Hu Die Lan
Chapter 595 Honest Storm Counterattack
This knight and Invincible Most Handsome were of the same class, and he was used to thinking of himself as the MT overlord. Now, suddenly being ordered around by another knight, he didn’t feel comfortable at all. As for these elite healers? They were all the MT's closest partners, practically sharing the same pants, so they were also unwilling to be commanded by Invincible Most Handsome.
But there was nothing they could do. Jiang You, with his vast leadership experience, seemed to have anticipated their emotions and had given them a heads-up beforehand. These elites weren’t full-time, but semi-professional players. They couldn't do whatever they wanted based on their whims. Now that the guild leader had spoken, they had to obey despite their reluctance.
"Knights, retreat first!" Invincible Most Handsome instructed, and the knights reluctantly withdrew from the front line.
"Healers, keep my health topped up!" Following another instruction, the knights stepped down, and Invincible Most Handsome charged forward himself. He directly inserted himself into the enemy formation, activated Knight's Spirit, and immediately used Sacrifice Shout!
The other guild players around him were affected by the shout, and their next attacks involuntarily fell on Invincible Most Handsome. A streak of pure white holy light swept across the surface of the shield in Invincible Most Handsome's hand, followed by him waving it around, intercepting the surging attacks coming from all directions.
"Storm Counter!" the knights exclaimed.
"He activated Knight's Spirit; it's an Honest Storm Counter..."
Storm Counter was another defensive skill of the knight, its effect being to reflect a certain percentage of the opponent's attack back at them within ten seconds. With the Knight's Spirit buff, Storm Counter would honestly reflect 100% of the opponent's attack back at them, hence the name "Honest Storm Counter."
This kind of state-based skill was obviously not very useful in PK. As long as the opponent didn't attack, Storm Counter wouldn't work. Currently, most knights used this skill as an interrupt or pause. Once Storm Counter was activated, the opponent would immediately be afraid to attack, giving the knight a chance to regroup.
But now, Invincible Most Handsome used this skill, not thinking about resting. Moreover, he used Sacrifice Shout first, forcefully attracting all the opponent's attacks. The healers were a little nervous all of a sudden, not expecting this guy to put so much pressure on them right from the start.
Storm Counter was not Storm Reflection. The principle was that the shield absorbed the damage from the opponent's attack, and then the knight sword in the other hand would deal it out. The knight himself was not immune to the damage; he would take the damage he was supposed to, and then return it to the opponent. Otherwise, how could he show the honest attitude of a knight under Knight's Spirit?
The elite healers no longer dared to calculate any rhythm. Everyone was shaking their crosses and using skills, some using large heals, some using small heals, some using casted heals, and some using instant heals.
What would be the result? They had no confidence at all. If the concentrated fire from the opponent instantly cleared Invincible Most Handsome's health to zero, then no amount of healing skills would be useful!
What would happen?
No one knew, because the Sacrifice Shout had attracted too many targets. In an instant, everyone's skills flew over, and the scene was like Zhang Jiale's Hundred Blossoms style of play, with all kinds of skills enveloping Invincible Most Handsome.
But Zhang Jiale's light and shadow was still a kind of cover for himself, while Invincible Most Handsome was now suffering a crazy barrage of concentrated fire. And he had brought it all on himself.
"This guy isn't dead yet!"
While others didn't know, the healers were clear, because their spells had been locked onto Invincible Most Handsome early on. If he was dead, these healing skills would be useless.
What exactly was he trying to do?
Everyone had this question in their minds. Just then, everyone faintly saw a figure move in the light and shadow, extremely fast and extremely brief, probably an operation of quickly jumping up and down. Then, everyone saw a shockwave break through those light and shadows and spread out. A large number of player characters surrounding Invincible Most Handsome were pushed away, then immediately knocked to the ground, and then, surprisingly, no one stood up.
"What?"
Before everyone could react, the light and shadow and the shockwave had ended. Invincible Most Handsome was still standing tall, covered in the white light of the healers' constant healing, and all around him, in a 360-degree radius, were fallen players. Now that the view was clear, all the players took a closer look and finally couldn't help but exclaim.
"Are you kidding me!"
"One-shotted?"
"How is that possible?"
"What's going on?"
"Is he hacking?"
The players around Invincible Most Handsome who had been hit by the shockwave were all killed. Corpses littered the ground, and equipment was scattered everywhere. At least twenty people had fallen under this one strike. There were members of both the Samsara Guild and the Hundred Blossom Valley. Even the level 70 Wild Boss, Blade Swordsman Lang Rui, had never caused them such losses. And now, Invincible Most Handsome, the undisputed worst-equipped player in the field, had wiped out more than twenty people with one strike. Everyone present was a top-tier player in the Heavenly Domain, not a newbie to Glory. They had never heard of such a thing.
A knight could be so fierce? What was the point of other classes? Everyone should just eat their cards...
In a panic, Invincible Most Handsome took another step forward. The people of the Samsara and Hundred Blossom Valley guilds almost forgot what they were there to do. This one step made them retreat in a hurry, as if this was the prelude to another one-shot kill move.
Not to mention the two major guilds that had been wiped out, even Tyrannical Ambition was stunned. Especially the knight players, their eyes were popping out in shock.
"What's going on?" The knights of Tyrannical Ambition happened to be gathered together waiting for instructions, so they conveniently started a professional seminar.
"Were those people all at low health?"
"How could it be such a coincidence!"
"If they weren't at low health, what except an assassin's Assassinate could one-shot kill?"
"The light and shadow blocked the view just now, so I didn't see it very clearly!"
"Was that shockwave a Heroic Leap?"
"Heroic Leap... I didn't see anyone jump..."
"I seemed to see a figure move."
"Just moved a little?"
"If the operation is fast enough, maybe it's just a small hop..."
"Wait, could it be like this!" Suddenly, someone seemed to have thought of something and spoke loudly. Everyone looked and saw that it was the number one knight of the Tyrannical Ambition headquarters. In other words, it was their Tyrannical Ambition's true chief MT, San Shi, who was speaking. The other knights immediately quieted down and listened to what San Shi had to say.
"Use Sacrifice Shout to gather the opponent's concentrated fire attack; Honest Storm Counter to absorb and gather all these attacks; and finally, use a Just Heroic Leap to distribute the damage after this concentrated fire to everyone. Of course, such a concentrated fire attack would cause a one-shot kill. Invincible Most Handsome was only able to hold on with so many healers frantically healing him," San Shi said.
"Can it be used like that?" The knights gasped. They were all veteran players of Glory. Besides the professional players, who else dared to claim more experience than them? But now, the knight they saw in front of them was using skills in a way that was completely beyond their understanding.
"I don't know, I haven't tried it. But I just read the system descriptions of these skills, and it doesn't seem like any setting contradicts what happened just now. But one thing is for sure, even if you know the principle, it's extremely difficult to pull off. The control of skills must be extremely precise and fast. I think none of us can do it right now."
The knights listened and fell silent. They had been playing Glory for a long time and had a clear understanding of their own level. If everything just now was theoretically possible, it would be absolutely impossible for them to do it, even by luck. The conditions were too strict.
"Who exactly is this person?" Fei Yang, a knight from the fourth branch, asked with extreme depression. He had originally planned to use Invincible Most Handsome as his stepping stone to show his strength in front of the guild leader by stepping on this guy! But now, looking at his level, he didn't need to fight him head-on at all. He just played this hand in public, and everyone immediately knew that in front of this person, all the knights present were water tanks (bad MTs).
Fei Yang's sentence asked the doubts in many people's hearts, but San Shi did not answer this question. At this time, Invincible Most Handsome shouted from the front: "Are the Taunts ready yet!"
"Ready." This attack was too shocking. The frightened knights no longer had the previous dissatisfaction. Hearing the question, they immediately answered diligently when the Taunt was ready.
"Line up in order. Wait for me to call the message, and take action immediately when you see it," Invincible Most Handsome shouted.
The knights quickly lined up in order. Soon, Invincible Most Handsome did indeed type out a "1".
The first knight took action, stepping forward and using Taunt on the Boss.
The Samsara knights pulling the Boss were still stubbornly resisting. A knight immediately made a hand gesture and prepared to use Taunt as well. Just then, another "1" was popped out of Invincible Most Handsome's team.
The Samsara knight took action, and the Taunt was successful. As a result, almost immediately after him, another Taunt was thrown over from the Tyrannical Ambition side. The Boss didn't even flick a hair at them, and continued to charge towards the Tyrannical Ambition side.