Upon opening it, there was indeed no logout button.

"Oh no, we're doomed."

Just when he felt he was about to die, Lin Yan's consciousness was suddenly pulled into this black mist space.

At first, knowing that the Black Mist Space could share his abilities from other worlds, he was overjoyed for a while. He ended up acquiring domineering aura, internal energy, and even sword intent, but then...

Useless.

Aincrad is a game!

When playing games, people only care about skills and development; who cares if you're a fitness coach or a national-level martial arts athlete?

But the game I was playing was also a matter of life and death.

He didn't dare gamble on whether his real-life body, enhanced to the point of being superhuman after he died in the game, could completely withstand the microwaves that were powerful enough to destroy his brain.

If one could consciously control their entire body to be covered with Armament Haki for even a moment, there would definitely be no problem, but isn't that just wishful thinking?

Looking at the apartment he had bought on the 35th floor at great expense, he sighed and sat up in bed.

You can feel fatigued in the game, but the fatigue can be easily relieved by consuming recovery potions, which feels quite amazing.

If I get out, my life should be the most comfortable one.

After all, the level of technological advancement in this world is truly remarkable; none of the other worlds around us are likely as advanced.

Damn, I really envy myself who traveled into a pornographic film.

Unfortunately, they weren't so lucky.

Let's compose ourselves; we still have to keep fighting monsters.

Chapter 303 Aincrad

Just as he stood up, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead. The world in front of him was dismantled into countless fragmented pixels, which then quickly reassembled into a normal image.

It's nothing serious, maybe something's wrong with his body. Just as Lin Yan was thinking this, he suddenly noticed that everything outside the window, from the birds flying by the window to the sounds outside, seemed to have slowed down.

He was somewhat uncertain, and when he opened the door to look at the people outside, they all seemed to be moving much slower.

He soon realized that it wasn't that things outside had slowed down, but rather that he himself had become very fast...

"Our roles are controlled by our consciousness; the more developed the brain, the faster we can act."

"So, does that mean my brain has been further developed?" Lin Yan sat cross-legged on the grass and began to think. It was impossible for him to suddenly undergo such a change. The reason for this was probably that another version of himself patted him on the shoulder.

From him, I gained a higher level of brain development, that is, mental strength.

After some consideration, I realized my current class is a swordsman, focusing on high attack speed and high burst damage. The weakness in defense is compensated for by the White Wolf Armor. So…

After adjusting his state, Lin Yan finally felt that the flow of time around him had become more normal, and he also consciously controlled his own speed, trying to match the movement frequency of the people around him.

He didn't want to be targeted by the leader of the Blood Oath Knights in the strategy team.

That guy is the referee; anyone with a brain knows he'd cheat for himself.

The one who's really in the limelight right now is Kirito, who's acquired dual-wielding skills. He's just quietly putting in some effort behind the scenes and peacefully surviving until the Aincrad incident ends.

Damn Kayaba Akihiko!

After routinely cursing Kayaba Akihiko a few times, Lin Yan arrived at a monster spawn point in the suburbs.

He has now reached level 63 and is a solo player in the strategy group, following the same path as Kirito in the early stages. However, in terms of both operation and combat awareness, he is not as good as the top group. As of yesterday, there were already signs that he was gradually falling behind.

If nothing unexpected happens, Lin Yan might already be planning to retire to the sidelines, enjoy fishing, gardening, and finding a girlfriend in the game, living a carefree and happy life together.

But now that I've obtained this... cheat code that might be completely irrelevant to others, I have enough capital to give it my all!

The mutated mantis monster, its body covered in steel, appeared in front of Lin Yan in an instant. Lin Yan gripped the Dragon Crystal Longsword in one hand and held a shield in the other.

That's how swordsmen are; they can't just focus on looking cool. While a one-handed sword may look stylish, many monsters' powerful attacks are guaranteed to hit within a certain range. No matter how agile you are, unless you can create distance beforehand, it's impossible to dodge them.

At this point, having a shield can withstand at least 50% of the damage. If the shield is of higher quality, it will be lighter, and theoretically, the damage resistance can reach 99% with the ultimate enhancement.

Lin Yan easily dodged the three consecutive wide-range slashes from the mutated mantis monster in front of him. Then, he charged up his longsword and it lit up with light. Before the light dissipated, he struck the same spot three times in quick succession. The powerful force pushed the mutated mantis monster back several steps. Then, it let out a roar and continued to charge at Lin Yan.

Without exception, all the moves were dodged with a speed that was almost like a blur, and even the area-of-effect attacks that were guaranteed to hit were avoided by Lin Yan by circling around his back.

Behind the mutated mantis monster, Lin Yan's longsword completed its charging in mid-air, unleashing a horizontal slash with sharp claws!

When I depleted the last bit of health from the mutated mantis monster, I could clearly feel that my skill usage speed had also increased.

"No obvious weaknesses," Lin Yan commented, stroking his chin. "As expected, as long as I'm fast enough, I don't need to defend myself at all." He put away his shield and looked up at the sky...

"In that case, let's explore the maze today."

The labyrinth is filled with various traps and monsters, making it the location with the highest number of player deaths in Aincrad.

Deep within the maze lies the BOSS's room, a gateway to higher floors. However, as the raiding teams grow stronger, the BOSS's strength becomes increasingly monstrous.

Every time the strategy team suffers a loss, it severely impacts the strategy for the next floor.

The monsters in the strategy group are quite challenging for Lin Yan's current level. A lone monster is okay, but challenging a group of monsters, especially those with high attack speed and fast movement speed, is quite difficult.

But that's no longer a problem. As the speed increased, Lin Yan's reactions gradually caught up. During the battle, swords clashed, they passed each other, and the monster slowly turned into particles of light.

In just one day, Lin Yan's level actually increased by one level!

At level 64, health increased by about 10%, and stats such as strength and stamina also increased significantly.

The defense is still the same weak point, it's really fragile! Lin Yan was a bit of a headache looking at the defense, which had also increased by 10%, but because the base value was not high, it was not very useful.

"What about health regeneration per second?" Pull down the personal status bar; health regeneration per second: 300.

Same as before.

This thing, unless you upgrade from single-digit level nine upwards, some parts will not increase at all.

"Never mind, as long as it's not on my hands."

Lin Yan stretched and gathered the fallen materials on the ground before continuing on his way.

On the seventy-fourth floor, Lin Yan walked forward along the pale yellow path that seemed to be suspended in mid-air, with the streetlights on his left and right sides burning with a faint, flickering flame.

You can touch this thing, but you can't destroy it. They even advertised it as a completely open world where you could destroy things at will…

What? While some damage can be done to the outside, it will be refreshed the next day. Inside the maze, nothing can be destroyed except for small monsters.

Bah! The spirit of "Days of Being Bound" is indeed full of this kind of false propaganda.

Damn it, Kayaba Akihiko is a bastard.

After cursing, I felt a little better. There was a group of beast infantry waiting to be activated ahead. After they walked into their line of sight, they discovered that from another direction, a pair of people had also attracted the attention of some soldiers.

A quick glance at the equipment of these people, especially the one in the lead, who resembled a poor samurai from Edo-period Japan... He was dressed in a flashy outfit, and his weapon was a samurai half-tachi, which looked to be of high quality.

"Isn't that Klein... no, Klein!" Lin Yan suddenly realized that the guild's name was Fenglinshan, which captured the essence of Japanese yakuza organizations.

"Oh?"

Clay also spotted Lin Yan at that moment, wearing a furry, close-fitting light armor and a transparent, obviously fragile one-handed sword, but without a shield...

Whoever can come to a place like this alone must be a master.

Klein didn't speak to Lin Yan, but when he was calling out to his men, he emphasized that they should not accidentally harm friendly units.

It's clear that the person being emphasized to remind is Lin Yan.

There were more people over there, so Lin Yan only got three small monsters.

Although they're called "minor monsters," they're just as difficult to deal with as bosses on lower floors. While they don't have any special attacks, they often use area-of-effect attacks mixed in with their attacks.

Area attacks are predictable; as soon as they flick their snake-like tongues, you'll have to find a way to jump away or flank them.

After mastering this technique, Lin Yan quickly began to maneuver and maneuver among the three-headed monsters.

Whether it was a horizontal slash, a downward slash, a sharp claw attack, or a horizontal square formation slash, the Dragon Crystal Longsword moved with ease, causing Klein, who was still hesitating about whether to lend a hand, to abandon the idea with some emotion.

If you were in Lin Yan's shoes and had to fight three monsters all by yourself, you wouldn't have done any better.

It might actually make things even more chaotic.

After controlling the pace well in the early stages and drawing all the aggro to ensure that the three small monsters wouldn't be hit and escape, Lin Yan's foot speed suddenly became inhuman.

With a roar and the sound of wind, the curved blade slashed horizontally behind him. Lin Yan crouched down, circled around to the back, and his figure almost became a blur.

One-handed sword technique: Uppercut slash, continuous slashes!

In the afterimage, it seemed as if Lin Yan only swung his sword once, but in that shadow, he actually swung three swords! The damage of the three swords erupted at the same point. After the first sword broke through the defense, the remaining two swords dealt true damage.

In an instant, the monster, with only two-thirds of its health remaining, turned into particles of light and disappeared upon death. Lin Yan's figure passed through the flying particles of light, and the almost transparent Dragon Crystal Sword once again emitted a brilliant light.

One-handed sword technique: Vertical Four-Way Slash!

As a veteran player and a member of a leading strategy guild, and given the fact that swords and knives are inseparable in Japanese games, Klein believes he has a broad perspective and has seen all sorts of players who can use the system's inherent character skills in creative ways in this highly free game.

However, he had never seen anything like the Vertical Four-Sided Slash, where four sword lights were cut down as if a single sword light had split into four parts.

Fast, there's no other way, just one word: extreme speed.

It was so fast that afterimages appeared on his hands; even the game system's display could hardly capture that speed.

After the vertical four-way slash, another sharp claw struck, directly cutting the small monster on the left, whose health bar was still half full, into a critical wound. However, the tall, thin young man wearing close-fitting light armor seemed to have unleashed two slashes at the same time. While the small monster on the left was being attacked by the sharp claw, the small monster on the right also showed signs of being stabbed and being knocked back.

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