The Great Thief

Although the match between Ruling Sword and Peerless City had already been settled, the group match still needed to continue. Millions of players had bought tickets, and even if it was only a few dozen silver coins, it wasn’t right to have them leave halfway.

Dustwallow Marsh was a map that had been used right at the start. At the time, the players from Peerless City chose the map confidently, thinking that they would gain an advantage with it. Who knew that they’d still lose the match regardless? Their eyes all went red when the map was chosen again.

“Everyone, I’ve got nothing to say. This is our last match, so all the best,” Soul Eater sighed as he batted his eyes in an attempt to force back the tears. He was the guild master and a manager of the club, so it was rare for him to be in such a state.

“Don’t worry. We’ve got plenty of chances in the future,” Green Flag Wine said encouragingly He was the captain of the Peerless City team and didn’t feel too good either. Like Soul Eater, his eyes were bloodshot.

“Sort out the team. I’ll go and comfort our fans,” Soul Eater sighed again as he ahead.

Peerless City had lost and stopped at top 8, but no one in the professional gaming circle would think lowly of their final results. They were just a new club that had only been around for a few years. However, the fans won’t hold back their complaints because of this. They had a much higher expectation for Peerless City.

“Nelle, you…” Green Flag Wine picked out Immortal first.

In the first match on Dustwallow Marsh, Peerless City lost because Deadly Golden Underwear was too aggressive. However, Immortal had chased down Lu Li too far which brought the team with her and forced their formation out of place. This was what gave Ruling Sword a chance.

At the time, if she had played it safer, the results of the group match might have been different.

“Maybe, this time, I’ll stay out…” Immortal lowered her head, she was about to cry.

“What are you talking about? Who’s going to replace you if you don’t go? Don’t tell me you’re planning to let me fight for you instead,” Green Flag Wine scolded as he widened his eyes. Having a calm temper wasn’t the same as having no temper at all; the little girl had truly upset him.

“I… I’ll do my best,” Immortal replied weakly.

“You were partly responsible for our disadvantage last time, but that was last time. What’s important is to focus on the match before us. If you want to cry, you can cry after the match,” Green Flag Wine comforted her, then turned around to Professional Healer and said, “Healer, look after them. Make sure we win, and that we win in the best possible way.”

“Mmmm.”

Professional Healer nodded; he wasn’t one to talk much.

Green Flag Wine quickly assigned the team members for Peerless City. Deadly Golden Underwear the Berserker, Immortal the Warlock, Professional Healer the Shadow Priest, Falling Smile the Shaman Healer, and lastly, Half a Smoke the Mage. Their substitute was Vegetarian Mosquito, a Hunter.

Green Flag Wine, who was the captain of the team, sat out for this match. They were going for a burst composition, so he wouldn’t be very useful.

On the other hand, Lu Li’s team took the opposite approach.

They had March Rain, Mu Qiu, Moonlight, Kitty Likes Meat, and Lu Li, with Sakura Memories sitting on the bench as their substitute. Fat Monkey sat out from this match.

“Although this is the last match and it doesn’t affect whether we make it to the top 4, don’t forget that we still have millions watching us, so let’s give it our all.”

Lu Li was the captain and he could tell that his team members weren’t focused, so he had to give a little speech.

As soon as he said so, everyone immediately paid a lot more attention. The number of audience members out there really did give them pressure.

Dawn wasn’t just limited to Chinese servers anymore. Servers had been established for many countries overseas, almost at the same time as the Chinese servers.

Although they couldn’t see each other despite being in the same coordinates on the map, the gaming content remained the same. The matches in China were made available for audiences from other servers and if they embarrassed themselves now, it would be an embarrassment for them globally.

The analysts were still the dragon and phoenix combination. Four Seas Dragon started the match with his pity towards Peerless City.

Then, he moved onto recalling the development of the professional circle. Only someone like him who had started gaming since the beginning of the VR technology would be able to describe such stories in such detail. There was no way someone like Jiufeng, who was still a competitor, would be able to tell the story in the same way.

Of course, everyone’s goal for first place remained the same throughout time.

When they entered the match ground, it was still the same dirty Dustwallow Marsh. Lu Li went into Stealth mode like usual, but he didn’t leave his group and fight by himself this time. Last time, it was purely luck that he managed to draw Immortal out of the team formation. This time, even if he wasn’t invisible, Immortal probably wouldn’t even budge.

At the same time, Dustwallow Marsh was a map that Peerless City had trained in countless times. All of them were good at pinpointing where Thieves would often frequent. If Lu Li wasn’t careful, he would be a goner in no time.

However, because the team of five seemed to be missing one, Peerless City couldn’t instantly tell where Lu Li was. Who knew when he would suddenly appear? No one dared to underestimate Lu Li’s burst damage.

As soon as the Peerless City team saw Ruling Sword, they hurried over. Ruling Sword had no reason to back away, so it was only natural that the two teams engaged.

Lu Li targeted Immortal. He wasn’t a pervert, and neither was he interested in her. He was just a Thief and had no way to breakthrough their defence line and jump on the healer. As such he could only pick an easy target, like Warlocks who wore cloth armour.

Immortal was a little anxious at first; Lu Li had really scarred her.

Fortunately, she had a good mentality, and it wasn’t her first time playing in a match. As soon as she realized that Lu Li was targeting her, she immediately moved beside Half a Smoke.

If Lu Li still came to target her, then Half a Smoke would be able to freeze Lu Li with Frost Nova.

Would Lu Li back away?

Of course not, but if he could hold two magic classes by himself, that would be the best situation for a group fight.

“Lu Li!” Professional Healer shouted.

Everyone, including Deadly Golden Underwear, who had dashed towards March Rain, all turned back and focused on Lu Li.

They used all the burst that they had, along with any trump cards that were available. Lu Li’s pupils dilated, and his reflexes told him to use Gale Steps.

However, it was all too late.

This was four players who had used their burst skills at once. Not only did they pinpoint Lu Li’s position, but they also understood his intentions and calculated when he was going to appear and attack. Some of them had even already started casting spells pre-emptively. The moment Lu Li appeared, all the ultimate spells were all tossed onto his face.

Even Falling Smile changed his weapon to one with damage effects. No one could be invincible. Peerless City had planned ahead and they instantly cleared Lu Li’s entire health bar.