Chapter 27 Heavy Rain

As soon as Han Jia Gongzi said this, those eating fish threw away their fish, those drinking wine started packing up their bottles, and they all stood up. They casually wiped their hands and pulled out their weapons. At this time, the people from the Sunset City mercenary group were already rushing to grab quests, and the Hundred Battles mercenary group was no exception. Those who walked a little slower might have heard Han Jia Gongzi's words, but obviously no one had any reason to stay and help Jian Nan You.

Of course, Jian Nan You also knew that he was at a great disadvantage with only four people. But the problem was that his four people were a Thief, a Warrior, a Mage, and a Priest. The Thief had a chance to run. The other three classes were the type who basically couldn't escape unless they completely defeated the enemy.

Jian Nan You didn't even think about explaining himself. The other party knew very well what he was doing, so nothing he said could hide his intentions. Even if he told them that his target was just the video mage and had nothing to do with them, saying such stupid things would be meaningless. They were all friends, after all. Would they sit idly by while he went to loot their friend's equipment? Then such friends would be a little too worthless.

As a result, Jian Nan You's group of seven, although now only a group of four, still stood in a line and glared at each other.

You Ge and Jian Nan You were originally friends, but at this moment, speaking would only increase the embarrassment. Both sides tacitly refrained from communicating. The atmosphere was tense, and only the possibility of blades speaking remained.

"Be careful!!" The first one to shout was actually Piaoliu. As expected of the number one mage in Parallel World, he was closely watching the other mage and quickly noticed that the other party was quietly chanting a spell, and immediately spoke out to warn them.

The others were also experienced veterans, and they knew that mages, because of their special verbal attack mode, were now on par with Thieves and Archers as insidious characters. There were no archers in the opponent's formation, and the Thief was standing there properly without activating Stealth. Thus, the only one with the conditions to be insidious was that mage.

"But don't move!" Piaoliu said, then stretched out a hand to stop everyone.

After all, the mage couldn't just use his mouth; the direction of his hand determined the direction of the spell. Someone of Piaoliu's caliber would immediately pay attention to the movement of the other party's hand when they noticed him chanting, and from this, they had already judged the position where the spell would be cast.

With a "boom," a Fire Tree Thousand Flame burst open a few steps in front of everyone. Huo Ran Yi sighed and said, "As expected of the number one mage!"

Obviously, since they were in a valley at this time, with the wall behind the opponent, the only way to dodge the spell was to move forward. So he cast the spell a few steps ahead, so that the opponent would step into the range when they dodged forward. But how could Piaoliu not know this common spell trick? He easily saw through it.

This blooming Fire Tree Thousand Flame thus became a signal to start the battle. Yu Tian Shen Ming drew his bow and nocked an arrow. With a "swoosh," a Snipe shot out, aimed directly at the opposing mage.

However, Jian Nan You had already anticipated the archer's combat habit of immediately killing the opponent's mage turret. He had leaned close to Huo Ran Yi early on to defend him. As soon as he saw Yu Tian Shen Ming attack, he raised his shield. With a "clang," he blocked the arrow.

Jian Nan You was really surprised by the damage of Yu Tian Shen Ming's arrows, and lamented that he was indeed a top player. On their side, their priest was already busy, and a Heal had already landed on Jian Nan You's head.

The people on Han Jia Gongzi's side were also quite surprised. Not because of the other party's reaction and coordination, but like Gu Fei back then, because of Jian Nan You's appearance with a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left.

You Ge was the most sensitive to this abnormal situation when he saw it, and immediately cast an Identify skill. But he was so excited that he forgot: the Identify skill has no effect on players who exceed his level. Jian Nan You, as one of the Five Little Strongs, was now close to level 42, while You Ge was still working hard towards level 41. The two were not in the same tier.

However, there were also level 41 people in the Gongzi Elite Group. Jian Gui and Zhan Wu Shang were among them. You Ge quickly had Jian Gui, whose Identify skill level was also good, scout him out. Jian Gui shook his head after casting the spell: "The left-hand shield is a question mark."

"Dodge quickly! A spell is coming!" Piaoliu shouted again at this time. Under Jian Nan You's protection, Huo Ran Yi cast another spell. The Gongzi Elite Group had a wall behind them and the Fire Tree Thousand Flame that hadn't yet died out in front of them, but compared to being hit head-on, the continuous burning damage of the Fire Tree Thousand Flame was a little more tolerable.

All the experts made the same judgment, and stepped into the sea of fire in front of them together. A flash of fire passed through the sky above them, and a Heavenly Fire Wheel had already fallen.

"Why didn't you throw it on top of the Fire Tree Thousand Flame?" Hei Shui, the thief in the group of four, frowned, seeing that Huo Ran Yi's combat style today was somewhat different from usual.

"Piaoliu's mage experience is too rich. These little tricks won't work on them. Let's just honestly force them to step into the burning area and hurt them as much as we can!" Huo Ran Yi answered him.

"Rush out quickly! The burning effect lasts a long time!!" The burning effect of the Fire Tree Thousand Flame was originally five seconds. The experts estimated that the effect would be gone after they stepped into the sea of fire, so they weren't in a hurry. Then Piaoliu immediately shouted this, and the others rushed forward without even asking in detail. Yu Tian Shen Ming explained as he rushed, "The burning damage decreases over time. Now it should be the last second before it disappears, but the damage is actually reaching this data, which means the time will definitely continue!!"

Yu Tian Shen Ming was also a super mage expert, and he could make this kind of judgment. More importantly, Piaoliu had repeatedly demonstrated his professional mage qualities, which Yu Tian Shen Ming absolutely could not tolerate, so he immediately snatched the words away.

Piaoliu did think so, and smiled slightly when he saw Yu Tian Shen Ming anxiously explain it first, but didn't say anything.

Huo Ran Yi also heard these words, and deeply admired the opponent's mage experience. And this archer could even detect this connotation. He immediately thought of a name. Yu Tian Shen Ming, there was this expert in the other party's formation. Jian Nan You had said this a long time ago. He never thought that this most famous mage expert had switched to being an archer this time.

Huo Ran Yi had a lot on his mind, but he didn't slow down at all. He suddenly waved his staff rapidly. The chanting of this spell had already been in progress after he cast the Heavenly Fire Wheel. At this time, it was time to activate it. A soaring flame rose from the ground in the direction Huo Ran Yi waved, immediately blocking the path for the other seven people to rush forward.

This *Fenghuo Liancheng* (烽火连城 - Beacon Fire Connects the Cities) was something even Piaoliu, who had incredibly rich mage experience, had never seen before. Just looking at the momentum, he felt that the damage wouldn't be low. The seven people, who had already been burned by the Fire Tree Thousand Flame under their feet, definitely didn't dare to grit their teeth and rush through this flame. But the burning of the Fire Tree Thousand Flame still hadn't stopped at this point, and no one knew when it would go out. Naturally, it wouldn't do to let their life decrease like this, so the seven people had no choice but to retreat back to their original place.

Hei Shui, the Thief among the group of four, said with great regret, "If only Jiaoshui were here!"

At this time, he and Jian Nan You, such melee classes, were obviously unable to cast spells.

"The Fire Tree Thousand Flame's effect lasts so long!" All seven people had retreated back to the bottom of the valley, but the Fire Tree Thousand Flame still hadn't gone out, and the flames of the *Fenghuo Liancheng* were still enchanting.

"He probably has equipment that enhances the duration of all fire spells!" Piaoliu judged. Just as he finished speaking, the flames of the Fire Tree Thousand Flame went out. Just as everyone was about to move forward, Piaoliu suddenly shouted, "Be careful!" With a "boom," the Fire Tree Thousand Flame was reignited.

"This guy!!" Yu Tian Shen Ming was stunned. Although he wasn't a mage, he knew a lot about the mage class in Parallel World out of interest. The cooldown time of the mage's several area spells wasn't short, but Huo Ran Yi's two consecutive Fire Tree Thousand Flames had shortened the cooldown by more than just a little.

"He calculated it precisely, so that the burning time of his Fire Tree Thousand Flame is equal to the cooldown time," Piaoliu said. The others couldn't imagine what kind of uses this effect could produce, but some ideas had already sprung to mind for experts like Piaoliu and Yu Tian Shen Ming.

"I didn't expect this kid to have such a trick. In this way, we will be trapped here," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"And then, like just now, use the Heavenly Fire Wheel to force us to step into the sea of fire and suffer damage, and repeat this over and over again, slowly grinding away our lives..." Piaoliu added.

"Then it's a contest of mana consumption. Whoever runs out of mana first, Gongzi or him, will be in danger," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"His spells need to control the cooldown time, so he may have added some points to Spirit. His mana won't be at its full state under level 40," Piaoliu continued to analyze.

"Gongzi isn't an ordinary Constitution-type mage. He adds points to Intelligence and Spirit, and his mana is much stronger than that of an ordinary Priest," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Although he uses continuous large-scale spells, Gongzi has to heal seven people's lives by himself. The consumption on both sides is very huge, so it's hard to say..." Piaoliu said.

"Yeah, it's hard to say!" Yu Tian Shen Ming nodded.

Han Jia Gongzi stared at the two of them expressionlessly: "The two of you are very in tune with each other!"

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!" Yu Tian Shen Ming reacted, covered his mouth with his hand, and said in extreme pain: "My mouth will definitely rot, right?"

No one paid attention to him. Han Jia Gongzi looked at Piaoliu: "Healing seven people, exerting it to the limit, I can last for seven rounds."

Piaoliu understood the meaning of Han Jia Gongzi's words, and immediately made an estimate of the other party: "I don't know how much mana his firewall-like thing consumes. If it's similar to the Heavenly Fire Wheel and Fire Tree Thousand Flame, I conservatively estimate that he should be able to last for more than ten rounds with this combination of spells. If he has equipment that increases mana, it will be even more troublesome..."

"Don't most mages have this kind of equipment?" You Ge said from the side.

"That's right..." Piaoliu said, "So he will also change it at this time."

"The archer can't interrupt his attacks!" Zhan Wu Shang looked over there. Jian Nan You was protecting Huo Ran Yi, and all the arrows were blocked by him, with the priest healing him from behind. "Is the only option to charge straight in?"

"If we charge straight in, those with thin health might die directly. Even if there are survivors, the other party's stealthed thief will have already come to meet you," Han Jia Gongzi said. As he spoke, everyone saw that the other party's thief had already disappeared into stealth.

"We were a little too confident this time. This terrain is very unfavorable..." Jian Gui said.

Everyone was speechless.

"Here it comes..." Yu Tian Shen Ming suddenly shouted. He saw Huo Ran Yi raise his staff and begin summoning the Heavenly Fire Wheel...

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It's really raining hard...