His eyes glinted in amusement when he saw that the golem was trying to make him stumble.
He said with a chuckle, "So you can copy me too. How cute."
The golem was repeating what he had done to eliminate the Shield and Spear golem. This was after it resolved what he used to eliminate the Bowman golem. This showed that not only was it adapting to his tactics to resolve them, but it could also adapt them to use against him.
Unfortunately, the golem lacked his power. It tried to pull him, but it didn't have the strength to do so. His left hand didn't let go of the giant sword while his right hand dug into its armor and through its chest.
He had formed his hand into a spear. His fingers were squeezed together. Then they were squeezed into the golem.
The golem flashed red and froze. He received his reward of one point immediately after.
He clicked his tongue in wonder and said, "This is interesting."
Before moving on, he retrieved the spear and checked the golem's properties.
Model: Sword and Armor Golem
Strength: 9
Speed: 6
Defense: 6
"What a cheat. It put everything in strength."
Then he chuckled and said, "I know the feeling. Carrying heavy armor and a giant sword at the same time is not easy to do. It does need a lot of strength."
After chuckling, he laid eyes on the next golem in the distance to assess what he would face next. What he saw made his eyes narrow.
This golem was naked. It was also holding two black daggers in its hands.
From what he could see, the sixth golem was exactly like the first golem he fought. It was the fast dagger golem.
He said, "If I remember clearly, it has high speed, average strength, and low defense. It should be easy to kill."
He also remembered how he had killed the golem in the first place, so he took out his bow and prepared an arrow for the golem. When he got within 50 meters of the golem, it activated and moved. Then it dashed towards him.
The golem's speed was faster than before. This was the major difference between it and the previous fast dagger golem. This fast dagger golem was still moving in a zigzag manner as it approached him.
The increase in the speed of the golem took him off guard for a shot while, but it didn't render him helpless. He still continued to track the movement of the target diligently.
When the golem had reached its maximum displacement to the right and was about to turn left, Arthur let loose an arrow. The arrow was fast and powerful. The golem was fast, but not fast enough to dodge or even block it.
The arrow didn't target its head. The arrow simply struck it in the torso. It struck its torso with so much force that the golem was lifted up on its feet and thrown back.
By the time the golem fell to the rafter being thrown, it had been dead for over a second. Arthur received two points for this victory.
The notification made him smile. He said, "Finally, something different."
He took out his identity card and decided to check his ranking. He saw his name, number of points, and ranking after swiping out the notification from the surface of the ID card.
Name: Arthur Red Mane
Performance Points: 7
Ranking: 98/5,193,725
What he saw made him curl his lips and feel smug. He said, "Top 100 in less than one minute? I am feeling confident about what I will achieve in one hour."
As long as his position is in the top 50,000 and he can maintain it till the end of the examination, his admission into a sect is almost certain. But his current ranking is much higher than that. It made him proud of himself.
Being in the top 100 also gave him a lot of pressure, as that kind of rank will be more difficult to hold than being somewhere around 20,000. But he is confident in himself, so the effect of the pressure is minimal.
He stepped forward to take back his arrow and check the properties of the golem he just killed.
Model: Fast Dagger Golem (2)
Strength: 7
Speed: 8 >>> 9
Defense: 6
His eyes lit up when he saw the golem's information. He said, "So it is an improved version of the first one. No wonder its speed has increased, and I was rewarded with two points for defeating it."
Then he looked up to assess the next golem in the distance. He wasn't surprised to see a naked golem wielding a large hammer.
He said, "I guess the plan is to fight the same five types of golems but faster and stronger. Also smarter."
"Let's see how far I can go."
He stepped forward to attack the golem. He used his arrow again.
He had three options for where to strike. He could go for the head, torso, or foot to make the golem stumble. The golem knew this, but it only had one hammer and could only protect one of these places.
Even though the golem was stronger and smarter than its previous version, it still fell with one strike too. Just one arrow to its torso took it out.
He sneered and said, "In the face of absolute power, all tricks are useless."
He checked the golem's information and moved on. From what he saw, the golems were indeed becoming stronger. Unfortunately, they hadn't become strong enough to be a threat to him.
He defeated the next round of golems and earned 10 performance points for it. Then he moved on to the third round and killed them too.
The golems of the third round gave him three points for their defeat. So he earned 15 points for his victory.
He wasn't the fastest in killing the golems. There were about 90 people faster than him in doing so. But he was the most steady one.