An Uncanny Battle

2024-07-28

Chapter 387 The Bizarre Battle Situation

The Green Dot disappeared, indicating that one of the Polluter from Team Two has been killed!

"Yay!" Zhu Xixi clapped her hands excitedly, while Luo Jun frowned slightly.

How did you do that?

Looking at the map, there are still several hundred meters between the two red dots and the ten Green Dot. Luo Jun himself has no ranged attack methods. If he were to use a treasure, only the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon could reach such a distance.

However, if the enemy attacks with the Longitudinal and Horizontal Giant Cannon, they will definitely be able to lock onto his projection based on the direction from which the cannonballs are fired, and they should rush over to try to Counter-kill.

But it seems they're just going around in circles; although they've been attacked, they can't find the source of the attack at all!

How exactly did they manage to do that?

Luo Jun looked at Zhu Xixi: "Is it your ability?"

"Huh?" Zhu Xixi was slightly taken aback. "Isn't it your power?"

Luo Jun frowned slightly. "I'm not very good at ranged combat... You're more of Manipulation School, right?"

"I am indeed Manipulation School..." Zhu Xixi nodded, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "But at this distance, all I can do is manipulate objects to shoot like spears, which makes it easy for the opponent to track back based on the trajectory..."

"That's true," Luo Jun nodded. Being able to launch a ranged attack without revealing her location is something even a typical Manipulation School couldn't do, unless this girl was hiding her abilities and powerful artifacts...

As I was pondering this, the Green Dot on the map suddenly started moving.

However, the movement wasn't towards the two red dots, but rather in another direction. Furthermore, as it moved, the distance between the Green Dot constantly changed, with the last one even falling behind, creating a gap between itself and the ones in front...

Just then, one of the Green Dot suddenly turned back, trembling eerily as it approached the lagging Green Dot. It successfully completed the rendezvous, but after the two Green Dot met, they stopped moving and began to tremble violently, as if trapped by something...

Suddenly, one of the Green Dot changed direction and moved straight toward the two red dots!

"Someone has spotted us!" Zhu Xixi exclaimed, but the Green Dot, having moved halfway, suddenly started spinning in place, as if it had been blocked by something.

But with him pointing the way, the other Green Dot also rushed towards the red dot, one of them in particular moving extremely fast, leaving the other Green Dot far behind!

Soon, the Green Dot moved to the position of the two red dots, and the three dots came together.

"The scene is getting chaotic..." Zhu Xixi looked at the three overlapping, flashing dots and suddenly asked, "Which of these two red dots is you, and which one is me?"

As soon as the words were spoken, one of the red dots disappeared...

"Um..." Zhu Xixi looked at the last remaining red dot, then at Luo Jun: "Looks like this is yours..."

Luo Jun frowned as well. Although my projection has been weakened quite a bit, it should still be able to reach its Peak level. To be able to kill Zhu Xixi right under my nose, this Green Dot is quite resourceful.

It seems my guess was correct; among the Polluter on the other side, there are indeed some Peak...

At this point, the other Green Dot caught up, and the remaining red dot was besieged by numerous Green Dot. However, despite this disadvantage, it still held on for several minutes, and finally disappeared after Counter-kill one of the Green Dot.

During this period, one of the two Green Dot that had fallen behind disappeared without explanation.

At this point, Luo Jun and Zhu Xixi's projections were both destroyed, while Team Two lost three members.

"You're amazing!" Zhu Xixi exclaimed, looking at Luo Jun. "You actually killed three Polluter! Now we're even!"

"Just a tie..." Luo Jun stroked his chin, dissatisfied with the result. It seemed his opponent did possess Peak Level Combat Power, but not exceptionally strong. Considering that even under a multi-person attack, one of them could still be Counter-kill, their Peak strength couldn't surpass his own projection. Therefore, they were even less of a threat to his true form...

But these damn rules are too restrictive of his abilities. If they were to fight face-to-face directly, he'd probably already be collecting his rewards by now...

However, complaining about these things is useless. As it stands, the opponent only has one Peak Level Combat Power. If he is the Attacker and we are not the defenders, it is unlikely that anyone can stop him, and there is a risk of total annihilation.

Of course, in this situation, one's own projection could easily wipe out the opposing team... But in terms of killing efficiency, Luo Jun, who is not even at the Heart Refining Realm and has no Special Ability, is not confident that he can compete with a genuine Peak expert... So it is best not to become Attacker at the same time as the opponent's Peak expert.

But how do you do that? How can you pinpoint the location of the enemy's Peak player?

Zhu Xixi looked at Luo Jun and noticed that he was just staring at the map where the battle had ended, lost in thought without saying a word, and she didn't know what he was thinking... She didn't dare to ask and could only wander around the waiting hall of the station out of boredom.

Time passed by, and soon the second round ended. In a flash, everyone was teleported back to the station.

Only eight people returned, Luo Jun didn't see the conspicuous bald man with tattooed arms in the crowd.

"Zhang Lao San is dead?"

Zheng Yunshan nodded. "One of the attackers on the other side was very strong and escaped our encirclement. Zhang Lao San was the first to give chase. Although he successfully delayed his opponent, he was no match for him and was killed..."

Sure enough... judging from the speed of the Green Dot, Luo Jun guessed it was likely a Martial Combat Faction... based on previous performances, Zhang Lao San was still stronger than Wang Shuwen...

"To be honest, his sacrifice was a bit of a waste..." Wang Shuwen shook his head. "He risked his life, only to take down one projection. What's wrong with waiting a little longer for us..."

"Judging from his demeanor, he doesn't seem like a decent person." Xu Li shook her head. "He's probably a gangster who acts impulsively without considering the consequences."

"I don't think so..." Grandma Li shook her head. "Although this kid has a bit of a roguish air about him, he's very restrained in front of us, which means he's not the kind of reckless person. I think he's a very smart and tactful person... He shouldn't be so impulsive."

"Could it be that they were influenced by the other party's abilities?" Ma Lei frowned. "The one who escaped last was a Polluter who was proficient in [illusion], so perhaps their mind was affected by him."

"Very likely." Wang Yifan nodded.

"Forget about what's past, let's not analyze it anymore. Let's organize the intelligence." Yang Wenyue stroked his beard and asked, "How's the situation on the other side?"

"We made a profit this time!" Zhu Xixi couldn't help but say, "We took down three of their people!" Then, she vividly described the battle situation on map number two. It was just a bunch of red and green dots, but she made it sound like a real battle!

"To be honest, Night is truly amazing. Surrounded by seven Green Dot, he still managed to Counter-kill one and then another from a distance. He's incredible!"

At this point, Luo Jun was also puzzled. If the one who died first was indeed Zhu Xixi, then he was indeed the one who killed the two Green Dot later. It was easy to understand taking down one in close combat, but how did he kill the one at a distance?

"By the way, what did you guys find?" Since he couldn't figure it out, Luo Jun to put it aside for now and asked the defenders, "I saw you wander around the town for the rest of the time. Did you get any Side Mission?"

"We actually found two," Zheng Yunshan. "Just like before, the so-called survivors exist in a spirit state. We've performed rituals to help two of them pass on, and now Yu Shan and Grandma Li are both under a layer of protection."

This is good news; at least it guarantees that two people will survive the next round. Next, everyone started discussing the Attacker for the third round.

While everyone was discussing, Luo Jun quietly took out the Dice of Heavenly Secrets.

"We won't see the projection of the opponent's Peak this round!"

The two pairs of dice began to spin...

(End of this chapter)