MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1876 1876: The Ruthless Person

In <<Rebirth>>, every profession has its own minimum attack range, which is generally linked to the length of the weapon.

The crossbow is a compact weapon, with a minimum attack range just slightly greater than that of fist weapons.

The staff, on the other hand, is relatively long, with a minimum attack range comparable to that of a Warrior's long sword. Thus, a mage who finds themselves in close quarters has only two options.

Either they can discard their staff and cast spells bare-handed, or they can turn around and flee.

In the game, weapons are the most important items for players, more valuable than their lives. Discarding a weapon is certainly unrealistic, and turning to flee is not an option for Jeff, a mage, as he cannot outrun a marksman known for their speed.

Although Jeff, as a spatial mage, possesses skills like blink and teleportation, he had just used them and they were on cooldown.

With Yang Nuo so close to him, Jeff obviously couldn't open a portal to escape either.

In desperation, Jeff could only brace himself and take an arrow from Yang Nuo.

Every player experiences attack stiffness, and Yang Nuo is no exception. After releasing an arrow, her figure hesitated slightly, giving Jeff the chance to create some distance.

However, Yang Nuo's movements were extremely elusive, her feet shifting in a manner akin to an illusion. Before Jeff could pull away, she had already appeared behind him.

"Bang!"

Once again pulling the trigger, the crossbow bolt struck with pinpoint accuracy against Jeff's neck.

At the same time, the audience once again realized Jeff's second weakness as a spatial mage—he lacked any close combat capabilities.

Regular mage classes have close-range skills like Fire Ward and Frost Nova, but the spatial mage has none. If they get too close and can't create distance in time, they can only be beaten down.

As a martial arts expert, Yang Nuo, despite being an archer, possessed extremely strong close combat abilities. Even top-tier melee classes like assassins wouldn't stand a chance against her, let alone a mage who loses all combat power in close quarters.

Thus, Yang Nuo continued to change her position, following up every shot closely, ensuring Jeff had no opportunity to retaliate or create distance. Before long, Jeff was filled with arrows, looking from a distance like a porcupine.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

While others couldn't see it, Wang Yu's gaze was incredibly sharp. Watching Yang Nuo chase Jeff and shoot arrows, he couldn't help but shake his head and say, "Oh dear, this girl is truly ruthless."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Hearing Wang Yu's words, the others were somewhat confused.

Isn't this what competition is about? Just using all your strength to defeat your opponent, why bother with methods? This has nothing to do with being ruthless.

Faced with everyone's confusion, Wang Yu pointed at Jeff and said, "Look closely at the locations of her attacks."

"Locations?"

Upon hearing Wang Yu's words, everyone followed his pointing direction. When they clearly saw Yang Nuo's attack locations, cold sweat began to run down all their faces.

Well, although Yang Nuo wasn't as monstrous as Wang Yu or Evil Rampage, her output was still considerable. To kill a fragile mage like Jeff wouldn't take many hits.

But this girl was completely avoiding Jeff's vital points, dealing the minimum damage with each strike...

This was clearly a plan to torture Jeff to death.

Of course, this was also Jeff's own doing. Yang Nuo was fierce in nature but not particularly cunning.

Not only did Jeff force Yang Nuo to sever her own arm earlier, but he also used a portal to reflect her skill, nearly getting her killed, thus solidifying their mutual animosity.

If Yang Nuo were to wear Jeff down to death, he wouldn't blame her at all.

On the arena, even after being shot with dozens of arrows, Jeff's health bar only dropped by a third. At this point, not only the members of the Crowd of Misfits team but everyone began to realize what Yang Nuo was truly aiming to do.

With Jeff's calm demeanor, seeing Yang Nuo relentlessly pursuing him without letting up, he too became flustered.

Meanwhile, Yang Nuo remained expressionless, meticulously following up, shooting, then following up again, repeating this process. With every raised hand, an arrow would add to Jeff's body.

Fifty arrows!

Eighty arrows!

Jeff's eyes became vacant, clearly having lost all will to resist.

Ninety-one arrows!

Ninety-two arrows!

...

The audience began to count along in unison, curious to see just how many arrows this archer could shoot into Jeff.

One hundred and seven arrows!

One hundred and eight arrows!

...

Finally, when Yang Nuo shot the one hundred and eighth arrow, Jeff's health bar was completely depleted, transforming into a beam of white light that teleported him off the arena.

"Wow!!"

Almost simultaneously, the audience erupted into enthusiastic applause.

A full one hundred and eight arrows finally took down Jeff... The applause was not only for this shocking record but also for the steadfast and despairing Jeff.

Poor kid, he really suffered.

Everyone had played the game for so long, and this was the first time they felt that a low-damage attack could be more terrifying than a quick kill.

After all, a quick kill is just a matter of one round, while Yang Nuo's method of attack was completely wearing down her opponent's spirit and will.

Fortunately, the opponent was someone like Jeff, a top-tier expert with an incredibly strong mental fortitude. If it had been an average person, this match would have left them with psychological issues.

This was akin to experiencing a live execution through slow slicing... A life experience that most people could never fathom.

...

"Well done, well done!"

After being teleported off the arena, Jeff was approached by Rockabye and others, who comforted him sympathetically.

Jeff was on the verge of tears, exclaiming in despair, "Women! Terrifying!"

"This is just an exception... There are also non-terrifying women", Rockabye and others felt heartbroken seeing Jeff being beaten so badly by a girl.

"Exactly! Our young lady isn't terrifying at all." An assassin beside Jeff chimed in.

"Our young lady?"

Hearing the assassin's words, Jeff became even more distraught: "Terrifying..."

"This bunch of scoundrels!"

In the competition room, Meng Xi, who was watching the live broadcast, clenched her fists tightly, fighting the impulse to rip open Jeff's gaming pod and kick him a few times.

As for the Crowd of Misfits team, upon seeing Yang Nuo teleport back to the team, everyone obediently stood like good little children.

In the past, everyone dared to joke around with Yang Nuo, but now they had truly witnessed her ferocity.

What does it mean to be a true iron-blooded man? The big men of the Crowd of Misfits team didn't even dare to boast about being men in front of Yang Nuo.

In a crucial moment, severing her own arm and then making a desperate counterattack to torture the opponent—such behavior truly deserves to be called "ruthless"!

Not only was she ruthless to herself, but even more so to her enemies. A person like her standing there exudes an aura that leaves others speechless.

It's no joke; if she gets angry, Jeff's previous experience could easily become their own fate.