Chapter 1454 Breaking the River

The water in Broken River flowed rapidly. If a character stayed in the middle without doing anything, they would definitely be swept away by the current. Zhou Guangyi's Ji Leng was pressed into the water by Lord Grim's sword against his neck. At this moment, he was thinking about how to get rid of Ye Xiu and Fang Rui's entanglement, and dealing with the current had to wait.

Once under the water, Lord Grim and Boundless Sea's attacks didn't stop. Moreover, the two of them immediately seized favorable positions.

What is a favorable position? In this flowing water area, the downstream direction is the favorable position. Attacks downstream not only suffer less water resistance, but also become faster with the help of the water. Broken River's rapid current provides an incredible acceleration buff. Zhou Guangyi initially thought that these two were trying to force him to the end and directly out of the map, but after a few attacks, he realized he was wrong. If this continued, he would be dead before reaching the end.

Knowing the situation was difficult, Zhou Guangyi decisively called for support. Not long after, he heard a splash of water. Zhou Guangyi was excited, thinking that reinforcements had arrived. Moreover, the sound of support came from upstream, meaning that this person had seized a relatively favorable position compared to Lord Grim and Boundless Sea, and could use the water current buff to accelerate.

Zhang Wei was worthy of being an experienced veteran. After rushing to the riverbank, he didn't rashly enter the water. He chased along the river, carefully observing and confirming the exact location before choosing to enter the water from the most advantageous position.

As soon as he came down, Zhang Wei's warlock Sen Luo launched an attack. A broom whirlwind, wielding the broom and swirling downstream, instantly arrived in front of the two. To avoid the rotating strikes, Ye Xiu and Fang Rui had to make their characters give way. But giving way would be the same as liberating Ji Leng from his suppressed situation.

But were Ye Xiu and Fang Rui so easy to deal with?

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim flashed to the side, giving way to Sen Luo, but then flicked his sleeve, and the Dark Night Cloak flew out, binding both Sen Luo and Ji Leng.

Zhang Wei himself was a warlock. It would be too embarrassing to be taken down by his own skill. Seeing the cloak coming, Sen Luo swung his broom to knock it away.

Warlocks can swing their brooms in the air to complete up to six random jumps. Now in the water, the broom's control functions can also help it move. With this knock, Sen Luo suddenly sank deeper into the water, and the Dark Night Cloak missed. Zhou Guangyi's Ji Leng had more space than Sen Luo in the first place. Taking advantage of the current's momentum, he also quickly descended, avoiding the cloak as well.

Sen Luo, sinking even deeper, was now waving his broom again, striking at Lord Grim from below. Lord Grim, meanwhile, swung down his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, transforming it into a battle lance. He used an attack parry to block the blow. Boundless Sea, at the side, had water patterns trembling between his hands. Suddenly, he waved his hands downward, and the air currents swirled and struck down in the water. The trajectory was extremely clear. Sen Luo quickly waved his broom again, bending his body to avoid it.

Thus, Happy's two were dealing with Sen Luo from a high position, while Ji Leng seemed to have been forgotten at this moment.

Zhou Guangyi was extremely depressed.

His previous downstream rush to dodge actually had some small calculations. He thought that if he rushed down like this, Happy's two would definitely chase. Zhang Wei's Sen Luo, in a low position, only needed to wait a little to immediately regain a favorable upstream position.

Who knew that as soon as he swam away, the two didn't even look at him, but chased after Sen Luo.

Ji Leng escaped, but the problem was, could Zhou Guangyi watch Zhang Wei get beaten without going up to help? His little calculations were too honest and were no match for these two!

Zhou Guangyi's Ji Leng obediently killed his way back. But Ye Xiu and Fang Rui, during that brief two-on-one opportunity, had once again seized the favorable upstream position. Ji Leng returned and was downstream with Zhang Wei's Sen Luo.

They were downstream in position and downstream in the situation...

On the riverbank, Zou Yuan and the others, not trusting Zhang Wei and Zhou Guangyi, had no intention of entangling with Happy too much. Summoner Wind Carving's summoning army was now responsible for blocking the enemy. However, in the face of the gunner's long-range heavy firepower, most summoned beasts were basically bombarded to death by the time they got close. The Death Knight was sturdy, but this summoned beast with significant shortcomings in movement speed, when blocking without coordination, would be easily bypassed and was useless.

Watching his summoned beasts being summoned and killed one after another, Zhu Xiaoping's heart ached. The death of a summoned beast didn't hurt Wind Carving's health, but each summon required mana. Therefore, every summon in every battle needed to be carefully calculated. Every summoned creature had to make a valuable contribution, just like every mana-consuming skill of other classes had to be worth it, whether it dealt damage, disrupted the rhythm, or restrained the target.

And now, Wind Carving's summoned beasts were certainly playing a role in covering them, but the consumption was too fast. From Zhu Xiaoping's competition experience, his consumption rhythm in this match was a bit too fast.

He couldn't continue like this. Otherwise, if his mana ran out too early, Wind Carving would be completely useless on the field.

"You guys go first, I'll cover you!" Zhu Xiaoping said resolutely in the channel.

He decided to spread out his formation and properly deal with Happy's three. He was a summoner, capable of summoning many beloved assistants, and he should have this ability. But avoiding the situation like this and using summoned beasts as cannon fodder didn't seem wise. Zhu Xiaoping even felt that the opponent might be intentionally consuming him. He read this meaning from Su Mucheng's attack rhythm.

"Okay!" Zou Yuan and Mo Chucheng didn't hesitate. Summoners should have the ability to take on two or even three opponents on the field, because they were never fighting alone.

Facing the opponent head-on, Zhu Xiaoping could carefully control his summoned beasts and not be so easily eliminated. He summoned the Death Knight, raised its shield, and Wind Carving closely followed behind the Death Knight. This time, he wouldn't summon beasts from a distance. He would control them head-on and use the Death Knight's cover to charge to a sufficient distance before setting up his summoning legion.

Of course, the Death Knight's movement was relatively slow, and the opponent could maintain their distance if they sincerely wanted to. But in this way, Zhu Xiaoping's obstruction mission would be completed. At most, he would sacrifice a Death Knight, which was much cheaper than calling out one summoned beast after another to guard their rear.

Boom boom!

Cannon fire continued to explode on the Death Knight's shield. The Death Knight's figure also swayed, but its steps remained firm. As Zhu Xiaoping expected, the opponent wouldn't kite just to kill this Death Knight. They didn't stop and chased directly. But this time, with him here, they wouldn't be able to bypass it easily.

Ghostblade drew his sword and waved it, with the power of ghosts and gods flowing on the blade.

Was he going to cast a ghost array?

Zhu Xiaoping saw clearly that the Spirit Cat was summoned. The summoning array was right next to Ghostblade. With the Death Knight's cover, Zhu Xiaoping wasn't afraid of being interrupted.

The released Spirit Cat pounced nimbly towards One Inch Ash. Being attacked or dodging would interrupt the chanting of the ghost array. If Dancing Rain bombed the Spirit Cat open, the fire suppression here would be relieved, and they could take advantage of the situation to charge up.

His control was indeed different!

Zhu Xiaoping was quite satisfied with his condition. He thought he was feeling good today! How could he have been crushed by a newbie in the individual competition? He really couldn't figure it out... Perhaps today was that beauty's lucky day! Didn't even Yu Feng get taken down by her head-on? Speaking of which, that beauty was still in Happy's sixth seat. If she played, what would the scene be like?

Zhu Xiaoping felt that he had a good grasp of the situation, and he even had time to think about other things. The situation was as he expected. The Spirit Cat's extremely fast entanglement and harassment made it impossible for One Inch Ash to release a ghost array. And this fast and small melee attacker was really not easy for gunners and ghostblades to deal with. Zhu Xiaoping seized the opportunity to have Wind Carving summon, and soon a legion was formed. The magic flower, which was not flexible, was not chosen. In front of gunners and ghostblades, its role was very limited.

"Hmm, gunner and ghostblade."

"Huh? Gunner and ghostblade?"

Where was the other person? Where was Happy's healer?

Zhu Xiaoping suddenly realized that Happy's cleric, Little Cold Hands, was gone. Wind Carving had been hiding behind the Death Knight. Although he paid attention to observing the situation, his perspective was limited. It was only at this time, when the legion was formed and Wind Carving stood out in a commanding posture, that he realized that the opponent was missing one person.

"The opponent's cleric has broken free!" Zhu Xiaoping quickly sent a message in the team channel.

"Broke free" was quite a face-saving way to put it. In fact, he had only hindered them a little and had not completed the entanglement and restriction.

Attack!

While Zhu Xiaoping commanded the summoned beasts to charge, he was also paying attention to his surroundings, trying to find Little Cold Hands. Then he discovered that one of the entrances to the stone forest was likely where Little Cold Hands had entered.

If he went in here... Zhu Xiaoping's mind flashed. As a professional player, he could clearly outline such a classic map in his mind.

If he went in here...

He would pass by the respawn point!

The respawn point was also the substitution area. In Happy's extremely limited game data, they had used such tactics, letting the healer leave and replacing them with an attacker.

And now, no one would doubt the strength of the attacker Happy could substitute. At least, Hundred Blossoms wouldn't.

Zhu Xiaoping's thoughts flashed, and he quickly sent a message: "Healer is going to the substitution area, very likely to replace Soft Mist!"

"Soft Mist is coming on? Now? Doing what?" Seeing Zhu Xiaoping's message, the Hundred Blossoms team was not as nervous as him at this time and even sent a message to tease him in the public channel.

Zou Yuan and Mo Chucheng finally arrived in time, easily helping Zhang Wei and Zhou Guangyi escape the situation. Now they had pulled out their formation and were preparing to bully the few with the many.

"Of course, we're here to fight," Ye Xiu replied in the channel. "What's the use of a healer in this place?"

Behind Lord Grim, the riverbanks were blocked by insurmountable mountain walls, and the Broken River fell straight down as a waterfall. Looking out from this gap, one could see a great landscape. But it was useless. This was the end of the world.