Infinite Trial from the Giant

The player, who was wrapped in armor, was holding a long sword and a round shield. It was obvious that he was a tank or a forward. Facing two black beetles, the closed beta player accurately blocked the horn attack of one of them with a round shield, and then took advantage of the black beetle's stiffness to quickly attack with a sword, and then without greed, he directly withdrew his offensive, and blocked the horn attack of another black beetle with a round shield, and then took advantage of the black beetle's stiffness to launch a counterattack, and repeated this. Although this looks like a turn-based battle, in the current situation where there is real death, this way of fighting is definitely the safest one, not to mention that it is not easy to do this, and it requires players to be very familiar with the black beetle's attack method to be able to do it.

Relying on the experience gained during the closed beta test, I pulled two at once to be efficient...

But... can we really believe that things in the closed beta period will not change when the server is officially launched?

As if in response to Xia Tian's thoughts, the originally stable battle situation ahead suddenly changed.

A black beetle that was repelled again did not shake its head to fight back this time. Instead, the elytra on its back flapped violently, and its entire body suddenly leaped up from its original position and crashed directly into the beta tester.

The sudden and unusual attack method directly disrupted the closed beta player's formation. For a moment, he only had time to subconsciously block the round shield in front of him, and then he was knocked backwards by the black beetle's full body impact. Even the sword and round shield in his hand were knocked out of his hand by this blow, and he had no time to buffer. Seeing that his companion's attack was effective, another black beetle also waved the big horns on its head and rushed towards him directly.

'clang'

Just as the thought 'Am I going to die?' popped up in the player's mind, Xia Tian's figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and a prepared plundering slash collided with the black beetle's horn. It was not known whether it was because the black beetle originally had little blood left, or because Xia Tian grasped the timing and attack position well, but this slash actually cut off the black beetle's horn directly.

Xia Tian, ​​who had been watching the battle for half a day, had basically mastered the black beetle's attack methods. For Xia Tian, ​​the only thing he needed to pay attention to was the collision just now and whether there were other methods of attack.

"Pick up your weapons if you have nothing to do."

After saying that, Xia Tian once again blocked the attack of another black beetle.

The closed beta player originally thought that he was going to die, and never expected that another player would appear to rescue him at this time. He was in a daze and suddenly came to his senses after hearing Xia Tian's voice. He picked up his weapon and round shield in a hurry, took a deep breath, and stepped forward again to meet a black beetle.

Two against two, the battle ended within a minute. As the two black beetles turned into pieces and broke apart, the closed beta player breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground as if he was exhausted.

"Thank you... If it weren't for you, I would have died here today." Looking at Xia Tian, ​​he thanked her gratefully, and then continued with some lingering fear: "I didn't expect that the attack method of this black beetle would change. Fortunately, this didn't happen when I dealt with other monsters before. With today's lesson, we should pay attention to each other in the future."

"You are a closed beta player, right?"

"Ah... um... um?"

He responded subconsciously at first, then became confused.

In the opinion of this closed beta player, the only ones who can appear here at this time period are closed beta players.

After all, if it is a newcomer who has just entered the game, it will take at least a considerable amount of time just to familiarize himself with the various settings of the game and the use of sword skills, not to mention what Kayaba Akihiko said, so how could a newcomer be able to come here in this period of time.

From the very beginning, he treated Xia Tian as a closed beta player like himself, so he said, "We have to be careful with each other in the future." What he meant was that he wanted to pay attention to whether other monsters that he had fought in the closed beta would change in the same way.

However, after responding to Xia Tian's question, he quickly reacted.

Since the nature of the game has changed, most of the experienced closed beta players like them have abandoned the novice players in the starting town in order to improve their strength as quickly as possible and ensure their survival rate. They chose to leave the starting town first to take priority over the initial resources of the game. The closed beta players are also very clear that this approach will definitely cause dissatisfaction and anger among the novice players, and it is very likely to provoke revenge from some people, so they all intend to hide the fact that they are closed beta players.

So originally, when two closed beta players meet, they usually won't ask each other whether they are closed beta players. After all, even if they ask, the answer they get will basically be a denial.

"You...you can't be..." The voice that came out of the helmet again was filled with incredible surprise and astonishment.

"Just as you thought, I'm indeed not a closed beta player, but a novice player." Xia Tian certainly knew what the other party was thinking, and he didn't intend to hide the fact that he was a novice player. Rather, the reason why he asked such a direct question was to tell the other party in disguise that he was a novice player.

How can it be?

Looking at his attacking movements just now, they don't seem like the movements of a newcomer at all. Besides, how could a newcomer appear here at this time? If no one teaches them, even if they step out of the starting town, they will be stuck in the first two villages for the time being.

"I'm just looking for a closed beta player. After all, it's too disadvantageous to explore alone without knowing anything. If you don't mind, why don't we team up?" Xia Tian smiled as he stared at the other person. "My strength should be acceptable. Even if there's one more person, the experience and money won't be too little. Besides, if I'm with you, your identity as a closed beta player won't be so easily exposed, right?"

Since I can't find Kirito, I can only find a random closed beta player to use first. It's better than running around like a headless fly.

After hearing Xia Tian's words, the closed beta player fell silent, as if he was thinking and considering Xia Tian's words.

After a while, a team formation prompt box popped up in front of Xia Tian.