Ruling Sword's competition lineup consisted of Moonlight, Lu Li, Kitty Loves Meat, Sakura Memories and March Rain . Based on the map, these players made up the best lineup that Ruling Sword had to offer . The reserves were Mu Qiu and Fat Monkey, who was a fire mage and therefore not suited for this occasion .
The last update had increased the impact of the map and terrain on fights . For example, fire skills would be less powerful on maps with bodies of water and ice skills would be less powerful in hotter and drier conditions . There were mixed opinions about this from the community, but most players were upset by the changes .
As such, the gaming company had reduced the debuff on the current patch . However, since this was an Elite level competition, any reduction in damage would be game changing .
Their goal was probably in trying to make the game more realistic .
When they entered Dustwallow Marsh, the smell of sulfur shot up their noses . The sense of smell could be turned off in the options, but the sight of the rotten flesh and green, murky, bubbling water was enough to make them puke .
Lu Li was coping well because it would often rain back home and the place he used to live in would smell of mold during the rainy seasons .
The others were not coping so well . None of them grew up poor, so they were never forced to live in a place that smelled bad .
Peerless City was probably planning on making them die of disgust rather than the actual fight itself .
They quickly became serious and focused on how to end this fight as quickly as possible in order to escape the stench .
Lu Li looked at the enemy line up from afar and quickly devised a plan .
"Moonlight, protect March Rain . We'll focus on killing Immortal . Kitty, watch out for yourself . If all goes wrong, just transform . "
Peerless City's team consisted of Deadly Golden Underwear, Half a Smoke, Falling Smile, Immortal, Vegetarian Mosquito, and their backup Green Flag Wine . Since Green Flag Wine was put on the reserve team, Peerless City's game plan was more focused on the offensive side of things .
Their plan of attack was to burst one person and slowly kill off the rest .
Their main target was most likely March Rain which was why Lu Li had given Moonlight the job of protecting her .
Since Lu Li was able to observe the enemy team composition, Peerless City was obviously able to do the same .
The two sides discussed their game plan and when the battle started, Lu Li immediately disappeared from sight .
Although this map was not the ideal map for Stealth, Lu Li had learned enhanced Stealth, so his position would not be given away by the ripples . The fact that they could not physically see Lu Li placed a lot of psychological pressure on Peerless City .
Immortal was wearing Cloth Armor and was positioned at the back left of the team . Falling Smile was in the center, heavily guarded by teammates . Falling Smile was the best healer in Peerless City despite being a Restoration Shaman, which was a more unorthodox healing class .
Peerless City had another Shadow Priest that was a great DPS player, but he had likely something going on in real life because he was not present today .
It was hard to separate real life from gaming because things that happened in real life would always have an impact in game and vice versa .
Although Shamans were a leather class, their survivability was not be as high as Priests . However, as long as Peerless City did a great job of protecting their healer, the Shaman would be able to cast countless chain heals throughout the game .
Lu Li was already lurking next to Peerless City .
Because of the lack of practice, it was difficult for him to know which areas could be stepped on or avoided . If it wasn't for his Enhanced Stealth, he would've been discovered ages ago .
Despite him being extremely careful, Lu Li accidentally stepped on and aggroed a Marsh Crocolisk, which took a big bite out of him .
The monsters were only Lv20 and the damage wasn't very significant, but it was still enough to break Lu Li out of his Stealth .
However, Lu Li's reaction time was unmatched in the professional scene .
He immediately dashed away from the Crocolisk and went into Stealth mode again . All of this happened in a matter of milliseconds and it was almost as if nothing had happened .
He had to make sure that he wasn't caught here since his teammates were still trying to get into position . If he was found out, Peerless City would rip into him without mercy; this wasn't some amateur competition .
"Lu Li!" Immortal cried out . She was on the very left of the team and as a squishy player, she had developed a keen eye for those who would try to ambush her . She was still pissed off about what had happened before and so she decided to chase after him .
"Immortal, no!"
Moonlight, who was very experienced in tournament settings, knew that this was the perfect opportunity for them to capitalize .
He immediately charged forward, not afraid of using his mobility skills to close the gap .
Peerless City had to change up their game plan and immediately followed closely behind to attempt to take out Lu Li first . Deadly Golden Underwear thought that this might actually turn out good for them .
If only Green Flag Wine was here…
Although Immortal managed to land her skills and force Gale Steps out of Lu Li, by that time, Ruling Sword was already behind them . Sakura Memories activated Bloodlust as a signal for Ruling Sword to attack .
Lu Li laughed and turned around then immediately jumped onto Immortal .
Drakefire Amulet (Legendary): All Stats +40, HP +800, Socket Slots: 2, Special Effects 1: Fire Resistance +20%, Special Effects 2: Flood of Life, instantly heals 1000 HP, for the next 30 seconds, user receives increased healing by 100% . Special Effects 3: Resurrection, allows the user to revive on the spot once per day, loss of EXP reduced by 50%, after respawning, player becomes invulnerable for 3 seconds after reviving . Level Requirement: 60, Durability 350/350 .
This was the trump card that Lu Li had been hiding up his sleeves this whole time .
Flood of Life allowed him to survive for a while longer, buying enough time for March Rain to heal him .
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