Chapter 149 - The Deterrent Power of a Top Player
“Hey beautiful, I think we saw this NPC first.”
Black Dragon Boa blocked A Silly Cutie’s path with his long spear.
The other players quickly ran over to Charlotte and started inquiring.
A Silly Cutie instantly grew anxious.
This was an exclusive quest that Skeleton Big Brother gave her, a server-wide unique one!
If someone else got a head start, it would disappear!
She absolutely couldn’t let Skeleton Big Brother down!
Without hesitation, she forcibly initiated a city sparring challenge.
“Hm?” Black Dragon Boa was stunned for a moment.
Since they were in a party of six, all five teammates also received the challenge.
This meant that this beauty wanted to challenge all 6 of them at once?
She actually wanted to go 1 vs 6?
Black Dragon Boa and his teammates laughed, no longer bothering to find Charlotte.
Almost everyone knew that girls often had lower skill compared to guys in games. Not only were they unlikely to win against multiple opponents, but they usually failed more often than not even in 1v1 duels.
Yet this beauty wanted to fight 1 vs 6?
“Brothers, accept her challenge and let her know the meaning of cruelty!”
“OK!”
“Let’s do it!”
The group excitedly accepted the challenge.
In the next moment, the scene changed, excluding all the scattered players around them.
“Hey gorgeous, don’t say we didn’t give you a chance…”
Before Black Dragon Boa could even finish his sentence, A Silly Cutie had already calculated the positions. With a wave of her hand, she cast Abyss Grasp, its 36 shadowy hands seizing the five people.
Damage numbers of -80 instantly popped up above each of their heads as they were forcibly silenced.
A Silly Cutie then raised her crimson magic staff.
*Boom! Boom! Boom…*
While the group was still dazed, thirty-six skeletons burst out from the tavern’s wooden floorboards, their blades slashing down at the six players.
“-35.”
“-24.”
“-19.”
“-32.”
A barrage of damage numbers popped out above their heads.
“What the hell! So many skeletons! What’s going on?”
Caught by Abyss Grasp, the six were completely immobilized. Silenced, they couldn’t even speak, only able to look at each other in utter dismay.
However, the six had great teamwork. They all saw the word “dumbfounded” written on each other’s faces.
Panic quickly followed!
Even in city sparring, death was possible!
Although equipment wouldn’t drop, levels would!
Unfortunately, they didn’t even have a chance to beg for mercy!
Three seconds later, under the blades of the 36 skeletons, the six vanished into particles of light.
When Black Dragon Boa’s group respawned and saw the death notification, they were all dumbstruck.
“Do you know who that was?”
“A Silly Cutie, the player ranked #1 on the level leaderboards!”
“Damn, that’s a top expert!”
“She just got 1st place in the Goblin Pursuit dungeon speed run rankings too!”
“We’re screwed! Randomly running into a great beauty, who would’ve thought it was a top expert! I worked so hard to get to Level 19 and 85% exp, now I dropped a level. I can’t even go to the dungeon anymore!”
“Don’t mention it. Look, who among us didn’t drop a level? Now we have to grind mobs for another whole day. Damn, top experts are ruthless and cruel! Opening with a huge AOE control, then unleashing a horde of skeletons. Too fucking brutal!”
The group mentally spat out mouthfuls of blood, looking extremely helpless.
Besides lamenting their bad luck, they didn’t dare seek revenge at all, not even having the courage to talk back.
This was the deterrent power of a top player!
Average casual players with no money, skill, strength, or connections, when encountering this kind of top expert, could only sigh at their misfortune.
“Right now in Furywind City, because A Silly Cutie broke the Goblin Pursuit record, top experts are coming out of the woodwork. Randomly bumping into someone might mean meeting a top expert!”
Black Dragon Boa’s expression was solemn. “From now on, watch yourselves and don’t do anything shady. Also, if you see someone in red mage robes with a red staff, run!”
Inside the tavern, Jiang Cheng patted A Silly Cutie’s shoulder, encouraging her.
“Xiaomeng, you’ve made great progress. However, the summoning positions of the skeletons still aren’t perfect and the timing needs work.”
“To utilize Undead Summoning to its full potential, you must ensure the gaps between skeletons don’t exceed 0.9 cm. This allows you to perfectly lock down all 10 directional positions.”
“Just like that time you faced off against An Xiang Youlan, directly sealing the opponent’s movement. Otherwise, there will be cases where you only lock 6-8 positions, leaving the opponent room to escape.”
“The time between Abyss Grasp and Undead Summoning mustn’t exceed 0.5 seconds. If you’re unfortunate and don’t seal the positions, you need to immediately have the skeletons follow up.”
“The timing of the 10 skeletons’ strikes must also be uniform. You still have room for improvement, but it’s not something that can be achieved overnight. Go accept the quest first. In the future, I’ll teach you synchronous summoning.”
“Oh, okay Skeleton Big Brother.” Overjoyed by the rare praise from Jiang Cheng, A Silly Cutie’s face lit up with a brilliant smile, dazzling the surrounding players.