Chapter 384: Rope on a Mountain

Chapter 384: Rope on a Mountain

Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Millman97

During the early part of May, other than fighting in the competition, Xiao Tan spent less time playing in the day, and he didn’t clock in much time at night, so he was currently the lowest level member of Underworld Frontline. The member with the highest level was still Feng Bujue, even though he had wasted plenty of chance to get EXP to feed into the Magical Disintegrator, he still managed to get up to level 37. That was what you got for being too free... Due to his hard work from the previous month, he had successfully handed in his manuscript this month, so he had plenty of free time to game.

The second highest member in terms of level was Passing Rain at 36. One did not need to go into detail about her power level. Her success rate at clearing a scenario was quite high and occasionally she would use the double EXP boosters. Laughing Soul was at the same level as Xiao Tan, 35. But Laughing Soul clocked in more gaming time recently than he did, so she was much ahead in terms of reaching the next level. Xiao Tan was still about 2,000,000 EXP away from the next level.

In the Battle of the Cocoon, level thirty-five wouldn’t give any advantage. Players who got into the semi had pushed their level to beyond thirty-five in this half a month. There were people over level 38, but the number was relatively small. However, Thriller Paradise was not a game where a player’s level decided everything. There were other extenuating factors like... mastery, title, skill, equipment, strategy, technique, ability to think on the spot, and so on.Nnêw n0vel chapters are published at novelhall.com

Before this semi started, let us look at Xiao Tan’s current player status

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ID: Wang Tanzhi, Level 35, Title: Nightmarish Gales, Title Skill: Traces of Gale

EXP: 1,580,000/3,500,000, Skill Points: 10,100, Game Coins: 3,765,000

Mastery: General Ability C, Workmanship D, Sleuthing C, Fighting B, Marksmanship D, Medic E, Sorcery E, Summoning N/A

Inventory (10/20): Miner’s Hat, Winchester Shotgun, Stone Crystal, Life Points Recovery Potions (L) x5, Life Points Recovery Potions (M) x5, Anti-bleeding Bandage x5, Anti-Poison Antidote x5, Anti-Freeze Liquid x5, Anti-Burn Medicine x5, Mantra of Heaven and Earth Inversion

Equipment: Energy-Storing Sanleng Thorns, Meow Meow Claw, Scorched Vest, Buckskin Boots, Wolf’s Fur Leg Guard, Sleeve Blade, Shuriken

Storage Room (2/10): Double EXP Booster (24 hours) x30, Double Game Coins Booster (24 hours) x30.

Skill Bar (5/12): Shadow of the Evil Bat, Hidden in Plain Sight, Ephemeral Shade, Reverse Spinning Slash, Shadow Soul Impel

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“Main quest has been triggered.

“Kill your opponent.”

Kuang! Wu!

Once the system notification ended, the elevator made these two strange sounds. Then it was followed by a strange shaking.

Xiao Tan staggered twice before he quickly steadied himself. Currently, he was agile on his feet and could move without making any sound of footfall. Even if he were standing on the deck of a boat tossed about by high waves, he would be able to hold his ground. Just two shakes of the elevator were not enough to make him lose his composure.

Ding!

The elevator door opened.

A cold, chilling wind rushed through the open door. It sliced through one’s skin, cutting into the bones. Beyond the elevator was a slate of whiteness. Xiao Tan raised his hand to lift up the cape of his outfit and then focused his eyes to look out the door...

This scenario was built on top of a snowy mountain. The mountain had both rise and falls, a place where an accident could happen easily. Wind and snow were blowing heavily. The gale was like a beast gone out of control, venting its energy on this mountainous area about two thousand meters above sea level. Xiao Tan poked his head out to look and as he expected... the elevator was hanging in midair.

Without thinking about it, he grabbed the edge of the door and leaped onto the roof of the elevator. Then, he squatted down to look around.

And he saw something quite strange... In this white and snowy mountain, there was a black iron rope as thick as a fist that was stretched across it. Two elevators hung on this rope. One was the one Xiao Tan came out from and the other was hanging about fifty meters away from him. The two elevators were like two bells hanging in the wind, swaying endlessly as it was buffeted by the hail...

Under the cover of the heavy snow, it was impossible to tell where the rope started and ended. One confirmed fact was they were hanging very high above ground and a fall from this height... whether one landed on snow or ice, the result was death.

“The system wants us to fight on this rope?” Xiao Tan thought. This is too much...

At that moment, the other person appeared from the other elevator. He reaction the same as Xiao Tan, leaping up to the top of the elevator. But he came out several seconds later than Xiao Tan. He was probably figuring out how to survive, or afraid that he might be sniped once he showed himself. Xiao Tan hadn’t considered that.

When he realized the elevators were hanging in midair, he predicted that the opponent wouldn’t be a player who specialized in marksmanship. The reasoning was simple: If one of the two players knew how to fly, glide, or deal great long-distance damage, then the system would not generate a map like this.

At that moment, the two players regarded each other from afar. And they were thinking the same thing. The man on the other side is also a close-quarter combat player, isn’t it...