“Boom-boom-boom!” Several loud bangs spread throughout the entire arena. In the center of the big screen, scattered rocks and dust could be seen after the bombing. The ghost priest‘s Underworld Flame and the black mage‘s Raging Thunder Strike fell almost at the same time, brushing against the opposite characters as they flew by, landing a few steps away from each other. The visual effect was explosive.
A tense atmosphere permeated the entire venue. The audience felt their heartbeats pause for a few seconds involuntarily. However, on stage, neither Adorable Ghost nor Sunken Boat at Twilight moved an inch.
Anticipation!
It was obvious that these two individuals had already anticipated each other’s moves!
As long as either of them would try any evasive maneuvers, the skills just released could have directly hit, however, the result was that neither caused any damage to the other.
Both these guys’ judgments were eerily accurate.
[Map] Sunken Boat at Twilight: So calm.
[Map] Adorable Ghost: Likewise.
Before the commentator had time to say anything, the two people in the arena had already complimented each other. Although it wasn’t the first time seeing their dialogue, just thinking about who was competing on stage made the audience feel a subtle sensation when reading these two lines.
Although they seemed in harmony on the surface, Lin Xiao dared not have any slack while inputting the dialogue. Knowing Yan Duzhou too well, he absolutely could not afford any mistakes in this confrontation, otherwise, he would surely be defeated. Even when he was at his peak, he always had a hard time dealing with this opponent, let alone now with a body that was still not as satisfactory even in its best condition.
After quickly scanning the surrounding terrain with his peripheral vision, he instantly took a decision. At the same time as he casually released a Void Ground Spikes in the direction of Sunken Boat, he operated Adorable Ghost to move swiftly.
On the other side, Yan Duzhou seemed to have the same thought. Sunken Boat agilely avoided the thorns thrusting out from under his feet and also achieved his position in no time.
The two opponents who were originally separated by several giant trees stopped in their tracks after completing their movements. However, their simultaneous changes rendered this tactical repositioning ineffective. At this moment, the lush ancient tree still stood between the two characters, with only one difference – a few new trees had replaced the old ones.
Although they did not have the desired effect, they did not seem to mind at all. As soon as they landed, radiant light once again emanated from their staffs, and dazzling skills descended head-on.
However, as if they had already expected this, after the end of their respective chantings, they both activated the Leap Step almost at the same time and narrowly evaded each other’s skills once again. Their health points remained full.
“Those two play a very wonderful game, almost… almost on a par …with each other?” Mao Dou was dumbfounded, seeing the synchronized actions of the two that were almost identical. In his heart, he wanted to praise Lin Xiao in a few words, but then he realized he was full of questions himself.
Where on earth did this fabulous rookie come from? How could he actually perform like this in the individual round in the finals? You know, the player opposite is Yan Duzhou, the King of Hell who has dominated the League for many years!
At this moment, as if to completely dispel his doubts, both players finally stopped testing each other after this clash and officially launched a fierce battle. It was as if, a moment before, there was a perfect time and beautiful scenery that seemed particularly suitable for making vows at the ends of the earth, but in the next instant, it turned into a post-apocalyptic world where disasters ravaged all living beings. Dazzling skills completely enveloped the deep rainforest, and the blurry figures of the two characters made it almost impossible to see their movements clearly.
[Map] Adorable Ghost: Stop struggling, your fast hand speed is useless. Have you brought enough equipment to reduce the cooldown? Can you keep up with me in terms of cooldown?
[Map] Sunken Boat at Twilight: We will know soon whether it is useful or not.
In such a tense moment, they actually have time to type? Everyone subconsciously glanced at the current APM statistics of the two and couldn’t help but shed tears. Yan Duzhou was one thing, but even that rookie player was also unbelievable. Enough with these non-human beings!
Although they were not at peace with it, fans of the Apocalypse team had to admit the strength of their opponent in this round. Lin Xiao’s words seemed to be deliberately provocative, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was indeed the truth. If you don’t have hand speed and strength, the ultimate cooling flow setup can only be for show, but once you can control it, it is indeed scary. At least for now, it was obvious that Yan Duzhou’s skill cooldown time was beginning to fail to keep up.
The highly thrilling scene made everyone hold their breath and focus for fear of missing any exciting details.
If the camera panned over the battle room, you could see Yan Duzhou rapidly typing on the keyboard with a speed no less than Lin Xiao’s. Under his control, the black mage moved quickly, accurately evading consecutive waves of skills.
As for Lin Xiao’s blatant provocation? Of course, he wouldn’t take it to heart. After all, this kind of extreme cooling flow was very familiar to him.
This was indeed a very suppressive setup mode, but within this mode, there were also obvious shortcomings, like damage. The damage caused by each skill in such a setup will inevitably turn weak. If one could ensure an effective hit rate, it would be fine. However, if it could not be perfectly achieved, one would be in a very awkward situation.
Yan Duzhou’s eyes locked onto the screen suddenly flashed as the black mage completed a chant.
Dark spell. Dark Cage.
As if he was fully aware of his opponent’s route, just after Adorable Ghost took a step back, a black cage quietly rose from under his feet, firmly imprisoning the small figure in Little Red Riding Hood’s cloak.
Drawing a prison on the ground.
The audience erupted in thunderous applause.
Being able to remain composed at any time and defeat the enemy at critical moments, he was worthy of being their King of Hell!
Silence plus confinement, the double debuff effect, put Adorable Ghost into a completely passive situation.
Yan Duzhou has always liked high-explosive output equipment. Although he had lost a lot of blood in the previous attack, now that Adorable Ghost had become a caged bird, after several high-damage skills from the black mage, he instantly gained the advantage of blood and health.
The depressed blood value after Lin Xiao’s violent attack was actually not as high as the two skills of Sunken Boat?
The damage is too high!
Looking at the ghost priest, who only had a line of blood left after those two skills, everyone couldn’t help but be amazed when they thought about how both players on the field had completely optimized their equipment despite having different playstyles. If both players on the field were geniuses, then this crazy world of geniuses was truly beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
“Lin Xiao’s current situation is very bad. Can he avoid the King of Hell’s next attack?” Due to the tense atmosphere, Mao Dou unintentionally raised his voice.
In their previous confrontation, although Lin Xiao had gained an advantage due to his extremely short cooldowns, he had also suffered some damage. After being dominated by Yan Duzhou and continuously taking damage from him until now, with Sunken Boat‘s high burst damage alone, one skill would be enough to take him down.
Is it over? Is that it?!
Everyone held their breath.
The confinement of the Dark Cage was about to end, and at the same time, Yan Duzhou began chanting his final skill.
Three seconds, two seconds, one second…
Run! Maybe there’s still time to run! The fans of the Black Rose team could only hear such a voice in their hearts, almost forgetting to breathe.
Almost at the same moment when the confinement time ended, Sunken Boat finished his chant. Dark flames, like a life-devouring demon, attacked Adorable Ghost head-on.
However, the latter seemed to be completely unfazed, and only a dazzling white light was seen flashing on top of the staff he was holding.
It’s over!
When everyone unconsciously thought like this, the black flame had already descended. Just as it was about to take the last trace of Adorable Ghost‘s life, suddenly, that red figure flashed and disappeared from the original place in front of everyone’s eyes, instantly appearing in a position outside the range.
There was no expected system announcement for the end of the match. The ground was still smoldering, while that small figure was now energetically waving its staff, shining brightly.
“Leap… Step?” Mao Dou was about to go crazy. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have distanced themselves at the first moment. Surprisingly, he chose to dodge at the very last moment when the skill landed. It should be noted that any slight mistake would have undoubtedly ended everything completely.
In the end, how accurate the prediction, and how strong the psychological quality had to be to achieve this?
Lin Xiao, of course, didn’t know that he was now considered a monster in this game. At this moment, he glanced at Sunken Boat‘s position and laughed wildly, “Escape? How is that possible?! There’s no such thing!”
After giving so much blood, it was time to get it back.
In an instant, perfectly connected dazzling skills completely enveloped the screen again.
But this time, Yan Duzhou was helpless.
Frost Curse.
The ghost priest‘s lowest control skill was Lin Xiao’s last operation before dodging.
It was not so much a dying struggle as it was premeditated.
If he was able to predict Lin Xiao’s movements before because he was too familiar with them, then couldn’t Lin Xiao also exploit such a flaw of his because he knew him too well?
To be deceived by his deliberate trap like this, he really underestimated his cunning…
Without any further action, Yan Duzhou released the mouse from his hand and watched with a smirk as the opponent mercilessly trampled on his character, frozen in place.
He lost. However, it seemed that he was in quite a good mood.
