Infinite Trial from the Giant

"Then let me enjoy it."

The young man on the other side never expected that Xia Tian would actually rush up to him, and he was stunned for a moment. While he was stunned, the knife in Xia Tian's hand had already chopped down towards his face.

But he was a closed beta player after all. Looking at the blade coming towards him, the young man instinctively rolled to the side. Xia Tian's knife scraped his arm, reducing his health a little.

The young man who dodged Xia Tian's attack immediately stood up, looked at the knife in Xia Tian's hand with lingering fear, then licked the corner of his mouth and showed a sinister smile: "I really didn't expect that you looked harmless, but I didn't expect you to be an unexpectedly ruthless character." As he said, the young man twisted his neck and pointed the blade in his hand at Xia Tian, ​​"But a novice is a novice after all. If you had used sword skills just now, you would be faster and might have caused me greater damage. Now it doesn't hurt at all."

"Besides, you were the one who attacked me first. Your... huh?"

According to the setting of the game Sword Art Online, the cursor above the head of any player who has committed a crime will change from green to orange. If the player continues to commit more serious crimes, such as killing other players, the cursor will turn red to serve as a warning to others.

"Forget it. You're going to die anyway." Although he was puzzled as to why Xia Tian's cursor did not turn orange, the young man did not care too much about it. As he spoke, he retracted the sword in his hand towards his lower abdomen. Then his sword blade lit up, which was particularly obvious in the night.

Then the young man took a step forward and rushed towards Xia Tian at an astonishing speed, while stabbing a sword directly into Xia Tian's chest.

Humph, this kid's weapon is a knife, and the sword skill he mastered should be the Plundering Slash. Everyone masters one sword skill at the beginning. I am very familiar with the Plundering Slash, and you are just a newcomer. This is the gap between you and me. You will die here.

Just as the young man thought, Xia Tian was not familiar with his sword skills and only had time to slightly turn his body before being stabbed in the left shoulder by the young man's straight sword.

With a smug smile on his face, the young man hadn't even finished his words when Xia Tian, ​​holding the knife in his right hand, swung it towards the man's face. The knife just passed through the young man's right eye, and the sign of the injury immediately flashed into the young man's field of vision. At the same time, because of the injury in his right eye, his vision was also directly obstructed. The injury and the fact that he didn't expect Xia Tian to counterattack so quickly caused him to fall into confusion in the first moment, and his movements also stagnated.

what happened?

Didn't I stab this guy? Why wasn't he afraid? Why was he able to fight back?

"A closed beta player, nothing more than that." While the young man was stunned, Xia Tian had already taken a step back, freed himself from the sword that pierced his shoulder, and just stared at the young man.

Hearing Xia Tian's obvious sarcasm, the young man's eyes widened and a surge of anger surged in his heart like a volcanic eruption.

But that's it?

Brat, you're just a newcomer, how dare you look down on me?

"Go to hell!"

The sword blade lit up again, and the young man used his sword skills again to stab towards Xia Tian, ​​but this time, his attack fell into empty space. Unlike the first time, Xia Tian flexibly left his original position, dodged the young man's attack and came to his side. This time, the plundering slash was activated, and Xia Tian cut off the young man's arm holding the knife directly from the elbow.

"The use of sword skills depends on the timing. If you choose the wrong timing, it will expose a big flaw, and eventually lead to your current situation." While speaking, Xia Tian did not stop attacking. He kneed the opponent in the abdomen, knocking him down. Then he changed the position of the knife in his hand and stabbed it into the opponent's only remaining arm.

"Also, a guy like you who only knows how to use sword skills step by step is actually not that threatening."

It was only then that the young man came to his senses and realized what had happened. He looked at Xia Tian as if he were looking at a monster.

what happened?

Isn’t this guy in front of me a novice player?

Why was that? Why was it possible to defeat me, a closed beta player?

Have I been cheated?

This guy is actually also a closed beta player?

"You... you are also a closed beta player, right? You despicable fellow, pretending to be a newbie who is easy to bully! Damn it, I won't let you go, I must kill you!"

Xia Tian stepped on his face, blocking his still shouting mouth.

Just as Xia Tian said, there is nothing special about closed beta players. According to Xia Tian's understanding, the difference between most closed beta players and other novice players is only reflected in their familiarity with the game. Their own strength is actually not that good. Most of these players who passed the closed beta test are probably like the young man in front of him. They think that as long as they can perform sword skills skillfully, it means they have good strength.

Even if the sword skills are assisted by a system, in the final analysis it is just an attack in a certain form. High-level sword skills can cause considerable threats even in a certain form due to their high damage and complex situations. As for low-level sword skills, they do not have such a great effect.

The young man knew that Xia Tian only mastered one sword skill, and Xia Tian also knew that he currently only knew one sword skill. After judging that the current level of sword skills could not cause a fatal effect even if they hit non-vital parts, Xia Tian calmly responded to the young man's first sword attack. At the same time, when he launched the attack, he carefully observed his preparatory movements and attack trajectory. As a result, the young man's second sword attack posed no threat to Xia Tian.

"You've really made my already bad mood even worse."

What Xia Tian said was true. It was already troublesome enough that he could only do those errands because he couldn't find any closed beta players. But what a coincidence that he met such a psychopath, which reminded Xia Tian of the bad memories.

Kayaba Akihiko's declaration had just been made, and this guy who was planning to do whatever he wanted in the game had already appeared, and what a coincidence it was that he ran into him. Xia Tian really didn't know what to say.

"I say, are you afraid of death?" Xia Tian asked, leaning down slightly, after releasing his foot that was stepping on the other person's mouth.

Hearing the word death, the other person's pupils suddenly contracted.

"What do you want to do? Do you want to kill me? You can't do this. You will become a murderer. You will become the first murderer in the game. Your name will become red. No one will want to form a team with you in the future..."

The young man's panicked voice suddenly disappeared and shattered into pieces.

"Looks pretty scared, it's really useless."

After putting the knife back into its sheath, Xia Tian continued to move towards the next village.