Chapter 639 - 602 God-level Firewall Barbecues Sandworm
Bloodrose Studio. The large screen on the wall displaying the competition suddenly went black as Da Fei entered the tunnel.
—System Prompt: We regret to inform you that the player you were watching has entered a hidden map, which does not support spectator viewing. Thank you for your participation!
"What, it’s gone?" The women expressed their regret.
Bloodrose Qiqi snorted, "What’s so great about trash? If it’s gone, then it’s gone."
Bloodrose Xiaoyu sighed, "I heard this Dragon of Echigo is a famous professional player in the Japan region, but he’s completely powerless against Da Fei."
Bloodrose Holy Spear sneered, "His Banshee Hero hasn’t even fought yet. I don’t believe this is the end."
Bloodrose Qiqi laughed coldly, "Exactly, how could a pervert who only recruits female heroes give up easily? Huh? What’s sis looking at?"
Zhou Qing chuckled, "I’m looking at the Yanran’s smile highly recommended by the Star Goddess. If I’m not mistaken, that’s Tang Yan."
Everyone was astonished, "That local girl, the aristocratic lady who did ads for several gaming companies, the arcade genius Tang Yan?"
Zhou Qing smiled faintly, "Yes, she’s the Goddess that our Mr. Lin has pursued for a long time without success."
Bloodrose Qiqi was surprised, "Sis, Brother Tianhao is obviously after you, not her. We’re not blind."
Zhou Qing’s face darkened, "Stop talking nonsense!"
Bloodrose Qiqi cowered in fear.
Bloodrose Holy Spear cleared her throat to change the topic, "Ahem, so how skilled is she?"
Zhou Qing laughed, "Her troops died miserably, but she seems a bit stronger than her opponent. Overall, she has a decent chance of winning."
Bloodrose Holy Spear exclaimed, "So, she’s deliberately suppressing her strength to avoid attention?"
Zhou Qing smiled, "Definitely, once the competition ends, let’s find a way to contact her in the game."
"Got it."
At that moment, Bloodrose Holy Sword shouted, "Sis, Royal Dominator has sent a message. He wants to meet you at St. Paul Sea Emperor Restaurant."
Zhou Qing snorted, "That man is such a bother. Why couldn’t he just send a simple text to say yes or no?"
"He said he brought all 72 medium ship owners of the Royal Fleet to Great Hall to formally meet with you."
Zhou Qing chuckled, "Seems fitting for a tycoon display. Alright, let’s entertain them. Bring a dozen beauties to go with me."
. . .
At this moment, in the hidden map Sandworm Nest, Da Fei’s troops entered an intersection channel. Along the way, Da Fei collected 20 units of Ancient Granite.
Meanwhile, the Blood Eagle explored some of the map with its reconnaissance, discovering a figure-eight-shaped passage. More intersections indicated a complex network of connected figure-eight paths without any stone or other resources visible.
It became clear that the resources found on the main path were bait, and the resource-laden tunnel was actually the sandworm’s mouth. This complex terrain meant the sandworm could strike from multiple paths, making it difficult for players to defend.
So, how to kill it? In a labyrinthine underground railroad network, how do you handle a silent, fast, unstoppable armored train?
There’s only one way, hide at the intersection and strike it as it passes; that’s the train’s weakness! Demon Children with no long-range attack capability would only block paths, better let them die. As for the 100+ Hellhounds, with high mobility, they could be used as bait.
The main force consisted of 200 Secret Archers, 50 Druids, and Vice Hero Alina with God-level Destruction Skill. With the sandworm’s train-like amazing speed, every Secret Archer might only have one shot; the output would be pathetic, and if the sandworm circled a few times in the tunnel, given the remaining 20 minutes of the competition, it could be a close call.
Alina was the hope. When dealing with a train-like target on fixed tracks, only one magic was suitable, Fire Wall Skill!
Fire Wall Skill inflicted sustained damage; the damage per hit wasn’t high, and visible fire lines appeared on the ground when activated, easy to avoid unless you were blind. Killing enemies with Fire Wall wasn’t practical. Generally, it was used to burn houses or clear roadblocks.
In battle, Fire Wall was used to block and annoy; going through it would shed a layer of skin, unpleasant. Going around it just for that? Even more annoying! In short, a high-magic-power Mage’s Fire Wall Skill was still intimidating for slow-moving low-tier cannon fodder.
Now, for Alina, who reached God-level Destruction Skill, wielded two sets of Divine Equipment, and owned the dark elf trait to reduce target magic resistance by 60%, and also used powerful magic boosting magic effect power by 50%, the Fire Wall Skill’s power exceeded a regular player’s imagination!
Even though the competition banned Elemental Set’s "Elemental Domain" God-level effect, the two sets of Divine Equipment had magic points reaching two hundred, enough to frighten ghosts! Right, dark elves also had Elemental Chain Damage, triggering elemental nemesis among wind, fire, water, and earth; wind (lightning) overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes earth, and earth overcomes wind. The sandworm must be earth attribute, perfect for Fire Wall!
Da Fei could imagine the scene as the subway passed through the Fire Wall, an absolutely thrilling spectacle.
Time was short; no more talk, get going!
Hiding at the intersection, Da Fei waved his hand. Over 3,000 dense red Demon Children charged into the resource-filled tunnel’s maw like a giant red, red sausage!
At that moment, the ground of the whole tunnel began to tremble. A big red line appeared on the map ahead of Da Fei!
—System Prompt: Warning! Sandworm appeared, your troops are under attack!
Da Fei’s heart skipped a beat, the sandworm had made a move! Its camouflage was perfect, seamlessly blending with the tunnel, undetectable even by the Blood Eagle’s God-level Reconnaissance Technique!
In the rumbling ground noise, a harsh scraping sound came from the tunnel’s front, the sandworm subway roared to life, and a flood of system prompts filled the screen!
—System Prompt: 226 Demon Child units were swallowed by the sandworm!
—System Prompt: 212 Demon Child units were swallowed by the sandworm!
. . .
In an instant, thousands of Da Fei’s Sausage Army were devoured, but he had no time to be shocked. The "subway" was already at high speed, howling towards him!
Act now!
A flash of light, a long fire line ignited across the tunnel!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alina cast God-level Destruction Magic "Fire Wall Skill"!
Boom!!! The fire line exploded, a long fire wall rose in the tunnel!
At the same moment, a foul-smelling wind pressure hit from the tunnel front; the subway was coming! Secret Archers and Druids prepared to shoot!
—Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom!!! The explosion from the sandworm passing through the fire wall was like firecrackers, continuously deafening, with countless red words "Flame Damage -370!" "Elemental Chain Damage -164!" "Flame Damage -366!" "Elemental Chain Damage -160!" "-3!" "-4!" scrolling across! The damage frequency exceeded Da Fei’s imagination!
Indeed, there are two ways to pass through the fire wall. One is to go straight across it, the correct and normal way, receiving only one hit from the wall. The other is this method, vertically passing along the fire wall, taking multiple hits?
This was the ideal fire wall mages dreamed of, where every part of the fire wall inflicted damage with no waste!
Moreover, the sandworm’s length meant even passing horizontally through the fire wall inflicted much more damage than normal units, let alone vertically! The actual damage was many times multiplied—the perfect fire wall encountering the most suitable target! A genuine roasted sausage!
Haha, wahahaha! Watching the sea of fire and red words, Da Fei laughed heartily!
But there was a small flaw; the damage from passing the fire wall was too low, only 3,400 at best? This was way below Alina’s regular terrifying thousands of damage, indicating the sandworm had high magic resistance or damage reduction. No matter, against dark elves, magic resistance was negligible, with this firecracker effect, no matter if the sandworm had tens of thousands of health, it couldn’t withstand more than a few times?
Now, the sandworm passed through the fire wall, but the Blood Eagle followed.
No, it couldn’t disappear into the dark and take a different path to deal with me? Not a chance, it’s constantly under my watch. Unless I intentionally head towards it to get hit, it has no chance, haha, wahahaha!
The sandworm sped past like a roller coaster and quickly adjusted the path in the tunnel, aiming for Da Fei’s Secret Archer troop! Its chosen attack path was really tricky! Without the Blood Eagle, Da Fei couldn’t defend against it.
But no worries! Even though Secret Archers can only do single-digit damage, it doesn’t matter. To lure it in, let it eat them! After all, using the fastest Hellhound as bait was most suitable.
For now, Da Fei had already picked an intersection path to lay down a vertical fire wall, ready to go. Killing this sandworm was just a matter of time.
. . .
Meanwhile, at the Supernova Team headquarters command room, Fortson lazily held a cigar, staring at the long-dark competition screen in thought—8 minutes passed. Fortson felt a bit uneasy.
Encountering a sandworm usually meant getting wiped out immediately, but Da Fei lasted surprisingly long. What was Da Fei doing now, playing hide-and-seek? That was indeed a good way to drag things out, but if the sandworm couldn’t find a target for long, it might cause an earthquake to collapse passages. Could Da Fei escape a collapsing tunnel?
As he pondered, the black screen dinged!
—System Prompt: Competitor Da Fei killed the sandworm, completing the hidden map "Sandworm Nest" exploration!
—What!? [Cough!] Fortson choked on the cigar ash, coughing wildly!
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