Chapter 596 - The Sneaky Cleric
Heals were instant cast, and the more it healed, the longer the cooldown and the higher the aggro gained.
Even in PvP, high aggro generation couldn't be overlooked. Even though players weren't bound to aggro like NPCs were, this type of aggro generating skills were still hated by players.
The skill that had been cast on Unrivaled Super Hottie was an ultimate heal, "Holy Heal". The amount of HP healed was enormous. The timing of the skill could be known by the Tyrannical Ambition elites that were in the same party as Unrivaled Super Hottie. They clearly saw that Unrivaled Super Hottie's HP had just been about to reach zero, but then Holy Heal was cast.
One could only imagine the amount of aggro generated by the skill. The Blossom Valley players had given it their all to attack Unrivaled Super Hottie. At that point, they were just counting down until Unrivaled Super Hottie would die, but suddenly a Holy Heal came out!
Clerics didn't have to be ferocious, nor did they have many ways to deal damage, but performing well at these crucial moments could cause their opponents to cough blood. The psychological damage was immeasurable.
Who was it?
It was the question in everybody's head. They began looking around, trying to find the caster of the heal.
They found out very soon.
On the North Bridge, a Cleric was standing on top of a broken railing a few units above the ground. He had his arms extended with a cross in his hands, as if waiting for the cooldown to be over so that he could cast another spell. He appeared to be paying attention to where his feet were as if afraid to fall down. This wiped out any semblance of style and made him look dirty.
And then everybody could see the two rows of words above his head.
Tyrannical Ambition Seventh Branch Guild.
Little Cold Hands.
Who's that?
Even players from Tyrannical Ambition had this question on their minds. They had never heard of this name before. And watching the guy standing at that spot carefully, everybody present could already picture it in their minds: A Cleric called Little Cold Hands snuck up to that spot when nobody was paying attention and had cast a heal.
Was it only a coincidence?
That was the conclusion reached by most of the players as Little Cold Hand's movements didn't seem like that of an expert.
Some people were still doubtful about the situation. What happened next left them speechless.
The Blossom Valley players attacking Unrivaled Super Hottie discovered Little Cold Hands at the same time. They hated the Holy Heal very much. They weren't even in the mood to analyze Little Cold Hand's actions. They were mad that somebody had snuck behind them and used a Holy Heal when they weren't paying attention.
It would never have happened under normal circumstances. Unrivaled Super Hottie was just too good. Everybody's attention was focus on knocking him off the bridge and ignored everything else.
They were lucky that it was only one player. What would have happened if all of these guilds had seized the opportunity to rush onto the bridge?
The Blossom Valley players couldn't help but feel afraid after considering the scenario.
The players from the other guilds also noticed the lost opportunity and were filled with regret.
"That was a chance that Unrivaled Super Hottie fought so hard for, and we're just standing around watching?" There was even a Tyrannical Ambition player who said it out loud.
"He should have given us a signal!" Someone said.
"Do you think he had time to do that in that situation?" Somebody replied.
While they still basking in regret, the Blossom Valley players had already taken action. Attack after attack was launched towards Little Cold Hands.
Facing all of these attacks, Little Cold Hand's only reaction was a loud "Oh no!" and he fell into the water.
He was not an expert.
It had just been a coincidence.
Everybody, that had their hopes up for Little Cold Hands, became speechless. Any one of them could've lasted longer even if they weren't as good as Unrivaled Super Hottie.
While everybody else was shaking their heads and sighing, their attention shifted once again to Little Cold Hands. They had unexpectedly forgotten about the impact of the "Holy Heal' on the outcome of the battle.
"Great job!!"
It was a praise from Unrivaled Super Hottie himself.
But he could not be heard by the ones below because of the sound effects of all the attacks being thrown at him.
The only person who realized the value of that Holy Heal other than Ye Xiu would be Zhang Jiale.
Their judgement and game sense were obviously way higher than normal players.
"Not good!"
Zhang Jiale thought the moment the Holy Heal landed on Unrivaled Super Hottie.
If he had seen the Cleric sneaking up, he would have prevented it. The problem was that he hadn't.
He was at the highest point of the bridge unlike the other Blossom Valley players and the players from the other guilds. They were looking upwards, so it was natural for them to have missed Little Cold Hands, but for Zhang Jiale, he had a bird's eye view, so he should have spotted the person.
But he hadn't.
It was all due to the large amount of AoE attacks he and the Blossom Valley players had dished out against Unrivaled Super Hottie. These attacks were mainly long-ranged with bright visual effects like cannon fire or spells. This was the Hundred Blossoms style. However, it didn't mean Zhang Jiale could see through the visual distractions either. In that instant, he realised the root of the problem.
This Cleric had used the visual effects of their attacks to hide himself from their view.
The Holy Heal that he had cast had been on point.
Blossom Valley's attacks were more for support rather than damage. That was the reason why Unrivaled Super Hottie was able to survive all those attacks for so long. Zhang Jiale made such an arrangement because he knew the real identity of his opponent. He believed that his opponent would seize any opportunity given to him.
It would not be wise to challenge the judgement of an experienced opponent. Zhang Jiale understood the philosophy deeply as one of the experienced Gods.
That was why his attacks against Unrivaled Super Hottie had been weak but unavoidable attacks. This was also why Zhang Jiale had baited Unrivaled Super Hottie to such a height. If Unrivaled Super Hottie wanted to escape, he would only have one choice: jump into the river.
But suddenly a Cleric and a Holy Heal turned the tides.
Unrivaled Super Hottie's health was higher than Zhang Jiale had expected, and with his persistence in rushing towards him, which was originally meaningless to Zhang Jiale, was now a huge threat.
White light glowed around Unrivaled Super Hottie.
Knight's Spirit!
Unrivaled Super Hottie activated Knight's Spirit. Zhang Jiale knew that this was a very crucial moment.
The pressure was huge.
To suffer an attack from a God like Ye Qiu while under attack from the North Bridge Mage as well wouldn't be easy for anyone to deal with.
Charge!
Unrivaled Super Hottie activated the skill, rushing upwards. Zhang Jiale knew that with the Holy Heal, Unrivaled Super Hottie would close in on him unless he managed to widen the distance.
Zhang Jiale chose to evade. Dazzling Spring prepared to escape, attempting to kite Unrivaled Super Hottie.
At that moment, Unrivaled Super Hottie waved at him.
"F*ck!!!"
He was killed because of this very skill in their previous confrontation.
Provoke! Unrivaled Super Hottie had cast Provoke on him.
His character moved towards Unrivaled Super Hottie.
Under the influence of Provoke, the character still retained intelligence. The character would still retain its autopathing instead of falling right down below.
But this alone was lethal. Zhang Jiale's aim was for Dazzling Spring to stay as far away as possible from Unrivaled Super Hottie, not get closer.
It was too late.
He only had Blossom Valley players around him. Although they were experts in the game, they would never compare to pro players. Nobody could help him in time.
Dazzling Spring leapt high into the air. A light lit up Dazzling Spring in midair, it was a Focus from a Cleric, removing the Provoke effect.
The Cleric might have thought that the skill was timely and stylish, but Zhang Jiale wanted to cry.
Because of the North Bridge's terrain, his movements toward Unrivaled Super Hottie weren't just simple sprinting. He needed to jump. His Dazzling Spring had a very high jump capability. That particular jump was high and far, and with the system's auto pathing, he landed in a very safe spot.
But this was not what Zhang Jiale wanted!
You couldn't just turn in midair like you could on the ground.
But Zhang Jiale was a God and Dazzling Spring was a Gunner.
Zhang Jiale immediately surveyed the terrain and immediately fired out several shots.
With his gun's recoil, he managed to stop his character's forward movement.
Dazzling Spring stopped in mid air, but there was no landing spot.
When Dazzling Spring dropped down, there would be a low landing spot. Zhang Jiale had shot his bullets perfectly.
But at that moment, Unrivaled Super Hottie leapt into the air, and his sword slashed down at Dazzling Spring.
Heroic Leap.
"The same trick again! Won't you ever get tired of it?!!!" Zhang Jiale coughed out blood.
Chapter 597 - I'll Be Leaving First Because I've Got Stuff to Do
Unrivaled Super Hottie crashed down with Heroic Leap. Compared to the free falling Dazzling Spring, who knew how much faster he dropped, it would be too late even if Zhang Jiale wanted to dodge. He could only curse a few times. Truthfully, he might have anticipated that this would happen, but the instant he jumped after being Provoked, he already knew that the situation was very bad.
It was true that as as God, he had the capability to dispel the taunt and switch directions in midair, but unfortunately, his opponent was also a God. His opponent wouldn't be surprised that he could do it. In other words, when his opponent used Provoke, his opponent had already prepared to counter his next actions.
The Knight's sword smashed into Dazzling Spring's body. The displacement induced by the attack made it so that he missed his original landing spot, causing Dazzling Spring to continue to fall.
Zhang Jiale hastily looked for a possible landing spot, but Unrivaled Super Hottie unexpectedly continued to pressure him, following him downwards.
This guy!
Zhang Jiale was already aware that Ye Qiu wasn't thinking about landing anywhere after hitting him down from his high point. Right now, Ye Qiu was planning on dragging him into the water.
As a result, everyone just watched as Unrivaled Super Hottie struck Dazzling Spring with a Heroic Leap and then dropped rapidly.
Unrivaled Super Hottie still had Knight's Spirit activated. A streak of white light followed behind him like a shooting star. Dazzling Spring tried to escape from his predicament by attacking a few times, which just added to the splendor of the shooting star. However, his efforts were in vain. The two fell straight into the water, leaving behind a trace of their trajectory as well as a splash that hit the Blossom Valley players on the bridge.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Most of the players were still thinking about the stealthy heal by Little Cold Hands, who had quickly been hit into the water by the enemy. Who would have thought that those two experts would suddenly fall into the water together?
The river was vast and extremely deep at the center. When the two experts hit the water, they were immediately swept away by the current like all the other players. The players still hadn't registered what had just happened and stared dumbly at the fast flowing currents beneath the bridge until a huge fireball suddenly exploded on the bridge. Several Blossom valley players cried out as they tumbled into the water below. Only then did everyone wake up.
Even though the two experts had left, the North Bridge Mage was still there! Their true purpose was to fight for the boss, not watch two experts have a go at it.
But without Dazzling Spring, Blossom Valley had lost their foothold. Even though a portion of their players had grasped the high ground, how could they have the same level of control over the situation as Zhang Jiale? Let alone suppressing the onslaught of enemy players rushing onto the North Bridge, with Dazzling Spring gone, the North Bridge Mage's was completely focused on them.
Because they had stayed on the bridge longer, the North Bridge Mage placed priority on them over the players who had just stepped onto the bridge. All sorts of spells flew towards the players from Blossom Valley. With their skill level, one mistake meant falling into the water. The terrain and the boss made it too difficult for them to save the situation. What's more, the enemy guilds had suffered under Blossom Valley's hands for the past two weeks. They had a tacit agreement to not fight against each other and first allied together to vent the frustration built up over the last two weeks on Blossom Valley's players.
In an instant, the players from Blossom Valley turned into dumplings and were struck into the water. If a player was thrown into the water, it didn't matter if the player died or not. The players from Blossom Valley were wiped clean. The North Bridge Mage no longer had too many targets left and fired spells randomly.
Everyone was feeling very excited.
What a familiar scene! This was what the fight for the North Bridge Mage should look like! The boss' battle power wasn't actually too frightening, but the hard part was the location.
One, it was too easy to find him. Two, the terrain was difficult, so the battle always turned into a huge mess.
Once the North Bridge Mage started casting spells randomly, players constantly fell into the water. No one was a stranger to this scene though. Everyone calmly faced the boss. Without the expert from Blossom Valley, everyone felt a hundred times more confident.
Only Jiang You was uneasy.
The North Bridge Mage was something Tyrannical Ambition needed. The formidable Dazzling Spring had been taken care of by Ye Qiu, but in this type of chaotic battle, no guild had an absolute grasp on victory. Tyrannical Ambition was no exception. At this moment, they needed a peak expert watching over in order to have a better chance.
Jiang You cautiously commanded his troops, while hastily asking Unrivaled Super Hottie for his situation. He hoped that Unrivaled Super Hottie hadn't died and hopefully landed nearby, so that he could hurry up and return. This wasn't impossible. In Glory, every character automatically knew how to swim, so they usually wouldn't drown. However, once a player fell into the water, the current was too rapid, making it difficult for them to figure out their position in the water. If they couldn't find the surface to replenish their air supply, wouldn't they suffocate? In addition, there were all sorts of rocks in the water, which would deal damage if collided into. The faster the current the more damage the rocks dealt. Characters who fell into the water didn't have much health to begin with. Before they could drink any potions, the rocks would kill them.
Ye Qiu was a God though, so Jiang You felt like he wouldn't die because of these reasons. Normal players would panic and be unable to figure out their position, but a God shouldn't have that problem, right?
As a result, Jiang You expected Unrivaled Super Hottie to have reached shore already. But then again, Dazzling Spring wasn't a simple character either. He probably wouldn't die in the river so easily either. If he came back to the battle, that would be troublesome too! Perhaps the two got out of the water at the same time and were fighting right now?
Who knew how many situations Jiang You had thought of already. Unrivaled Super Hottie soon returned a message. Jiang You hastily looked at it and coughed a mouthful of blood.
"I have stuff to do, so I'll be leaving first. Good luck."
What was this! What the f*ck was this? What do you mean you have stuff to do, so you'll be leaving first? What's more important than this wild boss? Jiang You was so angry, his hands were shaking. He replied: "The boss is such an important matter. You can't just leave like that!"
"Brother, I'm still busy forming a new team. I don't have the time to keep playing with you." Unrivaled Super Hottie answered back, making Jiang You feel like his soul had parted with his body.
This guy wasn't even trying to hide his identity anymore. If a spy revealed himself, it meant he had already completed his mission, so he didn't care anymore, but the problem was that they knew his identity as a spy before, so why did he feel hurt after seeing his "I'm actually a spy" personality? In this type of situation, he should be saying "I already knew you were a spy." It should have been a beautiful moment, so even though he knew, why couldn't he say it?
"If I return, I won't be there to help you fight for the boss, but rather to take the boss for myself. Are you sure you want me to come back?" Unrivaled Super Hottie followed up.
"See you later!" Jiang You decided.
"See you later?"
"I don't want to see you ever again!" Jiang You changed his words.
"Ha ha ha :D" Unrivaled Super Hottie laughed and added a laughing emoji. Tears streaked down Jiang You's face. Okay, there's no point in placing any hope on him any longer. I should hurry up and lead my troops seriously. I have to win this boss with my own effort. Now that there were extraordinary experts causing chaos, it was up to each guild's strength. They still had a chance.
So at this moment, Jiang You heard a firm voice coming from the other end of the North Bridge.
"Hold your positions! You have to hold your position! Protect the Cleric and send the Cleric forward!
"A Gunner go up with an Aerial Fire! You're still not going up and you dare call yourself an expert??"
"There doesn't need to be anyone over there! Thieves, just place a few traps!"
"Don't just rush in there! Go around! Be a bit more dirtier and despicable, okay? Dude, you're an Assassin. Why are you charging forward like you're a Knight!!"
"Over there! Over there is over there! The f*cking enemies understand, but you don't understand? Give coordinates? If I give coordinates, the enemies will also hear and it looks to me like the enemies respond faster than you dimwitted fools. You idiot. If you fall into the water, you're dead. Tsk tsk tsk!"
Who was this guy!
His firm voice carried an unbelievable amount of confidence. All of the players gathered here were the elite experts of each guild and the top players of the Heavenly Domain. Even Jiang You wouldn't have such confidence when talking to his troops. Just who was this guy?
Jiang You looked towards that direction, but he couldn't identify the speaker. However, the other end of the North Bridge was gradually became more and more stable. The guild that had grasped the upper hand was Samsara.
Was it because of that person's leading? Another unknown expert? Jiang You's heart palpitated. He had a bad premonition. It felt like this fight for the boss would be another wasted effort…...
Not far from the North Bridge, on the surface of the river, a huge tree trunk was floating on top.
A wave rose up. There seemed to be someone inside. The instant the wave rose, a character suddenly jumped out and turned 180 degrees, landing on the tree trunk. When he landed, he held a gun in one hand and a grenade in the other hand. His gaze stared at the incoming wave. It was Dazzling Spring.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…….
Zhang Jiale didn't loosen his guard. He knew that a certain someone wouldn't die in the water like that. As he was swept along with the current, he hadn't been able to find a suitable place to stand until now. There was no way that guy would be unable to get out of the current.
Right when he was thinking this, an abnormal movement came from the wave. Zhang Jiale immediately noticed it. He focused and a Knight burst out of the water. He held a sword in his hand and landed majestically on the tree trunk.
"The same thing again!!" Zhang Jiale saw Heroic Leap and shouted angrily. He fired his gun and threw his grenade at him.
"What are you talking about? If I didn't use it, how else was I supposed to get up here?" The Knight said as he landed.
Chapter end
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