The team (hereinafter referred to as the 'I'll Try' team) was a pure player squad. The few of them were good friends in real life, and their starting locations after entering Innocent World were not too far apart. After several twists and turns, they finally met in Artisan Town on the Northwest Continent ten days after the server opened. Inspired by a forum post titled 'Many Arenas Seem Good for Leveling Up!', they decided to try their luck at the Grand Arena on Tian Zhu Mountain's First Outer Mountain, and the results were delightful!
These five people were: Level 11 Warrior Guichu Qi, Level 11 Ranger Wuhua Rourong, Level 10 Mage Mama, Level 12 Thief Fuqin, and Level 9 Priest Zadi Gang.
Although they could only currently operate in the Noob Arena, their strength was definitely among the first tier of players.
Except for the Priest Zadi Gang, the other four had already played individual battles in the Noob Arena to the point where they could no longer gain significant experience. Everyone in this team had also rotated combinations to play all two-person and three-person team battles, and in the five-person battles over the past few days, they had achieved an excellent record of eight wins, six losses, and one draw!
Among them, the Warrior Guichu Qi and the Thief Fuqin had even qualified in individual battles to challenge First Chicken, the boss-like existence of this place. If they won, they could fight in the Level 1 Arena.
Of course, none of them had won...
In the words of Guichu Qi, who lasted less than twenty seconds before being defeated: "That half-green, half-purple chicken is going to eat people!"
Despite this, the strength of the five people was still not to be underestimated. They were all very good friends and had fought together in many games before, so their Degree of tacit understanding was self-evident. In terms of professions, they had a balanced combination of Warrior, Mage, Priest, Thief, and Ranger, which could almost be said to have no weaknesses!
Of course, although these people were skilled, they were, after all, just casual players. This could be seen from their ridiculously long team name, which totaled Fourteen characters.
However...
The Ranger Wuhua Rourong, who had just been teleported into the Arena, looked at the five opponents in the distance, whose positions were scattered, equipment was mismatched, and whose team name was Woof Woof, and immediately smiled confidently: "We won!"
"Less talk, the preparation time for a five-person battle is only thirty seconds. Quickly tell me the situation." Guichu Qi, in heavy armor, glared at Wuhua Rourong and asked with a gloomy face: "Can you tell what professions those people are?"
The Elf Mage girl behind quietly asked the Thief next to her: "What's up, Da Gui? Why are you so serious today?"
"English and social practice both failed." The Human Thief, whose game name was Fuqin, chuckled dryly: "That idiot wrote a paper called 'How to Force an Old Lady Across the Road,' and as a result, the teacher scolded him for half a class... and it was over the loudspeaker in the broadcast room."
The Elf Mage Mama stuck out her tongue: "I'll just take a few more days off. I'll call the teacher later and say I'm having a period with heavy bleeding..."
"Ahem, the class monitor is still here." The Lizardmen Priest with glasses and a spiked hammer behind him coughed dryly: "Leaving aside the issue of lying to ask for leave, saying 'period with heavy bleeding' might be a bit too much."
By this time, Guichu Qi in front had already obtained information on the five opponents. He turned around and glared at the three of them, saying irritably: "On the other side, there's a Sheep Knight, a Mage, a bird person whose profession I can't tell, a Half-Orc who I don't know if they're a Monk or a Warrior, and an Elf who I feel should be a support or spellcaster. Now, let's talk tactics. Mengqin, you handle that white-bearded Mage."
"No problem, as long as you can cover me to get close." The Thief pulled up the mask on his collar and chuckled: "But in the game, can't you call me by my nickname? It's a bit embarrassing."
Guichu Qi 'spat' and cursed angrily: "If you mention that broken name of yours again, I'll kill you."
The Thief shrank his neck and said nothing.
Guichu Qi looked at the Mage girl who was covering her mouth and giggling, and sighed: "Xiao Ma, you tie down the opponent's melee profession and create an opportunity for your 'dead husband'."
"Okay!" The Mage Mama smiled and performed a clumsy Mage salute.
"Wuhua, you improvise." Guichu Qi shrugged at Wuhua Rourong, the Ranger with the best awareness among them.
The latter smiled confidently: "No problem at all!"
"Class monitor, pay attention to supporting me. When Mengqin flanks, I will try my best to tie them down."
"Understood."
"Also, regarding Boss Li's disciplinary action against me, do you think..."
"Sorry, nothing I can do."
"Oh."
The thirty seconds of preparation time vanished in a flash.
With a 'ding~' sound, as if a microwave had finished its work, the light barriers around both sides of the Arena vanished. Because the overall area of the Noob Arena was not large, the two spellcasters from the Wang Wang Team and the I'll Try Team immediately took action at the same time.
"Lightning!"
A bolt of lightning burst from the Mage Mama's palm. This spell, with no casting time and extreme speed, appeared before Mo Tan in the blink of an eye, striking straight onto the longsword he held across his chest.
Although he barely blocked the attack, Mo Tan and his Self-Destructing Sheep were still forcibly paralyzed for half a second. However, not much health was lost, only about 4%.
"Freeze!"
Jia Deka also completed his spell within two seconds after the opponent's lightning bolt struck. A layer of ice-blue mist adhered to the top of his smoking staff, quickly covering it with a thin layer of ice.
This action made Guichu Qi, who was charging forward, a little puzzled, and he even wasted a damage reduction skill with a moderate cooldown.
However, such a minor matter was harmless. He was quite confident in his combat power, as long as the opponent's Knight...
Where was that Knight?
Thump thump thump thump thump!!!
A sound of air being torn apart rang out from not far away. Guichu Qi looked up and found that the Knight on the other side had not charged forward, but was instead riding his mount, stopping not far away, standing with his sword... and sheep.
And behind him, the winged Half-Orc female was holding a square-shaped device, from which golden, flaky, fragrant projectiles were constantly spraying out!
Although Guichu Qi immediately wielded his twin swords to parry repeatedly, he still lost about a tenth of his health in an instant. And the two rounds of Guided Arrows from Wuhua Rourong beside him were also blocked by that grounded Sheep Knight who was hopping around (no mistake there)!
Two trembling little Fireballs also shot over from who knew where, but they were detonated in mid-air by the Thief Fuqin, who had rushed over using Swift Travel, with several throwing knives.
"You go flank!" Guichu Qi shouted to his Thief teammate who was passing him: "The class monitor is watching me!"
A pure white halo swept over Guichu Qi from top to bottom. The health he had lost earlier was instantly replenished by Zadi Gang, who had rushed over.
"That Knight on the other side is protecting the bird person. Wuhua, you go interfere with that Mage, and have my 'wife' switch targets over here!" The Thief whispered to the Ranger beside him, extended his arm, and made a few gestures to the back, then immediately used Shadow Step to dart more than ten meters to the side of the Arena.
The Ranger Wuhua Rourong rolled his eyes, pulled a small hand crossbow from his waist, and fired three shots at the Old Mage not far away, interrupting his casting. Then he pouted and muttered: "Are you two even married, calling her 'wife' this and 'wife' that!"
"Keep a close eye! Don't let that old man successfully cast before Mengqin ties him up!" Guichu Qi yelled, then suddenly used Charge to rush towards the Sheep Knight on the other side, simultaneously activating a Leap Strike skill, cutting a fierce arc in mid-air!
He had already seen with his peripheral vision that his undisturbed Mage was casting. As long as he could knock back that Knight, the female using the engineering device behind him would be completely exposed!
By then...
"Woof... Awooooo!"
A white shadow suddenly appeared in the path of Guichu Qi's Leap Strike, and then in the next second, it whimpered as it was smashed aside by him.
It was that Half-Orc girl with claw gauntlets!
Guichu Qi gritted his teeth angrily. He wasn't flustered despite having used up his skill effect early. The moment he landed, he immediately performed a side roll to evade the Sheep Knight's fierce downward slash, and then...
He turned around and used Charge Slam to strike at that Half-Orc girl!
At the same time, a gushing stream of water and three arrow-shaped feathers suddenly appeared in front of the latter.
"Water Surge!"
"Hidden Arrow!"
It was an incredibly coordinated target switch. The three members of the 'I'll Try' team simultaneously abandoned their current targets the moment Ya Ya fell to the ground, unleashing a volley of fire at her!
Ya Ya had pushed too far forward. The three of them simultaneously judged that if they seized this opportunity to directly reduce the opponent's numbers, it would be worth it, even if they temporarily eased the pressure on Jia Deka and Ji Xiaoge!
However, aside from being knocked down again by those few streams of water, Ya Ya didn't take any other two attacks!
Guichu Qi was headbutted in the backside by the sheep from behind, and at the same time, he was 'whipped' by a sword, causing him to roll two times on the spot. Two of the three feathered arrows instantly dissipated upon hitting the attacker's armor, and although the last one didn't disappear, it still caused the Ranger Wuhua Rourong to suffer minor injuries upon impact!
Thorn Charge + Knight Skill - Tiger Spear
The Charge target was Wuhua Rourong, but Guichu Qi's figure was 'just right' to block the path. Mo Tan, while tanking the Hidden Arrow and triggering a counter-attack, conveniently knocked the stumbling Guichu Qi to the ground!
And those few streams of water were not enough to cause any serious injury to Ya Ya.
"Hey! Buddy." Mo Tan stopped steadily in front of the opponent's Ranger, greeted him with a chuckle, and then, sword raised, sword fell... cutting nothing!
"Backflip"
Active Skill
Mastery Requirements: Ranger Level 5, Dexterity 10
Cost/Restriction: 40 Agility
Effect: Leaps 3-10 meters backward in a 540° aerial somersault. Cooldown: 2 minutes.
Note: Hey, beauty, look! Isn't my one-and-a-half aerial somersault perfectly smooth?
Although the Ranger's acceleration and displacement skills were not as numerous as the Thief's, they were by no means few. The moment Wuhua Rourong realized that the opponent's Charge target was himself, he immediately felt something was wrong and swiftly used this skill to leap backward, effortlessly avoiding Mo Tan's sword.
However, as soon as he landed and got up to draw his bow, he discovered that the Sheep Knight was rushing towards... his Mage teammate at a speed no less than his own!
Knight Skill - Falcon Strike
Ignoring the Lizardmen Priest beside him, Mo Tan's sword, which possessed a piercing quality, directly pierced through the Mage girl's hastily cast Earth Element Shield, leaving a bloody wound on her ribs!
In less than ten seconds, he single-handedly shattered the opponent's rhythm!
He broke the enemy's focus fire on Ya Ya, knocked away the Warrior who was extremely close to Ji Xiaoge, forced away the Ranger who had been constantly interfering with Jia Deka's casting, and... directly reached the opponent's two fragile spellcasting professions!
Although his ability to read the battle situation at this time was far inferior to his 'Absolute Neutral' state, in terms of seizing opportunities, making split-second judgments, and personal awareness and reaction speed, he, as 'Mo', was top-notch!
"Too slow." Mo Tan smiled at the two somewhat stunned opponents in front of him, then surprisingly dismounted... his sheep.
With his sword slightly tilted and his feet, which had just landed, pushing off with force, Mo Tan didn't even spare a glance at the Mage he had just wounded. He activated the first skill his character had learned, Charge Slam, charging towards the Priest not far away. Using the skill's special effect, he knocked the opponent back several steps, then turned and used Mad Rush, stepping on the Frost Nova that the Elf Mage had let loose, and rushed towards her!
A thin layer of ice quickly condensed on his body. The Frost Nova, which was not very powerful, caused him to lose about 5% of his health due to Mad Rush's effect of increasing damage taken by 20% for the user. But also because of this skill's effect, the deep blue ice ring, which could 100% immobilize a target, did not stop Mo Tan's steps for even half a second!
Of course, the others weren't idle during this time either, but none of the other members of the 'I'll Try' team had a chance to turn back and support their two squishy professions!
Ya Ya was shouting and woofing as she swung her twin-bladed claws, clashing head-on with Guichu Qi. Although she couldn't gain the upper hand, she also prevented the opponent from finding an opportunity to disengage for a while.
Jia Deka, temporarily unburdened, and Ji Xiaoge, whose 'ammunition' was reloaded, jointly suppressed the Ranger Wuhua Rourong, who had low health and defense, with Fireball and bread slices.
The opponent's Thief was too far away. He was desperately accelerating towards Jia Deka, but it would still take at least four or five seconds.
The Mage Mama and Priest Zadi Gang, repeatedly assaulted by Mo Tan alone, appeared pitiful, weak, and helpless!
The Priest's few attack skills were harmless to Mo Tan, and the Mage's instant cast skills were limited. After Mo Tan withstood all of the Elf girl's instant cast spells, she completely became a punching bag!
As for more powerful chanted spells...
It was impossible to cast them while being tied down by a melee profession!
"Damn you, Mengqin!" Guichu Qi, who was suppressing Ya Ya, roared: "If you don't quickly take out that Mage, your 'wife' is going to be done for! Class monitor, stand your ground and heal Xiao Ma! Wear him down!"
"You don't need to tell me that!" Zadi Gang, who had just cast a healing spell on his Mage, also shouted.
And at this moment, the Thief named Fuqin finally latched onto Jia Deka, who was running and fighting!
"I'm going to kill you!"
He wielded his dagger, rushing with bloodshot eyes towards the seemingly frail old man!
Chapter 149: End
