A Battle of Trash Talk
At this moment, the live broadcast room was filled with exclamations of surprise at Xiao Yu's solo charge into the enemy camp.
[Madagascar: Holy crap, this boss is pretty awesome.]
[Twist Butt to the Left: Soloing all by himself, that's too arrogant.]
[I Want Big Steamed Buns: I'm about to get ganged up on.]
[A Little Surprised: Didn't you see they can fly? If they can't beat them, they can't run away. I bet this guy is just feinting to force the enemy back to camp. If these centaurs had any brains, they wouldn't have gone back; they should have just gone to seize the altar.]
[Expert Gamer 5431: They actually went back. That's a real slap in the face.]
[A Little Surprised: Well, I guess they just need to pay for their intelligence.]
[Ada!!!: By the way, who do you guys think will win? I bet on the Elemental King getting ganged up on and beaten up]
[Expert Gamer 5431: If you want to bet on the outcome, go place a bet. There are betting odds online. For the first win of the Elemental King, bet 5 to 1. For the King of Horses, bet 1 to 4.]
[Ada!!!: Um--Let me study it some more]
Leaving aside the various noises in the live stream, let's talk about Xiao Yu transforming into Chaos Dragon and flying towards the Centaur camp. From a distance, Xiao Yu could see the camp teeming with Centaur and Quilboar.
Although Quilboar Centaur aren't particularly strong in combat, they also take up a small population. A Quilboar Warrior only 1 population, a Quilboar Warrior costs 2, a Centaur peon costs 1, a Centaur archer costs 1, a Centaur vanguard costs 2, and an elite Centaur archer only costs 3. They are cheap and plentiful. At this moment, hundreds of Centaur archers had already scattered around the camp like sand. As soon as they saw Xiao Yu flying over, they immediately raised their bows and arrows and met him in a scattered formation.
(So it really is mounted archery tactics, huh, just as I expected, but it's meaningless to me.) Xiao Yu thought to himself as he charged toward the enemy camp without hesitation. At this moment, he maintained an altitude of several hundred meters, so the enemy archers couldn't hit him at all.
Flying through the air, he surveyed Centaur camp. The camp was very much in the style of the Centaur nomadic people, with walls made of huge logs and four massive wooden arrow towers. At the heart of the camp was a huge golden tent.
From a distance, the wooden arrow tower began firing arrows, each arrow capable of taking away hundreds or even thousands of points of Azathoth's health. He tried to dodge, but the arrows could even curve in mid-air, making them impossible to avoid.
(Damn, it even has tracking capabilities! Looks like the system's arrow towers are pretty powerful, high-tech indeed!) Xiao Yu couldn't help but mutter to himself.
However, he could withstand this damage and flew directly over the Centaur camp. He did not immediately swoop down, but hovered over the camp. His huge shadow moved back and forth on the ground, and each time it passed by, it would cause panic among the Quilboar in the camp. Xiao Yu had the aura of Draconic Majesty in his dragon form, which was equivalent to the dragon's might of an ancient dragon.
When he saw the two Centaur bosses return with their troops, Xiao Yu thought it was time. He had indeed planned to make a feint to put some pressure on the enemy. If they came back to rescue him, Leah Bloodmoon could explore the map outside without worry. But if they didn't come back to rescue him, he wouldn't mind wiping out the camp.
It could be said that no matter what the other party chose, it was all within his plan. Seeing the three bosses of the Heaven's Chosen Guild gathered together, Xiao Yu slowly lowered his altitude.
Azathoth (Elemental King): "Death is imminent, destruction is imminent. Prepare for your doom, you insignificant Centaur lords."
Maximus, however, showed no stage fright whatsoever.
Maximus (Centaur Warlord): "The war horns have sounded, the spears and swords are ready. Now, it is time to Consecration death and blood to this land, Azathoth, today you are the sacrifice of my people!"
(Wow, this guy's verbal skills aren't bad either.)
Azathoth (Elemental King): "Insignificant ants, tremble before the power of the Elemental King!"
Maximus (Centaur Warlord): "Cowardly reptiles, tremble before the majesty of the Centaur Lord!"
Azathoth (Elemental King): "Those who oppose me will surely turn to dust."
Maximus (Centaur Warlord): "Those who fight me will be utterly destroyed."
[Banana You Bala: Hey, what are these two doing? Trying to find a couplet?]
[Cut the Crap: It seems so, but you know what, the dialogue actually rhymes quite a bit.]
[Call Me Her Majesty the Queen: Hey, are we going to fight or not? I'm waiting for lunch.]
[No One Is More Handsome Than Me: I can't take it anymore, I'm dying of laughter, these two guys are hilarious.]
[Spartasba: The person upstairs has a really low threshold for humor]
Xiao Yu was unaware of what was happening in the live stream, but even without seeing the comments, he could sense something was amiss. Generally, if a boss recites lines, exuding an aura of dominance, and another responds, ultimately being stunned by the other's arrogant and cool lines, that's definitely a very pretentious thing. But the problem is, if two bosses are reciting lines and showing off to each other, neither responding to the other nor playing along, then the scene becomes a bit awkward.
There was already a hint of that in the air. To avoid being seen as a goofy boss by the audience, Xiao Yu couldn't take it anymore. It seemed he had to teach the other party a lesson first.
Azathoth (Elemental King): "Arrogant ants, very well, you have successfully angered me! Words cannot save you; now, face the wrath of Azathoth!"
He roared, then suddenly swooped down, rapidly approaching the ground. Once inside the spell's range, he stretched out his wings and hovered in mid-air before unleashing a spell.
Flamestrike!
An area-of-effect (AOE) attack was thrown directly into the camp.
Maximus remained calm in the face of the flames falling from the sky.
Maximus (Centaur Warlord): "Quickly, scatter! Everyone, watch your positioning!"
He knew that many of the Centaur under his command were played by players, so they certainly had basic skills like movement and positioning. They were not as dull as computer-controlled NPCs. Instantly, shouts and neighing filled the air as the centaurs ran wildly in all directions. This time, however, they did not actually burn many Centaur to death.
While the Centaur weren't burned much, the Quilboar weren't so lucky. Although the Quilboar chieftain didn't care about this kind of area-of-effect magic, his minions couldn't withstand it. He hadn't expected Azathoth to be so bold as to charge into the camp alone. By the time he tried to order his men to take cover, it was too late. Dozens of Quilboar Warrior fell in the ravages of fire; one area-of-effect spell wiped out 1/20 of their forces.
Maximus (Centaur Warlord): "Loose the arrows! Loose the arrows now! Shoot this bastard to death!"
Since Xiao Yu landed within the spell's range, he also fell into the range of the opponent's arrows.
A dense barrage of raindrops rained down. Due to the Chaos Dragon's enormous size, it had almost no room to dodge and was riddled with arrows like a hedgehog. Although each arrow only caused a few dozen or a hundred points of damage, the sheer number of archers was overwhelming. A volley from hundreds of archers dealt tens of thousands of damage.
At this moment, the live stream room was filled with a dense barrage of comments.
[Even heroes have their limits: This Azathoth is too domineering, daring to charge into battle all by himself. Just wait and see, he won't be able to hold on much longer.]
[Call Me Her Majesty the Queen: I don't think so. He has 20 million HP, enough to hold out for a while.]
[Pumpkin Boy: Look everyone, that Remy Martin looks like he's about to unleash a powerful attack!]
Viewers were sending comments, and the two streamers weren't idle either.
Brother Panda: Look, everyone, although Azathoth has protective magic, it obviously won't last long. After all, the enemy has a thousand-strong army, and these mobs aren't going to do nothing.
Crow Mouth: I think this Azathoth must have some powerful move up his sleeve, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant. Maximus is also about to unleash his ultimate move. Notice the bow and arrow in his hand; it seems quite formidable.
Brother Panda: Oh my god, I just realized! Everyone be careful, something intense is coming!
Sure enough, that Crow Mouth was right.
Azathoth (the Source of Chaos): "Open the gates of the Void for me, and let the beings of chaos heed my command!" -- Rain of Chaos!
In the sky, emerald green fiery clouds began to gather, and huge meteorites burning with green flames hurled one after another towards the ground. These meteorites fell very haphazardly, some landing inside the camp and others outside. The Centaur around them scattered and fled, but dozens were still killed by the falling meteorites in the chaos.
But that wasn't all. Huge Hell crawled out of those craters and rushed towards the core of the camp, clearly intending to destroy it.
Second Brother (Wild Boar Chieftain): "Damn, they're actually going to demolish our base? That's too arrogant! All of you, charge!"
The Quilboar Warrior swarmed forward. At this moment, the Quilboar chieftain also began to act. Although he could not attack the Chaos Dragon in the sky, he began to plant clubs— Healing Totem— all over the ground.
This Healing Totem is an upgraded BOSS skill with a huge range. Units within the Healing Totem's range immediately begin to recover health. For those Quilboar Warrior are fighting Hell Demons, the Healing Totem's help basically ensures they won't die. Although Hell Demons are powerful, their numbers are too small, allowing them to be ganged up on one by one.
Over here, the Centaur high priest Maradona also began to release Group Healing Wave. Golden healing light leaped back and forth among the injured Centaur, instantly healing those who were not dead, even those missing limbs.