Chapter 339 - 316: The First Contest of Professional Players
——System Prompt: You failed to open the sewer mechanism!
Da Fei was shocked! No way! His Lock Opening Skill supported by the God-level Reconnaissance Technique actually failed? Does it take a profession beyond the God-level Reconnaissance Technique, like a professional locksmith or something? Never mind whether such a profession exists, the key point is how can ordinary players play with such a setup? Who can be as awesome as him to reach the God-level? It’s just a mere arena, not some hidden instance, why make it so frustrating?
No rush, no rush! The system prompt just mentioned that the sub-skill of the Reconnaissance Technique can be used, so it must be able to open. Maybe the design is just to frustrate players a few times, try a few more times, isn’t it just a manhole cover? It must be stuck with some junk, that’s why it won’t budge, I don’t believe it! I continue!
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While Da Fei was wrestling with the manhole cover, professional teams from various countries were beginning to move into action.
Foreign professional players had the advantage in numbers, while Chinese professional players had the advantage of combining initiative, and now, the China Region decided to fire the first shot and capitalize on their initial advantage fully.
Now Sessho Kanpaku of the Japan Region was surround by Star Guild’s Earth Fierce Star from the China Region, Dragon Slayer Guild’s Lei Huolong, and Ninth Heaven’s Divine Mist. To be precise, it was Sessho Kanpaku who acutely and promptly detected the China Region’s intention to gather forces and, despite the threat of potential decapitation by Da Fei, stood blocking the only road the three Chinese players must pass.
This meant he was in a very dangerous situation. Likewise, if the three Chinese players couldn’t quickly remove this roadblock, they would be encircled and attacked by the combined forces that were forming, making their situation equally as dangerous. This was a life-and-death ordeal for both sides!
Professional players were skilled and courageous, and Sessho Kanpaku was so confident because there were several BOSSes wandering the nearby streets. As soon as the Chinese players dared to attack, they would definitely alert these BOSSes. It’s undeniable that as a top professional player in the Japan Region, Sessho Kanpaku had an extremely precise and sharp eye and positioning.
However, Chinese professional players weren’t no-names themselves. After an emergency consultation by each guild’s think tank, the China Region decided to use a strategy against their expectation, attacking from the place considered most likely by the enemy. But they needed to wait for the best timing. Every second of deadlock only disadvantaged the China Region further.
As the bell ringing resonated across the battlefield, after a brief colloquy following the Da Fei Bell Tower incident, the timing the three major guilds had been waiting for finally materialized.
On the street, a BOSS monster wandered into a narrow alley on the side, clearing the way. This was the moment they were waiting for!
"Attack!" The Dragon Slayer Guild president decisively ordered the assault!
The core striker from the Dragon Slayer Guild, the number one in the Hell Race from the China Region, known as the Dog King, Lei Huolong, who had been on standby outside the BOSS alert range, moved! His Hellhound Army surged forth like a roaring torrent, like a sharp red blade straight into the core of the Japan Region’s formations!
"Prepare!" Simultaneously, a call erupted from the already tense Japan Command Center! President Igarashi, who had long diverted his attention from the Bell Tower to here, was completely focused on the large screen on the wall, with fists tightly clenched!
According to the think tank’s predictions, Sessho Kanpaku was mostly going down due to being outnumbered, but his sacrifice could at least severely damage two Chinese players. However, there was still a possibility of survival if Chinese players made mistakes in handling the road-blocking BOSS. Now the battle had commenced, with backstage think tanks unable to function anymore, and the competition relied purely on both parties’ players’ field performances and tactical execution levels.
Indeed, the China Region deployed the fastest Dog King, Lei Huolong, into battle; however, who else could be more knowledgeable about the Hell Race than our Japan Region? As the Chinese saying goes, flaunting one’s skills before Guan Gong! Hellhound’s multiple attacks, high Attack, and high speed were a major force among the Hell Race’s standard forces, but with low Defense and health, they were usually not used in the first wave of attacks without low-level cannon fodder to cover or high-level troops to lead. The Hellhound Army was simply a suicide squad without backup strength. And there’s no doubt that the China Region’s move of sending Hellhounds straight into battle meant they were sacrificing them to quickly open up the situation.
In essence, the new professional player Lei Huolong was nothing more than a rookie inexperienced in international competitions, let alone considering that the China Region’s Hell Race wasn’t very impressive to begin with. Sacrificing him seemed quite justifiable. So, as they wished, arrange for the cannon fodder second-tier Demon Governors to sacrifice themselves with them, because cannon fodder deserves to be dealt with by cannon fodder. The defense should focus on the other two sides, the Human Race, and Elf Clan.
At this moment, the rookie Lei Huolong, who had no international competition experience, stared at the enemy lines up ahead with a tense yet excited expression.
The main focus of Dragon Slayer Guild was on the Undead Race, and the Hell Race that Lei Huolong managed had limited prospects. If he couldn’t make a mark, he’d hardly ever get noticed in the expert-heavy Dragon Slayer Guild, relegated to earning a mere 20,000 to 30,000 a month as a basic salary, slightly above a player farming gold for a large gaming studio.
The opportunity came during the first National War, but Lei Huolong didn’t seize it. To be precise, then Lei Huolong was more focused on leveling up, with his primary goal being to secure the reputation of the China Region’s number one in the Hell Race just to prove himself. He didn’t expect opportunities to drop out of the sky so quickly.
Having missed the first opportunity wasn’t too awful because, influenced by Da Fei, the Hell Power in the China Region was quietly undergoing changes. Even an amateur player produced such significant energy; how could a professional like him endure that? Lei Huolong would never let an opportunity slip again; he had always been prepared during this time, knowing success always favors those who prepare for it!
Now the chance to prove himself was right in front of him! As long as his Hell Race could topple the Hell Race that the Japan Region prided itself on, then he’d indisputably become the China Region’s number one in the Hell Race! His salary would instantly shoot up to six figures!
Advance! Charge! The vanguard passed through the BOSS!
The BOSS turned quickly, and a red light flashed before the eyes!
——System Prompt: Please note, your troops are about to enter Ruins Annihilator’s alert range; the battle is about to commence!
Even though they waited for the BOSS to clear the road, they were still discovered by it, and their troops faced the embarrassment of being severed at the waist by the BOSS. Of course, all of this was expected and part of the guild’s strategy: to bypass the BOSS as best as possible, utilizing the high-speed mobility of the Hellhounds to ignore casualties and speed through straight into enemy lines to create chaos! This would facilitate the encirclement of the other two units, and surely such a simplistic strategy was well expected by the Japan Region, right?
If everything fell within others’ expectations, then winning was impossible! He’d merely be the cannon fodder the guild arranged!
Was he genuinely cannon fodder? If he could only perform at a normal level, then he indeed was cannon fodder! But with his 20 Elite Hellhounds, he had no intention of being cannon fodder. In truth, the guild leader had subtle expectations for his 20 Elite Hellhounds, not wanting him to simply be cannon fodder either! Otherwise, the usually stingy guild leader wouldn’t have been so generous to arrange them to spearhead an attack!
Thus, the real intent of the guild leader was to hope he could perform beyond his normal level, and should he succeed, then what seemingly was cannon fodder might become unexpectedly the true, swift, decisive main force! So underneath the fate of cannon fodder, create an unexpected miracle!
Lei Huolong pulled out a sparkling magical scroll, and with a sudden crush, he flashed, instant teleporting to the street front!
Teleportation Scrolls are applicable only to heroes individually and can’t be used under combat conditions.
At this moment, Lei Huolong was alone, only an arrow’s distance from the enemy lines! All the Hellhounds were far left behind him, and in that instant, all the Hellhounds accelerated dramatically, chasing at shocking battlefield speed never seen before! The strategy to cut through the middle by the BOSS turned into a tail interception, minimizing losses!
Indeed, the slowest units always restrict an army’s marching speed, and among Lei Huolong’s units, the slowest was himself as a hero. Troops couldn’t move independently from their hero, so even if a hero leads high-speed flying troops, in normal non-combat circumstances they’d still walk obediently with the hero. But a flying hero is different; a flying hero’s value is immeasurable, hence why Da Fei’s Banshee flying hero caused such a massive reaction among national professional teams when she appeared at the Pool of Radiance! Unfortunately, Lei Huolong didn’t have the capacity to capitalize on the Banshee Hero then.
His past mistakes continuously urged Lei Huolong, as a two-legged Demon Envoy, limiting the Hellhounds’ speed. At the stage below level 50 without a mount, it heavily constrained the strike capability of a Hellhound hero, so he thoughtfully and persistently acquired an expensive Teleportation Scroll! This adventure-type scroll that could transport only the hero himself couldn’t be used in combat, or else players might turn into a Great Demon. Therefore, Lei Huolong used it at the very moment before entering the BOSS combat zone.
The sudden teleportation took the Japan Command Center by surprise, and a smile spread across Ma Yinglong of the Dragon Slayer Command Center! A good start is half the success!
But merely bypassing the BOSS’s interception was only completing the command center’s task; the real chance to prove his merit has arrived!
0.5 seconds! 0.6 seconds! 0.7 seconds! Lei Huolong rapidly and accurately calculated, at a millisecond level, his entrance into the BOSS battle!
0.8 seconds! He stepped towards the enemy line! Simultaneously, Hellhounds at the rear of his legion took the initiative to face the pursuing BOSS!
——System Prompt: Your legion has launched an attack on Japan Region player Sessho Kanpaku!
——System Prompt: Your legion has launched an attack on the Ruins Annihilator!
The entire Dragon Slayer Command Center erupted! Ma Yinglong’s recently fading smile suddenly froze!
Lei Huolong attacked both Japanese players and the BOSS simultaneously! Meaning, Lei Huolong pulled both the BOSS and Japanese players into the battleground! This meant that the BOSS was no longer a natural barrier for the Japanese players but became a wild mob brought in by Lei Huolong; using layman’s terms, it’s about "pulling in mobs for player killing!"
From this moment, whether Lei Huolong was defeated or fled, the BOSS on the same battlefield wouldn’t spare Japan Region players, even if they were separated streets apart beyond the alert line!
The battle instantly and dramatically reversed!
Finally, Ma Yinglong came back to his senses, couldn’t help but rise clapping and laughing loudly, "Good! What a Divine Dragon Tail!"
The entire command center exclaimed in amazement! At this moment, Lei Huolong was full of tears; he finally proved himself! Now, he only wanted to tell one person, Da Fei! He finally made it! He truly was a professional player, hahahaha! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)