Chapter 638 Siege

Hot on the heels of the military advisor Leng Ying, Team Happy was ambushed repeatedly. This type of battle wasn’t particularly difficult, but it also wasn’t easy. Because there were a lot of combatants involved, the scenes were always rather chaotic, requiring a high degree of team coordination.

Of course, this was no problem for Ye Xiu and the others. Their pursuit had been relatively smooth. Leng Ying’s ambush after ambush was crushed along the way. After leveling four ambush points in succession, the path reached its end. Leng Ying charged directly into a courtyard at the end of the path.

Everyone realized that this was probably the final battle location. Because they were constantly in combat, they couldn't take any breaks. Resting by eating food and the like could only be done when out of combat. But if they ran away to disengage, according to the game's usual settings, everything they had done since encountering Leng Ying would be considered a failure, and they would have to start all over again.

They couldn’t make such a low-level mistake. The ten of them charged into the courtyard together, and sure enough, elite soldiers poured out from the rooms within the courtyard. But this time, it didn't seem like Leng Ying’s planned ambush. The boss was screaming in a panic, clearly driven to the end of his rope after the destruction of four ambush parties. This wave was the reinforcements he had called in.

But this wave of reinforcements was even more formidable than the previous ambushes. A total of twelve Bandit Mountain thieves emerged from the rooms in the courtyard, more than any previous ambush.

However, after clearing ambushes all the way, Ye Xiu and the others were quite used to this scale of team battle. Among the twelve Bandit Mountain thieves, there were two healer classes, which they quickly identified as their main targets. As for the military advisor Leng Ying? He didn't bother looking for another way out. He flew onto the roof riding his broom and began to attack Team Happy alongside the small thieves.

But Leng Ying’s practical combat ability was a bit of a disgrace to his boss status. His threat didn’t seem any stronger than these small thieves. It was just that a boss had far more health than the mobs. At this moment, Leng Ying was left unattended as everyone first cleared the twelve Bandit Mountain thieves.

Seeing Leng Ying’s pitiful combat power, everyone was relaxed. Once the twelve Bandit Mountain thieves were dealt with, all they had to clean up was a small soldier with more health. There was no suspense.

After a chaotic battle, all twelve Bandit Mountain thieves were finally killed. Just as everyone was about to focus their attacks on Leng Ying, still on the roof, the military advisor screamed again. Everyone clearly heard the name that came out of his mouth: Deputy Chief.

Then, the main room facing the gate of the courtyard was suddenly pulled open, and a burly man stretched languidly as he walked out. It was another boss, the Deputy Chief, Man Bear.

Everyone was greatly shocked. Even if the military advisor had another wave of ambushes, it would be simpler than directly killing a boss. As the Deputy Chief, this brawny man was definitely not a weakling like Leng Ying. Having gone through five waves of battles without any disengages to rest, the team now had to face two bosses head-on. The severity of this battle was unimaginable.

Ye Xiu clicked his mouse to check Man Bear’s health. He knew that this battle couldn’t be rushed. If they did, their consumption would be unsustainable. They still needed a slow-paced battle to gain more combat time.

But what kind of combat style did this Man Bear have? Could they afford to drag out a slow-paced attrition battle? Judging from his muscular build, he probably wasn't a boss like number two, Sha Leopard, who was weak on offense but strong on defense. If he was a formidable combatant, then a slow-paced battle would entail even greater threats. Especially since these were two bosses working together. Sha Eagle’s combat ability seemed a bit trash, but that was only relative to bosses. With his long health bar, it wasn't something you could take down in minutes. Having such a cunning guy causing trouble on the side was a real headache…

Man Bear’s appearance was truly unexpected. Everyone was in the courtyard, and they didn't even have time to retreat and let Ye Xiu's Lord Grim test the boss's depth.

As everyone considered the situation, Man Bear ended his drowsiness and reached behind the door for a spiked club.

Yes, a spiked club… a weapon that didn't exist in the 24-class system. You couldn't figure out this guy’s combat skills from that. Bosses had done even more shameless things, like using sword techniques with heavy weapons.

“Everyone, retreat first!” Ye Xiu would try to probe first, according to their old tactic.

But this time, everyone was already in a combat state, so they couldn't retreat if they wanted to. Sha Eagle, standing on the roof, finally abandoned his previous habit of keeping his broom hidden between his legs and held it in his hand, truly prepared to enter combat. From his high vantage point, he waved his hand and threw down a Molotov cocktail.

Ye Xiu was quick to react. Lord Grim raised his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, and with a bang, the Molotov cocktail exploded in mid-air. The molten lava splashed out, scattering downwards like fiery rain. Although everyone still had to dodge, it was better than the bottle shattering on the ground and turning the courtyard into a sea of fire.

Wu Chen was also very impressed with Ye Xiu's technique. When the Molotov cocktail was thrown, he had the same idea, but just as he was sliding his crosshairs to aim, the shot had already been fired.

As for Chen Guo, not to mention her. When she saw the Molotov cocktail being thrown down, she tried to make her Chasing Haze jump into the air and run away.

The Molotov cocktail exploded, but Leng Ying followed up by sweeping a cloud across the sky with his broom. The boss attacked too quickly, and everyone was too far away to interrupt him. This time, he conjured a Freezing Rain. Blue droplets mixed with snowflakes fell, and everyone quickly retreated from under the cloud.

“Everyone, be careful!” Ye Xiu called out.

Man Bear finally attacked, roaring as he lifted his spiked club with both hands behind his head, jumped from the room into the courtyard, and swung it in a 180-degree arc. With a loud crash, the spiked club slammed into the ground, and everyone’s vision shook from the tremors. Those who were within the attack range and didn't have time to dodge were sent rolling across the ground.

“It’s Collapsing Mountain Strike!” Wei Chen shouted.

“Or perhaps it’s Ground Fissure Wave,” Ye Xiu said.

“So shameless!” Wei Chen exclaimed.

“Yes!” Ye Xiu agreed. Using sword techniques with a spiked club was the epitome of sword shamelessness.

“Whirlwind Slash!! Everyone get out of the courtyard first!” Wei Chen judged from Man Bear’s stance. Everyone controlled their characters, running to the door or climbing over the walls, scattering from the courtyard like frightened birds. Then, Man Bear returned to his room. Leng Ying looked around from the rooftop, then jumped off the back of the house and disappeared.

“Oops…” Wei Chen was a little embarrassed. Clearly, they had disengaged from combat. The battle was limited to the courtyard. If this group of people rushed out of the courtyard, they would be considered to have left the combat zone and would be deemed to have disengaged. Everything would reset, and their previous efforts would have been in vain.

“At least we got some experience, right?” Wei Chen tried to appease everyone with a smile. He hadn't thought of that and had instructed them to leave the courtyard. As a result, a whole bunch of people rushed out, and the system didn't give them a chance to regret it, directly judging them to have disengaged.

“Well, that's not bad. When we try again, everyone should pay more attention. The last thing we need to face is two bosses, so make sure to control your mana consumption,” Ye Xiu said.

Everyone nodded.

Five waves of a significant number of mobs, then facing two bosses, with no breaks in between, only a team like theirs would dare to continue the challenge.

“Or we can just skip these two and go directly to see if we can kill the final boss?” Wei Chen suggested. In some dungeons, the bosses before the final boss didn't necessarily have to be killed. When vying for dungeon clear records, they would definitely be skipped. This Bandit Mountain stronghold seemed like the military advisor and the second chief could be skipped, so Wei Chen made this suggestion.

“There's no need! Killing these two will give us a first kill achievement, and we can exchange it for rewards!” Ye Xiu said.

“Actually… I think this battle is a bit difficult. We've used up quite a bit of energy along the way. I don't know if we can last until the end,” Wei Chen said.

“Let's try it seriously once first,” Ye Xiu said. “If the situation is not right, disengage and save your lives. I noticed earlier that they were judged to have disengaged after five people went out, so it seems that the setting requires more than half of the members to stay in the courtyard.”

“Right, I noticed it too,” Wei Chen said.

“Hehe.” Ye Xiu smiled, not paying much attention, and turned to call everyone, “Everyone, turn back, let's try again. Try to slow down this battle and reduce consumption as much as possible.”

Then a team of ten people returned to the place where they encountered Leng Ying. Sure enough, the boss had returned to his battle station.

“Hey, why don’t we try to see if we can stop this guy from running away and just kill him here?” Wei Chen came up with a new idea.

“We can try. Everyone spread out and surround him,” Ye Xiu arranged, having everyone stand in a circle within the aggro range, trapping Leng Ying in the middle.

“Everyone attack together, including the ranged classes, surround him!” With Ye Xiu’s command, everyone rushed forward. Sha Eagle was particularly decisive. When Lord Grim rushed up earlier, he had released a magic ray, but this time, seeing the large number of people, he simply rode his broom and flew into the sky.

“Damn, shameless!” Everyone watched as Sha Eagle flew away. This height was obviously granted by the system. Players couldn’t reach this height whether they were Witch class riding brooms or Machinists using mechanical wings. This was clearly the system forcing Sha Eagle to escape. Wu Chen and Chen Guo’s Gunners fired two shots from below, but they didn’t do much.

“Let’s chase!” Ye Xiu didn’t show any regret. He just led everyone to chase Leng Ying’s tail again.