Chapter 102: Encounter (1/2)
My heart skipped a beat when I heard the noises. Fuck! Someone just had to climb up the third floor right before we began the boss battle!
Swhoosh!
Lin Yixin was an intelligent girl, so she knew that we couldn’t possibly defeat the boss before the newcomers made it to us. She swiftly returned to my side and stared at the entrance to the third floor.
I grabbed Lin Yixin’s arm and pulled her into a recess at the edge of the corridor. We could still see outside, but not the other way around.
“Wouldn’t they be able to spot us?” Lin Yixin asked while looking up at me.
“Impossible!” I shook my head without hesitation. “I checked this area carefully when we cleared out the mobs just now. There’s no way they can see us unless they get within 5 yards, and our levels are so high there are only a few players that would have us appear on their map!”
“Okay!”
Lin Yixin relaxed and crouched slightly. She put her hands on her knees, raised her bum a little and put all her concentration on the newcomers’ movements.
Lin Yixin was watching the scenery outside, but to me, she was the scenery.
……
A group of people entered the main hall after a series of rustling noises.
“It’s them!?”
Lin Yixin and I exchanged a glance with each other. The newcomers were none other than our old enemies, the Domination Clan and the so-called second best guild of the China server, Gods of Destruction!
Dominating Heaven Blade wielded a huge, bloody blade and wore a cyan metal armor. The imposing-looking Level 55 warrior observed the floor with a dark frown on his face. “Why are there so few mobs on the third floor? It’s almost as if… someone had cleared out this place before us. There are even corpses on the floor. Fuck! Someone got here before us!”
Dominating Knight God walked up to Dominating Heaven Blade and said in a serious tone, “But that’s impossible, boss. I just caught wind of this location!”
“Hmph!” Dominating Heaven Blade snorted coldly. “Our Gods of Destruction guild is strong, but never forget that there is always someone better than us. Didn’t Broken Halberd Sinks into Sand just camp you lot for a whole night? How many times do I have to tell you not to underestimate your enemies?!”
Dominating Knight God hurriedly agreed with his boss.
Meanwhile, Dominating Archer God leaped nimbly to the center of the hall before saying, “Boss, the lightning strikes in this area are even denser than on the last floor. We need to be careful!”
“You’re right!” Dominating Heaven Blade nodded in agreement. “Keep our formation and watch out for any signs of a lightning strike. Don’t aggro any mobs until we’re sure that there aren’t anyone else on this floor! If we’re going to kill all three bosses in this temple, we cannot allow any player to interfere with our raid!”
“Understood!”
I couldn’t help but groan inwardly. The Domination Clan’s strongest elites were on the hunt this time, and there were 21 of them including Dominating Heaven Blade, Dominating Warrior God, Dominating Knight God, Dominating Mage God, and Dominating Archer God. No matter how strong Lin Yixin and I were, we couldn’t possibly take them down all by ourselves.
I looked down to see what Lin Yixin was doing. She was watching the Domination Clan seriously, biting her lips and thinking about something behind those gleaming eyes of hers. She seemed to be coming up with a cunning plan to defeat our foes.
“What should we do?” I asked.
Lin Yixin answered, “We need to attack them first. We’ll die if they get a jump on us!”
“Alright, how should we do it?”
“You take the lead, and I’ll cover our rear…”
“Why am I always the one who takes the lead?”
“Because you have Earth Escape, duh!”
“Hmph hmph…”
She had me at a disadvantage, but I didn’t object to her plan. “In that case, wait for my signal before you attack, Yiyi!”
“Oh? What are you planning to do?” Lin Yixin smiled at me.
I clenched my fists and said, “I’m going to take out their long-range players first. What do we have to fear from the likes of Dominating Heaven Blade once they lose their support?”
“Hehe. Off you go then. I’m ready anytime!”
“Mn!”
……
In a bloody flash, I drilled into the ground. Since the floor of the Ancient Thunder Temple was completely made of rocks, I felt like I was slapped by a brick the moment my face phased into the ground.
I clung to the edges of the walls because the lightning strikes were less frequent around these areas. Considering how slow I was moving after using Earth Escape, I might not be able to escape a lightning strike even with full warning.
Everything depends on my luck now!
On the ground, the Domination Clan was moving incredibly slow as well. They didn’t dare scatter or move carelessly because there were lightning strikes all over the place. One misstep and they would die in droves.
I checked my pet space and noted that the cooldown on my Dark Wasp was already over. Alright, I can unleash it anytime!
Dominating Mage God, Dominating Archer God, and a couple of priests, mages, bards and tacticians stayed at the back of the formation. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Dominating Archer God was the only archer in the group. I doubted that the mages could put too much pressure on me before I killed them all.
Suddenly, Dominating Heaven Blade sensed something and said, “Warrior God, move to the back and secure our backline!”
“Got it!”
Dominating Warrior God ran all the way to the back of the party. At the same time, Dominating Heaven Blade kicked a warrior to the side while shouting, “Watch out!”