Chapter 117 Water Combat

Grenades were only a low-level skill for Gunners. Although they had an area of effect, the damage was extremely low. However, in terms of clearing the field, this low-level skill was extremely effective due to its short cooldown. Now that they were in the water, the effect of the grenade explosion was even more pronounced.

In the water, the effect of pushing a character away wasn't just to the sides, but in all directions, up, down, left, and right. The water surface was disrupted, and those preparing to emerge from below were disoriented by the shockwave. Then, the sound of splashing water filled their ears, waves surged, and a cold light flashed.

Ye Xiu had used a Ukemi (recovery) technique upon entering the water. He had complete control over Lord Grim's movements. As soon as he landed, he drew his sword and unleashed a Draw Sword. The sword aura slashed through the water, creating a series of bubbles. Although the sword speed was much slower than on land, none of the characters facing it could avoid it.

Then, he turned and pressed a palm downwards. The water-pushing effect of Falling Flower Palm was weakened in the water, but because it pushed the water flow, the attack range was increased. With this palm, at least five people below were stunned and involuntarily sank to the bottom.

Those who came to surround and kill Thousand Creations were all experts, elites from the major guilds. After personally experiencing or witnessing the battle between everyone and Lord Grim, they suddenly understood a truth: in the water, the gap between them and Lord Grim was further widened.

Because water was a special environment, all data and skill effects had to be re-evaluated. In this regard, these elites among the players didn't have much experience. Because there were few specific missions or dungeons in the game that had to be completed entirely in the water. Even if there were, it was only for a short time, and they were dealing with NPCs. Players could easily pass by mastering the routines. They really didn't have much experience in underwater combat where they had to adapt randomly.

But Ye Qiu was different. He came from a professional background, and they would specifically study combat modes in various situations. If there was water combat, then there would be water maps in the professional competition map selection. Some teams even specialized in water combat and chose water maps to establish their advantages. Therefore, every professional player had to have specialized research on water combat. At the very least, they couldn't make judgments in the water with the same mindset as on land, like ordinary players.

So, compared to this professional god, they were simply like a group of rookies now.

Everyone was panicking when suddenly there was another muffled sound. Countless waves swept over, causing damage to everyone and throwing them off balance. Everyone turned to look and saw Dancing Rain submerged in the water, the muzzle of the cannon that had just fired a shell forming a vortex, surrounded by rotating water currents.

Only then did everyone realize that the people who regarded them as rookies weren't just one, but two.

"What do we do?" Everyone actually had their own understanding of the situation, but they still had to ask for instructions from above.

At this time, it was undoubtedly the most painful for the higher-ups. They were all experts and knew the seriousness of the situation better than anyone else. They didn't expect the other party to use the experience advantage of professional players to fight them in the water. This… this was clearly bullying!

The guild leaders were all on the verge of tears. At this time, they had already lost four people. If they continued to fight, there might be more casualties. More importantly, even if they could gain the upper hand, could they stop the other party from retreating if they couldn't beat them in this situation where they lacked experience?

No confidence. No one had confidence.

The guild leaders secretly discussed it, while the fighting continued in the water. Everyone was shocked to discover a fact. In fact, Lord Grim had been actively attacking them all along. What did this mean? This meant that the other party was completely confident. Perhaps the advantage of this number of people wasn't even in the eyes of the god in the water.

The players who tried to go up and fight the god, in the end, made everyone blush. The skills they used seemed to be released blindly. It seemed that Lord Grim avoided them without much effort, and then the counterattacks he made were accurate and precise.

"Hide, hide!" Someone couldn't wait for the guild leader's instructions and took the initiative to make suggestions. Many people immediately followed suit and began to retreat.

It couldn't be said that these people hadn't tried hard. They had tried hard. But the water was really different from the ground. On the ground, the movement was in all directions, at most jumping into the air. But in the water, there were too many choices for movement. Surrounding a character also required more manpower and arrangement. They weren't good at it, and they really had no way to deal with Lord Grim. He swam and fought all the way, and none of the players in the water weren't injured.

"Ah!!" Suddenly, someone exclaimed, and then everyone saw the words "Ah!" above this person's head. He was rushing towards the surface of the water at all costs. But soon, a shell exploded above his head. The waves stirred, not only failing to move him forward, but also sinking him down a bit.

This guy completely ignored this attack, stabilized himself, and continued to drill towards the surface. But this time, no one paid attention to him anymore. But just as he was about to reach the surface, the character's body suddenly stopped, and then twitched mechanically in the water. The players were stunned and suddenly understood what was going on!

Drowning! This guy had run out of oxygen, his life had come to an end. The twitching meant there was no hope of saving him. It was like the character's last animation before death, letting you know what happened.

Sure enough, the twitching stopped after a few seconds. This character began to float motionless in the water. After a while, a white light flashed, and the owner chose to return to the city to resurrect. The team lost another person.

The drowning of this one person served as a reminder to everyone. Then half of the people turned pale.

They were worried about this and that, and most of them forgot to pay attention to their oxygen bars. Some noticed it, but they thought it was very basic and everyone would remember, so they didn't think about reminding others. The length of the oxygen bar depended on the character's stamina, so each character was different, and it was difficult to measure others with their own. Until now, when one person drowned, half of them realized that they had made a super low-level mistake.

Immediately, these people raced towards the surface of the water. And at this moment, they realized that they had forgotten this point, but their opponents had been calculating them like this all along. Lord Grim's figure quickly appeared in their vicinity, with explosions, palm strikes, and grappling. In short, he was doing everything possible to drag these people into the water.

If they could really endure the damage, these people wouldn't care at this time. But at this time, Ye Xiu was using all skills that would create displacement. Now that they were in the water, knockback-type skills, if changed direction, would push people to the bottom of the water.

A bunch of people were flailing their arms and legs, struggling while shouting in the channel. But how could others not want to save them? They were really helpless. Chasing and killing a person, positioning and prediction were very important. At this time, in the water, they couldn't capture Lord Grim's tricky movements at all.

The calls in the team channel became more and more urgent, and the guild leaders were also super anxious, personally rushing up to try to rescue them. But they didn't help much. Their commands, when put in this water, immediately seemed full of loopholes. In the end, they were embarrassed to speak.

Before long, another character began to twitch, naturally running out of oxygen, life exhausted, drowning in the water.

Then, one after another, the characters began to react. But Lord Grim, at this time, began to rush towards the surface of the water. Everyone took a look and immediately realized that Lord Grim was also about to run out of strength. They quickly chased after him, wanting to drag him back into the water. But at this critical moment, Dancing Rain's shells bombarded them again.

The Gunner was in the water, and the attacks might not be accurate, but the effects of those shell-type skills, as long as they exploded slightly, would be more amazing in the water than on the ground. At this time, a cannon hit behind Lord Grim, and the waves rolled. Lord Grim was on the same team as her and was not affected at all. This was the game's dead rule. But others were different. They couldn't resist the force of the waves.

Because Lord Grim himself also needed to come out for air, several guild elites finally escaped. However, at this time, there were at least ten corpses floating underwater. This low-level mistake had caused huge losses to the guild team.

"Withdraw!" Chun Yi Lao, who rarely sent messages, suddenly sent a message in the channel.

Everyone had been waiting for this voice for a long time. At this time, they didn't bother to care that the order wasn't from their own guild leader and immediately turned around and rushed towards the shore of the lake.

During the retreat, everyone looked back and found that Lord Grim was still chasing behind them. Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. Sure enough! At the beginning, they thought that the initiative was in their own hands, and they were considering whether to fight or not. Now it seemed that was called fighting? This was called counterattack!

Everyone was depressed, but because there were many people, Lord Grim and the others were helpless to stop them from retreating at this time. Just as they were about to reach the shore, a few people jumped out of the woods where they had ambushed before. The one in front was a Rogue. Looking at the 30-level professional set, everyone knew that his level was too low, and he shouldn't have appeared in this leveling area. But when they saw the ID above this person's head, everyone's hearts were filled with despair.

Steamed Bun Invasion! This was a core-level expert of the Xing Xin Guild!

"Ah! It's here, come quickly, come quickly, there are many of them!!!" Everyone heard Steamed Bun Invasion shouting loudly.

Many? Was this many referring to them?