178 Adopting a Group Battle Tactic

“I, I’ll give you 200!”

Fang Ping watched as the surrounding Dwarves “whispered” to each other. They appeared to be lowering their voices, but in reality, their voices were not soft.

“Quiet!”

The Dwarf auntie holding the notebook roared and took a few steps forward. She walked out of the Dwarves surrounding her and said, “The situation today is a little special. Humans, you can choose your opponents today.”

“No need. You can arrange it. We’ll follow the rules. If possible, please arrange for our opponents to be of different professions.”

Fang Ping heard a familiar voice and noticed the vice-captain of the Lord’s Guard. It turned out that he was the one who had led the team here.

He also saw Fang Ping and nodded in acknowledgment.

“Alright, then for the next round, number 12 versus number 23. Let’s go on stage now.”

Fang Ping was stunned. Why? Was he the first one?

Number 12 walked in front and walked out without waiting for Fang Ping.

He was dressed in golden armor and held a long-handled hammer in his hand. The huge hammer head was larger than Fang Ping’s head.

“The first to come out is our arena’s regular, Dwarf Warrior Round Head Nail. His current battle record is 18 wins and 12 losses. Round Head Nail’s style has always been calm. I wonder what kind of performance he will bring us today.”

Fang Ping adjusted his breastplate and put on his helmet. Holding the Starry Sky Staff, he followed behind him and walked out.

“As for his opponents, they are Humans who have recently come to our Holy City of Kailund. They have rich combat techniques and have a variety of characteristics and skills. I believe everyone, like me, is looking forward to seeing Humans fight.

“Look, he’s out. The weapon in his hand is a staff. This is a noble Forbidden Spellcaster. Let us look forward to the exciting battle between Round Head Nail and this Human Forbidden Spellcaster.”

Fang Ping felt a little awkward when he heard the host above him use the word ‘Honorable’.

Perhaps it was just as Red Camelia Snake had said. Forbidden Spellcasters were really rare in the Dwarf world. It was no wonder that the Grass Cypress had such an attitude.

As he was thinking, the ground under his feet slowly changed. The hard stone slab’s color darkened, and water seeped out of its surface. The texture softened, and Fang Ping’s body slowly sank.

It was the swamp.

Looking up, he saw that the audience around him had also disappeared. The sky above him was gray with yellow-green clouds.

Fang Ping could only see Round Head Nail not far away. He was also looking at Fang Ping.

“Let the match begin!”

The Dwarf Warrior immediately used his skill. “Summon the Golden Gem Beast.”

Fang Ping had been waiting for this sentence. He immediately said, “Summon the Rabbit-Man Hunter. Summon the Boiling Blood Troll.”

The Sniping characteristic was indeed not very useful on a large-scale battlefield, but in a one-on-one battle, its effect was very good.

Sniping characteristic.

It directly restricts the other party from using summoning skills and forcefully exchanged 50 points of attack power. The Round Head Nail was a long-range player, so it was naturally not a loss to exchange health for attack power.

The Dwarf Warrior raised his long-handled hammer and ran toward Fang Ping. However, due to the restrictions of the swamp, his running speed was not fast.

Similarly, Fang Ping was also retreating. One foot was deep and the other was shallow. He pulled out his combat boots and wrapped them in a thick layer of mud.

The Rabbit-Man Hunter soon appeared, holding a short red bow and nocking an arrow. The arrow flew towards the Dwarf Warrior.

With a swing of his long-handled hammer, he sent the arrow flying. He continued running forward, closing the distance between him and Fang Ping.

“Retreat,” Fang Ping commanded the Rabbit-man Hunter. She only had a little strength. Even if she hit the target, she would not be able to cause any damage to the Dwarf Warrior.

After all, the racial characteristics of Dwarves were a little strong.

Characteristic Dwarf: Reduces physical damage caused by 1 point of Strength, reduces magic damage caused by 1 point of element.

Dwarves were born with a set of armor.

The Rabbit-Man Hunter ran in the other direction. She was small, so the swamp didn’t affect her much.

While retreating, the Rabbit-man Hunter shot two more arrows at the Dwarf Warrior. He slapped away one arrow and realized that the arrow was no threat. He ignored it and let the next arrow hit him.

The arrow was deflected.

Behind the Dwarf Warrior, light spots condensed. Only then did the Golden Gem Beast he had summoned appear, holding a huge pine cone.

The moment he appeared, an arrow condensed from energy pierced through the Golden Gem Beast’s body at high speed. The air rippled in the intense collision.

The Golden Gem Beast’s body rolled back before turning into energy and disappearing.

Not bad. Instant kill.

Fang Ping continued to retreat. Now that he had dealt with Round Head Nail’s long-range attack, he would wait another ten seconds or so for the Boiling Blood Troll to come out and stop him. This battle should be over.

But was it really that easy?

Unlike the students of the Silver Heron team, who were less knowledgeable, the Dwarves here had the most interaction with Goblins and Trolls, including the complete version of the Seven-Colored Chess. Round Head Nail knew the characteristics of the Boiling Blood Trolls.

A tall Boiling Blood Troll appeared in the swamp and slashed at Round Head Nail.

The Dwarf Warrior raised his long-handled hammer to block it. He didn’t counterattack and pretended not to see it. He instead circled around the Boiling Blood Troll.

As long as they were not attacked, the special characteristic’s base force would not be effective. The Boiling Blood Troll was like a silver spearhead. It only had a little strength at the beginning.

The saber in his hand looked impressive, but it was actually not a threat.

When Fang Ping saw the Dwarf Warrior bypassing the Boiling Blood Trolls and charging toward him, he felt that he was in trouble.

Without the Boiling Blood Troll as his main combat power, Fang Ping’s damage output would be severely lacking.

Oh right, there was another one, the Catman Assassin.

The Catman Assassin’s Strength was as high as 3 points. Coupled with the ambush, he could probably kill Round Head Nail in an instant.

However, Fang Ping had not used the Catman Assassin in public. He planned to keep it as a trump card.

In this arena where winning a match only earned one silver coin, it did not seem worth it to expose her so quickly.

Then let’s use a group attack strategy.

“Summon Griffin, Summon Elven Warrior, Summon Skeleton Warrior.”

Although the Skeleton Warrior was of Excellent-grade, it was useless and could not be considered a trump card. Hence, he summoned it together. He had 200 energy points left to use the Armor Forbidden Spell.

Fang Ping’s fourth characteristic, Acceleration, usually did not have much of a presence. However, when it came to the arena tournament, Fang Ping could still feel that his summoning speed was obviously faster.

“Bravery, Motivation, Vigilance.”

The Dwarf Warrior was less than ten meters away from Fang Ping. He used three skills in a row. Fang Ping felt that something was wrong and quickly raised his cane. “Armor Forbidden Spell.”

Round Head Nail’s long-handled hammer swung down. “Earth Splitting Slash!”

The black sludge churned like a swimming dragon, rushing toward Fang Ping.

Fang Ping quickly pounced into the mud beside him. He could not run away. At the very least, he had to try his best to avoid his vital points.

However, it was useless. The light membrane on his body shattered instantly. A huge force passed through the protection of the Frost Suit and crashed into Fang Ping’s body. His body, which had just fallen, was immediately sent flying and rolled a few times in the mud.

Hehe, I’m not dead!

Even though he had suffered a heavy blow to his stomach, it was fine if he was not dead. Fang Ping quickly struggled to get up, raised his mask, and spat out the mud in his mouth. “Cancel the summoning of the Griffin, cancel the summoning of the Elven Warrior, ca…”

Before he could say anything, he appeared. A Skeleton Swordsman holding a white sword, wearing blue plate armor.