novelraw #521 - Chapter 519 Just a Little Bit More
#521 - Chapter 519 Just a Little Bit More
The core-carry strategy, as the name suggests, involves everyone on the team protecting a single "core" player, who then launches attacks to defeat the opponents.
The Adonis Society used this strategy in this match.
Two support ability users fully protect the high-damage ability user, Yin Ci.
This strategy is relatively easy to counter. As long as there is someone with an ability that forces a one-for-one trade, taking out the core player can instantly lead to the team's defeat.
Coincidentally, Chuang Banban from the Welfare Society possesses this kind of ability.
His ability, "Sharing a Bed," can forcefully pull himself and one person in front of him into the same illusion. Their bodies will simultaneously faint, unable to perceive the outside world.
It's worth mentioning that this illusion only contains one bed. The two people in the illusion can only stay on this bed, unable to attack each other, and can only look at each other face to face.
The duration of being pulled into the illusion depends partly on the difference in mental strength between the two parties and partly on the growth of this ability, which is the length of time he has spent sleeping on the same bed with others.
The "One instance of Sharing a Bed" that Qi Jing saw on the request board was his.
He came on stage this time not because he thought the opponent would use the core-carry strategy, but simply to pull the strongest person into a one-for-one trade, making a contribution to the team.
But whether it was their good luck or the opponent's bad luck, they happened to encounter the core-carry strategy this time, and immediately identified the "core"—Yin Ci.
"Cat Witch, Dumpling King, I'm counting on you guys."
Chuang Banban encouraged his two teammates and decisively shouted at Yin Ci:
"Sharing a Bed!"
The ability was activated, and he instantly fell into the illusion. Yin Ci also immediately collapsed to the ground.
Amidst the shocked gazes of her two teammates, Cat Witch and Dumpling King launched their attacks together.
Instantly, many blue-purple semi-illusory kittens and dumpling skins appeared on the field.
"Barrier!"
Yin Ci's teammate number one raised a yellow, translucent sphere with both hands, instantly enveloping the three of them, resisting the attacks of the kittens and dumpling skins.
Teammate number two bent down and used her ability on Yin Ci, doing something with the white light in her hands.
Cai Ziqin, watching this scene from offstage, excitedly shouted:
"Holy crap! A healer and a defender, they're using a core-carry strategy! We've really stumbled upon something!"
"If you don't know how to use a phrase, don't use it."
Fang Jun beside her rolled his eyes at her:
"But if the opponent is only at this level, we should be guaranteed to win."
With the only offensive ability user down, no matter how well that shield holds up, it will be broken sooner or later.
Besides, this is an illusion. Can that healing ability user really help her up?
Just wait for the win~ We can have a victory feast again today~
On the opposite side, which they weren't paying attention to, Han Yinuo looked at the members behind him triumphantly:
"Our president is incredibly resourceful! I didn't send a healing ability user, but a purification ability user, because I knew the other side had a super controller, hahaha!"
"We're going to win! Look at so many people on the other side laughing over there, they probably think the white light is a healing effect, but little do they know it's the effect of purification ability. Just hold on for a minute, and Yin Ci will be able to stand up and instantly kill them!"
"President is wise and mighty!"
"Basic operation, don't get excited, be humble."
On the stage.
Cat Witch looked at the white light inside the barrier and said to Dumpling King suspiciously:
"I feel like something's not right. They might actually be able to help that girl on the ground up. Let's attack with all our might and smash the barrier to eliminate them!"
"Okay!"
Dumpling King controlled the dumpling skins that had been shot out, slowly expanding them until they covered the entire barrier.
"Wrap the dumplings!"
The gathered dough rapidly tightened, the pressure increasing sharply, determined to crush this sturdy shield.
The surrounding kittens were also watching intently, waiting for the moment it shattered to bite the three people inside to death.
Watching the cracks on the shield grow larger and larger, the sweat on teammate number one's head slowly dripped down, and teammate number two was the same.
Wake up quickly!
Bang!
The yellow, translucent barrier finally couldn't withstand the squeezing pressure of the dough and shattered with a bang.
Just as Dumpling King was controlling it to continue shrinking and the kittens were pouncing, a white crescent-shaped arc of a slash emerged from within.
In an instant, the dough was split in two, and all four legs of all the kittens were severed.
Time seemed to stop at this moment, and the four people stared blankly at the petite girl on the ground who had opened her eyes.
Yin Ci woke up.
She understood the situation in less than half a second and decisively used a circular slash to resolve the previous predicament.
Just as she was about to continue attacking Cat Witch and Dumpling King, the two of them decisively shouted:
"We surrender! We surrender!"
They knew they couldn't win when they saw that slash.
If they had admitted defeat a second later, they might have already been cut in half.
In order to avoid not knowing which two halves they would become, they had no choice but to admit defeat.
"The match is over!"
The reversal of the scene came too quickly, catching everyone off guard, including Han Yinuo, who had been so confident, and the four conscious people on stage.
The shield broke so quickly, they really thought Yin Ci wouldn't be able to wake up.
Unexpectedly, it was just a little bit short.
"My ability is still not strong enough."
Chuang Banban, who had woken up, sat up and said dejectedly:
"If I could have controlled it for even a second longer, we wouldn't have lost this match."
His ability was not strong enough to begin with, and being able to control only one person while controlling himself led to his lack of confidence.
He thought he could show off this time, but he didn't expect to lose.
Sigh.
It would have been better if it wasn't me who went on stage.
Seeing his disheartened appearance, Dumpling King helped him up and said:
"It's okay, it's okay, we also had problems, we didn't coordinate well."
"That's right, when his dumpling skins were squeezing, my cats could only watch from the side, unable to play a role."
Cat Witch's cats only had teeth and claws that could cause damage, and these would damage the dumpling skins' blockade, making it impossible to coordinate.
Cai Ziqin walked over to comfort them:
"You three, stop shifting the blame here. We let you guys go on stage to fight more against more, but we didn't expect it to turn into two people fighting the same shield, there's nothing to talk about.
And you, Chuang Banban, you should quickly find a girlfriend. Wouldn't your ability improve every day if you had a girlfriend? Would you still need to be a slave?
Change your lack of confidence. With our handsome young man, isn't it easy to find a girlfriend to share a bed with?
If you really can't do it, stream with me for two days, chat more with those fans, and I guarantee it will cheer you up......"
The three of them nodded repeatedly.
Fang Jun said quietly behind her:
"Um, you used the wrong word, it's not called 'shifting'."
"Need you to remind me? Does it look like your mother doesn't even know this? I'm so good at Chinese, would I not even know how to use words?"
"Also, you have too few fans, it won't have much effect."
"Damn it! Get lost, are you the only one who can talk!"
Cai Ziqin kicked Fang Jun's butt, letting him experience the feeling of using his ability again.
"Ow~"
Fang Jun hopped forward while holding his butt, causing the three people who had just lost the battle and were feeling lost to burst out laughing.