The top of the clock tower was the tallest and furthest away. Standing on the street below, they could only see a faint shadow. They couldn't see it clearly. The players stared until they were about to cry. They had never hated Sin City's weather as much as they did now. At this moment, everyone was looking forward to the lightning that was usually so frightening. That lightning would allow them to see more clearly and save them a bit of trouble.
"They're going up!!" A player suddenly yelled from one of the streets. He could vaguely see a blurry shadow climb up to the top of the clock tower.
"Charge!" Chen Yehui, who was on the street, immediately shouted.
His scheming didn't lose to anyone. He had also noticed the Christmas thieves continuously advancing. He had plenty of hands and immediately split into two groups. Some went to look for the newly spawned Christmas thieves, while the other stayed behind and prepared to snatch the Christmas thieves.
Hearing their guild leader's command, Excellent Dynasty's players immediately rushed out of the streets with weapons in hand, ready to use their skills at any moment.
The group of people rushing out was seen clearly by the players on the other side of the street.
After all, everyone had surrounded the clock tower. Looking up, the angle was different. Excellent Dynasty's players saw the Christmas thieves climb up, but the players from Blue Brook Pavilion didn't know. However, when they saw the people rushing out, even though they didn't know which guild they were from, they immediately figured out what was going on.
"Charge!" Lan He also ordered. Blue Brook Pavilion's players also rushed out with weapons in hand.
Their actions inspired each other. Not long after, six groups of players rushed out from the surrounding six streets and formed a circle at the bottom of the clock tower.
"Cough … …" Someone let out a light cough. This scene was a bit awkward!
However, most of the players didn't care about this. They only raised their hands and looked up, observing the movements of the Christmas thieves. The Christmas thieves were still climbing up. This meant that Lord Grim was still alive and well at the top of the clock tower.
"F * ck!" Excellent Dynasty's players cursed. They watched as the shadow that had climbed up to the top of the clock tower suddenly flew back down. A mournful cry could be heard from afar. It crashed heavily onto the ground, breaking the hearts of Excellent Dynasty's players.
"Were we a bit too impulsive?" Someone whispered.
"Ahem …" The others obviously had reservations. He only saw a black shadow flipping to the top of the pagoda before rushing out. It was indeed a little impulsive. Those whose fingers were already in position, ready to release their skills at any time, resentfully relaxed their fingers.
Everyone waited for a while, but they didn't see any Christmas thieves rush up.
"Should we retreat?" Whispers could be heard coming from the various guilds' parties.
"What's the point of retreating …" Someone said while looking left and right. Everyone was exposed. In any case, those who stayed behind had a tacit understanding, so there was no point in covering each other up.
Thus, everyone remained silent and continued to raise their heads mechanically.
"Area A!"
"Area C!"
"Zone D!"
On the top of the pagoda, Su Mucheng's screams did not stop.
"Say, do your skills have such a long cooldown?" Ye Xiu realized that there was a problem. Su Mucheng's Launcher skills were far less than his unspecialized skills, so she couldn't continuously use skills to shoot down the Christmas thieves like Lord Grim. Most of the time, she played the role of a scout. But gradually, why did it feel like this girl was attacking less and less? She said that she was waiting for her skills to come off cooldown, but it didn't seem to take that long.
"Hahaha, no! I just think it's quite fun. "Su Mucheng laughed.
"You're tormenting me!"
"Have you eaten dinner yet?" Su Mucheng asked.
"No."
"Really? So pitiful. Then I'll help out!" Su Mucheng said. This time, she stood in Area C, but she didn't call for Ye Xiu. Instead, she used Anti-Tank and blasted the Christmas thieves climbing up the pagoda. The shockwave from the explosion knocked down two Christmas thieves at once. This AoE skill was quite useful at this time.
"Have you eaten?" Ye Xiu asked.
"I've eaten!" Su Mucheng wasn't like Ye Xiu who constantly aggroed monsters. She didn't rest for a moment. She started to help Ye Xiu find the Christmas thieves. Later, she went back to the main city to buy some. Then, she jumped to the top of the clock tower to wait. She managed to squeeze out some time to eat.
Su Mucheng was no longer slacking off. The two of them walked in circles on the top of the clock tower. After a while, the Christmas thieves that looked like they were about to rush up were suddenly suppressed.
This wasn't a scene that the players from the six big guilds wanted to see. However, all of them, who had their heads held high, clearly realized this fact.
"Maybe it's only temporary?" Everyone thought silently.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed. "Temporary" was obviously a bit too long. Chen Yehui, who was paying attention to the Christmas Hunting Leaderboard, realized that Lord Grim's ranking had started to skyrocket.
Although the Christmas thieves that fell from the top of the tower didn't die immediately, they looked like they were half dead. If he were to climb up again and fall again, he would fall two or three times. There would be a time when he would die.
Now, it seemed like it was time to pick up the fruit of the fall. In the past few hours, Lord Grim had already disappeared from the Christmas Hunting Leaderboards. But now, from the moment he appeared at number 989, he had been continuously jumping up the leaderboards. Every time Chen Yehui opened the leaderboard, he could see Lord Grim jump up. Following that, he could hear the screams of the Christmas thieves falling down.
Chen Yehui wasn't satisfied. He continued to look up, hoping that the Christmas thieves would be braver. The players from the other guilds didn't leave either. Everyone was still hoping that Lord Grim wouldn't be able to persevere.
A few times!
They all saw a Christmas thief going up and were ready to attack. However, in less than a second, the Christmas thief who had just gone up would definitely fly out again. Sometimes, he would even bring down his brothers who were climbing the wall along with him.
Another half an hour passed.
As more and more Christmas thieves fell, Lord Grim's rise on the leaderboard became faster and faster.
512. This was Lord Grim's current position. Chen Yehui could only watch as he rushed up, but he couldn't do anything to stop him.
The number of Christmas thieves under the clock tower had decreased. Of the six guilds surrounding the tower, two had already silently retreated.
They didn't see any signs of Lord Grim being unable to hold on, so they didn't want to wait any longer.
Every time a Christmas thief died, a new one would respawn in the City of Sin. As for them? They kept looking up, wasting time.
After two guilds, a third, a fourth … … Finally, only Excellent Dynasty was left.
It wasn't that Chen Yehui couldn't see the situation clearly. He just couldn't accept it! From the current situation, defending the top of the tower wasn't a problem in terms of skill. But what if something unexpected happened?
At this time, Chen Yehui's mentality was already a bit of a gamble on his luck. He was hoping for some unexpected mistake, but what he saw was Lord Grim continuing to rise on the leaderboards.
400, 300, 200 … …
Following Lord Grim's rise, Chen Yehui finally saw another name.
Cleansing Mist.
Chen Yehui had ignored this name at first because this name was actually higher than Lord Grim's.
When Lord Grim charged into the top 200, Cleansing Mist was already in the top 100.
After Chen Yehui reacted, he flipped through the leaderboards and found Han Yanrou's name. Unexpectedly, it was also higher than Lord Grim's.
It was clear that these three had formed a team to kill these Christmas thieves. As a result, the three of them shot up the leaderboards like a rocket. Chen Yehui was only paying attention to Lord Grim. As a result, Lord Grim had fallen off the leaderboards because he hadn't been able to kill any monsters. On the other hand, the other two had remained on the leaderboards the entire time.
If they formed a team, the points from killing a Christmas thief would be split evenly between them. As a result, the gap between the three of them didn't change. However, they were still advancing on the leaderboards.
The most important reason was that the players who had made a fortune in Sin City had their gains greatly decreased during this period of time.
And at this moment, Ye Xiu, after being dispirited for several hours, finally reached the season of harvest. As for them, they still needed to slowly recover while Ye Xiu cleared out the Christmas thieves.
Although the points were split evenly between the three of them, it was enough to easily surpass the players who had lost the advantage of Sin City's resources.
Midnight.
Christmas Eve had passed and Christmas had officially arrived. The in-game Christmas event didn't change much. In the tenth server's Sin City's clock tower, the two hour long tower protection event had finally come to an end.
Cleansing Mist, Han Yanrou, and Lord Grim were ranked first, second, and third on the Christmas Hunter leaderboards. Excellent Dynasty's fifteen heroes hadn't been stepped on once, but three times. Chen Yehui's expression was so unsightly that it looked like he could die at any moment.
The corpses of the 341 Christmas thieves were piled up at the bottom of the clock tower. A large portion of them had already respawned, but the remaining corpses were still piled up at the bottom of the tower. At first glance, it really did look like a Christmas tree, except it was a bit bloody and cruel.
But this bloody Christmas tree was filled with a festive atmosphere. This was because the tree was filled with presents. All of them were gift bags that had fallen from the dead Christmas thieves.
Han Yanrou was currently climbing up the tree, doing her best to pick up these Christmas presents.
However, this Han Yanrou's controller wasn't Tang Rou, but rather Chen Guo. Han Yanrou couldn't jump to the top of the tower, so she didn't do much. Chen Guo originally just wanted to watch the fun and didn't accept Ye Xiu's invitation to form a party to take advantage of the situation. But in the end, Chen Guo couldn't stand it anymore. The reason was because of these presents.
341 Christmas thieves meant that 341 presents would drop. Let alone two people, even three people wouldn't be able to pick them all up. With the system's protection, those who weren't in the same party couldn't pick them up. Leaving them here would just be a waste after the system refreshed them.
Tang Rou didn't care about this. In the end, she was severely criticized by Chen Guo. Then, she directly pushed Tang Rou to the side and personally formed a party. Right now, she was doing her best to pick up the presents. Tang Rou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She could only let Chen Guo do as she pleased.
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