Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Since it was Qin Fengyi’s first time on air, her popularity was blown out of proportions. She had attracted many viewers, and many guilds that had yet cleared out the stages were basically paying attention to her livestream.
At the moment, they were racking their brains and still could not figure out how a player could rely on ropes to stabilize his body while trying to kill an Elite in this situation.
Most of the audience in front of their TVs had the same doubts. They had no idea how Li Yao was going to pull it off.
Fengyi finally voiced out the question that everyone was asking, “How are you going to kill Elites in your current position now? And what exactly should we do on top of this slope?”
Li Yao grabbed another bundle of rope from his backpack and flung it over the tip of the dome. “Now that you’re all below the platform, you don’t have to worry about getting into a melee combat with the Wretcheds. Just stay there and attack. As for the ranged mobs, they’re all Mage mobs. I’ve tried battling them and the mages in this area are basically Fire Elemental Mages. They will release a Fireball in about every twenty seconds and a Shower of Flame every thirty seconds. Since you guys are down there, it’s a good position and is far enough for you to evade their attacks.”
AdorkableTong blinked innocently, she was still puzzled. “I know how to attack, but I would like to know how are we going to attack the Elites without having to worry much? Fire Mages are alright, but when it comes to close-combat, it will be an instant kill and we can’t completely dodge the attacks.”
Li Yao nodded and spoke through the team voice chat, “ShadowDancer, you want to learn a new skill, right? Now, let me tell you something, every class has their own hidden attributes.”
“Hidden attributes?” LilShadow was confused. Just like him, everyone was dumbfounded.
“Correct, hidden attributes.” Li Yao replied. “For example, as a Hunter, I found out that there is a hidden attribute, which is, I can create a lot of traps. Besides, these traps can have the Hunter’s bonus attributes other than having their own attributes.”
“Everyone knows that Hunter’s traps can benefit from the Hunter’s attributes. How is that a hidden attribute?” Tong asked.
“I’m talking about self-made traps, not the Trap skill. Few days ago, I trained myself as a Level 2 Bandit and switched to my Hunter character. I used self-made traps for both characters to kill mobs and I found out that for the same trap, Hunter’s self-made traps are much more powerful than Bandit’s. And quite simply as a comparison, it is the same with a lasso. A Hunter’s rope is at least three times stronger than a Bandit’s.” While Li Yao was explaining, the other end of the rope had been tied by him into a flexible noose.
ShadowDancer was able to become an Apotheosized Bandit in his past life. His ability to comprehend information was amazing, he immediately understood the use of hidden attributes. He even came to understand that a Hunter was much more powerful than other professions when operating a Ballista.
“Then, what hidden attributes do Bandits have?”
Li Yao gave him a faint smile. “I’ve only played as a Bandit for two days, how would I know. But from my experience as a Hunter, I’m certain that there is at least one. Everyone knows that in the game, weapon damage and attacking speed are fixed. Under the same attributes, Bandits can attack faster when using short weapons when compared to other classes. Then again, Bandits are the most flexible when using hook ropes.”
It was natural for Li Yao to know that every classes had hidden attributes. Now that there were too many people watching the broadcast, it was better for him to not portray himself as someone that was too far ahead of time and act like a know-it-all.
“I think I get it now.” Tong’s eyes were gleaming. “Figures. I knew that Big Bro’s attributes are much higher than a Warrior’s strength at the same level, but with melee weapons, your attacking damage is normal. Now, I finally understand.”
“My viewers are getting noisy. Some of them said that it was a big enlightenment and they are trying it out now while watching my livesteam, but some said that those were just empty talk. They want you to prove it.” Fengyi stared at the messages popping up on the big screen.
“My traps are all done, now I’ll prove it to them.” Li Yao carefully loosened up the rope around his waist, his feet were stepping on the top edge of the platform. His body seemed to be hanging on the edge and his head was lunging downward.
His entire body weight was now rested entirely on the rope around his waist. If the rope were to break, he would fall off.
In this position, he could see the number of Elites patrolling on the platform below.
The Elven building was very tall and grand, and there was still a remnant of an ancient temple architecture. The height between the platform to the dome alone was at least forty or fifty yards, while the height of a normal High Elf was only about two yards tall.
The area of the platform was very large. When converted into real-life units it would be at least a thousand square meters. There was a total of nearly thirty Elites randomly patrolling around the platform.
Li Yao observed attentively and carefully adjusted his angle. He slowly dropped the lasso from his hands.
The lasso stayed about five yards above the Wretched’s head to avoid detection by the mob.
Moments later, a Wretched with a shield and one-handed sword walked under the lasso.
Li Yao held his breath as he swung the lasso violently, then he let go of the rope.
Viewers that were spectating the broadcast in front of the TV were holding their breaths. The lasso was swung up like a swing and dropped heavily, it landed precisely on the Wretched’s neck.
Then, Li Yao jerked the lasso abruptly to tighten the rope around its neck.
The unsuspecting Wretched’s body was pulled out of the platform by a tremendous force. Then, Li Yao released the rope.
What followed next was the squeaking sound of the rope being pulled tightly. The Wretched was hung mid-air and it struggled constantly, but his struggle was in vain as the other end of the rope was tied to the top of the dome. Unless it were to break free of the rope or cut it, its only fate was being hung to death.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and attack!” It was too difficult for Li Yao to attack at his current position. He hurriedly shouted at them when he saw his squad members still dumbstruck.
“Oh, oh!”
Tong was dumbfounded, and she immediately placed a Fire Serpent Totem on the ground when Li Yao shouted at them. Then, she used Lighting Arrow.
Fengyi, on the other hand, used Aging Curse and Bone Spear after weakening the monster.
Although their equipment and level were higher, their attacking damage was incredibly low when faced with an Elite five levels higher than their current levels. It was just ten points, nine points and so on.
The Level 10 Elite’s Health was almost as much as a Level 5 Boss, it was around 4,500 points of Health.
Even ShadowDancer was not willing to sit around this time. He took out his Two-handed Crossbow and began firing, his accuracy was quite good.
“Wow, you can even do it this way?”
Seeing the hanging Level 10 Elite, the broadcast chat was piled with 6666661 messages.
“Now I’ve learned something new, thank you great master! This is the best stage livestream I have ever watched.”
“I’ve heard that someone’s ingots are already in place, hope you won’t run away this time.”
“That is a must. Most importantly, the women’s charmer KB said that if Liao Yuan can successfully open a Level 10 stage, he will bow down to him.”
“I can’t wait to watch him bow.’
People in the broadcast chat went crazy. KB who was on TV was embarrassed, he did not mean what he said and did not expect to be caught by Tina.
When the microphone was still connected he announced this openly to the audience. Liao Yuan even said that he would be waiting for him to bow down in front of him.
“Ahem, at this rate, Liao Yuan might even succeed!” Tina teased and flirted with KB.
KB’s face became purple and sour. “I’m not sure about that, mobs in World of Ancient Gods are highly intelligent creatures. Look at the hanging Elite that is struggling, he’s now using the One-handed sword in his hand to cut off the rope around his neck. See, I told you so. They’re highly intelligent and he successfully cut off the rope. Now, he’s falling, err…”
There was nothing else for him to say, the Elite that crashed onto the ground had died.
After the Elite was relentlessly attacked with some Health left, the Level 10 Elite cut off the rope and plummeted to the ground vertically from nearly a hundred yards above. It landed directly on the hillside, clearing its Health to zero.
Without their attacks, the Elite would have survived with some Health left. If he were to use Charge, Tong and the rest would be instantly killed.
“Wow, so much Exp points! My Exp bar increased by 2% just by killing a mob, this is awesome!” Tong exclaimed excitedly. “LilShadow, search the body, quick!”
ShadowDancer ran toward the body and began searching it, he handed over two silver coins and one Level 10 equipment to Tong. She nodded in contentment, looking like a big lady boss.
“Big Bro, quick, the next one!” Tong shouted. It would take them just a few dozen mobs to level up.
“Hold on a second, I need to redo my lasso.” Li Yao remade his lasso again and continued to look for an opening. In less than a minute, another Elite was caught by the lasso.
Li Yao’s squad began killing off the Elites with great joy. His successful plan of killing the mobs became a worldwide sensation.
Guilds from other districts began to pay attention to their broadcast and was also shocked. Moreover, some guilds stopped clearing out Level 5 stages and did the same thing as Li Yao with Level 10 stages.
As time went by, Li Yao’s squad methodically cleared out the first platform.
On TV, Tina saw KB’s face getting purpler and darker, “Liao Yuan succeeded in clearing out the first platform, his success has sparked interest worldwide. And now quite a few anchors have sent in messages, and so far, almost every major guilds and clubs have sent out squads to clear out the first platform with this method.”
The scene changed. Some guilds that were resourceful have made Ballistae. Although they have learned Climb skill, the steel arrow came off before they could even climb up. Players plummeted to their miserable death and their souls returned to a nearby graveyard.
Other than that, there were all sorts of scenes showing some strong guilds failing in trying to kill the Elites and ended up dying. The audience in front of their TVs gloated and laughed at their failures.
Some guilds were clever and let their agile Bandits climb up the rope. Although the thieves succeeded, but they could not make lassos and their toss was weak.
Finally, some Bandits from some guilds learned to make lassos, only to find out that their various lasso techniques did not work.
After hundreds of attempts, some Bandits were finally able to lasso an Elite. However, some Bandits were negligent and let loose of their ropes, they plummeted to the ground with the Elite. The Bandits died upon impact but the Elite survived with low Health and massacred the entire squad that was ready to attack.
There were too many players, too many experts, and there would always be successes. Their success also proved that Li Yao’s theory was correct.
Other districts aside, a Bandit from China’s Glory Guild made several attempts and perfectly lassoed an Elite. The Elite was hung, but before their squad could attack, the rope snapped. What happened next was another tragedy.
Hunters were once left out in the cold by guilds. Due to the failures of these guilds, Hunters were suddenly highly sought after. Within a short period of time, guilds began to recruit expert Hunter players.
“After watching other guilds attempt to clear out the first platform in the same way, I finally understand the difference between a master player and an ordinary player. Liao Yuan seemed to have completed the platform with ease. There were almost thirty Elites on the platform but they never failed once, but when we look at other guilds, they suffered tremendous losses.” Tina looked at the bleak scenes that were still rolling on the screen.
Although KB’s face was dark with embarrassment, he continued with his explanation, “It may seem simple to you, but in fact this method requires a lot of skills. Let me remind you again, these players that were massacred are not ordinary players. They are expert players of elite squads and expert combat squads of big guilds.”
“You’re defending Liao Yuan now, does that mean you’ve become his follower now?” Tina smirked.
KB shook his head. “I admit that Liao Yuan is very skilled, but that will be the end of your teasing. He won’t be able to get pass the second platform, the first platform was flat and they won’t be able to shoot at the second platform with the Ballista. It might be possible to shoot from the dome, but no player will be able to stand on top long enough, what more a Ballista. They won’t be able to link to the second platform with the Ballista. His method used in clearing the first platform will be useless in the next platform.”
“What if Liao Yuan thought of a new way?”
“Impossible, do you really think he’s a god? How would he have so many skills?” KB spat. His heart was relieved.
Tina shook her head. “I just messaged Summer, she said that Liao Yuan knows how to get on the second platform.”
Pfft…
“I don’t believe it.” KB’s face turned red and then purple, he almost spat out blood. He felt as though he had been slapped on the face right after the words came out of his mouth.
The audience watching the livestream stared in disbelief. They began to speculate and visualize the ways to get on the second platform…