KB saw ShadowDancer take AdorkableTong’s position. After Tong had replenished her mana, she replaced Summer, who was also low on Mana.
“This tactic, is so, so ridiculous!” KB exploded after his patience had been tested for half a day. Now that the Boss had lost a fifth of its Health and Li Yao’s squad was working well together, there was not a single mistake made.
Tina covered her mouth and laughed, “But this strategy is really effective. If they don’t make any mistakes, I’m afraid they will take the Boss down, and those big guilds and clubs will be super envious, jealous and would hate them for it.”
“If they really succeed, they will definitely be envied. After all, they’re getting Rare Blue equipment. Let’s say after they’ve finished off the Boss, their achievement won’t be displayed on the worldwide announcement, but the loot will be the same as a wild Boss’s loot. The grade of the loot will reduce after each successful completion, and the loot will make our jaws drop for sure. In case a Purple equipment is dropped, tsk tsk, it will be a Level 10 Purple equipment!” KB was envious even though he said it himself. Although he was also a master, he only had one Blue weapon, and it was just a Level 2 Blue weapon.
“ShadowDancer is also very powerful. Even though he is a Bandit, his accuracy with the Hand Crossbow isn’t bad at all.” Tina looked at ShadowDancer attacking the Boss steadily. “The squad members that Liao Yuan has found are all very good!”
“Indeed, this Bandit’s accuracy with the crossbow is really good, too bad he isn’t a Hunter.” KB also agreed. Although ShadowDancer could not shoot every arrow on the Arcane Guardian’s head just like Li Yao, but his shots never missed. As for his damage, it was only -1. After all, he was a Bandit. The damage of the Hand Crossbow was low, but it was better than nothing.
“So you’re going to get hit in the face by Liao Yuan again.” Tina pointed to the message. “That’s what the audience said.”
“That’s not necessarily true. Don’t forget, Summer has gone down to replenish her Mana, no one is going to help Liao Yuan block the Boss’s attack anymore.”
After KB’s reminder, it occurred to everyone that every time the Boss went down the platform through the corridor, it would unleash an Arcane projectile.
“Oh no, this is going to be a disaster, Liao Yuan didn’t even think about that.” Tina and the audience all felt that it was a pity.
It really was a one in a hundred, the method was successful, but the Boss’s level was too much for them. Besides, its Health was too high and their Mana could not keep up with it.
Shhh…
In the screen, the Boss raised its left arm and it began to shine with blue light.
The crowd turned and look at Li Yao, but his facial expression had not changed at all.
The Arcane projectile travelled extremely fast. Some of the spectators sighed, it was going to end now.
However, not everyone had the same thought. Just as the projectile had almost reached Li Yao, an Arrow Tower appeared just in time to block the Arcane Explosion.
The Arrow Tower was blown into smithereens by the Arcane Explosion. The first reaction in their minds was ‘F*ck!’.
“F*ck! How is he still able to use Arrow Tower?” KB was filled with disbelief.
Then, Li Yao continued to attack steadily, as if what he did was not something out of the ordinary.
“He is able to use Arrow Tower to block the Boss’s skill, why didn’t he use it earlier, why did he need Summer to summon the Skeleton?” Tina wondered out loud.
KB took a deep breath and sat down. “That is because the Arrow Tower is also his main attack output, haven’t you notice that each of his Arrow Towers do almost the same damage as Tong and Summer’s attacks? Besides, the Arrow Tower attacks once every second.”
“In that case, Liao Yuan’s attack damage alone is able to match with a small team’s damage?” Tina finally realized this fact.
“Yes, and it’s scary. But I’ve read a lot of information and I couldn’t find any details about this skill, and I haven’t seen any other Hunters use Arrow Towers.” KB sighed. “It’s a good thing the Arrow Tower is similar to the Shaman’s totem. It has low Health and has to be placed in a good position to attack. If faced with an intelligent Boss on a normal terrain, the Arrow Tower will not be as powerful. Just like the battle in the mine, the Boss would always find a way to destroy the Arrow Tower.”
Tina saw the pile of messages flooding in. “Please KB, answer some of the viewers’ doubts. Some of them said that they have obviously just seen three Arrow Towers attacking the Boss, how did Liao Yuan summon another one in just the blink of an eye?”
It took KB a short while to understand, he explained, “There’s only one possibility, which is that the Arrow Tower is different from the Shaman’s totem, it has a given amount of time before it would disappear. Before the Boss unleashed its skill, one of the Arrow Towers disappeared after its given time was up, so he can naturally unleash another one.”
Tina was dazed. “So that’s how it is. Not only is Liao Yuan excellent in planning strategies, he’s also a very lucky person. The sky really is his only limit!”
KB shook his head. “This isn’t luck, he has calculated this ahead of time.”
“That’s impossible, no?” Tina was surprised.
“Did you see what he did earlier? Before the Boss unleashed its skill, he was still steadily attacking, and after the skill was unleashed, he unleashed his Arrow Tower with ease to block the skill. Then, he proceeded to attack calmly without even flinching. Think about it from another point of view, if you were in his shoes, even if you were steady, would you be this calm?”
Tina could not argue. “Even something as detailed as the Arrow Tower’s CD was calculated, and the timing was so good. If everything were calculated in advance, that’ll be so scary, is he even human?”
“His instincts are really impressive. If he had the chance to join combat teams, he might be able to advance even further. But unfortunately, he’s a Hunter.”
KB felt a sense of pity for Li Yao. Now, guilds and clubs had basically made the same decision, which is during contests, Hunters were only made substitutes for a short while and were not able to get on the battlefield. Each combat team and club had their own internal trainings. During PKs, the Hunters’ winning rate was simply abysmal.
That was why even if Liao Yuan was invited to one of the teams, he could probably only sit on the cold bench and play as a substitute.
On the other hand, the audience and livestream spectators exploded with cheers. During the livestream, golden light flashed and the animation of ingot pieces made the screen glitter.
“Boss, that’s beautiful!” ShadowDancer witnessed Li Yao blocking the skill by himself.
“It’s nothing much, don’t get distracted. Continue with your attacks.” Li Yao added, “Summer, have you replenished your Mana?”
“Almost there.” Summer replied.
“That’s good, ShadowDancer get ready, go down after you have reached the first platform.” Li Yao commanded in an orderly manner.
“Roger that!” ShadowDancer replied sharply.
Although their attacks were slow, the Boss’s Health was slowly dropping in a steady manner.
The Boss acted like a fool and walked to the first platform, then it saw that Li Yao and the others had reached the second platform.
It began to ran to the second platform, only to find out that Li Yao and the rest had reached the first platform. In the end, it ran back again.
Although the Boss did not unleash its other skills, everyone knew that the skills’ effects would be absolutely devastating. Unfortunately, it was out of range as they were too far away, and it only had one long-range skill.
An hour passed by, during which even Li Yao had depleted his Mana twice. But he could not go back down, he could only choose to not release any skills.
When the Boss stormed to the second platform, they were tired and exhausted. The entire process was too energy consuming. They have yet made a single mistake in that hour, or else they would face the fate of defeat.
Whether it was the viewers in front of the TV or the live broadcast, they all cheered involuntarily. They were also tired after watching their battle that lasted for more than an hour. Not only that, they tensed up and clenched their butt cheeks each time something was about to happen to either one of the squad members.
“There’s nothing much to say, from now on I’ll be Liao Yuan’s fan. Does master Liao Yuan have Weibo? Please add me ahhhhhh…”
“Same request.”
“Only ingots can represent my current feelings.”
“I’m not easily convinced, but master Liao Yuan’s skills have convinced me. A Boss that’s impossible to kill at the current stage was worn out by them. I worship him.”
The livestream went crazy. The screen was covered with ingots, gambled ingots scattered everywhere, gifts flew across the screen and messages bombarded the live chat box. All of the pop-ups squeezed on the screen to the point where nothing could be seen clearly.
Tina smiled at KB whose face was now purple and dark. “The audience is very passionate, they have sent us some messages.”
“The people of Tudor have sent in congratulatory telegrams.”
“The people of Shandong have sent in congratulatory telegrams.”
“The people of Northeast China have sent in congratulatory telegrams.”
“The people of Fujian Province have sent in congratulatory telegrams.”
…
There were even congratulatory telegrams from the American and European administrative regions. KB wanted to find a place to hide himself, but he could not do it. The smile on his face was bright, but he was biting his teeth hard and his heart was itching with hatred…
“KB, why are your lips pursed?” Tina asked.
“I have a toothache.” KB replied warily.
***
“I’m so tired to the point where I don’t want to move, I just want to get a good sleep.” Tong was on the ground beside the Boss but she did not move even a finger.
ShadowDancer was also tired, but he was still waiting down there.
“Captain, you should search the corpse,” said Fengyi.
“Let me enjoy the golden shine from the livestream for a moment. Tong, the Boss is just beside you, search the corpse, quick.” Li Yao said.
“I’m tired, I don’t want to.” Tong replied with discontent. “It’s better for you to search it. You’re now looking at Summer’s livestream, the ingot rewards are all Summer’s, why are you so happy? You can’t get it anyways.”
“It feels awesome even by just looking at it. What you don’t know is that I was once a streamer too, for just a year. I can even count the ingots I’ve gotten in a year with just my fingers.” Li Yao looked as if he did not want to reminisce the past.
“If you start streaming now, your hands will go jelly for receiving too many ingots.” Laughed Fengyi.
“Now? Forget it, I don’t have the same interest anymore.” Li Yao had no reason to go back to his previous life and start streaming again.
“Oh, it seems that Big Bro is trying to use this opportunity to… oh.” Tong suddenly realized that they were still on live broadcast and stopped herself immediately. “I’ll search the corpse.”
“Why is this item dropped, it’s so strange.” Tong looked dazedly at the ball in her hand. “The Spirit Ball of Arcane Guardian.”
Spirit Ball of Arcane Guardian
Rank: Level 11 Leader
The introduction was simple, which baffled many people. A lot of envious and jealous people were gleeful at the seemingly terrible drop.
“This is some good stuff.” Li Yao said. “This thing, if everyone is okay with it, we will give this to Summer.”
“What kind of thing is this?” Tong stared at the item, mystified.
“A Necromancer can summon special undead creatures, and this Spirit Ball allows her to summon a Level 11 Leader Boss. The summoned Boss will belong to the undead, and will have around sixty to eighty percent of the strength it had when it was alive. I believe Summer knows more about it than me.”
“Well, this Spirit Ball is better than any equipment for me.” Summer put the Spirit Ball into her backpack nonchalantly.
Even though she was calm, players from her livestream and the audience in front of the TV could not keep calm any longer…