The Great Thief

The Thief, Mage and Priest stood there in a defensive formation.

Even though it was a three-on-one, the trio didn’t dare to take the initiative, but they were being scolded by the players in the audience. There were obviously some higher-level players here as a Thief had cut down at least a dozen players.

They didn’t think that this Thief, Mage and Priest combination was a particularly good one.

The players had to be careful if they wanted to beat an expert. Although their conservative play meant that they hadn’t actually hit Lu Li, he had no way of attacking them either.

They didn’t know how to attack him, so they were just going to stand there until he made a move.

Lu Li was disgusted by this strategy and didn’t think that the first team he ran into would do this. He didn’t have a good way to engage because they were grouped together and had a healer.

The Priest Dusk Paint slyly laughed, ”The longer you drag this on the worse its looks. How about you drop some gold and the three of us will concede?”

Mage Sky’s Limit also laughed, ”You probably don’t want to waste your time. Just give us some money and get it over with.”

The other Thief whose ID was Careless Death was standing by his teammates in a triangular formation. He also appeared to be waiting for Lu Li to attack.

To say that human nature was evil was not unreasonable.

It wasn’t that they were malicious, but that they were using this situation to benefit themselves.

This time, Lu Li was willing to pay some gold to resolve the situation so that he could bait them out of formation.

If this Thief could kill Elevenless, he had to be an expert. As such, in addition to his good technique, he was probably also quite wealthy. A professional player was worth tens of thousands of dollars and it wasn’t uncommon for them to earn over a hundred thousand dollars each season.

Lu Li almost broke out in laughter as he shook his head and retreated.

He then circled towards the Priest that had run forwards.

Cheap Shot!

Cheap Shot had to be cast after Premeditation. This skill had a 20 second cooldown and could be used while in Stealth. No matter what, he would always cast this skill before his first attack.

As a result, he had five combo points prepared.

Lu Li chose to use Slit throat and the stunned Priest was completely unable to dodge. His Slit Throat had a Skill Completion of 92% and not only did the high damage drop the Priest to half HP, but it also applied a Bleed effect.

It was only after the Priest shouted at his teammates to heal him that they began to react. The Mage used Cone of Cold to slow Lu Li while the Thief went into Stealth.

Why didn’t the Mage use Frost Nova?

The explanation was simple – he didn’t have it. Frost Nova didn’t appear very often in the Exchange Hall and when it did, it was priced ridiculously or was instantly snatched away.

However, the Cone of Cold was still effective in reducing Lu Li’s so that the other Thief could catch up to him.

Lu Li Kicked the Mage’s stomach and pushed him back as he was channeling a skill. He then swung his dagger sideways, directly hitting the approaching Thief.

The poor Thief player was just about to attack Lu Li and didn’t expect such a pre-emptive retaliation.

In that short window, the Priest was dropped to half HP, the Mage was silenced and the Thief had lost his offensive power.

He cast Shadowstrike on Lu Li and only dealt a little over 100 damage.

He also knew Gouge, but it could only be used while not in Stealth and he wasn’t skillful enough. Lu Li’s blocking ability was too high and the Thief didn’t really know what to do with a non-crowd-controlled target.

He didn’t know how to use Vanish or Gale Steps, and even if he went into Stealth, he could only run away.

”Quickly, quickly, help me block him Mage,” Priest Dusk Paint carelessly called out as he healed himself. He had totally forgotten that he could reduce the damage by walking.

Mage Sky’s Limit retorted, ”How do I block him? He’s not attacking me. There’s nothing I can do.”

Lu Li was targeting the Priest and had completely ignored the Mage. The Mage had tried to channel a skill, but it was interrupted which caused him to Silence himself. Lu Li then went into Stealth with Shadowmeld and hit him with a Sap.

The expert was so skilled that he could deal with the Mage while focusing his attacks on the Priest.

As for the Thief, he had lost track of Lu Li after Lu Li went into Stealth with Shadowmeld.

Lu Li’s Stealth and Detection was so much higher than his that he had no chance of working out where he was. In the time between Lu Li going into Stealth and casting Sap, only one second had passed.

The Mage loudly roared, ”Dammit, you guys are terrible. How could you let me get Sapped?”

”No, you’re terrible – how could you get sapped like that? Didn’t you hit him with a Cone of Cold? You even still have your badge,” the Priest immediately shot back.

The Badge was quite common now and most players had one, especially those who played in the arena.

The Mage felt embarrassed – he had forgotten because he was anxious, but after hearing the Priest’s words, he quickly used the Badge to end the Sap’s effect. While he did that, he quickly planned his next move. He needed to move away and hit the Thief from afar…

His idea was good, but his execution was poor. Before he even finishing thinking about his plan, Lu Li had already cast another skill on him.

Blind: Instant Cast. 2-minute cooldown. Temporarily blind a target and cause them to wander around for up to 10 seconds. Any damage inflicted on the target will dispel this effect, but this effect will also cancel any damage over time effects that are on the target. Does not cancel Stealth. Proficiency 1/5.

Although the cooldown was a little longer, this skill had an extended duration of a full 10 seconds.

The poor Mage who had just used his Badge now had no means of recovering from this crowd control and could only watch as Lu Li beat away at his teammates.

Ice Barrier would have been a good counter, but ordinary players like him didn’t have that skill.

After Lu Li dealt with the Mage, he went back to attacking the Priest. The Priest’s healing ability was not bad, but he could only just barely keep up with Lu Li’s attacks.

Everyone knew that this situation wouldn’t last for much longer.

Priests had quite a bit of mana, but not as much as Mages. No matter what kind of mana regeneration they had, there was no way they would be able to endure through Lu Li’s relentless attacks.