Quadruple split.

Chapter 2285 Kirigakure

"The situation is at a standstill."

Xue Yin clenched her hands and exclaimed with a tense face, "It seems that the Great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole has indeed suffered a considerable amount of damage. He did not kill everyone like in the previous game. Instead, he followed the other four teammates who caught up from behind and advanced together. His speed was not very fast!"

Xiao Xiaobai narrowed his eyes and said seriously, "This is normal. Player McCay has already deployed a considerable number of Earthbound Totems in advance. Although their strength is not very strong, the Elemental Shaman naturally ignores nearly 50% of spell resistance. As for the Haunted Church player Yuying who has died in the battle, the other four players seem to be all mysterious professions!"

"I see."

Yinan nodded in sudden realization and followed his train of thought: "So, when their physical fitness is not very strong, the players from the Haunted Church, whose magic resistance is ignored to a certain extent, are actually helpless against this deceleration method?"

"Not necessarily."

Xiao Xiaobai shook his head and said in a professional manner, "I think under normal circumstances, at least Gu Xiaole will not be restricted by this degree of deceleration. Even the other three players who were unusually low-key in the previous competitions would not be dragged down like this by a set of regular large-scale deceleration skills, so..."

Xue Yin cooperated very well and said, "So what?"

"So I think there are two main reasons for this 'test standoff' situation."

Xiao Xiaobai nodded with satisfaction, and then said seriously: "The first and most important reason is that I think it is because contestant Zhu Lan really hurt contestant Gu Xiaole just now, so that as the strongest player of the Haunted Church, she can't recover to her best condition in a short period of time."

"I see--"

Yinan nodded slightly, repeated his previous sigh, and asked like an amateur: "What about the other reason?"

Xiao Xiaobai shrugged and answered casually, "Of course, it is the task issued by the system to the two teams. Through the communication with [Heavy Metal], it is not difficult to guess that they have received a buff, while [Haunted Church] has a high probability of being punished by the system. As a result, the latter naturally fell into a difficult situation."

Xue Yin blinked her eyes and asked curiously, "So Sister Xiao Bai thinks that Heavy Metal will win?"

“No, I support haunted churches.”

Xiao Xiaobai answered without hesitation, saying seriously: "I like them very much."

"oh oh!"

Xue Yin sighed for a long time, then suddenly grinned: "Come to think of it, I remember Sister Xiaobai said when she was commentating on the match between Sister Yinyue and Cordova... well, what did she say? It seems that you know a good kid who is very weak but very good at commanding operations, has good character, and is very responsible. He lives in City B and his name is Hei Fan?"

Yinan: “…”

Xiao Bingbing: "..."

"Yes."

As a result, Xiao Xiaobai simply nodded and said calmly, "Because I saw a post called "Misha's Diary" on the forum not long after the game was launched. It tells a documentary story about players and NPCs working together to fight against the plague. In that story, there are three important player characters in the "Haunted Church" team, namely Hei Fan, Chen Wangyu and Sheming Yibo."

Xiao Bingbing curled her lips: "My name is Yuying..."

"Well, it's not a big problem."

Xiao Xiaobai casually forgave himself on behalf of Yuying, and then continued: "In short, after paying attention to the story and doing some simple research, I think that the low-key, introverted and responsible Pastor Hei Fan is a good kid. This is also the biggest reason why I support the [Haunted Church]."

Xue Yin's eyes flickered as she asked with great interest, "What about the other two young ladies who also participated in that battle? What do you think, Xiao Bai?"

"It's hard to say. After all, the film "Misha's Diary" is a somewhat subjective and pretentious group portrait. Although the writing is good, the focus is mainly on Pastor Heifan and the author's personal perspective."

Xiao Xiaobai spread his hands and said noncommittally: "So I only know that contestant Chen Wangyu is very effective in stabilizing people's hearts, and contestant She... Yuying is the adjutant of contestant Hei Fan."

Xiao Bingbing coughed lightly at this time and said seriously: "As for me, I am more in favor of Zhou... As for the four contestants of [Heavy Metal], you see, even with the powerful means of Gu Xiaole, he still couldn't gain an advantage in front of Zhou Lan. Even when unexpected situations occurred, he immediately organized his teammates and NPCs to complete the defense line contraction. His thinking is very clear!"

"I still stick to my previous opinion and support the [Haunted Church]."

Yinan also joined in the fun, saying in a slightly subtly discordant voice, "After all, they have always firmly controlled the initiative of this game. A quick look will show that although the response of [Heavy Metal] was not slow, the deaths of Yuying and Huoyanyang, as well as the failure and success of the system mission, were not beyond the expectations of [Haunted Church]."

Xiao Xiaobing pursed her lips and protested, "But it was not expected that contestant Gu Xiaole would be seriously injured by contestant Zhu Lan!"

"Seriously injured?"

Xiao Xiaobai glanced at the remaining health value of 74% marked on the left side of the eye-catching screen, which was marked as 'Great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole', and said calmly: "At least at the data level, I have reservations."

Xiao Bingbing made a face and continued to protest, "That's because we can only see the health and physical values, and we can't monitor the various effects. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense for Gu Xiaole not to break through independently like in the previous few games. After all, Huo Yanyang has been removed from the game. Although there are many enemies around the caravan, they won't cause trouble to Gu Xiaole who is in full health."

"Makes sense."

Xiao Xiaobai nodded slightly and said leisurely: "But I still insist that the [Haunted Church] will win."

"You two have no vision!"

Xiao Bingbing, who always seemed to have a very good temper, puffed up her cheeks, then held Xueyin's hand through Xiao Xiaobai and said seriously, "Teacher Xueyin will also support [Heavy Metal], right?"

[So, the two teams in this game seem to have a lot of connections with these three. Even the handsome uncle who is calm in the face of danger and Bingbing who is super professional in rescuing people can't keep calm. Haha, Tan, how many secrets do you have that I don't know? How many surprises can make me want to indulge in and enjoy the suffocating pleasure? Ah... Pay attention to your expression! It will be troublesome if people see that you are horny in front of the camera! ] Xueyin blinked after being distracted for a third of a second, and then showed a sweet smile to Xiao Bingbing, saying "I can't do anything about you": "I also support [Haunted Church]!"

Although she wanted to say so, the girl who was now playing the role of Xue Yin instead of 'the world's number one princess' finally suppressed the urge to mess around. After taking half a deep breath, which was a shallow breath, she gave Xiao Bingbing a sweet smile that said 'I can't do anything about you' and said seriously, "I support [Haunted Church], too!"

[Oh my, so I thought so! 】

Xue Yin scratched her hair and gave an embarrassed smile, while sticking out her tongue awkwardly.

"Woo!"

Xiao Bingbing pouted in grievance because no one supported her son's temper.

"Okay, in the end, it was the Haunted Church that broke the deadlock first. Using the undead creatures summoned by player Winter as cover, they began to launch long-range attacks on the caravan, while player Gu Xiaole also sent out a pair of underage Shikigami to advance and support them."

Xiao Xiaobai directly ignored his partner's dissatisfaction and gave a synchronous commentary as soon as the battle situation began to change. Then he frowned slightly, and a barely perceptible worry flashed in his eyes.

"But... the results were minimal."

……

"Beautiful! You held up!"

At the same time, Musaro, who had gone from numbness to sweating profusely and then gradually became excited, let out a low roar and used a clean and neat [Half Moon Slash] to cut the three agile skeleton scouts into four parts. Then he threw the glowing scroll in his left hand with force, creating a 'field' filled with holy aura about ten meters in front of him, forcing back the two small but destructive shikigami for the second time.

"Don't be happy too early."

Signisius blessed the NPC mercenary who was at the front and said in a deep voice, "Use the scrolls sparingly. They are very expensive."

"Save your ass!"

Zhou Lan, who had spent a lot of money to purchase dozens of high-level divine scrolls from special channels, raised his hand and shot two arrows, breaking two black light wheels emitting a cold aura in mid-air, and shouted in a shocking voice: "If you don't use it now, you will never have the chance to use it again! While that person is still not recovered, rush over and push them away!"

Boom——

The next moment, a blue thunderbolt fell from the sky and smashed a very tall skeleton warrior holding a huge rusty shovel. The instigator, Mackay, almost at the same time swung out two giant flaming pythons, which rushed towards the two shikigami who were trying to bypass the effective range of the magic. His face was quite gloomy: "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"I am not sure."

Zhu Lan swung out his right leg and kicked away a dog-tribe half-orc adventurer nearby, helping him to narrowly avoid several talismans flashing with dark blue flames. He gritted his teeth and said to the three companions around him: "But the 'exorcism' effect of my [Glorious Arrow] only lasts ten minutes! And it will decay over time! Understand?"

"Understand!"

McCay, who had known the previous few matches very well what kind of scene the Great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole would bring when he gave his all, shuddered, then leaned over and pressed his hands on the ground. In an instant, he summoned a rock wall that continued to move forward, and shouted with veins bulging on his face: "Go, go, go!"

"Go, go, go!"

Musalo immediately understood what he meant, and strode with sword in both hands, following the rapidly shrinking wall. Following closely behind him was Zhu Lan, who was a long-range professional but could avoid most attacks due to his special talent. In addition, seven or eight mercenaries and adventurers who had been fighting on their own also followed after dealing with a large number of skeletons, ready to follow the "big brothers" to eliminate the perpetrators of this attack.

Unlike the mob in many stories who abandon the protagonist and the employer and scatter when danger comes, adventurers and mercenaries who are able to receive medium-sized orders are generally more careful about their reputation. After all, those bards do not have to consider the problems after running away when making up stories, but the heroes living in the real world do not want to be held accountable by the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Union later, so in most cases, these employees will fight for their employers until the last moment.

Of course, the premise is that there is a chance to complete the task. After all, it is better to live a miserable life than to die. If the enemy is too strong, the possibility of "deserters" will naturally increase. This is also human nature. After all, reputation and punishment have nothing to do with the dead.

To sum up, since the [Haunted Church] did not show overwhelming strength, the NPCs still did not mind fighting with these attackers of unknown origin.

It’s a pity that Huo Yanyang has died, otherwise these people would definitely be a very powerful force after uniting, instead of having to take two or three moves to kill a skeleton like now!

The dark soul fires grew more and more, along with the handsome, pale-skinned figure on the hillside who was waving a bone staff and walking slowly forward. The white frost, which was not cold but made people feel chilly from the inside out, was also spreading. As the white frost brushed over inch by inch of land, a translucent figure gradually emerged in the air, slowly floating towards [Heavy Metal] and the surrounding guard NPCs with a low hum, while constantly waving the fog of decay that could corrupt living things.

"Stop, there is a land of corruption ahead!"

McCay shouted, calling out to Musalo and the others (Zhu Lan stopped the next second), and then threw the totem pole behind him to the ground, saying in a deep voice: "The other side expected us to rush over, and has already prepared for a positional battle! Be careful, those spirits are more difficult than skeletons..."

  hum! ! !

As a result, in the next moment, as the golden halo spread out, the fog that was about to spread to everyone was actually cleared away by more than ten meters in an instant. Not only that, even the earth where the deathly aura was madly spreading was revived after the halo passed by.

"Time is short and the task is heavy! If you don't use these things now, you will never have the chance to use them again!"

Zhu Lan hung the longbow back on his back, tore off a scroll in each hand, transformed into a warrior with the ability to make money, and forcibly cleared a large safe zone with himself as the center. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go cut them off now... eh?"

“The back row is out of sight.”

Musalo, who was on guard with a sword, curled his lips and looked around with a gloomy face.

"The fog is coming again!"

Chapter 2276: End