Unexpected moves weren't exclusive to Happy; Zhou Zekai was always full of surprises.

While One Autumn Leaf ran and fired, he continuously strengthened his firepower by closing the distance. But after a slide, that distance went straight to zero.

Flip, jump. One Autumn Leaf dodged Soft Mist's smashing blow. As he sprang up, his dual guns spat flames. The bullets were like the thrusts of swords, but far faster than any close-combat class's stabs.

A spray of blood bloomed; the closest, Soft Mist, couldn't dodge in time and took the hit.

Gun-Fu!

Zhou Zekai activated another skill. One Autumn Leaf kicked out, sending Soft Mist tumbling to the side. His goal was to break through the encirclement, so he wasn't planning on using Gun-Fu to stick to a single target. After kicking Soft Mist away, he elbowed Steamed Bun Invasion.

Steamed Bun Invasion had just finished his Tyrannical Chain Punch. He didn't take Zhou Zekai seriously, figuring that Tang Rou's Soft Mist would take care of him, so there was no need for him to worry. He continued to focus on Silent Cruelty, wanting to follow up with another attack. But Zhou Zekai broke through Tang Rou's defenses quickly, and without hesitation, this attack rushed towards Steamed Bun Invasion.

Whoosh!

The scene on Zhou Zekai's screen suddenly shifted dramatically. Lord Grim's Myriad Manifestations Umbrella suddenly unfurled, covering his entire field of vision.

Shield Blind!

Zhou Zekai quickly canceled his attack, and One Autumn Leaf retreated rapidly. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella instantly transformed into a spear, ready to thrust forward. But a Landslide Wave Sword swept across the ground, forcing Lord Grim to pause.

Boom!

Applause erupted from the sidelines. Sun Xiang echoed Zhou Zekai, using Palm of Thawing Flower to strike Soft Mist, who had been kicked away by One Autumn Leaf. With its knockback efficiency, Soft Mist immediately flew towards the other side, crashing into Steamed Bun Invasion and Lord Grim.

Steamed Bun Invasion dodged, and as if in retaliation, his next attack on Silent Cruelty became a throw. He grabbed Silent Cruelty and smashed him back towards One Autumn Leaf.

Sun Xiang hastily maneuvered One Autumn Leaf to dodge, but unexpectedly, the thrown Silent Cruelty paused in mid-air. Then, drawing a large arc, he made a sharp turn and slammed into One Autumn Leaf.

Circle Swing!

Silent Cruelty, thrown by Steamed Bun Invasion, was unexpectedly caught again. The one who acted was Soft Mist, who had been blown away by One Autumn Leaf's Palm of Thawing Flower, crashing towards Steamed Bun Invasion and Lord Grim. Sun Xiang's attack was ultimately turned into an assist by Tang Rou. The unexpectedness of Silent Cruelty's mid-air U-turn was no less than Steamed Bun's unpredictability. Zhou Zekai, whose attention was mostly on Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, couldn't react in time. The two characters collided, falling to the ground in a messy heap.

The scene erupted in an uproar, but the crisp sound of gunfire continued to ring out.

One Autumn Leaf was hit squarely by Silent Cruelty, and there was no way to dodge. However, Zhou Zekai continued to stubbornly complete his killing attacks, sending a shower of blood onto the airborne Soft Mist. Zhou Zekai delivered this wave of highly difficult shots to Soft Mist, who was inconvenienced by dodging in mid-air.

No, not just that!

"Suppressed Shot!"

Many people were surprised to find that the bullets not only hit Soft Mist, but also largely fixed her in mid-air. This could only be achieved with the suppressed shot technique. Under these circumstances, just stabilizing the gun was already difficult, and sending the bullets to the intended target was even harder. And to complete the suppressed shot, an operation that required extreme precision, while hitting the target was something that ordinary people couldn't even imagine.

But now, Zhou Zekai had done it!

The crowd that had just erupted in an uproar because One Autumn Leaf and Silent Cruelty had collided was now filled with deafening screams.

In this arena, Zhou Zekai was indeed the one and only protagonist.

Dragon Breaks the Ranks!

Sun Xiang's One Autumn Leaf unleashed his ultimate move. With the Evil Destroyer becoming a dragon, he showed everyone the significance of Zhou Zekai's high-difficulty operation. Soft Mist, stabilized in mid-air by the suppressed shot, became a feast for the dragon's mouth, with no chance or room to dodge.

Boom!

Magical battle aura exploded, also affecting Steamed Bun and Ye Xiu, who were nearby. They were too close, and the light and shadow blocked their vision, providing cover for Silent Cruelty and One Autumn Leaf as they fell.

Roll!

Zhou Zekai performed a roll to recover, and One Autumn Leaf directly neutralized the fall with the cover of light and shadow. Wu Qi's Silent Cruelty, however, was subject to the mandatory knockdown judgment of the Inner Circle Dance, which could not be neutralized by rolling. However, the character immediately rolled to his feet after falling to the ground, faster than many players' attempts to recover.

Silent Cruelty didn't retreat as he rolled, but rushed towards the exploding magical battle aura. At the same time, a Wave Sword from Jiang Botao's Empty Waves swept towards the mass of light and shadow.

Focus fire!

Samsara was focusing fire.

In that change, they actually completed a focused attack on Soft Mist!

With this wave of focused fire, Happy, who had just surpassed Samsara in total health points, was immediately pushed back down.

Samsara's total health points continued to lead, and the focused attack on Soft Mist continued.

They ignored Mu Rain Sorcery's heavy firepower, ignored Lord Grim and Steamed Bun Invasion's attacks from the left and right, and stared intently at Soft Mist, as if they didn't know that focusing fire required moderation. They were greedy, as if they wanted to take Soft Mist away in this one wave.

How was this possible?

Samsara's wave of focused fire was indeed beautiful, but no one thought that this wave of focused fire could determine life or death. However, it seemed that Samsara themselves thought so.

Nebula Wave Sword!

Samsara showed their confidence.

The Magic Swordsman's ultimate move, from Jiang Botao's Empty Waves. Wave power bloomed rapidly, enveloping Soft Mist, but scattering the others.

Steamed Bun Invasion raised his hand and threw a brick towards Empty Waves.

Bang!

The brick was shattered in mid-air by the Nebula Wave Sword. This offensive and defensive ultimate move couldn't be easily broken by a low-level skill like Brick.

Then, Poison Needle!

Then, Gasoline Bottle!

Steamed Bun Invasion had many tricks, but everyone thought this was a waste of time. None of these skills could break the Nebula Wave Sword. This Steamed Bun was just staying here and acting foolish instead of running.

Sand Toss… This guy was still going.

Useless. Everyone thought so. But Jiang Botao suddenly paid attention.

Steamed Bun Invasion was attacking, but at this moment, he turned his gaze to the other end, to the other end where Lord Grim was.

Sure enough!

Lord Grim was ready to move.

Jiang Botao didn't know if Steamed Bun was truly foolish or pretending, but he knew that Ye Xiu was definitely not foolish. So whether Steamed Bun was pretending to be foolish wasn't the key. The key was how Ye Xiu viewed the situation.

Steamed Bun Invasion continuously released useless skills, but only when Jiang Botao paid attention to these skills and dealt with them did they seem useless. And when paying attention to these skills and dealing with them, the corresponding concentrated moments of operation would cause the Nebula Wave Sword to have gaps in other areas.

Lord Grim was taking the opportunity to invade. This Ye Xiu was indeed too good at borrowing momentum.

Using the plan against the planner?

Jiang Botao's mind stirred.

No...

He finally gave up. He decided to deal with it in the most stable way possible right away. He had realized that thinking too much when facing Ye Xiu was not a good thing. Ye Xiu had far more experience and skills to deal with complex and changing situations than he did.

So Empty Waves subtly dodged the Sand Toss, and the Nebula Wave Sword inconspicuously converged slightly towards Lord Grim's side. He didn't strengthen the offensive too much, but just filled in the gaps that had been created before.

Lord Grim stopped moving, and sure enough, that was the direction Ye Xiu intended to break through. He tried to find other changes, but soon found that this time, Jiang Botao didn't make many changes. He just honestly dealt with what he found.

That was how it was... That was what made it difficult!

More changes meant more choices, and more choices meant more combinations, from which one could always find the smoothest path.

But when the changes were limited, the choices became single.

A single path was easy to walk, but a single path had only one exit. An exit that the opponent had prepared for them, expecting them to walk towards it.

This was definitely not the path Happy wanted to take, so Ye Xiu wanted to take a different path.

But this path was ultimately sealed by Samsara.

What was even more fatal was that they had no chance to find another path.