You Play Dirty, So Will I

Lucifer thought to himself that no matter what those adventurers did, it didn't seem to matter much for now. He should rely on his heroes to win. However, he only had a little over 8,000 fragments left. Speculating on adding heroes didn't seem to work. Even if he added an eight-star hero to the opponent, he felt it might not be enough to defeat them. Playing it safe was useless now; he could only take a gamble. Maybe there was still a sliver of a chance. With that in mind, he directly chose to randomly generate heroes, and did so four times in one go, using up all eight thousand fragments.

[System Notification: Demon Lord Lucifer has randomly summoned a 5-star hero, Carl Wildhammer (Mountain King), to the Alliance Zone to join the battle.]

[System Notification: Demon Lord Lucifer has randomly summoned a 6-star hero, Baron Ximengsi (Paladin Lord), to join the battle for the Alliance Zone.]

[System Notification: Demon Lord Lucifer has randomly summoned a 4-star hero for the Alliance Zone, Albert Farari (Archmage of the Kirin Tor), to join the battle.]

[System Notification: Demon Lord Lucifer has randomly summoned one hero for the Alliance Zone. The 8-star hero, Alleria Windrunner (Ranger Lord), has joined the battle.]

Xiao Yu saw a flash of white light before his eyes, and four heroes appeared, one of whom was a beautiful high elf, Alleria Windrunner.

High elves and Blood Elf are technically the same race, but the Blood Elf joined the Horde under the leadership of Regent Lor'themar, and they learned to absorb magic in order to combat their addiction to magic.

The high elves, on the other hand, are relatively conservative and still retain their traditions. They belong to the Alliance. Alleria Windrunner is one of the high elves. She is the eldest of the Windrunner Sisters and the older sister of Sylvanas, the Queen of Undercity. She rose to fame even before Sylvanas. Long before the Orcs invaded Azeroth, she had already made great contributions in the war against the Orcs. She can be said to be a veteran Legendary hero. One of the five statues standing at the gate of Stormwind City is of her.

I never expected to randomly get such a high-level hero. Holy crap, this is a conspiracy, it's definitely a conspiracy! Why do I always get trash heroes while the other team gets an eight-star hero? And the others are all four, five, or six stars. This is outrageous!

An ordinary person might just think it was bad luck, but a seasoned veteran like Xiao Yu would naturally think of something darker. He could even figure out the reasons. Xiao Yu thought to himself, could it be that the game company was afraid the competition would be one-sided? Most likely, they were deliberately giving the other side some preferential treatment to make the competition more suspenseful? After all, nobody likes to watch a one-sided competition.

But you guys are being way too ruthless! A little preferential treatment would have been enough. This is too blatant! Fine, then I won't hold back anymore. You want high ratings? I'll give you high ratings. You want attention? I'll make you the center of the world's attention!

Xiao Yu hardened his heart, a resolute glint in his eyes. He had actually already devised a plan to eliminate the opponent in one fell swoop. However, this plan required a sufficient number of adventurers, and once unleashed, the scene would be incredibly "unique" and extremely explosive. Using it in a regular game wouldn't be a problem, but it was being broadcast globally, with hundreds of millions of viewers watching the match. Using it now might not have a good visual impact, which was why he hadn't dared to use it before. But now that the game company was acting so unscrupulously, Xiao Yu no longer had so many reservations.

With that thought in mind, he immediately transformed into his Old God Form and began exchanging fire with the surrounding adventurers.

The moment this Old God Form appeared, it immediately startled the surrounding adventurers. However, they soon discovered that apart from being thicker and tougher, this Old God Form didn't seem to have any particularly powerful abilities.

On the contrary, although his four tentacles can each use skills of different attributes, their power is greatly reduced, making them unable to kill anyone.

With the addition of four heroes, the adventurers' combat strength has been greatly enhanced.

Archmage Albert Farari activated a Magic Protection Barrier, and adventurers standing beneath it no longer had to fear being stripped of their equipment by the Greater Disintegration Spell.

Alleria Windrunner activated her Trueshot Aura, increasing the ranged attack capabilities of all nearby adventurers by 30%.

Paladin Baron Simmons would occasionally perform a group resurrection, and the dead adventurers would rise again. His Holy Light spells were incredibly powerful, capable of fully restoring a tank to near-death with a single cast.

As for the Mountain King, Carl Wildhammer, he took on the role of tank, withstanding the Elemental King's frontal attacks.

With the help of these four heroes, the adventurers' situation finally stabilized, and the adventurers who had been trembling with fear gradually began to gather around the Elemental King, their numbers increasing.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Come on, all of you, come here!"

Because of the Old God Form's enormous size, more adventurers can come into contact with him at the same time, and with the addition of four heroes, he loses health faster.

He held out for a full ten minutes, and more than half of his 30 million health points had been depleted. He was on the verge of being Execute. By this time, two or three thousand adventurers had gathered around him.

About half of them were naked.

"Quick, everyone, give it your all! This boss is about to collapse!"

"Haha, keep going, he's about to collapse."

Meanwhile, viewers in the live stream also became tense.

[Who Dares Be More Handsome Than Me: Holy crap, why is this Elemental King just standing there getting ganged up on? He looks like he's about to die.]

[JKS12344: Yeah, yeah, his current form looks pretty scary, but his damage output is so low!]

[King of Wizards: Oh no, this is going to be a huge upset! The Elemental King is going to lose to the Demon Lord? I bet 30,000 points on him!]

[Born Villain: Haha, I bet 500 points on the Demon Lord, 1 to 3 odds, I'm going to make a killing! Damn, I should have bought more.]

The two streamers over there also started discussing it.

Crow Mouth Brother Panda, who do you think has the greater advantage in the current situation?

Brother Panda: It's obvious that the Demon Lord is much stronger. After sending four heroes to the Elemental King on the other side, he used the accumulated fragments to hire a demon army, temporarily holding off the adventurers' attack and killing quite a few of them. Moreover, two of the three heroes in the Horde Zone are already dead, and the remaining one isn't very strong. So, for a short time, the Demon Lord can withstand the adventurers' siege.

Now it depends on whether the Elemental King can hold on, but it seems unlikely. Look at the five heroes he's summoned; they're all very strong. This Demon Lord's luck is incredible.

Crow Mouth: I actually think this Elemental King doesn't seem to be using his full strength. He's just standing there getting ganged up on, which doesn't seem right. He probably still has some powerful moves he hasn't used yet.

Brother Panda: I think it's unlikely. When he encountered the crisis before, he hadn't lost much health, yet he used both Elemental Gate and Rain of Chaos, his two ultimate skills. As far as I know, these kinds of lord skills have very long cooldowns. A lord only has three lord skills, and he's already used two. The other one, as everyone knows, is a domain skill with a 300-yard range, but the adventurer is currently covered in buffs, so even if he used the domain skill, it wouldn't be very useful.

Crow Mouth: I don't think things are that simple. This Azathoth is definitely brewing some big move.

Brother Panda: I don't believe it. How about we make a bet? If you lose, you have to treat me to dinner tonight.

Crow Mouth: What's the point of eating? Let's do this: the loser treats the winner to a week of fun in Pink Paradise.

Brother Panda: It's a deal.

The two streamers are making a bet. On the screen of the live stream, the Elemental King's health has dropped to one-fifth, and he's really entering the Execute threshold.

"Everyone, go all out! DPS, unleash your full power!"

"Support, use all your ultimate abilities, don't hold back."

"Tanks, hold the line! If any die, the people behind you need to move up! Everyone gets a reward for killing the BOSS!"

"For the Alliance, for Azeroth, we absolutely cannot let those Horde outdo us!"

Shouts and cries filled the air, and everyone seemed to see the glimmer of victory. But was it really so?

Looking down at the adventurers around him, Xiao Yu's lips curled into a cold smile. It was time.

PS: Starting today, the update schedule will be fixed: one chapter at 12 PM and one chapter at 6 PM. Any extra chapters will also be added during these two times.