Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 54: Rogue Tactics (1)
The battle between Afeng and Hua Mantian can be said to be the most intense, time-consuming, and dramatic match of this round. In addition to the players who originally chose to come to watch the game, as the battle continued, more and more players who transferred here after other games ended gathered, causing a great sensation and being talked about by more players. It can be said to be the focus of this round. This should have been a great opportunity for Hua Mantian to further improve his reputation, but Afeng reversed the situation under the advantage. The loss of the victory that seemed to be within reach once made Afeng glorious. For Hua Mantian, it would be a heavy blow to both his confidence and morale. In Afeng's words: It's not that he can't stand failure, but that he can't stand such a cowardly failure.
At the end of this round, the top 256 players who advanced to the third round were selected. The top dozens of top players still passed smoothly, and no one was eliminated unexpectedly. Among the four wizard kings, Qingwu Feiyang and Qiu Shui Changtian relied on "Blood Bat Transformation" and "Teleportation" to defeat their respective opponents and successfully advance, creating the best results of the undead wizards in the individual competitions of the "World Hero Conference". However, Tianxing was unlucky. Unfortunately, he encountered the dwarf warrior Fearless Warrior, who had the highest voice for winning the championship. He was trapped by the "Crazy Thunder Prison" skill of the artifact "Thor's Hammer". There was no way to use the "Teleportation" ability to get out. He was bombarded by thunder and electricity, turned into charcoal, and was eliminated. In addition to me and Afeng, Xue Wuxia also successfully entered the next round of the Tongxin League. Only Yun Wuying's opponent was the powerful Desert Eagle. After a fierce battle, he was defeated because of his inferior skills.
In the third round, the top 20 players will not meet in the game, and there will be no scene of artifact confrontation. My opponent is an elf archer, Gone with the Wind. Her strength is even better than the elf archer Dae Jang Geum with dual-sensitive pets that I met in the last conference. She has a level 7 magic pet, Shadowless Leopard, which is agile and has the stealth skill. Although she can only approach the target within a distance of about five meters, and it takes a little stagnation time to launch an attack after revealing, it is definitely a great threat to the magician profession with slow movement and low defense. It's a pity that she "met the wrong person". She met me, an undead wizard who can no longer be measured by conventional methods. She can not only transform into a bat, but also "transform outside the body". With her sniper archer profession and Shadowless Leopard, although she caused me a lot of trouble in the early stage and chased me all over the field , she still couldn't kill me after all. Once I caught the opportunity, she could only end in failure.
The only two cardinals in white, Holy Heaven and Olympia, who had the artifact in their hands, entered the top 128. Like the necromancer, the priest of light was also not suitable for single combat, but in comparison, the necromancer was slightly weaker - only me was left, and Qingwu Feiyang and Qiu Shui Changtian were both eliminated in the competition. Qiu Shui Changtian's opponent was the assassin of the Korean warrior who held the artifact "Dark Night Dragon Fang". His invisible assassination method was hard to defend against, and Qiu Shui Changtian could not use "instant teleportation" all the time. Finally, the Korean warrior found an opportunity and killed him with one blow. Qingwu Feiyang encountered the pterosaur knight Real Madrid. He lacked a strong enough air combat undead to fight against the opponent, and could only rely on "blood bat transformation" to dodge around. He had no time to breathe, and finally ran out of energy and was defeated.
A Feng's opponent was a lightly-armored warrior, Timberwolf, who was ranked within the top 100. Both of them had used up their "pseudo-artifacts" in the previous game, so they could only rely on their real strength to decide the winner, and neither of them would suffer a loss. After a hard fight, A Feng defeated his opponent and advanced to the fourth round. However, Xue Wuxia's luck was worse. She encountered the Holy Heaven, who was protected by the artifact "Angel Robe" and summoned a four-winged light angel with the strength of about level 8 intermediate. There was no hope of winning.
In the fourth round, all restrictions were lifted, which meant that I could play against any player, including the other seven artifact winners. Fortunately, my luck was not too bad, as the opponent I drew was a Grassland Nomad, one of the top sixteen in the previous individual competition. However, his ranking in this competition had dropped to twenty-seventh. He was a pterosaur knight, and I had a number of aerial warriors under my command, so I would never let him get the upper hand. I didn't know if he wisely chose to conserve his strength, as he didn't even use a "pseudo-artifact" in the competition. It was a regular battle, so he naturally wouldn't be my opponent, allowing me to advance smoothly to the top sixty-four.
Just like the last individual competition, A Feng was eliminated in the top 128 and failed to enter the fifth round, but his loss was not unfair, as his opponent was Long Xing Tian Xia. Even if he did not fight too hard with Hua Man Tian and left one or two good items, it would be difficult to win. Without a magic weapon and a little bit of luck, it is not easy to make a breakthrough among the strong players. However, this ranking is much higher than Hua Man Tian who was eliminated, and that hearty victory is enough to make up for his regret.
Those who made it to the top 64 were definitely not lucky. They were all experts among experts, especially the eight players with artifacts. None of them were eliminated, and they could meet each other at any time in future competitions. The artifact duel was certainly eagerly awaited by many spectators, who wished that the eight people would fight against each other and decide the winner as soon as possible, but this was definitely not what we wanted. No matter who they faced, it would be a tough battle, and there was no guarantee of victory. Even if they could win, they would probably pay a heavy price, which would likely affect the subsequent games and even the final results.
The opponents for the fifth round were finally announced. Among the eight artifact winners, only two were unlucky and were paired up. I was one of them. As for the other opponent, I also had a close relationship with him - he was the White Cardinal Olympias, the owner of the "Eye of Glory". We each got an artifact through the exchange and "made" each other. I didn't expect to meet each other so soon and soon we would have to compete in this arena. Especially for me, if I unfortunately lose to the "Eye of Glory", I don't know if I will regret it at that time, "creating" such a powerful opponent.
The artifact of light, "Eye of Radiance", can not only detect all creatures within a radius of 50 meters with the user as the center, but also release eight "eye-blinding auras" to attack enemies within the range. Although they cannot cause direct damage, they can cause blindness. Even if I transform into a bat, or even use the thief's skill "Stealth", as long as I enter the 50-meter area, I cannot escape the automatic tracking attack of the "eye-blinding aura". Moreover, not only me, but also the summoned pets and undead minions will be attacked. If they get close, they will not be able to see things. If the attack fails, they may be taken advantage of by the opponent. This battle is not easy to fight.
