Chapter 136 The Smoke Screen

Poof!

A cloud of purple smoke exploded, and Lord Grim completely disappeared within it. Facing Dark Forest’s Shadow Dance, Ye Xiu actually had Lord Grim use the Ninja skill Smoke Bomb to respond.

However, the purple smoke was just cover and couldn't make a character disappear out of thin air. Dark Forest’s shadow clones still rushed out together from within the smoke. Li Hua's perspective switched even faster; the Smoke Bomb's purple smoke only reduced visibility, not making the character completely blind. With so many shadow clones charging in, possessing so many pairs of eyes, Li Hua rapidly switched viewpoints and soon found Lord Grim's figure within the purple smoke.

Li Hua was unhurried. He gathered all his shadow clones and charged forward together.

Several ninja blades stabbed towards Lord Grim simultaneously.

Hit!

Surrounded on all sides, Lord Grim had nowhere to dodge. Several blades pierced Lord Grim's body, and he instantly vanished, merging with the surrounding purple smoke.

A shadow clone!

Li Hua realized. It was just that the Smoke Bomb’s influence made it difficult to see clearly. Otherwise, with the skill of the number one Ninja, he could have distinguished the true body from the clones with a single glance. But now, he had been tricked. All the shadow clones gathered here had attacked only a clone.

Where was the true body?

A purple shadow flashed out from the smoke. Because of the similarity in color, people could only discern its existence almost entirely through the flow of the smoke.

Warlock skill: Dark Cloak.

The pile of Dark Forest’s shadow clones gathered there was immediately bound by the Dark Cloak, huddled together.

Ground Fissure Wave Sword!

Dirt stirred in the smoke as a Warlock’s Ground Fissure Wave Sword rolled over. The shadow clones, just gathered together by the Dark Cloak, were all swept up. As they staggered, another hand grenade rolled over.

Boom!

The hand grenade exploded, and the shadow clones staggered in all directions. These individuals with little health had already disappeared if they had taken heavier damage. Lord Grim's figure finally appeared completely, with his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella extended, the upper end bent, becoming the scythe commonly used by Exorcists.

Sky Ascension Formation!

A blue halo floated on the ground. Those shadow clones that hadn't yet perished were immediately sent flying into the air. Lord Grim rushed forward, sweeping with his sword and thrusting with his spear. The fragile shadow clone individuals instantly turned into air, leaving behind only Dark Forest himself.

Mountain Crash!

Without stopping the attack at all, Lord Grim slashed down with his sword.

Li Hua didn't dare to take it head-on. Dark Forest quickly formed a hand seal and disappeared.

No Substitute Grass Doll left behind, no shadow clone. A sudden disappearance, this was...

Mountain Crash landed, but Ye Xiu didn't pause at all, immediately operating Lord Grim to jump back.

Dark Forest burst out of the ground: Earth Tunneling Decapitation.

Lord Grim, jumping backward, seemed to not quite be able to dodge completely, but the sword in his hand was suddenly held in front of him.

Silver Light Falling Blade!

Lord Grim didn't dodge; he had already been casting the skill while jumping backward. At this moment, it was released perfectly, colliding with the ninja blade raised by Dark Forest.

Clang!

Dark Forest rolled away, while Lord Grim was knocked back and suspended in the air.

Rapid Gale Shuriken!

Before Dark Forest could stand up, a Rapid Gale Shuriken was already thrown towards Lord Grim in the air.

A flash of saber light rose up. A simultaneous Draw Sword accurately struck the swiftly flying Rapid Gale Shuriken.

However, with the addition of "Rapid Gale," the power of this shuriken was already not something that the judgment of a single Draw Sword could withstand. The Rapid Gale Shuriken bent the sword light of Draw Sword and stubbornly continued to fly.

Moonlight, Full Moon.

Two beautiful arcs of light in succession, two crisp sounds of "ding ding," Lord Grim quickly used these two consecutive slashes from the Ghostblade, and finally, with the attack judgment of three consecutive skills, the Rapid Gale Shuriken was cut down.

Lord Grim was still floating in the air, and Dark Forest returned to attack.

Ninja Art - Disorderly Shadow Thrust.

The blurry figure arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye. One strike, hit, then vanished in a flash, appearing behind him in the blink of an eye, another strike...

The third strike!

Dark Forest's silver weapon, the ninja blade Sixteenth Night, was completely black without any luster and made no sound when it pierced out. But this time, before the blade pierced his body, his wrist was grabbed by Lord Grim.

Ordinary operation wouldn't have such meticulous movements. Undoubtedly, this was a skill.

Back Throw!

Dark Forest instantly crashed headfirst into the ground. Li Hua was dumbfounded, finding it unbelievable. To actually be able to grab the target directly in Disorderly Shadow Thrust—what kind of judgment and operation was this?

After falling to the ground, Dark Forest was stomped on the chest by Lord Grim, who then bombarded his head with several shots: Trampling Shot!

After the Trampling Shot, Dark Forest immediately rolled, wanting to get up, and Lord Grim also jumped back, but a shot that had been prepared long ago was already coming.

Ranged attacks, if used at close range, were truly too fast to avoid.

Dark Forest, rolling, couldn't dodge and was hit by the bullet.

The damage wasn't great, but... he was stunned. This was a Stun Bullet from an expert Sharpshooter. Lord Grim calmly chased after him again and started fighting.

"Tsk..." The commentator Pan Lin sighed during the live broadcast, shaking his head repeatedly.

"The skill combinations of a Scatterer are really hard to defend against!" Li Yibo said. "He has too many skills of the same type. For example, juggling skills, knockback skills, or dashing skills—each class might have this kind of content, but generally, there are only one or two. He, on the other hand, is compatible with all classes. Take juggling skills, for example. Each class has them. Learning all of them would mean four. He, on the other hand, has 24. The selection space is too large. If it were anyone else, they could use just these 24 juggling skills to infinitely juggle someone to death."

"But it doesn't seem like we've seen him fight like that yet," Pan Lin said.

"Of course, after all, it's professional level; they wouldn't just be infinitely juggled to death by juggling skills. But the example I'm giving isn't to say that. I mean that in this situation where the selection space is extremely large, it's equivalent to him having no skill cooldown. Because most of the time, he can find similar skills with the same effect to replace them. Low-level skills have short cooldowns; when this one cools down, that one is ready again," Li Yibo said.

"Yes, we understand the reasoning that Instructor Li is saying. Actually, the key isn't his class but the weapon in his hand. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella destroys the setting where switching weapons has a cooldown, causing him to be able to use skills across classes at will," Pan Lin said.

"Yes... Without the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, there wouldn't be this kind of fighting style," Li Yibo said.

Frankly, this discussion between the two wasn't strange at all anymore. Ye Xiu already had eleven consecutive victories, and these problems could be seen with each win. Fortunately, the matches of Team Happy weren't televised from the first round, or this kind of discussion between the two would definitely be repeated again and again, making the audience tired of hearing it.

After being hit by the Stun Bullet and taking a barrage of attacks, Li Hua finally caught an opportunity to use Substitute Technique to let Dark Forest break free. But as soon as he turned his perspective, he saw Lord Grim already charging in front of him.

"Look," Li Yibo called out. "Charge, Arcane Slash, and then Ramming Thrust—which class can have such consecutive dashing skills! The position that Dark Forest pulled back to after the Substitute Technique was a safe space facing any class, but what about Lord Grim? Three high-speed dashing skills, and in the blink of an eye, he chased after him."

Poof!

As Li Yibo was yelling, Dark Forest had already been hung on the sword of Lord Grim's final Ramming Thrust and then casually angled down. The hillside was like a slanted wall, so Dark Forest was naturally knocked against it.

"Sigh, no suspense!"

"This kind of map really isn't suitable for a Ninja to perform."

"Ye Xiu is also very cunning. The maps he always chooses force the opponent to fight him head-on like this, and no one can withstand the Scatterer's offense."

"But he hasn't met any gods yet."

"That's right. The gods are all guarding the stage..."

Pan Lin and Li Yibo had basically declared Ye Xiu's victory in advance. The reality was also like this; Li Hua finally couldn't stop Ye Xiu from continuing to create a record in the league's history.

"12 consecutive victories..." Pan Lin said.

"Yes..."

In the first round of the individual competition, Happy won. Ye Xiu's 12 consecutive victories had now been added to the historical record of the Glory Alliance. And he was creating and modifying this record at the same time, just as Pan Lin had lamented on television, "How long is he going to keep winning?"

After Ye Xiu, Happy's Ninja Mo Fan took the stage. The map he chose immediately became incomparably complex. Deception was elusive within it and eventually exhausted his opponent to death. However, he didn't win easily either. He was countered by the opponent twice when he came out to ambush, especially the second time, when he was almost directly blown up. This was when the wisdom of Mo Fan choosing the Ninja class was reflected. Smoke Bomb, Substitute Technique, Shadow Clone Technique—Ninjas had quite a few escape skills.

After Mo Fan, Happy sent up Su Mucheng. The roaring artillery fire helped Happy win another match. Very simply, Happy finished the individual competition with a score of 3-0. Even the strong Team Misty Rain didn't seem to be able to stop Happy's recent strength, which made some people who wanted to see Happy make a fool of themselves, like Ruan Cheng, a little annoyed.

"Well played, well played!" Boss Chen Guo took the lead in applauding and giving an on-site commendation to the three who had taken three wins in the individual competition.

"Alright, it's our turn next!" Fang Rui stood up and shouted. He often went out to fight in the individual stage now, acting like a leader of the individual stage.

So, led by Fang Rui, Happy brought another 2 points into their bag in the individual stage.

The scene was filled with cheers. This was completely the rhythm of 10-0! The team competition map was even more important, which meant that the home-field advantage was even more obvious. And in the process of Happy Team's continuous practice, the team's operation became more and more smooth. With the individual stage and the individual stage won, the fans were also full of confidence in the team competition.

The players who were about to play in the individual stage were actively preparing, either mentally preparing or relaxing their shoulders, necks, and fingers.

"Nervous?" At this moment, Ye Xiu suddenly asked the person beside him.

"Are you kidding me?" Wei Chen turned his head, looking at him as if he had heard the biggest joke of the century.

"That's good," Ye Xiu smiled.

"Got a cigarette? Give me one," Wei Chen said.

"Smoking is prohibited..." Ye Xiu said.

"Sigh, it was better in our time... Now, you can't even smoke a cigarette." Wei Chen looked up at the wide competition venue. In the era when he competed, there wasn't such a magnificent competition venue, but there weren't so many restrictions either.

"Go on stage!" Ye Xiu patted him.

"With this old man here, there's no pressure in this match!" Wei Chen got up.