Chapter 270

Being idle was truly awkward. Gu Xiaoshang and the others paused for a moment, then immediately rushed in a direction. Since their mission was impossible to continue, they might as well help others.

At this moment, there was another group of people who were also caught in the awkwardness of having nothing to do, yet couldn't think of a solution.

In the river valley, two teams of searchers went around half a circle on the left and right sides, and the two sides perfectly connected at a certain point. If the people on the opposite side didn't see at a glance that there were more than seven people, they almost started fighting again due to misunderstanding.

At this time, the two sides met, and everyone looked at each other. They had searched in a circle but didn't see Han Jia Gongzi's group.

The leader was very anxious because good news had come from the ground. A team of Cloud players had been inspected, and the target had been further narrowed. This was good news for everyone, but extremely bad news for him. He also needed time now! The leader re-examined Jian Nan You with a suspicious look, although he previously thought Jian Nan You's inference made sense.

"How could they not be there?" Jian Nan You couldn't figure it out. Whether the other party wanted to cross the river or return to the intersection and take the right river, their two teams should have encountered them. Thus, there was only one explanation: the other party was not on this route.

"Where else could they go?" Jian Nan You muttered.

"I'd like to know too," the leader said coldly. His attitude toward Jian Nan You had changed several times since they met, which could be described as miraculous.

"Not good!" Jian Nan You suddenly seemed to remember something and slapped his forehead.

"What?" The other party's heart tightened.

Jian Nan You quickly drew the inverted "A" shape of the terrain on the ground again, pointing to the upper left corner of the inverted "A" and said, "Our two teams, one team walks horizontally and the other walks vertically, so this place is a blind spot!"

"In this way, taking advantage of this time, they can cut back to the right river through the crosswise river and continue towards the city!" The leader's reaction was also quick. Seeing the situation clearly, he immediately gathered his team and turned back: "Damn it, chase them!!"

At this time, Jian Nan You was thinking about more things. Originally, he didn't need to rush. He only needed to easily盯住 the target and wait for the right opportunity. If it didn't work this time, he could wait for the next time. Jian Nan You was a very patient person. But in the current situation, it seemed that his side's actions were all within the other party's judgment, and his group might have been exposed. In this way, he also needed to take action as soon as possible. The later he acted, the more prepared the other party might be.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" At this time, the leader was constantly urging his brothers. But no matter how fast the team was, they had to follow the slowest person. This speed was fine for blocking people, but it was very unwelcome when chasing people. Jian Nan You quickly came up and said to the guy, "You might not be able to catch up like this. Quickly choose some speed-based classes to entangle them first, and the others will arrive later!"

How could the leader, who knew the terrain and distance here, not know that dragging on like this would only keep him at a certain distance from the other party, and it would be impossible to catch up? So he made a decisive decision and quickly selected thieves and archers. Unfortunately, he himself was a warrior and couldn't lead this team in person, so he repeatedly told them, "Go as soon as possible, it's best to block them at the river mouth, we'll be there soon, good luck!"

Most of the archers and thieves hadn't fought Han Jia Gongzi and his group, and they didn't know the horror of those hardcore experts. They felt that their current momentum was enough to suppress them, so they went with great confidence. But the leader knew how terrible the opponent was. The people who went there probably had no chance of正面交手 in a head-on fight, but since they were speed-based classes, they should be able to delay for some time. So he repeatedly sent messages, telling them to "be careful, be careful, be extremely careful," almost saying, "It doesn't matter if you die, you must hold them back for me."

While the river valley was so noisy, the battle situation outside the valley was changing rapidly.

The sudden appearance of the Hundred Battles Mercenary Group, and the merging of one of their teams with another, made the Cloud players feel even more strained.

Especially the guys from the Hundred Battles Mercenary Group, who didn't seek to directly kill people. After two or three rounds of fighting, they would抱身投 (literally, hug and throw), throwing the Cloud players scattered. Although their combat power still existed, the problem was that the tight formation that had been intentionally arranged from the beginning, which looked like protection, was gone. In this way, whether Todd was in the陣 (formation) was obvious.

Although the players of the佣兵联盟 (Mercenary Alliance) were very angry at the sudden attack of the Hundred Battles Mercenary Group, they also found that having such a group of people as thugs was really good. They were basically picking up ready-made advantages now. Seeing that there was no Todd, they were the first to seize the time to rush to the next team.

There were only three teams left on the battlefield. Two teams were almost simultaneously taken care of by the other side. Since there was no trace of Todd, then by elimination, it could be concluded that he was in the last team.

This last team was the team led by Black Finger. This guy was also cunning enough. From the beginning, he had been intentionally leading people to繞路 (detour) towards a distant direction while fighting. So his team didn't encounter the Hundred Battles Mercenary Group at the beginning, nor did they encounter the support from the other party's idle team. But at this moment, the battles of the other three teams had ended, and suddenly the fighting forces on the entire map surrounded him. This also included the players of Cloud.

Of course, the act had to be complete. Now that the other party had identified Todd as being in this team, everyone had to pretend to resist desperately.

Originally, in terms of the overall movement speed of the team, no team could compare to the Hundred Battles Mercenary Group. But now that victory was in sight, everyone ignored teamwork. Classes with speed were fighting for time to support. For a time, a scene like a grand military exercise appeared on the map. The professions no longer took care of each other in terms of speed. The fast runners desperately chased at the front, and the slow runners followed at the end.

Black Finger was suffering! He led the team to fight in remote areas to avoid any support the enemy might get during the battle. This trick was indeed effective. Wasn't his team the last surviving team among the four?

But precisely because of this reason, his team suddenly became the target of everyone. Everyone rushed towards them, and the fighting spirit of the opponents had finally reached its peak. It was like playing a game to the final level, with no worries. They rushed forward, especially bravely. Even the opponents who had been dealing with them all along suddenly changed their style. At first, the opponents just wanted to find Todd, and they didn't want to suffer too many losses themselves, so they were quite conservative during the battle. Now that they were sure Todd was in this team, they immediately adopted a strategy of殺光抢光烧光 (kill all, rob all, burn all). They bombarded desperately,炸 (detonated) desperately, and砍 (hacked) desperately.

However, everyone was of equal strength after all. In this拼起命 (life-risking) battle, both sides were rapidly suffering casualties. Black Finger saw that the number of opponents was getting smaller and smaller, and his own formation was also getting smaller and smaller. The number of people running all over the mountains and plains on the map was increasing.

These running people were from the Sunset City Mercenary Group and the Cloud. The two sides rushed to support their own sides, and the struggle continued along the way. Moreover, because the distance was widened in speed, the battle was very three-dimensional and layered.

At the forefront was the dagger-拼刀子 (knife-fighting) thief formation. After using疾行 (Swift Travel) skill, their speed was the fastest of all professions. However, the Swift Travel skill had a time limit. Once the time limit was over, the thieves' speed was lost to the archers. So the archer formation strode up, maintaining distance and performing high-difficulty shooting while moving. Because there were so many people, this arrow, even if it didn't hit the original target, could accidentally hit someone. As for whether it was their own people or the opponent, it was difficult to say. Anyway, everyone was in no mood to care about it.

After that, was the mage formation throwing skills at each other. Among all the fighting formations, this formation was the most beautiful. Fireballs floated in the crowd like guiding lights. From time to time, there was a thunderbolt in the sky, and a lightning bolt hit someone's head. The ice whirlwind, which emitted a逼人寒气 (chilling aura), also charged horizontally and twisted around. Some places occasionally exploded in large patches of fire, which was because some mages felt it was not enough and simply stood firmly and released two range大法术 (grand magic spells) to boost their momentum.

Then the knight formation and the warrior formation had a similar style. These people didn't have any dazzling light and shadow effects, but the collision sounds were deafening. They were all masters of heavy weapons! Although knights were slightly inferior to warriors, they were still better than the thieves' small daggers.

At the very end was the priest formation. These people had no combat ability.狂刷 (spamming) recovery skills on the opponent was a good way to噁心人 (disgust people). However, now that the war was imminent, everyone thought it was better to save their mana and use it where it was most needed. So this formation was干打雷不下雨 (all thunder and no rain). If you closed your eyes, you would think that this formation was the most intense, because the cursing was already天听 (heavenly). But if you came to see it with your own eyes, you would know that they didn't do anything except嘴皮子打架 (fight with their tongues).

In addition to these professions, there were also 격투가 (fighters). The fighter class didn't have a base of fans among experts yet, so they couldn't form a formation. They混 (mixed) in various professions like handymen.

The two sides tangled and fought all the way, making the entire map lively. Many idle players who were leveling up were痴 (spellbound). PK打架 (Player Killing and fighting) happened every day, but usually both sides called out their陣 (formations), you left, I right, and then顶头冲杀 (head-on charged) and that was it! For example, the four battlefields just now were like that. But now, in the blink of an eye, it was like ants fighting in groups, all over the place, and they were猛跑 (rushing) in one direction while fighting. This was really rare.

The Hundred Battles Mercenary Group benefited the most from this. These guys were top experts! Who would overestimate their ability to tangle with them? Besides, most of them were 격투가 (fighters), and the profession was not right for the current formation battle. So they were the first to rush to the end without any obstruction, and their speed was not slow.

On Black Finger's side, both sides were already red-eyed, and they couldn't tell who was who in the Hundred Battles Mercenary Group. With Bai Shi Jing Lun's order, everyone charged together, 三拳两脚 (three punches and two kicks), regardless of whether they were from Sunset or Cloud, all were放倒 (knocked down)...

But still no sign of Todd.

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