Because he had lost so much HP while fighting Lu Li, Twilight stood little chance against Moonlight. Ruling Sword eventually won the match.
In team matches like this, Lu Li was more concerned about the map that the fight was on.
Overly complex maps could be used to perform countless tricks, and also opened up the possibility of employing unknown tactics.
Lu Li wasn"t a tactical expert; he was actually quite far from it. Moonlight wasn"t either – he was just a PVP madman who enjoyed killing others. Fat Monkey, March Rain, Sakura Memories… none of these players had a particularly tactical mind.
Stellar Union was particularly renowned for their strong tactics. Glory Capital and the Mage Alliance had both lost to them before because of this.
After the map was revealed, everyone discovered that they were in a vast empty room with no light in it. This was a rare map and was appropriately nicknamed "the dark room".
"Do you want me to throw out a few fireb.a.l.l.s to explore the terrain?" Fat Monkey asked.
This time, Ruling Sword had entered the match with Fat Monkey, Moonlight, Lu Li, Mu Qiu and March Rain. It was a double-healer composition, as Sakura Memories was feeling unwell. Kitty Likes Meat was waiting in reserve.
"Don"t do it," Lu Li said, quickly stopping him. "Regardless of whether we see them with the Fireb.a.l.l.s, we"re more likely to expose ourselves. I will go ahead to explore; you guys be careful."
Enhance Stealth made Lu Li very confident about his ability to remain undetected.
He had defeated three players from the opposing Stellar Union previously, and his Stealth wasn"t broken once. When Twilight casted a skill to break his Stealth, that was purely because he had gotten lucky.
The Dark Room Arena was a test of initiative. Once an opponent"s position was confirmed, players could often defeat them quickly with a single round of attacks.
In fact, there were a pair of gla.s.ses that could be created with Engineering that had bad Attributes, but a special effect that was very suitable for this situation as it increased night vision. Unfortunately, the Engineering level required for it was too high, so it would be useless even if Lu Li could obtain the Blueprints.
Nothing!
He turned around and carefully searched the area, but soon heard a fierce battle breaking out in the distance.
This was bad!
He quickly realized that they were in a crisis and that he had made a mistake.
Perhaps the initial rounds were too easy, or perhaps Lu Li secretly felt that Stellar Union had fallen from glory. Either way, he had subconsciously taken them as a guild to be hunted.
This told him that Stellar Union was in fact no toothless tiger.
Of course, this could have just been a coincidence.
After Lu Li left, Ruling Sword slowly wandered around, looking for their opponents, and accidentally ran into Stellar Union. The fighting immediately broke out.
Lu Li ran back as quickly as he could. With his invincibility skills refreshed, he was not afraid of ambus.h.i.+ng his opponents.
There was a quite a bit of distance between them, so a few dozen seconds had pa.s.sed by the time Lu Li arrived. He immediately ran towards Twilight, who revealed his own position because of his magical light.
"Withdraw!" Twilight shouted. He had long been wary of Lu Li"s return. In addition to the Water Elemental, he had two Frost Nova skills which he used decisively to stop Lu Li"s approach.
The Stellar Union players immediately left on command, leaving only three bodies on the ground.
Ruling Sword had lost Fat Monkey and March Rain, while the other side had lost their Thief, Beef Egg. This five-on-four confrontation had resulted in Ruling Sword"s defeat.
This was the first time that the team had suffered such a huge defeat in this compet.i.tion, and it fully exposed their lack of experience. The enemy had rushed in while Lu Li went out to search for their opponents. After he had left, Fat Monkey and the others chose to slowly walk in a random direction. Suddenly, there was chaos and they didn"t have enough time to form a defensive formation. They also didn"t have their commander with them to give out instructions.
Lu Li knew some things about strategy, but he wasn"t a commander. This required talent and training.
Mu Qiu, Lu Li and Moonlight were the only players left.
On the other side, there was the Berserker Vincent, Mage Twilight, Priest s.h.i.+ning Stars and Hunter Purple Sea. They also had the Tire Killer on reserve.
"What should we do?" s.h.i.+ning Star asked. He was stunned and had just healed himself after almost being killed when both Moonlight and Fat Monkey attacked him.
"Sea, you and Vincent go and intercept their sixth member. s.h.i.+ning, follow me and we"ll engage Lu Li together. Tire Killer, come out quickly. We are slightly closer to our sp.a.w.n point and we need to use that advantage," Twilight instructed, developing a complete strategy almost instantly.
They couldn"t let the other parties meet – otherwise, they might not win, even if it was a five-on-four.
In order to give Stellar Union a thorough victory, Twilight had decided to take an offensive strategy.
He simply positioned himself with his Priest to stall Lu Li, Mu Qiu and Moonlight. This way, they couldn"t help their new Warlock teammate.
Their Hunter and Warrior would be able to defeat Kitty Likes Meat fairly easily.
Frankly, the remaining Ruling Sword players were probably reflecting on how they had underestimated their opponents. However, that wasn"t going to be the end of their reflection.
All of them, including Lu Li, felt like they had to wait for their sixth player to join them. They were all going to rest before engaging in their second conflict. If Lu Li was Twilight, that"s what he would have done. After all, this was the safest strategy.
Unfortunately, Lu Li didn"t know Twilight very well.
Twilight was older, but that didn"t mean that he preferred a safer strategy. He was deliberately going to attack at this time.
When Lu Li was attacked by Twilight, he was shocked, but even though his opponents had four players, he felt that Kitty Likes Meat would eventually reach them.
However, he quickly discovered that he was wrong again.
There weren"t four players; there was only three – Twilight, s.h.i.+ning Stars, and the Tire Killer.
The Warrior and Hunter who were previously there had disappeared. Lu Li wasn"t an idiot; he immediately knew where they had gone. However, there was nothing he could do, other than to warn Kitty Likes Meat to exercise caution.
Lu Li himself could get away; there was no doubt about that.
After leaving, he could probably even save Kitty Likes Meat, but leaving behind Moonlight and Mu Qiu to face three opponents would put them in an impossible situation.
Lu Li was also unable to kill their opponents quickly. The Tire Killer was a Defensive Paladin who specialized in taking as many hits as possible and Twilight had his Enhanced Magic s.h.i.+eld. Even the combined burst of him and Moonlight wouldn"t be enough. After all, there was also a Priest on their side. The only thing that was easy about this matchup was killing their Priest.