133: Chapter 133: The Second Round of Promotion Defense Battle Begins

"Big Boss, you're awake?"

Liu Xuan rolled over and sat up, seeing a teammate nearby greeting him.

He nodded and let out a long sigh.

The aftereffects of last night's dream were quite intense.

After a while, he picked up [God's Tomb] to check its changes.

[God's Tomb]

Type: One-handed Shield

Quality: God-tier Rank 3

Requirement Level: 10

Effect 1: This shield's quality and requirement level are equal to another one-handed piece of equipment you possess.

Effect 2: The holder of this shield shall know no rest (while sleeping, you will enter the original owner's illusion realm to gradually recover the shield's abilities).

Effect 3: During battle, phantoms of enemies you have killed will occasionally appear to assist you, lasting for up to 5 minutes. Multiple phantoms can exist simultaneously and will inherit your HP. The higher the shield's rank, the greater the probability of appearance (only targets killed after possessing this shield can generate phantoms).

The special effects did not increase, only adding the phrase "multiple phantoms can exist simultaneously."

However, the strength difference was worlds apart.

Before, once a phantom was summoned, it wouldn't summon another until the first one disappeared.

But now, it could summon continuously.

Most importantly, the summoning probability of the God-tier Rank 3 [God's Tomb] is very high; yesterday, basically as soon as one disappeared, the next one appeared.

If they can exist simultaneously now, the number will certainly not be small.

Just as he was thinking this, a phantom spawned beside him.

Liu Xuan specifically kept track, and after about 40-something seconds, a second one spawned.

Subsequent third and fourth ones appeared at intervals of roughly half a minute to a minute.

By the time the first one disappeared, there were a full 7 phantoms on the field simultaneously.

"If [God's Tomb] keeps upgrading, won't I be able to lead an army of summons in the future?"

Hehe, just thinking about it is satisfying.

...

Not long after Liu Xuan woke up, the second round of the Promotion Defense Battle entered the countdown.

The announcement began reading the rules for this round. There weren't many major changes, except that the defense targets had become two cities, the attackers were now from Europe and Africa, and this time, the defending side was no longer prohibited from deploying NPCs.

However, NPCs do not have the right to be spared; if they are killed, they are truly dead.

Therefore, Liu Xuan and his team had no such plans.

Some NPCs were indeed quite strong, such as Sword Master Heg.

However, in a battle involving over ten thousand people, their utility was limited, and it would be quite annoying if they died.

For this battle, as the defenders, Liu Xuan and his team's strategy was very simple: it depended on how fast Liu Xuan could kill on the Dawn City side; the faster he was, the less pressure there would be on Moonlight City.

Everyone felt that failure was impossible, so the chat channel was harmonious, with only notifications from a few commanders issuing orders visible.

It could be said to be well-organized.

But in the attackers' group chat, chaos had already broken out.

"Liu Xuan must be at Dawn City; we should abandon this place and attack Moonlight City with all our might."

"But Dawn City doesn't have a city wall! Can't we just swarm them and forcibly destroy the flag?"

"Concentrating forces is the stupidest thing to do. What's the use of having many people? Didn't you see how those Asia countries lost?"

"Let's just split them evenly. If 15,000 people can't beat Liu Xuan, then 30,000 won't make any difference."

Such an outrageous statement, yet no one refuted it at the moment.

It seemed as if they weren't discussing a war involving tens of thousands of people, but a street brawl between a few people, where the opponent had a gun.

"Fuck, don't we have any hidden classes here who dare to stand up and duel Liu Xuan?"

The various hidden classes fell silent. Even if they didn't understand Liu Xuan, looking at the widening level gap between them and Liu Xuan on the leaderboard, everyone knew that no one could beat Liu Xuan in the first round, and it would only get harder later.

After a moment, someone spoke up timidly: "Dare? Of course I dare, but what's the use if I can't win?"

"According to you, why not just surrender and be beasts of burden for the Chinese in the future?"

"We were forcibly dragged into this battlefield anyway. Besides leveling up slower, what difference does it make? On the contrary, after losing, more people will come in to keep us company."

"What should I do if I feel like life here is better than outside?"

"Stop kidding, how is that poss... Oh, so you're from Africa."

"Damn it, don't you guys have mothers? Do you want them to come in and risk their lives too?"

"Laughable, I don't even know who my mother is."

"Don't rush, let's discard the family for this round. I've discovered that as long as we lie flat, we have no psychological pressure. Whatever family safety, whatever national demotion—as long as you don't care, you are invincible."

"Damn it! We Germanic people do not accept such humiliation!"

Seeing pessimistic emotions spreading, a Briton named Gavin suddenly spoke up: "Everyone, can you listen to me for a moment? I have an idea that can deal with Liu Xuan!"

If anyone who participated in the first round of the Promotion Defense Battle were here, they would definitely feel a sense of foreboding upon hearing this.

Because that Japanese guy named Ikeda Masato, after saying similar words, came up with the terrible idea of concentrating everyone to attack the South Gate of Orenburg, laying the foundation for the subsequent annihilation of thirty thousand people by Liu Xuan.

He could be called the traitor among traitors.

But there were no "ifs"; these were a new batch of people.

So, seeing the Fire Mage class and Level 15 next to Gavin's name, many people intended to listen to what he had to say.

Gavin began to introduce the plan he had been pondering for a long time to deal with Liu Xuan: "Everyone, ever since the last Promotion Defense Battle in Asia, I have been thinking about how to target Liu Xuan, and finally, I have come up with a solution—that is, control!"

"Damage reflection, damage reflection—of course, you have to take damage to reflect it. Can he reflect crowd control too? We can gather a group of people, and as soon as we see Liu Xuan, we throw a pile of control skills and debuffs that don't deal damage at him."

"Once he can't move, we face the remaining defenders with a numerical advantage and a terrain advantage. Dawn City has no cover at all, so won't it be easy to fight?"

"To make this plan go more smoothly, I will step forward and demand to duel him. I think as an expert, he will definitely agree. This way, we can take the opportunity to clear an area around him. Once he is controlled, we can just avoid him and seize the flag. This way, even if he uses AOE, he won't be able to hit us."

It seems... to make some sense?

It must be said that the reason a terrible idea is terrible is often because many idiots think it isn't, resulting in irreversible consequences.

That is the case now; many people heard it and surprisingly thought Gavin's plan was feasible.

"That's right, why didn't I think of that? Ordinary people don't have the increasing tenacity of a boss; we can chain-control him to death!"

"There's basically no PvP in this battlefield usually, so everyone forgot about this."

"What if—I'm just saying, what if—Liu Xuan's tenacity is full and he doesn't take control effects?"

"Hehe, is it possible that I have a skill that can reduce the target's tenacity? Even if he has full tenacity, he will have to obediently take the control today."

"Brother, you're awesome!"

"I've always felt that since we're all hidden classes, how could only Liu Xuan's 'Pacifist' be powerful? Maybe others just haven't found their suitable positions. Perhaps if used properly, a single skill could counter Liu Xuan perfectly!"

With a resonance among the "fools," everyone regained some confidence, and after slightly allocating their manpower, they waited for the war to begin.