Chapter 1387 The End

“Qin Muyun ultimately couldn’t withstand Su Mucheng’s fierce offensive. Zero Degrees Below fell. The victor of this match is Su Mucheng!!!” Pan Lin passionately announced the victory, completely unaware that Qin Muyun wasn’t that far from victory either.

If he had noticed it sooner, if he had been prepared… Qin Muyun was filled with regret as he walked off the stage. He saw the next player from Tyranny walking towards him, their captain, Han Wenqing.

“I’m sorry…” Qin Muyun stopped a few steps away from Han Wenqing and said.

“We, the spectators, didn't notice Su Mucheng's intentions either. We all underestimated her,” Han Wenqing said. There was no consolation, no exoneration for Qin Muyun; instead, he included the entire team in shouldering the blame.

“Go back and prepare for the team competition!” Han Wenqing added before continuing toward the competition stage. Falling down wasn’t scary, but getting back up immediately afterward was. A member of Tyranny had to have that kind of fortitude.

“Yes!” Qin Muyun nodded and returned to the team.

“Tyranny’s fourth player is their captain, Han Wenqing!!” Amidst Pan Lin’s passionate shouts, the new round of the individual competition began.

“Han Wenqing pre…” Pan Lin’s speed was by no means slow, but this time, he only managed to say four words when Han Wenqing’s Desert Dust already darted out. With an incredibly fast movement, the sound of clothing rubbing against the air crackled. Desert Dust’s fist had already been thrown out, followed by a huge boom. Desert Dust actually used his body to detonate the artillery shell fired by Dancing Rain…

“Fierce Tiger Flurry!” Pan Lin shouted the name of the skill. Before that, he had intended to start the commentary with the question of “How is Han Wenqing going to deal with Su Mucheng?” but he only said four words, and Han Wenqing’s answer had already been flung out.

Fierce Tiger Flurry! A Level 70 ultimate right at the start. Even in the minds of ordinary players, this was definitely a very reckless and wrong choice. But now, in the playoffs, on the highest-level competitive stage of Glory, Desert Dust, who possessed the highest title for the Grappler class, "Fighting God", used an approach that even ordinary players wouldn’t use, opening with an ultimate!

Why wasn’t it recommended to use an ultimate at the start?

Because while ultimates were powerful, they also left behind enormous openings if they missed. Therefore, ultimates usually needed small skills to pave the way, and they were only used when one was sure that they could hit.

So, directly using an ultimate would be considered reckless. But when this happened with Han Wenqing, who had ten years of Glory professional experience, no one would think that way.

What everyone saw was confidence.

An intense confidence that he would definitely hit with this ultimate.

The wind from the fist rang out, like a tiger’s roar. Desert Dust charged straight towards Dancing Rain, directly penetrating the artillery shell fired by Dancing Rain. The fist came out, hitting!

Was the arena too small?

No, even if the space was small, it wasn’t so small that one could take a step and be in front of the opponent at the start. It was Han Wenqing’s unconventional action that completely caught Su Mucheng off guard. Just as she was about to start with a probing attack, Han Wenqing resolutely and decisively revealed his fangs, pouncing forward fiercely without any reservations or retreat.

Two seconds into the match, the Fighting God Desert Dust completed a close-quarters engagement against the Launcher, and with a direct hit from the ultimate Fierce Tiger Flurry…

In two seconds, Han Wenqing killed the match.

“I… It’s over…” Pan Lin announced the end of the match, but he didn’t have the usual passionate cheer for the victor. It was as if he had something stuffed in his mouth as he barely squeezed out a few words.

How much health did Dancing Rain have left? How much mana did Dancing Rain have left? These were all pieces of information that Pan Lin was preparing to slowly analyze in this round, but now, everything was no longer important. At this moment, Dancing Rain’s health was already zero, and this match was already over.

Pan Lin didn’t know what to say at all. The rhythm of today’s individual competition had thrown his thinking far, far away. Until now, none of the battles, even when both sides had full health, had lasted more than two minutes.

Su Mucheng walked out of the player area, and her expression didn’t look relaxed either.

Ye Xiu laid down an advantage of almost one player for Happy, but Mo Fan’s crushing defeat quickly lost most of that advantage. Then, Su Mucheng’s victory over Qin Muyun could be considered to have stabilized the situation again, but Han Wenqing came on stage and completely crushed Happy’s advantage with this kind of method.

At this point, both Happy and Tyranny had two players left. Although Han Wenqing’s Desert Dust had just gone through a battle, his health loss was shockingly small, so small that it could be ignored.

After completing the goal of consuming Ye Xiu, Tyranny’s captain, Han Wenqing, personally brought the individual competition back to the same starting line. And at this moment, the player that Happy was sending out was another one who would be limited by this individual competition map.

Fang Rui, his dirty playstyle, if he had no terrain to take advantage of and relied purely on skill, it would still be effective against some rookies, but against Han Wenqing…

Even if Han Wenqing wasn’t as all-around as Ye Xiu, he had more experience than Ye Xiu.

“I’m going up,” Fang Rui said simply and went on stage. When he met Su Mucheng along the way, they only nodded to each other in a simple exchange.

The fast-paced battles of today’s individual competition made the substitution of players seem like a fleeting glance. Someone went on stage, and before everyone had enjoyed watching them enough, it was already time to switch.

The seventh match of the individual competition, Fang Rui against Han Wenqing, Qi Master Boundless Sea against Grappler Desert Dust.

A battle between the same class, but their styles were exactly at two extremes.

Fang Rui, with all sorts of dirty little tricks, and Han Wenqing, with his absolutely direct and powerful attacks.

Tyranny fans, of course, despised Fang Rui’s style. In their eyes, Fang Rui was simply a heretic, and this battle, in their hearts, suddenly became a battle to eliminate the heretic. The atmosphere at the venue was instantly ignited.

The match began. It was a simple map, with a fast loading speed. The moment they entered battle, Boundless Sea immediately rolled.

This was in anticipation of Han Wenqing launching a hard attack again from the start, but this time, Han Wenqing’s Desert Dust didn’t move. Boundless Sea rolled on his own, like a frightened rat, and the audience immediately burst into laughter. Compared to the ramrod straight Desert Dust, Boundless Sea rolling all over the ground was really too terrible.

Fang Rui didn’t care about that. If Desert Dust didn’t move, then he would continue to move. Boundless Sea rolled around several times.

Desert Dust turned around, his vision locked onto Boundless Sea.

Fang Rui was annoyed. This broken map simply didn’t allow him to use his preferred attacking routines. It was simply impossible to slip into Han Wenqing’s blind spot just by relying on positioning.

Boundless Sea twisted a few more times, but Desert Dust still didn’t reveal any flaws. Just as Boundless Sea charged in a certain direction, he suddenly took a step.

The audience didn’t feel anything, but this one step made Fang Rui feel extremely uncomfortable. The arena was already small, and one step could change the space that a character could control. Desert Dust’s step was timed very precisely, and one step squeezed Boundless Sea’s activity space.

Even if Han Wenqing had incomparably rich experience, he shouldn’t be able to pinch his own weak points so accurately, right?

“Old Lin, you betrayed me!!” A sentence from Fang Rui suddenly popped up in the chat.

Everyone was stunned, and then they realized that "Old Lin" referred to Lin Jingyan, right?

Lin Jingyan was very familiar with Fang Rui. Even though Fang Rui had changed his class, Lin Jingyan was still the one who knew him best. And Lin Jingyan knowing him meant that Tyranny knew him. Now, he was no longer Fang Rui’s teammate, but his opponent.

Yes, his opponent.

Then, Fang Rui’s confident accusation was really speechless. What’s more, Lin Jingyan was sitting in the player area. He was communicating from a distance, so did he expect Lin Jingyan to respond?

The crowd naturally laughed at Fang Rui again. But Boundless Sea suddenly attacked at this moment!

As expected, how despicable, how cunning!

Everyone marveled. That seemingly laughable sentence was actually meant to distract. Such a sudden, but logical, sentence could really easily distract people.

Qi Bolt, Flash Hundred Strikes!

Boundless Sea used two skills in a row. The Qi Bolt was in front, shaking Desert Dust’s vision, and the Flash Hundred Strikes was behind. The condensed Qi pierced out from his fingertips with a momentum to pierce through everything.

Desert Dust didn’t dodge or avoid, and actually took another step forward.

The Qi Bolt hit Desert Dust’s face. This skill’s damage wasn’t much of a threat, but how many people wouldn’t subconsciously dodge it when Fang Rui used it from a vision-blocking angle?

Han Wenqing could!

Desert Dust’s figure didn’t deviate at all. He just took a step straight forward, the fastest and shortest route. The Qi Bolt exploded, and the Flash Hundred Strikes arrived, but in the blink of an eye, the Qi scattered.

Boundless Sea’s right hand that was thrust out was suddenly grabbed by Desert Dust’s raised hand.

Empty-Handed Blade Block!

Han Wenqing actually used this block and counter skill to accurately grab Boundless Sea’s hand while his vision was being shaken.

For the Grappler class, their hands could be considered their weapons. Gloves and boxing gloves were worn directly on their hands.

A block and counter skill, first block, then counter. This was the system’s mandatory judgment. Now that the block had been successful, Fang Rui had no way to deal with the counter.

Desert Dust pushed an elbow against Boundless Sea’s chest, followed by a flurry of punches and kicks.

They were both of the Grappler class, but if one were to talk about close-quarters combat, the Qi Master was still a distance away from the Grappler.

Boundless Sea was beaten into scurrying around with his head in his hands, rolling around everywhere. The audience laughed heartily and were enjoying the show when Desert Dust’s offensive suddenly stopped. Boundless Sea, rolling around, actually escaped from his continuous combo.

This…

Everyone was stunned.

They didn’t think that there were any flaws in Desert Dust’s continuous attacks, but just like that, Boundless Sea was kicked away, and Desert Dust’s combo was stopped.

“Being abused like this, how uncool,” Fang Rui actually said in the chat.

Cool? The audience laughed again. What did those two words have to do with a dirty player like you?