Chapter 37 – Spar

Lafu circled around Su Mo, sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. It was evident to see just how useful Loyalty was especially in situations like this.

Su Mo did not have to give too many commands, and Lafu perfectly executed Su Mo's commands.

It was said that Hunter-type professions had a skill called Flash Grenade, which could reveal the positions of stealthed enemies. It was just that Su Mo was too focused on earning money and did not get it; after all, he was not a PVP player.

Killing people could not earn him money.

However, Drunken Battlefield did not know this. He was very frustrated and also respected Su Mo's patience. Even now, he did not use Flash Grenade, which made him even warier.

Su Mo endured the pain in his heart and fired an arrow towards where Drunken Battlefield could be standing.

It was not possible to collect arrows in New World, and Hunters would use many arrows in each battle. He was basically shooting out money.

This arrow gave Drunken Battlefield a big fright. If he did not move in time, it would have pierced his abdomen. This made him sigh in amazement towards Su Mo's keen battle sense. He was definitely predicting his current position.

As such, he became even warier.

Time gradually passed, and soon, Drunken Battlefield's Stealth was about to end. Stealth lasted for 3 minutes, and there was a 30 second cooldown time before he could use it again. If he did not act soon, he would fall into danger.

He hoped to be able to find a real opening out of Su Mo's defence, which was filled with openings.

He felt that Su Mo's openings were all intention, and were traps, baiting him to take risks so that Su Mo could strike back viciously.

As for Su Mo, he was madly cursing at Drunken Battlefield.

This was almost torture. Wasn't this a fight? Why didn't he come and fight? He had fired over and over, but could not hit Drunken Battlefield; could it be that he wanted to drag things on until night fell? Su Mo still needed to go to the Monster Tower later.

Drunken Battlefield decided to go all-out. Seeing that he was being backed into a corner, he could only steel himself and rush up.

The Flash Grenade that he expected did not appear, and the traps that he was bracing himself for did not trigger either. Soon, Su Mo and his wolf were styled on by the Assassin.

In the end, the Assassin showed mercy and did not end their lives.

After all, if Su Mo died, he would lose some EXP, and Lafu would lose some Loyalty. Even though Su Mo always carried food with him, he did not want to spend time on regaining Loyalty.

"You don't seem to know how to PVP," Drunken Battlefield said slowly, not feeling embarrassed.

He had taken Su Mo to be an expert, resulting in him playing himself. If he was a petty person, he would have been infuriated.

"I've never really played games before, and I've only PVPed a few times. This is my first time losing though," Su Mo said as he shrugged. He did not care too much about winning or losing, and did not become arrogant just because he had killed a few people. He did not become bigheaded just because he had so many girls crowding around him either.

"No wonder. Let's continue to the second round. We're both Strength-Agility professions, so it'll be fairer without skills."

Su Mo understood his intention. Fighting like this would reduce the effects of the game, and was essentially the same as sparring in real life.

After losing one round, even though he did not mind, who didn't have a bit of competitive spirit in them?

Even though Su Mo had not been mega-wealthy, growing up, his family had at least been rich. His studies went smoothly and he got into university, and after being an ordinary soldier for a few months, he was taken away by a private car for a promotion. Very few of the missions he was on failed, and it could be said that he was a genius.

How could he just continue to lose and keep a low-profile?

It was very rare to see people taking off their equipment to fight. In this desolate area, there was no one to see the two men only wearing shorts as they rushed at each other like bulls.

People who had returned from the battlefield very rarely chose to use flashy techniques.

It was not that they did not have technique, but they were focused on destructive power—at least so that they could incapacitate their opponent. As such, in the eyes of ordinary people who had watched professional boxing, their fighting would look somewhat barbaric.

After tapping out the third time, Drunken Battlefield chose to admit his loss.

"Let's add each other as friends; we can spar regularly," Su Mo gave a refreshed laugh, "When sparring in real life you have to be careful and hold back, but in the game you can go as hard as you want."

"I won't be able to beat you, but sure." Drunken Battlefield put on his equipment and rode away on his black horse.

After the two of them added each other as friends, they did not reminisce about the past, nor did they drink together. They did not even set a time and place to meet next time—after putting on their equipment, they went their separate ways. In fact, they did not even know what level the other person was.

These two battles gave Su Mo much motivation, and he realised what he could work towards.

Drunken Battlefield's fighting prowess in real life should be decent too, but he could not compare to Su Mo. However, Su Mo was completely destroyed by him in a normal fight. This meant that he did not have enough gaming experience and did not know enough about the game.

He would find some PVP videos to watch in future, and learn how to fight in the game.

The Avinami Highlands was situated to the south-west of the Statu Plains. It was part of the Kelo Kingdom, and Pigmen made up roughly 17% of the total population. The reason why they had not been purged by the Papacy was because the Pigmen once had a Demigod expert, and that expert had lived for a long time in the Eastern Continent, and was the Sacred Guardian of the Papacy.

Su Mo had researched where Red Bristle Pigman Ruger was, so he decided to level up the panda baby near where Red Bristle Pigman Ruger was. After the Monster Tower appeared, he would immediately head there.

The Avinami Highlands had many Newbie Villages, and Red Bristle Pigman Ruger was a Level 25 Boss. He stayed on a small mountain, beneath which was a Newbie Village.

Around the Newbie Village were monsters that ranged from Level 1 to Level 20.

Su Mo chose a place with Level 20 monsters, as they would give more EXP and let out the panda baby. Originally, the panda baby should have been around Level 30, but after being tamed, it became a real baby.

Su Mo did not dare to let it get beaten up, so he gave it some bamboo shoots and had it sit by the side and eat.

Level 20 monsters were very easy to kill, and a few arrows were enough to dispatch with each. The monsters could not even touch the corners of his clothes, so he used this time to check out the panda baby's skills.

Lafu had three skills in total, so the panda baby would not be lacking, surely.

However, Su Mo was stunned—this panda only had one skill:

Tenacity: Level 1, Passive Ability, When being attacked, damage is reduced by 20%.

However, Su Mo soon breathed out because he remembered that Lafu did not originally come with three skills. At the start, he also only had one skill. He had obtained his second skill at Level 5 and the third at Level 10. He had not gained any new skills at Levels 15, 20, or 25, which meant that these three skills were all that Lafu was going to have.