Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Killing Time
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
TV station.
KB sees Shadow Dance feverishly swap to Dumb Dumb. Once Dumb Dumb has restored her mana, she swaps out Xiayao, who was also out of mana.
“This tactic is just too… it’s too despicable.” Despite holding his tongue for a while, KB can’t help but curse. By now, the boss has already lost a fifth of its health, and the team’s coordination is flawless, without a single mistake.
Tian Na giggles: “But it’s an effective strategy. If they make no mistakes, they’ll probably bring down this boss. Those big guilds and clubs must be wishing they thought of it.’
“If they really succeed, jealousy is a certainty. After all, it’s high-level Blue Equipment. To put it this way, pioneering this boss might not have a world announcement, but the drop is equivalent to a wilderness boss. Once it becomes a dungeon boss, the drop will decrease a level. Everyone will be green with envy. Suppose a purple piece of equipment pops out… That’s a level 10 purple equipment.” KB says, clearly envious. He may be a top player, but he only has a Blue Weapon himself, and it’s only a level 2 one at that.
“Shadow Dance is really impressive too. A rogue with such precise Crossbow
Arrow shots.” Tian Na watches Shadow Dance’s steady outputs, exclaiming,
“Prairie Fire has really found some great teammates.”
“This rogue’s crossbow accuracy is really solid. Should have just been a Hunter instead.” KB agrees. He sees very clearly that although Shadow Dance isn’t able to strike the Arcane Guardian’s head with every shot like Prairie Fire, he hasn’t missed a shot. As for damage, it’s just a forced -1, because he is a rogue after all. His hand crossbow does insignificant damage, but it’s better than nothing.
“So, Prairie Fire made a fool out of you again.” Tian Na points to a message, “This is what the audience is saying.”
KB counters: “Not necessarily. Don’t forget, Xiayao has gone to restore her mana. They now lack someone to block the boss’s abilities.”
Upon KB’s reminder, everyone realizes that each time the boss moves from the platform to the corridor, it shoots an Arcane Bullet.
“Damn, they’re screwed. Prairie Fire doesn’t seem to have considered that.” Tian Na looks regretful, and so do the audience members.
So close, yet so far. The plan was successful in itself, but the boss’ level is too high above theirs, and its health pool too large. Their mana can’t keep up with the demand.
With a sizzle…
In the screen, the boss raises its left arm, which begins to glow with a blue light.
Everyone looks towards Li Yao, noticing his facial expression remains unchanged.
The Arcane Bullet quickly flies over. Some of the audience sighs—this is the end.
But it doesn’t go as people imagined. Just when the Arcane Bullet is about to hit Li Yao’s face, an Arrow Tower appears and blocks it.
Looking at the Arrow Tower that was obliterated by the Arcane Bullet, the first thing that pops into their minds is, ‘Damn.’
“Damn, how can he still conjure an Arrow Tower?” KB looks dumbstruck.
Then Li Yao continues his stable output, as if he was doing something trivial.
“If he can use an Arrow Tower to block the boss’s skills, why didn’t he use it earlier? Why did Xiayao need to summon a skeleton?” Tian Na asks, puzzled.
KB takes a deep breath and says, “Because the Arrow Tower is key to their offense. Have you noticed? Each Arrow Tower’s damage is similar to that of Dumb Dumb and Xiayao. Plus, an Arrow Tower attacks once every second.”
“In other words, Prairie Fire’s damage output alone equals a small team, right?” Tian Na finally reacts.
“It certainly is frightening. But after reviewing a lot of information, I couldn’t find any detailed data on this skill. Plus, I haven’t seen any other Hunters using Arrow Towers.” KB sighs, “Luckily, Arrow Towers have about the same health as a Shaman’s totem. The output needs a good environment to work well in. In regular terrain against an intelligent boss, the Arrow Tower wouldn’t have been so powerful, like in the cave fight where the boss constantly tried to destroy the Arrow Towers.”
Tian Na sees a massive volume of messages and says, “KB, please answer some of the audience’s questions. Some viewers said that they just saw three Arrow Towers in action. How could Prairie Fire summon another one in an instant?”
KB quickly understands the situation and explains, “The only possibility is that the Arrow Tower, unlike the Shaman’s Totem, also has a time limit. Before the boss launched its ability, one of the Arrow Towers reached its expiry and disappeared. Naturally, he could summon another one.”
Tian Na seems hazy, “So that’s it. Not only is Prairie Fire skillful in strategizing, his luck is also amazing. It’s quite the turn of fate.”
KB shakes his head and says, “This isn’t due to luck. He probably calculated it in advance.”
“How can that be possible?” Tian Na looks surprised.
“Did you see his performance just now? Before the boss launched its skill, his output was stable. After the boss released its ability, he calmly placed an Arrow Tower to block the boss’s skills. Then he went back to outputting steadily, without a single change in his facial expression. If you put yourself in his shoes, would you remain this calm despite being as composed as you could
Tian Na can’t refute and blankly replies, “He even factored in the Arrow Tower’s cooldown, and the timing was perfect. If everything was indeed pre-calculated then this is too scary. Is he even human?”
“His awareness is indeed formidable. If he had the chance to join a team, he could potentially skyrocket in power. It’s a shame that he’s a Hunter.”
KB shows regret because every club has come to the same decision: Hunters would only be substitutes in the short run and won’t play in the actual game. Regardless of the clubs or teams, in internal training and PKs, Hunters’ win rates are simply miserable.
Therefore, even if Prairie Fire gets invited by a team, he would likely end up sitting on the bench.
Meanwhile, the viewers and live- stream chat channel were in a frenzy, particularly the live-stream channel, where Ingots of gold are flying all about, causing the colours on the screen to constantly shift.
“Boss, that was awesome.” Shadow Dance has seen Li Yao block the skill himself.
“Piece of cake. Don’t get distracted, keep up the damage. Has Xiayao regained her mana?” Li Yao adds.
“Almost there.” Xiayao replies.
“Good. Shadow Dance, be prepared. Once you reach the first platform, get down.” Li Yao continues to calmly give instructions.
“Roger that.” A concise response comes from Shadow Dance.
Although the damage was slow, the boss’s health was steadily dropping bit by bit.
The boss behaved like a fool, walking to the first platform, then spotting Li Yao and his team on the second platform.
It clumsily ran to the second platform, only to find Li Yao’s team had already moved back to the first platform, and promptly clambered back.
Although it didn’t use any other abilities, everyone knew those could be devastating, too bad it was too far away and had only one long-ranged skill.
Time passed, and over an hour went by. Even Li Yao ran out of mana twice, but he couldn’t retreat, all he could do was not use any skills.
When the boss finally crashed down on the second platform, everyone was hardly standing, totally exhausted. They’d had to remain focused for over an hour, even one mistake could have spelled disaster.
Both the viewers in front of the TV and those in the live streaming room couldn’t help but cheer. After watching for over an hour, they were tired themselves, not to mention the team who had been on tenterhooks the entire time.
“No more discussion, I’m a fan from now on. Has Prairie Fire got Weibo? Please follow me….
“Same here.”
“Only yuanbao can express my feelings.”
“I respect no one but Prairie Fire, he ground down a boss that was virtually invincible at this stage of the game, I’m in awe.”
The live streaming room erupted. Yuanbao coins were falling all over the screen and so were the yuanbao bettings. Gifts were flying across the screen, countless messages were pouring in, and the barrage of comments were so dense they melded together.
Tian Na grinned at KB, who had a glum look on his face, saying: “The viewers are very enthusiastic, loads of them are texting in.” “Greetings from the people of Capital City.” “Greetings from the people of Shandong.” “Greetings from the people of Northeast.”
“Greetings from the people of Fujian.”
The greetings poured in, even from the American and European administrative regions. KB wished he could crawl awav somewhere and hide, but he couldn’t let it show, he plastered a bright smile on his face. Inside, however, he was gnashing his teeth…
“KB, why are you covering your mouth?” Tian Na asked.
KB answered listlessly, “I have a toothache.”
“I’m so tired, I can’t move. I just want to sleep.” Dumby was right next to the boss, but she didn’t feel like moving a finger.
Shadow Dance was also exhausted, but he was still waiting below.
“Captain, why don’t you go check the boss’s loot.” Qin Feng Yi suggested after some time.
“Let me savor the golden glow of this live streaming room a bit longer. Dumby, the boss is right next to you. Check the loot, quickly!” Li Yao said.
“I’m tired, leave me alone.” Dumby said discontentedly: “Why are you so excited watching Xiayao’s live streaming room? The yuanbao donations are also hers.
You can’t get a dime.”
“How would you know how good I feel? I also did live streaming before, for a whole year. Can count all the yuanbao I got on my fingers.” Li Yao regretfully reminisced.
“If you started streaming now, I bet you could barely keep up with all the yuanbao you’d earn,” Qin Feng Yi laughed.
“Nah, not interested anymore.” Li Yao had no intention of streaming.
“Ah, I see, big bro wants a cushy…ah…” Dumby suddenly remembered that they were still on air and immediately shut up. She said, “Okay, I’m checking the loot.”
“What’s this? This is so strange.” Dumby held a spherical object in her hand, dumbfounded: “Arcane Guardian’s Soul Orb.
Arcane Guardian’s Soul Orb
Rank: Level 11 Boss
The description was so simple that many were left bewildered. Many envious players started to gloat.
“What a great item.” Li Yao admired, “If no one objects, let’s give this to
Xiayao. ”
“What’s this thing?” Dumby asked, puzzled.
Li Yao explained, “Necromancers can summon special undead creatures. This soul orb allows her to summon a level 11 boss. The summoned boss counts as an undead creature with virtually 60 to 80% of its original power. I’m sure Xiayao understands it better than I do.”
“Right, to be honest, this is better for me than any equipment.” Xiayao calmly stored the soul orb in her backpack.
Although she was calm, the players in the live streaming room and in front of the TV weren’t….