Chapter 653: Chapter 653: Encounter
This was a war, and the players treated it like a competition.
After two hours, the battle was fierce. Millions of teams had now been reduced by more than half.
The majority were eliminated by the monsters, and a portion had been wiped out by other players when teams met each other.
As each team’s progress gradually approached 100%, the chance of players encountering each other also continued to increase.
The commentators were talking themselves hoarse, but each was filled with incomparable excitement.
During the competition, they had seen many strong players and professions which had been previously unknown to them.
They kept a low profile, but under these unexpected circumstances, they revealed their talents.
Some formidable players led their teams forward with their own strength, but some powerful players, due to their teammates being too weak, faced defeat with reluctance when confronted by other teams.
For example, Tie Niu Xian, his abilities were magnificent and powerful.
As far as special effects go, they were undoubtedly the most dazzling for a single profession.
Compared to his abilities, Li Yao’s were merely scraps, surpassing Li Yao in stage presence and special effects by many folds.
Especially with his close combat attacks, he walked through hordes of monsters as if they were empty space, accompanied by his golden dragon shadow, sending monsters flying out like tattered sacks.
Even when facing a boss, his Dragon Flash was even more unpredictable, leading the boss around in circles. Although the players under him were far inferior, it was due to Tie Niu Xian’s strength that he led the team forward.
They were one of the few teams that could continue slaying monsters without stopping to lure them, just simply killing, killing, killing.
Witnessing the power of Tie Niu Xian, they also looked for a few more Dragon Martial Monk teams. However, although they were strong, the distance from Tie Niu Xian was wide, to say the least.
Harry commented: “The Dragon Martial Monk is the most dazzling and impressive profession I have ever seen, and it makes people boil with excitement. But there’s a catch, and it’s that this Dragon Martial Monk is Tie Niu Xian.”
The other commentators agreed, Tie Niu Xian was indeed a household name.
Compared to him, although Starfire was progressing quickly and was extremely strong, in terms of the special effects of the program, it fell far too short.
But Li Yao didn’t care about the show’s effects because it was too dull. As the war continued.
Li Yao’s Dark Ranger characteristics began to come into play. Becoming a Silver Hero, the skeletons he summoned transformed into one-to-three-star shadow undeads.
Although it wasn’t as he imagined where he could directly summon boss monsters, the number of shadow skeletons he summoned had increased, and the count of Silver Heroes had become a terrifying three hundred.
Here, it was almost as if he was cheating. Just leading three hundred shadow skeletons alone, he could plough through on his own.
Naturally, he eliminated all resistance in his way, leaving not much for the show’s effects.
Among the casual players, there were also many impressive figures.
For example, Thor, his entire team consisted only of him.
But he traveled onwards with sparks and lightning, killing a horde of monsters in a spectacular manner. He had to retreat only when he encountered particularly powerful monsters that were resistant to electric shocks, otherwise, he was also unstoppable.
There was also another who could act alone, surprisingly it was a Hunter.
This Hunter could transform into a Gronn Giant, who was also extremely strong. His gigantic body alone could crush ordinary monsters.
Asian Dragons were observed by top-tier guilds, although they were eye-catching, they were just like Li Yao and the others, steady and restrained, advancing and retreating with dignity.
As the camera angle shifted, it truly excited the audience and they couldn’t take their focus away from the screen.
The truth is, there were too many masters, they didn’t even know who to watch.
Harry suddenly said: “Aha, the lucky streak of this team composed of Hunters has finally come to an end, they have finally met a worthy opponent.”
“Correct, they have actually encountered the Scorpion King’s team, their output is just too fierce,” Gent said, “In this situation, the skeletons of the Hunters don’t seem to provide much advantage at all.”
“It’s hard to say at present, both sides are not weak.” Xia Shi also didn’t make a definite judgement. The Scorpion King’s second team had two abnormal Fire Mages, they were also progressing all the way, even if not as fast as Starfire, but minimal mistakes could be seen from their progression. They ranked within the top five hundred.
With millions of teams, being in the top five hundred was already quite terrifying.
“There is a Blessing Altar to the left, let’s go there.” Li Yao had the Fire Hawk scouting in the air and could see very far away: “Mm? Everyone pay attention, it seems they’ve also discovered the altar, and they’ve noticed us. It seems like there’s going to be a fight.”
“The altar, is it that light point in the distance?” Stunned Tong Tong was able to see much farther while on the back of the cave dwellers.
“Yes, it serves you right not to read the rules. The altar is a randomly refreshed buff that provides either an experience buff, free drops, increased agility, health, etc., depending on your luck. But if you receive a buff, it can last for several days. If we get a good buff, then it will be awesome in the arena.” Guardian Angel explained excitedly.
“It seems our luck isn’t that good, the people on the other side all have golden light above their heads, it was evident they already received a blessing from an altar.” Li Yao said.
“Can you tell what effect it’s bringing?” Unparalleled Demon Princess asked.
“A golden crescent moon, it should be an offensive attribute. Everyone, be cautious.” Li Yao adjusted their formation and quickly headed towards the altar.
The Scorpion King’s second team already had the effects of one altar, it was clear they knew the benefits of the altar, and they quickly rushed over like the wind.
“The Scorpion King team is one of the top guilds, don’t underestimate them.”
If we are talking about the world’s knowledge of guilds and warbands, in Starfire, it would be none other than the Unparalleled Demon Princess.
“Halt, this altar belongs to us, Scorpion King, if you don’t want to die, go take a detour.” Lion Scorpion shouted from a distance.
“You’re late, this altar clearly belongs to us, Starfire, you can leave.” Guardian Angel was even more arrogant and with Li Yao and the skeletons charging towards their formation together: “Meeting us is your misfortune, blame it on your bad luck.”
“Seeking death.” Lion Scorpion’s face changed, and as the commander, he shouted loudly: “Don’t give him the chance to charge over, wipe them out.”
Behind him, two Mages wearing strange fire mage robes suddenly caught fire.
Both of them raised their hands high, and the sky turned red.
‘It turns out to be a joint attack technique released by two people working together.’ Li Yao saw at first glance: ‘This is interesting.’
Immovable Barrier!
Guardian Angel appeared wild, but wasn’t reckless at all.
At the same time, the support from the back arrived. Little Match from Mushroom Sales directly casted a Holy Light Shield, and Tianxiang pointed her finger.
A spinning red umbrella flew out directly, hovering above Guardian Angel’s head. As the umbrella spun, countless flying peach petals protected Guardian Angel.
Boom…
The fiery clouds in the sky gave off a series of giant fireballs.
Meteor Rain!
Boom, boom, boom, boom…
The fireballs fell like raindrops, countless peach blossoms fluttered, and his Holy Light Shield also shattered.
But Guardian Angel activated the Immovable Barrier, letting the rain of fire fall constantly. His golden barrier only rippled a few times…