Chapter 190 – The BOSS's Shadow Steps
Steamed Bun Invasion's situation was somewhat similar to that of Wang Jiexi's . However, Wang Jiexi possessed the ability to adjust, while Steamed Bun Invasion probably didn't know how to do so . After all, even Ye Xiu wasn't sure how to help him develop . After Wang Jiexi changed, he was still at God-level, but if others did the same thing he did, they might fall to a mediocre level .
A transformation wasn't something that easy to do . Even though Steamed Bun Invasion was a noob at Glory, he wasn't a blank slate in other areas of the game . In reality, he had some understanding of what he was doing . In this area, he wasn't like Tang Rou . Tang Rou truly was a complete blank slate . But it was a pity that this girl's personality was so stubborn . She had pretty much figured out her own style already and it wasn't possible to create a large transformation . Ye Xiu could help by instructing her about the game's mechanics, but he didn't have the ability to change her personality . Everyone was an adult so their ways of thinking had matured . Tang Rou's personality wasn't anything bad either . It just stopped her from becoming a good team player, that was all .
Ye Xiu pondered over this as he watched the two play . But his playing wasn't slow even though he was multitasking . With ten years of experience, he had experienced all kinds of battles . Many of the things he needed to do were done automatically without too much thought .
Taking the BOSS down wasn't a problem .
They were a team that could defeat a Level 36 Wild BOSS . If they couldn't beat a weaker Level 33 hidden BOSS, Illusion Swordmaster Ahong, then they'd be a joke .
The important point was that these types of dungeons could be used as practice for everyone .
Ye Xiu directed the team as he fought casually . His focus was naturally on Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion . Su Mucheng rarely needed Ye Xiu to say anything . As for Qiao Yifan, Ye Xiu hadn't judged him wrong . He was the complete opposite of Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion . His personality and awareness made him an outstanding team player .
He was adept at observing; he paid attention to the performance of every team player and tried hard to coordinate with each of them .
A part of why Tang Rou's and Steamed Bun Invasion's performances weren't too good was because they were too unfamiliar with the hidden BOSS . After familiarizing themselves with the Illusion Swordmaster's various skills, the two would gradually assimilate themselves into the team .
Correct, they could still assimilate .
But as their skills continue to grow, their styles would become more and more unique and their conflicts within the team would become greater and greater . This was what Ye Xiu was thinking about right now .
But as of right now, they were still a good team . Under Ye Xiu's orders, the Illusion Swordmaster was gradually suppressed as he was hit blow after blow under the cliffs .
Lord Grim and One Inch Ash's “Dual Linking Ghost Boundaries” never broke sothe team was always in a boundary .
Waves of poison arose from Steamed Bun Invasion's attacks .
Three types of Magic Chasers flew out from Soft Mist .
Explosions erupted from Cleansing Mist's cannon .
They continued to bombard the Illusion Swordmaster with their skills . Ahong's eyes grew more and more red, his head was covered in sweat, and his expression grew more and more serious .
“Careful, almost red blood . ” Ye Xiu suddenly said .
“What happens when he goes into red blood?” Tang Rou immediately asked . In the beginning, she had suffered quite a bit because she didn't know what the BOSS's features were . Tang Rou had learned from her mistakes .
“Shadow Steps . ” Ye Xiu said .
“Oh? What's that?” Steamed Bun Invasion asked . He wasn't like Tang Rou in this area . Tang Rou had helped Chen Guo PK a few times before, so she had seen quite a few high-leveled skills . Even though she might not know the name, “Shadow Steps” had been used in the fight between Poplar Beach and Ye Xiu recently . Chen Guo had even called out the name, so Tang Rou knew what this skill was .
But Steamed Bun Invasion had only played on this account, so he didn't know of any skills above Level 30 .
“It's an afterimage . There'll be five soon, one for each of us . ” Ye Xiu said . If this were a normal team, then they wouldn't dare split the team to fight each afterimage one on one . But Ye Xiu's team was strong, so they dared to fight them directly this way .
“Careful!” Ye Xiu, who had been paying attention to the BOSS's health the entire time, finally shouted .
The Illusion Swordmaster Ahong's eyes began to glow red . The white of his eyes could no longer be seen .
“Back!”
Following Ye Xiu's command, the five characters quickly leaped back . The Illusion Swordmaster roared towards the sky . The red light surrounding his body extravagantly burst outwards . The rocks and grass around him were blown apart and a burst of wind surged down . Fortunately, Ye Xiu's warning had been quick and the five players retreated fast enough to dodge this attack .
Next, the Illusion Swordmaster twirled his sword in a dance-like motion . His figure blurred and split into five towards them .
What was different from a Blade Master's Shadow Step was that the Illusion Swordmaster's Shadow Steps didn't have any distinction between real and fake . The five were all Illusion Swordmasters . This meant that the players had to fight against five BOSSes at the same time .
If this continued up until the end, then the battle would be impossible to finish . Fortunately, Shadow Steps only lasted for a certain duration . For the Illusion Swordmaster, it was 30 seconds . As long as the players could survive for 30 seconds, then the five afterimages would turn back into one . However, after combining together again, the amount of damage the players had dealt in this battle wasn't additive, but rather an average . This meant that the actual damage the players dealt was ⅕ the total amount .
This made the battle longer . The Illusion Swordmaster's Shadow Steps wasn't a one time use skill . It would continue using it whenever it could until its life was completely gone .
Normal parties would run away during this time . Defense was their priority . They weren't looking for damage . The damage would only be ⅕ of the total anyways . Once the Illusion Swordmaster merged back into one, the team would then begin attacking again . But Ye Xiu's team was more heroic . It didn't matter if the damage was split or not, they would still fight like normal .
The five Illusion Swordmaster afterimages were also very intelligent and each found a target to attack .
The left-rear Illusion Swordmaster sent a Sword Draw at Steamed Bun Invasion, who rolled out of the way . Steamed Bun hadn't even gotten up yet, when he threw out a Sand Toss at him . Even though the Illusion Swordmaster was a BOSS, it was still blinded for a short while . Steamed Bun Invasion took this opportunity and closed in to whack the back of his head with a Brick . After triggering the Dizzy effect, he Applied Poison onto his weapon . He then used Inject Poison and gave the Illusion Swordmaster a good dose of poison .
The right-rear Illusion Swordmaster hacked forward at Soft Mist with a Collapsing Mountain . Tang Rou met with this attack once again, but instead of retreating, she moved forward and once again, jumped up to attack . Except this time, she calculated the height of the shock wave . She leaped over it and stabbed forward with a Circle Swing . Her arms whirled in a circle and smashed the Illusion Swordmaster onto the ground . She had suffered once before and now she was going to return it all with even more ferocity . Tang Rou was just that type of girl who refused to accept defeat .
The left-front Illusion Swordmaster used Triple Slash directly to close in on Cleansing Mist . Su Mucheng immediately jumped up and blasted out an artillery shell, which exploded and sent herself flying backwards from the recoil . However, this shot wasn't able to interrupt the BOSS's Triple Slash . Three sword lights, one after another, chased down Cleansing Mist, but each slash missed Cleansing Mist by just a hair's breadth . Su Mucheng clearly had everything under control .
Qiao Yifan, on the other hand, took the initiative to close in on the BOSS . After casting an Ice Boundary, he not only hit his own target, but he also turned the one heading towards Lord Grim into an ice block . Even in this type of battle, everyone-for-themselves, if Qiao Yifan found an opportunity to, he would still coordinate with others .
Ye Xiu knew what to do . When Qiao Yifan casted Ice Boundary, he casted a Sword Boundary as well . The two began fighting inside these boundaries . His Thousand Chance Umbrella transformed into the Gun form and sent out Anti-Tank Missiles . The target was Qiao Yifan's opponent . The three missiles exploded and the Illusion Swordmaster stumbled backwards a few steps . Qiao Yifan made his move right at this moment; he used Moonlight Slash into a Full Moonlight Slash followed by a Ghost Slash . The three slashes sliced forward .
At this moment, he wasn't feeling happy because he had hit the BOSS, but rather he felt happy because he had coordinated with Ye Xiu .
Under his lead, the God had actively responded to his move, making Qiao Yifan feel he wasn't alone . Every team member depended on each other and this was what it meant to be teammates . This was an extremely wonderful feeling .
After helping Qiao Yifan block his Illusion Swordmaster, Ye Xiu shook the Thousand Chance Umbrella into the Battle Lance form and use a Sky Strike at the Illusion Swordmaster . The Illusion Swordmaster's right handed sword continued to attack, while using his left-handed blade to block Lord Grim's Sky Strike . How could Ye Xiu be tricked by this puny trick? His Battle Lance suddenly retracted . The Illusion Swordmaster's left-handed blade blocked nothing . The Thousand Chance Umbrella had already turned into two sections that hung on Lord Grim's arms . He rolled to avoid the right-handed sword . His two arms held the Illusion Swordmaster tightly and Flung the Illusion Swordmaster away .
After using the Grappler skill, he changed the Thousand Chance Umbrella back into a Battle Lance . Ye Xiu was just about to have his Lord Grim follow up, when he suddenly heard two ring ring sounds from outside .
Ye Xiu had lowered the in-game volume to very low because he frequently had to listen for these sounds .
When he heard this, Ye Xiu couldn't help but curse: “F*ck . ”
Having been on night-duty for so many days, he had to bring customers drinks many times . Finally, someone had called for his service at a crucial time .
Ye Xiu's left hand quickly left the keyboard and connected to the service line . He asked: “What would you like?”
“What?” The first to respond were the four players on the team . Ye Xiu hadn't taken off his headphones .
“Two Colas . ” The customer's voice came out from the service line soon after .
“Just a second . ” Ye Xiu said .
Chapter 190 The BOSS s Shadow Steps Steamed Bun Invasion s situation was somewhat similar to that of Wang Jiexi s . However, Wang Jiexi possessed the ability to adjust, while Steamed Bun Invasion probably didn t know how to do so . After all, even Ye Xiu wasn t sure how to help him develop . After Wang Jiexi changed, he was still at God level, but if others did the same thing he did, they might fall to a mediocre level . A transformation wasn t something that easy to do . Even though Steamed Bun Invasion was a noob at Glory, he wasn t a blank slate in other areas of the game . In reality, he had some understanding of what he was doing . In this area, he wasn t like Tang Rou . Tang Rou truly was a complete blank slate . But it was a pity that this girl s personality was so stubborn . She had pretty much figured out her own style already and it wasn t possible to create a large transformation . Ye Xiu could help by instructing her about the game s mechanics, but he didn t have the ability to change her personality . Everyone was an adult so their ways of thinking had matured . Tang Rou s personality wasn t anything bad either . It just stopped her from becoming a good team player, that was all . Ye Xiu pondered over this as he watched the two play . But his playing wasn t slow even though he was multitasking . With ten years of experience, he had experienced all kinds of battles . Many of the things he needed to do were done automatically without too much thought . Taking the BOSS down wasn t a problem . They were a team that could defeat a Level 36 Wild BOSS . If they couldn t beat a weaker Level 33 hidden BOSS, Illusion Swordmaster Ahong, then they d be a joke . The important point was that these types of dungeons could be used as practice for everyone . Ye Xiu directed the team as he fought casually . His focus was naturally on Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion . Su Mucheng rarely needed Ye Xiu to say anything . As for Qiao Yifan, Ye Xiu hadn t judged him wrong . He was the complete opposite of Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion . His personality and awareness made him an outstanding team player . He was adept at observing he paid attention to the performance of every team player and tried hard to coordinate with each of them . A part of why Tang Rou s and Steamed Bun Invasion s performances weren t too good was because they were too unfamiliar with the hidden BOSS . After familiarizing themselves with the Illusion Swordmaster s various skills, the two would gradually assimilate themselves into the team . Correct, they could still assimilate . But as their skills continue to grow, their styles would become more and more unique and their conflicts within the team would become greater and greater . This was what Ye Xiu was thinking about right now . But as of right now, they were still a good team . Under Ye Xiu s orders, the Illusion Swordmaster was gradually suppressed as he was hit blow after blow under the cliffs . Lord Grim and One Inch Ash s Dual Linking Ghost Boundaries never broke sothe team was always in a boundary . Waves of poison arose from Steamed Bun Invasion s attacks . Three types of Magic Chasers flew out from Soft Mist . Explosions erupted from Cleansing Mist s cannon . They continued to bombard the Illusion Swordmaster with their skills . Ahong s eyes grew more and more red, his head was covered in sweat, and his expression grew more and more serious . Careful, almost red blood . Ye Xiu suddenly said . What happens when he goes into red blood Tang Rou immediately asked . In the beginning, she had suffered quite a bit because she didn t know what the BOSS s features were . Tang Rou had learned from her mistakes . Shadow Steps . Ye Xiu said . Oh What s that Steamed Bun Invasion asked . He wasn t like Tang Rou in this area . Tang Rou had helped Chen Guo PK a few times before, so she had seen quite a few high leveled skills . Even though she might not know the name, Shadow Steps had been used in the fight between Poplar Beach and Ye Xiu recently . Chen Guo had even called out the name, so Tang Rou knew what this skill was . But Steamed Bun Invasion had only played on this account, so he didn t know of any skills above Level 30 . It s an afterimage . There ll be five soon, one for each of us . Ye Xiu said . If this were a normal team, then they wouldn t dare split the team to fight each afterimage one on one . But Ye Xiu s team was strong, so they dared to fight them directly this way . Careful Ye Xiu, who had been paying attention to the BOSS s health the entire time, finally shouted . The Illusion Swordmaster Ahong s eyes began to glow red . The white of his eyes could no longer be seen . Back Following Ye Xiu s command, the five characters quickly leaped back . The Illusion Swordmaster roared towards the sky . The red light surrounding his body extravagantly burst outwards . The rocks and grass around him were blown apart and a burst of wind surged down . Fortunately, Ye Xiu s warning had been quick and the five players retreated fast enough to dodge this attack . Next, the Illusion Swordmaster twirled his sword in a dance like motion . His figure blurred and split into five towards them . What was different from a Blade Master s Shadow Step was that the Illusion Swordmaster s Shadow Steps didn t have any distinction between real and fake . The five were all Illusion Swordmasters . This meant that the players had to fight against five BOSSes at the same time . If this continued up until the end, then the battle would be impossible to finish . Fortunately, Shadow Steps only lasted for a certain duration . For the Illusion Swordmaster, it was 30 seconds . As long as the players could survive for 30 seconds, then the five afterimages would turn back into one . However, after combining together again, the amount of damage the players had dealt in this battle wasn t additive, but rather an average . This meant that the actual damage the players dealt was the total amount . This made the battle longer . The Illusion Swordmaster s Shadow Steps wasn t a one time use skill . It would continue using it whenever it could until its life was completely gone . Normal parties would run away during this time . Defense was their priority . They weren t looking for damage . The damage would only be of the total anyways . Once the Illusion Swordmaster merged back into one, the team would then begin attacking again . But Ye Xiu s team was more heroic . It didn t matter if the damage was split or not, they would still fight like normal . The five Illusion Swordmaster afterimages were also very intelligent and each found a target to attack . The left rear Illusion Swordmaster sent a Sword Draw at Steamed Bun Invasion, who rolled out of the way . Steamed Bun hadn t even gotten up yet, when he threw out a Sand Toss at him . Even though the Illusion Swordmaster was a BOSS, it was still blinded for a short while . Steamed Bun Invasion took this opportunity and closed in to whack the back of his head with a Brick . After triggering the Dizzy effect, he Applied Poison onto his weapon . He then used Inject Poison and gave the Illusion Swordmaster a good dose of poison . The right rear Illusion Swordmaster hacked forward at Soft Mist with a Collapsing Mountain . Tang Rou met with this attack once again, but instead of retreating, she moved forward and once again, jumped up to attack . Except this time, she calculated the height of the shock wave . She leaped over it and stabbed forward with a Circle Swing . Her arms whirled in a circle and smashed the Illusion Swordmaster onto the ground . She had suffered once before and now she was going to return it all with even more ferocity . Tang Rou was just that type of girl who refused to accept defeat . The left front Illusion Swordmaster used Triple Slash directly to close in on Cleansing Mist . Su Mucheng immediately jumped up and blasted out an artillery shell, which exploded and sent herself flying backwards from the recoil . However, this shot wasn t able to interrupt the BOSS s Triple Slash . Three sword lights, one after another, chased down Cleansing Mist, but each slash missed Cleansing Mist by just a hair s breadth . Su Mucheng clearly had everything under control . Qiao Yifan, on the other hand, took the initiative to close in on the BOSS . After casting an Ice Boundary, he not only hit his own target, but he also turned the one heading towards Lord Grim into an ice block . Even in this type of battle, everyone for themselves, if Qiao Yifan found an opportunity to, he would still coordinate with others . Ye Xiu knew what to do . When Qiao Yifan casted Ice Boundary, he casted a Sword Boundary as well . The two began fighting inside these boundaries . His Thousand Chance Umbrella transformed into the Gun form and sent out Anti Tank Missiles . The target was Qiao Yifan s opponent . The three missiles exploded and the Illusion Swordmaster stumbled backwards a few steps . Qiao Yifan made his move right at this moment he used Moonlight Slash into a Full Moonlight Slash followed by a Ghost Slash . The three slashes sliced forward . At this moment, he wasn t feeling happy because he had hit the BOSS, but rather he felt happy because he had coordinated with Ye Xiu . Under his lead, the God had actively responded to his move, making Qiao Yifan feel he wasn t alone . Every team member depended on each other and this was what it meant to be teammates . This was an extremely wonderful feeling . After helping Qiao Yifan block his Illusion Swordmaster, Ye Xiu shook the Thousand Chance Umbrella into the Battle Lance form and use a Sky Strike at the Illusion Swordmaster . The Illusion Swordmaster s right handed sword continued to attack, while using his left handed blade to block Lord Grim s Sky Strike . How could Ye Xiu be tricked by this puny trick His Battle Lance suddenly retracted . The Illusion Swordmaster s left handed blade blocked nothing . The Thousand Chance Umbrella had already turned into two sections that hung on Lord Grim s arms . He rolled to avoid the right handed sword . His two arms held the Illusion Swordmaster tightly and Flung the Illusion Swordmaster away . After using the Grappler skill, he changed the Thousand Chance Umbrella back into a Battle Lance . Ye Xiu was just about to have his Lord Grim follow up, when he suddenly heard two ring ring sounds from outside . Ye Xiu had lowered the in game volume to very low because he frequently had to listen for these sounds . When he heard this, Ye Xiu couldn t help but curse F ck . Having been on night duty for so many days, he had to bring customers drinks many times . Finally, someone had called for his service at a crucial time . Ye Xiu s left hand quickly left the keyboard and connected to the service line . He asked What would you like What The first to respond were the four players on the team . Ye Xiu hadn t taken off his headphones . Two Colas . The customer s voice came out from the service line soon after . Just a second . Ye Xiu said .
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