Hu Die Lan

Chapter 1104 An Endless Variety of Tricks

The special characteristics of a ninja's katana allow them to do things other classes can't, like scaling cliffs. So, in theory, a ninja could use their katana to climb a cliff that no other class could jump onto.

While the other classes could only stare blankly, the ninjas from the various guilds rushed out, brandishing their katanas, hoping to climb up and give chase.

However, wielding a katana is a skill. Ordinary players can perform a few tricks, but right now, the goal is to catch up to the target. They can't just perform a few tricks; they need to do it quickly and efficiently. And so, the ninjas from the various guilds rushed up with great fanfare, scaled a few feet, and then made mistakes, tumbling down like dumplings. Only a handful managed to stay on the cliff without making mistakes.

However, among them were a few exceptionally skilled individuals, especially the fastest climber, whose movements were fluid and seamless. It was Li Hua, the operator of Lin An Cao Jing (Dark Forest, Startled Grass), currently the number one ninja in Glory.

Everyone saw hope in Li Hua's ninja. They eagerly craned their necks, hoping that Li Hua could achieve something. But soon, a bucket of cold water was poured from above, completely extinguishing their expectations.

An attack was launched from below the cliff. A laser cannon shot out. Although Li Hua reacted quickly and nimbly dodged it, the other party's test for him had only just begun. All kinds of ranged attacks fell one after another, right against the cliff face.

The professional players from various teams closed their eyes, unable to bear to watch any longer. In such a situation, it would be good enough if Li Hua could get his ninja to the top of the cliff smoothly. Did he still think he could complete the chase? Complete the obstruction? Forget about it…

Yes, forget about it.

After Li Hua maneuvered his ninja to dodge a few waves of attacks, he sighed and actively chose to give up, returning to the mountain stream with the other few ninjas who were still persevering.

"Thanks!"

The words "Thanks!" appeared on the world channel, sent by Lord Grim.

"Despicable!"

"Shameless!"

"Rogue!"

"You're ruthless!"

"You'll get yours next time!"

Following Lord Grim's "Thanks!", responses came one after another, the reaction and hand speed of the professional players were not just for show.

The conversation on the world channel caused an uproar among the players. Everyone knew who Lord Grim was, but who were these people below? No one had ever heard of them, yet they were challenging Lord Grim? Did these idiots not know who Lord Grim was?

"Damn, where did all these idiots come from?" Immediately, some players righteously filled in replies behind them.

"Yeah! Don't they know who Lord Grim is?"

"Would it make them wet their pants if we told them?"

"Haha, these noobs don't even know who Lord Grim is. You guys need to catch up on your homework."

Mockery followed mockery. Players were definitely no match for professional players in a fight, but when it came to nasty trash talk, they had plenty of talent, and they instantly filled several screens with it, leaving the players from the major teams dumbfounded and speechless.

"Do the people who are talking know what the situation is? They're just firing indiscriminately. Who doesn't know that Lord Grim is Ye Qiu? You guys need to figure out the situation first. Do you know how many people you just accidentally hurt with your indiscriminate attacks? It's better not to know, because you'd probably cry if you did!" Among the professional players, the only one who would engage in trash talk with the players without showing weakness was Huang Shaotian. Huang Shaotian's trash talk wasn't always sharp or刻薄, but there was a lot of it. He won by quantity; you say one sentence, he says ten.

But this wasn't the Glory arena, it was the realm of the Gods. The opponents weren't just five people, but thousands, even hundreds of thousands or millions. When they saw that there were still players talking back, they wouldn't give up. The world channel became a battlefield, and all sorts of players called out Huang Shaotian's swordsman and started spraying.

Huang Shaotian's quantity-based strategy finally failed against the vast sea of players, and it was a crushing defeat. Besides being alone and weak, the world channel battlefield had a setting that severely restricted Huang Shaotian's strength: there was a cooldown on speaking here.

"This is infuriating!"

Seeing the world full of comments targeting him while being unable to respond due to the speaking cooldown was the worst possible situation for Huang Shaotian.

"What's the point of trash talk? Let's duel! Anyone dare? Arena, let's go! I can take on a hundred of you!!!" Huang Shaotian realized that spamming trash talk here was unwise, and started to change the battlefield.

How could those players back down? Someone immediately responded, and even rushed to open a room, telling Huang Shaotian to hurry up and come in to kneel.

"Alright, do you want to be on the headlines of the next issue?" Seeing that Huang Shaotian really had the impulse to go to the arena and fight these players to the death, Yu Wenzhou finally spoke.

In the end, Huang Shaotian didn't go to the arena. The players who had opened rooms and waited were left waiting and waiting, and the world was full of cold mockery. Fortunately, at this time, the Blue Rain players, including Huang Shaotian, had already logged off.

Shadow Master Shahal was finally taken into the bag by Happy. Everyone else who wanted to chase had to go all the way around the mountain stream to the top of the cliff, and clearly didn't have enough time, so they had to give up helplessly.

Dragon Sword Master, and then Shadow Master.

Blue Rain and Thunderclap had been completely defeated by Happy twice in a row. It was alright the first time, Ye Xiu had at least shown that his skills in the game were more proficient and profound than everyone else's. But this second time, everyone had clearly arrived first, but Ye Xiu had descended from the sky and relied on his unspecialized class's rogue Boss tactics to lead the boss away, which made everyone extremely angry.

Blue Rain, Thunderclap, and the other professional players who had participated in the battle for Shadow Master Shahal, all issued notices within their teams after this battle: The number one priority in Boss-snatching activities is to strictly guard against Ye Xiu. This guy is more dangerous than all the other teams combined. He's just too hard to defend against. We absolutely cannot let a mistake like today's battle happen again.

And so, the opportunity to test the strict defenses of the various guilds soon arrived. The two sides met again at Gray Corner's wild Boss, Thug Killer Ding Long.

This guy's name had the word "thug" in it, so he seemed to be from the Striker class, but he was actually a Sharpshooter class Boss. This time, many guilds received the intelligence. Samsara and Tyranny, the two guilds from last season's finals, hadn't received any intelligence during the previous two Boss battles, but they finally didn't miss out this time. In addition, Blue Rain and Thunderclap had also arrived. The two sides met and were silent for a long time. Their intelligence work had been the best this week. They hadn't missed a single one of the three times that the level 75 wild Bosses had spawned. But what could they do? They hadn't missed the spawns, but they hadn't snatched the Bosses either, so it was all a waste of time.

This was the third time, and they didn't want to go home empty-handed again, but this time the competition was unprecedentedly fierce. Besides them, Hundred Blossoms, Misty Rain, and Void were all there. Which of them were just spectators?

Snatching a wild Boss was just like fighting for the championship: thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, only one can pass.

In a certain corner of the Gray Black Market, the spawned Boss, Thug Killer Ding Long, was blocked off. Since it was a marketplace, a street fight was about to break out. Although the various teams hadn't made a move yet, they had already begun to secretly dispatch manpower. There were many high points in a street fight, which was very important for ranged classes to exert their combat power. Before long, the surrounding pavilions and the roofs of houses, all the places that were higher than the ground, were gradually filled with people. The various guilds were mixed together, looking at each other, everything was understood without words. They were paying attention to the situation of the Boss below, and also paying attention to the opponents who were not from their own guild around them. Therefore, in order to ensure a stable output of ranged attacks, the various teams gradually had melee classes climbing to high points to protect them. This corner of the Gray Corner Black Market was so lively that it was almost unbelievable.

"Yo, why are there so many people this time?"

The liveliness was endless. The various teams were guarding against each other, thinking about how to break the deadlock. The guy who had been locked on by all the teams as someone to defend against finally appeared. They hadn't found out which character it was yet, but his voice had already sounded.

Happy has arrived!

This news was passed around among the players like a piece of bad news.

But when everyone looked towards where Happy was coming from, they were stunned.

It wasn't just Happy that had come.

Radiant, He Wu, Everbright, Misty Clouds… This combination… was also very familiar to the players of the major guilds. In fact, for a long time, Happy never appeared alone. They were always tied together with these few guilds, confronting and snatching Bosses with the major guilds as allies.

The first two times, Happy had acted alone, but this time, they had actually come together with these few again. Now that Happy's own guild had developed, were they still sticking to this kind of alliance?

The guild strength of these few teams was certainly not comparable to the powerhouses, but gathering together at this time definitely meant that they had strength in numbers. The professional players from the various teams were about to collapse. This Ye Xiu, when there aren't many teams, he'll play tactics with you; when the terrain isn't easy to break open, he'll play with classes with you; this time there are more guilds and the competition is fierce, so this guy is playing with numbers with everyone… No matter what, he always has a way to counter you!

Of course, there were plenty of people from the major powerhouses' guilds, but the people who undertook the important task of snatching wild Bosses wouldn't be casual player fans. These elite players were organized and disciplined, ensuring that they could always gather a team within 24 hours. Each team basically ensured that there were three or two teams in operation. Ordinary players, some would join in on the fun if they had something to do or not, but if you really wanted them to be on standby and available at any time like these elite teams, dozens of times a week, who could accept that?

For ordinary players, the game is entertainment; for elite team players, it's a job.

Therefore, the powerhouse guilds were said to have a large number of people, but snatching wild Bosses was something that had to be done dozens of times or even more a week, and it was impossible to launch an all-out war to solve it. Ye Xiu's binding of several guilds together really made the numbers advantage a bit troublesome. It wasn't good for the various teams to expand the manpower of their elite teams in response to this alliance. If this alliance saw that the situation wasn't good, they could easily break up. But if the guild's elite team was formally organized, it wouldn't be good to break up easily. That would be too unkind and damage their image!