Chapter 101: Intensifying
"Appearance, appearance, you should know there are quite a few people watching the live stream today, and among them, many cute girls," Xiao Ze naturally noticed something was amiss and was aware of the major guilds' manner of handling situations.
"Who cares!" Zhao Lei raised his middle finger without any regard for his image.
Even someone as experienced as Xiao Ze had a somewhat stiff smile at the moment.
Dark Fire, his eyes filled with anger hidden beneath, said, "So what, you don't dare?"
Li Yao chuckled lightly, "It's not that I don't dare, but rather I don't want to. I'm not in the habit of teaching others how to play Hunter for free, especially those who threaten me. You just want to clear the area, right? Playing the saint after acting like a thug has gotten old after so many years—is there nothing new?"
"Having others clear the area first, then using power to pressure those who can't fight back, truly the style of a major guild," Angel Knight also commented calmly.
"This outpost isn't your property, we all have missions here, why not compete based on skills?" Guardian Angel added, "You're the ones who are scared, aren't you?"
"A joke, you just want to find an opportunity to take advantage," Dark Fire coldly stated, "This outpost has thousands of hyena-people, five or six bosses. You kill them, can you even kill them? We, Holy Fire, have been more than generous. How about this—we'll send three people, fight three rounds, best two out of three. If you win two rounds, I'll make sure you can stay, and the other two guilds won't have objections either."
"I think a battle of wits is better, it doesn't damage the harmony," Xiao Ze spoke again.
"What about it, do you dare?" Dark Fire said, "If you don't dare then leave immediately."
"Staying or leaving was always our choice, who the hell are you to decide what we should do?" Li Yao appeared holding a crossbow, aiming at a player from Holy Fire, "Even if we win, there's no reward. I still prefer wiping you out and looting your gear."
"Then let's raise the stakes," Dark Fire, trying to suppress his rage, said. Part of it was because it wasn't good to attack a few people during a live broadcast, and also, he wasn't sure if Li Yao still had that monstrous mount. If he did, they wouldn't stand a chance, and that's why he thought of gambling.
"With stakes? Well, then I am indeed interested in playing," Fruit Knight stepped forward.
"Since my friend wants to play, let's play," Li Yao shrugged nonchalantly.
"Little Fire, accompany this expert for a bit," Dark Fire nodded towards Dark Fire behind him.
Dark Fire was a warrior wielding a greatsword and stepped forward, saying coldly, "I generally don't bully women, but you asked for this, don't get sore if you lose."
"You're more womanly than any woman," Fruit Knight retorted, pulling out a Blue Greatsword from his bag and tossing it on the ground.
"Then I'll be unreserved," Dark Fire casually threw down a blue Shield too.
A flag was planted between the two, then the flag rose, and a countdown commenced.
3-2-1-0
Charge!
Dark Fire did not hold back and immediately initiated the charge.
Dark Fire gripped his greatsword with both hands, the tip pointing directly at Fruit Knight.
The two weren't far apart, so Fruit Knight was within the charging range from the start.
Because Fruit Knight said he looked like a woman, Dark Fire was extremely furious, forgoing all civility, and launched directly into the charge.
Heaven's Wrath!
Heaven's Wrath: Leaps into the sky and descends with the force of thunder, striking enemies within 14 yards. Deals 350% damage, cooldown of 1 minute.
As Dark Fire initiated his charge, a golden light flashed by, and Fruit Knight ascended into the air.
A flicker of surprise crossed Dark Fire's eyes as he realized, the opponent was doing an elite mission.
At that moment, Fruit Knight, like a thunderbolt, fell down, his Warhammer even glowing with a golden light.
Roar!
The momentum of Dark Fire's charge abruptly halted, his body swiftly rolling over.
Boom…
Knight had smashed into the ground, creating a wave of Holy Light, but no damage numbers appeared above Dark Fire's head.
"Beautiful, a duel between two experts," Xiao Ze explained as she watched and provided commentary to her viewers. Her speaking rate was fast but very clear.
"Dark Fire had an advantage initially, being able to charge at the opening, but Knight had been tackling elite tasks and had learned this special skill. In the instant Dark Fire charged, Knight soared into the air with amazing reaction speed, not inferior to professional players. Dark Fire reacted quickly as well, decisively interrupting the charge and then rolling. The judgement was astonishing, the invincibility time during the roll was less than half a second. If the judgement had been wrong, Dark Fire could have suffered a major loss."
"However, having lost the initiative, the moment he rolled up, he was greeted by Knight's Sanction Hammer, a perverse skill that is one of the rare targeting abilities. Since knights have short legs and are easily kited, this skill exists."
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Knight then delivered a direct blow and followed up with a hammer attack on the stunned Dark Fire.
In a flash, Dark Fire's health bar had dropped by half.
"You've pissed me off, woman, watch me kill you instantaneously."
As Dark Fire regained consciousness, he lifted his greatsword, a mysterious expression flashing across his eyes as if he was about to unleash some skill.
"It's me who will kill you instantly."
Knight didn't even glance at his greatsword, smashing the shield onto Dark Fire like lightning as he suddenly tried to raise his foot.
Dark Fire fell to the ground in shock; he had been outmaneuvered. Knight stepped forward steadily, slamming his warhammer onto his head.
Breaking the maneuver could cause 3-5 times the damage, and with Dark Fire already at half health, he was left with just a sliver of health. If this weren't a spar, he would have been dead.
"I don't understand, it wasn't the time to break a maneuver."
"Requesting goddess for an explanation."
The viewers didn't understand; they knew a bit about breaking maneuvers, and it seemed to them that Dark Fire had a stable greatsword raise; it was just a foot raised.
After being struck by the shield, at most he should have been knocked back; this was an interrupting skill, not a break.
"You were tricked, although Dark Fire lost, he isn't weak. When he lifted the greatsword, it wasn't to use a greatsword attack skill, but rather, a decoy. What he actually intended to release was a shockwave, which is released by stomping on the ground. Knight was not fooled and immediately saw through Dark Fire's plan, successfully breaking the maneuver."
"That was spectacular, so skillful, first defensive to offensive, then like a sudden storm, catching an inconsistency that wasn't even a flaw and directly executing the other, this guy is awesome. Another folk legend indeed."
As Xiao Ze expressed her thoughts, the streaming room exploded, with 666666666 occupying the entire screen.
"Vice-president, I'm sorry," Dark Fire said, bowing his head.
"You did your best, the opponent was just too strong," Dark Grape consoled him.
"Win it back for me," Dark Fire said gratefully.
"I want to compare with you, to see who truly is the mightiest Hunter," Dark Grape stepped forward, patting the somewhat downcast Dark Fire.
"I don't know if I'm the mightiest Hunter, but I'm sure, you are not," Li Yao also stood out.
"Enough talk, come fight," Dark Grape took out a purple-glowing longbow, "This is the level ten bow I got. I haven't reached level ten yet. You are higher level than me, just don't use pets, and I'll bet this bow."
"Dark Grape is not an ordinary player; he once was a bow and arrow athlete, retired and joined Holy Fire, taking on a professional archer job. I believe everyone is familiar with him, he is known as God Archer. Prairie Fire, on the other hand, is a newly risen formidable Hunter, this duel will definitely be very exciting," Xiao Ze explained.
"What new master, I've never heard of him, just seen him go crazy."
"Exactly, whatever that is, he'll probably get beaten badly."
"I bet ten gold coins, Prairie whatever will get crushed by Grape."
"I also bet ten gold coins..."
In that moment, the crowd was ecstatic, they still remembered the incident where Li Yao gave Xiao Ze the cold shoulder...
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