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Lu Li faced off against two dummies – a Warrior and a Thief .
If they had the same skills as normal players, then these puppets would be rather frightening . They didn't have a reaction time, and their mechanics and experiences were all coded .
The Thief was in charge of crowd-control while the Warrior was for damage output . This was a perfect combination of classes .
He glanced over at Water Fairy and she was in the same exact situation . He slowly edged closer to her and said, "Let's work together . Crowd control the Thief first then focus fire on the other Thief . Be careful of your positioning because the Warriors might deal a lot of damage . "
This sort of situation obviously required their teamwork; fighting individually would be certain death .
Lu Li wasn't interested in winning this test fight, but he needed to cast a few quality Gouges because the purpose of Garona summoning him today was to check on his training progress .
Even so, Lu Li made sure not to underestimate these dummies .
Based on his teacher's relationship with Mekgineer Thermaplugg, these mechanical dummies were probably at a much higher standard than the normal ones .
The fight had begun!
Both of them entered into Stealth and the first step was to eliminate the fellow Thief . In order to work together more cohesively, they both changed their settings so that they could see each other in Stealth .
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The two dummies also entered into Stealth .
Truthfully, Lu Li had been meaning to research and look into these mechanical dummies . What was it exactly that gives them the intelligence and life to fight? Unfortunately, this wasn't something that he could achieve as an Engineer .
Mechanical dummies were Mekgineer Theramplugg's specialty . Even Gelbin Mekkatorque, his fellow colleague and friend was completely impressed with him .
He made sure that he would pay Thermaplugg a visit in the future to learn more about this, but right now, he had to deal with his creations first .
Fortunately, the dummies weren't much higher level than Lu Li and Water Fairy . Lu Li believed that these were most likely lv60 dummies, or else it wouldn't make sense for Garona to make them fight them .
Lu Li did not mess around, nor did he enter the range of the two Warrior dummies .
Who knew if Thermaplugg had installed some kind of Stealth-detecting skill on the Warriors? Their primary objective right now was to take down one of the Thieves .
Lu Li stayed close to Water Fairy .
He was confident in not being detected because he was using Water Fairy as bait . Since he had Advanced Stealth and Water Fairy didn't, as long as she wasn't detected, then he wouldn't be either .
Although he was using her, he still felt the desire to protect her from any harm .
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He wanted to bait out the dummies to attack Water Fairy then rescue her by defeating them . He would be killing two birds with one stone .
Lu Li detected a shadow nearby and he knew what to do immediately .
He casted Hex in the same direction and it landed right on the dummy, revealing its identity .
However, Lu Li and Water Fairy remained in stealth .
They first needed to find the other Thief dummy . Water Fairy was no longer the bait because Lu Li had just casted Hex .
Even though Lu Li was still in Stealth, there were many clues to determine the position of the caster .
Firstly, based on the target location, one could judge the distance of the position of the caster . Additionally, when struck by Hex, the target would lean towards one side, giving the enemies further clues .
Mekgineer Thermaplugg were familiar with Thief tendencies and his dummies would likely have similar battle experiences .
Lu Li took a step back because he sensed something where he was standing before . The shadow of a Thief dummy slowly appeared .
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Lu Li laughed without making a sound .
No matter how great the invention, it would still be artificial intelligence . No matter how great the design, it would always be limited by its designer . No matter how intelligent it was, nothing would ever defeat human intelligence because at the end of the day, it was just lines of code and pieces of metal .
Lu Li jumped onto the dummy that was tricked .
Water Fairy remained in Stealth . Based on her past experiences with Lu Li, she needed to wait a little more .
If the Thief continued to be Hexed, then she could save her Hex for one of the Warriors . However, if the Thief could dispel the Hex then she would follow it up with her own .
If her Hex was dispelled again then… there was nothing they could do .
Lu Li attacked the target . Water Fairy guessed correctly because the dummy dispelled the Hex, so she quickly followed it up with her own .
After her Hex, she quickly joined Lu Li in bursting down the Thief .
Lu Li did not use Kidney Strike after the stun even though he had enough combo points . Instead, he stood directly in front of the dummy .
When the stun duration was over, the dummy tried avoiding Lu Li's attack .
How could Lu Li let him go that easily? He casted Gouge with all his focus because he knew that was what Garona was looking for .
Gouge!
System: Gouge completion rate 95%, target stunned for 1 . 5 seconds .
Garona's eyes lit up . Not only was it a moving target, but it was also a dummy with very high speed . Despite this, Lu Li was able to perform a 95% completion rate which showed how far her pupil had come .
Lu Li was too focused to see how Garona reacted .
He was slightly disappointed because the highest completion rate he had ever achieved was 98% when he was practicing with Water Fairy .
Although he had casted a near perfect Gouge, the situation was still not ideal .
Lu Li did not continue attacking the Thief but instead, he backed out to deal with the two Warriors . He crowd-controlled them both in order to create an advantageous fight for Water Fairy .
The Hex duration was finally up as well .
He was met with yet another Hex, but consecutive crowd-control skills would reduce the duration by half, which meant he would be free much faster .