Translator: Hellscythe_ Editor: Hellscythe_
Fifth Ghost was a Tier 1 Swordsman. Although he did not possess Sixth Ghost's frightening Strength, in terms of speed, he was significantly superior to the Berserker.
In particular, Fifth Ghost's control over his center of gravity when using the advance attack technique Triple Cut surpassed Sixth Ghost's. In addition, Fifth Ghost had used Wind Blade, increasing his speed significantly. At this moment, one could even vaguely see a fourth afterimage of his sword.
Presently, Shi Feng had already focused all his power into defending against Sixth Ghost's attack. He simply had no time to consider Fifth Ghost.
When Fifth Ghost saw his sword piercing Shi Feng's chest, a sinister smile appeared on his face. "Brat, although your strength is quite good, you are still ten years too early if you think you can fight against us Seven Ghosts."
"Brother Five, be careful!" Sixth Ghost suddenly shouted in panic when he saw Fifth Ghost's delighted appearance.
"Huh?" Fifth Ghost immediately sensed that something was wrong because his instincts were telling him right here and now that he had already arrived at death's door. He then realized the sensation he felt with his hand—when his sword stabbed into Shi Feng—was as if he had just pierced through air. Suddenly, he felt goosebumps rising all over his body. He immediately activated his lifesaving skill, Defensive Blade, and abruptly leaped forward.
However, he was still a step too slow.
Hua... Hua... Hua...
At the same time as he activated Defensive Blade, Fifth Ghost felt chilling sword auras striking at his back.
These piercing sword auras were the attacks Shi Feng had launched at Fifth Ghost upon arriving behind the latter using Silent Steps. If Fifth Ghost had not activated Defensive Blade at the first sign of danger, allowing him to negate several instances of damage, he would have become a corpse by now.
Just who are these people? Shi Feng knitted his brows slightly.
Shi Feng found it truly hard to believe that such experts would actually appear in Underworld. He had also never heard of such experts in his previous life.
After using Silent Steps, he had swung the Abyssal Blade immediately. At such a short distance, as well as with the element of surprise, experts of the same level definitely would not be able to react in time. Yet, Fifth Ghost actually managed to activate Defensive Blade and leap forward before the Abyssal Blade landed on his body.
Furthermore, from the attack Fifth Ghost had sent out before, Shi Feng could clearly perceive just how powerful Fifth Ghost was. When Sixth Ghost used Triple Cut, he was able to apply the technique only to a normal attack; he could not use the technique with a skill. On the other hand, Fifth Ghost was able to integrate Triple Cut together with a skill.
In fast-paced close combat like this, other than some special skills like Silent Steps and Instantaneous Movement, the difficulty of using attack skills in battle was extremely high. Such attack skills simply had too long a cast time and required one to go through fixed motions before the skill could be activated. The speed of using an attack skill was simply incomparable to the speed of a normal attack. Moreover, even if one was highly proficient with a skill and could activate it very quickly, excessive speed could easily result in distortions in the motions and, consequently, a drop in Completion Rate, rendering the skill practically useless. Hence, the fact that Fifth Ghost was able to integrate an attack skill into the battle was something extremely difficult to achieve. Performing such a feat was no longer something feasible for ordinary men. Even Shi Feng's current self would not be able to do so.
