Many of the people watching this game have already exclaimed, and Sung Yuri naturally saw this scene as well. Frowning, he did not choose to retreat but rushed forward without hesitation. Before the chanting ended, a sword hit the ghost priest directly.
This kind of confrontation was like a dance.
In the end, who was advancing and who was retreating? Everyone was holding their breath.
Lin Xiao’s eyes flashed with surprise. Looking at his plummeting blood level, he still chose not to interrupt the chanting of Myriad Ghosts Void. An ordinary person would have chosen to retreat long ago, but he remained as still as a mountain as if he felt no pressure.
This act of standing still and practically giving up blood was difficult to understand for many. But in this kind of on-the-spot choice, no one could question the player’s decision on the field until the winner was determined.
Finally, the chanting was completed.
A huge black curtain fell heavily like nightfall and at this moment, the shadow swordsman‘s perspective suddenly fell into darkness. The figure of LovelyGhost before him flashed and completely disappeared from his field of vision. The five-foot visual distance made it impossible for him to spot the opponent’s location.
Waiting. Only after waiting for the Myriad Ghosts Void debuff to wear off, the shadow swordsman could launch another attack.
In this situation with no vision, Sung Yuri did not wait where he was but quickly maneuvered the shadow swordsman to retreat. Even though he had no vision, he still skilfully performed a series of operations, and his decisive retreat quickly moved him out of the ghost priest‘s spell range.
Perhaps this was the biggest difference between a professional player and an ordinary player, the ability to calculate a series of possibilities in advance.
If just now Lin Xiao had retreated to a safe area, Sung Yuri might have escaped by now. But at that time, he made a very risky, yet incredibly confident choice, which allowed him to block the position.
The blindness radius of the Myriad Ghosts Void was five feet, which meant you couldn’t see more than five feet. However, within five feet it was still inside the field of vision. And Lin Xiao very accurately controlled the ghost priest to keep the five feet distance from the shadow swordsman, no more, no less, thus locking the opponent firmly within the range of his skills.
Seeing that the shadow swordsman was retreating at full speed, the ghost priest turned his staff and threw a Frost Curse. The landing point was at the opponent’s foot that had just moved back, and it immediately froze him in place.
Seeing his character being controlled, Sung Yuri knew something was wrong. His eyes immediately fixed on the debuff countdown in the corner of the screen and saw that he had been hit by several damaging abilities and his blood bar had dropped a lot. Without hesitation, he rushed forward as the countdown ended.
The blinding effect had not ended when he rushed out, but seeing the surrounding scene clearly in mid-air, it was not difficult to infer that the direction he was heading was exactly where Lin Xiao’s ghost priest was.
A very perfect and accurate prediction.
Having been at a disadvantage a moment ago, this operation undoubtedly allowed him to regain the upper hand immediately.
This was Sung Yuri, the ace player of the ACE team and the man who aspired to be the best in the Korean e-sports circle.
Facing the opponent’s sudden counterattack, Lin Xiao decisively chose to avoid the confrontation by doing a backflip but Sung Yuri seemed extremely determined to attack this time and he soon closed in again. After a few close-range skills of the shadow swordsman, the ghost priest was completely entangled.
“I’m afraid the situation of player Lin Xiao is not very optimistic!” In the commentary booth, Mao Dou’s voice was tinged with a sense of anxiety. So far, in the three individual matches, there was one win and one loss. Although the difference between winning and losing in this round was not too big, one point might prove to be crucial in this kind of tournament.
Lin Xiao’s ghost priest did seem to be in trouble under Sung Yuri’s step-by-step pressure. With a sharp look in his eyes, he seized the opportunity to set up a Temple Gate in front of him.
This barrier-type defense mode wasn’t very useful against close-range professions, but the ghost priest suddenly changed his stance the moment the shadow swordsman struck with his sword, and instead of retreating, he suddenly crossed to the other side of the Temple Gate. With this steep turn in position, the sword’s damage was just barely blocked, and the bloodline’s decline was halted for the moment.
The audience looked at this unprecedented change in posture and wondered: How on earth can this skill be used like this?
This small detail caused the shadow swordsman‘s attack to pause, but it was not that easy to escape from his continuous offensive. Due to his limited skills, he simply chose a direct slashing attack. After all, it was a melee profession, and the damage was much higher than that of a spellcasting profession. The longsword swung at such a fast speed, that it once again forced the ghost priest to back off a few steps.
Although there were still skills that consumed the shadow swordsman‘s blood from time to time, overall, Lin Xiao’s situation at this time was as dangerous as possible. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was being completely suppressed.
Just when everyone thought that the individual competition was over for the Black Rose team, something unexpected happened. Sung Yuri, who was pressing forward relentlessly, suddenly saw a group of thorns rising under the shadow swordsman‘s feet. Just as he was about to retreat, he stepped into a soft swamp and suddenly realized that he had fallen into the opponent’s trap.
The ghost priest‘s skills, Void Thorns and Ten Thousand Swamps were very tricky to place when they landed one after another. You had to completely wait for the opponent to dodge the first and at the same time accurately calculate the impact point where he might step. A slight error of 0.1 inch may result in an irreparable battle situation.
But it was obvious that Lin Xiao had done it. After the shadow swordsman stepped into the quagmire, he couldn’t use his subsequent evasive movements anymore, and so he fell into two strong control skills at the same time.
This was probably Sung Yuri’s biggest mistake in this game, but at this level, any mistake was likely to be fatal.
Looking at the ghost priest who was chanting skills one after another, a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.
As their coach Devin said, this was a very powerful opponent. If it were someone else under such an extremely powerful offensive, let alone not being distracted and calculating every move so clearly, he might not even survive these five tense minutes.
Regardless of Sung Yuri’s feelings, Lin Xiao did not hesitate at all and launched a systematic attack.
If it was said that every move he made before was in line with his opponent’s pace, then at this moment, he finally entered his own rhythm.
“A counterattack! The Jedi strikes back!” Mao Dou felt as if he had experienced great ups and downs in his life, and he couldn’t control his emotions as he stood up in the commentary booth.
His shouts touched everyone’s nerves, but because of the tense situation, they failed to respond and watched every scene on the field with bated breath.
Sung Yuri was very strong, but at this moment, Lin Xiao, with only 30% of his blood left, was playing even more powerfully than Sung Yuri before.
The output was intensive, and the attacks were like gorgeous fireworks as skills fell one after another with no gaps straight onto Sung Yuri’s shadow swordsman.
A series of strong attack skills went into cooldown after the connection, however, seeing the shadow swordsman approaching again, Lin Xiao did not retreat but continued to attack without hesitation.
The shadow swordsman activated Ghost Sprint and moved at full speed, but even at this speed, the ghost priest‘s skills could still hit him accurately.
60%, 40%, 30%…
Seeing that the opponent still had 20% of his health and finally got close, the originally excited Black Rose fans subconsciously covered their mouths to prevent their exclamations from escaping.
Close in, sword drawn.
Is it going to be over? A small voice hovered in the crowd’s mind until they saw a sheet of ice unfolding on the bottom of the shadow swordsman‘s feet, and once again, the entire room was silent.
Frost Curse!
The short CD of the main skill has finished cooling down at this moment!
Many wanted to shout but were too nervous to make a sound. They could only watch helplessly as the shadow swordsman who was imprisoned in place took wave after wave of damage.
Corruption Spell, Ghost Fire, Hell Flame…
As for Lin Xiao, he looked at the shadow swordsman who was only 0.6 feet away from him on the big screen, his fingers flying on the keyboard without any emotion.
At this moment, there were only spells flying on the screen, and everyone was immersed in Lin Xiao’s magnificent operations.
In the end, the shadow swordsman couldn’t find any more chances to counterattack, and his blood bar was emptied.
The pace of the entire battle was so tight, and the attacks and counterattacks continued until the end, but every match was destined to end in success or failure, and at the end of the day, it was Lin Xiao who won, taking another crucial point for the Black Rose team.
“Champion! Champion! Champion!” The fans were totally hyped. In the unanimous silence of the ACE fans, they unabashedly shouted their desire to win the championship trophy.
Lin Xiao walked out of the battle room. Greeted with such overwhelming cheers, he just smiled faintly. When he returned to the players’ bench, his smile widened, and he asked in a show-off manner: “How was I? Awesome, huh?”
“Awesome.” There was also a hint of a smile in You Jing’s answer.
