newbobooks Chapter 19 If you want revenge, come at me anytime.
Chapter 19 If you want revenge, come at me anytime.
Ling Shuang gathered the stray hairs that had fallen across her face behind her ears, pulled an elastic headband from her waist, and quickly tied it into a neat ponytail.
He switched the spear from his right hand to his left hand, and then back to his right hand, rotating the spear one and a half times in his palm, with the tip pointing diagonally towards the riverbank corridor ahead.
"Jiang Xiaorou, protect Lu Yan. Mo Li, find higher ground. Liu Yiyi, follow me. Su Qian, keep your health up."
Five sentences, taken in less than two seconds.
Ling Shuang held her breath and started moving instantly.
The heavily armored knight's explosive charge left a trail of afterimages in the narrow cave corridor, the tip of his spear slicing through the damp air with a sharp, piercing whistle.
Liu Yiyi cut in from the flank almost simultaneously, gliding along the ground in light armor, following a different arc.
The five people from the royal gate had only walked twenty steps when the heavily armored man leading the group was startled by the sudden approaching footsteps behind them.
He turned his head.
Ling Shuang's gun has arrived.
The spear pierced the shoulder armor of an assassin in the back row of the royal guard, the spearhead protruding from the gap in the armor, bringing with it a cloud of blood mist.
The assassin screamed as he was pinned to the spot by the force of the spear, his feet leaving two white marks on the slippery stone slab.
"Damn! She's gone mad!" The leader of the royal guard realized what was happening, drew his sword, and turned around.
But Ling Shuang didn't give him a chance to get close. With a flick of her gun, she flung the assassin who had been pierced through the shoulder away. The man crashed into the cave wall, his health bar instantly dropping to zero. The system flashed twice and swept him away—forced teleportation, eliminated.
They killed one right at the start.
The royal healer quickly stacked a shield on the team leader, while simultaneously healing the mage next to him who had been hit by the aftershocks of Ling Shuang's spear energy.
This treatment technique is indeed excellent, with a very fast response and a steady rhythm.
A team that ranks among the top three in the community has a solid foundation.
The foul-mouthed, heavily armored male leader gritted his teeth, raised his sword to block Ling Shuang's second shot, and plowed a half-meter-long skid mark in the ground with his feet.
"Dare the Dragon Guards make a move? You've got some nerve!"
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Yiyi's rapier pierced his right side from below.
The lightly armored assassin's armor-piercing thrust targets the gaps in the joints of heavily armored targets, demonstrating textbook-level movement.
The heavily armored man, in pain, swung his sword in a sweeping motion, but Liu Yiyi had already retreated out of attack range, her figure moving like a ghost among the stone pillars of the cave.
The mages of the Imperial Gate began casting a spell.
A dark purple energy ball condensed above his head, aimed at Ling Shuang—
Mo Li's arrow has arrived.
She had somehow climbed onto a protruding rock platform on the side wall of the cave, and from there, she knelt on one knee, her bowstring taut.
A finely crafted steel arrow struck the mage's wrist with pinpoint accuracy. The casting was interrupted, and the dark purple energy ball exploded instantly.
Before the mage could even start cursing, Mo Li had already nocked his second arrow.
The royal guards' melee support arrived as well. A burly man wielding a battle axe bypassed the leader and charged straight at Ling Shuang's flank.
Ling Shuang didn't turn around, but thrust the butt of her spear backward.
The burly man hadn't expected her attack range to be so long; he took a solid blow to the abdomen and staggered back three steps, bent over.
The scene devolved into a chaotic battle.
The cave corridor was already narrow, and the six people—no, five against four—were crammed together fighting. The sounds of metal clashing and the light effects of skill releases turned this riverside corridor upside down.
Lu Yan stood behind Jiang Xiaorou's giant shield, his aura fully activated.
The God of War's blessing gave Ling Shuang and Liu Yiyi on the front lines a full boost to movement speed and defense. The two already had excellent teamwork, and the buff made their coordination even smoother.
The royal team's healers worked tirelessly, managing to keep the enemy's health at bay. The two sides were locked in a stalemate.
Lu Yan looked at it for more than ten seconds and saw the problem.
The Royal Gate's healers were positioned too far back, right against the cave wall, with the team leader and the burly warriors blocking their way. Ling Shuang and Liu Yiyi simply couldn't get through. As long as the healers didn't fall, this fight could go on forever.
Mo Li's arrows were blocked twice by the strong man's battle axe, and even with their tricky angles, they couldn't directly hit the healer.
Lu Yan made a decision.
He stepped out from behind Jiang Xiaorou's shield.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Jiang Xiaorou was caught off guard and quickly followed.
Lu Yan bypassed the main battlefield. He walked along the riverside corridor near the underground river, where the ground was slippery and even a normal person would stumble.
But the god of war's protection ignored the terrain's slowing effect—he ran as steadily as if he were walking on flat ground.
The royal family's sorcerers were the first to notice him.
A guy with no weapons, dressed in ordinary combat uniform, circled around to the side of the team's healer.
"Someone's stealing from the back row!" the monk shouted.
The heavily armored leader was unable to break free, and Ling Shuang's spear remained firmly in her grasp. The burly man with the battle axe glanced back, then turned to intercept her.
late.
Lu Yan had already rushed to within five meters of the Imperial Gate's healing area. The healer, a young man, was taken aback when he saw an aura master charging towards him—what threat could an aura master pose?
Then he saw clearly the breastplate on Lu Yan's chest that faintly glowed orange.
The healer made the correct judgment. He interrupted his healing of his teammate and instead cast a silencing curse on Lu Yan.
Unfortunately, he's an aura master, and aura masters don't really have any skills that can silence them.
The heavily armored leader saw through Lu Yan's intentions, abruptly shoved Ling Shuang's gun away—ignoring the bullet wound to his shoulder—and turned to unleash his ultimate attack.
Dark red battle aura surged from the sword, and a penetrating sword aura slashed down towards Lu Yan's back.
Jiang Xiaorou was still three meters away, her shield halfway raised.
The sword energy hit its target.
Lu Yan took a solid hit to the back. That dark red battle aura was enough to instantly kill a leather-armored class of the same level twice.
His health bar instantly dropped to zero.
The passive effect of the Immortal's Lair Breastplate is triggered.
Fatal damage was forcibly negated, and a shield equivalent to Lu Yan's full health covered his entire body.
He was pushed forward two steps by the sword energy, but managed to steady himself.
The heavily armored leader's expression changed.
"I missed? That's not right!"
Using the force of the impact, Lu Yan crashed right into the range of the Royal Gate Healer's spell. The healer instinctively retreated—
This is what Mo Li has been waiting for.
In the fraction of a second that the healing was exposed from the concealment of the heavily armored leader, Mo Li on the rock platform released the bowstring.
An arrow pierced his throat.
The healing effect reduced the health bar to zero.
A white light flashed on the system, and the person was transported out of the secret realm.
Without treatment, the Royal Gate's defenses collapsed within ten seconds.
Ling Shuang's spear pierced through the mage's shield and body.
Liu Yiyi's rapier stabbed nine times in succession, depleting the last bit of health from the burly man's health bar.
The two were forcibly teleported out of the secret realm by the system one after the other.
Only the heavily armored leader remained on the riverside corridor.
He was still holding his sword, but the surroundings were empty; all four of his teammates were gone.
There was a pile of rare items scattered on the ground—dropped by his teammate.
Su Qian's healing light enveloped Lu Yan, and the wound on his back that had been split open was healing.
Jiang Xiaorou stood in front of Lu Yan and finally raised the shield into position.
Ling Shuang sheathed her spear, aiming the tip at the throat of the heavily armored leader.
"You!" The heavily armored leader took a step back, his sword trembling. "Do you know the consequences of what you've done?"
"Consequences?" Ling Shuang's spear tip did not move away.
"I am Huang Shaotian, the younger brother of Huang Zhentian, the president of the Royal Gate Association!"
He announced his name, his teeth grinding together, "So what if your National Guard is an official organization? My brother has 30,000 Awakened under his command, with branches of all sizes covering every city in the country. If you dare to touch me today, even if it means breaking ties with the National Guard, my brother will make sure you get what you deserve!"
Lu Yan pushed aside Jiang Xiaorou's shield and stepped forward.
His back injury hadn't fully healed yet, and Su Qian was so anxious she kept stamping her feet.
Lu Yan stopped in front of Huang Shaotian and looked him up and down for two seconds.
"Come and get your revenge if you want; I'm always here."
"You..." Huang Shaotian didn't finish his sentence.
Ling Shuang thrust out with her spear, taking away his last life.