MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Birth of the Hedgehog

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The crowd clamored when they heard that Li Yao was going to have a battle with Li Haitao.

Li Haitao’s formidable strength was known to all, no one could last one minute in battle with him.

Not even Zhang Ming or Wang Qiang, who were in the second and third place, with a full set of Green, upgraded equipment could defeat him. Even for them, they could only last less than one minute whereas Haitao merely lost less than one third of his health.

In this scenario where Green equipment was considered as the top equipment, there were players who did not even have a full set of White equipment. With a full set of Green upgraded equipment, Haitao was considered God-like, not even ten players could take him down.

“Yao, you drank too much.” Zhao Lei quickly grabbed hold of Li Yao’s arm. “Sorry, Li Yao drank too much. All that was just his drunkenness talking,” he shouted.

Li Haitao smiled at him. “Lei, Yao seems fine to me, he doesn’t seem drunk at all. Now that Yao has challenged me to a battle, I will gladly take on the challenge, everyone happy?”

Li Yao stopped Zhao Lei before he could speak. “Well, let’s not keep others waiting, we will start now.”

The crowd instantly buzzed with excitement. No one had high expectations on Li Yao, but they still cheered for his courage to go against Haitao.

On the surface, Haitao looked calm and normal, but deep inside he felt his heart bloom. He was looking for his chance to personally devastate Li Yao to the point where Li Yao would explode and spew out nasty words. He did not expect Li Yao to go up against him on his own accord.

He could not reject the fact that deep down, he was extremely jealous of Li Yao. He still could not understand why Fengyi, a noble, would lower her status to date someone like Li Yao.

Was it because of his good academic results? That was a joke. With the Qin family’s standards, it was useless by just being a student with excellent results when a billionaire boss was considered less worthy than a fart.

Thinking back on the banquet that he attended previously, his father had a small collaborative project with the Qin family. The head of the Qin family, Qin Fengyi’s father, shook hands with his father, all of his old counterparts that witnessed the handshake were envious, jealous and hated him. The incident was two years ago but his father would still brag about it.

With that in mind, his loathe for Li Yao became even more potent. He felt that he was being challenged by Li Yao. He felt exhilarated when he ruined Li Yao’s relationship with Fengyi, now he was more than excited to openly embarrass Li Yao.

Even though he was able to conceal his hatred and joy, his hands were trembling with excitement as he raised his wine glass.

Li Haitao took a deep breath. “How about I put the money prize on the table? I don’t want to feel like I’m just playing on my own. If Li Yao wins this round, he will be crowned first place.”

“You’re wrong for saying that Haitao, your integrity can be seen by everyone here. The match is already over, and the winner has already been decided, no one will feel dissatisfied,” said Wang Yan. “Since there is a money prize, Li Yao too should put out the same amount of money as bet.”

“I wouldn’t want to disappoint everyone here.” Li Yao said with a fist-palm gesture. “I apologize, I do not have a filthy rich father that would let me lavishly spend his money like this. Besides, I’m just a small, nameless commentator. Let’s not get started about whether I’m able to pull out this huge sum of money, even if I do, I would not want to do such a thing to my family, would I?”

“You’re right, it ain’t easy being average. Haitao, just treat this as a game, there is no need to make such a huge bet.”

Most of the classmates were ordinary people so all of them supported Li Yao.

Li Haitao’s mood completely changed. He never thought that Li Yao would be so cunning, now he had all of the classmates on his side.

Fengyi who had been silence all these while finally spoke up. “If you want to gamble, I will join you. However, I would like to make things clear, the money used is money earned by myself, not a single penny is from my family.”

Haitao’s face changed again, he felt as if an anchor was hooked onto his heart. He tried to supress his anger and forced out a laugh. “Since Fengyi would like to gamble, I will gladly comply. Now let us start.”

Both of them walked toward the finance room. “Li Yao, you just dug yourself a hole. Later, I will make you sprawl on all fours like a dead dog under my feet,” whispered Haitao.

“I will be waiting,” replied Li Yao dully.

Li Yao then logged in to the game. On his game panel, he saw a game option that would allow him to connect to the battle server. He clicked on the option.

Both Li Yao and Haitao appeared in a wide field. Every inch of Li Yao’s body was covered by the cloak while Haitao was a warrior with shining, green armor.

“This isn’t fair, they are on a plain, flat land. How can Li Yao fight like this?” said Zhao Lei.

Now in the game, Haitao was also slightly stunned. He tried to act modest and asked, “If you think that this is unfair for you, we could perhaps change the arena.”

“There is no need for that, wherever the arena is the result would be the same.” Li Yao’s voice was different from real life. Not only was his voice different, his appearance had changed. In-game character creation would be graded by the system. For instance, the character’s appearance would be five marks, the created character would also be five marks. This was done to protect the player’s privacy and to prevent players from beautifying themselves to cheat others.

“Seems like you already know the result. You’re right, whatever the arena is it will still be the same.” Haitao selected the Ready option.

Li Yao too selected Ready. There was a countdown timer in the corner of their eyes.

“Who do you think will win?” Zhang Ming shouted deliberately.

“Should be Haitao.”

“What do you mean by should, of course he will win,” shouted Wang Qiang. “Let’s not even talk about his equipment. Haitao has learned six different skills, one passive and five actives. Players that have two skills should already feel blessed.”

The crowd nodded. “Quick, look! It’s about to start. Haitao will use Charge. Once his Charge attack lands, Li Yao will be stunned for a second. He will then use Hamstring to decrease Li Yao’s speed and use Thunder Clap for a critical blow. Li Yao will be knocked out in an instant.” Zhang Ming said.

The crowded nodded again. Everyone that went against Haitao had suffered the same fate from the same sequence of attacks. They were instantly killed without the chance to counter back.

“This is going to be such a bore, it is going to end so… Hold on, what’s happening. Why isn’t Haitao using Charge?” Wang Yan shrieked.

Everyone was puzzled, the one second countdown was over.

Li Yao shot out an arrow, Haitao rolled to dodge the attack. Before he could stand up, another beam of blue arrow shot on Haitao’s forehead.

Haitao did his best to approach as he dashed toward Li Yao. Li Yao kept pulling back as he quickly and continuously nocked and shot his arrows.

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One by one, the damage points appeared above of Haitao’s head. Haitao had yet to land even a single scratch on Li Yao’s armor.

“Haitao must care for their friendship and does not want to let Li Yao lose too miserably. Haitao has 400 Health whereas Li Yao has less than 200 Health. He is just letting Li Yao have some fun with him, no big deal.” Zhang Ming tried to find an excuse for Haitao.

No one was bothered to respond to him. Haitao’s face had turned purple, everyone could clearly see that he was both flustered and embarrassed.

Xiaolei could not understand what she was seeing. “Fengyi, I heard that you are a commentator. Can you explain to us what is happening?”

“Yeah, please explain to us.”

“Yep, yep. Just give us some explanation.”

Fengyi did not mind explaining at all. She walked in front of the screen and picked up the microphone. She cleared her throat and out came a sweet, soothing voice from her lips.

“Easy, it’s not that Haitao doesn’t want to use Charge, it is because he couldn’t use the skill.”

“Cannot use Charge, why? Why can’t he use Charge?” asked Zhao Lei.

Fengyi looked at Li Yao’s sharp eyesight. “First of all, all of you need to understand that a warrior’s Charge range is thirty yards. With his passive skill’s buff, it will be at most thirty-five yards. Look at the distance between the both, it is at least thirty-five yards, and a bow’s attack range is forty yards or more.”

The crowd was instantly enlightened. The once bustling hall had quietened down, everyone was focused on watching the match while listening to Fengyi’s commentary.

“Haitao is still quite skilled. He used Roll to dodge Stunning Arrow. Look, he has dodged the attack and his speed has been increased, he will be able to use Charge in another two seconds. Li Yao is not giving him the chance to use it, he used Shadow Flip twice to widen their distance. Li Yao’s archery is top-notch, he only allowed Haitao to dodge his Stunning Arrow once. Besides, Li Yao’s attack must be quite high, he could even break Haitao’s upgraded equipment defense. If this keeps up, Hai Tao will not stand a chance. The outcome of this match has already been destined.”

“Ahh!” Haitao could no longer contain his anger. He gave a furious roar and his expression was all twisted.

On the other hand, Li Yao kept on shooting with his bow and arrows. One after another, streams of glowing arrows were released and landed without missing their target.

Haitao continued to bellow as his health bar was constantly decreasing.

Now short of health, Haitao tried to retreat backwards, though he still could not dodge Li Yao’s Stunning Arrow. It did not matter if he charged forward or retreated backwards, Li Yao’s arrows would still land on him.

Li Yao was like a viper, it was as if he had seen through Haitao’s every tactic and plan. No matter how Haitao rolled to the left or right, he was not able to evade his arrows.

Few minutes had passed, Haitao looked as though he was an abused live target. He was sprawled on the ground with frustration and was covered in arrows. He looked like a hedgehog.

Nobody knew what to say. Before this, Haitao was like a battle god that instantly killed whoever that showed up before him. Besides, he had a full set of Green equipment which allowed him to kill in style.

Now on the screen, Haitao looked like a dying hedgehog while Li Yao still had full health. Everyone was in awe, everything that had happened did not seem real at all.

With a loud bang, Haitao kicked away the leg stool in front of him. He gasped for air and glared at Li Yao who was still calm and chill. “Since it’s a duel, it should be three rounds and two wins. For the next round, I suggest we are allowed to use any sort of consumable items except for Healing potions.”

“That’s enough, afraid to lose much?” Zhao Lei said.

“Duels have always been two wins out of three rounds. Those are the rules,” replied Wang Qiang.

Haitao’s demeanor was long gone. He glared at Li Yao with a murky expression like a snake. “Why, are you going to chicken out?” sneered Haitao.

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Li Yao looked at his savage expression and smiled. “Any items and consumables, are you sure about that?”

“Correct, except for healing-related potions. Other than that, anything is usable,” said Haitao while still breathing heavily.

“Ok, if that’s the case, great.” Li Yao whispered.

“I’ll take that you agree,” laughed Haitao.

“Yeah, I’m still not satisfied with killing you just once.” Li Yao turned around and walked into the battle room. As he said earlier, he had only killed him once in the game, he was not done and was only getting started…