Chapter 19: Born to be a Masochist?

  "Come forth! Arc Lightning Chain! Thunderbolt Technique!"

  Seeing the other four people rushing to the middle road at the same time, Zeus was caught off guard and didn't care about the line of soldiers anymore. He charged forward with his small body, breaking through the heavy obstacles of the Tianhui Fang Shuren army, and launched a combo attack on the half-human mammoth hiding in the back. However, what made him quite frustrated was that the half-human mammoth was too cunning, standing extremely far back, and before he could continue attacking, he lost his target.

  "Hehe, I'll take care of it!"

  The mechanical arm of the spring spirit, which had been walking along the river, raised its own mechanical arm, checked the direction and distance radius, and then fired a flare directly at the target area. With a loud explosion, flames burst out in the small woods, revealing the wolf-like figure of a half-man mammoth.

  "Isn't he dead?" The Spring-loaded Spirit's face fell instantly, originally thinking that the Half-human Mammoth was already on its last legs, and with just one more flashbang grenade, he could have taken his head as a trophy. But who knew that the Half-human Mammoth had actually snuck into the dense forest to secretly drink from a large healing potion? Although it was interrupted by his flashbang grenade, the recovered blood volume barely held on against its fatal blow.

  "Haha, with flares illuminating the surroundings, now the head is mine!"

  TK, Yougui and Xianzhe burst out laughing at the same time, and actually charged directly at the attack of the ancient war tree, rushing frantically towards the small forest.

  "Heat-seeking missile!"

  "Phantom Blade!"

  "The Power of Nature!"

  Three skills in a row, and the half-human mammoth had no room for struggle, falling to the ground without any suspense, dead beyond death...

  The branches and leaves of the tree of life swayed, the spring of life surged, a beam of light radiating intense life energy flashed, and immediately the intact figure of the half-human mammoth appeared.

  "How's that, not bad?" When he said this, Su Hong was somewhat guilty of conscience. The five heroes in front of him were brutally beaten to death, and the intense pain, even if he hadn't experienced it personally, he could imagine it, was absolutely unbearable for ordinary people.

  "Enemy Law, you've betrayed me..." Wu Sheng said faintly after a while.

  Just now he felt like he was already dead, the desperate feeling of death was so real, and the intense pain of being smashed by countless skills was unbearable, making him have lingering fears, completely not wanting to recall it again.

  "Hey, it can't be said like that. Based on your understanding of DOTA, you should be clear that in the face of such a disadvantageous situation, if we just rely on the two of us to turn things around, I'll have to attract the fire while you go crazy making money and hold out until the late game, then we might have a chance to win." Su Hong rubbed his nose somewhat awkwardly, then spoke seriously.

  "I understand the principle, but Enemy Law Brother, this battle is really too bloody and cruel. Being touched by a small soldier makes me feel like I'm going to die, let alone being bombarded by various heroic skills. How can I attract firepower? Am I supposed to rely on my own flesh and blood?" Wu Sheng 2009 said with a mournful face, looking depressed.

  "No wonder you're the world champion, you quickly grasped the key to the problem! Come on, you can do it!" With that, Su Hong ruthlessly ended the conversation and took advantage of the brief moment when his opponent's kill target was locked onto the half-human mammoth to frantically farm gold.

  It's been five minutes since the battle officially started, and Su Hong has managed to earn 1,800 yuan with his solid last-hitting skills, which is enough to buy a sturdy ball. If he can just get two more big swords and broadswords, he'll be able to synthesize a Frenzied Battle Axe.

  Berserker's Axe is a crucial equipment item for enemy mages.

  With the Battle Axe in hand, the enemy Mage can use his own Blink skill combined with the splash damage effect of the Battle Axe to crazily farm gold at various neutral creep points in the wild, with an efficiency that is simply astonishing. In just a few minutes, it's easy to farm out a big item, and if no one disturbs him, after ten or more minutes, a fully equipped enemy Mage will gradually take shape.

  Su Hong chose the enemy's law because he saw this point, the flash move skill can help him effectively avoid the pursuit of the opposing hero, and if he gets the crazy war axe, he has the possibility to reverse the situation through crazy brushing money.

  It can be said that whether or not to obtain the Crazy War Axe in the shortest time is crucial for Su Hong.

  Although he had over 1,800 game coins in hand, enough to buy a sturdy ball item, Su Hong thought for a moment and didn't do so. Instead, he ran to the outdoor store and bought a small round shield for 250 coins, appearing online again in a rather shabby manner.

  "Haha, look at that guy, he's completely useless! He's been playing for half a day and only managed to get a small round shield. With skills like that, he dares to play late-game heroes?! The Spring Spirit in the middle lane burst out laughing loudly. Originally, he was planning to go to the top lane to harass the enemy mage and earn some gold, but after noticing this detail, he suddenly didn't feel like moving. What's the point of even trying?"

  "Hey, look at that guy, he's quite alert. I thought he was a master, but who knew his ability to take money was so weak? In that case, there's no need to worry." The prophet flashed a hint of disdain in his eyes and stopped paying attention to the situation on the road.

  The three of them, including You Gui, also had a disdainful attitude and didn't intend to take the initiative to suppress the enemy mage on the lower road. After all, the enemy mage had a flash skill that allowed him to escape instantly. In the early stages without good equipment, it was still difficult to kill the enemy mage, so naturally no one wanted to do such a troublesome thing.

  Let that trash develop later, anyway his ability to make money is so weak, even if he is allowed to freely supplement without pressure, what can be done? Wait until the back has sheep knife or purple jade and other equipment, and then give that guy a good headache.

  The five heroes of the Night Mare thought that they would put all their energy on the mid lane, so much so that the top and bottom lanes were completely empty, with no one in charge, all eagerly waiting for the appearance of the Minotaur.

  Ten seconds... thirty seconds... one minute... seventy seconds...

  Just as the heroes were half-heartedly repairing their armor, growing somewhat impatient, the figure of a Minotaur finally appeared in their line of sight, lurking behind an ancient war tree and refusing to come forward, yet still enough to send them into utmost excitement.

  "Haha, there really are people who aren't afraid of death! It's really great, now someone else will make a profit from this!"

  "First of all, let's get one thing straight - snatching people's heads is just that, but please be gentle about it. Don't scare them so much that they never dare to go out again. Otherwise, we'll have a hard time getting a higher evaluation from the ruler."

  "So let that enemy mage down the road develop a bit more and once he has some fighting power, we'll thoroughly crush him!"

  "It's the same principle, without difficulties, we create our own difficulties, we must earn more blood coins no matter what, otherwise, after spending such a great cost and finally getting a team prop token, it would be wasted, isn't that a pity?"

  "And those three cowards in the base can't be let off, wait for me to fly over and give them a good scare, best if we can drive them out, that would be great!"

  ……

  The heroes of the Nightmares' side exchanged words, and at the same time, their hands didn't stop moving as they took turns using skills to gang up on and instantly kill the poor Half-Human Mammoth.

  This time, Wu Sheng 2009, who was revived from the Base Life Spring, had the experience of death last time. Although his face was still pale, he was not as frightened as before. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and continued on the middle path.

  "Hey, you little glasses-wearing kid, did you really believe what that guy said? Or are you a born masochist? Not content with dying twice, you still want to rush out and continue sending yourself to death?" At this time, the tattooed young man spoke up, his face showing an incomprehensible expression.

  "Yeah, little brother, don't listen to that guy's nonsense, I think this is just a prank, let him play by himself if he wants to." The sexy and fiery beauty chimed in with some words of advice.

  "Hmph! Games are just games, I've never heard of anyone dying from losing before, how ridiculous!" The successful man snorted coldly. His previous embarrassing moment of being scared to the point of urination had been witnessed by Su Hong, and it still lingered in his mind. Now that he finally had a chance to counterattack, he wouldn't let it slip away easily.

  "Maybe." Wu Sheng didn't confirm or deny it in 2009, and instead continued walking towards the middle of the road, continuing his mission to send himself to death.

  He wasn't a masochist, and he had thought about hiding by the fountain in the base to avoid that kind of inhuman torture. But as soon as he thought of Su Hong's previous words and the unexpected accidents that had happened to his friends around him, he felt a chill in his heart and didn't dare to gamble with his own life. At least on the ancient battlefield, he could revive after dying, but if Su Hong was right and losing would mean being erased, then he wouldn't even have time to cry.

  For his own life's sake, Wu Sheng still rushed out without hesitation in 2009.

  "Enemy Law, I hope you didn't cheat me. Also, your payment speed should be faster." Wu Sheng 2009's face was filled with a tragic expression, he lowered his head to take a glance at the bloody tattoo on his chest, wanting to see Enemy Law's data before he died. But this one glance made him completely stunned in place.

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