Chapter 1 Rolling Again

Lin Jingyan's reaction was surprisingly quick. He managed a timely response even to Lord Grim's close-range anti-tank gun attack, which required no chanting at all. Dark Thunder rolled once, then again, leaving the exploding firelight behind him.

When it came to playing dirty, Ye Xiu had finally met his match.

Lin Jingyan himself might not have a particularly underhanded style, but he was extremely adept at dealing with it. No choice, really, since he had spent years in daily training going up against Fang Rui, that guy.

Seeing Dark Thunder evade the anti-tank gun, the Tyranny players off the field were deeply impressed.

"It had to be him," Zhang Jiale said, looking thoroughly resigned.

Putting Lin Jingyan in as the second player was largely aimed at Lord Grim's one percent of health.

Yes, one percent. But because it was Ye Xiu, it was enough to warrant Tyranny's full attention.

As Ye Xiu's old rivals, none of them believed that one percent of health would make him back down. That guy would definitely use that one percent to disgust them to death.

Sure enough, first he healed, then he played dirty, all while saying "You win."

Yes, everyone was sure that Tyranny would win this match, but at what cost?

That's why Lin Jingyan was chosen for this round. The low-health Ye Xiu would definitely play dirty, and Lin Jingyan was the best at dealing with that.

See, that underhanded move just now, none of the Tyranny players would have been confident in dodging it, but Lin Jingyan was different. He dodged that anti-tank gun with considerable ease.

When he got up again, Strong Knee Strike was already launched, and he charged toward Lord Grim.

This counterattack came quickly, but given the current distance between the two characters, the timing of this Strong Knee Strike didn't seem ideal, and wouldn't pose much of a threat.

But this kind of rhythm was quite effective at suppressing a dirty playstyle. Dirty players usually needed to observe, think, and plan. A high rhythm would undoubtedly allow the opponent less time to scheme. However, for some who were dirty to the bone, even their subconscious reactions were underhanded. Dealing with these people required more than just rhythm to suppress their dirtiness.

But Lin Jingyan had spent a considerable amount of time in daily training facing just that kind of dirtiness.

Strong Knee Strike wasn't his only response. In mid-air, Dark Thunder suddenly opened his hand and threw out a handful of sand.

Strong Knee Strike was being used as a movement skill. The Sand Toss was the main attack, expanding the attack from a single point to a wide area. Originally, the movement was just to avoid the Strong Knee Strike, but now it wasn't enough. There wasn't enough time to add any more movement.

Whoosh!

The Sand Toss rained down on Lord Grim, with a series of crisp sounds. All Ye Xiu could do was tilt Lord Grim's view to avoid being blinded.

But Dark Thunder had already landed and immediately shifted his view in the opposite direction, taking a small step to the side. This kind of subtle technique might only buy him a tiny instant, but sometimes that instant was enough to be fatal. Dark Thunder used a hook punch.

Four sharp claws lifted, but unexpectedly, Lord Grim's hands also reached out at this moment. His view wasn't facing this way, but his attack was aimed directly in this direction.

Overthrow!

Seeing this move, Lin Jingyan immediately recognized the skill his opponent had chosen.

If the skills landed at the same time, or even slightly off, the Overthrow couldn't be executed. As for the direction of the throw, it would naturally be toward the fiery lava ahead.

Lin Jingyan couldn't accept being thrown into the lava with only seven percent health remaining.

Backstep!

Lin Jingyan would rather his hook punch miss than give Ye Xiu this opportunity.

Dark Thunder took a step back to avoid Lord Grim's grabbing hands, then immediately stepped forward and extended his own hands.

Overthrow, also Overthrow.

Using Overthrow against Overthrow, retreating then advancing, dodging the opponent's attack and using his own attack to block the opponent's recovery. Lin Jingyan was worthy of being a veteran who had studied this profession for many years. Overthrow was a Grappler skill, but the other three classes of the Fighting System had never given up using it since the birth of Glory.

It was a pity that Lin Jingyan was facing the Unspecialized, a class that had never appeared on the professional stage since the birth of Glory. In the hands of the Unspecialized was a magical silver weapon that had only been seen by the world along with Lord Grim.

Lord Grim's hand retracted, the ending motion of Overthrow. But the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, which had been split into nunchucks, had already merged back into one during this motion. The extended end pierced Dark Thunder's body before his hands could reach him.

Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, spear form.

Skill, Circle Swing.

Dark Thunder was thrown into the air. At this moment, Lin Jingyan could only be thankful that the Circle Swing skill couldn't directly throw the character out. At least he wouldn't be thrown into the lava.

But skills were fixed, while people were not. Lin Jingyan suddenly realized that Dark Thunder, who was in mid-air, had come to life.

Grab skills completely restrict the opponent's movements until the skill ends. The fact that the character could move meant only one thing: the skill had ended.

A Circle Swing that ended with the character being waved in mid-air meant giving up most of the skill's damage, which was only generated when landing. But for Lin Jingyan at this moment, his Dark Thunder followed the laws of motion, and was now falling into the lava, which was far more terrifying than being slammed onto the ground.

Punch, kick...

Deprived of skill imprisonment, Dark Thunder was free to move in the air, but unfortunately, his Rogue had no skills that could create movement in the air. He swung his fists and kicked his legs, slightly altering his trajectory, but the experienced Lin Jingyan had already determined that these movements were not enough.

Eagle Stamp!

How Lin Jingyan missed this skill at this moment. He didn't need a weapon to cast it, he only needed to use 20 skill points, and he could change this helpless situation at this moment.

But he didn't have those 20 skill points to spend. His Dark Thunder couldn't use the Eagle Stamp skill at all.

Frustrated, he could only control Dark Thunder to throw out a gasoline bottle, he couldn't let Ye Xiu watch the show so comfortably down there!

Unfortunately, this kind of vent attack wasn't much of a threat. Ye Xiu easily controlled Lord Grim to dodge it, and raised the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella to fire two shots.

Shotgun Repel!

That guy was still using Shotgun Repel, still trying to get himself sent even further.

Lin Jingyan continued to control Dark Thunder to wave his fists and feet. Shotgun Repel required accurately hitting the target's center of gravity in the air to control their movement. Only the Sharpshooter's firing speed could occasionally capture some of the center of gravity. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's gun form was a rifle, and the two-shot firing speed couldn't produce much of a Shotgun Repel effect. But then, Lord Grim shook the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella again, pointing it at the sky from his waist, and fired a burst, Lin Jingyan spat out a mouthful of blood. That shameless guy was actually using a Gatling Gun to perform Shotgun Repel.

The Gatling Gun's firing speed was guaranteed, so fast that it became a test of the operator's skill. But Lin Jingyan wouldn't doubt Ye Xiu's Shotgun Repel technique, this technique was his invention!

Unspecialized, Unspecialized, it's annoying that you have all the skills!

The blood that bloomed in the air drew a bright trail as Dark Thunder flew out. The lava opened its arms and warmly welcomed Dark Thunder, then enthusiastically burned his life away. Lin Jingyan turned his view and saw that Ye Xiu was enthusiastically having Lord Grim strike a pose to welcome him near the shore.

Lin Jingyan was in tears. He simply stopped trying to challenge the limit and looked for a direction to swim that was a bit further away, but at least Ye Xiu's Lord Grim couldn't block him.

Dark Thunder finally crawled out of the lava, still streaming with flames, creating a bit of damage in the end. The audience looked at Dark Thunder's forty-eight percent health in silence, then they saw Ye Xiu's Lord Grim rushing over while spamming the screen: "Old Lin, why are you so careless? Old Lin, how's the lava's output, very powerful, right?"

The output was indeed very powerful, half his life was gone, but could Lin Jingyan answer that question at this time?

"You win." Lin Jingyan's reply was the same sentence that Ye Xiu had said at the beginning.

But at this moment, it was the truth. For Ye Xiu, this match was already a great victory.

"You're still alive, how can you say that I win?" Ye Xiu replied, adding a smiling emoji.

"Don't even think about taking an inch!" Lin Jingyan replied, and Dark Thunder charged out, heading towards the direction that Lord Grim was charging in.

He won. From a competition point of view, Lin Jingyan had finally won.

But even for the generous and bold Tyranny fans, it was difficult to applaud this victory.

Forty-one percent.

This was Dark Thunder's final remaining health.

Killing Lord Grim's seven percent... or rather, one percent, Tyranny paid a much higher price than they imagined.

Ye Xiu walked out of the competition booth. In normal times, boos would definitely surround him. But at this moment, the Tyranny fans didn't know what to do and could only respond with silence.

"Ah, this match... how should I put it?" Pan Lin and Li Yibo on television couldn't find the words to summarize this match.

Lin Jingyan's performance wasn't terrible. It was just that the map environment caused him to bear such a great consequence from one mistake.

"Or rather, Ye Xiu found the key points of fighting on this map first..." Li Yibo said.

Nonsense!

Most people would think so after hearing that.

Any player with a bit of Glory experience would notice these key points with one glance, right? Found it first? Ye Xiu was the first to successfully utilize these key points!

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