Chapter 49 Divine Skill

However, pulling off this bug had extremely high demands on a Fire Mage. Speed, angle, and timing all had to be mastered precisely.

Lu Yang had not used this bug in a long time. Taking advantage of the gap in the heavy armored warriors' patrol, he walked over to the water trough ahead to inspect it. After finding the right spot, he returned to the group.

"Well? Do any of you have a plan?" Clear Wine Breeze asked, instinctively sensing that Lu Yang had already found a solution.

Xia Yuwei, Zhang Zibo, and the others also looked at Lu Yang.

Lu Yang said, "I've found a way. Everyone get ready."

The team members formed their battle formation, and Xia Yuwei asked, "How should we fight?"

Without speaking, Lu Yang watched as the two columns of heavy armored warriors were about to reach the position he had just pre-set. He glanced sideways at Xia Yuwei, a slight smile playing on the corner of his lips, and said, "The strategy is simple."

A flash of white light, and Lu Yang vanished from before Xia Yuwei's eyes. The next second, to the horror of everyone present, Lu Yang actually appeared right in the middle of the two columns of heavy armored warriors.

"This?" Everyone was dumbfounded.

"Enemy attack! Kill the intruder!" The heavy armored warriors spotted Lu Yang instantly. Both columns turned simultaneously, and eight pure steel lances thrust together toward Lu Yang's body.

Level 5 elite monsters had an attack power equal to one-third of a boss. Lu Yang's defense was under 15 points, and his total health was under 300 points. If he were hit by all eight lances at once, death was certain.

Just as Xia Yuwei and the others thought Lu Yang was about to be impaled by the lances, in a flash of lightning, Lu Yang ducked his body low and chanted an incantation under his breath. A violent, fiery red halo burst forth from his body, surging in all directions.

"Repulsion Ring!"

With a loud *bang*, the heavy armored warriors on both the left and right sides who were caught in the red halo's blast were sent flying. The ones on the right were knocked backward into the underground drainage canal, while the ones on the left were blasted into the water trough, unable to walk out no matter how much they struggled.

Clear Wine Breeze, Xia Yuwei, and the others lit up.

"You can even pull that off?!"

"Brilliant! A stroke of genius!"

Lu Yang said, "Clear Wine Breeze and Black Armor, get ready. Once the four heavy armored warriors climb ashore, each of you tank two."

"You got it!" Clear Wine Breeze hoisted his large shield and charged at one of the heavy armored warriors just about to climb onto the bank, then turned his head to trigger a taunt skill on the second heavy armored warrior to crawl ashore.

Xiao Liang did the same, securely tanking the other two monsters.

Lu Yang said, "Give Clear Wine Breeze five seconds for sundering armor. Everyone focus on the monster Clear Wine Breeze has aggroed first."

He marked a triangular symbol on the monster's head. This was a distinctive feature of the game that allowed team members to clearly understand the commander's intent.

With twelve people dealing damage together, the four heavy armored warriors were killed by Lu Yang and his team in less than three minutes. On the other side, the remaining four heavy armored warriors were still stuck in the water trough, unable to get out.

"Too good! This fight is so easy now," Zhang Zibo said.

"Do we not even need to tank the remaining four monsters?" Clear Wine Breeze asked with a smile.

Lu Yang replied, "Of course not. Why go tank them when they can't even get out? Melee step back, mages deal damage slowly, no need to rush."

"Understood," said Half-World Morning Light and the other three mages in unison. Their mana was already running low; if they really had to tank the output of eight elite monsters, their mana wouldn't have been nearly enough. Now, even if they ran out of mana, they could just slowly wait for it to regenerate before attacking again.

"Brother Expert, you are truly amazing to be able to think of a method like this," Clear Wine Breeze said from the side, filled with admiration.

Xia Yuwei also said, "Truly remarkable. There are probably not many people in the entire game right now with technique like yours."

Clear Wine Breeze shook his head and said, "I'm afraid only Brother Lu Yang can do this. At the very least, our Purple Gold Dynasty and Hegemony's Supreme Dynasty combined have over a hundred thousand people, and not a single one of them has this kind of strength."

Blue Feather and Xia Yuwei looked at Clear Wine Breeze in surprise, not expecting him to praise Lu Yang so highly.

"I'm not talking nonsense, it's the truth. You two might just be getting started with Free Mode. Our guild leader knew about Free Mode long before the servers even opened. After entering the game, a few of us selected by the guild leader have constantly been practicing Free Mode combat styles. The fact that I was able to tank the boss earlier was also thanks to Free Mode. But even so, the masterstroke Lu Yang pulled off just now is something neither we nor the mages in the Hegemony guild could ever pull off." Clear Wine Breeze explained.

In fact, Clear Wine Breeze hadn't told the whole story. What he truly wanted to convey was the exact timing of Lu Yang's Blink-in and the precise angle he chose when casting the Repulsion Ring.

Lu Yang had crouched down and tilted his body while casting the Repulsion Ring. Only by doing so could he blast the heavy armored warriors into the water trough, and choosing that exact angle was immensely difficult. If the angle was too wide, the monsters might bounce off the wall and back into play; if it was too narrow, the monsters wouldn't make it into the trough at all.

Blue Feather looked at Lu Yang in astonishment and said, "Expert, you turn out to be this incredible."

Lu Yang said, "It's not as formidable as Clear Wine Breeze makes it sound. Just a little trick, you flatter me."

Clear Wine Breeze smiled and said nothing more. He had already made up his mind to send the entire video to Twilight Elder the moment the dungeon run ended, so that all the mages in the guild practicing Free Mode could drill this exact move.

Soon, the four heavy armored warriors stuck in the water trough were also eliminated, and the group continued onward.

After walking a bit further ahead, Clear Wine Breeze, who was leading the way, said, "Another eight heavy armored warriors are coming up ahead. We'll have to trouble Brother Lu Yang again."

Just as Lu Yang was about to agree, an insolent voice came from behind.

"Hold on."

Lu Yang, Clear Wine Breeze, and the others looked back and saw that the speaker was Zheng Yuan.

"Is there a problem?" Clear Wine Breeze asked with a frown.

Suppressing her temper, Xia Yuwei demanded, "What are you trying to do now?"

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Zheng Yuan felt a surge of triumph. He walked up to Lu Yang and said, "From the way you were all talking just now, it sounded like that move of yours was some incredible feat. I'd like to give it a try."

Xia Yuwei instantly furrowed her brows and said, "Zheng Yuan, what nonsense are you pulling?"

Blue Feather also chimed in, "Zheng Yuan, you'd better let Expert Brother handle it. This is way too dangerous."

"It's just a Blink combined with a Repulsion Ring. What's so hard about it? I have both of those skills too," Zheng Yuan said with annoyance.

He had noticed something: not only Blue Feather, but even Xia Yuwei was getting closer and closer to Lu Yang. Right now, he looked at Lu Yang as if he were an enemy, itching to crush Lu Yang under his feet in every possible way.

"If you have no objections, I'm going. Do me a favor and step aside," Zheng Yuan glared at Lu Yang and said.

Lu Yang couldn't help but chuckle. "Fine, go ahead then. But I'm telling you in advance, you won't be able to pull this off. Don't blame me if you die."

"You talk as if it's actually that difficult," Zheng Yuan glanced at Lu Yang arrogantly and walked toward the eight heavy armored warriors.

Lu Yang shook his head and said to the rest of the team, "Everyone take a step back."

"Why?" Xia Yuwei asked.

"If we back up any further, the tanks won't be able to pick up the monsters in time, right?" Zhang Zibo asked.

Xia Yuwei, Zhang Zibo, and the others had not yet tried Free Mode and didn't understand why Clear Wine Breeze had praised Lu Yang earlier; they assumed Zheng Yuan could pull it off just as well.

Lu Yang said, "Trust me, he can't do it."