Chapter 103: Carrying the Entire Field

Huang Yunshuo gathered all the NPC archers and a large number of long-range players around him. He continuously issued tactical instructions to his two warrior generals, focusing fire in small, precise bursts to inflict massive damage while providing cover for the infantry's advance.

The Red Team players, realizing that Huang Yunshuo was the crux of the problem, turned desperate. Led by Molun and Yue Lingqing, a large group of players launched a surprise assault on his position. There were over a hundred assassins among them, all attempting to close the distance. Huang Yunshuo’s companions, Chenlu Qingshuang and Xiaonuanhu Shaokai Shuiwei, had already exhausted their displacement skills and retreated into the mass of friendly players behind them, clinging to their remaining health.

Chu Jun, along with a number of Blue Team assassins, stealthily engaged in an invisible battle against the Red Team’s assassins in the area surrounding Huang Yunshuo and Ye Piaoxue. From time to time, bursts of blood erupted in the void; players equipped with the "Cerberus Kiss" were almost instantly killed upon being struck, while the more numerous, lower-tier assassins proved harder to take down.

Hundreds of melee players swarmed forward, attempting to eliminate Huang Yunshuo with overwhelming numbers. The Blue Team players did not back down; a squad of prepared warriors and knights launched a simultaneous charge, sending the Red Team players flying. Thousands of players were instantly plunged into chaotic melee combat.

"Split off twenty archers. Whatever I attack, you focus your fire on," Huang Yunshuo commanded his two generals. Soon, twenty archers were detached, bows drawn and arrows notched.

"Go to hell!" Molun roared, launching a sudden charge. When he reached within five meters of Huang Yunshuo, he leaped into the air, executing a "Leaping Slash." Behind him, a massive crowd of players surged forward, shielding Yue Lingqing in their center.

"A bunch of morons," Huang Yunshuo scoffed. He aimed his cannon at the group behind Yue Lingqing and fired a knockback shot. The cluster of players was blasted backward, and Yue Lingqing was sent flying directly toward him.

"Leaping Slash!" Huang Yunshuo quickly switched to his "Champion’s Ode" spear and launched himself into a massive jump, crossing paths with Molun in mid-air.

After landing, Molun could no longer see Huang Yunshuo. He slashed wildly at random targets before immediately charging toward Yue Lingqing’s location. However, Yue Lingqing had been knocked back toward Huang Yunshuo. Calculating her landing point, Huang Yunshuo leaped up and slammed down on her with a heavy stomp.

Yue Lingqing was pinned to the ground; the combination of fall damage and the stomp cost her sixty health points instantly.

"Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!"

He thrust his long spear into Yue Lingqing’s head three times.
-32!
-61!
Before the third strike could even fully connect, Yue Lingqing vanished into a white light, unable to even use her blink ability, leaving behind a pile of copper coins.

"Charged Assault!"

Huang Yunshuo had anticipated that Molun would come to rescue her. He turned, charged up for one second, and unleashed his own assault toward the incoming Molun. Molun was using a standard charge skill, which was no match for Huang Yunshuo’s version, which spanned ten meters, granted "Super Armor," and boosted movement speed to 300%. Furthermore, with Huang Yunshuo’s terrifying 110 points of Strength, Molun—who only had 90—was at a massive disadvantage.

*Thud!*

They collided violently. Huang Yunshuo took a hit from Molun’s blade, losing 65 health from the combined impact and damage. Molun, however, suffered far worse. He took the full force of the first strike from the Champion’s Ode, followed by the second and third...

*Bang!*

Molun exploded into a white light of death, sent flying backward as copper coins rained across the sky.

Huang Yunshuo continued to swing his spear seven more times before stopping. He stowed his shield, used a health spray to recover, and peered around with his spear in hand. Whenever he spotted an elite player wielding a "Cerberus Kiss," he would charge in and take them down with a single blow.

"Dragon’s Roam..."

*Bang.*

The defeated player dropped a pile of copper coins, many of which landed directly on Huang Yunshuo.

*Combo.*

"Fire suppression!"

Huang Yunshuo’s 27 points of defense were enough to render the vast majority of players unable to break through. Those who could deal damage were essentially his designated targets. As one player after another wielding the Cerberus Kiss series was killed, there were almost no players left on the battlefield who could deal even a single point of damage to him.

Huang Yunshuo farmed kills frantically with his rocket launcher, standing his ground and firing in all directions. Though he took many "-1" damage ticks, he didn't care, given his massive 225 health pool. With a few Blue Team priests tossing "Holy Words" and "Spring Rain" spells on him, he remained at full health, effectively shattering the morale of the opposing players.

"How are we supposed to fight this? Let's retreat and watch the stream at the Resurrection Hall."

"Damn it, you can't mess with high-end players like that. I'm just going to hide."

"That beautiful priest is really unlucky. Even with the Champion’s Ode, she got sniped from so far away. This profession is too dangerous."

"No choice. Her Holy Word heals for fifty or sixty points. If they didn't take her out, the enemy's morale would have completely collapsed."

...

The Red Team suffered heavy losses, with countless players falling to Huang Yunshuo’s cannon. Those remaining had no desire to stay on the battlefield and began retreating, grumbling and complaining. With the players gone, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

When only about 300 Blue Team NPCs remained, they completely wiped out the Red force. Upon the arrival of the third wave of NPC reinforcements, the thousands of victorious troops, emboldened by their two-game winning streak, marched majestically into the Red Team’s territory.

One supply point after another was destroyed. The energized players fought with reckless abandon, tanking the damage from crossbow towers to cover their long-range allies; they were incredibly united.

Huang Yunshuo returned the copper coins he had collected to Chu Jun and Ye Piaoxue. The two of them were thrilled, especially Chu Jun, who had picked up several thousand coins—a massive windfall for him.

"I feel like I'm losing out here," Huang Yunshuo muttered, feeling depressed and twitching inwardly, having collected only a few hundred coins himself. He had nearly bankrupted himself for the Alloy Armor, and while he still had thirteen or fourteen thousand coins left, he had spent over thirty thousand in total. Seeing others just squatting on the ground and raking in coins made him envious; he wanted to taste the joy of unearned gains, too.

As the Red Team’s Resurrection Hall was destroyed, the final "Space-Time Voyage" dungeon concluded. Huang Yunshuo’s final score was an astonishing 10,200 points!

"That’s 11,400 points in total. I’m going to exchange it all at once."

Huang Yunshuo was rubbing his hands in anticipation when a server-wide announcement suddenly rang out.

[Server Announcement: Player Lv16 Frost Cold Hawk "Moron" has obtained 10,200 dungeon points and achieved victory. As the first player to earn over 10,000 points in a single dungeon run, he is rewarded with the special equipment "Space-Time Ring," the permanent title "Champion Warrior," and an additional reward of 10 Silver Coins.]

The announcement echoed three times. Huang Yunshuo froze in place. Then, he was overcome with immense joy.

Wonderful!

He had wanted a server-wide announcement to serve as free advertising, and he never expected such a stroke of good fortune to actually fall into his lap.

Unexpected? Surprising? Indeed.