Chapter 118 I'm in Trouble

"This is going to be difficult."

Qing Huang couldn't help but worry about Shuisè Qiángwēi when he saw the Ranger Qian Ren use area-of-effect skills right from the start.

Rangers are physical ranged classes. The vast majority of their skills are single-target skills, with very few area-of-effect skills. So, normally, when dealing with a Ranger's arrows, you only need to pay attention to attacks from the front. The attack pattern is very simple, and even non-experts can dodge them.

But once the Ranger class masters area-of-effect skills, the attack pattern is no longer simple, and it becomes much more difficult to dodge the Ranger's arrows.

Agility-based classes are relatively easy to deal with, but Shuisè Qiángwēi is a Spellcaster, and her mobility is much worse. It's even harder for her to avoid the attacks of an expert like Qian Ren.

"Now I'll let you experience what it's like to wish you were dead." Qian Ren then drew his longbow into a full moon and quickly fired Poisoned Burst Arrows around Shuisè Qiángwēi.

These Poisoned Burst Arrows were all aimed at Shuisè Qiángwēi's most likely direction of evasion, to the right. Because when he used the Falling Rain skill, he deliberately moved the range of Falling Rain to Shuisè Qiángwēi's left side, making it easier to dodge Falling Rain by moving to the right.

In a battle between experts, the basic principle is to use the first strike as a setup for the second.

Seeing the rain of arrows falling from the sky, Shuisè Qiángwēi remained motionless, simply waving her emerald green staff gently, and a layer of light red shield enveloped her.

Tier 0 magic, Life Shield, can absorb 30% of the caster’s max HP in damage for 15 seconds, with a 36 second cooldown.

Shuisè Qiángwēi now has 9200 HP, so 30% of that is 2760 points of damage.

But it didn't end there. Shuisè Qiángwēi shook the emerald green staff on the ground, and a gray magic array appeared on the ground.

Tier 0 magic, Dark Weakness, reduces damage taken by 20% and increases casting speed by 20% within a 10x10 yard range. It lasts for 10 seconds and has a 1 minute cooldown.

Qian Ren's Falling Rain was just a wave of attacks. Because it was an area-of-effect skill, the damage wasn't very high.

The falling rain of arrows couldn't even break Shuisè Qiángwēi's Life Shield.

As for Qian Ren's predicted attacks, they were all neutralized.

Failing with one strike, Qian Ren was slightly surprised that Shuisè Qiángwēi hadn't fallen for it, but he quickly changed his attack pattern, directly attacking Shuisè Qiángwēi herself.

In an instant, five arrows transformed into five streaks of green light, rushing straight at Shuisè Qiángwēi with incredible speed.

The distance of 20 yards disappeared in an instant.

Shuisè Qiángwēi naturally didn't lose out to Qian Ren. With a wave of her staff, a series of dark Shadow Arrows shot out, colliding directly with the arrows and scattering them. In addition, Shuisè Qiángwēi used Dual Casting to cast Shadow Weakness, and several strands of black mist appeared beside Qian Ren, pouncing directly at him.

Faced with the several strands of black mist pouncing towards him, Qian Ren shifted his footwork, retreating sharply and dodging the attacking black mist, while continuing to fire arrows, attacking relentlessly.

The two exchanged blows, neither gaining an advantage.

Qian Ren was more agile, using various hit-and-run tactics to dodge Shuisè Qiángwēi's attacks, while Shuisè Qiángwēi used various skills to defend. Neither lost a single point of health.

"This Shuisè Qiángwēi is really good. She's mastered the trick of Dual Casting so quickly. No wonder she was a little famous before. If she's properly cultivated, she might be able to reach the peak in the future, but it's a pity she joined the Asura Battle Team." Zhan Wu Ji didn't expect Shuisè Qiángwēi to be so powerful, able to fight Qian Ren to a standstill in an offensive and defensive battle.

Qian Ren has already entered the Subtle Realm (Ru Wei), with meticulous control over himself, able to fight in the most efficient and effective way. Ordinary people would have trouble just dealing with frontal attacks, let alone attacking while dodging. Moreover, Qian Ren's attacks are not ordinary attacks, almost always firing three arrows in a row. If an ordinary person were counterattacked while attacking, more than 80% would be hit.

But Shuisè Qiángwēi relied on Dual Casting to attack and defend at the same time.

However, this kind of high-intensity combat consumes a lot of the player's mental strength and stamina. Qian Ren, having entered the Subtle Realm, is undoubtedly more energy-efficient. Over time, Shuisè Qiángwēi will definitely not be able to hold on.

"This Shuisè Qiángwēi is indeed well-deserved. How long has it been, and she's already starting to figure out my movement patterns." Qian Ren clicked his tongue, not expecting Shuisè Qiángwēi not only to not weaken as the battle went on, but to become stronger. He no longer underestimated her as he had before.

Originally, he was very relaxed when dodging Shuisè Qiángwēi's spell attacks, but as time went on, Shuisè Qiángwēi's spell attacks became better and better at grasping the actual situation, and she began to predict his next move more and more accurately, making it more difficult for him to dodge.

From firing five arrows in a row at the beginning, he can now only fire three arrows in a row while dodging.

"But how can her Shadow Arrows be so strong? Even if my Poisoned Burst Arrows are hit by Shadow Arrows, they should only affect the trajectory of the attack at most, not be knocked away." Qian Ren was very confident in his arrows, and didn't expect to encounter such a thing. "I can't delay any longer."

Qian Ren was also very clear that continuing to fight would only be more and more advantageous for Shuisè Qiángwēi.

Suddenly, Qian Ren used the Tier 1 skill Piercing Heart Arrow.

With a whoosh, a silver-white arrow pierced through the air and shot straight towards Shuisè Qiángwēi.

The Piercing Heart Arrow is incredibly powerful. Even the Berserkers in the team wouldn't dare to take it head-on. Trying to resist the Piercing Heart Arrow with the power of instant-cast Shadow Arrows is simply impossible.

Bang!

Shuisè Qiángwēi's Shadow Arrow was directly shattered by the Piercing Heart Arrow, and the force of the Piercing Heart Arrow was only slightly reduced, still shooting directly at Shuisè Qiángwēi's heart.

"Such strong power." Shuisè Qiángwēi knew that casting a spell was too late, so she directly blocked the arrow with her staff in front of her.

Boom!

The Piercing Heart Arrow hit the staff, and Shuisè Qiángwēi retreated five steps, her hands trembling numbly, and a damage number of over 600 appeared above her head.

"Die!" Qian Ren smiled slightly, taking the opportunity to launch a frantic attack.

A series of Poisoned Burst Arrows swept towards Shuisè Qiángwēi like a storm.

Because Shuisè Qiángwēi's rhythm was disrupted by the Piercing Heart Arrow, she was unable to form an effective defense against the sudden attack of more than a dozen arrows.

And the Spellcaster's life-saving skill is only Soul Defense, which can reduce the damage taken by 90% for 4 seconds, but the slowing effect and HP loss effect after being poisoned still exist. As long as the Soul Defense is lifted, the result is self-evident.

"Blame yourself for being just a Spellcaster." Qian Ren couldn't help but feel proud as he saw success within reach.

Clang clang clang…

Suddenly, three giant wooden figures appeared in front of Shuisè Qiángwēi, like copper walls and iron barriers. All the arrows were blocked by the three wooden figures, and not a single arrow hit Shuisè Qiángwēi.

"What's going on?" Qian Ren looked at the three giant wooden figures, his face sinking slightly.

Forest Sprite, Special Elite, Level 38, HP 240,000.

Powerful experts can only deal with one Special Elite of the same level, but now there are three Special Elites in front of him, and there is also a Spellcaster with many control skills. This makes the situation on the field overwhelmingly unfavorable to him.