Chapter 407: Struggling Against Dragon God Temple (1/2)
It was the final battle of Group A, and the party members on both sides were displayed on the big screen—
Dragon God Temple:
Painting Of My Country LV-106 Soulfire Warrior
Dispute Pavilion LV-105 Mage
In The Name Of The War God LV-104 Magic Knight
Water Dragon Roar LV-105 Mage
Silent Wind And Rain LV-104 Priest
VS
Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls:
Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand LV-109 Undead Swordsman
From Water LV-106 Magic Knight
Beiming Xue LV-106 Dark Archer
Murong Mingyue LV-106 Priest
Legendary Brave LV-106 Dragon Warrior
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On average, we were one or two levels ahead of our opponents, and our equipment was better than theirs. I had a 4-star Outstanding Spirit-grade weapon and a great suit of armor, He Yi had a Spirit-grade shield, and Li Chengfeng was fully equipped in Outstanding Dark Gold or Purple Gold–grade equipment. He was also more skillful than most people. Just the three of us already outclassed our opponents.
However, we still needed to watch out for Painting Of My Country’s Soulfire passive and Dispute Pavilion’s ice domain magic. It would be ugly to lose a fight where we had the clear advantage.
After Fei’er announced the party formations, both parties entered the battle rooms and put on their gaming helmets. The system then teleported us straight to the competition space. A great battle was about to begin!
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On the other side of the barrier, Dragon God Temple was discussing strategy among themselves. Painting Of My Country was smiling confidently, and Dispute Pavilion was pretty chill as well. Occasionally, In the Name of the War God pointed a finger at us mid-explanation.
”How should we fight this?” He Yi asked.
Li Chengfeng replied, ”Painting Of My Country is too great a threat to us fighters because his Soulfire largely ignores Defense, so he needs to die first. Their two mages also have good teamwork, and they don't stick to a specific attack pattern. It will be bad if we give them the room to focus any of us. In my opinion, we should deal with these three before we take down first before anyone else.”
I nodded and said solemnly, ”Chengfeng will charge first and distract the two mages. While they’re kept busy, I’ll use this chance to kill that Dispute Pavilion and stop him from using this ice domain of his. Our offensive power will go down drastically if he succeeds in casting his spell, and an offensive party like ours can’t fight a battle of attrition.”
”Alright, that’s what we’ll do!”
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The system began the countdown—
3!
2!
1!
The quarterfinal match begins!
A new entry appeared in my combat log the instant I activated Martial God—
Beep!
Holy shit, that was one helluva buff considering that it was no Famous General Skill! It was comparable to that of a high-level Tactician!
Whoosh!
Li Chengfeng rushed them immediately after the countdown hit zero. When he was 40 yards away from the enemy’s formation, he activated Charge and zoomed toward Water Dragon Roar. That wasn’t everything he did, however. When he was about halfway toward his target, he abruptly used Reverse Scale Slash at the nearby Dispute Pavilion and forced the mage to flash to safety. Moreover, the skill caused a thick cloud of dust to appear at the center of the ring, obscuring the enemy’s vision and providing me with the best cover to kill Dispute Pavilion.
My eyes turned cold as I locked onto Dispute Pavilion and activated Thunderous Charge!
Whoosh!
I blitzed across the tournament ring like a lightning bolt and arrived in front of Dispute Pavilion in no time. The mage’s expression changed when I hit his Magic Shield with Ice Ray. ”Fuck, how are you so fast?”
The skill failed to shred the mage’s Magic Shield, but a follow-up basic attack did the trick anyway. Backing away from me with a harsh expression and raising his scepter at the same time, Dispute Pavilion chanted, ”Ice Domain!”
Crackle crackle...
A sheen of ice appeared on the ground, and the air suddenly turned deathly cold. We immediately lost a great deal of movement speed and attack speed.
I gritted my teeth and continued chasing after Dispute Pavilion. Mages were slow to begin with, and there were very few cloth-armor boots that boosted its wearer’s movement speed. Moreover, my Barbarian War Boots boosted my movement speed by 15%. As a result, Dispute Pavilion was still slower than me even though my movement speed was reduced by Ice Domain!
I swung my sword and unleashed Thousand Ice Slash!
”Shit!”
Dispute Pavilion swore and drank a health potion, but it still wasn’t enough to offset the damage. He collapsed to the ground and died. There were no mages who could survive my skill without the Magic Shield.
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I turned around to look at the others, and I was greeted by an astonishing sight. Li Chengfeng was trying to parry In the Name of the War God’s Charge, but he failed and got stunned for a couple of seconds. Painting Of My Country immediately pounced on him and hit him three times in a row with a sword shrouded by soulish fire, dealing a huge amount of damage—
2907!
3782!
3193!
He survived because Murong Mingyue had flung an instant healing spell on him, but it wasn’t enough. The enemy mage, Water Dragon Roar raised his scepter and dropped a gigantic, cyan dragon on him—Dragon’s Roar!
4419!
Li Chengfeng shuddered and slowly collapsed to the ground. None of us had predicted that Water Dragon Roar would possess a spell this powerful, so we lost Li Chengfeng as a result!
I hurriedly ran back toward my party while He Yi was busy holding the two enemy warriors back. She swung the Soul Stealing Spear and dealt a sizable amount of damage to Painting Of My Country and In the Name of the War God, successfully increasing their wariness and stalling them just a bit longer.
At the distance, Beiming Xue was running like the wind and peppering Water Dragon Roar with arrows. A couple of shots later, his Magic Shield broke, and Beiming Xue immediately dished out an Evil Spirit Volley and forced Water Dragon Roar to retreat to safety.