-and-death combat was not the same as playing a game and challenging a Boss.

In a game, if you're not familiar with the Boss's moves and get instantly killed by the Boss, you can just start over and fight your way through until you succeed, but in a real life-and-death fight, not understanding the opponent's moves and getting killed means truly dying.

It seemed he had to give up his most proficient combat style!

Graham suddenly stood up from the ground as if a brown bear waking from a deep sleep, exuding a fierce and intimidating presence.

Intimidation!

But his intimidation proved pointless, Bai Fu was utterly unmoved.

You're feeling stupid now, aren't you? I have cheats!

Bai Fu clearly saw a debuff labeled [Qi Exhaustion] that lasted for 20 seconds behind Graham's name. It was because of the explosion caused by the Otherworldly Erosion that Graham had been completely unguarded, so his Qi was thrown into disarray.

It was just a bluff.

She went up and slashed her knife across Graham's chest.

The Electric Arc Blade sliced open the armor Graham wore over his torso and plowed a charred wound into the flesh beneath, with wisps of smoke emanating from the injury.

"Ahh—"

Graham let out a scream of pain.

He had originally wanted to scare Bai Fu into a defensive stance and then take the opportunity to escape, but now he was forced to flee in earnest.

"Stop her, quickly!"

Graham shouted loudly.

Just a few seconds would give him time to regroup, then he could make a dash for the bomb-proof vehicle, where there were several specially-made Poison Gas Bombs.

Against an opponent like Bai Fu whose moves were unreadable, the correct strategy was to simply bombard her with Poison Gas Bombs. Kill her and that's it, what her abilities exactly were didn't matter at all.

Graham was not a man of strong curiosity; he only cared about victory, not how he achieved it.

At his call, some True Society special agents who had been exchanging fire with players turned their guns around.

Fire!

A dense barrage of bullets grazed past Graham and engulfed Bai Fu.

To Graham's dismay, this volley of gunfire didn't seem to cause any substantial damage to Bai Fu. What kind of monster was she?

Spiritual Ability Prayer Master, huh? He began to subconsciously compare Bai Fu with Julia, the last Spiritual Ability Prayer Master who had led him to shout indomitably.