Third update today, everyone, don't be stingy with your votes anymore, I'm about to collapse!
The Swordsman Swiftness Combo hit the Thief in front of me, leaving him with no health, and then a normal attack directly turned him into white light, sending him flying into the audience. When I turned to look, I was startled.
Our team was already in chaos, being slaughtered by four Thieves. Xu Lin was at critical health after being ambushed by two Thieves, while Lu Xuehan retreated, moving around and casting Curse on the Thieves. Li Qing was flustered and only came to her senses when Xin Yu and I started attacking the Thief chasing Lu Xuehan. The summoned Water Elemental finally had a target.
Xu Lin was being chased so hard she almost screamed for help. That Thief had activated Swiftness, moving incredibly fast. Xu Lin, the delicate little mage, was about to be defeated!
"Whoosh~!"
A silver radiance saved Xu Lin's life. Lu Xuehan's large healing spell fully restored Xu Lin's health, which was less than 800.
The Thief chasing Lu Xuehan lost 400 health from my sword, then activated Swiftness and ran out of my attack range. Unfortunately, he couldn't escape Xin Yu's attack range. A continuous barrage of Fiery Arrows and Piercing Arrows instantly finished him off. With the night elf bow, Xin Yu's attack power was indeed extraordinary!
Only three Thieves remained. Lu Xuehan felt a great reduction in pressure after the Thief behind her was defeated. This also made Xu Lin much safer. Her Frost Armor not only provided a lot of defense but also had a slowing effect on Thieves. Without this skill and a set of top-tier equipment, an ordinary mage, no matter how skilled, couldn't have survived that long against two Thieves' poisoned daggers.
The Thief who was originally chasing Li Qing also changed direction to intercept Xu Lin. Seeing this, Lu Xuehan quickly cast a Mana Shield on Xu Lin, hoping to reduce the number of times she would be hit. Everyone was doing their best, after all, the three Thieves were so diligently chasing Xu Lin.
Xin Yu's Concussion Arrow was ready again. Combined with my Combo, another Thief was defeated. However, I hadn't used Ice Seal Slash or Swordsman Swiftness yet. I wanted to save these two skills for the finals, to avoid revealing my trump cards too early. Winning by surprise in the final match is the way to go.
"Wow, what are you guys doing? Hurry up and attack!"
Xu Lin finally couldn't hold back and turned to us, huffing with anger.
"Everyone's busy!" I quickly moved forward, and a Heavy Strike combined with Xin Yu's Explosive Arrow took down another Thief.
Only the last Thief remained. Xu Lin's pressure greatly reduced, and she immediately turned to bombard the Thief who had been chasing her for so long with magic, revealing her fierce nature!
Everyone was stunned, and the unlucky Thief was also stunned, being directly obliterated by Xu Lin's two large fire spells!
It was another complete victory. Although Xu Lin almost got defeated several times in the middle, everyone else remained at full health. Overall, we were just stunned by the opponent's 5-Thief combination earlier, but our performance in the later mobile combat was good, accumulating valuable experience for future encounters with Thieves!
I calculated that we had to play 12 matches in three hours in the morning. Hurricane City probably had nearly ten million players, and 24 rounds of simultaneous matches would determine the Champion. This meant that tomorrow's matches might be live broadcasts of the top 16 single matches.
In the following matches, we still encountered some players with white equipment. The most exceptional team was a team of three mages and two priests. Each person had about two pieces of green equipment. Unfortunately, their level difference with us was too great, so there was still no suspense in the battles.
Until the last match of the morning, we finally encountered a decent team —
A Level 24 Knight with a full set of green equipment, a Level 23 Swordsman with half a set of green equipment, a Level 23 Mage with a blue mage cloak mixed in with his green equipment, a Level 22 Priest who was a female and a 'dinosaur' with a face like a fire scene, and average equipment, and finally a Level 22 Thief with a full green set, but unfortunately, his dagger was white.
These were rough estimations of equipment quality based on visual inspection. The equipment attributes were unknown. In moons constant, if a player did not enable the equipment display function, others could not see the attributes of their equipment.
"This team composition is very comprehensive, and their equipment is not bad, and their levels are very high!" Xu Lin made a simple assessment, then looked at me: "Lin Fan, tell us how to fight?"
At critical moments, I still had to be asked!
I had already been thinking about it and casually stated the plan: "Xin Yu will use Concussion Arrow with me to take down the Priest first. We'll ignore the Thief for now; his weapon is poor, so his attack power shouldn't cause devastating damage to anyone. Xue Han, focus on healing. Sister Lin and Li Qing will work together to attack the Mage. Xin Yu and I will help after we take down the Priest!"
As soon as I finished speaking, the match had already begun. Xin Yu's operating speed was astonishingly fast. Concussion Arrow landed on the opposing Priest instantly. That poor Priest had just raised her hand, and before her Curse could even be released, it was brutally aborted. But she wasn't the most tragic person; it was our Summoner — Li Qing!
Almost instantly, the Mage's instant-cast large fireball and the Swordsman's Combo fiercely struck Li Qing. Being low on health and level, she was instantly defeated!
"Sister Qing!"
Lu Xuehan exclaimed, and I quickly said loudly: "Stay calm, fight according to the plan!"
As I spoke, I had already approached the opposing Priest. My sword rose and fell, and the Combo's damage landed squarely on her... instant defeat!
After the Priest turned into white light, I casually delivered a Heavy Strike to the nearby Mage, immediately taking away a large portion of his health. I clearly saw his panicked expression. I then followed up with another normal attack, and the opponent's two ranged attack classes were gone.
Things weren't optimistic on our side either. This time, their focus was on Lu Xuehan. Fortunately, Xu Lin used Frost Arrow to slow them down one by one. Lu Xuehan was also not to be trifled with, moving around while casting Curse. In a blink of an eye, the three melee classes all became slow-moving "red targets."
The charm of ranged attacks was perfectly demonstrated at this moment. Lu Xuehan and Xin Yu's powerful attacks were one thing, but Xu Lin was even more exaggerated, directly casting area-of-effect spells from a place where the three opponents couldn't attack her. Her perfect distance control made the three well-equipped melee players so frustrated they wanted to bang their heads against a wall and die. At this moment, I also felt the sorrow of melee classes. Without magic immunity skills, melee classes simply couldn't compete with mages and priests who had strong control.
In a blink of an eye, the three big men were abused to death by the three delicate little girls. The morning matches also ended here. Everyone was very tired. Although there weren't many matches, our spirits were all in a state of high tension.
"Finally, I can eat..." This was the only thing I could think of when I logged off.