Chapter 519 (1/2)
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Just as I had expected, it was much easier to climb the ranks in the team arena. Beiming Xue and I continued to rack up wins until it had pa.s.sed 11 pm, and we had already reached rank 27 in these short three hours. We were more than content with that. As for the team that held the number one spot right now? It was actually the team made up of Li Chengfeng and High Fighting Spirits. These two berserkers had gone completely berserk and they had slaughtered all of their opponents. They had maintained a 100% win percentage all the way to the top!
Meanwhile in the guild channel—
Xu Yang: ”d.a.m.n, Chengfeng and Fighting Spirits are f.u.c.king fierce. They conquered the top spot in the team arena!”
Li Chengfeng let out a hearty laugh: ”It wasn't that hard. In fact, it's more stable than fighting in the champion arena. We've fought a lot of battles but we haven't lost a single one yet! Honestly, the team arena is way more fun than the champion arena. The latter is way too brutal, there's always an expert like Candlelight Shadow, Wind Fantasy, vice leader Lu Chen, Farewell Song, or Little Piglet lurking around the corner. You can end up stepping on a mine at any time…”
I laughed before replying: ”Chengfeng, you've put on quite a show today, keep it going! Oh, that's right. Did you and High Fighting Spirits not meet any powerful teams during your reign as the inc.u.mbent number one team?”
Li Chengfeng gave a heavy sigh before he replied: ”We did! The strongest team we faced was Lin Bing Dou Zhe and Farewell Song! Those two guys are frigging beasts! Fighting Spirits died just fifteen seconds after combat had started. The good thing was that I had also taken care of Farewell Song during that time. After that, I just barely beat Lin Bing Dou Zhe. s.h.i.+t, Lin Bing Dou Zhe's Famous General Skill is way too powerful and his own skills are at the very least first-rate. He was really hard to kill. If we meet their team again, I honestly can't say that we will win. It will all depend on our condition.”
I continued: ”Was there anyone else? Did you meet any other strong teams?”
Li Chengfeng chuckled: ”Oh, we also met Little Piglet and Shangguan Wan'er, Stranger of Three Lifetimes and Eyes Like Water, and Ling Xueshang and Purple Wind Chime. But we managed to win them all. Even though it wasn't easy to win those battles, both High Fighting Spirits and I have Barrier Break and excellent teamwork, so we would use two Barrier Breaks to one-shot one enemy first before we focused down the other person. This was how we managed to keep our number one rank in the team arena. We still haven't met Candlelight Shadow and G.o.d's Dance though. The moment we meet them, things are gonna get extremely dicey for us.”
I couldn't help but laugh: ”Don't lose heart! Keep on working hard. Of all the arena teams our guild has sent out, I have the most confidence in the two of you! There's also Eve and Sis Mingyue's team! The six of us should be able to beat everyone else under heaven! Even if you meet Candlelight Shadow's team, you still have to give him your best shot. To be honest, this Martial G.o.d really isn't anyone to be afraid of.”
Li Chengfeng replied: ”Yeah, I got it. You guys keep up the good work too!”
”Okay!”
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I turned off the guild channel and continued my conquest of the team arena together with Beiming Xue. We had finally charged our way into the Top 10 by the time the clock struck midnight. We were currently ranked fifth on the leaderboard. On our way to the top, we had beaten quite a few super strong teams. This included Gui Guzi and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun, Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties and One Meter Sunlight, Little Piglet and Shangguan Wan'er, Purple Dawn and Fighting On All Fronts, and Tempest Shadow and Transient Smoke and Clouds.
The battle against Tempest Shadow and Transient Smoke and Clouds was especially gratifying. After I deleted Tempest Shadow with my sublime skill, I didn't turn around and go after Transient Smoke and Clouds. Instead, I chose to watch the duel between the number one archer in China and the Dark Archer Beiming Xue. In the end, Beiming Xue used her superior range and a Spiraling Arrow Blade to gain the advantage. She just barely managed to beat Transient Smoke and Clouds. I grinned in appreciation when I saw that. My beautiful little sister had finally taken a big step into the realm of super experts. She looked like she belonged there even when faced up against a renowned CGL Hall of Famer like Transient Smoke and Clouds.
It was getting, and we weren't in a hurry to grab the top spot in the team arena today either. Beiming Xue had also gotten tired and she said that she wanted to go and wash up, so I decided to call it a night as well.
Since there was still a little bit of time left, as someone who always managed his affairs methodically, I decided to open up the champion arena interface. I immediately started looking for a match and I was soon matched against an opponent. It was an unlucky archer who was currently ranked 77th on the leaderboard. I didn't bother making any flashy moves. I just charged toward the archer and the moment my opponent dodged my charge, I used Thousand Ice Slash to intercept him. Thousand Ice Slash wouldn't be able to completely intercept any player who had reached the Top 100, but my attacks had completely thrown off his attack and movement patterns. And when I finally raised my hand to cast my G.o.d Binding Art, this archer's eyes turned scarlet with rage. He realized that both my attacks had merely been a ploy to set him up for my G.o.d Binding Art.
Once I successfully bound him, I stepped forward and finished him off in two blows. Easy points!
It was late at night and the peak experts of the champion arena had all gone to sleep or grind levels. As a result, I didn't meet any experts as I killed my way through the champion arena. After I grinded the champion arena for more than an hour, I finally climbed to the 4th spot on the leaderboard. When I looked at the Heavenly Ranking, I realized that there wasn't any need to rush to grab the top spot.
Farewell Song
Beiming Xue
Candlelight Shadow
Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand
Legendary Brave
Chaos Moon
Wind Fantasy
Luo River G.o.d of the Capital
Lin Bing Dou Zhe
Little Piglet
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It looked like everyone had the same idea as me, because the top a.s.sa.s.sin in China, Farewell Song, had actually managed to grab first place even though a.s.sa.s.sins had significant disadvantages in this PvP format. Beiming Xue was now in second place and Candlelight Shadow was third. Lin Yixin had probably gone to manage her territory. Her rank kept dropping but she wasn't frantically trying to push it back up again. Clearly, she wasn't in any rush.
Mmm, I finally reached #4 on the leaderboard. That's more like it. However, the people who spent all day fighting in the champion arena had no future, because it was ultimately only a place for you to polish your PvP skills. You didn't earn any items or experience while grinding this part of the game. Furthermore, the only people who could really help me improve my PvP skills were super experts like Candlelight Shadow, Luo River G.o.d of the Capital, and Lin Yixin. If I didn't meet an opponent like them in the arena, I was wasting my time.
Of course, for Gui Guzi, He Yi, High Fighting Spirits, Chaos Moon, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun, and Xu Yang, people who had the absolute advantage in both equipment and active skills, it was very beneficial for them to sharpen their mechanical skills in this champion arena. These were the people who truly benefited from the arena, the players who were right on the cusp of becoming true experts. After all, every expert with sublime mechanical skill had sharpened their skills through countless duels and battles against other players. This was something that was plain for all to see.
I checked the time and realized that it was about to turn in, but I saw that He Yi and Murong Mingyue were still online. I couldn't help but chuckle and open up the team arena leaderboard. To my shock, I saw that He Yi and Murong Mingyue had already climbed to #17. I was pleasantly surprised. These two girls had really given it their best today.
I sent her a message: ”Eve, are you not going to sleep tonight?”