After Qin Jie killed the man who was attempting to assassinate him in stealth, he did not immediately show himself. Instead, he activated Hunting Perspective.
Dozens of light points appeared before his eyes, a significant portion of which were located on the mountain peak. These were likely the Remote Control Specialization Contractors unleashing their attacks.
It was worth noting that there was a deep red light point in the distance, indicating an extremely powerful existence. However, based on the distance, this powerful existence was not on the mountaintop.
There was no need to entangle with these thick-skinned, defense-oriented Contractors. Although Qin Jie wouldn't take much time to kill them, their priority was certainly not as high as the Remote Control Specialization Contractors on the mountain.
Qin Jie activated his shield and headed straight for the mountain peak.
Although he used the cover of night for stealth, the enemy still possessed Investigation methods.
Qin Jie was eventually discovered. An arrow shot towards him, was blocked by Qin Jie's shield, and finally fell to the ground.
"Bang!"
The next moment, the arrow actually exploded. It contained a certain amount of explosives. Although it couldn't harm Qin Jie, it did push him back a short distance.
Besides explosives, a large number of rolling stones and ice arrows followed. In addition to archers, there were also many mages on the mountaintop.
Qin Jie plunged devouring abyss into the ground, stopping his sliding figure. By this point, he was starting to miss Shadow of Concealment, but that skill was already a thing of the past.
There was an archer on the mountaintop who seemed very likely to possess a technique-type skill like Archery Mastery. Each arrow was quite precise. In this dark environment, Qin Jie was unable to effectively guard against the incoming arrows. Although the opponent couldn't cause him effective damage, it was extremely annoying.
However, Qin Jie naturally had a corresponding solution.
He consumed a Regeneration Potion, increasing his maximum health by 20%.
Then, Qin Jie directly summoned Sword Shadow, expending 25% of his maximum health to summon a Sword Shadow with the same attributes as himself. One real and one fake advanced simultaneously.
The opponent could only shoot at one. Regardless of which one was shot, the other would be able to close the distance to the opponent.
As long as he could get close, the opponent would not be Qin Jie's match.
On the mountaintop, a man in tight clothing with pointed ears and an exceptionally handsome appearance exclaimed in surprise.
"Two enemies! It seems we really encountered his Clone. Both are very fast, and I can only block one right now."
His name was Yīng Shì, an archer. At this moment, he had consumed a potion called 'Elf's Blood,' which granted Agility +15, Dynamic Vision +56%, and an additional +38% arrow power.
Coupled with his Archery Specialization being as high as LV15, each arrow could deal extremely high damage.
At least, that was how it was supposed to be.
At this moment, Yīng Shì looked disbelieving. His explosive arrows, which could originally instantly kill Contractors of the same tier, were now unable to cause effective damage to the man charging towards them.
One had to know that even heavy armor wearers of the same tier would retreat three paces when faced with his arrows, yet the man in front of him acted as if nothing was happening.
How was this possible?
Behind Yīng Shì was a woman wearing glasses. She and Yīng Shì were part of the same adventure group, and the woman was in charge of commanding.
In this world, due to its open-world nature, many Contractors in berserkformed groups to get a share of the spoils.
The woman and Yīng Shì were old partners, but they were not familiar with the other Contractors; they were merely a temporary adventure group.
This time, they negotiated through a Charisma-specialized Contractor, recruited a large number of bandits as cannon fodder, and then undertook a side quest from the Midland Kingdom to attack Figlet's forces.
Cutting off food supplies, this tactic was very common in warfare.
The woman's skills were Enchantment and Scan. It was she who provided Yīng Shì with Qin Jie's location and also enhanced Yīng Shì's arrows.
The woman held a detection tool similar to a telescope. This tool could obtain information based on the intelligence difference between friend and foe. At this moment, Qin Jie's attributes were completely visible to them.
Upon detecting Qin Jie's attributes, the woman immediately let out an expletive.
"Woc!?"
[Investigation]
Name: Hunter
Health: 50%
Mana: 100
Strength: 30
Agility: 24
Stamina: 30
Intelligence: 11
Charm: 3
Luck: 4
Skill 1, Swordsmanship Master LV10: ???
Skill 2, Remote Control Specialization LV1: ???
Skill 3, Slaughter Specialization LV10: ???
Skill 4, Regeneration Potion: Max health increased by 20%
Skill 5, ???
Skill 6, ???
--- "Holy crap, 30 Strength, 30 Stamina?"
The bespectacled woman's expression was a bit grim. The detection tool in her hand was only green quality, but because she specialized in Intelligence, its compatibility was relatively high, which was why she always carried it.
But it was only green after all. Even with a full 10-point difference in intelligence between them, the woman couldn't obtain all of Qin Jie's information.
Based on Qin Jie's attributes, the woman realized that their group had encountered a lone wolf, and one of the absolute top-tier ones at that.
Just the three skills, Swordsmanship Master, Remote Control Specialization, and Slaughter Specialization, made the woman's heart tremble, but Qin Jie's remaining 50% health bar was genuine.
The woman's mind settled. Although she didn't know Qin Jie's full attributes, his health situation was indeed not very healthy.
"Keep attacking! His health is only 50%, our output is effective, keep attacking! He's just putting on an act, his actual health has already dropped by half."
Although Qin Jie's attributes hinted at something strange, the bespectacled woman still couldn't give up easily. Attacking Figlet's knight order was the mission their temporary adventure group had taken on. As long as they could successfully stop Figlet, their group would receive a high reward of 4000 Merit Points.
One had to know that Merit Points could be exchanged for many good things.
Yīng Shì drew his bow, an arrow carrying the sound of rushing wind. Another explosion echoed in the distance. He asked anxiously,
"Which should I prioritize attacking? The main body or the Clone?"
"Kill the Clone. When he summoned the Clone just now, his health clearly dropped significantly, indicating that the Clone comes at a cost."
Although greed was gaining the upper hand, the bespectacled woman's command was still sound. Just as she said, Qin Jie would pay a certain price to summon Sword Shadow.
As she spoke, the temporary communication device in the woman's hand suddenly rang. A rough male voice spoke.
"Lü Luo, what the hell are you doing? Why has the fire support weakened? If you don't keep attacking, we won't be able to suppress this knight order."
The bespectacled woman, Lü Luo, hurriedly said, "Wait a moment, Kuang Gu. You hold on there. A very powerful lone wolf has appeared here, and he seems to be from Figlet's faction. I need to divert some firepower to deal with him."
"A lone wolf? How powerful could he be? With your lock-on and Yīng Shì's arrows, what lone wolf can withstand that? Don't tell me you want us to die so you can split more Merit Points?"
Kuang Gu's tone was suspicious and unfriendly. This was the downside of temporary adventure groups—mutual distrust, formed purely for profit, and now internal strife arising from conflicting interests.