Chapter 28 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

UltimateTruth witnessed the exchange of attacks. The Boss had yet landed a single hit on Li Yao whereas Li Yao had already caused the Boss to lose more than a thousand Health in just one round of attacks. One fifth of the Boss’s Health was lost, causing the journalists to cry out in surprise.

“This, this is sick! Is he even human?”

“Could this be StarFire?” ShadowDay squinted at Li Yao’s bow, but he was still uncertain. After all, everything in the game looked similar, even the number of similar equipment was too large. Besides, there were too many players in the game. Forget about the resemblance of the looks, even the same equipment and set of skills could not conclude that they were the same person.

“That’s right, that’s definitely right. This person must be StarFire! Other than the great StarFire God, nobody is able to use this kind of attacking tactics. No one would be able to solo a boss and no one would have such high attack damage.”

ShadowDay shook his head. “It’s hard to say, there are too many players in this game. There must be god-like players that have yet emerged out of the crowd. Although their bows do look alike, but it does not affirm that he is StarFire. Based on the information I have, Starfire does not have such powerful Arrow Towers. Moreover, did you notice the dragon on his arms? That must be some sort of skill. This person has so many tricks up his sleeves!”

“Maybe the Great StarFire God has gotten much stronger.” UltimateTruth stood firm by his own opinion.

“Maybe. StarFire or not, this material is valuable enough.” ShadowDay said. “Record this footage properly. I’m 100% sure you will become an official reporter with this.”

“Yes, I will. Today is such an eye-opener. Even if he’s not StarFire, then we’ve found another great god player. But aren’t Hunters weak, why is it always the Hunters that solo Bosses?”

ShadowDay sighed again, “Who told you Hunters are weak? Now, most players have yet mastered the ways to play as Hunters. When you look at StarFire and this expert, do you still think Hunters are weak? Stop with the nonsensical assumptions.”

Li Yao did not care what the two journalists thought. His only affliction now was that he could no longer use his StarFire identity to take down this first kill.

He did not want to mix up StarFire and Liao Yuan. StarFire was meant to be a purely traditional Hunter, winning all kinds of honors with his impressive skills.

On the other hand, Liao Yuan was a Mech-Hunter with a formidable style. He was designed to be a Mech-Hunter that was undefeatable. In this way, no one would suspect both of them with different personas as the same person.

He could not do that now. The journalists had recorded his Arrow Towers, he could not change to his StarFire identity.

Now, his damage output was too overpowered. It was way stronger than an average Hunter’s attacks. His damage output was equal to a small team’s output. But the Boss before him had the Health of one when faced with a single player.

After one round of attacks, the Boss’s Health was reduced by one-fifth, which was insane.

By the time the puppet had reached Li Yao’s side, it had suffered three waves of Arrow Towers’ attacks and two Charged attacks.

His Health had plummeted again, it was five hundred Health now. His Health dropped from 5,000 to around 3000.

Li Yao did several Shadow Flips to get away from the Boss. The puppet let out a piercing sound.

“Little bugger, you’ve pissed me off! Feel the wrath of Lord Mok’rash!”

Flames shot out beneath the Mech-Puppet’s feet. The puppet was suspended in the air, his head crashed onto the top of the mine and he landed heavily on the ground.

Rumble…

Following the aggressive rumble, Li Yao felt a violent vibration. Damage figures of -5 -6 -8 -6 began appearing above his head.

At the same time, irregular stones fell from the top of the arena. Li Yao gave up attacking and concentrated on evading the stones. The shockwaves made his Health dropped constantly, if he was hit by a stone he may die instantly. Even if he would not die in an instant, the stones may paralyze his body and the puppet would tear him into pieces.

Li Yao drank a bottle of Beginner’s Health Potion to replenish his lost Health, his Health was stabilized. This was the first time Li Yao had lost Health since he entered the game.

Ka-chak…

The puppet stood up and dashed toward Li Yao again.

An Arrow Tower was in the middle blocking his way. The puppet swung his electrical saw arm and the tower was shredded like a fragile tofu.

The puppet stopped in his tracks and swung his arms again, a flywheel was released and the other Arrow Tower was sliced into half, losing its function.

“Damn it!”

This is the case when dealing with superior Bosses. The more intelligent the Boss was, the harder it was to deal with.

The rock shower lasted for ten seconds. Li Yao may have evaded the attack, but he lost two of his Arrow Towers. The towers were still in cooldown, it would take him a few more seconds to place another tower.

Li Yao dared not draw the Boss to the other side as he feared he would destroy his Ballista. Without the Ballista’s steel arrow to jam the puppet’s sledgehammer arm, it would be impossible for Li Yao to solo the Boss.

If the Lightning Berserk skill were to paralyze Li Yao, the Boss would be able to kill Li Yao with ease.

Li Yao constantly rolled and tumbled around the arena while attacking the Boss. As time went by, Li Yao would be able to place more towers once the Arrow Tower’s cooldown was over.

The two journalists that were filming the battle were stunned while watching Li Yao dodge the Boss’s attacks in a dangerous and thrilling way. No words could describe the shock they were feeling.

Even ShadowDay, the older journalist, who had experienced many gameplays held his breath while spectating the fight. He was afraid any sound he made would disturb Li Yao.

‘This is an art! The Arrow Towers are powerful and his dodging skills are superb. Someone described StarFire’s moves as dancing on the tip of a blade, and I have to say, this is the real dancing on the tip of the blade. This isn’t like previous older games and this is in Free Mode! Where did this person come from? Let’s say that he joins a combat team, he will be the first to create a legend of the undefeatable squad.’

ShadowDay dared not make a sound, but millions of thoughts were stirred in his mind.

When Li Yao placed a second Arrow Tower, his sharp eyes noticed that the steel arrow that was jammed in between the puppet’s joint had broken off. The remaining piece was turned into debris and had fallen off.

“Two minutes and fifteen seconds, it can only jam for around two minutes and fifteen seconds.”

Li Yao did not rest with that conclusion he drew. He used a few continuous Shadow Flips to quickly reach the Ballista.

Clink, clank…

With the puppet’s vigorous flailing of his arms, his joints were completely snapped free. The electric sledgehammer began to charge, a sign that the Boss was about to unleash his skill.

“That’s bad, the lightning is locked onto him! He will not be able to use the Ballista in time!”

ShadowDay let out a shriek. Although he was old and had seen extraordinary things, he could see that Li Yao was now facing a life or death situation.