Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1131 Closing In
Shu Kexin's Mo Gan Hui Shou had started a bit slower, so she managed to survive a little longer. Seeing the five members of Tyranny charging over like wolves and tigers, Shu Kexin suddenly felt that Ye Xiu and Baozi were quite fortunate. Soon after, she was also mercilessly taken down by Tyranny.
"Nothing." After eliminating two more people, the ground was still spotless. The five members of Tyranny expressed their regret. They had already inquired about the situation in the Hundred Ghosts Lair, specifically asking the members of Royal Wind.
Although Royal Wind had been eliminated by Tyranny, everyone was a professional player. They couldn't let a single loss turn into a grudge, or else enemies would be everywhere. Professional players mostly kept their on-field and off-field lives separate. So after Tyranny eliminated Royal Wind, they turned around and asked about the dungeon, and Royal Wind didn't hide anything they knew.
Looking at the remaining online characters, the situation became clearer. The members of Howling Heights and Royal Wind had all been eliminated, so they were obviously no longer in the dungeon. The people from Misty Rain were still busy, but could they achieve anything significant?
Tyranny rushed towards the direction of Misty Rain and Happy. Gradually, they heard the sound of gunfire from the battle. Following the sound, they saw Yu Gai Mi Zhang and Mo Gan Hui Shou running one after the other. Tyranny didn't hold back and eliminated them. These people were a hidden danger, so they just let the two teams fight it out. Tyranny wasn't afraid at all.
After eliminating the two, Tyranny continued to advance, but after a few steps, they saw Lord Grim and Steamed Bun Invasion sitting in the passageway, eating bread and drinking juice!
"Situation!" Baozi saw the five members of Tyranny at a glance, and Steamed Bun Invasion immediately jumped up from the ground.
"Calm down, we can still recover for a bit!" Ye Xiu said calmly, continuing to let Lord Grim eat and recover health and mana.
Baozi always obeyed his boss's orders, so he had Steamed Bun Invasion take out the food again and start eating. Seeing the two of them acting so brazenly, the five members of Tyranny slowed down their pace. Ahead was a fork in the road. Were the other three members of Happy lying in ambush behind it?
Tyranny had fought fiercely in succession. After eliminating Royal Wind, they rushed to chase after Happy, fearing they would lose track of them. They didn't have the luxury of sitting down and leisurely recovering with food like Ye Xiu and Baozi, so their condition wasn't perfect. Seeing that Happy seemed to be up to something, they didn't retreat in fear, but they had to be fully vigilant. The five members spread out and moved cautiously.
Zhang Jiale's Dazzling Hundred Blossoms was a ranged attacker. Seeing that Ye Xiu was calmly recovering, he couldn't tolerate it and raised his hand to fire a shot.
Lord Grim immediately got up to dodge, interrupting the food recovery effect. Zhang Jiale continued to use skills, starting the Hundred Blossoms style of cover fire for Tyranny's charge. Ye Xiu didn't hesitate either, calling out to Baozi. The two of them got up and ran.
Tyranny couldn't be too slow now. Regardless of whether there was an ambush, they had to charge forward. But then they saw Lord Grim and Steamed Bun Invasion run to the fork in the road and split up, one going left and the other going right!
"This..." The members of Tyranny were stumped. They quickly controlled their characters to rush to the fork in the road. There was a road on the left and a road on the right, with a figure on each side. Where were the other three members of Happy? They didn't know...
Tyranny already understood Happy's plan. They had split into two groups. Ye Xiu and Baozi were covering and intercepting Misty Rain, while the other three retreated first. So the important fragments must be on the characters of those three. But now Ye Xiu and Baozi had split up again. Which direction would lead to the three members?
According to common sense, Ye Xiu was the more important core, so Baozi was more likely to be the bait. But thinking in reverse, perhaps it was precisely because Ye Xiu was the core that he let himself be the bait. But thinking in reverse again...
Stop. This kind of back-and-forth reverse thinking would never end. With Ye Xiu's usual cunning and treachery, anything was possible. So it was impossible to deduce from logic at this point. Either left or right, a fifty-fifty guess was needed.
"Chase Ye Xiu!" Zhang Jiale suggested, speaking the thoughts of everyone. At this moment, they were all inclined to do so.
"Wait..." Zhang Xinjie spoke up at this moment. "If this is exactly what we are inclined to think, then Ye Xiu might use this to lead us away."
"So we go after Steamed Bun Invasion?" Lin Jingyan asked.
"So we're starting to speculate on which step he's designed to?" Zhang Jiale said.
Zhang Xinjie was stunned. That's right, he had just decided not to guess Ye Xiu's riddles. How could he immediately think that this was a strategy that he would exploit as soon as he made the decision? Zhang Xinjie couldn't make a judgment.
"Just chase Ye Xiu." At a critical moment, Captain Han Wenqing took the first step, controlling his character.
"What if we're wrong?" Lin Jingyan said.
"Then at least we can beat him up to vent our anger," Han Wenqing said.
Instantly, everyone's spirits lifted. This reason was too inspiring. Just a simple sentence could boost the morale of the whole team. This was the captain's ability!
The five of them immediately turned left to chase. Hesitation had already delayed them a bit, but fortunately, Han Wenqing made the decision quickly enough. At least they could still clearly see Lord Grim's figure. He was sometimes running, sometimes turning around and using Fly Gun to retreat, clearly watching his back.
Because Tyranny was chasing, they wouldn't just run a race. These were professional players. Chasing someone based on movement speed was just comparing equipment. Professional-level chases used skills, either using skills to provide rapid movement or using attacks to restrict the opponent's movement.
In Tyranny's formation, there were two long-range attackers. Zhang Jiale's Grenadier and Qin Muyun's Sharpshooter naturally shouldered the responsibility of restricting Lord Grim's movement. They raised their guns and fired, using various skills. Lord Grim had to constantly dodge attacks from behind while moving, which greatly affected his speed. After all, he was no longer facing those guild players, but professional players, including an experienced god like Zhang Jiale.
Zhang Jiale and Qin Muyun's gunners ran and shot, while Han Wenqing and Lin Jingyan's grapplers sped up their advance. Lin Jingyan was now as sneaky as he should be and as unrestrained as he should be. Rogue Cold Dark Thunder directly used Powerful Knee Strike, leaping forward. This skill-enhanced jump was much faster than ordinary sprinting. Han Wenqing's Desert Dust also activated Cloud Walk, his character stepping and jumping, greatly increasing his speed.
Even though Ye Xiu was a great god, his opponents were extraordinary. Before long, under the combined restrictions of Zhang Jiale and Qin Muyun, Han Wenqing and Lin Jingyan's characters were getting closer and closer.
Facing this old opponent, Han Wenqing showed no courtesy. He didn't even wait for his character to get close before using a powerful move. With a Tiger Roaring Dragon Rise, Desert Dust flew up and kicked at Lord Grim.
An unprepared ultimate move could be easily avoided by professional players, but Ye Xiu knew that Han Wenqing's Tiger Roaring Dragon Rise had many variations hidden within. Dodging it required extra caution. With Lin Jingyan's cooperation, the hidden variations could kill Lord Grim in one hit. So, facing such a powerful move, Ye Xiu simply didn't dodge.
*Bang!*
A muffled sound.
Although Ye Xiu didn't dodge, he wouldn't just leave himself undefended. The moment the two feet kicked, Lord Grim blocked with his sword, using a Swordsman's skill, Parry, to block the attack.
Much of the damage was negated. The effect of Tiger Roaring Dragon Rise knocking the target down was also neutralized by the parry. Even so, Lord Grim's body was pushed backward. Ye Xiu simply let him fall backward and roll. Desert Dust, on the other hand, used the force of the kick to jump even higher, performing a Thousand Catty Drop from mid-air towards Lord Grim.
Thousand Catty Drop was a super armor attack. Even a powerful move like Dragon Breaks the Ranks couldn't knock it away. At most, both sides would take damage. Ordinary super armor could resist various effect attacks, but there were always weaknesses, which was grabbing. Grappling skills could break super armor. But Thousand Catty Drop was an exception. Its super armor effect couldn't be broken by grabbing skills. Grabbing skills were ineffective. The only way to break its super armor was to use a specialized super armor breaking skill, such as the Rogue's Poison Needle.
Unfortunately, Lord Grim didn't have that kind of skill. Although he encompassed all the low-level skills of every class, low-level skills were entry-level skills that allowed players to experience the characteristics of that class, but they didn't go too deep. More content of that class had to be learned from mid- and high-level skills after job advancement. So Lord Grim hadn't learned the skill of breaking super armor. Facing Thousand Catty Drop, he didn't have any attacking methods to counter it, so he could only dodge.
So, Lord Grim charged!
Dodging, while taking the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and all this while facing the entire Tyranny team alone.
Ye Xiu's actions surprised the five members of Tyranny. Lin Jingyan was unprepared, and the charge was aimed directly at him, knocking him flying. But Lin Jingyan wasn't someone to be bullied easily. While flying, Cold Dark Thunder threw a handful of sand.
Ye Xiu quickly adjusted his perspective. Lord Grim twisted his head to avoid the Sand Toss blinding effect, but a grenade from Dazzling Hundred Blossoms mixed in front of him. It was quite far away, seeming to have been thrown off target and unable to hurt anyone, but Ye Xiu knew that the grenade wasn't meant to harm the enemy. It was a flashbang, meant to blind him.
"Are you even shameless?" Ye Xiu roared. The flashbang exploded. Although teammates were immune to the effect, the bright light still made their vision a blinding white. The light faded quickly, and they saw Lord Grim holding up the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, using it to block his vision. Even with Sand Toss in front and a flashbang behind, they couldn't blind him.
"Are you even shameless?!" Zhang Jiale roared in anger.