Chapter 54 (1/2)

Kick!

This was the main skill interruption for Bandits, and it was fairly easy to use it. It was one of the cheapest skills that did not cost much, but it was incredibly useful once Bandit players had learned it.

AdorkableTong did not deal with the Bandit bounded by the Fire Totem in order to prevent the second Bandit from reaching the third platform. Although the Bandit was slowed down, Tong and the Bandit were quite close in distance, and the Bandit landed a kick on her chest before she could unleash her second magical skill.

Tong’s skill was interrupted and she tumbled over from the force of the kick.

Bone Spear!

Qin Fengyi’s Bone Spear shot at the Bandit, but the Bandit was obviously very skilled.

Shadow Step!

The bone spear only whizzed through his shadow, not causing any damage to him.

His figure disappeared in a split second before appearing behind Fengyi’s back.

If the Bandit managed to land a few hits on Fengyi, she would not be able to withstand the attacks since her class had weak defense.

The Bandit was lucky, but his luck ended here. Just as his dagger was a few centimetres away from the back of Fengyi’s head…

Another dagger glowing in green had already pierced the back of his head.

Sneak Attack!

ShadowDancer appeared behind the Bandit and used Sneak Attack, the Bandit was stunned for at least three seconds.

Backstab!

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ShadowDancer’s dagger left a shadow cast as he quickly and violently pierced his dagger into the Bandit’s back, huge amounts of blood pooled out from the gashes.

Throat Slice!

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What followed next was a steady barrage of attacks at the Bandit’s vital points. Fengyi came back to her senses and used Poison Nova.

A round, circular green magical bomb exploded from the center of her body. With ShadowDancer’s poisonous and bleeding effects from his attacks, damage figures popped up from the Bandit’s head.

-2 -5 -6 -3 -5 -6 -4 -8 -5…

Fengyi took two steps forward to get out of the way, and ShadowDancer’s figure was already in front of the Bandit.

Vicious Strike!

The Bandit was just about to regain his consciousness and was struck unconscious again. Although the knockout effect of a Vicious Strike was not as good as Sneak Attack, it was already enough to decide his fate.

A Lighting Arrow and Bone Spear pierced into the Bandit’s body. The Bandit fell onto the ground, his soul disappeared with a white light.

“Big Brother, be careful! One of the Bandits has reached your side!” Tong warned worriedly.

Now that the rope bridge was broken, it was impossible for them to help out.

“I know, you guys pull up the ropes of the upper and lower passageways and cut off the rope bridges that link the first and second platform. If they want to take advantage of me, I’ll let them not find their corpses after they resurrect.” Li Yao said steadily as he carefully dealt with the Boss.

“Roger that.” Tong replied angrily. “That b*stard that fell down is lucky!”

ShadowDancer’s face was full of savageness. “I won’t let him get away that easily, I’ll guard his corpse.”

It was not easy to look after a Bandit’s corpse, but ShadowDancer was downright confident.

After a player had died, if the player’s soul could not find his body he would have to resurrect at the graveyard. If the player were to resurrect at the graveyard, he would lose one level of Exp points, wasting a day of effort in leveling up.

“Check for me what are the identities of the Bandits you’re fighting with.” Li Yao said, his heart was blazing with fire. Very few guilds would disrupt other players’ stage clearance, thus Li Yao was careless and he did not prepare for it at all.

“What else is there to check, they must be from Getaway Studios!” Flames sparked in Tong’s eyes.

“We have to check first.” Fengyi also suspected that they were from Getaway Studios

Viewers in front of the TV and fans from the live broadcast blew up the live chat, they were furious and scolded these Bandits for being so shameless.

“I checked the IDs of the Bandits, one of them is called KillingWithoutReasoning, and the other is called ImKillingYou.”

“I’ll remember their names. What the hell, this is an official stage clearance, and they actually dare to make a sneak attack, do the administrators not care at all?”

“Report them!”

“Yes, we should report them for sabotaging the match.”

Regardless of how the fans and viewers reacted, Li Yao did not care and paid no attention to them. After all, this map was open-for-all, and they had to complete the entire stage clearance for the first time to legitimatize this map into a stage. Now, they were in a public map and anyone could enter.

For example, members of Getaway Studios were on the opposite side of the map clearing Level 5 stages, and there were still many players down the corridor to protect their squads from being disturbed by invaders.

After the side stage was cleared, a stage door would appear on the map a day later. At that time, squads could only enter the mirrored maps. Hence, the first stage clearance was full of uncertainties, and there would usually be people guarding around the map.

When Li Yao noticed that the palace was spotless without dust, he frowned slightly. It was not easy to detect the presence of Bandits in this kind of terrain, and he also had to deal with a Boss that was seven levels higher than himself.

This Bandit’s was surprisingly patient, as if he had no intention of making a single move at all. This was the smartest way to wait for the best timing to attack, but on the other hand it was pressuring Li Yao. Bandits were the most unscrupulous and feared when they were in Stealth.

“Five seconds until the Boss’s Swing Kill.”