NOVEL NEXT Chapter 141: Initiative
"That's really shameless!"
On the platform, Zhang Yi and the others looked at this all-too-familiar scene, their teeth grinding with hatred.
They had witnessed such tactics from the opponent last time.
When dealing with their own people, they were cautious, trying to minimize the blood loss each turn.
If they came across someone from the 14th Bureau, they would strike hard.
Knowing this was a hostile relationship and recognizing it as the opponent's tactic, they still felt the sting of anger.
"It's not good, looking at the people on the field, each one's combat power is higher than Zhou Yingting. The last one had just the same combat strength as Zhou Yingting, but the opponent still took down Zhou Yingting instantly."
"At this rate, Zhou Yingting seemingly can't compete with these people anytime soon."
Huang Zhiqiang stared at the spectacle before him, looking troubled.
In this match, these guys seemed to seize the advantage right from the start.
"Yes, this competition doesn't look promising, look at the guy ranked first, his combat power is over a thousand points, and the second place has several hundred points too."
"Something's wrong, how did the first place level up, level up so fast? Others haven't leveled up yet. Right, his combat power is high, he can grind on higher-level monsters."
"Isaac also leveled up, he seems to have used a magic entry to enhance his combat power and then started grinding higher-level monsters."
On the platform, everyone looked at the side battle power display and level, each growing uneasy.
This phase feels very familiar to them.
This is almost identical to the last match, the opponent leads at the first step, followed by step-by-step advancement.
As time stretches, the opponent's level and combat power will completely pull away from those behind, leaving them unable to catch up!
"How did you manage to clear the Abyss Dungeon before?"
Huang Zhiqiang, unable to hold back, asked seeing this.
Judging from Zhou Yingting's current performance, it still seemed unremarkable.
Overall, it looked indistinguishable from the previous contestant.
Hearing this, Chu Shanshan showed a few worries on her face, "In the previous dungeon, he was much like now, until forty minutes later, his combat power began to soar."
"Forty minutes?"
Hearing this, Huang Zhiqiang froze for a moment, then his eyebrows tightened, "Those guys below are so focused on targeting him, where does he have forty minutes to develop?"
"He might be eliminated in less than thirty minutes!"
Saying this, Huang Zhiqiang looked exceedingly anxious.
Looking at Zhou Yingting's combat power, it seemed to still be climbing steadily.
But this steady climb certainly couldn't compare to others.
Look how high everyone else's combat power is now, while Zhou Yingting is still incrementing by dozens, can he keep up?
"Trust him, I think he can definitely do it."
Hearing this, Han Qiaowen gritted her teeth and said.
Huang Zhiqiang, hearing this, directed his gaze at Zhou Yingting below, a flicker in his eyes.
This guy, he spoke so confidently before, but let's hope he doesn't falter now!
"Seems like the player you selected after all this consideration isn't much after all!"
After a few rounds of battle, Zhou Yingting's health had dropped by more than thirty points, now only 63 left.
Seeing this, William breathed a sigh of relief not far away.
Seeing Zhou Yingting's little hero still constantly losing health and battle rounds, with no sign of victory.
William and the others relaxed.
They already had their operations running here, so there wasn't much to worry about.
Zhou Yingting controlled the hero, and now the combat power was only two thousand three hundred.
Compared to the previous contestant, it was slightly better.
Unfortunately, this combat power is still somewhat inadequate in their presence.
Their understanding of this dungeon was quite profound, not something the opponent could easily overcome by casually selecting a player.
Huang Zhiqiang frowned upon hearing this, his heart burning with rage.
"Just wait, if the Abyss Lord really appears in our city, don't blame us for retaliating in kind!"
Being fooled twice by the opponent like this, if they didn't counterattack, the other side might intensify their actions in the future.
William, hearing this, was utterly unperturbed, taking out another Battle of the Abyss dungeon.
"Just go ahead, but considering this Battle of the Abyss dungeon in my hand, perhaps selecting a higher difficulty next time would be better?"
William said, his face full of mischievous smile.
If their Abyss Lords appear in the opponent's city in an intermediate Battle of the Abyss dungeon, they wouldn't know how powerful they would be.
Under such circumstances, could the opponent handle it?
Even if they manage, by the time they initiate another Battle of the Abyss dungeon here, selecting an advanced difficulty.
He couldn't believe the opponent would have the time to trouble them.
So, despite knowing the 14th Bureau's some strengths, William remained utterly calm.
This guy...
Hearing William's words, Huang Zhiqiang shivered.
If the opponent really pulls this off consecutively, their side is in deep trouble.
The power of the Abyss Lords is something they are familiar with, unsure about the intermediate level's exact strength, but it already brought them significant pressure.
If this is an advanced one, what would it be like?
Thinking of this, his gaze involuntarily fell back on Zhou Yingting.
"Zhou Yingting, you definitely have to put in more effort!"
At this moment, he could only pin his hopes on Zhou Yingting.
....
"These guys from Zone 13 really have studied this dungeon thoroughly. I've been chasing them for half the day, and I just can't catch up in combat power."
Zhou Yingting watched as the health of the little hero kept dropping, frowning.
If it weren't for the confidence from Golden Finger, just based on the opponent's understanding of this dungeon and their level of operation, he really didn't think he could beat them.
But even so, he couldn't let his guard down.
The talent entry lottery seems to offer very good rewards, so whether he could improve his combat power all depended on this lottery.
Additionally, he needed to see if he could find the Fearless Heart and Courageous.
These two entries combined could at least increase combat power by hundreds of thousands.
Currently, what Zhou Yingting was considering was to first eliminate someone, and then see if he could get first place.
After all, his current health was already very unhealthy.
In the seventh position above him was the Japanese guy, whose health was at 71 points.
To put it simply, the combat power of the Japanese guy was even lower than Zhou Yingting's. It was obvious this was also the opponent's first time entering this dungeon.
But the opponent had slightly lower combat power, and yet, when the other six faced him, they all held back.
In this situation, the Japanese guy naturally lost less health.
"It should be about fifteen minutes now."
Zhou Yingting calculated the time, and it had been about fifteen minutes since he got the Gambling God entry.
Estimating, he was almost ready to gain the lottery entry.
However, at this time, the combat phase came again.
As the opponents were chosen, Zhou Yingting's little hero had just appeared and was instantly killed.
Looking up, his opponent was Ed, who was ranked number one.
At this moment, Ed's combat power had reached 500,000!
It was unknown what entry combination the opponent got, or what benefit they obtained from the level-up reward.
By this point, combat power had already reached 500,000.
Such terrifying combat power made Huang Zhiqiang and others feel a sense of despair.
It should be known that Zhou Yingting's combat power was only just over 2000.
Faced with a battle against 500,000, how could he win?
Leaving out the Japanese guy, even sixth place had a combat power of 100,000.
And this time, being instantly killed by the opponent left Zhou Yingting's health at 53, nearing the halfway red line.
"If you ask me, you might as well just surrender. By the way, you can surrender in this dungeon!"
As the other players hadn't finished their combat phase yet, Ed looked at Zhou Yingting and tried to persuade him.
He thought Zhou Yingting might as well surrender, making it easier for them without having to worry so much about Zhou Yingting.
"With your current power, it's impossible to turn the tables. By our operational route, at 20 minutes, combat power will begin to surge."
"By that time, you will have even less hope."
"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can ask those guys on the platform; they may have seen our matches before."
Ed grinned at Zhou Yingting, continuously persuading him, hoping Zhou Yingting would simply surrender.
"So, it looks like you guys start gearing up at 20 minutes? But I start gearing up at 18 minutes."
Zhou Yingting remained calm, now his panel already displayed the lottery entry.
Fifteen minutes had passed, and he had learned the talent entry lottery.
However, it required a wait of three more minutes before the lottery could commence.
"Nonsensical!"
Hearing Zhou Yingting, Ed paused and then laughed disdainfully.
They knew this dungeon so well, they truly didn't know about any 18-minute gearing up.
There simply wasn't such an entry; even if Zhou Yingting was bluffing, he should do it convincingly.
Let's say Zhou Yingting does gear up at 18 minutes, with such a huge gap in combat power, how could he catch up?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.
Forget it, if Zhou Yingting didn't want to surrender, they'd just send him packing as the eighth place.
Sending someone packing as the eighth was also quite satisfying.
The combat phase ended at this point, and each player returned to their position to continue farming the monsters in front of them.
In the earlier rewards, Zhou Yingting hadn't received any overly extraordinary prizes.
There were initially some decent pieces of equipment for Zhou Yingting, but he chose the experience points bonus.
With enough experience points bonus, his levels could increase a bit faster.
The three minutes quickly passed.
As the screen before Zhou Yingting, visible only to him, flickered softly, a sequence of lottery numbers and the current lottery rewards appeared.