Chapter 396: Changing Tactics (2/2)
1843!
1901!
Three consecutive hits later, He Yi let out a groan and died.
The temperature in my eyes dropped instantly. I whispered to Li Chengfeng, “You deal with their fighters. This Phantom Archer is mine!”
“No problem!”
Li Chengfeng used Cyan Dragon Horn again on a random target before zigzagging before the two fighters, successfully stopping them in their tracks. Then, he immediately spun around and used a Dragonbone Flurry, forcing Red Dust to stumble backward. The two fighters were no match for the dragon warrior at all.
I ran after Purple Dawn and fired Thousand Ice Slash!
Boom!
The resulting explosion cut off most of Purple Dawn’s retreat path immediately.
“Fuck…”
Purple Dawn barely managed to escape the attack unscathed, but before he could stand still he realized that a chill was blowing from his right side. It was me about to hit him with Pardon and a basic attack! If I could land both hits, he would be dead for sure!
However, Purple Dawn suddenly split into three in that critical moment. They each took off in different directions as I tried to distinguish who was real and who wasn’t. Triple multitasking? No wonder Candlelight Shadow valued him as much as he did!
“What are you waiting for? Come get me, hahaha…”
All three phantoms turned toward me and fired an Explosive Arrow in unison! The phantom’s attack wouldn’t deal any damage of course, but it wasn’t easy to differentiate which one was real and which wasn’t in such short notice!
For a normal player, anyway. The corner of my lips turned up slightly. “You really think you can fool me this easily?”
I abruptly took off toward the sidemost “phantom” and thrust my sword through its chest. Desperate Gambit!
6783!
Purple Dawn’s mouth fell open as he slowly collapsed to the ground. At the same time, the two phantoms disappeared into nothing. I knew I got the right target!
“You… How did you…?”
I knocked Purple Dawn down and sneered before he could finish his question. “And why the fuck would I tell you anything?”
It was actually quite simple. All I did was analyze the movements of the phantoms and attack the one with the highest APM.
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After that, I turned away from Purple Dawn and ran toward Red Dust. Realizing that I was attacking him, the magic knight instantly shook off Li Chengfeng’s attack, raised his shield and lowered his spear. The spearhead was gleaming slightly with concealed killing intent!
I let out a chuckle and turned my waist the moment I got close to him. Spinning like a whirlwind, I swung my sword three times in a row. The first strike knocked away his shield to the side, and the second and third strike left gruesome wounds across his chest. I even snuck in an Ice Ray in between the first and third strike. I overcame the magic knight’s staunch defense with overwhelming speed!
Thump!
One basic attack from me deleted over 3000 HP from his health bar, so there was no way he could’ve survived the assault. Li Chengfeng and Beiming Xue both had their hands full, so it was up to me to delete the tanky magic knight.
I looked to my side just in time to catch Li Chengfeng hitting Fighting On All Fronts with a Reverse Scale Slash. Just like that, the party leader of Candle Dragon’s second seed dropped dead in horrific fashion!
The score was 1-0. The first round was ours, but it wasn’t an easy battle for sure.
……
Swhoosh!
After we were teleported outside the ring, He Yi complained, “Their Attack is so high…”
Li Chengfeng agreed. “Yeah, but you did really well, guild leader. If you haven’t attracted over 70% of their firepower, there was no way we could’ve won that first round that easily.”
I sucked in a deep breath. “They wouldn’t make the same mistake and focus He Yi again during the second round, so we need to change our tactics!”
He Yi asked, “What should we do?”
“I single-handedly killed three of their players just now, so I’m sure they’ll try to kill me first during the second round. This time, Li Chengfeng and I will be the meat shields. I’ll Charge the enemy first, and Li Chengfeng second. While we are stalling them, Eve should find an opportunity to one-shot their assassin with the Green Wave Slash. The rest of the battle will be much easier once their assassins are out of commission.”
“Okay!”
One minute of waiting later, we were teleported back to the ring. On the other side of the barrier, the second seed of Candle Dragon had dropped their arrogant facade completely in exchange for a grim and determined expression. They clearly understood that they were probably going to lose.
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3!
2!
1!
Battle start!
I locked onto Red Dust and activated Charge!
Swhoosh!
I moved so fast that lightning afterimages trailed behind me. Fighting On All Fronts dodged out of the way in panic, but the magic knight behind him, Red Dust wasn’t that fortunate. “Fuck, I’m the target?”
Bzz!