Chapter 45 (1/2)

KB saw ShadowDancer take AdorkableTong’s position. After Tong had replenished her mana, she replaced Summer, who was also low on Mana.

“This tactic, is so, so ridiculous!” KB exploded after his patience had been tested for half a day. Now that the Boss had lost a fifth of its Health and Li Yao’s squad was working well together, there was not a single mistake made.

Tina covered her mouth and laughed, “But this strategy is really effective. If they don’t make any mistakes, I’m afraid they will take the Boss down, and those big guilds and clubs will be super envious, jealous and would hate them for it.”

“If they really succeed, they will definitely be envied. After all, they’re getting Rare Blue equipment. Let’s say after they’ve finished off the Boss, their achievement won’t be displayed on the worldwide announcement, but the loot will be the same as a wild Boss’s loot. The grade of the loot will reduce after each successful completion, and the loot will make our jaws drop for sure. In case a Purple equipment is dropped, tsk tsk, it will be a Level 10 Purple equipment!” KB was envious even though he said it himself. Although he was also a master, he only had one Blue weapon, and it was just a Level 2 Blue weapon.

“ShadowDancer is also very powerful. Even though he is a Bandit, his accuracy with the Hand Crossbow isn’t bad at all.” Tina looked at ShadowDancer attacking the Boss steadily. “The squad members that Liao Yuan has found are all very good!”

“Indeed, this Bandit’s accuracy with the crossbow is really good, too bad he isn’t a Hunter.” KB also agreed. Although ShadowDancer could not shoot every arrow on the Arcane Guardian’s head just like Li Yao, but his shots never missed. As for his damage, it was only -1. After all, he was a Bandit. The damage of the Hand Crossbow was low, but it was better than nothing.

“So you’re going to get hit in the face by Liao Yuan again.” Tina pointed to the message. “That’s what the audience said.”

“That’s not necessarily true. Don’t forget, Summer has gone down to replenish her Mana, no one is going to help Liao Yuan block the Boss’s attack anymore.”

After KB’s reminder, it occurred to everyone that every time the Boss went down the platform through the corridor, it would unleash an Arcane projectile.

“Oh no, this is going to be a disaster, Liao Yuan didn’t even think about that.” Tina and the audience all felt that it was a pity.

It really was a one in a hundred, the method was successful, but the Boss’s level was too much for them. Besides, its Health was too high and their Mana could not keep up with it.

Shhh…

In the screen, the Boss raised its left arm and it began to shine with blue light.

The crowd turned and look at Li Yao, but his facial expression had not changed at all.

The Arcane projectile travelled extremely fast. Some of the spectators sighed, it was going to end now.

However, not everyone had the same thought. Just as the projectile had almost reached Li Yao, an Arrow Tower appeared just in time to block the Arcane Explosion.

The Arrow Tower was blown into smithereens by the Arcane Explosion. The first reaction in their minds was ‘F*ck!’.

“F*ck! How is he still able to use Arrow Tower?” KB was filled with disbelief.

Then, Li Yao continued to attack steadily, as if what he did was not something out of the ordinary.

“He is able to use Arrow Tower to block the Boss’s skill, why didn’t he use it earlier, why did he need Summer to summon the Skeleton?” Tina wondered out loud.

KB took a deep breath and sat down. “That is because the Arrow Tower is also his main attack output, haven’t you notice that each of his Arrow Towers do almost the same damage as Tong and Summer’s attacks? Besides, the Arrow Tower attacks once every second.”

“In that case, Liao Yuan’s attack damage alone is able to match with a small team’s damage?” Tina finally realized this fact.

“Yes, and it’s scary. But I’ve read a lot of information and I couldn’t find any details about this skill, and I haven’t seen any other Hunters use Arrow Towers.” KB sighed. “It’s a good thing the Arrow Tower is similar to the Shaman’s totem. It has low Health and has to be placed in a good position to attack. If faced with an intelligent Boss on a normal terrain, the Arrow Tower will not be as powerful. Just like the battle in the mine, the Boss would always find a way to destroy the Arrow Tower.”

Tina saw the pile of messages flooding in. “Please KB, answer some of the viewers’ doubts. Some of them said that they have obviously just seen three Arrow Towers attacking the Boss, how did Liao Yuan summon another one in just the blink of an eye?”

It took KB a short while to understand, he explained, “There’s only one possibility, which is that the Arrow Tower is different from the Shaman’s totem, it has a given amount of time before it would disappear. Before the Boss unleashed its skill, one of the Arrow Towers disappeared after its given time was up, so he can naturally unleash another one.”

Tina was dazed. “So that’s how it is. Not only is Liao Yuan excellent in planning strategies, he’s also a very lucky person. The sky really is his only limit!”

KB shook his head. “This isn’t luck, he has calculated this ahead of time.”

“That’s impossible, no?” Tina was surprised.

“Did you see what he did earlier? Before the Boss unleashed its skill, he was still steadily attacking, and after the skill was unleashed, he unleashed his Arrow Tower with ease to block the skill. Then, he proceeded to attack calmly without even flinching. Think about it from another point of view, if you were in his shoes, even if you were steady, would you be this calm?”

Tina could not argue. “Even something as detailed as the Arrow Tower’s CD was calculated, and the timing was so good. If everything were calculated in advance, that’ll be so scary, is he even human?”

“His instincts are really impressive. If he had the chance to join combat teams, he might be able to advance even further. But unfortunately, he’s a Hunter.”

KB felt a sense of pity for Li Yao. Now, guilds and clubs had basically made the same decision, which is during contests, Hunters were only made substitutes for a short while and were not able to get on the battlefield. Each combat team and club had their own internal trainings. During PKs, the Hunters’ winning rate was simply abysmal.

That was why even if Liao Yuan was invited to one of the teams, he could probably only sit on the cold bench and play as a substitute.

On the other hand, the audience and livestream spectators exploded with cheers. During the livestream, golden light flashed and the animation of ingot pieces made the screen glitter.

“Boss, that’s beautiful!” ShadowDancer witnessed Li Yao blocking the skill by himself.

“It’s nothing much, don’t get distracted. Continue with your attacks.” Li Yao added, “Summer, have you replenished your Mana?”

“Almost there.” Summer replied.

“That’s good, ShadowDancer get ready, go down after you have reached the first platform.” Li Yao commanded in an orderly manner.

“Roger that!” ShadowDancer replied sharply.

Although their attacks were slow, the Boss’s Health was slowly dropping in a steady manner.