Chapter 284 Theres Still Hope
The damage from falling off the clock tower was much greater than the damage coming from players. If players were to fall down, then they would certainly die.
Hearing these Christmas thieves shriek and shrill as they fell made all the players there ache. They wouldnt die from the fall, would they? Wasnt that too easy for Lord Grim?
Just as they were thinking of this, they saw a giant beam of light shoot down from the top of the clock tower towards the ground. This was a Laser Rifle from Su Muchengs Cleansing Mist.
This attack was a spectacular sight, though the damage from it wasnt as impressive as the visual effects. The thieves at the front of the charge ate the Laser Rifle and were pushed apart, falling down from the clock tower. Afterwards, the Laser Rifles damage gradually decreased. In the end, the attack had only pushed down three Christmas thieves. Even though the others had been hit, they were able to cling onto the clock towers walls.
Whether the monsters could be shot down depended on the skills effect. The most optimal skills were the ones with a strong Blow Away effect. Knockbacks, such as from a charged-up Laser Rifle, could knock the Christmas thieves into each other and push a few down. If the skill effect was weaker, then the Christmas thieves would be pushed, but they wouldnt fall.
Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng naturally understood this well. All sorts of skills were shot down from the top of the clock tower. Layer after layer of Christmas thieves continuously plummeted. Some quickly fell to the very bottom, while some only fell halfway, and some only just began to fall. Gradually, the shrieks from the falling Christmas thieves combined into one like a chorus, accompanying Sin Citys sinister atmosphere. Players that heard this felt a creeping coldness climb up their spines.
The guild leaders got together again. Some shook their heads in helplessness, while others sighed. Some looked up towards the sky in shock.
The worst among them was Chen Yehui!
This was because his guild currently ruled the leaderboards. The other guilds had already begun to feel the effects from Excellent Dynastys huge investment in the tenth server.
Ignoring all else, the number of experts in the Heavenly Domains Excellent Dynasty had become fewer. Everyone was aware of Excellent Dynastys movements now.
Though even if they knew, every guild had their own plans for their development in the new server and didnt immediately invest more into it in order to keep up with Excellent Dynasty. And this time, in the Christmas event, Excellent Dynasty monopolized the tenth servers leaderboards as a result. The other guilds knew that they wouldnt be able to compete with Excellent Dynasty. They saw this, but didnt bother with it too much. From a different point of view, Excellent Dynasty may look great in the tenth server, but what about the Heavenly Domain? Without their experts, they were doing extremely poorly in the event. Their performance could even be compared to guilds that had been made by casual players.
As a result, even though everyone was watching Lord Grim show off his might, everyone felt differently about it. Other guilds would only profit a bit less because of Ye Xius move, but no one felt worse than Chen Yehui.
Should we go and kill them? At the very least, the Christmas thieves will begin respawning sooner. With his method, who knows how long it will take for him to kill them all? I sent some people to check. These Christmas thieves wont die with a single fall and will even continue climbing. We really dont know how many times it will take for one of them to die from falling.
There were already players beginning to discuss whether they should kill the Christmas thieves or not. After realizing that there was no way they could reach Lord Grim, quite a few players were beginning to have this thought.
Kill them and gift Lord Grim free points? After that, hell just gather up more of them and then we go and help him again? F*ck, disgusting! There were also voices who disagreed, especially from those who detested Lord Grim.
Chen Yehui didnt want to just do nothing either. He wanted to start another alliance to oppose Lord Grim. But this time, he failed. All the other guild leaders just laughed and cut off the conversation. Chen Yehui also knew that, in this Christmas event, their Excellent Dynasty had profited the most so far. If they were to oppose Lord Grim, their Excellent Dynasty would still profit the most from it. What guild would agree to that?
Chen Yehui was helpless. Lord Grim was at the top of the clock tower, but he had no way of dealing with him. Even though he had many experts under him, none of them could guarantee that they could climb up the tower in a single try. Even if they could, with Lord Grim guarding the clock tower, if they tried to jump, wouldnt they be in the same situation as the Christmas thieves?
Chen Yehui was at his wits end. In the end, his only choice was to bitterly continue looking for Christmas thieves. As Lord Grim killed his thieves, more would begin to respawn in Sin City.
Most of the guilds were already beginning to move out. Quite a few had begun to disperse.
Help Lord Grim kill off the Christmas thieves to have them respawn faster? In the end, no one did this. For people like Chen Yehui and Lonely Drink, doing something like that would make them feel as disgusted as if they had eaten a fly. They truly couldnt do it. Those who wanted to do this also gave up because, if they did it, their players would be left at the clock tower, while the other guilds who didnt do this would disperse and start looking for the respawned Christmas thieves. Helping Lord Grim was tolerable, but to be taken advantage of by others wasnt something that the guilds could tolerate.
I say we should try to control Lord Grim. We should take advantage while hes trapped at the top of the clock tower to have a few of our troops kill him when he comes down. Blossom Valleys Backlight Bomb said. His team had been killed by Ye Xiu before and he still remembered it well!
Kill him? To where? Hell just come back from Congee City.. and then what? Are you going to lock up Sin Citys entrance? Hazy Mist refuted.
In everyones eyes, they couldnt just chase him like before and split their forces again, right? The Christmas event only lasted for 36 hours. Who would use their limited time wasting their resources?
F*ck! Its everyone for themselves! The guild leaders sighed and then dispersed.
In the square beneath the clock tower, the players had left. But in the nearby streets, some players would walk for a bit and then stop and turn their heads to look.
In just a short moment, theyve reached another level. Blue Brook Guild was one of the guilds that hadnt completely left. Right now, Bound Boat was looking at the clock tower and talking to Blue River.
Blue Rivers character raised his hand and was clearly observing as well. After a short pause, he said: Youre right.
Does this mean that its possible that Lord Grim wont be able to hold on? Flower Lantern said, while gulping.
If Lord Grim couldnt hold on, then that meant that the instant he died, the Christmas thieves would return to their original state.
Blue Brook Guild obviously didnt mind taking the thieves for themselves.
Im afraid that we wont be the only guild to figure this out. Bound Boat said as he lowered his head and looked around. With Sin Citys visibility, the only thing that they could see was the rain and fog. They couldnt tell if there were other people around.
With so many of them, we wont be able to eat them all. Even if we split the pot up, itll still be good for us.
Blue River laughed bitterly: Our guild wouldnt be able to finish the meal and that guy wants to do it all himself.
Let him die from overeating! Flower Lantern said fiercely and hoped that the Christmas thieves would hurry and submerge the clock tower.
What do you think? Can you hold on? Chen Guo was worried about this. From the beginning of his resistance, Ye Xius playing had become extremely quick. His character was constantly shuffling about the peak of the tower. But seeing Ye Xius expression and seeing how he didnt look nervous, Chen Guo couldnt help but bother him and ask.
Just barely! Ye Xiu grinned.
He and Su Mucheng couldnt stop to rest for even a single moment. The Christmas thieves had climbed up all around the tower, but they werent going one at a time. Luckily, the clock tower became narrower the higher up it went. At the very peak of the tower, there was only enough space for five thieves to climb. According to these five spots, Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng split the tower into five sections, which were A, B, C, D and E.
B! Su Mucheng called.
Lord Grim hastily rushed over. A Christmas thief was just about to climb up when Lord Grim swept it away with a Falling Flower Palm.
D!
Lord Grim turned around and ran back. This Christmas thief was a Gunner. As he climbed, he even fired at Lord Grim.
Ye Xiu hastily dodged. He extended his arm and threw a grenade at the Christmas thief. Bang!
A! Su Mucheng called again.
Almost, almost........ Below the clock tower, squatting under the darkness, countless players looked up towards the tower, nervously awaiting the futures results.