Chapter 545: Reversal Normally, the ice bolts didn’t slow, otherwise, mages would be too strong .
Unforgettable Maple’s ice bolts slowed because of his Magic Staff – Illusionary Rod . It was originally an exquisite Gold Magic Staff that had now been upgraded to Dark Gold . The Illusionary Rod was dropped from the Scarlet Library on Nightmare Difficulty . The drop rate was so low that Lu Li didn’t even think about it when completing the First Clear . Unforgettable Maple had only successfully upgraded the staff yesterday . This gave it a new effect which allowed him to shoot ice bolts that slowed for 60 seconds . Although they dealt relatively low damage, the high fire rate and the 60 second duration made it quite strong . Of course, this assumed that the target wasn’t able to escape . He had saved this effect until now because Lu Li had no other way to escape and even if he did, he would still be able to catch him . To him, Lu Li was no ordinary professional player . Lu Li was constantly being hit by the ice bolts and his speed had been reduced by at least 30% . After struggling for a few steps, he activated the second special effect on his shoes . Wirt’s Fake Leg, Instant Cast, leap eight yards forward or backward . 120 second cooldown . Lu Li’s whole body shot towards Unforgettable Maple, shocking him so much that he almost dropped his Magic Staff . Gouge! After Lu Li stunned Unforgettable Maple, he grinned and circled around him . The shocked Mage was still trying to wave his hand, but they weren’t responding to him . Lu Li went into Stealth and casted Shadowstrike followed by Premeditation and Cheap Shot . He then casually strolled around the mage to make sure he didn’t have any more escape skills .
Now, Lu Li was sure that he didn’t have any left! Unforgettable Maple had thought he was playing a game of cat and mouse, that he was depleting Lu Li’s escape skills while conserving his own . However, all that had happened was according to Lu Li’s plan . He wanted to Unforgettable Maple to leave his team and fight a 1 v 1 with him, and had deliberately exposed himself to two of Unforgettable Maple’s crowd-control skills . The audience was mesmerized by this whole process, but they didn’t know that Lu Li had been faking his condition . No one knew, until now, that Lu Li was actually feeling perfectly fine . After getting hit by this crowd-control, Unforgettable Maple hesitated . He didn’t want to call for help as his teammates were fighting a fierce battle of their own . However, it was only then that he realized that Lu Li had asked his teammates to charge not because he needed rescuing, but to stop Unforgettable Maple’s teammates from helping him . He could now only pray that Lu Li’s rotation of skills wasn’t enough to kill him . The moment Unforgettable Maple recovered from the stun, Lu Li cast Deep Defile (an effect from the Shard of the Defiler) onto him . Deep Defile . Instant Cast . Reduces the target’s Armor and Movespeed by 25% for 6 seconds . 360 second cooldown . This applied 6 seconds of slow and armor pierce, and Unforgettable Maple resented it . He now knew the despair and suffering of being slowed . To make matters even worse, Lu Li’s attacks also often came with silences or interruptions . In order to maintain his sustained attack, Lu Li finally activated his cloak . For a short time, he became immune to magic effects which naturally included crowd-control effects .
When a Mage was that close to a Thief, all they could do was block and try to get as far away as possible . However, seeing that his HP was higher than Lu Li’s gave him hope . He just needed to wait for his flash’s cooldown to reset .
As for Lu Li, it didn’t matter whether he could kill Unforgettable Maple . He was just thinking about dealing as much damage as possible . It was only when Unforgettable Maple was about to cast Polymorph that Lu Li stopped and gave him a Kick . "I’d like to see who would die first," Unforgettable Maple said as he started attacking Lu Li alongside his Water Elemental . After this long battle, neither of them had particularly much HP left . "I can heal . Can you?" Lu Li grinned as he activated Pamela’s necklace and instantly recovered 20% of his HP . Only a Dark Gold equipment could regenerate that much HP . "Damn you, you cheater," Unforgettable Maple cursed in his heart before waving his hands and flashing away from Lu Li . Now that his flash’s cooldown had reset, it was easier for him to escape . He intended to keep his distance from Lu Li and use his Water Elemental as an obstacle . He was going to let the Water Elemental reduce Lu Li’s HP while he waited for his crowd-control cooldowns… Suddenly, he felt like something wasn’t quite right . He looked back at Lu Li to see that he was also moving away . Could it be that he was going to find a place to regenerate all of his HP and start over? If that were the case, then all their efforts would be wasted . But wait! Why was Unforgettable Maple still bleeding? He had suddenly lost 100 HP which shocked him, and he didn’t have much HP left . Lu Li smiled at him and quickly left the attack range of the Water Elemental . Arugal’s Nephew’s Gift . Instant Cast . Curse the target so that it loses 100HP every 5 seconds for 300 seconds . 30 minute cooldown . This was a special effect on the exquisite pants that the Son of Arugal had dropped . Unforgettable Maple looked back at his teammates . They were too far away and Lu Li probably wasn’t going to let him go back for support . He thought about all the skills and effects he could use and sadly resolved to sitting and eating bread to survive . But was Lu Li going to give him the opportunity to have any bread? No, of course not . Unforgettable Maple looked at Lu Li angrily to see him take out a strong Dark Gold crossbow . It was difficult for Thieves and Warriors to get high damage on crossbows, but Lu Li didn’t need damage . He just needed to shoot Unforgettable Maple occasionally to stop him from eating bread . He had decided on dragging out Unforgettable Maple’s death . Unforgettable Maple didn’t hesitate either; he quickly gave himself a shield and started retreating . Lu Li continued to shoot at his back, slowly chipping away at his HP and triggering the crossbow’s special effect . The fighting at the bridge was quite intense . Although the four Majin Temple players weren’t as strong as Moonlight and the others, they defended the bridge fiercely and stayed in formation . They had been playing very well . Both sides had a healer and were able to tank high amounts of damage . They were on almost equal footing . "You won’t be able to reach your team; you still have 70 yards . You might as well stay with me," Lu Li teased . "You’re really annoying," Unforgettable Maple said . He was trying to dodge Lu Li’s shots while also healing himself as he ran towards his team . However, he didn’t want to directly ask for his healer’s support, otherwise, the line they were holding might collapse . "Hey, you were so arrogant before . I should get a chance too," Lu Li said, trying to infuriate him with this psychological attack . "You knew from the very beginning," Unforgettable Maple coldly grunted . "Oh, were you thinking about these dark circles? I put them on for fun . " Lu Li almost burst into laughter . The Majin Temple players soon found out about their situation . Their Boss was being chased around by the monster, Lu Li, even though it was not too long ago that he seemed to have the upper hand . With Lu Li sticking behind him and berating him, Unforgettable Maple unfortunately never returned to the rest of his teammates . After losing a player, Lu Li collapsed onto the rest of Majin Temple at the bridge . Although he didn’t survive until the end, he had already won a significant advantage for his team which allowed Moonlight to defeat their opponents and win the match . Peerless City, Gale Legion, Seventh Heaven and Ruling Sword had made it into the semi-finals .
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