Furan didn't have a weapon on hand right now, so there was no way for her to draw a sword and slash him.
So she chose to cast a Spell first, without revealing that she also knew close-Combat Skills.
Rojane was very happy now. First, he had been wandering around this trial ground for a long time and finally found someone who was also a Spirit Realm Ranger.
This trial ground hadn't just appeared; it had actually been around for two months. Regarding the first hint, many people had already brought back information from the Spirit Realm.
This so-called companion referred to people who were on a Spirit World Tour together. As long as you killed them, a jade stone would appear after their body vanished; that would be the first piece.
Second, the person he found was a Spellcaster, and he was very close to her. He could attack her in just a few steps.
For Professionals like them who hadn't reached a official rank yet, once a Spellcasting class was approached by a close-combat class, aside from being able to throw a powerful Spell in their face—
And killing them directly, there was no other way to deal with close-combat classes.
Furan threw out a Wind Blade, and Rojane had been on guard against this the whole time. He knew that an excellent Spellcaster could throw out a single Spell at this distance, so he was being careful.
He jumped to the side, grazing past the incoming Wind Blade.
"Sss!" He felt as if his waist had been touched by the Wind Blade, leaving a shallow wound.
The range of this Wind Blade was truly large; even though he had dodged with such a wide movement, he was still hit.
However, the remaining distance wasn't enough for the Spellcaster opposite him to cast another Spell. He saw that he was only four steps away from Furan.
He saw that the opponent had stopped moving. Ha! Did she think she couldn't cast a Spell at this distance and gave up resistance?
With a victorious smile, Rojane thrust his short sword toward Furan's front.
But immediately after, he first felt the wrist holding his sword being gripped tightly as if by a bear, and then he felt his legs being tripped by something.
His body fell heavily due to momentum, and his face slammed directly into the ground. The impact of his teeth against the stones caused him unbearable pain.
"Ah! Sss!"
Furan held the short sword she had just snatched from Rojane's hand and placed it across his neck.
"Why did you attack me directly?"
Hearing this voice, Rojane realized he had miscalculated; he didn't expect the opponent to also have such strong close-combat ability.
No, maybe she was in disguise, specifically wearing a robe to pose as a Spellcaster while actually wearing a layer of armor underneath. How insidious!
That Wind Blade just now might have been released using some kind of item. No wonder he saw a Spellcaster daring to wander around such rugged terrain.
Rojane thought resentfully that if he had seen a Spellcaster on an open plain, he would have run immediately; Spellcasters generally couldn't outrun him.
"Just kill me; you'll get a jade stone if you kill me."
"But remember, once I go back, I'll tell everyone else about you pretending to be a Spellcaster. Don't even think about tricking people with this trick again."
"(Expletive)! You liar..."
Rojane wasn't surprised that Furan didn't know this rule. Not everyone would look for information left by predecessors before entering a Spirit Realm trial.
Generally speaking, this kind of information cost money, and it wasn't always available even if you looked for it. Often it couldn't be found, so many people didn't have the habit of checking information.
Rojane knew that if he made up another excuse, he might be able to stall Furan for a while, but he really didn't have the heart for it.
Since they weren't at a official rank, they would just return a few hours after dying anyway. It served no purpose, so why bother stalling?
Furan didn't quite understand why Rojane suddenly called her a liar, but combining it with what he said, she knew that killing him would grant a jade stone.
Hearing Rojane keep calling her a liar, she could only let her hand fall, plunging the short sword directly into Rojane's neck.
Rojane's body suddenly stopped moving, and no blood flowed out.
Furan watched the corpse gradually turn illusory, and then a red jade stone appeared in its place.
Furan picked it up and then flipped through that tattered book, and sure enough, she saw a record.
[The red jade stone has been found.]
"That was so easy!"
Furan scratched her head. She felt that everything that had just happened was very strange. Suddenly the opponent rushed over, and suddenly she had pinned him down... Moreover, she sensed his strength and felt he was even weaker than Mars, the first person she fought. Not only was his physical fitness weak, but his reaction speed was also very slow; he only reacted after he had fallen.
"Well, at least he gifted me some equipment..."
She looked at the short sword in her hand. Everything on that person just now had disappeared along with him, except for this weapon she was still holding.
It had to be said, this weapon was quite good-looking, with an amethyst-like blade, a white translucent body, and some patterns on the handle.
It just didn't have any good enchantments; Furan's own sword already had three runes attached, but this short sword had nothing.
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Rojane woke up with a start in a dedicated Spirit World Tour room. What had just happened made him extremely angry. He slammed his fist against the wall before packing up his things, opening the door, and walking out.
"Hey, Rojane, about just now... are you okay?"
It was Rojane's friend speaking. Seeing Rojane come out, he originally wanted to ask about his situation in the Spirit Realm, but seeing Rojane's expression, he changed the subject.
Rojane took the opportunity to vent some of his inner anger to his friend.
"You know what? I was just participating in a trial at the Jade Corridor. I saw someone wearing a robe and thought it was a Spellcaster, so I rushed straight in."
"Turns out the person was in disguise! They caught me directly and killed me. It makes me so mad! How can someone pretend to be a Spellcaster!?"
Rojane's friend agreed as well:
"Exactly, that really is too much. How can there be such a person!"
He also felt it was fine for everyone to fight fair and square in the Spirit Realm; how could someone use a disguise to trick people into coming over!
"By the way, where's your Purple Blade? Did you not bring it into the Spirit Realm this time?"
Rojane's friend asked curiously. He knew Rojane always liked using that short sword and found it strange not to see it now.
Rojane responded with a pale face. After feeling around his body, he said tremblingly:
"Wait, the Spirit Realm Guide used by that robed person... had a looting attribute... My short sword is gone."
"Ah!?"
Rojane bit his lip and said angrily:
"I'm going to expose that robed person in the newspapers!!!"