Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
UltimateTruth witnessed the exchange of attacks. The Boss had yet landed a single hit on Li Yao whereas Li Yao had already caused the Boss to lose more than a thousand Health in just one round of attacks. One fifth of the Boss’s Health was lost, causing the journalists to cry out in surprise.
“This, this is sick! Is he even human?”
“Could this be StarFire?” ShadowDay squinted at Li Yao’s bow, but he was still uncertain. After all, everything in the game looked similar, even the number of similar equipment was too large. Besides, there were too many players in the game. Forget about the resemblance of the looks, even the same equipment and set of skills could not conclude that they were the same person.
“That’s right, that’s definitely right. This person must be StarFire! Other than the great StarFire God, nobody is able to use this kind of attacking tactics. No one would be able to solo a boss and no one would have such high attack damage.”
ShadowDay shook his head. “It’s hard to say, there are too many players in this game. There must be god-like players that have yet emerged out of the crowd. Although their bows do look alike, but it does not affirm that he is StarFire. Based on the information I have, Starfire does not have such powerful Arrow Towers. Moreover, did you notice the dragon on his arms? That must be some sort of skill. This person has so many tricks up his sleeves!”
“Maybe the Great StarFire God has gotten much stronger.” UltimateTruth stood firm by his own opinion.
“Maybe. StarFire or not, this material is valuable enough.” ShadowDay said. “Record this footage properly. I’m 100% sure you will become an official reporter with this.”
“Yes, I will. Today is such an eye-opener. Even if he’s not StarFire, then we’ve found another great god player. But aren’t Hunters weak, why is it always the Hunters that solo Bosses?”
ShadowDay sighed again, “Who told you Hunters are weak? Now, most players have yet mastered the ways to play as Hunters. When you look at StarFire and this expert, do you still think Hunters are weak? Stop with the nonsensical assumptions.”
Li Yao did not care what the two journalists thought. His only affliction now was that he could no longer use his StarFire identity to take down this first kill.
He did not want to mix up StarFire and Liao Yuan. StarFire was meant to be a purely traditional Hunter, winning all kinds of honors with his impressive skills.
On the other hand, Liao Yuan was a Mech-Hunter with a formidable style. He was designed to be a Mech-Hunter that was undefeatable. In this way, no one would suspect both of them with different personas as the same person.
He could not do that now. The journalists had recorded his Arrow Towers, he could not change to his StarFire identity.
Now, his damage output was too overpowered. It was way stronger than an average Hunter’s attacks. His damage output was equal to a small team’s output. But the Boss before him had the Health of one when faced with a single player.
After one round of attacks, the Boss’s Health was reduced by one-fifth, which was insane.
By the time the puppet had reached Li Yao’s side, it had suffered three waves of Arrow Towers’ attacks and two Charged attacks.
His Health had plummeted again, it was five hundred Health now. His Health dropped from 5,000 to around 3000.
Li Yao did several Shadow Flips to get away from the Boss. The puppet let out a piercing sound.
“Little bugger, you’ve pissed me off! Feel the wrath of Lord Mok’rash!”
Flames shot out beneath the Mech-Puppet’s feet. The puppet was suspended in the air, his head crashed onto the top of the mine and he landed heavily on the ground.
Rumble…
Following the aggressive rumble, Li Yao felt a violent vibration. Damage figures of -5 -6 -8 -6 began appearing above his head.
At the same time, irregular stones fell from the top of the arena. Li Yao gave up attacking and concentrated on evading the stones. The shockwaves made his Health dropped constantly, if he was hit by a stone he may die instantly. Even if he would not die in an instant, the stones may paralyze his body and the puppet would tear him into pieces.
Li Yao drank a bottle of Beginner’s Health Potion to replenish his lost Health, his Health was stabilized. This was the first time Li Yao had lost Health since he entered the game.
Ka-chak…
The puppet stood up and dashed toward Li Yao again.
An Arrow Tower was in the middle blocking his way. The puppet swung his electrical saw arm and the tower was shredded like a fragile tofu.
The puppet stopped in his tracks and swung his arms again, a flywheel was released and the other Arrow Tower was sliced into half, losing its function.
“Damn it!”
This is the case when dealing with superior Bosses. The more intelligent the Boss was, the harder it was to deal with.
The rock shower lasted for ten seconds. Li Yao may have evaded the attack, but he lost two of his Arrow Towers. The towers were still in cooldown, it would take him a few more seconds to place another tower.
Li Yao dared not draw the Boss to the other side as he feared he would destroy his Ballista. Without the Ballista’s steel arrow to jam the puppet’s sledgehammer arm, it would be impossible for Li Yao to solo the Boss.
If the Lightning Berserk skill were to paralyze Li Yao, the Boss would be able to kill Li Yao with ease.
Li Yao constantly rolled and tumbled around the arena while attacking the Boss. As time went by, Li Yao would be able to place more towers once the Arrow Tower’s cooldown was over.
The two journalists that were filming the battle were stunned while watching Li Yao dodge the Boss’s attacks in a dangerous and thrilling way. No words could describe the shock they were feeling.
Even ShadowDay, the older journalist, who had experienced many gameplays held his breath while spectating the fight. He was afraid any sound he made would disturb Li Yao.
‘This is an art! The Arrow Towers are powerful and his dodging skills are superb. Someone described StarFire’s moves as dancing on the tip of a blade, and I have to say, this is the real dancing on the tip of the blade. This isn’t like previous older games and this is in Free Mode! Where did this person come from? Let’s say that he joins a combat team, he will be the first to create a legend of the undefeatable squad.’
ShadowDay dared not make a sound, but millions of thoughts were stirred in his mind.
When Li Yao placed a second Arrow Tower, his sharp eyes noticed that the steel arrow that was jammed in between the puppet’s joint had broken off. The remaining piece was turned into debris and had fallen off.
“Two minutes and fifteen seconds, it can only jam for around two minutes and fifteen seconds.”
Li Yao did not rest with that conclusion he drew. He used a few continuous Shadow Flips to quickly reach the Ballista.
Clink, clank…
With the puppet’s vigorous flailing of his arms, his joints were completely snapped free. The electric sledgehammer began to charge, a sign that the Boss was about to unleash his skill.
“That’s bad, the lightning is locked onto him! He will not be able to use the Ballista in time!”
ShadowDay let out a shriek. Although he was old and had seen extraordinary things, he could see that Li Yao was now facing a life or death situation.
Both journalists were even more worried than Li Yao, as if they were the ones fighting the Boss. Droplets of sweat dripped down their faces.
Just then, they saw a Mech-Dragon appear. The tiny Mech-Dragon wrapped itself around the Mech-Puppet’s arm. The puppet was about to throw the hammer but it was now stopped in mid-air.
Clink, clink…
The piercing sound of metal grinding hurt Li Yao’s ears.
Li Yao, who had already returned to the Ballista’s side, hurriedly adjusted the Ballista’s angle.
As the Mech-Dragon had restrained the puppet’s arms, the puppet had his arm raised and was ready to unleash his skills.
Li Yao seized the moment and controlled the little dragon to wrap around his arm and tug it in the opposite direction of the mechanical arm forcefully.
As a result, the puppet’s arm froze in mid-air and he was unable to unleash his skill.
However, Li Yao was clear that the metal dragon was greatly lacking in terms of both material and power compared to the Boss’s strength. He only had a short moment of opportunity.
Click, click, click…
The Mech-Dragon’s body began to crack and snap under the tremendous force of the puppet.
It was at this time that Li Yao, who had already adjusted his Ballista, fired his second arrow.
The journalists that were spectating the battle had their hearts raised to their throats just as the Mech-Dragon snapped. The puppet’s arms dropped and the skill was about to be unleashed.
Thwack…
A super unpleasant sound was heard. Another huge steel arrow had once again struck into the joints of the puppet’s arm.
The puppet’s body fell backward with a thud from the arrow’s tremendous force.
“This is so cool! My gosh, this is some kind of god-like tactic!” UltimateTruth roared in excitement.
ShadowDay let out a smile. “If this person isn’t StarFire, that means we have another god player here.”
Li Yao did not idle around nor did he show the slightest bit of doubt. When the steel arrow was fired, he already had his self-made bow readied.
He began to charge his arrows while moving to the other side quickly. His intention was clear, which was to preserve the Ballista. Military Ballista was definitely a very good combat item, even if it could not be used in this battle anymore, he still had to safeguard it.
A minute had passed, the Boss’s Health was lower than a thousand. Just as the two journalists were cheering for Li Yao, a group of players stormed into the arena.
Both journalists froze, they realized that it was the same crowd from Getaway Studios that was supposed to have returned to the city.
“Many thanks to you for helping us to take down this Boss, we will repay your kindness later.” GetawayThirdBro laughed.
Meanwhile, three warriors used Charge and Taunt to lure away the Boss’s Rage.
Then, ranged players began to attack the Boss. Some players obstructed Li Yao from attacking the Boss, and they were ready to strike him at any time.
Li Yao immediately used Shadow Flip to move away from the crowd. He had his arrows nocked and was on guard.
“Dude, thanks for today. If it weren’t for you, Getaway Studios would’ve bled for nothing.” GetawayStudios snickered. “To show our gratitude, let us send you back to the city. No need to thank me, you deserve this.”
UltimateTruth scoffed coldly, “What are you guys going to do, the entire thing is being recorded. You want to kill us after stealing the Boss kill?”
Only then did ThirdBro see the two silhouttes behind the seam. His face changed when he saw ShadowDay. He met him not long ago and he was a very famous game journalist.
He could really care less about Shadow, but he had the footage which he could use against him. He had to take that into consideration. Games had evolved in many ways to this very day, and there were certain principles to follow.
For example, after he had robbed other people’s Bosses, he must spare the player’s life. Of course, this was if the player did not resist or fight back.
This principle was fought for vehemently by ordinary players. Although the principle was not expressly stated and was not strictly followed, it would not matter if nobody else were to witness it. It would be troublesome if someone had a footage of it.
As much as they would not want to recruit too many members, they were still a game studio. They had to entertain their clients if they wanted to make money. Technically, any player in the game could potentially be their client.
If their act of stealing other player’s Boss and killing the player got out on the internet, surely a bunch of people who had nothing better to do would be mad at them and even boycott them.
“Ahem, it was just a joke. Bro, you should stay there, or else return to the city. You better not steal our Boss kill, or else I will take matters into my own hands. No one will know anything once I kill you both.”
ThirdBro pondered for a moment before gesturing for them to leave. They did not bat an eye at him and walked to the seam. ThirdBro showed no signs of regret, it was too common to steal Boss kills in the game.
As twenty members from Getaway Studios began to attack the Boss, the Boss’s Health increased by a few dozen-folds, but he was still low in Health. Besides, the Boss’s most deadly arm was jammed and they were confident in taking out this Boss.
“They returned to the city, why did they show up again?” UltimateTruth was puzzled.
Li Yao thought for a moment and replied, “It’s simple, a Warlock amongst them has learned Teleportation Gate skill and brought them back here. They returned back to the city but they may have put some players in charge as lookout to see if there is anyone trying to kill the Boss. They found out I was fighting the Boss so they came back, nothing surprising here.”
UltimateTruth froze and stared at Li Yao, “What the hell, they stole your Boss, aren’t you angry at all?”
“Of course, I’m angry,” replied Li Yao.
“But you don’t look worried or angry at all.” UltimateTruth was speechless.
Li Yao fumbled for a moment and said, “I’m angry, but there is nothing for me to worry about.”
“Why is that?” UltimateTruth wanted to get to the bottom of this.
Li Yao let out a laugh and said nothing.
ShadowDay was deep in his thoughts, it seemed like this expert player was really confident with himself. After he had seen what Li Yao was capable of, he believed that Li Yao was not overly-confident with himself. He looked at the members of Getaway Studios and felt sympathetic…