Chapter 5: Universal Ornament Box

  In the professional Dota circle, there is a commonly used tactic called "Level 1 Fog Walking!"

  Taking advantage of the opponent's laxity at the beginning of the match, launch a surprise attack under the cover of the mysterious fog. Because it is difficult to anticipate, it often achieves remarkable results.

  Hu Si Ming, after all, was a professional core CARRY player. Noticing that the enemy's Shadow Shaman hadn't appeared, he quickly thought of this possible tactic. So, without waiting for the coach's pre-battle instructions, he opened up the battlefield communication channel and loudly reminded the mid-laner, Tian Nu Fa Shi.

  But it's too late!

  The first-level roaming of the Nightmare was obviously a strategy that had been decided before the troops were dispatched. At the moment when the Dark Night King and Tian Nu met, the Shadow Shaman followed Pata's bear to start the fog of conspiracy and launched a double tour. They entered the Tianhui Wilderness from the river channel, using Tian Nu's blind spot in his field of vision, and suddenly attacked from behind.

  Shadow Shaman's skill "Hex" can lock a single target in place for 2.5 seconds.

  This is an extremely powerful control skill, and it also deals 40 points of damage per second. When Tian Nu breaks free from the control, the melee Dark Night King and Pata Bear have already rushed to his side. The former's Void and the latter's Shockwave both have decent damage and slow effects. A perfect skill BO, combined with the attacks of the three, instantly kills Tian Nu.

  The newborns' ears echoed with a solemn battlefield prompt: Dark Night Demon King killed Heaven's Wrath Mage, taking the first blood!

  "Already one blood so quickly?"

  The same prompt as in the game, causing a stir among the newcomers on the high ground. They do not know the cruelty behind the battle and instead see it as a real game.

  Compared with these newcomers, Hu Shiming was undoubtedly much more serious and carefully judged the direction of the battlefield.

  It has to be said that the first blood was taken by the Dark Night King, causing a complete reversal of the situation in the mid lane. Originally, in the early stages of the laning phase, the Dark Night King couldn't beat the Heaven's Fury. But with the arrival of the first blood, the Dark Night King took the lead in levels. Moreover, on one hand there was an additional 200 gold bounty for the kill, while on the other hand they had to waste 135 gold on TPing back to the middle tower, causing a huge gap in economy between the two sides.

  In this way, the Dark Night Demon King can seize the magic bottle first, and it will be difficult for Tian Nu to suppress him again.

  After the situation on the mid lane was settled, Nightmares' Shadow Shaman returned to top lane to help Daga, and Pajkatt also went back to jungle to farm. Although they wasted a bit of time, it was very helpful for the overall situation.

  The unfavorable start dealt a small blow to Tianhui's morale.

  However, Hu Shiming soon discovered that even with the three of them together, they were unable to gain the imagined advantage.

  The bounty + versatile little coordination is very useful, and with the earth-shaking divine cow's trench road, it can easily kill the enemy. However, that also depends on whether the Night Terror's Electric Soul follows the script. Unfortunately, the Electric Soul assigned to the disadvantaged route of the Night Terror army is a guy who is not only aware but also very cautious. He would rather lose some experience himself than give the Heavenly Glory side any chance to kill him.

  The situation is getting a bit grim.

  Hu Si Ming was switching between shared fields of view with great discomfort, while thinking about Tian Hui's countermeasures based on his own interpretation of the battle situation. In the absence of enemy electronic souls, the Earthshaking Divine Cow could only "hang up" except for pulling wild and collecting experience points. Rather than doing nothing, it was better to try moving!

  Traveling with the bounty, helping Tian Nu suppress the Dark Night Demon King is undoubtedly a feasible plan.

  To become a teaching assistant, at least they have been mixed in the Knife Tower Academy for one year. Hu Shiming thought of it, and they soon realized that after just one wave of soldiers passed, the Earthshaking Divine Bull followed the bounty and acted together, passing through their own wild area and river channel to support the mid lane. As long as the Divine Bull's trench is in place, the two can cooperate with the Heavenly Rage Mage, and there is a great chance to kill the Dark Night Demon King.

  Unfortunately, this time's attempt at a colorful getaway was unsuccessful.

  The three people on the lower road were too eye-catching, and even if the bounty hunters occasionally launched a gust of wind to make them disappear, putting pressure on Dianhun, it was hard to deceive him for too long. Just as the Earthshaker entered the river channel, realizing that the two soldiers on the lower road had been missing for a while, Dianhun promptly issued an alert in the team channel.

  "Two people on the lower road missed it, maybe they went to the middle!"

  It was just a casual remark that made the bounty and the earth-shaking divine cow's laborious journey fall flat. The Dark Night King, who had received the warning, retreated back to the tower one step ahead of time, resolving the mortal crisis.

  The electric soul that was suppressed by three people for a long time took advantage of the reduced pressure on the lower road and secretly ran out to mix up some experience.

  After this round of you come and I go, the rhythm of the battlefield slowed down a bit.

  The situation on the battlefield seemed to be stabilizing, with the score still at 0:1, but Hu Si Ming's heart was not at ease. Because, the first night of the war was about to arrive.

  The brief calm of the Nightmare Legion was just waiting for this crucial moment.

  The Dark Night King is called that because his combat power increases greatly at night. Even without a big move, he can launch a preemptive strike. At that time, if the instructors of Tianhui respond slightly incorrectly, they may be killed in succession.

  Maybe I should help out too?

  Although there are five assistant instructors present, regardless of winning or losing, they can all complete the entrance test task. But with different performances, will the results really be exactly the same?

  Hu Si Ming doesn't think so!

  If that's the case, why is there still a friendly reminder in chalk on the blackboard of the public classroom? And this entrance exam has become meaningless. Moreover, besides the given task, freshmen also have an optional task. Although I don't know how much value 100 universal points are worth, Hu Siming doesn't want to miss it if he can get it.

  As for the possible dangers he might face, Hu Shiming was also prepared in his heart.

  In reality, the Tower of Knives is based on the battlefield of the Academy. This means that whether it's a hero or a soldier, their attributes are roughly the same as what they're familiar with. With the attributes he obtained after his physical examination, recklessly participating in battles between heroes would definitely be a dead end. But as long as he can clearly grasp the situation on the entire battlefield and avoid all enemies as much as possible, he is safe.

  As a former professional player, Hu Shiming has enough confidence!

  After making up his mind, he took out from the school emblem's tenth grid storage space "the principal's only privilege" mentioned in the assistant teacher's speech.

  That is what newcomers get after formally entering the entrance exam battlefield. From the outside, it looks like a gray wooden treasure chest.

  Universal Ornament Box

  After activation, you can obtain one specified type of weapon.

  Note: The generous principal's special care for new students, take it and go fight!

  Newbie weapon?

  Looking at the magical text description on the treasure chest, Hu Siming smiled dumbly and chose to open it. With a "creak" sound, the gray wooden treasure chest opened, revealing all available format weapons: hatchet, old fist wrapper, old longbow, apprentice staff, and rusty iron sword.

  Is this worthy of being a newcomer's weapon? Just looking at that tattered name makes it hard to raise any expectations.

  Hu Siming really wanted to mock the principal's stinginess, but after all, it was free, better than nothing. As for which one to use... Although he had always thought that dancing with knives and swords was cool since childhood, in this situation, remote weapons were still more reliable. And among the only two remote weapons, he didn't know how to use the bow and arrow.

  The final choice is self-evident.

  As Hu Si Ming's thoughts decided, the gray wooden treasure chest floating in mid-air transformed into a flowing light that surged onto his right hand. Afterwards, this flowing light transformed into a small, exquisite red wooden staff.

  Baton of Apprenticeship

  Generic accessories, weapons, and trinkets.

  Launch a charged bullet to damage enemies, attack interval 1.8 seconds, maximum attack distance 400. The damage of the charged bullet is basic attack + intelligence attribute.

  Note: The crude maintenance has almost extinguished its dim magical power. The last apprentice who used it must have been a fool!

  With curiosity, Hu Siming raised his staff and fired a fist-sized light bullet, which surprisingly blasted a hole in a tree next to the high ground.

  Unexpectedly good performance.