Chapter 175: One Skill Takes Out a Whole Team
The first day of matches ended.
Another half of the teams were eliminated.
Out of the 1024 teams in the level 20 group, only 512 remained after the first round.
Lin Moyu’s team would have two matches the next day.
One in the morning and one in the afternoon.
As for who their opponents would be, they wouldn’t know until tomorrow.
Although the real finals hadn’t started yet, many outstanding teams had already been noticed by people.
Lin Moyu’s team, winning 4v5, received high praise.
Jiang Taotao wasn’t blinded by victory. They compiled all the information they saw today and discussed tactics for tomorrow.
Since it was 4v5, with Lin Moyu not fighting, they were short one damage dealer.
So they had to use the element of surprise.
Lin Moyu listened to their discussion but wasn’t very optimistic.
The reason they won today was mainly because the opponents were careless and inexperienced.
Once they gained experience, as long as they restrained Ning Yiyi and didn’t let her succeed, Lin Moyu’s side would have little chance.
At level 20, everyone’s attributes, skills and equipment hadn’t diverged much.
Being one person short was a hard disadvantage to overcome.
Lin Moyu thought about his own skills.
They were all too powerful, seemingly none could help.
Using them would break the balance, making the fight pointless.
...
The next day, the sun was shining brightly.
The tournament continued.
Outside the arena, it was still packed with people. The spectator stands that could hold a million people were full.
This was the scene even before entering the real finals.
When the official finals began, it would likely be even more lively.
A million-person spectator event - besides the Divine Summer Empire, no other country could achieve this.
On the arena, Jiang Taotao and the others looked very solemn.
This match they were up against team 482.
The opponents were very strong, all level 28 or 29.
The five career holders were a Sword Fighter, Prophet, Celine Elder, Elemental Mage, and Summoner.
All rare careers.
No knight.
Replacing the knight with a Sword Fighter increased the whole team’s attack power.
The Celine Elder could amplify the mage, greatly increasing the mage’s skill power.
With double buffs from the Prophet and Celine Elder, the Elemental Mage’s skill power would increase at least twofold.
Beside the opponent’s Summoner, a summoned beast emitted black mist, floating up and down.
Sometimes the summoned beast would disappear for two seconds.
"Shadow Beast, this is a Shadow Summoner..."
Ning Yiyi knew they were in trouble.
The Shadow Summoner’s Shadow Beast was known as the assassin among summoned beasts.
It had the ability to see through stealth, while also possessing stealth ability itself.
Its burst damage rivaled same-level assassins, very difficult to deal with.
If the opponent’s Summoner used it to restrain her, she would have trouble breaking free quickly.
Jiang Taotao looked grave, "This match will be tough."
Ning Yiyi frowned, saying to Lin Moyu, "If we lose, we’ll leave it to you."
Lin Moyu nodded, "Don’t worry."
He was the most relaxed now.
Watching match after match, in his eyes it was like children playing house.
The five opponents were all smiles, looking like victory was already in hand.
In their last match, they had overwhelmingly defeated their opponents.
They were overconfident, thinking they could do the same this time.
With a soft sound, the battle began.
Jiang Taotao, about to charge, suddenly stopped.
The opponents didn’t rush over, but tightened into a group.
The Sword Fighter stood at the front, the Elemental Mage activated a magic shield, and a light orb rose around the Summoner.
They surrounded the Prophet and Celine Elder in the middle.
The two supports were rapidly applying buffs.
They clearly wanted to be fully buffed before attacking.
Very cautious, not giving any openings.
Ning Yiyi didn’t move either. The opponent’s Shadow Beast had locked onto her.
If she moved, it would definitely follow, restraining her in a short time.
Duan Gao was also rapidly applying buffs.
Miao Yu asked softly, "What do we do?"
The opponents were turtling up and protecting their supports. Their tactics seemed to have lost effect.
Jiang Taotao had no good ideas for now, "We’ll see how it goes. If we really can’t win, we still have Moyu."
Thinking of Lin Moyu, they felt a bit better.
It didn’t matter if they lost, as long as Lin Moyu didn’t lose.
Soon, both sides were fully buffed.
Suddenly the sky turned red as a red cloud appeared.
Fire rain fell from above.
The opponent’s mage, taking advantage of range, had activated a skill first.
"Scatter!"
Jiang Taotao shouted, and the team quickly dispersed.
Jiang Taotao activated her charge skill and rushed over.
The opponent’s Sword Fighter swung his dual swords, slashing through the air in a cross shape.
Skill: Sword Qi!
Cross-shaped sword energy shot towards Jiang Taotao.
Jiang Taotao immediately raised her shield to block.
With a boom, Jiang Taotao was knocked back by the sword energy.
The sword energy penetrated her shield, immediately wounding her.
Miao Yu quickly cast a healing spell on Jiang Taotao.
"Such a powerful skill!"
It was Jiang Taotao’s first time fighting a Sword Fighter. She didn’t expect their skills to be so strong.
The Sword Fighter leapt up with a wild laugh, his dual swords dancing madly, attacking Jiang Taotao like a storm.
The opponent was level 29, Jiang Taotao was 24. There was a 5 level gap between them.
Though at a disadvantage, Jiang Taotao still fought back hard, not retreating.
Tenacity was one of a knight’s creeds, and Jiang Taotao firmly adhered to it.
Miao Yu kept casting healing spells.
On the other side, Ning Yiyi had disappeared.
The Summoner’s Shadow Beast also disappeared at the same time.
Both person and beast entered stealth.
Others couldn’t see them, but Ning Yiyi and the Shadow Beast could see each other.
The summoned beast quickly approached Ning Yiyi, launching an attack.
Its claws were its weapon, swiping down at Ning Yiyi.
Ning Yiyi dodged and quickly drew her dagger, slashing it twice in passing.
The Shadow Beast let out a pained cry, taking some damage.
Then a gentle breeze blew past, quickly healing the Shadow Beast’s wounds.
Ning Yiyi knew it was the Summoner. Summoners’ skills could heal their summoned beasts.
Summoners were both masters and healers to their summoned beasts.
Ning Yiyi quickly attacked, while the Summoner kept healing.
Level 20-something Summoners didn’t have many skills.
And their summoned beasts weren’t as strong as Mo Yun’s.
There was a significant gap between legendary and rare careers.
In terms of agility, the Shadow Beast was no match for Ning Yiyi. But with the Summoner’s presence, Ning Yiyi couldn’t do much about it for now.
The Sword Fighter restrained Jiang Taotao, the Shadow Beast restrained Ning Yiyi.
That mage, protected by a magic shield, attacked Miao Yu and Duan Gao.
Duan Gao again used his trick of pulling out a huge shield.
But this time he couldn’t block it.
The level 29 mage, double buffed by the Prophet and Celine Elder, had skill power no weaker than some level 30+ career holders.
Duan Gao was only level 21.
Just one spell severely wounded him.
A second spell hit, directly sending him off the arena.
Miao Yu couldn’t even heal him in time.
After all, Miao Yu was already under a lot of pressure healing Jiang Taotao. Her skills hadn’t stopped since the start.
With Duan Gao eliminated, the mage targeted Miao Yu.
Miao Yu couldn’t handle both sides, and with the huge level gap, she was soon knocked off the arena too.
The Sword Fighter laughed, "Your supports are gone. Just surrender obediently. Getting hurt is very painful, little girl."
Jiang Taotao knew they had lost. She took a deep breath and shouted, "Ultimate Defense!"
Activating Ultimate Defense, Jiang Taotao made a final effort.
Enduring the Sword Fighter’s attacks, Jiang Taotao charged towards the enemy supports.
The two enemy supports stood behind their mage. The mage shook his head slightly, "It’s useless!"
As Jiang Taotao arrived, a ring of fire suddenly burst out, blasting her away.
Skill: Repelling Fire Ring.
One of a mage’s signature skills, forcibly knocking back enemies regardless of defense.
Jiang Taotao knew the battle was lost and gave up resisting.
"It’s up to you now."
After saying this, she jumped off the arena.
Ning Yiyi appeared beside Lin Moyu, putting away her dagger with a carefree look.
"It’s all yours!"
Lin Moyu nodded, "You all rest. This will be quick."
Ning Yiyi giggled and jumped off the arena.
Now only Lin Moyu and the five opponents remained on the arena.
The spectators grew excited.
"Lin Moyu is going to fight!"
"Finally we can see what’s so amazing about him."
"Necromancer, I wonder what makes it so strong. Worth studying."
"He can’t be that strong, right? He’s only level 27. Fighting 1v5... he probably can’t win."
"Hard to say. I think Lin Moyu can win. Didn’t you see his teammates? They’re all very confident in him."
Many people were focused on Lin Moyu, wanting to see what made him so strong.
On the arena, the five opponents looked at Lin Moyu with victorious smiles.
The Sword Fighter shouted, "Your teammates all surrendered. Why haven’t you left yet? Are you waiting for me to kick you off?"
Lin Moyu smiled and shook his head, lightly raising a finger.
An ice-element skeleton mage appeared before him.
"Undead summon!"
The Sword Fighter suddenly laughed, "So you’re a summoner too. Why didn’t you fight earlier? Waiting until your teammates all lost to act, isn’t it too late?"
Lin Moyu still didn’t speak, but focused his mind.
The skeleton mage’s hands lit up as it instantly unleashed a skill.
Skill: Ice Storm!
The temperature on the arena plummeted.
A huge ice rain fell.
The Sword Fighter, smiling just a moment ago, suddenly changed expression and screamed.
The ice rain landing on him instantly caused severe injuries.
"Heal quickly!"
He shouted and charged towards Lin Moyu.
But halfway there, he suddenly stopped.
No healing spell had landed on him, unlike what he expected.
Looking back, his hair stood on end.
His four teammates were no longer on the arena, all appearing below it.
They had been instantly killed.
Killed by just one skill.
One skill took out a whole team.
A chill rose from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
What kind of summon was this? How could its skill have such power?
He, a warrior, was heavily wounded. The mage, supports and summoner with lower constitution were instantly killed.
At this moment, the skeleton mage cast its skill a second time.
A beautiful ice rain appeared before his eyes.