nashuaworldcup Chapter 21 My Equipment: Two Legendary Pieces, is that too much to ask?
Chapter 21 My Equipment: Two Legendary Pieces, is that too much to ask?
With the opening of the frontline secret realm imminent, the atmosphere at the Dragon Guard Base is extremely tense.
The training schedule for the first squad has been arranged down to the minute, with the entire team working almost non-stop, familiarizing themselves with the transformed combat mode.
After Lu Yan finished crafting his scepter, he became the most idle one. He had no combat skills, and his aura was passively activated, so participating in the training would only make him a mobile buff machine, which wasn't very meaningful.
With nothing else to do, he decided to wander over to the command center.
On the huge, curved light screen, the first squad's challenge of the level 50 dungeon, [Wailing Mine], was being broadcast live. Li Tianshan and several combat advisors stood in front of the screen, their expressions focused.
In the scene, the battle has reached a fever pitch.
This is completely different from the past strategy of advancing step by step and relying on Shen Xinglin and Zhao Leiguang to stretch the formation.
At this moment, Zhao Leiguang was like a mad bull, utterly disdainful of raising his shield to block. He transformed into a gray steel whirlwind, rampaging through the densely packed caveman laborers and overseers.
The continuous stun effect of [Savage Charge] caused monsters to stagger and fall in all directions wherever he went, their formations completely disrupted.
Shen Xinglin spurred his warhorse, traversing the edge of the battlefield. His role was no longer that of a main tank, but rather a highly mobile "scavenger," precisely using his spear to take down those who tried to get close to the rear ranged firepower.
The area behind the team had been completely transformed into a death zone.
Lin Chuxue stood expressionless in place, holding the [Duel Staff], the ice and fire elements bursting from the tip of the staff almost never stopped.
Ice storms and lava fireballs formed an insurmountable elemental barrier. Any monster horde disrupted by Zhao Leiguang's lightning would be blasted to smithereens within three seconds if they stepped into that area.
Wen Yue's statement was even more exaggerated.
She abandoned her past agile movements, half-kneeling on the ground, and placed the [World-Destroying Thunder] on a temporary support, turning it into a fixed turret.
Instead of picking off the regular mobs, she calmly fired one [Scatter Grenade] after another, with extended fuse times, into the shadows deep within the mine—the location where the BOSS was about to spawn.
Just then, the ground trembled slightly, and a massive caveman overlord, wielding a giant pickaxe, roared out of the shadows.
Its elite shield had just lit up, before it could even swing its first pickaxe.
Wen Yue pulled the trigger.
— Detonate.
"boom--!!!!"
A deep, muffled bang, so loud it distorted the sound system in the command center, came from deep within the mine.
The dozen or so grenades that Wen Yue had previously laid out there were simultaneously triggered by the [Chain Detonation] skill.
A terrifying burst of light flashed across the screen, and the level 50 BOSS that had just appeared was torn apart and vaporized by the geometrically compounded damage before it could even utter a wail.
Sold out instantly.
The command center was deathly silent.
The operations staff officer next to Li Tianshan subconsciously pushed up his glasses, glanced at the BOSS's health bar that had instantly dropped to zero on the data panel, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
"Good." Li Tianshan uttered a single word, then turned to look at Lu Yan, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration. "You kid, you've really given me a huge surprise."
Lu Yan smiled but didn't reply.
This tactic is tailor-made for the high-intensity, high-density battlefields of the front-line secret realm.
The screen flashed, and the first squad appeared on the base's teleportation platform.
The men were still covered in gunpowder and dust, but their faces were full of excitement.
"Lu Yan!" Zhao Leiguang was the first to rush over, his large palm about to slap him on the shoulder, but Xiao Qianyu stopped him with lightning speed.
"Thanks, bro!" Zhao Leiguang withdrew his hand, chuckling, "This gear is awesome! I finally don't have to be a punching bag anymore! I'll crush them! Hahahaha!"
Wen Yue also came over. She looked at the heavy crossbow in her hand with a complicated expression, but more than that, she felt the excitement of having found a new continent.
Lin Chuxue was the most direct. She nodded to Lu Yan and uttered two words: "You're very strong, Lu Yan. You're a true genius."
"It's strong, yes..." Xiao Qianyu rubbed her temples, then changed the subject and began to complain, "but it's so boring. We fought for ages and didn't get a single decent item; the ground was just full of junk. Without your aura, dungeon runs have lost their soul."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in deep agreement.
It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Having grown accustomed to days of dazzling gold and legendary tales, the contrast with this scene of painstakingly clearing the field only to find a few blue and green items is truly stark.
"Don't worry," Lu Yan said with a smile. "Once we return victorious from the front-line secret realms, I'll take you to conquer all the secret realms in the world. By then, we'll also arrange all the equipment for Sister Qianyu, Brother Xinglin, and Sister Yunqing."
Upon hearing this, both Shen Xinglin and Su Yunqing's eyes lit up.
"Hey, I'll remember that!" Xiao Qianyu crossed her arms and glanced at him sideways. "But I have to be first in line. When you were making equipment for you, you were thinking of those guys, why didn't you think of me first? I was the first person to guide you into this world."
She held up two fingers and waved them in front of Lu Yan.
"So, it's not unreasonable for me to need two legendary items, is it?"
"It's not excessive, it must be arranged." Lu Yan readily agreed.
After everyone laughed and joked for a while, Li Tianshan came over and urged them to rest and prepare for the final expedition.
The team members gradually dispersed.
"Sister Qianyu, wait a moment." Lu Yan called out to Xiao Qianyu, who was about to leave.
Xiao Qianyu turned around, somewhat puzzled.
Lu Yan led her to a secluded corner of the command center and briefly recounted the events leading up to the conflict between the Third Squad and the Royal Guild in the [Abyss of Silence].
He didn't embellish it; he simply stated Huang Shaotian's threatening words objectively.
Xiao Qianyu's smile slowly disappeared.
When she heard Huang Shaotian invoke his brother's name and the name of the 30,000 awakened members of the Imperial Clan to threaten the Dragon Guards with a price, her eyes turned cold.
"Huang Zhentian from the Imperial Gate?"
Xiao Qianyu's knuckles tapped lightly on the hilt of the sword at her waist, producing a series of dull tapping sounds.
"What arrogance! A mere civilian guild dares to threaten the people of our National Guard."
She looked at Lu Yan and asked to confirm, "The third team didn't suffer any losses, did they?"
"No, we wiped out the entire enemy team."
"However, because of this, they've also started to have their eyes on it."
"It's good that everyone's alright." Xiao Qianyu nodded, a murderous aura emanating from her. "As for the threat... I'll remember that debt. I can't spare the time now, but once things are settled in the front-line secret realm, I'll have plenty of time to play with them."