Chapter 1 The First Line Canyon

At the entrance of the First Line Canyon, one inside, one outside.

Zhang Xinjie saw Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim, and at the same time, Ye Xiu saw Zhang Xinjie’s Yewei Yang.

Ye Xiu was naturally familiar with this ID, but the way he was positioned gave him an extraordinary feeling. Yewei Yang was just a character, but what about the person controlling the character?

Yewei Yang’s name was on Lord Grim’s friend list. Since he had been discovered anyway, Ye Xiu simply sent Yewei Yang a message, “Who’s there?”

“Damn!” This came from Yewei Yang’s real body behind Zhang Xinjie. He saw the message from Lord Grim and immediately felt that this Lord Grim was arrogant enough.

“You can’t get out.” Zhang Xinjie quickly replied with a message, so fast that Yewei Yang only saw a blur of words in front of his eyes.

By the time he finished reading, the message had already changed, and it was already Lord Grim’s reply: “Oh? Is there an ambush?”

So with another flash, Zhang Xinjie sent out another message: “Yes.”

“How many people?”

“Six.”

Jiang You, the Striker, and the Swordsman and Sharpshooter were all nervously preparing for battle, unaware that the two outside and inside the valley were chatting. Only Yewei Yang standing behind Zhang Xinjie could see clearly. The speed at which these two were chatting was so fast that Yewei Yang was already overwhelmed.

So fast! Yewei Yang exclaimed inwardly. From Zhang Xinjie’s screen, he saw that Lord Grim at the bottom of the valley was not in a hurry to rush up the slope, but patiently wandering around, seemingly looking out of the canyon.

“Good positioning!” Suddenly, Zhang Xinjie received another message from Lord Grim.

“You flatter me. If you’re done looking, hurry up!” Zhang Xinjie replied.

“Coming.” As soon as Lord Grim sent this message, he suddenly sped up, and the character sprinted up the slope. The heart of Yewei Yang, who was watching, instantly rose to his throat, not to mention how nervous the people in the game were. Seeing that Lord Grim was obviously about to break through, Jiang You and the Striker subconsciously looked at Zhang Xinjie next to them.

Zhang Xinjie’s expression did not change at all, and he was even more focused on the screen in front of him.

Closer, closer…

Jiang You’s hands holding the mouse and keyboard were trembling slightly. He couldn’t wait to start attacking. However, with Zhang Xinjie present, he didn’t dare to act rashly on his own. He was waiting for Zhang Xinjie’s instructions.

However, Zhang Xinjie did not speak for a long time.

Not enough? Judging from the position, I should be the first to attack, right? Or is this judgment too simple, so Vice-Captain Zhang feels that there is no need to give instructions, so not speaking is waiting for me to attack myself?

Countless thoughts ran through Jiang You’s mind. When he subconsciously looked towards Zhang Xinjie again, he saw Zhang Xinjie’s lips suddenly move.

“Elementalist!” Jiang You heard this in his headset.

“Huh?” Jiang You responded casually, and then realized that this was Zhang Xinjie giving him an attack command. He quickly turned his head to operate, regretting why he didn’t concentrate and think so much. This time, he was half a beat slower.

But Jiang You’s control was still not bad. With two consecutive operations, Fire Bomb and Frost Sphere, two small spells were cast down the hillside, followed by a longer chant, which was the release of a Flame Impact.

Jiang You controlled it very well. The Fire Bomb and Frost Sphere were not cast in a straight line. The two spells were in sequence, at an angle, and the connection was quite perfect. However, Lord Grim, who was sprinting, suddenly changed direction an instant before the Fire Bomb touched him, and then turned again, without slowing down at all, and slipped through the tiny angle between the two Elementalist.

“Damn!” Yewei Yang exclaimed. There were many ways to dodge Jiang You’s two spells, but Lord Grim used the fastest and most dangerous, the most skillful dodging method. By being familiar with the attributes and performance, grasping the timing, and considering that the exit of First Line Canyon was on a slope, and considering the impact of the slope on the character’s movement speed, these details were calculated in order to achieve such precise two changes of direction. This was not simple at all.

The effect of these two extremely difficult changes of direction was also amazing. Lord Grim was barely delayed by these two spells and instantly closed the distance a lot. Jiang You didn’t expect such an unbelievable dodging method. His Flame Impact was aimed at the wrong place. At this time, the chant had already ended, and a pillar of fire rose two positions behind Lord Grim, looking like a funny firework.

“Sharpshooter!” Zhang Xinjie’s voice came again. The Sharpshooter on the cliff on the right side of the canyon entrance immediately showed his head, raised his gun and shot at Lord Grim.

Lord Grim rolled on the spot, and bullets hit the ground beside him, sparks flying. After three consecutive rolls, he flashed to the foot of the mountain wall, escaping the Sharpshooter’s line of sight. The Sharpshooter did not hesitate, stepped on the ground and jumped out directly, turned around in the air and pulled out his gun to shoot again, but heard a cry of “Careful” in his ear.

“Swish swish swish…”

With three sounds of wind, the Sharpshooter noticed that everything was too late. Three Five-sided Shurikens had been nailed to his body, and the character, who was already difficult to maintain balance in the air, was immediately knocked away.

Ninja skill: Ninjutsu - Shuriken.

After knocking away the Sharpshooter, Lord Grim immediately jumped out of the canyon in that direction. Unexpectedly, as soon as he showed his head, the Striker had already arrived with a Charging Fist, actually waiting for Lord Grim to appear here.

Zhang Xinjie’s command was a direct voice call, but there were also secret messages. The Striker received the message and had been waiting with the Sharpshooter in this direction.

This punch came suddenly, hitting Lord Grim’s chest in mid-air and sending him back into the canyon.

“Yeah!” The Striker roared, venting the frustration accumulated last night. The character also rushed and jumped, chasing after Lord Grim in the air and stepping on him with an Eagle Stamp.

“You yeah your sister!” The sound of an angry scolding rang in his ears. Before the Three-Legged Eagle Stamp could be fully used, Lord Grim in mid-air “poof” disappeared into a cloud of smoke.

“Damn!” How could the Striker not know that this was the Ninja’s Shadow Clone? However, that punch was so sudden and so fast, how could this Lord Grim still complete the Shadow Clone operation? Shadow Clone, a skill that doesn’t require chanting time, requires setting the real body, the fake body, and setting the direction and distance of the clone. The operation is quite complicated. How could it be cast in such a short moment?

The Striker thought of quickly turning around in the air to look behind him, only to see Lord Grim standing on the mountainside in his original position, with one hand raised and pointing at him. A dark, chaotic light ball floated beside him. The moment the Striker looked over, the light ball spun rapidly, turning into several dark small arrows, shooting straight at him in the air.

Spellcaster skill: Curse Arrow.

Where else could the Striker in the air dodge? He was almost beaten into a ball of black light by a pile of Curse Arrows in the air.

The Curse Arrow is a chanting and charging skill. The longer the charging time, the more small arrows that burst out of the light ball. Lord Grim didn’t charge to the limit this time, obviously worried about other possible opponents. He made a gesture towards the Striker and immediately retreated.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw a flash of sword light, and the Swordsman’s Sword Draw Slash was already here. Lord Grim immediately jumped up, using superb operation and timing to dodge the Sword Draw Slash with such a simple spell as jumping.

Who would have thought that a ball of burning white flame would suddenly ignite in the air? Lord Grim jumped up, and was caught right in the flames.

Everyone was stunned, and everyone subconsciously thought that this might be another Shadow Clone. When it was determined that this time it was a real hit on Lord Grim, everyone boiled over. The one who made this prediction attack was Zhang Xinjie, using the Priest’s level 30 skill, Holy Fire. The Priest is not a profession that has no attack methods other than healing and recovery.

Holy Fire is a continuous damage skill. The time lasts for five seconds, and the damage decreases every second. However, this skill does not have any physical correction attacks on the character. Lord Grim was still the same, but when he landed on the ground, the ball of white flame was still wrapped around him.

However, damage is not the most terrifying thing about Holy Fire.

The most terrifying thing about Holy Fire is its three-second skill seal. Characters burned by Holy Fire cannot use any skills for three seconds.

The Holy and Dark classes, these two classes, generally speaking, are indeed inferior to Elementalist, Fighters, or Swordsman and Sharpshooter in terms of direct lethality, but they have many special attack methods.

Unable to use skills is equivalent to having no mana. It is conceivable how embarrassing these three seconds are for Ye Xiu. What’s even more deadly is that after Zhang Xinjie used Yewei Yang’s Holy Fire to hit Lord Grim, another Priest also came forward on command. In Zhang Xinjie’s command, the Priest was not a logistician, but the main force in controlling the situation.

The Priest at this time shook the holy cross in his hand, just finishing the chant. The white light of the holy cross flashed in his hand. Ye Xiu knew that the skill was coming, and did not hesitate. The character directly jumped back out of the mountain cliff. At this time, he could not determine which direction the Priest’s Holy Fire was lit in. After the Holy Fire skill is released, whether it directly hits the opponent or not, it will remain burning in the released position for five seconds. During these five seconds, as long as the target touches it, the skill will still be fully activated.

The damage was fine, but Ye Xiu did not dare to be silenced for three seconds at this time. After being hit by the Holy Fire earlier, the Swordsman had already rushed over fearlessly. If he was silenced again, he would directly fall into a passive beating situation.

After jumping out of the mountain wall, Ye Xiu immediately adjusted his angle to observe his surroundings. As a result, he saw that Aichou Rennao’s magic staff was pointing in that direction at this moment…

A pillar of fire spewed out from the ground, and Lord Grim, who jumped out of the mountain wall, was immediately frozen at that moment. In a ball of blazing white Holy Fire, it was once again wrapped around him.