Chapter 68

Yang Ye frowned and said, "What's going on? Tell me in detail."

"It can't be anything else. I heard from Badao that you guys had a PK before. They must be here to settle the score. Well, this kind of thing is quite common. They talk about the ranking, but who knows if it's real. Anyway, you should come quickly," Taozi said in a long string of words, showing some disdain for the "tough guy" on the ranking.

After closing the communication, Yang Ye pondered for a moment, then teleported back to Yuluo City and found the nearest teleportation array to Elna Goddess City. He then quickly moved towards the coordinates.

Currently, the teleportation between cities was not open, so traveling between two cities was still quite troublesome.

Upon reaching the coordinates, he indeed saw two groups of people facing off.

One side was from the Fengyun Studio, including the familiar Fengyun Xiaotian and other unfamiliar faces. The leader, however, was not Daxiao Xiaotian but a warrior, who stood with his arms crossed, looking cold and composed, exuding the air of a master. Was this the famous person on the ranking? The other side was Taozi and her three companions. Li Yanxin and the others were already level 19, and they hadn't slept since yesterday. Their faces, however, were not tired but full of anger.

Before Yang Ye could get close, he heard Daxiao Xiaotian shouting at Taozi and the others, "Three rookies and one coward! Where's your leader, the one who made the promise? Afraid to come? Ha ha... Call him over, I'll beat him to death!"

"Beat me to death? You think you can?"

A sudden response startled Daxiao Xiaotian, but he quickly recovered, his eyes turning fierce as if he wanted to devour the person in front of him. He immediately moved to the warrior leading the group, but before he could speak, the warrior raised his hand to stop him, signaling not to speak.

The warrior turned and gave Yang Ye a big smile, saying excitedly, "Promise Battle? Is it really you?"

Hmm? What's going on? I'm here, shouldn't you be trying to argue with me? Why this disgusting smile?

"Absolutely!" Yang Ye didn't know what the warrior was up to.

"Ha ha, really, Promise, I've seen your videos before, you're so cool! If it weren't for the current situation, I'd love to chat with you, or even do a dungeon run together!" The warrior said excitedly, looking at Yang Ye with great enthusiasm.

Oh, a fan?

Yang Ye frowned, "I'm here to fight..."

"I know, I know, that's fine. We can do it later, right?" The warrior said happily.

Such a performance left the people from Daxiao Studio speechless and blushing—just a moment ago, he was a master, calm and composed, but now, with the enemy boss here, he had already lost the upper hand, which was embarrassing...

"Point Mo..." Daxiao Xiaotian reminded with a dark face. Point Mo was the last two characters of the warrior's ID, his full name being Daxiao Point Mo, and everyone in Daxiao Studio called him Point Mo.

Daxiao Point Mo wasn't a fool; he knew the situation. He nodded and said to Yang Ye, "Promise Battle, we're here for an explanation. You led your group to PK and defeat over twenty people from my studio. I don't mind the small loss, but as you can see, there are videos of our studio being defeated by two people on various websites. The financial loss isn't a big deal, but the loss of face is a major issue. Because of you, our studio has suffered both economic and reputational losses, and you need to compensate for that..."

"The videos were recorded and leaked by you, so why blame me?" Yang Ye smiled.

"Uh... But the main character in the PK was you, and you killed people from our studio, there's no denying that." Daxiao Point Mo paused, indeed, his subordinates had leaked the videos, and not just one!

"Alright, how do you want me to compensate?" Yang Ye put away his smile.

"We won't make it difficult for you. We'll have a PK here, of course, it's a system duel. It doesn't matter if we die. What you need to do is fight me! If we lose, we'll leave; if we win, you'll apologize." Daxiao Point Mo said coldly, the air of a master becoming more evident.

Yang Ye sneered, "Funny, how about the opposite? If I lose, we leave; if I win, you apologize!"

"Then let's do it together. The losing side must apologize, how about that?" Daxiao Point Mo's eyes were fiery, his fighting spirit intense.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Yang Ye said fiercely.

"Wait... " Daxiao Point Mo suddenly said.

"What? Scared?" Yang Ye laughed.

"Scared? No way, I just want to fight you later. I want to fight this mage first." Daxiao Point Mo pointed his longsword at Taozi, the tip of the sword clearly challenging. Without waiting for Taozi to speak, he continued, "You were the one who cursed us the most, and said you'd beat me to death? Now I'm giving you this chance, come, let's PK!"

Who is I Eat Peaches? Would I fall for such a provocation? Too naive! ——But I did!

"Hmph, the ranking really scares me, oh~ I'm so scared." I Eat Peaches mocked Daxiao Point Mo, then his expression changed, his eyes slightly cold, "Want to commit suicide? Fine, I'll help you!"

Taozi took two steps forward, raised his hand, and a golden-edged blood-red flag plunged down. Daxiao Point Mo also raised a barrier, instantly enclosing Taozi and himself.

Yang Ye retreated to Li Yanxin and the others, facing the people from Daxiao Studio.

"What's he like?" Yang Ye asked.

"Killed New B in one hit, what do you think?" Wu Di laughed.

"New B is too weak, can't tell the depth of the opponent, right?" Yang Ye pretended to be serious.

"Damn, just a few levels higher, I'll kill him in the future!" Li Yanxin vowed, determined to get revenge.

...

The barrier was up, the countdown ended, and the match had officially started. However, neither Taozi nor Daxiao Point Mo moved. As a mage, Taozi needed to maintain distance while dealing damage, so he couldn't use certain skills first, or he would be at a disadvantage. As a warrior, Daxiao Point Mo needed to close the distance with the mage while avoiding damage. Daxiao Point Mo was a Berserker, an attack-oriented warrior with less health, though his attack was high, it was hard to get close.

Taozi didn't know much about Daxiao Point Mo, but he knew the skills of a Berserker. Daxiao Point Mo didn't know much about Taozi, but he had seen Taozi's skills in the videos. As a result, neither side was willing to make the first move.

After a while, Taozi finally made a probing attack—

"Space Cut."

A black blade appeared above Daxiao Point Mo's head. Daxiao Point Mo didn't flinch, quickly dodging and then running around Taozi in circles.

Seeing that Daxiao Point Mo wasn't attacking, Taozi didn't use other skills but kept using Space Cut to chip away at Daxiao Point Mo's health.

As an attack-oriented class, the Berserker had high attack bonuses, and all its skills dealt damage. The passive skill, Bloodlust, increased attack power as health decreased, with a 1% increase for every 5% decrease in health.

So, the less health a Berserker had, the more dangerous they became.

Taozi clearly knew this, so he patiently used only one skill to chip away at the health, saving the cooldowns of other skills. Daxiao Point Mo, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, constantly moving to find an opening.

Time passed, and Daxiao Point Mo's health was down to just over 20%, while Taozi was still at full health.

This situation made the people from Daxiao Studio uneasy—

"Is Point Mo okay? His health is almost gone," an assassin worried.

"Yeah, he hasn't found an opening, and the mage is too cunning!" a priest said.

"Trust Point Mo, he loves to turn the tide," Daxiao Xiaotian showed confidence in Daxiao Point Mo's skills.

On the other side, Li Yanxin and the others were much happier—

"Ha ha ha, Taozi is amazing, pressing the other side so hard, he can kill without losing any health..." Li Yanxin laughed, his anger from being killed earlier mostly gone.

"Right, right, the ranking in the Chinese server? Not that impressive! I'll go in and play too," Wu Di laughed.

Yang Ye, however, had a serious expression. Daxiao Point Mo hadn't used any skills, and his attack power was already very high.

This was the most dangerous moment.

Sure enough!

When Taozi's staff lightly flicked and released another Space Cut, Daxiao Point Mo suddenly turned and sprinted towards the stationary Taozi.

Speed up!?

Taozi was shocked. When did he get a speed-up skill? Immediately, he used Instant Teleport to move away.

Daxiao Point Mo, however, smiled.

Speed up? No! There was no speed-up skill at all! It was just Daxiao Point Mo's normal maximum speed, a technique!

During the previous circling, Daxiao Point Mo had been controlling his speed, starting at his maximum and gradually decreasing it, so subtly that it was hard to notice. The opponent, focused on him, might not notice this decrease, and over time, would be misled into thinking that what they saw was still his maximum speed.

This was very dangerous, and Taozi had clearly fallen for this illusion.

Daxiao Point Mo had merely returned to his maximum speed, but Taozi mistakenly thought he had activated a speed-up skill, using Instant Teleport immediately...

This technique was often used in VRMMORPG matches and PKs, a form of advanced psychological warfare, showing that Daxiao Point Mo's skills were quite impressive.

Taozi's mistake was an opportunity Daxiao Point Mo had been waiting for and planning for a long time.

The moment Taozi used Instant Teleport, Daxiao Point Mo changed his target and immediately used a charge skill—

"Killing Charge!" (What's a mooncake? Can it be eaten? Can you give Xia Ye a...?)

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