Chapter 565 (1/2)

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Spiraling Arrow Blade!

Devil Piercing Arrow!

October Rain didn't even need a second Mountain Stagger Arrow. The combo easily deleted Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun's last bit of mount tenacity. Right now the archer was a cannoneer, and the wanderer simply wasn't equipped against this level of firepower.

Heavy-armored cla.s.ses didn't have an advantage over the archer cla.s.s. It was because an archer could kite and kill most average fighters with ease if they simply used their skills—Freezing Arrow, Devil Piercing Arrow, Spiraling Arrow Blade and so on—properly. This was only truer for a CGL Hall of Famer like October Rain.

Thud!

Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun fell to the ground as his mount disappeared. The wanderer shouted angrily as he charged toward his antagonizer, ”I could kill you even without a mount!”

He fired a long-range Rock Smash and sent a ton of rocks flying toward October Rain. The attack actually caught her by surprise and forced her to Guard, and even then she still took 13781 damage!

October Rain only had slightly over 17k HP, so the strike set off some of the alarm bells inside her head. She understood that the earth wanderer before her was a tiger, and the price of toying with a tiger was severe.

Her expression hardened as she moved away from Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun and loosed a Freezing Arrow at him at the same time. Then, she started using Spiraling Arrow Blades to control her enemy. The skill was an AoE skill, but its range wasn't particularly high. Therefore, October Rain had to predict her enemy's movements to land the skill accurately. It was a tall order to request from many archers, but October Rain had clearly mastered this technique.

Four Spiraling Arrow Blades landed close to the earth wanderer in succession and dealt over 5000 damage per hit. Although he could recover himself with health potions and skills, October Rain's kiting still gave him a lot of trouble. Even his Charge skill failed to land as the archer leaped away to safety. There was nothing he could do at all.

In fact, archer had incredible 1v1 fighting power. If Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun could gang up on October Rain with another warrior where one person doggedly chased after her, and the other person blocked her way and attacked her, then the battle situation would be completely different. At the very least, October Rain wouldn't be able to play her enemies like a fiddle. This was a 1v1 though, and the archer had plenty of room to kite and maneuver. It was the final nail in the coffin of Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun.

Thud...

The earth wanderer slowly dropped to his knees after his last sliver of health was gone.

The scoreboard turned into a glaring 3-0. Everyone was a.s.saulted by an intense wave of displeasure in that moment.

……

Both players walked out of their respective battle rooms, and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun returned to us with an ugly expression on his face. He looked incredibly regretful as he murmured, ”f.u.c.k, I lost…”

I pursed my lips and glanced at Gui Guzi and High Fighting Spirits. All three of them were looking at me with regretful expressions. Finally, I looked at Agi and muttered myself, ”How did it turn out like this…”

Agi asked with a deep frown, ”Can we still win this, Lu Chen?”

”It's a tiny chance, but it's definitely not zero. Don't blame yourself, okay? This is nothing compared to the time I was wrecked by Candlelight Shadow. Agi, you shouldn't let this match affect you as well. Remember that your team is made of growing players, and your opponents are established CGL Hall of Famers. Heck, everyone here was an unknown player half a year ago. Give them time, and they'll show you what they're really capable of!”

Agi broke into a smile and nodded. ”Understood. Win or lose, I promise I'll communicate with the sponsor and explain everything, so there's no need to feel pressured, everyone. You may lose, but that doesn't change the fact that you are the pride of our e-sports club. Plus, don't forget that we're down one member. Things could've gone different if the dragon warrior was here.”

I smiled. ”Exactly. If you do your best, win or lose you won't be left with any regrets.”

I put a hand on Beiming Xue's shoulder and said, ”Beiming, the next match is between you and Laughing At The Heavens, and October Rain just showed you exactly how to beat a rider. You know what to do, don't you?”

Beiming Xue nodded confidently. ”Don't worry, big bro. If I lose this, feel free to give me corporal punishment!”

I smiled. If there was one person here that I wasn't worried about, it would be my powerful younger sister. I gave her one last pat on the shoulder before saying, ”Go, Beiming. Everyone's watching you!”

”Mn!”

……

Both players entered the arena. It was the Dark archer versus the famous veteran Laughing At The Heavens.

Laughing At The Heavens' Famous General Skill was Hundred Battles, a stratagem that increased attack power by 25% and attack speed by 10%. Beiming Xue's Famous General Skill was Bow G.o.d, a stratagem that increased attack power and attack speed by 50%. As long as Beiming Xue kept Laughing At The Heavens at bay, the advantage was all Beiming Xue's. It would take a miracle for the magic knight to beat the archer.

The fight went as I predicted it would. Beiming Xue kept roaming around the edges of the arena like a beautiful elf and showed off the agility and swiftness of an archer to the max . Moreover, her attack power was so powerful that it took her only five shots to delete Laughing At The Heavens' mount from existence. After that, all she needed to do was control her enemy with Freezing Arrows and Spiraling Arrow Blades. From the start until the end, Laughing At The Heavens never got close enough to touch Beiming Xue, much less. .h.i.t her.

Bang!

There was one final impact, and Beiming Xue killed the magic knight in a most dominant fas.h.i.+on. Laughing At The Heavens looked deeply reluctant as he collapsed to his knees before the girl. His spear was at last pressing against her chest armor, but he no longer had the strength to stab her. Slowly, his weapon clattered to the ground.

It was our victory. We had finally taken back a point and made the score 1-3!

……

Cameras flashed everywhere as Beiming Xue walked out of the battle room with a bright smile. Warsky Alliance looked perfectly calm, however. They were still firmly in the lead after all.