Chapter 564: Mountain Stagger Arrow (2/2)
I nodded. ”It’s okay, you did your best. Victory is something you can fight toward, but not always be certain of.”
High Fighting Spirits grimaced a bit. ”Dammit, I can’t believe that dog shit lucky bastard managed to land a critical hit with his Barrier Break. If I had half a second longer, I could’ve channeled Xiezhi Howl and deleted him from existence. No, wait, maybe I can shorten that time to just 0.2 seconds…”
Gui Guzi smiled. ”Then your next goal is to find a way to shorten the channel time to 0.2 seconds through APM and technique. If you succeed, then you’ll be a stronger man than Warsky was.”
”Mn.” High Fighting Spirits nodded strongly.
Everyone looked at the score on the big screen with a heavy heart in their chest. As much as we hated to admit it, the worst case scenario was looking more and more likely to come true, and judging from the ugly expression on Agi, the ASUS team leader’s face, she was of the same opinion. With a 2-0 lead, Warsky Alliance only needed to win two more rounds and succeed in their challenge. Agi would be lucky to get away with just a resounding scolding from the club manager if that happened. Although victory and defeat was commonplace on the battlefield, no club in the world liked suffering a terrible defeat on the first day of their business.
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That was why Warsky Alliance’s action today was absolutely abominable in our eyes. It was practically a do-or-die effort to fling mud on the team’s reputation. Poor Gui Guzi and Li Chengfeng.
At the side, Chaos Moon looked like she wanted to skip ahead and fight right away. She wasn’t a bad player and she had the Frost Scythe equipment set, so her chances of beating Lin Bing Dou Zhe was pretty high. Of course, it wasn’t a guaranteed thing. Lin Bing Dou Zhe himself was a strong player, and his Famous General Skill was much stronger than Chaos Moon’s.
The third round was between October Rain and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun. Again, it was a match that worried me deeply. Everyone knew October Rain as the military councilor of Warsky Alliance and an incredibly intelligent woman, but few remembered that she was also one of the best archers in the entire country. At the very least, her skill was almost as good or even on par with the likes of Beiming Xue and Transient Smoke and Clouds.
Although Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun played a metal-armor class, he was as simple-minded as High Fighting Spirits. His technique and APM were okay, but there was no way in hell he was ever going to beat October Rain in terms of wits and adapting to unlikely situations.
”I’ll win this for us, so don’t worry…” Ironically, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun, the one who was going to fight a possibly impossible match was the one who consoled us.
Chaos Moon curled her lips and threatened him. ”If you lose, you will castrate yourself!”
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun grinned back. ”No way, I don’t have a girlfriend yet…”
I let out a chuckle and said, ”Alright, alright, cut the nonsense and get inside the battle room already. October Rain is already inside the game!”
”Got it!”
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Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun slipped into the virtual world, and a while later both participants were teleported into the arena. They were exactly 50 meters away from each other when the wanderer summoned his Dark Gold Rank mount, Earth Lizard. The lizard was very short, but it possessed incredible agility. It was like Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun was driving a luxurious racing car with a low chassis. Earth Wanderer might not be the best secret class in the world, but it was still a threat for sure.
October Rain smiled at Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun from a distance. ”Hi, Earth Wanderer. Are you ready to get whipped by me?”
The wanderer’s face turned a shade of green. ”Prepare to die, girl…”
The Earth Lizard abruptly pounced toward October Rain, and its rider fired a long-range attack. It was an attempt to slow down the archer if even a little so that he could gain an advantage. It was a smart tactic, but his opponent was October Rain. Normal tactics like this were useless against her.
Thud!
October Rain’s leather armor boots pushed against the ground, and she used Leap to cross almost 10 yards and dodged the attack. At the same time, she flicked a Freezing Arrow that hit Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun in the head and slowed down his movement speed drastically.
She then started moving around the wanderer with him at the center, never allowing him to get close to her. It was the highest level of maneuvering an archer or mage could employ in a map like this.
Swhoosh!
Suddenly, October Rain drew her bow and let loose a cyan-colored arrow. It drew cyclones in the hair and hit Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun squarely in the chest armor!
”Mountain Stagger Arrow!”
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun shuddered violently as a damage number appeared above his head—
1892!
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Gui Guzi couldn’t help but laugh. ”Did Miss October Rain lose her mind or something? I can’t believe she’s using a skill that did even less damage than her basic attack…”
However, I frowned deeply and said, ”Look at his mount tenacity, you fool!”
”What?!”