Chapter 141: This Round Is Worth It
“Dead?”
“What was that attack just now?”
The members of the Nine Streets Gang looked at their companions who had fallen neatly into a row, all staring wide-eyed, unable to believe this was real.
Ten Quasi-Martial Artists all wearing A6-grade Battle Armor had been killed just like that without the slightest power to resist. They had not even understood what had happened.
All they had seen were dozens of streaks of radiance flashing by.
“Very good, the volley worked well.” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at the Nine Streets Gang members who had been wiped out in an instant and was overjoyed.
Quasi-Martial Artists wearing A6-grade Battle Armor within fifty meters, under a single volley, clearly did not have time to respond. Next, if they could develop an Electromagnetic Weapon capable of firing multiple shots simultaneously, then even Beginner Apprentices would be able to completely crush Quasi-Martial Artists wearing A6-grade Battle Armor within fifty meters.
“Quick! Before they can react! Take down as many as we can!” Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang looked at the suddenly silent scene and could not help but be the first to charge toward the Nine Streets Gang.
The other players came back to their senses and followed one after another.
Firearms and similar weapons were not absent in High Martial Arts Descend, but ordinary firearms were not of much use, especially against people wearing A6-grade Battle Armor.
Now that the other side had seen their methods, they would definitely be on guard later.
If they wanted to get the greatest effect out of the Superconducting Electromagnetic Gun now, they had to strike while the members of the Nine Streets Gang had yet to react. Once they reacted, the effect of the Superconducting Electromagnetic Gun would definitely be greatly reduced.
“There is something wrong with the guns in their hands. Be careful of their guns. Everyone spread out to fight. Watch out for their focused fire!”
Leader Brajiji, seeing the players charging up, reacted immediately and issued countermeasures.
In an instant, the more than forty remaining members of the Nine Streets Gang used the terrain to spread out their positions, and all took out their equipped A6-grade Short Bows. From about two hundred meters away, they launched a first round of attacks at the players.
Although the firing speed of the A6-grade Short Bow merely rivaled the speed of sound, in the hands of Quasi-Martial Artists its attack range reached at least four to five hundred meters. Two hundred meters could be said to be the best shooting distance.
Swish swish swish!
More than forty arrows were volleyed at once, each arrow carrying one ton of Strength. Even a Quasi-Martial Artist would feel their Arm go numb if they took it head-on. Combined with a Speed comparable to the speed of sound, anyone below Quasi-Martial Artist who failed to respond properly would die on the spot.
They saw that when the volley came, the few people at the very front, including Yi Ye Fu Yun, actually stepped up without hesitation.
Each of them drew a B2-grade Arrow, and facing the incoming A6-grade Arrows, directly struck them head-on.
Bang bang bang!
The forty-plus arrows crashed as if into a wall, all being knocked away on the spot by Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others. Let alone causing any harm to the players, they could not even slow the players down.
“Who are these people?”
The members of the Nine Streets Gang looked at Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others, who had blocked all the arrows, their mouths hanging open.
Using weapons to Block the Attack of arrows was something all the Quasi-Martial Artists present could do, but for just a few people to Block more than forty arrows at once, that Reaction Speed was simply astonishing.
“So these are the gray-clothed demons?” At this moment, Leader Brajiji looked at Yi Ye Fu Yun and the others, his expression growing solemn. He immediately shouted, “Do not let them Influence you. Everyone focus your Attack. No matter how fast their Reaction is, they cannot block it all!”
The members of the Nine Streets Gang immediately confirmed their target and focused a volley on a tall woman at the front.
More than forty arrows were loosed almost simultaneously, completely forming a Blockade over all of the woman’s avenues of retreat. No matter what she did, she would have to face the Attack of at least thirty arrows.
“Big sis, be careful! They are focusing on you!” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at Ye Qinglu charging at the front and said with a laugh.
“Got it.” Ye Qinglu looked at the incoming arrows and merely lifted a finger.
The seven B2-grade Arrows on her back suddenly floated up, directly positioning themselves in front of Ye Qinglu and spinning rapidly, forming a defensive shield that could completely cover her.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
More than forty A6-grade Arrows struck the defensive shield like raindrops on an umbrella, all deflected to the sides. Not a single arrow penetrated the defense, and they could not even cause the spinning arrows of the shield to tremble.
The appearance of this scene completely stunned the previously calm Nine Streets Gang members.
This kind of Defense method was utterly unheard of.
Especially those Arrows hovering in front of Ye Qinglu, as if alive; they had no idea how she was doing it.
“Are these people really demons?”
The question could not help but surface in the minds of the Nine Streets Gang members.
It was one thing for those few to block all the arrows before; at most, it showed their Reaction Speed was extraordinary. But for a single person to block over forty arrows, and using such a method of controlling Arrows that they had never seen or even heard of, that was truly bizarre.
“What are you afraid of? Even if they really are demons, at best they are at Quasi-Martial Artist level. You are wearing A6-grade Battle Armor, and you still cannot beat them?” Leader Brajiji looked at the somewhat flustered gang members and forced them to calm down.
As he spoke, Brajiji drew the B4-grade Greatsword from his back and brought it down to the ground with one stroke. Half the blade sank into the ground, and a five- to six-meter-long crack split the Street. Resting both hands on the hilt, he shouted, “Everyone prepare to fight! Let these gray-clothed demons understand that before our Nine Streets Gang, even demons must bow down on the ground!”
As Brajiji’s Qi and Blood erupted, the members of the Nine Streets Gang felt a surge of pressure, but then each became excited.
“So what if they are gray-clothed demons?”
“Come on! Let us show you what happens when you provoke our Nine Streets Gang!”
Seeing Brajiji’s rising Fighting Spirit, the Nine Streets Gang members were filled with confidence.
Although Brajiji was only a mid-level Management figure in the Nine Streets Gang, within the gang he was known as the number one below Martial Artist. Although he had failed once in attempting to break through to Martial Artist, no one doubted his Strength.
The reason Brajiji was regarded by many in the Nine Streets Gang as the strongest below Martial Artist was that he had not only reached the Microscopic Realm, but had also learned three Martial Artist-level Martial Skills, and had trained one of them, the Martial Artist-level Martial Skill Blazing Light Slash, to the Perfection Realm.
Even a true Beginner Martial Artist did not dare claim a sure victory against Brajiji, and wearing B1-grade Battle Armor, Brajiji was nearly invincible among Beginner Martial Artists.
Let alone ten Quasi-Martial Artists; even fifty Quasi-Martial Artists attacking together would be marching to their Death in front of Brajiji.
With less than fifty meters between both sides, they began firing at each other.
Because of the extremely high firing Speed of the Superconducting Electromagnetic Guns in the players’ hands, even Quasi-Martial Artists had no time to react at fifty meters, so they held a huge advantage in the exchange of fire. However, since the Superconducting Electromagnetic Gun required Internal Force to charge and could not fire continuously, if the first shot was dodged, they would be forced to face the Nine Streets Gang’s close-range frontal Assault and would quickly fall into a passive state.
The members of the Nine Streets Gang, wearing A6-grade Battle Armor, could casually Strike with over a thousand kilograms of force. Combined with their fast Reaction, even Advanced Apprentice players who could keep up in Reaction were beaten back again and again.
But the players present were not fools. Seeing that they could not win head-on, they chose to circle around, charging Internal Force while moving and using the Superconducting Electromagnetic Guns to strike back.
For a time, both sides were trading blows evenly. Radiant flashes lit up the Street from time to time, and the sounds of Weapons clashing rang out incessantly.
Especially the Battle between Brajiji and Ye Qinglu left Qin Mu and Hou Fei, watching from a distance, utterly stunned.
Because Brajiji had mastered Martial Artist-level Footwork, his movements in Battle often formed two overlapping figures, making it nearly impossible to distinguish the real one. When he swung the B4-grade Greatsword in a Horizontal Slash, a three-story building was split in two, like a Monster.
But Ye Qinglu, though only a Quasi-Martial Artist, was no ordinary one. The seven B2-grade Arrows around her roamed wildly, launching almost ceaseless Attacks. Combined with the occasional Lightning Spear, the terrifying Speed and piercing power left even Brajiji, who had reached the Microscopic Realm, struggling to cope.
Because Brajiji was so hard-pressed by Ye Qinglu’s arrow Attacks, the opening he finally seized to unleash his ultra-fast sword skill Blazing Light Slash was evaded by Ye Qinglu at the last possible instant.
Otherwise, a Perfection-level Blazing Light Slash, with more than six thousand kilograms of force in a single stroke, was something Ye Qinglu could never have Blocked.
As time ticked by, both sides fought with growing ferocity, and casualties mounted.
In less than two minutes, the players, already fewer in number, had lost more than ten people. On the Nine Streets Gang’s side, aside from the ten who had been ambushed at the start, only five more had died, two of whom were killed by Yi Ye Fu Yun and Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang with a Lightning Palm when they found an opening while being surrounded.
But using Lightning Palm to kill two Nine Streets Gang members also gave the surrounding gang members an opening: one of the players had an Arm injured, the other a leg, which greatly affected their combat ability.
On the other side, Ye Qinglu, fighting Brajiji, was gradually falling into disadvantage.
Using Internal Force to control Arrows demanded a huge Consumption of Internal Force and was not suited for a prolonged Battle.
“You are impressive. Among all the Quasi-Martial Artists I know, your Attack methods are probably among the strongest. To think you can fight me for so long. Unfortunately, you do not have the support of B-grade Battle Armor. After such a long Battle, you must be nearly out of Strength. It will not take ten more moves to decide the outcome, and your companions will all die here today.” Brajiji looked at Ye Qinglu, whose number of controlled Arrows had decreased, with considerable admiration, but his Greatsword did not slow.
“Among the strongest?” Ye Qinglu looked at Brajiji speaking in the Human Race Language and raised the corner of her mouth. “When did I ever say this was my strongest method?”
Before Brajiji could respond, Ye Qinglu roused the last of the Internal Force in her Body.
Six B2-grade Arrows suddenly floated in front of her, each one aimed straight at Brajiji less than ten meters away.
“This kind of monotonous Attack is useless against me now.” Brajiji looked with disdain at Ye Qinglu, who was about to use Lightning Spear again.
When used in Cooperation with multiple other Arrows in a frenzied Assault, Lightning Spear was indeed a huge Threat. But if it was just a single Lightning Spear, with his Microscopic Realm control over his Body, he could predict the Attack trajectory at the instant Ye Qinglu fired and easily dodge.
“You will not know until we try.” Ye Qinglu said with a smile.
As soon as she finished, lightning flared in her hands as she slapped down on the six Arrows floating before her.
Lightning Strike Three Forms, third form: Six Wheels!
A flurry of Lightning Palm strikes at extreme Speed. The sight gave Brajiji an unprecedented sense of imminent Death, and he almost instinctively unleashed Blazing Light Slash.
Boom!
Six blazing Beams flashed and vanished. Brajiji was blasted back more than ten meters, leaving two deep drag marks on the ground. One B2-grade Arrow was stuck against the blade of his B4-grade Greatsword, leaving a dent.
As for Brajiji himself, he was unharmed, but his B1-grade Battle Armor bore several red scorch marks, clearly where the B2-grade Arrows had grazed him.
On the other side, Ye Qinglu had been cut in half at the waist and was obviously not long for this world.
“Lunatic! You are a lunatic!” Brajiji could not help cursing as he looked at the dying Ye Qinglu. “To try to take me down with you, trading life for life. Did you really think you could kill me with such an unstable move?”
“Even if I did not, I would say this was worth it.” Ye Qinglu looked at the disheveled Brajiji and closed her eyes with a smile.
“Worth it?” Brajiji swept his gaze over the battlefield.
More than thirty players were already dead, yet for some reason, although they were clearly all dead, there were smiles on their faces. They were simply a band of lunatics.
The Nine Streets Gang had lost a total of seventeen people including the ten who had suddenly died at the start. Not counting those initial ten, by any measure this great Battle was a crushing victory for the Nine Streets Gang. How could these gray-clothed demons call this “worth it”?
