The King's Avatar Chapter 1112-1113Chapter 1112: Conflict Between Ideologies

Translator: Nomyummi Editor: Nomyummi

Wind Howl’s captain Tang Hao expressed displeasure at the conflict between Fang Rui and Zhao Yuzhe. His eyes stopped at Fang Rui. It was plain as day who he favored.

No one uttered a word. Team Wind Howl seemed to only be just three people.

Zhao Yuzhe continued to glare at Fang Rui with unwillingness. Tang Hao didn’t show any resentment towards Zhao Yuzhe, but he wasn’t looking at him in a good way either. As for Fang Rui? He was still playing the game.

His Doubtful Demon suddenly rushed out.

What? Is he regretting it now? Zhao Yuzhe, who was also in the game, noticed Doubtful Demon’s movements. He could see that he was chasing after Happy.

“Isn’t it too late to start chasing?” Zhao Yuzhe was puzzled.

Fang Rui’s Doubtful Demon suddenly stopped chasing. He just stood there, looking around for something.

Zhao Yuzhe couldn’t bear it anymore. He had his Beautiful Light move over there as well. The other two players followed.

Fang Rui was looking at the passageway that Happy had left through. Zhao Yuzhe had solid fundamentals too. After all, he had accumulated quite a bit of tactical experience throughout his career of two years. When he looked at this passageway, he realized how the entrance could be utilized. At this instant, he noticed: Fang Rui was right.

Happy indeed had made preparations. It would be very easy for Happy to ambush them at this entrance.

“So what?” Zhao Yuzhe refused to admit his mistake, “With their health, so what if they ambush us?”

“In important playoff matches in season two, season four, season five, and season seven, several teams encountered situations like this and lost as a result.” Fang Rui said.

“…” Zhao Yuzhe stared blankly. He didn’t know about these precedents. For a moment, he couldn’t think of which matches Fang Rui was talking about.

“Do you think you’re safe because the opponents don’t have much health left? Throw away such naive thoughts! Glory isn’t as sweet as you think it is.” Fang Rui said

“I…” Zhao Yuzhe was at a loss for words. Fang Rui didn’t say anything more to him. He glanced at captain Tang Hao, “We’ll continue.”

“Okay.” Tang Hao nodded his head. He had heard the conversation between the two. Right now, it was very clear who had been in the right and who had been in the wrong.

The four players continued onwards. The other players in the team let out a sigh of relief. Only Liu Hao looked pensive.

The others only saw it as different answers for a question. But Liu Hao saw it as a conflict in ideologies between two players.

Fang Rui’s style of playing dirty didn’t synergize well with Tang Hao’s and Zhao Yuzhe’s style of play. And those two were the pillars of Wind Howl’s new generation. After Demon Subduer switched hands from Lin Jingyan to Tang Hao, Fang Rui’s playstyle became more and more lost in this type of team. As Tang Hao’s playstyle matured and as their other main talent Zhao Yuzhe grew, Fang Rui’s playing environment became increasingly difficult. At the same time, his existence itself made Tang Hao and Zhao Yuzhe very uncomfortable.

Wind Howl’s style hadn’t changed completely enough! With Tang Hao as the core, the set of strategies employed during Lin Jingyan’s generation might no longer be suitable.

Wind Howl still had its struggles!

In the game, Happy’s five players quickly retreated. After confirming that there were no pursuers, they stopped to rest. They drank potions and ate food to recover their mana and health. After all, this was the game and not the competitive stage.

Though it wasn’t the competitive stage, the dangers hadn’t passed. When were there ever these sorts of large chaotic fights on the competitive stage?

Happy stopped at a place to recover. It wasn’t just a random place. Ye Xiu saw that it was a wide open space, where they couldn’t be ambushed. After starting to recover, he requested that no one use food that made a lot of noise so as not to let any sound leak.

The five characters sat together on the ground and recovered silently. The tense environment constructed by Ye Xiu made everyone turn and look at their surroundings from time to time.

Happy’s cautiousness wasn’t for naught. Amidst the silence, they could hear the sounds of footsteps coming from the passageway.

That wasn’t the direction Wind Howl would be coming from. Which team was this?

Tyranny and Happy had run in the opposite directions. It was too early to meet up. Thus, it should one of the other two guilds. Was it Royal Style or Misty Rain?

“Withdraw for now.” Ye Xiu typed in the chat.

The five characters stood up. To hide the sounds of their footsteps, they either crouched or rolled and quickly found a hiding spot. Ye Xiu had found these spots as soon as Happy had gotten here.

The footsteps grew closer and closer. Ye Xiu told the others to retreat back, while his Lord Grim was positioned slightly more forward.

The five characters finally revealed themselves.

It was Team Misty Rain!

Windy Rain, Something to Hide, Dark Forest, None Dare Attack, Lower Your Head.

Misty Rain’s character choices were as bold as Happy’s. They also didn’t bring a healer. What’s more, their team had three Sharpshooters. Along with Windy Rain, that made four long-ranged attackers with Dark Forest as a Ninja.

“Get ready to fight.” Ye Xiu called out to the other four.

Their positions were hidden. It wasn’t possible for Misty Rain to directly see them. What followed depended on what Team Misty Rain did. If they decided to investigate this side, Happy had to attack first to catch them off guard.

However, Misty Rain didn’t seem to have any intentions of searching this area. Their team quickly passed by this point and moved ahead.

Happy’s five players slowly went out of hiding.

“Follow them.” Ye Xiu said, “It’d be best if they clashed with Wind Howl.”

Just when Ye Xiu sadi this, sounds of gunfire could be heard ahead.

“How aggressive! They really are pro teams! They’ve already encountered each other!” Ye Xiu praised.

Team Wind Howl didn’t chase after Happy as soon as possible, but in the end, they still headed in this direction. After all, Happy was moving about in this direction. They hadn’t given up and obviously wanted to get all the shards too, but then they encountered Misty Rain.

Wind Howl knew that Happy was ahead, so they had advanced very cautiously. When they heard footsteps, Fang Rui thought that Happy had finished recovering and had come back to kill them. This situation was within his expectations. He quickly set up traps and arranged a formation.

When the first trap was triggered, a battle soon ensued. Fang Rui looked at the enemies and suddenly felt like crying.

If it wasn’t Happy, it was okay. But it just had to be Misty Rain. Misty Rain just had to have so many long-ranged characters too, reducing the threat of his traps. Long-ranged attackers didn’t need to stick close to them to attack. If they didn’t enter the trap zone, how could his traps be of any use?

Today’s been such an unlucky day!

Fang Rui was gloomy. Wind Howl had once again been thrown into disarray. This time, under his arrangements, Zhao Yuzhe felt like he could finally breathe.

Chu Yunxiu and her Windy Rain!

Zhao Yuzhe really wanted to fight her. He hoped that he could crush her to prove that he was the number one Elementalist. Even though it was just the game right now, these thoughts were deeply rooted in him. As soon as he saw Windy Rain, his emotions became fervent. He started to think about how he should contend with Windy Rain.

“Retreat!”

But then his spirits were once again dampened. Again by Fang Rui.

As soon as the situation looked slightly unfavorable, they would immediately retreat. If the enemy advances, we retreat. If the enemy retreats, we harass. These were the guidelines on how to play dirty. Fang Rui was commanding the team, so he naturally made decisions depending on his own habits.

But this made Fang Rui very very unhappy. Extremely unhappy.

“Retreat again? When are we going to fight? Didn’t we already set up traps?” Zhao Yuzhe shouted. Even though he could see that these traps would mostly fail because Misty Rain consisted of mostly long-ranged attackers, he had to say it to slap Fang Rui’s face.

“The traps are no good. Retreat for now.” Fang Rui’s style of playing dirty didn’t have the same sort of pride as Zhao Yuzhe’s playstyle. He simply admitted that his traps were ineffective.

F*ck, communicating with this type of person is impossible!

Zhao Yuzhe felt very bitter. The ideologies that the two sides had for Glory were completely different. But seeing how the other two team members had followed Fang Rui’s orders and started retreating, Zhao Yuzhe didn’t dare challenge Misty Rain alone. He could only retreat as well.

But Misty Rain refused to let them go. The three Sharpshooters shot at them as they chased closely behind.

The sounds of gunfire provided a good cover for Happy. They didn’t need to hide their footsteps to avoid the notice of the others, making their tailing very easy.

Soon, Wind Howl retreated back to where Happy had found the shard after killing the female ghost. When they saw the walls collapsed over there, they wanted to cry.

Another team was coming in this direction, Royal Style!

The poor Wind Howl was suddenly surrounded like a dumpling. No matter how crafty Fang Rui was, it would very difficult for the entire team to escape. Both escape routes were sealed!

Their only choice was to fight!

“You don’t fight when we should fight and fight when we shouldn’t fight!” Zhao Yuzhe shouted in discontent.

Indeed, compared to the previous five players from Misty Rain or the nearly dead Happy, their situation was even more disastrous right now.

However, fighting in an tricky situation was one of the strengths of someone who played dirty.

Team Royal Style was led by Tian Sen’s Exorcist, Peaceful Hermit. Starting last season, he had spent much effort in the game in an attempt to help Royal Style grow. Unfortunately, the effects weren’t good. Royal Style once again failed to enter the playoffs. As for he and his Peaceful Hermit, his ranking in All Stars dropped again to 21st place. If he dropped another three places, he wouldn’t make it into All Stars.

To get chosen into All Stars was an honor for many players and characters. However, Peaceful Hermit was a God-level character that had been equally as famous as One Autumn Leaf and Desert Dust back in the early days! And now, Peaceful Hermit was actually struggling to make it into All Stars? Tian Sen felt that they were incapable of making it into playoffs.

There has to be change!

Tian Sen muttered to himself again and again. This summer, this break, he threw himself into the game even more fervently.

Chapter 1113: Sending a Shard

Translator: Nomyummi Editor: Nomyummi

Royal Style on the left. Misty Rain on the right. Wind Howl in the middle.

In this situation, no communication was necessary. Royal Style and Misty Rain were already thinking the same thing: eliminate Wind Howl first.

Tian Sen’s Peaceful Hermit grabbed with his left hand and pulled out a talisman, crackling with lightning, from the void. He swung his right hand and a scythe flew out along with that lightning talisman towards Wind Howl.

“Lightning Talisman! Dodge!”

Fang Rui shouted. Wind Howl’s four players quickly dispersed. The scythe landed at the center of their original location. The Lightning Talisman exploded and lightning spread from where the scythe had pierced into the ground.

Throwing the weapon was an Exorcist skill called “Spirit Guidance”. Many Exorcist skills could be utilized along with “Spirit Guidance”. A weapon thrown with “Spirit Guidance” wouldn’t be considered as dropping it. Others wouldn’t be able to pick it up. On the other hand, the Exorcist could grab the weapon back from afar. It could be considered as one way for an Exorcist to show off how cool he was.

But for experts, looking cool was secondary. These types of class-specific skills were skills that best displayed a class’s ability. All of these skills needed to be mastered.

As the number one Exorcist in Glory, Tian Sen’s mastery over this skill was needless to say. “Spirit Guidance” brought a Lightning Talisman with it, splitting up Wind Howl’s team.

Misty Rain coordinated very well with them. Chu Yunxiu complemented with a Heavenly Lightning Earthen Fire, a Flame Storm, and a Thunder Apocalypse. Three AoE spells completely split apart Wind Howl’s four players.

Behind Winy Rain, Team Misty Rain’s three Sharpshooters focused Wind Howl’s Cleric. Bullets rained down wildly onto Wind Howl’s Cleric.

Tian Sen saw Misty Rain’s actions and directed his team to coordinate with them. Team Royal Style’s players belonged to the strength category. Xu Huiliu was a Striker player. His fame might not be comparable to Han Wenqing’s, but he definitely belonged to the upper ranks among Strikers. Shen Wanhe was a Spitfire. After Zhang Jiale retired, he was even a candidate for Dazzling Hundred Blossom’s successor. His skill wasn’t as high as a God’s though, and in the end, Team Hundred Blossoms chose their own team’s Zou Yuan. Then, there was He Weitang. He even had a slight connection with Zhao Yuzhe. The two had joined the pro scene the same year and were both contenders for Best Rookie that year. Even though Zhao Yuzhe was chosen to be Best Rookie, the lead had been very slight. He Weitang lost, but he was definitely a talented rookie worthy of being nurtured. He Weitang was a Summoner, which was a class that had always been missing among the All Stars cast. The last player was their Paladin, Ren Junchi. He wasn’t particularly outstanding among healers, but for him to be a starter on a pro team, he couldn’t be bad.

The current Team Royal Style was their starting five players. Tian Sen’s Peaceful Hermit initiated with a Lightning Talisman and then directed his team to coordinate with Team Misty Rain to target Wind Howl’s Cleric.

Wind Howl was still within Fang Rui’s trap zone. However, Royal Style had He Weitang, who quickly had his summons lead the way. Shen Wanhe’s Spitfire was also a long-ranged attacker and he quickly formed a crossfire with Misty Rain’s three Sharpshooters.

How could a Cleric defend against so many attacks? His allies had been separated from him by AoE attacks. When Xu Huiliu’s Striker reached him, Wind Howl’s Cleric could no longer persevere and was the first to fall.

Misty Rain only attacked from afar. They coordinated closely with Wind Howl, making sure to avoid any accidental injuries. But the instant Wind Howl’s Cleric fell, Misty Rain’s Liu Hua’s Ninja, Dark Forest, very precisely teleported to the fallen Cleric with a Shadow Clone Technique.

Royal Style was startled, but quickly realized Misty Rain’s intentions. Xu Huiliu’s Striker was just about to punch, when everyone saw that the Cleric hadn’t dropped anything when he died.

Xu Huiliu forcefully canceled his skill. The two sides typed haha and tacitly understood to focus on the next target.

Wind Howl’s Knight became the the next target of the two teams. But this time, Royal Style was prepared. He Weitang’s summons swarmed the Knight. If Li Hua’s Dark Forest tried to use Shadow Clone Technique again, he wouldn’t be able to squeeze in.

Misty Rain saw this and figured that all of their efforts would have been for nothing, so they immediately switched fire to Zhao Yuzhe’s Beautiful Light. They planned on testing their luck with Royal Style to see which player from Wind Howl would have the shard.

Zhao Yuzhe was in a dire situation, but his fighting spirit didn’t dampen. Even though he felt like there was no possibility of him escaping, he still wanted to attack Windy Rain to prove his skill.

When the enemies stopped attacking him, Zhao Yuzhe was able to find an opportunity. He was just about to send a fierce wave of attacks at Windy Rain, when Team Misty Rain suddenly switched targets. Bang bang bang! The three Sharpshooters had shot three Thunder Snipes, striking the frail Elementalist and shattering not just his heart but his body into pieces.

Zhao Yuzhe, who had been planning on launching a fierce assault, didn’t even have a way out anymore. He could only brace himself for the attacks and continue charging ahead as if he were a Battle Mage.

But midway through, Li Hua’s Dark Forest intercepted him. Along with support fire from the rear, Beautiful Light wasn’t even able to touch Windy Rain’s clothing.

“Fuck!” Zhao Yuzhe cursed fiercely. The instant he fell, he saw that their team’s Knight couldn’t hang on any longer either. But what about Fang Rui?

Zhao Yuzhe immediately checked and was dumbstruck. Their teammate Fang Rui found an opportunity when the other three players died to run away.

“You!” Zhao Yuzhe fumed. Sound could no longer be transmitted in the game. He could only turn his head and shout at Fang Rui outside the game. But Fang Rui was completely focused. His hands were dancing across the keyboard and mouse. He didn’t notice Zhao Yuzhe’s existence at all.

You think you can escape from this kind of encirclement?

Zhao Yuzhe was solely preoccupied with Fang Rui’s dirtiness, but ignored the outcome that resulted from it. Windy Rain and Royal Style, ten pro players, discovered that none of those three in Wind Howl had dropped the shard. At the same time, they also realized with a start: Fang Rui’s Doubtful Demon had disappeared!

The Thief’s Stealth allowed the character to move while invisible. But even so, with the two pro teams attacking from two sides, slipping away without them noticing showed Fang Rui’s skill with it.

“Find him!!!” The two teams ordered.

The Stealth effect would be removed at the slightest touch and under Stealth, the character would move at 60% speed. Even if the skill was maxed, the movement speed could only reach at 85%. Any attack or any movement that used stamina would automatically cancel Stealth. The only exception was if the Thief had Trap Proficiency and placed down traps under Stealth.

Pro players obviously understood how the skill worked. They naturally knew how to get a Thief out of stealth, but despite their best efforts, they were unable to dig out Fang Rui’s Doubtful Demon.

The two teams continued to do their best, but at the same time, they had gradually started to shift their intentions. Next up was time for the two teams to fight. The teams already understood how this dungeon worked. They knew that they needed to fight for these shards. Fang Rui’s Doubtful Demon was gone, so now it was time for them to fight.

Spirit Guidance! Ice Talisman!

Tian Sen’s Peaceful Hermit moved first. He tossed his scythe, which landed on the ground along with an Ice Talisman. A ring of ice was just about to spread out, when a pillar of fire shot up from the same spot! Raging Flames! Team Misty Rain had been prepared. Chu Yunxiu’s Windy Rain had practically casted the spell at the same time.

Ice and fire crossed. The two elements restrained each other, neither attack greater than the other. Raging Flame’s fire pillar didn’t last for even a second before it disappeared. The Ice Talisman’s ice ring failed to spread outwards and disappeared along with the fire pillar.

Following afterwards, the two sides attacked each other fiercely. Team Misty Rain had no healer, so they couldn’t fight head to head with Royal Style. Their long-ranged attackers coordinated with one another, while Liu Hua’s Ninja weaved around. This type of playstyle was Team Misty Rain’s distinguishing style. Only this time, they had no healer and instead had a long-ranged attacker. Their offensive was more powerful, but they needed to be more careful in protecting themselves.

“So they’ve finally started fighting. Time to run!”

Fang Rui’s Doubtful Demon started moving. This was the brilliant spot he had chosen. He knew that the two pro teams would quickly realize that he had disappeared with Stealth. If he went to look for any hiding places, he would definitely be forced out by the enemies, so he simply stood there in place and gambled on it.

Fang Rui’s gamble paid off. The two teams were searching around the exit and failed to find him. The two then started attacking each other. Fang Rui was carefully weaving past the fires of the battle. Even though Wind Howl only had one person remaining, Fang Rui felt like they hadn’t lost yet because the remaining teams would have to fight each other. After the teams killed one another, perhaps there might be an opportunity for him to finish it off?

Doubtful Demon slowly left the battle, but he wasn’t willing to go too far. He wanted to see what the outcome of the battle would be. Perhaps there was an opportunity there. He slowly retreated, looking for a safe place to peep at the battle. As he backed up, he discovered that he had backed up into a group of people.

Fuck!

Fang Rui suddenly fumed. He was just one person playing dirty, but Happy was going too far. All five of them were playing dirty. They were all shamelessly hiding in a corner, waiting to reap the benefiits.

Too shameless!

Fang Rui cursed inwardly, but he didn’t dare challenge Happy’s five players. He took advantage of the fact that Happy hadn’t discovered him yet and tried to leave.

Fang Rui had wanted to quietly move his Doubtful Demon away, when he suddenly heard a click from underneath his feet.

A trap had locked up his foot. Doubtful Demon’s stealth wore off.

“What the fuck?” Steamed Bun cried out in surprise, seeing a person suddenly appear out of nowhere.

“Shhh. He’s here to send us his shard.” Ye Xiu said calmly.