Chapter 180: Underhanded Tricks, Not Worthy of Respect
Lin Moyu’s palm emitted a dazzling red light.
Skill: Slow Curse.
Whether it was Naiko, the knight, or the mages and archers in front of her,
Red shackles appeared above all their heads.
With a 40-fold speed reduction, the knight suddenly began moving in slow motion.
Lin Moyu elegantly walked past the knight towards Naiko.
The knight struggled to turn his head. He wanted to turn around, but his speed was too slow.
By the time he completed his turn, Lin Moyu had already walked over ten meters away.
He couldn’t catch up at all.
The smile froze on Naiko’s face.
It wasn’t that she wanted to freeze, but she couldn’t retract it.
Her attributes weren’t as strong as a boss’s.
Originally her agility was only a few hundred points.
Now cursed, she was truly slower than a turtle.
Her smile remained frozen, unable to fade.
Facing Lin Moyu walking towards her, no matter how anxious she felt, she couldn’t make any reaction.
"What happened?"
"What’s wrong with Naiko?"
"It’s a curse! They’ve been slowed down, by many times."
"Lin Moyu’s career is Necromancer. Besides summoning, he’s also a mage."
"A mage who can curse, what a terrifying profession!"
Another aspect of Lin Moyu’s career skills was revealed.
The skeleton warriors and mages were already powerful enough. If combined with curse skills...
It was simply horrifying.
Naiko’s eyes were filled with anxiety. Facing Lin Moyu approaching, she wanted the mage to activate skills and use Repelling Fire Ring to blast Lin Moyu away.
But her skills were special, requiring hand seals.
Now her speed was too slow. It would take over a minute just to complete one set of hand seals.
Unable to make hand seals, she couldn’t use skills or control the mage.
The two mages possessed by ’divine spirits’ stood like puppets, motionless.
Not just the mages, but the archer also kept his head down with eyes closed, showing no movement from start to finish.
People also noticed this unusual situation.
"So these are all Naiko’s puppets."
"No wonder I felt something was off earlier. These people don’t look normal at all."
"They’re not living people at all, but dead career holders turned into puppets through special methods."
"Hmph, underhanded tricks, not worthy of respect."
"Cherry Blossom Country is just a small country after all. They can only come up with such shameful things."
There were also discerning people among the spectators who immediately saw through the essence of Naiko’s profession.
It was actually just using so-called ’divine spirits’ to control puppets.
Essentially it was a type of summoner, with nothing particularly mysterious about it.
Lin Moyu had already walked up to Naiko. Facing her terrified gaze, he showed disdain.
A skeleton warrior appeared in front of Naiko.
Skill: Berserk Strike!
With a flash of red light, Naiko disappeared from the arena, directly appearing below.
She was eliminated.
The best way to deal with a summoner is to eliminate the summoner themselves.
Lin Moyu knew this principle too.
Then the skeleton warrior mercilessly hacked away at the others, one by one.
Without Naiko’s control and slowed down,
These puppets had no power to resist.
They were eliminated one after another.
The archer puppet never even had a chance to act from start to finish.
Naiko could only watch helplessly, with no way to intervene.
Her gaze towards Lin Moyu carried hatred, but also fear.
If only she had brought a healer, it wouldn’t have ended like this.
A healer’s purification skills could remove curses.
But who could have imagined Lin Moyu would use curse skills?
Another aspect of the Necromancer was revealed.
Summoning and curses, two major skill systems.
People speculated whether Lin Moyu had any other hidden skills.
Lin Moyu won this match again.
The second match was between the team from Eagle Country and the team from Divine Summer Empire’s Zhendun University.
Jiang Taotao watched the arena, sharing information she had just obtained.
"This team from Eagle Country is quite unusual."
In the tournament, there were many teams from various countries’ private sectors, as well as teams from official organizations.
All of Eagle Country’s private teams had been eliminated in the rounds of matches.
Only this official team from Eagle Country remained in the finals.
The five team members were a Shadow Knight, Battle King support, Eagle Eye Archer, Elemental Mage, and Shadow Assassin.
All were rare career holders, without a single legendary career holder.
To say a major country like Eagle Country couldn’t produce a few legendary career holders, even Abyss demons wouldn’t believe it.
There must be other reasons.
Jiang Taotao said solemnly, "The strength of these career holders far exceeds others of the same level."
"For example, the knight. A level 29 Shadow Knight normally couldn’t beat Eagle Country’s Shadow Knight."
"And the gap isn’t small - it’s complete domination."
Ning Yiyi seemed to recall something, "I remember Eagle Country was doing some experiments a few years ago, developing a new type of enhancement potion."
"It’s said that after taking this potion, a career holder’s attributes could increase several times over."
"Rare career holders who took this potion could rival legendary career holders."
Ning Yiyi had overheard her grandfather discussing this by chance.
Jiang Taotao said, "It’s not just in our group’s arena. In other group matches, there are also unusually strong Eagle Country career holder teams."
It seems Eagle Country has successfully developed this new type of potion.
Ning Yiyi said softly, "You should be careful."
Lin Moyu smiled, indicating it was no problem.
He felt that even if all attributes increased several times, they still couldn’t surpass his skeleton warriors.
Under his talent, the skeleton warriors’ attributes were amplified 30 times.
On the arena, the Eagle Country team and Zhendun University team had already begun clashing.
From the start of the match, the Eagle Country career holders showed a crushing trend.
The Zhendun University team was firmly suppressed.
This Zhendun University team that made it to the finals wasn’t organized by students themselves, but sent directly by the university.
Everyone was level 29, wearing the best platinum equipment, with comprehensive skills.
Most crucially, the team captain was a legendary career holder: Divine Eye Archer, Liu Xianren.
Zhendun University had sent a team led by a legendary career holder, originally determined to win the championship in this group.
Unexpectedly, they were suppressed right from the start.
The Eagle Country knight’s attacks were extremely fierce. The Shadow Knight’s body emitted black mist.
Each attack brought a flash of blood.
While damaging enemies, it restored its own life force and stamina, healing itself.
If not for being relatively weak in the late game, Shadow Knights could become legendary career holders based on this characteristic alone.
The opponent’s Eagle Eye Archer had extremely powerful attacks. Each shot was like a small explosion.
The mage’s spells were cast recklessly, rendering the Zhendun University team immobile.
The healer gritted his teeth and kept healing, barely maintaining the situation.
But at this rate, defeat was only a matter of time.
"Give me time!" Liu Xianren, the Divine Eye Archer from Zhendun University’s team, said solemnly.
The knight at the front unhesitatingly let out a roar.
Skill: Group Taunt!
Skill: Ultimate Defense!
He drew all the Eagle Country team’s firepower to himself while raising his own defense to the limit.
Forcibly buying time for Liu Xianren.
Liu Xianren’s whole body was glowing as he charged up.
Legendary career holders are called legendary not just because their attributes are higher than others of the same level, but also because their skills are stronger.
How could a Divine Eye Archer rated as a legendary career holder be so simple?
The Eagle Country team’s attacks were very powerful. The light of Ultimate Defense was gradually weakening.
The mage in Zhendun University’s team kept casting spells, but attacks landing on the opponent’s knight only caused minimal damage.
The opponent’s healer could heal it completely with just a casual healing skill.
Now the only hope was Liu Xianren’s strongest skill.
Lin Moyu felt something was off.
"These Eagle Country career holders seem very strong, but I feel their rationality has been affected."
"If it were me, I would definitely try to interrupt Liu Xianren’s charging skill."
As soon as Lin Moyu said this, Jiang Taotao and the others felt he was right.
These people’s eyes revealed excited light, looking like beasts.
They had more wildness and less rationality.
Lin Moyu felt this potion must have problems.
Everything has two sides. For a potion to provide such a huge boost, there must be major drawbacks.
Liu Xianren’s skill finally finished charging.
Accompanied by brilliant light, an arrow trailing a long tail of light shot into the sky, then exploded like fireworks!
Skill: Destruction Arrow Storm!
The next second, a massive number of arrows appeared from the fireworks.
They rained down like a storm.
The range was so large it covered almost half the arena.
Each arrow carried powerful attack power, exploding upon hitting the arena.
Booming sounds were endless as the entire arena shook.
The arrow rainstorm continued for a long time, wave after wave, showing no signs of stopping.
"There really is a problem."
Ning Yiyi exclaimed softly.
In the arrow rainstorm, the Eagle Country team didn’t dodge at all, directly taking the hits.
Even their healer was the same.
They just healed themselves when injured, not knowing to dodge.
No career holder would be so stupid unless they truly couldn’t dodge.
Jiang Taotao compared with the information she had obtained, "Their previous fighting style was always to overwhelmingly crush opponents, so no one discovered this point."
"It seems this potion has major issues."
The arrow storm skill lasted a full 30 seconds, leaving the entire arena pitted and cratered.
Liu Xianren panted heavily. He had given his all for this skill, almost emptying his body.
The five Eagle Country career holders could no longer be seen on the arena.
They hadn’t survived the arrow storm skill.
Lin Moyu shook his head, "Turning career holders into beasts that only know how to attack will ultimately bring destruction."
Having dealt with Abyss demons, he knew career holders needed to advance and retreat in an orderly manner.
Blindly attacking would only end in failure.
If they could win, it was only because they hadn’t encountered a powerful existence.
Lin Moyu said, "If all of Eagle Country’s career teams are like this, they will lose in other groups as well."