The gaze of the man in black, the moment it came into contact with Jiang Kai, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Although this action was extremely subtle, Jiang Kai still caught the change in his expression.
Jiang Kai simultaneously withdrew his gaze.
He didn't recognize those two guys, not even a bit of impression in his mind.
Jiang Kai, within the country, was not exactly an unknown figure; Huaxia players all knew the name Jiang Kai, but there were still many who hadn't seen him.
Especially in the Zone of the Known, these people trained outside for long periods, unless they died and logged out, otherwise they wouldn't return to the major cities, making the chances of having seen him even lower.
But those two people looked like they recognized him... this made Jiang Kai raise his guard.
Luo Ping had said, the Zone of the Known was also a lawless place—this sentence had left a deep impression on Jiang Kai.
Those two exchanged briefly with Zhong Qiang, then casually entered the trading zone.
The mountaintop was not large, and when the two passed by Jiang Kai and Zhao Tiequan, Jiang Kai clearly felt that as they brushed past, they looked at him!
Who were they? Were they coming for him?
Just as Jiang Kai was secretly observing these two strangers, Zhao Tiequan's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Little bro, still don't know how to address you."
Jiang Kai withdrew his gaze and answered, "Brother Zhao is older than me, just call me Xiao Kai."
"Alright, anything else you want to see, I'll help you pick, you can rest easy, with me here, you won't suffer a loss!" Zhao Tiequan laughed, "That is, that thing, don't give it to others."
Jiang Kai smiled slightly, "That's not certain, maybe someone offers a better price... Brother Zhao, when it comes to trading, everyone wants the best deal, right?"
"Ah, that's true, but..." Zhao Tiequan scratched his head anxiously, thought for a while, then leaned in and said with importance, "The more people who know you have this treasure, the more likely you'll attract greedy eyes."
"Brother Zhao, you're not planning to rob me, are you? You're already a five-star national warrior, I'm not even one-star, it was a friend who brought me here, I can't beat you." Jiang Kai deliberately tested Zhao Tiequan's character, after speaking, he looked at Zhao Tiequan to see his reaction.
"I already told you, finding me was the right choice, as long as no one targets me, I won't bully the weak. We're all Huaxia people, what time is it already, still fighting among ourselves, isn't that tiring?"
Jiang Kai thought to himself, this guy's actually kind of interesting...
"Come on, I'll show you around, after spending some time you'll know what kind of person I am." Zhao Tiequan pulled Jiang Kai and started strolling around the trading zone.
These roamers did indeed have some good things on hand.
Although most were offering elite treasure chests, elite chests could also yield good items—after staying here long enough, there were always a few valuable things to bring out.
From these people, Jiang Kai didn't find the extraordinary tier-5 material for the Drunkard, but he did find tier-3 Chasing Death!
Chasing Death, this weapon, was never very popular to begin with, and it was only tier-3. The seller originally intended to sell it to the military.
Since Jiang Kai found it, of course he wouldn't let it go.
Seeing Jiang Kai interested, Zhao Tiequan helped him bargain the seller dizzy, and in the end, Jiang Kai got the tier-3 Chasing Death with just a few ores.
After getting the tier-3 Nine Tribulations Chasing Death, Jiang Kai immediately identified its attributes.
Tier-3 Chasing Death had a penetration of 22 points, each dart had a 15% critical rate, and if it didn't crit, the next dart's critical rate increased by another 15%.
The critical rate was the same as tier-2 Chasing Death—it seemed that no weapon could exceed a 15% crit chance.
But tier-3 Chasing Death had one more special effect.
[Special Effect 3, Combination Form: Requires three sets of Nine Tribulations Chasing Death to activate, each set requires at least seven, 21 darts can combine into one Combination Hidden Weapon.]
[Combination Form (Level 1): Penetration 100, critical rate follows Chasing Death's stacking rule, after hitting the target, when the form disperses, it causes secondary damage.]
Seeing this effect, Jiang Kai couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
21 Chasing Death darts could combine into a stronger hidden weapon? That meant he gained another attack method.
Level 1 combination form already had 100 penetration—know that even Yama Order and Radiant God Order didn't have such high penetration!
Originally Jiang Kai had already felt that Chasing Death, unless in quenched state, was rather weak against strong beasts or heavily armored foes—but with this combination form, Chasing Death's combat power skyrocketed.
Jiang Kai glanced at Zhao Tiequan beside him and asked, "Brother Zhao, you've been in the Zone of the Known for so long, when you get good gear, how do you enhance it?"
"What else? Do it yourself." Zhao Tiequan said as if it were obvious, "Maybe at first, you won't know how to enhance, embed, fuse, hunt, cook—but stay long enough in the Zone of the Known, and you'll eventually learn."
"I see. Then Brother Zhao, can you help me embed this Chasing Death set?"
"No problem at all. What do you want to embed?"
"Parent-child stone!" Jiang Kai said without hesitation, "I have the stone here."
Without the Parent-Child Stone, Nine Tribulations Chasing Death wouldn't be Chasing Death at all...
"Well, the Star Dust Fragment..."
Jiang Kai smiled slightly and said, "I won't mention that to anyone for now!"
"Got it! Leave it to me! Let's find a quiet spot."
Zhao Tiequan led Jiang Kai away from the trading zone to a forest area that hadn't been fully cleared, and immediately got to work.
While Zhao Tiequan was busy, Jiang Kai sat to the side, eyes casually yet attentively watching the two people in the trading zone.
Ever since they left the crowd, those two kept glancing toward Jiang Kai from time to time.
Jiang Kai turned his head and slightly narrowed his eyes.
Now things were clearer, and it seemed quite troublesome.
That guy in black didn't mind letting Jiang Kai notice his gaze.
In this situation, either he was a rookie, or another possibility—he wasn't worried about being exposed at all!
Judging from now, Jiang Kai was more inclined to believe the second possibility.
They weren't afraid of him running!
The reason they hadn't acted yet was probably because there were too many people around.
"Seems like they're pros..." Jiang Kai's eyes looked at Zhao Tiequan, but his mind was spinning furiously.
Jiang Kai carefully recalled—he had definitely never seen these two before, and to completely avoid his Ghost Eye detection was extremely difficult.
And they hadn't seen any treasures on Jiang Kai either, so the likelihood of killing him for loot wasn't high.
They came for him, but not for treasure, and there was no past grudge—then there was only one possibility...
"Huang family, or Xuanwu?" Jiang Kai slightly narrowed his eyes.
These two were likely assassins sent by enemies to kill him!
"But wait... I came to the Zone of the Known—neither Old Hu nor Ruan Yu knew... The military has an inside informant? Could it be Luo Shen?" Thinking about it, Jiang Kai felt Luo Shen was unlikely.
When he entered the Zone of the Known, he had registered, so Luo Shen wasn't the only one who knew he was here.
If it was the Xuanwu or Huang family, they should know his strength, and would naturally send someone they were confident could kill him.
They should already know Jiang Kai was the only person in the world to have cleared the third floor of the Endless Abyss.
The strength of these two was likely already extraordinary!
"This is a bit tricky..." Jiang Kai muttered.
Extraordinary vs ordinary was a complete qualitative leap—even though Jiang Kai's stats were already very high, he hadn't reached the extraordinary tier yet!
What's more, the gap between extraordinary and ordinary wasn't just stats.
Their gear, talents, skills—all far surpassed ordinary classes.
No wonder they didn't bother hiding.
If Jiang Kai didn't run now, he'd die; if he ran and left the crowd's sight—still die!
The Roamer Assembly lasted only one day, after the deathmatch, everyone would disperse. At that time, whether he ran or not—still die!
Right now, no matter what tricks Jiang Kai played, he was already a dead man!
At this thought, sweat couldn't help but bead on Jiang Kai's forehead...
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