Chapter 7

Mufeng arrived at the Trial Cave according to the mission instructions. At this moment, there was not a single person here; he was the first new player to reach this place.

The Trial Cave was enormous, with a massive stone dragon head closing off the entire cave. Its hollow eyes continuously spewed purple flames, making it look both mysterious and bizarre. Following the prompt, Mufeng inserted the passage token into the mechanism beside it. The rock dragon's mouth gradually opened with a series of mechanical sounds, revealing a colorful light curtain inside.

"So, it's a single-player instance." Every second of the beginner phase was crucial, and Mufeng immediately rushed in.

Inside the Trial Cave, it was pitch black, and nothing could be seen. Mufeng had to move cautiously, trying not to make a single sound. Unexpected dangers could appear at any moment in the darkness.

"Whoosh!" Just as he turned a corner, Mufeng sensed several dangerous auras. A large cluster of bright fireballs appeared out of nowhere and flew toward him. Sensing the danger, Mufeng quickly retreated, narrowly avoiding being hit.

Although it was just a moment, Mufeng had already seen the situation inside. It was a group of Flame Imps with burning fire energy in their hands. In the center was a three times larger evolved form, an Infernal!

Although the Imps' attacks were simple, just fireballs, the overwhelming number... After thinking for two seconds against the wall, Mufeng made his decision!

"Swish!" Mufeng dashed out from the corner. As expected, a large cluster of fireballs flew toward him.

Rolling forward, Mufeng narrowly avoided the concentrated attack. During the 1.5-second attack interval of the Imps, he rushed into the group and immediately activated the newly learned skill, Sacrifice!

-446! -143, -87! A critical hit with his level 2 Fierce Strike, Mufeng's attack power immediately increased with his new main hand weapon. He attacked while circling the Infernal, moving fluidly and playing with the dozen demons in his grasp. Finally, with one Fierce Strike, he killed the Infernal, and the surrounding Flame Imps were all burned to death. Sacrifice was unexpectedly useful in this situation.

Bending down to collect, Mufeng gathered a bottle of blood from the Flame Imps and a bottle from the Infernal. The blood of the Flame Imps was the lowest grade, a white item. The Infernal's blood was already a green-grade item.

Finally, he had collected the minimum required blood. However, these low-level demons were far from satisfying Mufeng. He decided to delve deeper. The blood of higher-level demons would certainly bring better rewards!

"Chime, dear player, you have entered the second level of the Trial Cave." As Mufeng continued deeper, he finally reached a cave with some light, and new monsters appeared. There was only one, which seemed to be at least an elite monster.

This red-skinned creature was covered in black spots, resembling a giant hunting dog, with a mouth full of sharp teeth that took up almost one-third of its body length. It was enormous, reaching Mufeng's chest when lying on the ground. It had large white horns and black tentacles extending above its cautious white eyes. The name above its head was Hell Reaver! Indeed, it was an elite monster with 5000 HP!

Mufeng had just soloed a Nightblade Leopard King with 7000 HP. Seeing the Hell Reaver's stats, he didn't hesitate and charged forward!

-430, -132, -72. Making three consecutive attacks, Mufeng activated Sacrifice again. To land a Fierce Strike, Mufeng planned to use Sacrifice for only ten seconds, during which his output was terrifying.

"Roar!" The massive Hell Reaver let out a roar, its mouth full of sharp teeth lunging at Mufeng!

Mufeng quickly dodged! However, the two tentacles on its head, like whips, swiftly probed into the Sacrifice flames!

"Snap!" The Sacrifice flame circle mysteriously shattered. -247! A terrifying amount of damage also appeared above Mufeng's head!

"Chime! You have been hit by the Hell Reaver's Devour magic skill, losing 247 HP. The Devour magic will become the Hell Reaver's growth energy!" The system's prompt came just in time!

Devouring Mufeng's only magic skill, Sacrifice, and causing a massive amount of damage, the successful Devour made the Hell Reaver grow, radiating a terrifying red light, and its HP reached 7500!

+100! Mufeng immediately drank a red potion, sealing Sacrifice and not daring to use it again.

The Trial Cave, a place for new demon hunters to undergo trials, was indeed filled with great challenges. The earlier group of Imps really needed the damage from Sacrifice, making it much easier for intelligence-focused demon hunters. However, here, they would immediately be overwhelmed by the Hell Reaver, which could devour magic. How many demon hunters had HP to withstand 247+ damage? This bite would likely wipe out many new players. If Mufeng's base HP wasn't high enough, he would have been in trouble too!

Fortunately, the inability to use Sacrifice didn't significantly impact Mufeng. It just reduced his output. His agility was high enough, and he could still kill it with physical attacks.

The evolved Hell Reaver lowered its head, its large horns extended horizontally, and it charged at Mufeng like an arrow from a bow. Mufeng quickly dodged, and his fierce attacks rained down on its body.

At this moment, Mufeng was like a bullfighter, using agile movements and precise predictions to completely suppress the Hell Reaver. However, what he used to lure it was not a red cloth but his vulnerable body. Every step was a dance on a tightrope.

Without using Sacrifice, it just took more time, but Mufeng still killed the Hell Reaver and collected its blood. The second bottle of blood was blue-grade!

Almost being killed by the Hell Reaver's skill, Mufeng finally understood the difficulty of the Trial Cave after defeating it. He no longer dared to be careless, as he could lose his life at any moment.

With a terrifying green skin, a long tail, long fangs, and sharp claws, the creature wore a fearsome armor covered in blades. Wouldn't it cut itself? Its two axes were as large as door panels... This was the terrifying creature Mufeng would face in the third level of the Trial Cave.

Furious Defender Kael'thas: Level 7, HP 9000. A silver elite boss with its own name!

"A level 7 silver elite? Mufeng was a bit hesitant. The Nightblade Leopard King's last attack was taken by a team member. In this single-player instance, how would he handle the last attack?

"Another unlucky one? Hahaha..." When Mufeng appeared at the entrance, Kael'thas immediately noticed him. "Let me cut off your head, fragile elf. This planet will ultimately be destroyed; only chaos and death are eternal!" Shouting his battle cry, Kael'thas swung his massive axe at Mufeng.

The visual effect of the giant battle axe was terrifying, and Mufeng didn't dare to take it head-on, immediately dodging. Unexpectedly, the other axe came whistling, and Mufeng instinctively raised his gauntlet and short dagger in front of him.

"Bang!" A loud collision, Mufeng successfully parried the attack, using Kael'thas' demonic strength to fly several meters, successfully avoiding Kael'thas' subsequent fierce attacks.

"Chime! The system has detected that the player has successfully explored the Free Combat Mode. Free Combat Mode activated. By moving the body and skillfully using weapons, the player can significantly increase the chance of dodging and parrying. During the weapon's cooldown, the player cannot use this weapon to parry!"

"Free Combat Mode?" The words immediately popped into Mufeng's mind: Expert Mode! Yes, Free Combat Mode was definitely designed for players who wanted to reach the limits of their skills! Breaking through data limitations, it would greatly enhance Mufeng's combat power. In player vs. player battles, it would make him even more invincible! A long cooldown ultimate skill being perfectly defended by a simple attack would be infuriating!

"Hmph, watch me crush you!" Since weapon parrying could defend against Kael'thas' attacks, Mufeng was no longer afraid. With a strong fighting spirit, he charged at Kael'thas again, activating Sacrifice, which burned Kael'thas fiercely!

"Bang!" Hit and flown back once.

"Bang!" Hit and flown back twice.

"Snap!" -120. Parry failed!

"Bang!" Hit and flown back three times!

"Bang..."

Finally, after being mercilessly hit and flown back ten times, Mufeng reduced Kael'thas' HP to 3000!

"Don't underestimate me, elf! Feel the wrath of a high-level demon!" Being so abused by Mufeng, Kael'thas was extremely frustrated and finally unleashed his ultimate skill.

Kael'thas swung his massive double axes and rapidly spun in place. With his armor full of blades, the attack was formidable! The furious speed was like a mad blade storm!

-100, -100, -100! It was a large area of effect skill dealing 100 damage every 0.5 seconds! Sensing the danger, Mufeng immediately retreated, escaping with a sliver of HP. He immediately drank a red potion. +100!

However, Kael'thas didn't give up, spinning and chasing Mufeng. Joking, being hit twice would mean death, and Mufeng wouldn't play that game. This skill must have a duration; otherwise, he couldn't get close. The two chased each other in the small cave for 30 seconds before Kael'thas finally ran out of energy. Mufeng immediately drank a health potion and charged forward to attack.

Sure enough, when Kael'thas had only 500 HP left, he activated his ultimate skill again. Prepared, Mufeng quickly leaped back, only being hit twice. At the same time, he extended his right hand, and the crossblade on the Disaster's Grip flew out, striking Kael'thas heavily.

-675! 400% damage was astonishing. Unfortunately, it only calculated the damage from the main hand's Disaster's Grip and didn't add the damage from the off-hand. Kael'thas' HP immediately dropped to zero, and he helplessly turned into a corpse on the ground.

"Phew..." Mufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, picking up Kael'thas' drops. Besides a purple-grade bottle of blood, as the final boss of the single-player instance, he also dropped a blue-grade item.

Eredar Chestguard: Leather, Quality (Excellent), Defense +29, Stamina +10, +3% Attack Speed. Such high defense and stamina! Plus, the attack speed Mufeng needed most after learning Free Combat Mode! Perfect attributes!

"Chime! Dear player, you are the first player in the Chinese region to fully activate the Free Combat Mode. You have the opportunity for a server-wide announcement. Do you want to hide your name?" The system prompt came again. He didn't expect to get on TV.

"No, don't hide it." Since he used the name "Melancholy Wind," Mufeng never intended to be low-key. In fact, the more high-profile, the better!

"Chime, Chinese region player Melancholy Wind is the first to fully activate the Free Combat Mode. Reward: 3000 experience, 100 gold coins. Please continue to work hard and create miracles in the Skyline!" The announcement was broadcast three times, and the entire Chinese region of players was沸腾了.

"Free Combat Mode? What is this?" Countless players were full of questions. They were still stuck in the simple combat style of trading blows with monsters, never thinking about dodging or parrying their attacks!

Of course, there were also potential high-end players who had already sensed the possibilities and were exploring them. However, Mufeng had taken the lead.

"Melancholy Wind... Such a familiar name, where have I heard it before... Ah! It's that legend! He's back?" When people recovered from the shock of the announcement, they immediately recognized the name. It was a legendary ID in the gaming world!

"Chime, chime, chime..." Countless private messages flew in like snowflakes, and Mufeng immediately set his settings to only allow messages from friends. He didn't expect to make such a strong return even before leaving the beginner village!

PS: Tonight, we're aiming for the new book chart! Let's fight together! At 12:20 AM, I will update two chapters in a row! Please join me and log in to Zongheng at 12:20 to vote with a red ticket and help me reach the homepage new book chart. Ailoli thanks you in advance!

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