The Great Thief Chapter 1252 - Using Yourself as Bait

Chapter 1252: Using Yourself as Bait

Translator: Halcyon Translations Editor: Halcyon Translations
Lu Li initially thought that he and Moonlight must have ended up close by to each other.
However, when he realised that he had two people here with him, there would only be one person at Moonlight’s end. Lu Li deduced that since these two were clearly males, the other one was a female, which meant that it was Wendelian.
After waving around the ribbon, Moonlight instantly waved it in a downward motion.
They had agreed upon this signal, which indicated that Moonlight was going to act. Lu Li also did the same, indicating that he wouldn’t go over and support him.
Lu Li then returned to the ground, transformed into a leopard and raced towards the two people.
The spectators were extremely excited at the prospects of a huge battle playing out.
Was Lu Li insane?
Of course not!
The first-time analyst Zhang Zhen was not shy to comment his own opinion on the situation.
“This is a showing of chemistry. If I were in Lu Li’s position, I would have gone over to Moonlight and helped him finish off Wendelian.”
“Mr. Zhang Zhen, you’ve sold yourself short there,” Dark Wind chimed in. “Everyone, you can see that the two areas that Moonlight and Lu Li are in right now are fairly close to each other, which means that they would be able to hear each other’s skills or explosions. Even talking would be overheard.”
“This way, Wendelian could end up with reinforcements rushing towards her if the other two were alerted. Furthermore, she’s a Priest, which means that it’s not difficult for her to last until Gaze and Cloudy Leaf get there. If Gale Legion manage to group together, then Lu Li and Moonlight would be in a very dire situation indeed,” Zhang Zhen explained, then continued, “Cameraman, please focus on March Rain’s position. Look at that – she’s even further away, and she’s also in one of the more dangerous places in the map.”
“Then why did Lu Li rush over there?”
“There’s no doubt about his decision. He’s smart enough to avoid tough situations.”
Before the camera went back to Lu Li and Moonlight, Zhang Zhen had already made his judgment.
With their level of analysis and the fact that they could see the whole map, they would be able to observe most details, if not all of them. After all, it wasn’t like Lu Li was hard to read anyway. It was clear that he aimed to drag Cloudy Leaf and Gaze away from this area, giving Moonlight a chance to kill Wendelian.
Life was like a movie, so they had to act!
Lu Li stumbled over and knocked his head on Gaze’s back, then acted like it was accidental and hesitated for a moment. Then, he gave enough time for Cloudy Leaf to react, who fired an Ice Lance at Lu Li.
Gaze also turned around with an expression of glee, like they had caught a big fish.
Both of them were capable enough to fight Lu Li one on one, let alone two on one. Their priority was to not let Lu Li escape.
Lu Li was struck by the Ice Lance, which slowed him down. However, this wasn’t enough to completely freeze him. He dug his claws into the ground and propelled himself away from Gaze’s Charge.
An Ice Lance was nowhere near enough to threaten him. However, if he was under Gaze’s crowd control, then he would be in trouble.
Lu Li was about to enter the forest when a Frostbolt was aimed towards his head. He had to stop in his tracks and retreat a couple of steps – otherwise, the explosion from the Frostbolt would have struck him. Compared to the Ice Lance from before, Cloudy Leaf had enhanced this Frostbolt, which meant that when it struck, the speed of the target would be reduced by 50%.
Perhaps he could use Gale Steps and escape that way, since he wouldn’t be affected by the decrease in Speed.
However, his aim was not to escape.
He wanted them to feel that they had control of the situation, so he had to hide a few trump cards up his sleeves.
Lu Li sidestepped many times to avoid the skills and only ended up a little distance from Gaze and Cloudy Leaf. However, he still hadn’t escaped the range of their skills. Under normal circumstances, Gaze and Cloudy Leaf would feel that Lu Li’s actions were abnormal. However, today was a competitive match, and adding onto the fact that this map had unusual terrain, Lu Li being unable to escape seemed normal.
Lu Li was losing HP as he ran.
He couldn’t tank the ultimate skills, or the crowd control skills. He could only tank the small skills that took a small portion of his HP.
With Lu Li’s distraction, the gap between Wendelian and the other two continued to grow. Gale Legion’s fans were in despair, as they were nearing defeat.
“Cough…cough…Lu Li’s performance has taken everyone by surprise ever since his debut!” Zhang Zhen exclaimed, at a loss for words.
“He’s always been extremely strong. If I hadn’t looked into his background, I would’ve thought that he was a veteran at this game when he started!” Dark Wind commented.
“Hmm…I didn’t mean that, but his acting abilities…” Zhang Zhen began with a smile, then continued, “I always thought that Lu Li was one of those simple and honest people who wouldn’t do anything cunning.”
“Haha, have your eyes been opened?” Dark Wind laughed.
“For those girls who are interested in Lu Li, don’t be tricked by his appearance!”
Zhang Zhen had children of his own, so he wasn’t young anymore. He would often say things like this to warn his daughter, who was six years old.
“Well, that could be said to a certain female professional player out there. I heard that they’re nearly together,” Dark Wind said. He was up to date on the latest rumours and news. Apparently, Water Fairy had been spotted in Jiangnan. Some said that these two were living together, while others claimed that they were together already.
“We mustn’t take this casually. Otherwise, when they get married, they might exclude us,” Zhang Zhen said with a serious tone.
“There must be many people so full of envy,” Dark Wind sighed. Then, he suddenly raised his voice and said, “Moonlight has moved against Wendelian! Wendelian looks to run…she takes out an item – a whistle! If my eyesight has not failed me, then that’s a dog-whistle from the Scarlet Monastery! Unfortunate…unfortunate indeed.”
“That’s right. It’s quite unfortunate that Lu Li has already dragged away Gaze and Cloudy Leaf. Otherwise, they may have heard the whistle,” Zhang Zhen said.
Gale Legion had prepared many aspects of this group-match: items, map analysis and fighting methods in the rainforest. It was clear that they were more prepared compared to Ruling Sword.
However, Wendelian’s cries for help were never going to reach her teammates.
Priests weren’t great at escaping in the first place, so there was no way that she was going to run away from an ambushing Berserker.