How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Ahri nodded her little head.

I was thinking about something just now and didn't pay attention. Now I was reminded by Ali and realized the unusual movement coming from a distance. I immediately followed the sound and moved forward quickly, rustling through the grass and arriving at the end of the bushes.

The terrain here is divided into areas of five or six yards each by the protruding slopes. Standing on the high ground and looking forward, I can see two intersecting figures in the clearing in the woods about forty yards away.

Both of them are melee professions, the light armor warrior is holding a sword and shield combination, and the combat thief is fighting with a short blade. They are chasing each other around the tree. The clanging sound of weapons colliding can even be heard faintly from here, which shows how fierce the battle is.

Although they had different occupations and used different weapons, both of them were obviously highly sensitive and had high offensive capabilities. Their attacks were swift and fierce, and they did not take any defensive measures but simply relied on skills to dodge, which looked extremely thrilling.

Obviously they all intended to end the battle in a short time.

After all, in an environment like the qualifying round, the most feared thing is that other players will launch sneak attacks when you are competing with others. Even if you defeat your opponent, you may be able to make things difficult for others, so fighting for too long is definitely not a wise choice.

But they didn't expect that the bargain hunters had already arrived.

A bolt of lightning suddenly fell in the woods, hitting right near the battle site between the two sides. The shattered lightning ball brought about a powerful shock wave, and at the same time turned into dozens of swift lightning snakes that pounced towards the two men.

Someone attacked.

There were more than one player nearby who had attracted him, and they had attacked before him. It would have been fine if they had attacked in advance, but the attack did not cause any substantial damage to the two. Instead, it alerted the two and made a sneak attack impossible.

This idiot.

I immediately changed my original plan, put away the staff that was pointed at the open space in front of me, and threw a rainbow crystal at Ahri.

The Eye of Ugal cannot be used like other items.

As for Ahri, although she cannot use telekinesis in a terrain as complex as a forest, this little guy is very smart and with the innate magical spirit, she is very sensitive to the elements, making her very suitable for catching hidden mages.

Ahri understood, put the rainbow crystal thrown to her into her own space, and then flew forward according to her feeling.

Looking down again, most of the lightning snakes shot out by the spherical thunder were blocked by the thick trees and bushes at the battle site, and did not cause much harm to the two people. The warriors and thieves who were attacked by a third party gave up fighting each other at the same time, quickly dispersed, and hid behind the trees.

Chapter 105: Joining forces

Everyone wants to reap the benefits while others are the ones who profit from it, but if you become the one who suffers the most, no one would want others to reap the benefits.

Looking at the silent forest, an idea suddenly occurred to me. I raised my staff and silently released the effect of the thirty-foot darkness spell.

Thirty-foot darkness is a very special spell.

Because the product of range and obstructed vision effect is a fixed value, a variety of casting effects can be derived by adjusting the two.

In the previous fight with Sister Vera, only one point was applied, which strengthened the effect of obstructed vision to the greatest extent. But now the other point was used, which greatly enlarged the range, and formed the current effect -

The gray-black fog slowly descended in the distance, seeping into the original mist of the forest, silently covering the area where the warriors and thieves were.

I couldn't help but smile as I watched the two of them occasionally move to another location to hide, alert to movements in the general direction of the attack, without noticing that their peripheral vision was further reduced.

At the same time, news came from Ahri.

Following Ahri's response, I finally caught sight of the unqualified "spectator" who was disrupting the battle.

About sixty yards away at ten o'clock on the left, a thunder magician was hiding behind a small protruding mountain wall, holding a staff and staring closely at the direction of the warrior and thief.

The robe he was wearing was obviously made darker by a tailor specifically for this competition. If it weren't for Ahri, I probably wouldn't have discovered such a hidden player even if I looked carefully.

The opponent seemed to be planning to launch a second round of attack.

However, the two reacted very quickly after being hit and hid, which made him a little hesitant. He didn't know whether to move forward and bring the two back into the attack range, or to get away from this troubled place as soon as possible.

The forest terrain is not conducive to the mage launching an offensive, not to mention that the sneak attack has failed. If a warrior or thief gets around and gets close to him, he will be the one in trouble. In the end, the thunder mage cautiously chose to retreat.

After all, the qualifying round lasts for three days, and if you are killed, you will be eliminated.

However, he had no idea that the fight had progressed to the point where he could no longer withdraw from it.

A nightmare-like black shadow suddenly descended from above his head, not only causing him to fall into a state of brief stiffness, but also the accompanying destructive effect that broke the magic shield he had erected in one fell swoop.

Just as Lei Fa was stunned, a black death light with destructive force suddenly arrived.

A glimpse of darkness.

It is almost one of the single-target spells with the highest damage at the top of the dark magic pyramid, plus the damage-increasing blessing that he had asked Ahri to prepare in advance, as well as the blessing of his own BUFF skills.

As if being hit by Barrett, Lei Fa's body was immediately blown away by the huge force, and his blood volume suddenly dropped below the warning line of 20%.

But Lei Fa finally reacted while being thrown into the air. He immediately used the Flash spell towards the distance, and the moment he landed, he dived to the ground, crawled behind a nearby boulder, took out the potion from his backpack and drank it up into the air.

While drinking the medicine, he did not forget to pay attention to the magical fluctuations around him.

If there is a large-scale aura like area magic, he will use all his displacement skills without hesitation to save his life.

As expected, he is a player who can pass the AI ​​test and advance to the qualifying round. A series of actions and subsequent strategies prove that this thunder mage has good experience in dealing with attacks from other mages.

But that's it.

Because the one he was facing was not an ordinary wizard, but one who had a cub of the Holy Night Moon Fox as a pet.

"what……"

A green wind blade attacked Lei Fa silently from behind him. With the effect of the recovery potion, Lei Fa's health was only raised to about 40%, and he only had time to scream.

All senses faded away like silk from a cocoon, and when the light of death appeared, the only expression on his face was shock.

He didn't expect that there was a threat behind him, and he didn't expect that nearly half of his health would be killed by a wind blade. But he also didn't know that even the simplest spells could become terrifying killing moves under Ahri's terrifying attack power.

Ahri floated down from the treetops, looked around with her lovely eyes, and soon found her target. She picked up a square nameplate at the location where Lei Fa's body disappeared, and put it into her telekinetic space.

The nameplates dropped by the kill do not go directly into the killer's backpack, but must be obtained manually to be counted as points, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the game, especially for ranged players.

"Well done, Ahri."

I conveyed the compliment through the induction established with Ahri, and felt the little guy's smug joy. I couldn't help but smile knowingly and turned my attention back to the two melee professions who were still hiding in the distance.

The thirty-foot darkness plus the mist in the forest obscured the view but could not stop the sound.

Lei Fa's scream before his death more or less attracted the attention of the two people.

Although no one dared to come out of hiding for fear of being ambushed by others, people are always curious. So when the sounds in the woods died down again, the sword and shield warrior couldn't help but lean out to observe the situation in the distance.

Even though he was careful enough and held the shield firmly to cover most of his body, at the moment he leaned forward, a bolt of lightning hit his shoulder which was not protected by the shield, taking away nearly thousands of blood.

The sword and shield warrior, who was caught off guard, quickly shrank back, and watched his blood volume fall below the warning line again. He widened his eyes, not caring about the pain, and drank another bottle of recovery potion.

When his health rose again, he gritted his teeth and shouted to a distance away, "Brother, that thunder master is very cunning, and his attack is very high. One skill has knocked off nearly 8,000 of my health. Let's work together to kill him, otherwise we may all die here."

"Okay, let's work together to kill him first, and then we can have a fair fight."

Another combat thief hesitated for a moment and finally spoke. Although he was not attacked, he also saw the obvious damage.

The two men spoke in low voices, obviously not wanting their plan to be known by the other side, but they had no idea that their every move was already clearly seen by someone.

"Okay, I'll replenish my blood first, and then we'll rush out together."

The sword and shield warrior was delighted and said immediately.

It's no wonder that he's so nervous. His defense is not as good as that of a shield warrior, but he is also a leader among light armor warriors. One spell can knock down almost half of his health bar. Even with high-level spells blessed with damage-increasing BUFFs, it's still a scary thing.

While waiting for their health to be restored, the two kept paying attention to the movements around them to prevent their opponents from using area magic. Fortunately, more than ten seconds passed without any accidents.

"Get ready, charge together!"

The sword and shield warrior clenched his weapon and rushed out from behind the tree where he was hiding. This time he was smart and used the shield to protect the side of his body. He took advantage of the cover of the trees and bushes and rushed towards the direction of the enemy he had judged.

But Lei Fa was clearly dead a long time ago, so who launched the attack just now?

Chapter 106: Sneak Attack and Being Sneak Attacked

The answer is obvious.

This is a trap.

When the sword and shield warrior rushed out from his hiding place, he thought that the shield and the jungle in his hands could serve as the best cover, but he didn't know that the real enemy was actually hiding behind him, aiming at the completely exposed gap on his back.

Knowledge retrieval and copying, a glimpse of darkness.

The black and desolate light gathered from the tip of the staff, and then instantly turned into a beam of light. In less than a second, it crossed a distance of dozens of yards and hit the back of the sword and shield warrior's head with a bang.

Boom.

The huge impact force caused the sword and shield warrior's head to tilt forward involuntarily, and he fell into a state of dizziness.

Although the sword and shield warrior didn't know what was happening, he still reacted in time and used a shocking roar. As the roar came out, a light appeared on his body, which immediately purified the effect of the dizziness.

His movements were quick, obviously showing his rich combat experience, but not as fast as the spells cast instantly under the effect of the time loop.

The purification of Shocking Roar had just taken effect, and a shadow appeared in an instant and pierced through the sword and shield warrior's chest, leaving a conspicuous black scar on his head. Half a second later, the scar suddenly exploded, and combined with the previous damage, it took away the remaining blood of the sword and shield warrior in an instant like the scythe of the god of death.

Death strangles.

The direct damage is not as good as that of Dark Shadow, but the second attack has the effect of increasing damage based on the lost blood volume, which can sometimes cause more terrifying destructive power. What's more, the sword and shield warrior has been reduced to half blood after being hit by Dark Shadow.

what is the problem?

The sword and shield warrior felt extremely unwilling and confused, but he would never get the answer to this question. As his consciousness fell into darkness, he turned into white light and was buried in this ancient forest together with the unlucky Lei Fa.

However, his death gave another rogue player an opportunity.

Just when the Sword and Shield Warrior was hit by the Dark Shadow, the thief, who was a beat slower, just emerged from his hiding place. He turned on stealth and had not yet rushed too far. When he saw the Sword and Shield Warrior being attacked, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the direction where the spell came from.

There is a high ground behind us, and it would undoubtedly be a terrifying thing for a mage to take advantage of the terrain.

Although he didn't know when the dark magic appeared, he knew that only by eliminating the threat behind him could he deal with the thunder magic in the distance. Otherwise, he would most likely be caught in the middle of both sides and treated as "hamburger meat".

If this thief could see clearly the damage suffered by the sword and shield warrior, if he knew that the thunder magician in the distance had actually been killed, if he found himself facing Alice's president, he would definitely flee this place of trouble without hesitation.

But there are simply not so many ifs in this world.

Before the rogue player reached halfway, his stealthed figure was completely exposed by a buried secret mark.

"Oops."

The thief was startled, and reacted extremely quickly by lunging forward and rolling on the ground. This was undoubtedly a correct move, because just as he lunged forward a black shadow suddenly hit his original position.

But this approach is also wrong because the direction is wrong.

The rogue who landed on the ground was hit by another Dark Word Inscription again. The power of these two skills alone reduced his health to four-sevenths, which made him gasp. You have to know that the rogue's trap check ability is also effective against these two skills of the Dark Mage. Even so, the damage is so high. You can imagine how terrible the opponent's magic damage is.

Damn it, let’s fight.

At this point, there is no way back. The thief used Forced Escape to purify the stun effect on his body, raised the short blade in his hand to launch a sharp blade attack, and jumped up at a rapid speed, his body turning into lightning and rushing towards the figure on the top of the slope.

Courage is worth praising, but reality is always cruel.

Latent impact.

A dark shadow suddenly emerged from the ground and hit the thief's body. The powerful impact force inevitably carried him higher into the air.

The thief was startled and quickly used instant movement to try to avoid the subsequent attack.

However, the opponent seemed to see through his thoughts and predicted the location of the instant step flash. Several black chains emerged from the void like shadow tarsals, wrapped around his body with incredible precision and fixed him firmly in mid-air.

The scene in front of him changed instantly. In a trance, the thief could only see a slender white hand raised high on the top of the slope. Under the sunlight filtering through the mist, it was as dazzling and brilliant as white jade.

Snapped.

Along with the sound of finger snaps, the entire scene was soon occupied by a shadow spear that gradually expanded in size until it fell into endless darkness.

The soulless body fell from mid-air and quickly turned into light and dissipated.

A nameplate fell from it and was caught by a petite figure who was hurrying over with its tail, holding it in its arms and flying in the air.

After handing it to me along with the nameplate that had been placed in the space before and picked up from the body of the sword and shield warrior on the way here, a pair of pink little hands stood beside her cheeks, and her round eyes were shining brightly, as if she was expecting praise, looking overly cute.

In fact, the contribution is indeed not small.

Helped to kill the thunder mage player, used lightning arrows to disguise himself as the former to trick the other two melee players out, and picked up all the nameplates by the way, saving myself the trouble of making an extra trip.

I smiled and rubbed Ahri's head, pushing a rainbow crystal into the little guy's arms before taking the three nameplates.

These nameplates appear to be made of an unknown metal, with a silver reflective color throughout. They are rectangular in shape with rounded corners, and the iconic pattern of the era is engraved in the middle.

Including the original nameplate, my own points have reached 4 points, and now it has only been a few dozen minutes since the start of the qualifying round, which can be said to be a very good start.

However, if the entire ancient forest is compared to a huge Colosseum, the tens of millions of players are the fighting beasts inside. Due to the density of players, the first few hours will undoubtedly be the most chaotic and the time when it is easiest to get points. As the later players are gradually eliminated, hunting will become more and more difficult.

Because those who survived are basically masters who have been selected by the cruel law of the jungle.

"There is still a long way to go."

I shrugged and put the three nameplates away.

However, just as he put it into the backpack, Ahri, who was holding the rainbow crystal that had been gnawed away to the point of only a small piece left, suddenly turned around and made a strange sound, as if giving a warning.