Chapter 889: Advertising (2/2)
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The battle was over in three hits, and there was no one who wasn’t stunned by Beiming Xue’s attack power. Butterfly Dance’s mouth fell open as she muttered, ”OMG, can you really still call her an archer? Even the best warrior in the world would deal as much damage as her, right?”
A muscle twitched in Remains’ face. ”I’m one hundred percent sure her equipment set gives her armor penetration, not to mention that she used Bone Eroding Arrow to lower her opponent’s Defense by another 50%. At any rate, PvP with Beiming Xue is a slaughter, not a fight…”
Lian Xin pumped her tiny fists and cheered, ”Go go Beiming Xue! Kill them all!”
I felt the corner of my mouth twitching a little myself. If Beiming Xue was the queen of archers, then Lian Xin was the queen of mages in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. Now that I thought about it, I almost couldn’t believe we sent these two to fight the 2v2 battle later. Their barbaric power was sure to inflict severe trauma on all our enemies...
It also made me recall some of the 5v5 battles I fought in the past. In an ideal world, if I could make a team with Lin Yixin, Beiming Xue, Lian Xin, Luo River God of the Capital and Stranger of Three Lifetimes, it would surely be the most destructive team the world had ever seen. They would be called Madam Kill-all wherever they went, and the bodies they left behind could only be counted by the mountains!
Unfortunately, almost every one of these girls belonged to a guild of their own, and the chances of them ever forming a 5-man party and participating in a 5v5 battle were incredibly low, and thank god for that. I didn’t think there was any man or woman in the world who wouldn’t piss themselves if they had to fight them...
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The rest of the matches went more or less as we expected them to. Heart Like Water KO’d the enemy warrior in the third match.
The fourth match was a surprise as Dark Fragrance’s opponent, a powerful mage called Drunken Soul, also knew Ice Blast just like Light Streak Night Rain. He froze Dark Fragrance immediately after the fight began and mowed her down with ice and fire magic. Dark Fragrance only managed to Charge him once throughout the fight, and even that was countered with a Blink from the enemy. In the end, it was a 0:2, and our flawless streak was broken.
I consoled her. ”Dark, victory and defeat is commonplace in battles, so don’t overthink it, okay? Beiming Xue and Lian Xin will be fighting the 2v2, so this is still our win one hundred percent.”
Dark Fragrance nodded. ”Yeah, I know!”
Beiming Xue and Lian Xin appeared in the battle arena, but a beep surprised all of us. System Notice: Good day, players. Please be informed that your match is currently being broadcasted live by CATV gaming channel!
Oh man. There are countless matches going on right now, and somehow they managed to pick us? How lucky!
On the battle arena, Lian Xin said, ”Beiming, this fight is broadcasted live, so we’re going to give it all we got, okay?”
Beiming Xue was red with excitement. ”Do you think we should drag out the fight a little so the broadcast wouldn’t move away too soon, Sister Lian Xin?”
Lian Xin looked confused. ”But why would you want to do that?”
”We can use this time to advertise our roster and our guild!”
”Fine, fine, I’ll do it…”
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The enemy team sent Light Streak Night Rain and Drunken Soul, but they seemed to be aware that their chances of winning were low. They targeted Beiming Xue immediately after the battle began probably because they knew that they couldn’t breach Lian Xin’s Telekinetic Shield by force. The Phantasm of Stars’ Magic Attack was way higher than theirs, and Beiming Xue could’ve destroyed them dozens of times with Spiraling Arrow Blades during this time.
And so, the battle of man-shaped artilleries began as both sides went all out against one another. Beiming Xue used Leap to get away from a Galaxy Storm and fired back with Spiraling Arrow Blades and Evil Spirit Volleys. Evil Spirit Volley was very difficult to control, but she was always able to aim it on a Magic Shield. Beiming Xue’s hit rate and bow fl.i.c.k.i.n.g technique were improving every day, and she was just one step away from becoming a true master of arrows. One of the biggest advantages she had over most people was that she naturally wanted to improve her craft, and combined with her level of intelligence the results were almost o.b.s.c.e.n.e.
Lian Xin also coordinated with Beiming Xue and controlled the battlefield with Dimensional Storms and Ice Spiral Matrixes. It was a completely one-sided battle.
When Light Streak Night Rain and Drunken Soul were killed, Lian Xin dropped twelve Origin Force Fields in one go and set the floor on fire with Fire Wall to create the word ”ASDS”, or the short form of our guild’s name. It was the only thing Lian Xin could think of writing because Lenovo was too long, and the Chinese characters for Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls also took too much effort to write.
In the end, the duo easily scored two points and ended our second round with a 4:1 score.
After Lian Xin came back, she said with a smile, ”Boss, I’ve thought of a better way to advertise our brand…”
”Tell me,” He Yi said.
Lian Xin started, ”I’ll write up a recruitment notice, something like ‘Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is recruiting mages over Level 175 and 5000 Magic Attack. We offer a monthly territory salary, and we offer to cover food expenses and accommodations for those willing to move to Zhejiang’. Then, I’ll stick it to big brother Lu Chen’s cape so everyone can see it at all times. What do you think?”
I replied expressionlessly, ”I would rather die than fight with that thing on me…”
Everyone burst into laughter at my reaction.
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The preliminaries continued smoothly for us, and we slaughtered almost every opponent we encountered during the first ten rounds. There was no one I would call a challenge, or more accurately, anyone who could’ve posed a challenge to us was reduced to weaklings before our five-man seventh-promotion main roster.
”Sigh…”
He Yi tilted her head at me and asked, ”Why are you sighing?”
I bent my head 45 degrees toward the sky and lamented, ”I wanted to encounter Candlelight Shadow before the first 15 rounds so they can enjoy the bitter taste of failing to make it to the Top 64…”
He Yi giggled. ”Now that you mention it, me too…”
Aghast at our wish, poor Butterfly Dance complained, ”Can you guys at least try to consider my feelings? I’m a member of Candle Dragon’s main guild, dammit…”