The M24’s signature thunderous roar echoed across the campus.
System Announcement: “Tidal - Chen Yuxuan” eliminated “Black Horse - XXX.”
This Black Horse team member had just poked his head out of the swimming pool when he was instantly killed by a sniper shot, collapsing in the open area.
Chen Yuxuan intentionally didn't kill him.
She left him there.
Waiting for his teammates to come revive him, he was essentially a living bait.
However...
The Black Horse Squad was no pushover; they chose to watch their teammate bleed to death rather than go forward to help.
“Sniper! Skybridge direction, suppress her quickly!”
Lei Yu’s furious roar carried a hint of alarm.
He hadn’t expected the opponent to acquire a high-magnification sniper rifle so quickly, and her aim was incredibly precise and deadly.
Almost simultaneously with Chen Yuxuan’s shot, gunfire erupted from within the teaching building.
“Da da da da!”
Li Shenyu’s M416 protruded from the third-floor reading room window, repelling several Baiye City contestants who were attempting to rush the teaching building’s main entrance from the playground, pinning them behind the low wall at the entrance and even eliminating one.
“Bang! Bang!”
On the first floor, at the classroom’s back door, Qi Maosong’s shotgun emitted two muffled thuds.
A Ghost Shadow team member attempting to breach through the back door was instantly knocked backward as soon as he poked his head out, crashing heavily against the corridor wall and instantly turning into white light.
System Announcement: “Tidal - Li Shenyu” eliminated “Blaze - XXX.”
System Announcement: “Tidal - Qi Maosong” eliminated “Ghost Shadow - XXX.”
Less than a few minutes into the match, Baiye City contestants had lost three members, and they were all players from popular championship-contending teams.
This unexpected turn of events.
Left the spectators outside utterly shocked.
Especially Ma Lingzhi in the VIP seats, who was so startled he nearly stood up.
What’s going on?
Tidal Town hasn’t lost a single person, but we’ve already lost three...
How can we continue playing like this?
“Disperse, don’t clump together. Night Owl, follow me and assault the second floor via the side stairs. Black Horse, draw fire from the front. Everyone else, focus suppressing fire on the third-floor window. Han Ying, show me your true skill, find that sniper, and take her out.” Yu Ye’s voice quickened, and he quickly finalized the tactics.
They planned to use their numerical advantage to break through from multiple directions.
He just couldn’t believe it...
Forty people fighting four, and they still couldn’t turn the tide?
Baiye City’s team immediately displayed elite tactical proficiency, quickly fanning out and acting according to orders.
Lei Yu, with the remaining Black Horse team members, launched a feint attack on the main entrance of the teaching building, creating a huge commotion and dust, attempting to draw fire from Li Shenyu and Chen Yuxuan.
Lin Wei’s Blaze squad and other Baiye City squads dispersed behind cover on the playground, continuously pouring bullets into the third-floor reading room window where Li Shenyu was located, shattering glass and sending wood chips flying from bookshelves, forcing Li Shenyu to temporarily retreat behind cover and unable to effectively support below.
Meanwhile, Yu Ye, along with Night Owl and another team, quietly crept to the base of an inconspicuous fire escape on the side of the teaching building.
Han Ying also quickly moved towards the gymnasium, searching for a sniping position that could threaten the top of the skybridge.
“Qi Maosong, side fire escape, at least three!”
Li Ruoshu’s voice rang out in the team channel.
As if she had foreknowledge, she was already positioned at a blind spot at the second-floor fire escape entrance.
“Understood!”
Without hesitation, Qi Maosong precisely rolled a flashbang down the cracks of the fire escape.
Boom!
Blinding white light and immense noise erupted in the narrow stairwell.
“Ah! My eyes!”
“Careful!”
Painful cries and confusion from a team member below could be heard.
Now!
Li Ruoshu moved.
She slid rapidly forward, the UMP9’s muzzle unleashing a terrifying rate of fire at close range.
“Da da da da...”
Bullets instantly gunned down several people at the stairwell entrance, blood mist permeating the air.
System Announcement: “Tidal - Li Ruoshu” eliminated “XX - XXX.”
Four consecutive kill messages appeared on the system announcement screen, drawing exclamations from the outside world.
The spectators cried out, strongly demanding that the camera be switched over, and accusing the Adventurer's Guild of doing something shady right under their noses.
Otherwise, why would they be unwilling to switch the camera to that battlefield for so long?
Facing these voices.
The two commentators on stage were drenched in cold sweat, unsure how to explain.
They could only grit their teeth and continue commentating.
Forcibly pretending not to know.
Ma Lingzhi was the same; facing the bewildered looks of representatives from other cities, he could only laugh awkwardly, stating that there might be some system issue and professionals were already handling it urgently.
While making excuses.
He was cursing under his breath, wondering what in the world these guys were doing, messing up such a simple thing to this extent, and now it was completely out of control.
What Ma Lingzhi didn't know was that the Baiye City teams were also in dire straits at that moment.
Can't get in!
They simply couldn't get in...
On top of the skybridge, Chen Yuxuan’s M24 roared again.
This time, her target was none other than Han Ying, who was setting up his rifle behind a tree at the edge of the playground, attempting to aim at the skybridge.
At the moment the shot rang out, Han Ying, relying on the instincts of a top sniper, abruptly ducked.
“Whoosh!”
The scorching bullet grazed the scalp he had just retracted, tearing a deep gash in his Level 2 helmet, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.
“Damn it!”
Han Ying was greatly alarmed; the opponent’s sniper was not only accurate but also timed her shots to perfection.
He was completely suppressed from beginning to end, not daring to expose himself easily.
At the same time.
Li Shenyu also seized several fleeting opportunities to pick off two opponents.
Kill messages appeared on the screen again.
“Forty people ganging up on four, and you still get counter-killed? Can you even play?”
“You’re so bad, even my snot-nosed kid plays better than you.”
“Control your recoil! You can’t even control recoil, why are you playing a match?”
Li Shenyu’s mocking voice echoed over the playground.
Earlier, when Ma Lingzhi used these words to scold them, the Baiye City contestants, though angry, could only endure it and wait to be lectured.
Now...
It was Li Shenyu who was using those words to scold them, which made Yu Ye and the others somewhat unbearable.
Li Shenyu didn't just stop at one insult; once he had gained a foothold and an advantage, his mouth never stopped, spewing insults from start to finish. Crucially, his insults were all well-founded, leaving them no room to retort.
They were already under some pressure.
Now, with this mockery, their last shred of sanity vanished.
Once reason disappeared.
Then what awaited them would be their piecemeal defeat.
Han Ying was eliminated shortly after; when he came out of the Battle Royale Dungeon, Han Ying had always prided himself on being the strongest sniper.
At the same time, he had always looked down on others who played as snipers.
The result...
When he encountered Chen Yuxuan, he was so suppressed that he couldn't even lift his head.
Finally, under Li Shenyu’s mockery, his Dao Heart shattered, he inadvertently exposed a weakness, and was taken out with one shot.