Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1562 Beneath the Lava
The Earth Shattering Palm!
Everyone in the arena was dumbfounded as they watched Lord Grim, who looked like a man of fire, suddenly emerge from beneath the magma.
Although they knew it was just a game, the sight of someone drilling up from the magma, covered in flames, was incredibly heroic and valiant.
Should they applaud?
No! This was Ye Xiu; how could they applaud? The Tyranny fans desperately suppressed their impulse. The applause they had originally intended to give Han Wenqing for interrupting the Shadow Clone Technique had instantly become the background music for Ye Xiu's counterattack. The Tyranny fans were already annoyed!
They had to restrain themselves, everyone gritted their teeth, but such a brilliant and heroic performance made it impossible to boo. That would be too against their conscience.
"Captain, add oil!" The Tyranny fans could only divert their attention in this way, determined not to appreciate Ye Xiu's performance!
Han Wenqing, who was commanding Desert Dust to step forward and prepare for a follow-up attack, also didn't expect Ye Xiu's counterattack to come so quickly and fiercely.
The Earth Shattering Palm aimed its blade directly at the vital point of the neck. Fresh blood spurted out, instantly vaporized by the scorching magma.
Desert Dust spun around abruptly and threw a punch.
After the Earth Shattering Palm, would he follow up with a Back Throw? Any player with a bit of Glory experience would make this judgment, let alone Han Wenqing, who had ten years of experience. This punch was a completely subconscious judgment and operation, precise and swift. No ninja player could possibly continue this combo under such an interruption.
But right now, there was no combo at all.
Han Wenqing subconsciously made the move, and immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
The Earth Shattering Palm followed by a Back Throw was a ninja's routine. This guy wasn't a ninja at all. The Earth Shattering Palm was already a self-made weapon skill. He wouldn't use a Back Throw just for such a simple combo, would he?
Han Wenqing's judgment was correct. The twisting punch missed its target, and Lord Grim did not use the Back Throw.
What would it be then?
In an instant, it felt like a thousand Glory skills exploded in his mind. There was no way to predict it.
He could only rely on experience to fight!
Without waiting for Desert Dust to adjust his posture, Han Wenqing directly executed a Chest Kick. Desert Dust raised his leg and kicked backward, aiming straight at the back.
Oh oh oh oh!
Clap clap clap clap!
The Tyranny fans immediately screamed and applauded. What a beautiful kick! Even without seeing the target, he accurately kicked Lord Grim in the chest. This was experience, this was awareness.
But then they suddenly felt a blur before their eyes.
The Lord Grim hit by the Chest Kick was just an afterimage. Where was the real body? The real body was already behind Desert Dust. The blade detached from the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella stabbed fiercely into Desert Dust's waist.
So fierce, so deadly, this had to be an assassin-type skill.
Shadow Thrust!
A thrust that instantly closed the distance of one character position. It might not sound as wonderful as the Shadow Steps, which could instantly cover three character positions, but true experts knew that this one step of the Shadow Thrust was far more sudden and difficult to defend against than those three steps of the Shadow Steps, or rather, it was simply impossible to defend against.
The Tyranny fans' applause and screams once again became the background music for Lord Grim's attack. But by this time, they had no time to feel depressed. Their captain was suffering continuous losses, making them anxious and burning with the desire to swipe their account cards and rush onto the field to tear Lord Grim apart!
The blade struck, bringing out a series of blood beads, but in the crimson magma, blood was no longer a striking sight, and it instantly turned into steam.
Backstab Combo!
How could Ye Xiu miss such an opportunity? Lord Grim continuously struck Desert Dust's back.
The magma churned and splashed.
The two characters were in the very center of this magma, and now it was impossible to escape. The damage from the magma was not low, and both characters' health was rapidly declining. Attacks only added fuel to the fire. Everyone could see that this battle could not last long. A set of combos would be enough to kill the opponent with the continuous damage from the magma. The outcome would be decided in seconds, or even less.
Was Han Wenqing, who was in a disadvantageous position, going to lose like this?
Not yet!
Desert Dust suddenly twisted his body.
Double Tiger Palms?
Ye Xiu's experience was too rich. Just from this slight twisting and raising of the arm, he had already judged his opponent's move. He quickly pulled Lord Grim back slightly.
Bang!
Hit?
Ye Xiu was stunned.
It was indeed Double Tiger Palms, but what hit Lord Grim in the end was not the palm, but the elbow!
Compared to the palm, the attack range of the elbow was half as short, but in this twisting attack, the speed was even faster.
He could actually use it like this.
Ye Xiu was surprised. He had discovered many changes in Han Wenqing, including the study and modification of the Striker's combat style, but this use of Double Tiger Palms had never been seen in previous matches. He didn't know if it was because there had never been an opportunity, or if it was an innovation born from ten years of experience under the current crisis.
One strike, regaining the initiative, Desert Dust turned around and began his attack.
Raging Tiger Flurry!
A straightforward and heroic ultimate.
Could the continuous damage of the magma, combined with the damage of the Raging Tiger Flurry, be enough to finish off his opponent?
For a moment, no one could make a judgment. Firstly, they were not familiar with the map, and there was no data on the exact damage of the magma. Secondly, the Raging Tiger Flurry was similar to the Swordsman's Phantom Sword, requiring continuous control of continuous attacks, so it depended on the controller's skill and the opponent's response. The skill had been activated, but whether it could deal the full set of damage depended on the specific situation.
Right now, the first punch hit!
The Raging Tiger Flurry, launched after the Double Tiger Palms elbow strike, simply straightened the originally bent arm with this first punch, coming so naturally and quickly that it was impossible to dodge or parry. Han Wenqing dared to follow up with the Raging Tiger Flurry after that strike, relying not only on courage and heroism.
With the second strike, the magma churned, and another punch hit, but the system's combo count jumped twice at this moment, three segments, four segments!
What? Many people were confused. How did it become four segments?
"The third segment is under the magma." This time, the commentator Li Yibo reacted quickly, immediately realizing that the third attack was a leg kick. Because most of the body was under the magma, and the magma was not as transparent as water, everyone had not noticed this kick.
Fifth segment!
The combo count jumped again, but this time there were some regretful sighs from the audience, because Ye Xiu had finally responded to this attack. Lord Grim waved half of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, parrying this strike.
Parrying attacks, using attack against attack, the damage might be completely neutralized or not, but in any case, for the attacking side, it was considered a hit, unlike directly dodging the attack.
Immediately after, six segments!
But this strike was blocked by the other half of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella that Lord Grim was waving.
"It's dual wielding!" Someone shouted.
Dual wielding, also known as the Two Blades Style, was the nemesis of parrying, but it was also extremely advantageous for attacking and parrying. In many cases, using the unique two-stage parry, one could parry skills with far stronger judgment than one's own attack. But at this time, Han Wenqing's Desert Dust was using the Raging Tiger Flurry, and the attack speed had soared. It was impossible to use a two-stage parry for one strike. At this time, dual wielding was only able to keep up with such a soaring attack speed, or even with a single weapon, it would be too late to parry the second strike after parrying one strike against the Raging Tiger Flurry.
Even so, how could an ordinary attack parry, made with only the characteristics of the weapon, completely block the attack judgment of a level 70 ultimate?
Each strike seemed to be parried, but in the end, they were all pressed against the body, and the attack damage was only barely neutralized a little.
A little bit, but the accumulation of repeated parries was considerable. At this time, the main continuous damage was not the character's attack, but the scorching of the magma. Lord Grim's previous continuous attacks had established a certain advantage, but Desert Dust's counterattack was trying to catch up from a disadvantage. Ye Xiu's attack parries were obviously trying to suppress Desert Dust's output efficiency.
Everyone nervously watched the two characters' health. Lord Grim had more, but it was decreasing faster; Desert Dust had less, but was only taking magma damage at this time.
Who would win like this?
Life was decreasing, life was approaching.
The Raging Tiger Flurry's attack was nearing its end.
Tie!!
Both sides' health lines were tied!!
The audience was ecstatic. The Tyranny fans were extremely excited. They were going to win! The health lines had been tied, but the Raging Tiger Flurry had one more strike, the final, strongest strike! After this strike, Desert Dust's health would be ahead, although only slightly, but with both sides' health about to hit zero, the magma damage would determine the winner. As long as Desert Dust didn't take any more damage after this strike, he would definitely win!
Bang!
The Raging Tiger Flurry, the final strike, sent Lord Grim flying with a punch. The distance was instantly widened. Close-range attacks could no longer be effective, and the magma would soon determine the outcome for both.
Blade flash!
Draw Sword!
Lord Grim, who was flying backward, actually managed to execute a Draw Sword. Desert Dust could no longer withstand any attacks at this time. At this moment, the Tyranny fans' hearts were about to jump out of their chests.
Then they saw Desert Dust roll to the side!
It's over!
The Tyranny fans cried out in their hearts.
Why was the captain making a mistake at this crucial moment? The Draw Sword was a horizontal slash. What was the use of rolling to the side? Hiding under the magma? That wouldn't work either! Ye Xiu was so despicable. This Draw Sword also had a slanting angle, maximizing the blockade of the horizontal and vertical planes. Look, the magma had been split open.
Eh!
A dark mood suddenly came back to life. A raised piece of lava was revealed in the magma split by the Draw Sword!
Scrape!
The blade struck the lava, and where was Desert Dust? After a horizontal roll, he had precisely flashed behind the lava. Han Wenqing had long anticipated that Ye Xiu would seize the opportunity to attack during the knockback from the final strike of the Raging Tiger Flurry. He had long seen the retreat route. Hiding behind this lava stone, no frontal attack could have any effect.
He won!!
The Tyranny fans had already cheered in victory. The two characters' health lines were nearing the end. Lord Grim had less health, so he would reach zero first. Although winning by such a small margin in the arena did not have much significance, winning was winning, and winning against Ye Xiu, who had never lost a one-on-one battle, was extremely satisfying!
As a result, at this moment, Desert Dust's life suddenly jumped from the uniform damage of the magma.
Glory!
The words announcing victory had already flashed out. The one standing in the end was... Lord Grim?
Wow!!
The scene instantly exploded.
How was this possible? How was this possible?
What was the situation with that last jump? Did the magma damage have a critical hit? And it happened to be at such a coincidental time? This was too much!
The heroic Tyranny fans all stood up at this moment, as if they were about to rush onto the stage immediately. What the hell was this? There had to be an explanation!!!
What was going on? What was going on?
It wasn't just the Tyranny fans who couldn't understand that jump. Television broadcasts, on-site referees, professional experts, too many people were in a daze at this time.
At this time, a replay of the scene was urgently needed. There would always be a reason no matter what. The reason had not yet been found on the scene, but the electronic screen had already cut back to the scene just now. Even the holographic projection on the stage immediately interrupted the pose time of the winner in general. At this time, don't pull hatred here. The holographic projection also replayed.
The scene immediately became silent, and everyone stared at the replay of that moment.
Once, twice, three times, that moment was very short and could only be repeated again and again. What was the key to the problem?
Some people observed Lord Grim's movements, some people paid attention to Desert Dust, and some people paid attention to the churning changes of the magma. At this time, the system's background statistics were finally called up. The system would not lie, and it would faithfully record every step of the game. And these words gave everyone the answer one step ahead of the picture.
Lord Grim's final damage, the final strike of the Raging Tiger Flurry, magma damage.
The damage suffered by Desert Dust at the last moment, magma damage, and... Rounding Slash?
Magic Swordsman skill, Rounding Slash.
The scene continued to be silent. The repeatedly played picture, after having the system's statistical prompt, finally made a targeted presentation.
Under the magma, the Rounding Slash moved silently, completely covered by the turbulent magma stirred up by the fierce battle between the two.
The Rounding Slash was launched even before the Draw Sword.
Like the foot hidden under the molten lava during Desert Dust's Raging Tiger Flurry, the Rounding Slash was also silently unleashed under the molten lava. By the time the sword flipped up, it was already the cold light flashing Draw Sword.
The Draw Sword's attack was ultimately blocked by that piece of molten lava, and the Rounding Slash, which did not move in a straight line, but in an arc, bypassed the block of the molten lava and finally hit Desert Dust.
It was not a critical hit from the magma damage, but an attack made by the player, made by the character.
The scene was silent, silent...
After a long silence, it finally erupted.
"Ye Xiu, you're so despicable!!!"
"Ye Xiu, go to hell!!!"
"Kill him!!!"
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