The BOSS isn't playing by the rules! How are we supposed to fight this?
As she patted a bag of Golden Sore Medicine onto her wound, Yunyun helplessly said, "Sorry, the information I've received was wrong. How come Chen Ming is not unknown to hidden weapons? He's really good at it...hmm, he can even anticipate my movements...ouch!"
While speaking, Yunyun's face turned ghastly pale, large drops of sweat slid down her forehead, yet she grit her teeth, not letting out a sound.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Weiming couldn't help exclaim, "I say, big sis, you didn't turn on the pain sensation, have you?"
"Activating 100% pain sensation not only allows me to resist some stiffness after being attacked, but also...hmm, it increases the speed of my skill cultivation by 20% during combat... So, I would of course activate it!"
She had a good point, and left Ye Weiming speechless.
"You're writhing in pain now, why not deactivate it quickly!"
To protect players, this game allows the pain sensation system to be deactivated at any time after activation. But, once deactivated, it takes 24 hours to reactivate, and the pain sensation mode can only be activated in a non-combat state.
Yunyun nodded slightly, promptly chose to deactivate the pain sensation from the system backend. The pain that almost drove her crazy instantly faded away like a tidal wave. Only then did she feel relaxed and groaned in comfort.
Although she had deactivated the pain sensation, Yunyun was still seriously injured, her attributes had dropped to half of what they originally were, so she could only rest where she was. Because she was in a combat state, she couldn't accelerate recovery by meditating at the moment.
Just then, the system suddenly notified them that they had exited the combat state.
After hearing this system prompt, instead of feeling happy, Ye Weiming couldn't help but curse, "This damned cheap trick! I originally planned to rush out and duel him the moment he finished firing the seven crossbow arrows from the Zhuge Crossbow. With this distance, I am absolutely confident that I can catch up to him within the three seconds it takes to refill the crossbow arrows."
Yunyun, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground to regulate her injuries, didn't let this interfere with her communication with Ye Weiming in the team channel, "The Zhuge Crossbow can actually hold 13 arrows, not 7. You only saw him shoot out a maximum of 7 arrows because I didn't give him the chance to shoot all the arrows at once."
After explaining some information about Zhuge Crossbow to Ye Weiming, Yunyun looked sorry and said, "Sorry for dragging you into this. This was actually a mission recommended for a team. But I don't trust others in the sect, and I don't have other friends in the game... Never mind that. Now, as long as we poke our heads out from behind this pillar, we will immediately enter the combat state again. Given his archery skills, we can't beat him nor escape from him. We're really in a tough situation!"
"His archery? Him?"
Ye Weiming couldn't help laughing, "Don't make jokes, after seeing your fight just now, I've realised something. That guy is just as you described, he doesn't know how to use hidden weapons at all. He can't aim, just fires wildly!"
Yunyun widened her eyes in surprise, "Then his anticipation earlier..."
"He was just lucky," said Ye Weiming, shrugging, "After such a long fight between you two, he fired nearly twenty crossbow arrows at you. It's not too much to hit one by luck, right?"
Yunyun's eyes brightened, "So that means..."
"This means that your graceful moves will be largely ineffective against him," Ye Weiming cruelly shattered the girl's unrealistic fantasy, "He himself probably doesn't even know where his next arrow will land, how can you anticipate it?"
"If it was an ordinary crossbow arrow, like the one you're holding, I could still attempt to predict the arrow's path and speed, and deflect it with my sword. But the speed of the crossbow arrows fired from the Zhuge Crossbow is too fast, it's simply impossible."
Yunyun sighed, "You can even analyse this kind of thing so thoroughly, it seems you are the real game master."
Ye Weiming just smiled at the compliment. Could he tell her that his hidden weapon level was actually the same as Chen Ming's -- just bluffing his way through?
After a moment of silence, Yunyun asked again in the team channel, "What should we do now?"
"Apart from the hand crossbow, can you use other hidden weapons? I mean, the kind that you throw with your hand?"
Yunyun's reply was succinct, "No."
Ye Weiming couldn't help but tease, "Really, you're a disciple of the Tang Sect, yet you can't throw hidden weapons?"
Yunyun, "Can you use a gun? I mean, a handgun."
Ye Weiming, "No, I can't. Why?"
Yunyun, "If you, as a law enforcement officer, don't know how to use a gun, why can't I, as a disciple of the Tang Sect, not know how to throw hidden weapons?"
"Alright, just focus on your treatment."
...
Yunyun sat there for more than ten minutes. While Ye Weiming guarded her, he also kept an eye on the BOSS, Chen Ming, so that the cunning guy wouldn't sneak up on them from another direction and take them down with a few crossbow arrows.
Based on Ye Weiming's observations, this BOSS was rather obedient, or should he say cunning and capable of enduring?
As soon as they hid behind a pillar, he stood in the middle of the hall with his crossbow in hand, motionless. He didn't even try to destroy their cover by shooting at the stone pillar, let alone circling the pillar to attack them.
Though this allowed Yunyun to slowly recover from her severe injuries until her health was back to full, it didn't allow Ye Weiming to find an opportunity to close in by tactical means.
When attempting to initiate the active effect of "How About Dai Zong?" to draw off monsters, he received a system prompt that the distance was too great to meet the requirements for activating the skill. He reluctantly gave up on this idea.
Half an hour later, a fully recovered Yunyun stood up. The situation between the two enemies was back to the start. The only change was that the two had moved from outside the hall to a closer location behind a pillar.
After quickly peeking at the BOSS, who was still standing in the middle of the hall, Yunyun quickly drew her head back and said to Ye Weiming, "What now? You know more about this game than I do and you are our team leader. I'll follow your instructions for the next battle."
Hearing this, Ye Weiming couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Didn't you say you're a professional? Why do you know less about this game than me, an ordinary player?"
"A professional combat soldier. Is there a problem with that?"
"No, none at all!"
Upon hearing her answer, Ye Weiming finally realised why Yunyun's handling of the crossbow and her moving techniques felt so familiar. He had seen this kind of operation in many crime films, war films, spy films, and even some superhero movies. He just didn't connect it because the handgun was replaced by a hand crossbow and the modern clothing by ancient dress.
Without further dwelling on her professional background, Ye Weiming went straight to the point, "People with your professional background are usually the main characters in early novels. You shouldn't need me to elaborate on the timing of your actions. I'll go out first to distract his attention, and you'll seize the opportunity to help me get close."
After saying this, he channeled his inner strength into his feet, activated the 'Eight-Step Leap', and directly moved out from behind the pillar.
"Hey, you villain, I'm here!"