Chapter 117 Deception

Xiao Shiqin had no choice but to tell his Mechanic to stop. Ye Xiu had guessed correctly. They currently had six pairs of socks, all held by him and Zhang Jiaxing. The reason for this was to prevent a lone wolf searching for Ye Qiu from encountering a battle and being killed in a two-on-one situation.

Xiao Shiqin and Zhang Jiaxing, the two characters together, reduced the efficiency of the search, precisely to protect the socks in their hands. If the two of them encountered Ye Qiu, it would be a two-on-two fight, which they could handle. Even if they were ultimately defeated, they would probably have already received reinforcements.

But Xiao Shiqin never expected that Ye Qiu would join forces with Who Isn't Low and Mo Gan Rushou. Two against four was almost the same as one against two. Even if the four might not have as much team coordination as two, Ye Xiu's strategy made up for it. Xiao Shiqin and Zhang Jiaxing thought they were only dealing with Who Isn't Low and Mo Gan Rushou, but when Ye Xiu and Baozi's characters appeared, the two immediately revealed all sorts of flaws. Xiao Shiqin decisively chose to escape, obviously judging that they wouldn't even have a chance to hold out until reinforcements arrived. As a result, Ye Xiu anticipated his intention, and the Mechanic, Yinuo, blocked his path. After stating that they had all the socks, he didn't waste any more words and attacked.

If he couldn't escape, he could only stall.

Xiao Shiqin made a quick decision, and his character immediately retreated to support Zhang Jiaxing's Cleric.

A Cleric whose combat ability wasn't outstanding to begin with, facing two characters, especially when they got close, was in a pathetic state that even a pro player couldn't avoid. Zhang Jiaxing was struggling miserably, with none of the earlier bravado about fighting Who Isn't Low.

Xiao Shiqin wanted to come to the rescue, but how could Ye Xiu let him off so easily? Yinuo used skills to catch up quickly, and Mo Gan Rushou also provided fire support.

"Which one should we kill first?" Who Isn't Low shouted. At this point, she felt it was necessary to focus fire and eliminate one of them.

"The Mechanic. All the socks are on him," Ye Xiu shouted.

How despicable!

Who Isn't Low and Mo Gan Rushou had the same thought. Not because of the act of killing the person with the socks first, but because when Ye Xiu shouted this, he quickly sent a private message to the two of them: Cleric.

If Ye Xiu hadn't instructed them to pay attention to messages during the battle, they probably wouldn't have bothered to look. It turned out that even looking at messages was part of the scheme?

The decision to focus fire on the Mechanic made Xiao Shiqin dare not be careless. But just as he was on guard, the skills of all four characters bombarded Zhang Jiaxing's Cleric.

He had been tricked!

Xiao Shiqin immediately reacted. Although this deception had only happened in this one exchange, any detail could affect success or failure in a battle between experts. Zhang Jiaxing heard that they were going to focus fire on Xiao Shiqin and thought he could catch his breath, but in the blink of an eye, he was met with an even more violent attack. He didn't have a chance to use any skills that required chanting, and he frantically threw out instant emergency skills. But how could that stop the focused fire of four characters? Xiao Shiqin reacted and the Mechanic came to the rescue, but he was somewhat overwhelmed. He wanted to run again, but Ye Qiu's Yinuo was always positioned to block his angle.

The message calling for support had already been sent, but judging from the current progress, they wouldn't be able to wait for reinforcements. Xiao Shiqin knew the positions of the other members of Excellent Era and, after calculating the time needed, his mood became even more depressed.

Zhang Jiaxing's Cleric fell powerlessly, and as expected, he didn't have any socks on him. Ye Xiu had guessed correctly again. A Cleric was too easily targeted, and if it was just a duo, the protection of the healer might not be in place, so it was better to put the socks on the other person. With the help of the Cleric, even if they couldn't defeat the opponent, it would still be very reliable to break through or save their lives.

It was a pity that this was only true when the numbers were equal. Now that it was two against four, that statement was no longer valid. Four characters had enough people to control the healer, and even more efficient burst damage to cripple one person instantly.

The Cleric fell, and Xiao Shiqin's Mechanic was still struggling. He still wanted to find a chance to escape, but at this time, Ye Xiu and the other three characters surrounded him, as if the Sharpshooter and the Mechanic had all become melee classes.

Xiao Shiqin was in tears. He didn't know what kind of agreement Ye Qiu and Who Isn't Low had reached, but judging from their current actions, it probably wasn't a particularly gentlemanly agreement. The person hadn't even been killed yet, and the two sides were already actively preparing to snatch the socks.

Xiao Shiqin only hated that this was a game. If this was real life, he could take out a pair of socks and throw them far away, which might create some kind of situation. But in the game, items could only fall vertically to the feet, which wasn't scientific at all.

But since things had come to this, there was no other way, so he had to try it.

Surrounded and beaten, Xiao Shiqin, in the midst of his troubles, threw out a pair of socks.

Wouldn't the thrown item fall vertically to the feet?

This time, Xiao Shiqin didn't even see this setting. The socks had just left his hand and were still falling to the ground when someone clicked to pick them up.

"I'll go!"

Xiao Shiqin couldn't help but curse. He was hoping to create some opening with this! As a result, he seriously suspected that some of the four people surrounding him probably didn't know that he had dropped his socks, unless there was a system message.

System message: Yinuo picked up a pair of socks...

"What?" Who Isn't Low obviously saw the system message and exclaimed in surprise, her tone sounding quite puzzled, but she immediately understood what was going on. She was immediately depressed, so she quickly diverted some of her attention and began to prepare to welcome the upcoming socks.

But such a thought was too simple and naive.

The two girls were staring at Who Isn't Low's health bar, waiting for the moment when the last big explosion occurred. Ye Xiu and Baozi had already exploded first. Of course, they didn't explode the socks, but the skills, the area-of-effect skills.

The two sides weren't on the same team, and it was impossible to form a team in the event, so there was no damage immunity between them. They had been carefully paying attention to this in the battle, and at this moment, the person who used the area-of-effect attack obviously damaged not only Xiao Shiqin's Mechanic, but also the two girls' Sharpshooters...

Boom!

The explosion created by Ye Xiu's Yinuo blasted the two girls to the side perfectly. The two also reacted at this time, and the regret in their hearts was beyond words. During the process of being blown away, the bullets fired by the two characters were sent to Yinuo, but this attack couldn't change the situation. Yinuo and Yu Lai Le each launched a wave of attacks, completely killing Xiao Shiqin's Mechanic. Christmas socks were falling out in a flurry. Yinuo walked around and clicked to pick them up almost before the socks landed. The system message flashed brightly.

"Let's go!"

After he was done, he didn't even say hello to Who Isn't Low and the other person, and turned around to run. The two girls were not willing to let go easily, so they naturally chased after him madly.

However, Ye Xiu wasn't afraid of the two of them. He was preventing the Excellent Era people from arriving. That would be the real trouble. And this time, when the Excellent Era people arrived, no one would fight alongside them anymore. The two girls would definitely join Excellent Era in bombarding them.

It wasn't easy to shake off these two girls, and he was even more afraid that they would join forces with Excellent Era again. If they sent the current location of the two of them, it would be a little difficult for the Excellent Era people to catch up.

Therefore, Ye Xiu and Baozi never turned around to fight the two girls this time. They kept running, running aimlessly. In this way, even if Excellent Era knew their current location, they couldn't predict the direction, so they couldn't arrange an interception and encirclement. Running blindly was completely a repeat of the previous situation. As long as they didn't get entangled in battle, it wouldn't be a problem to delay for some time.

Now, what Ye Xiu was looking forward to was that the socks that hadn't been picked up would be picked up quickly.

Currently, there were 20 pairs of socks. Ye Xiu and Baozi had taken 18 pairs. One pair was in an ordinary player team, and the other pair was the one that Zhang Jiaxing had dropped the second time, which hadn't been picked up yet. A long time had passed, and the longer the time, the greater the chance of being picked up. Ye Xiu was now hoping that this moment would come quickly.

So, after running for about a minute, this moment finally came.

The last pair of socks was picked up by another team of ordinary players. All 20 pairs of socks had owners, and the countdown began. But this time, Excellent Era could no longer subjectively make the countdown count down.

Don't lose them again!

Ye Xiu no longer had any thoughts about these two pairs of socks at this time. He just hoped that they would be safe and end this round quickly.

Ye Xiu's considerations were all from the worst-case scenario, but the facts that occurred were not as bad as he imagined. Xiao Shiqin saw that all the socks had been collected by Ye Qiu, and estimated that the cooperation over there was over, so he took the initiative to contact Who Isn't Low.

But his intention to cooperate was rejected by Who Isn't Low.

Excellent Era was a professional five-man team. Cooperating with them clearly meant being eaten. Although it seemed that cooperating with Yinuo's duo team also had depressing results, at least the two of them still dared to chase and kill them. If it was Excellent Era's five-man team, they would probably only dare to watch from a distance...

Ye Xiu could also think of this kind of logic, but in order to be safe, he speculated from the worst angle, which was also for greater stability. He and Baozi ran non-stop. The 120-second countdown was not updated because the socks were transferred again. Finally, the countdown came to the end. Who Isn't Low and Mo Gan Rushou had no choice but to give up and sent Yinuo a message with reluctance: "You're ruthless!"

"Not bad, not bad," Ye Xiu replied.

"Your level is very high. You're not a professional player, are you?" Who Isn't Low and the other person were finally a little suspicious at this time. Xiao Shiqin, such a great god, was beaten to the point of being helpless. This was not something that could be done with skill alone.

"Uh, I'm playing in the Challenger League now. Does that count as a professional player?" Ye Xiu replied.

"Challenger League? Which team!"

"Happy!"

"Which Happy!"

"The Happy that we talked about."

"You you you..."

"Yes, it's me... How is it? I'm very powerful, right? Are you interested in joining our team?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Go to hell!!" The two girls roared.