When I woke up, it was already bright. Last night, I stayed up with Murong Shanshan until 12 o'clock. Although the experience gained from each Bear Slayer kill decreased, we still managed to get our reputation over 10,000 in one night. The next thing to do is to wait for a team trial certificate to come out so we can form a team and faction.
Murong Shanshan has many supporters, especially after our PK videos were posted on the official forums in Jiangsu and Shanghai. Almost all local players know that the second-best expert, Murong Shanshan, is also a stunning beauty. When Murong Shanshan forms a team, she just needs to spend 1000 gold coins to send a system message, and she won't have to worry about people joining. At that time, Murong Shanshan's personal influence alone might be enough for her to stand on her own.
I also once asked Xu Lin for her opinion on establishing a personal legion. She didn't have many thoughts on it. In her opinion, as long as she could make money, that was enough; she didn't want to build a team to show off or anything like that.
Thinking about it, it's true. Why should our small studio get involved with those people? The only thing that worries me is that we have too few people. If we get a large mission later, like fighting some super BOSS, our small number of people probably won't even be enough to scratch the BOSS, and we'll lose many opportunities to make big money... After breakfast, everyone went back to their rooms to log on. Today is very important for our small studio. Whether we can make our studio famous in the Jiangsu and Shanghai regions depends on whether we can win the championship today. At this moment, I even regret not agreeing to Murong Shanshan joining our team back then. If she had replaced Li Qing, winning this championship would have been as easy as picking something out of a bag. Murong Shanshan's operational skills are unexpectedly strong. In yesterday's duel, if I hadn't relied on my strong attributes, I might not have won against her. I even dreamed of our PK last night; it was quite thrilling!
I logged in very late. The match was about to start in five minutes.
The Round of 16 matches were still happening simultaneously. After the system prompt, the five of us were immediately teleported to the final arena. At the same time, the system prompted: "Hello, your team has been teleported to Competition Stage No. 7. The current number of players watching your match is 1,520,324. After this match, it will switch to a live host arena match."
Almost everyone looked at each other in surprise. There were a total of 8 stages, but over a million players were watching just our match. What about Murong Shanshan's stage?
Every match after the Top 8 will be held in the final arena. At that time, all the players in the city will be watching you. Just thinking about it makes me nervous. And what does that live host mean? Are they really inviting people into the game to host?
As I was thinking, Xin Yu nudged me with her arm and said, "Sister Lin is talking tactics, pay attention."
Only then did I notice our opponents—
Two Level 27 Priest MMs and two Level 25 Swordsmen. Their composition was simple, and their equipment was decent. Almost everyone had one or two blue items. The gap in strength between us and them was getting smaller and smaller, which indicated the intensity of the upcoming matches.
"Lin Fan and Xin Yu kill the Priests. Xue Han will assist me in slowing down their Swordsmen. Don't let them get close easily. Li Qing will use summons to harass their Mages, trying to disrupt the casting rhythm of the two Mages to buy attack time for Lin Fan and Xin Yu."
Xu Lin's tactics were becoming more mature, gradually showing the vision and confidence a leader should possess. The two Swordsmen on the opposing team had good equipment. If they couldn't be suppressed early, our Mages would be very passive, which would be very disadvantageous for the later matches.
The battle began!
Almost instantly, Xin Yu's Concussion Arrow stunned the retreating Priest, while I, under the cover of Xu Lin's Frost Arrow, rushed over quickly. With a swift sword strike, a three-hit Combo's high damage directly took out that Priest MM, but not before she managed to cast a Curse on me in her dying moments. Lu Xuehan was busy trying to save the besieged Xu Lin and couldn't pay attention to me. The two Swordsmen on the opposing side were not to be underestimated either. Both charged towards Xu Lin at a 45-degree angle, giving her no chance to dodge. After two Combos and a Heavy Strike, Xu Lin's health immediately dropped to critical levels. Fortunately, Lu Xuehan's Healing Spell arrived in time, and Xu Lin then quickly escaped the Swordsmen's attack range by relying on the slow effect of her Frost Armor.
I took a deep breath and, amidst the opponent's cries of surprise, turned towards one of the Mages. Xin Yu, understanding my intent, followed up with a Guided Arrow, immediately blocking the Mage's escape route. I then caught up, using a Heavy Strike plus a normal attack to instantly kill her. Although their cloth-wearing classes were all MMs, it was a pity that none of them were pretty MMs, at least not on the same level as our three beauties.
There was only one Mage MM left. I was about to rush over when something none of us expected happened—
Lu Xuehan was instantly killed... While the two Swordsmen were attacking Xu Lin, they suddenly switched targets. It was only when both swords struck Lu Xuehan that we all realized they had changed targets... The Mage I had intercepted turned around and finished off the already low-health Lu Xuehan with a Fireball. This showed how astonishingly high the two Swordsmen's attack power was; four attacks were enough to bring Lu Xuehan to critical health. And remember, Lu Xuehan, with her top-tier equipment, had 900 health!
Subsequently, when Li Qing was also instantly killed due to a momentary lapse, the scales of victory seemed to be tipping towards the opponent.
Xu Lin hit the Mage with a Frost Arrow and, at the same time, said in the team channel: "Kill the Mage first!"
I was right next to the Mage, so of course, I wouldn't miss this opportunity. With an upward flick of the sword of darkness, the already low-health Mage immediately turned into a white light and flew to the spectator stands.
Just then, a familiar cry of surprise came from behind me. When I turned around, I only saw Xu Lin gradually turning into a white light. Without a Priest to heal her, she ultimately couldn't withstand the attacks of the two high-attack Swordsmen.
Only I and Xin Yu were left on the stage, and they only had two Swordsmen left.
Damn it, I didn't expect these two Swordsmen to be so fierce. If we lose this match, it will all be because of these two.
"Xin Yu, what's the cooldown time for Concussion Arrow?"
Xin Yu calmly said, "8 seconds!"
"Come behind me, prepare to attack the one in black armor!"