Chapter 187 Second Strike

"Didn't Qian Li fail to kill Silver Moon with a single blow back then?" several people recalled. The incident at Moonlit Night City was the most passionate and heroic experience they'd had in the game's parallel world, and most of them had vivid memories of it.

Gu Fei nodded. "He didn't kill him instantly."

"Then what should we do?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked.

Gu Fei glanced at him. "Then we'll just strike a second time."

Yu Tian Shen Ming: "..."

"Dang dang dang dang," the system's ten-second countdown began. Ten seconds later, the sixth round of the mercenary group competition officially began. A flash of white light sent them into the map. Silver Moon's side didn't have any more people. Both sides had a total of 16 participants, and the map was small and cute.

"Let's go up to the high ground first to see the situation," Han Jia Gongzi said, maintaining his consistent approach.

They climbed a small hill not far from their spawn point and looked into the distance. They discovered that there were faintly visible figures moving on a small hill near the opposite team's spawn point.

"How many people are over there?" Han Jia Gongzi asked Yu Tian Shen Ming, pointing to the hill with his wine bottle.

Yu Tian Shen Ming shielded his eyes with his hand, struck a Sun Wukong pose, and said, "Ten people, not a single one missing." After speaking, he shouted to Jian Gui, "Points!"

Gu Fei felt a little strange. He could only see vague dots moving on the opposite hill, and his eyesight had always been excellent. Could it be that Yu Tian Shen Ming's eyesight was even better than his?

After asking, he learned that Yu Tian Shen Ming had a passive skill. He had already taken the archer branch class Marksman, and at level 40, he gained the passive skill "Eagle Eye," which was provided by the system god to enhance a person's eyesight to a new level. This skill was very popular among players with nearsightedness. For a long time, they had been self-conscious about their vision problems, but since getting "Eagle Eye," not only was their nearsightedness gone, but they also had the function of a telescope. Everyone stood up straight, their eyes wide open.

"Yu Tian, keep an eye on them and see what actions they take," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Yu Tian Shen Ming responded and proudly went to use his telescope.

Yu Tian Shen Ming watched into the wind until his eyes were full of tears, Han Jia Gongzi had thrown empty wine bottles all over the ground, Gu Fei practiced his swordsmanship up to the fifth set, Zhan Wu Shang stared blankly ahead and started privately harassing the eighth girl in his friends list, and Jian Gui and You Ge held their scorebooks and pointed, going from discussing serious matters to playing spot the difference. The small dots on the opposite hill hadn't changed at all.

Han Jia Gongzi reached into his pocket and realized that he was out of wine. He immediately stood up and cursed, "Shameless!"

Everyone looked at him.

"Are these guys trying to force others to fight them head-on using this method?" Han Jia Gongzi wondered.

Everyone thought that it was true. When two sides were facing off, if one side just stood still, wouldn't the other side have to take the initiative to fight them head-on?

"If both sides just keep stalling like this, how will they determine the winner after the time is up?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked You Ge.

"Overtime. If they still can't decide, then there's more overtime, until a winner is decided," You Ge said.

"Usually, people who finish the mercenary battle still have to participate in the guild war. This guy, it seems like he's betting on that, taking advantage of the fact that others aren't willing to keep dragging it out with him here, forcing others to take the initiative to attack him, and then of course, they can only fight head-on," Han Jia Gongzi analyzed.

"Are you overthinking again?" Jian Gui said without looking up.

"Overthinking," Yu Tian Shen Ming nodded. "They're moving."

"Oh?" Everyone put down what they were doing and stood up to look at the hill over there.

After a long while, they didn't see much movement. Everyone looked at Yu Tian Shen Ming, who sighed and said, "It seems like they're just like us, they got tired of sitting for too long and got up to move around."

Everyone: "..."

"Let's go!" The sudden interruption made the masters lose interest in continuing their boring activities. They were eager to go up and fight Silver Moon and the others to decide the victory.

"Go!" Han Jia Gongzi held up his hand to stop them.

"Huh?" Everyone thought he would calmly analyze things again.

"I'm out of wine," Han Jia Gongzi explained. "Let's finish this quickly and go buy some wine."

"What a drunkard!" Everyone exclaimed, and together they went down the hill and headed towards the opposite side of the map. Along the way, Yu Tian Shen Ming continued to monitor the other side's movements, but there was no change.

"Stop!" Halfway there, Han Jia Gongzi waved his hand to stop them.

"What is it?" everyone asked.

"Qian Li, Yu Tian, Jian Gui, you guys approach first. Wu Shang and I, You Ge, will provide cover for you from behind," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What do you mean?" Everyone didn't know what trick Han Jia Gongzi was up to again, especially Yu Tian Shen Ming, who was afraid that he would be sent out to die again.

"After Silver Moon uses that skill, his movement speed also increases significantly. If the situation is not right, it will probably be difficult for the three of us to escape," Han Jia Gongzi said.

So the six of them acted according to the plan. Han Jia Gongzi and the other three found a nearby spot to observe, while Gu Fei, Yu Tian Shen Ming, and Jian Gui went ahead.

When they reached the foot of the hill, the ten people on the hill hadn't moved. Yu Tian Shen Ming couldn't help but praise, "This skill is so awesome! I can even see their noses and eyes clearly now. Can you two do that?" Yu Tian Shen Ming said proudly to the two of them.

"Shoot an arrow and see." By this time, they were within the archer's range, but the other side still hadn't made any moves. Yu Tian Shen Ming drew his bow and nocked an arrow, preparing to shoot.

But the other side suddenly made a move. The ten people suddenly huddled together completely, and the three warriors at the front took out huge shields from their pockets and stood them in front of them. Then they lowered their bodies, and the ten people completely disappeared behind the shields.

"Heavy Armor Warriors..." Jian Gui said.

Heavy Armor Warrior was another branch of the warrior class at level 40, focusing on high health and high defense. The new skill at level 40 was the passive skill "Defense Mastery." In addition to increasing health growth and extra defense, another major effect of this skill was that it added shield mastery.

Shields were also considered weapons in the parallel world, but they had extremely low attack power and the strongest defense. Even if ordinary classes wanted to use shields, they couldn't reach the shield coefficient at all. Only Heavy Armor Warriors after level 40 could exert the full power of the shield with the aid of the passive skill Defense Mastery.

Yu Tian Shen Ming's arrow had already been released at this time, and with undiminished momentum, it roared over. The arrow hit the shield directly and made a loud "clang."

The shield didn't move, and the small arrow fell to the ground.

Han Jia Gongzi, who was far away, also saw this scene and smiled slightly. "So that's how it is. I had already thought that they should have some means to prevent being sniped by archers from a distance. It turns out they rely on Heavy Armor Warriors to prevent archers from attacking them remotely. In that case, only mages can go forward."

While Han Jia Gongzi was muttering to himself, Gu Fei and the others hadn't given up trying.

Yu Tian Shen Ming quickly went around to the side, wanting to try to see if there was an opportunity to sneak attack. But the others had already seen it. As soon as they saw Yu Tian Shen Ming move, they immediately adjusted their direction to match his pace. No matter how fast Yu Tian Shen Ming moved, he couldn't move faster than they could turn around. After circling around, there were three big shields in front of him, and he couldn't even see a single strand of hair.

"Waste of time." Han Jia Gongzi sneered at Yu Tian Shen Ming's actions.

Yu Tian Shen Ming worked in vain for a long time and became discouraged. He returned to Gu Fei's side and patted him. "It's up to you."

"That's it? Can't you shoot curved arrows?" Gu Fei gestured with his hand. Yesterday, the archers of Zongheng Si Hai had used this trick to frantically shoot him and Xi Yao Wu in the ditch. He believed that Yu Tian Shen Ming must have shot a lot as well.

"That... can only be done with normal attacks. How much damage can normal attacks do to warriors? Besides, I'm the only archer now," Yu Tian Shen Ming explained.

"Then watch me!" Gu Fei drew his sword.

The three of them quickly went forward, and in a blink of an eye, they had entered the mage's attack range.

"Skyfall Fire Wheel! Descend!" Gu Fei raised his sword.

The warriors on the other side seemed to have heard Gu Fei's order and immediately raised their shields above their heads.

The three of them were stunned.

"What are they doing? Shields only have physical defense, they can't withstand magic attacks!" Jian Gui said in confusion.

As he spoke, the fire wheel ignited in the sky and fell. The three of them could see clearly that just as it was about to fall on the shield, the surface of the shield seemed to be covered with a layer of light, and the fire naturally went out there. The ten people under the shield stood firm. However, their faces were somewhat horrified, obviously Gu Fei's powerful magic damage still hurt them.

"They're not dead? Does that shield also have magic defense?" Han Jia Gongzi was surprised from afar.

"Important information, I'll go appraise it and see," You Ge wanted to go over.

"Let Jian Gui appraise it, that's enough," Han Jia Gongzi stopped him.

"It has physical defense and magic defense. This kind of top-quality equipment is extremely rare. Now there's actually this kind of shield, that's really terrifying. Shields are the equipment with the most abnormal defense," You Ge analyzed with his extensive knowledge.

"No wonder there are only ten participants!" Han Jia Gongzi suddenly understood. "I always thought that with their style of play, wouldn't it be better to have forty people squatting on the hill? It turns out they have other tricks. They must only have these three shields, and covering ten people is already the limit. Ranged archers and mages can't do anything to them. In that case, they can only fight in close combat, right?"

"Let Yu Tian and Qian Li attack together, and they'll only be able to defend one side, right?" You Ge was saying this, when Gu Fei and Yu Tian Shen Ming had already done so.

As a result, Yu Tian Shen Ming was in tears. Because the other side ignored the arrows he shot and did their best to defend against Gu Fei's magic.

Yu Tian Shen Ming's pride as a master was trampled on once again.

"Comparing people is infuriating," Jian Gui comforted him.