Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1017 Missed Opportunity
“Hehe, I understand what you mean. However, I believe that a player with Xiao Shiqin’s qualities would achieve great success no matter what class he chose.”
Li Yibo's answer was quite diplomatic. Pan Lin quickly chuckled along, saying, "Haha, you’re right."
"Hui人不倦 is now firmly surrounded by Sheng Lingmie's attacks. Does he have any means of escape? The Substitute Technique skill is currently on cooldown. Oh, Shadow Clone Technique! Hui人不倦 uses a Shadow Clone Technique. Alas, too bad… the Shadow Clone Technique also failed to escape the coverage of Sheng Lingmie's attacks," Pan Lin exclaimed.
"It seems Xiao Shiqin has prepared for this kind of tactic, enlarging the space covered by his attacks, but now he should be contracting it," Li Yibo said.
"Indeed, the offensive is starting to contract, focusing on the point of Hui人不倦's real body. Alas, if at this moment, Hui人不倦's real body was actually a clone, and the clone was the real body, would he have a chance?"
“Ouch!” Pan Lin exclaimed as soon as he finished speaking because he saw that Hui人不倦, who was surrounded by firepower, was instantly eliminated. No character would be so weak and easily defeated. Obviously, his previous hypothesis was actually true. Hui人不倦 actually used a fake body to pretend to escape, diverting the enemy, while his real body started moving from within the range of the attack.
"Hehe, Mo Fan really did do that, but it doesn't seem to be very effective!" Li Yibo said.
"Indeed… Xiao Shiqin's offensive transitions are really too smooth and beautiful." Pan Lin also expressed his admiration because, in fact, Xiao Shiqin's reaction was much faster than theirs as commentators. Pan Lin was still talking about that hypothesis when Sheng Lingmie's offensive had already been adjusted. By the time he said "ouch," the offensive had concentrated on Hui人不倦's real body, and the fake body was killed as a result of a collateral attack.
Hui人不倦 continues to suffer from Sheng Lingmie's continuous attacks. Various mechanical devices arrive one after another. There are flying ones in the sky, running ones on the ground, and even ones drilling out of the ground, appearing endlessly. Hui人不倦 dodges and retreats, unable to find an opportunity to escape, let alone counterattack.
And the broadcast is now showing a close-up of Hui人不倦's Substitute Technique cooldown timer. Under the current circumstances, it seems that there is no other way but to wait for the cooldown of this life-saving skill.
Everyone is watching this timer, counting down silently.
Three, two, one…
The timer flashed, and the Substitute Technique cooldown was complete. Hui人不倦 immediately began to form hand seals, his movements so fast that it was dazzling. Then, his figure trembled, and after a cloud of mist, what remained was a straw dummy. But almost at the same time, Sheng Lingmie's concentrated offensive suddenly spread out, enlarging the space.
The straw dummy left by Hui人不倦 hardly attracted any firepower. Instead, his real body was immediately attacked as soon as it appeared. Although the offensive was slightly weaker than before, this tranquility lasted only a second or two. The offensive quickly concentrated over, and the straw dummy lay lonely in place, ignored by any further attacks.
"Xiao Shiqin had already anticipated this. He calculated the opponent's skill cooldown. This is a big difference between professional players and ordinary players," Li Yibo said quickly with emotion.
The life-saving skill that he had waited so long for ultimately failed to save him. Even though there was only one opponent, Mo Fan felt as if he was surrounded by thousands of troops. No, it should be said that being surrounded by thousands of troops was even less severe. When picking up scraps, even if he was surrounded, the surrounding players would not necessarily attack him. The places where scraps are picked up are battlefields, and the players are too busy fighting each other to pay much attention to the scrap collectors.
But in the current situation, both sides have only one opponent, and the opponent's attacks are exceptionally clear. Mo Fan manipulated Hui人不倦 to charge left and right, but still couldn't find a gap to break through. Just one person created such an impeccable encirclement. A sense of tension that he hadn't felt in a long time kept surging into Mo Fan's heart.
No one is born a master. Mo Fan, of course, also had a newbie stage. Back then, when he was picking up scraps, he often fell into this kind of crisis where he was besieged on all sides, and he failed more than once or twice. But as his skills continued to improve, that chaotic battlefield of players gradually became like an uninhabited place to him. Even if he occasionally failed, there were many reasons for it. At least it never made him feel nervous or aware of the crisis again.
But this time, it was just an offensive launched by one opponent that made Mo Fan feel the pressure of being surrounded in his newbie days: he wanted to leave, but couldn't find a way out.
Is this the end?
In the light and shadows of various explosions, Sheng Lingmie's figure appeared and disappeared, sometimes near, sometimes far.
Since he can't escape, then, can he defeat him?
As soon as the thought arose, that figure appeared again in the light and shadow. Without thinking, Mo Fan subconsciously made a move. Hui人不倦 flicked his hand and threw a shuriken.
Xiao Shiqin carefully controlled his skills. He had seen Mo Fan's escape skills, and they were quite superb. A single mistake could allow him to find an opportunity to escape. However… he clearly lacked experience in dealing with this high-level of competition. That Substitute Technique just now, if he hadn't used it immediately, but kept it on cooldown, it would have been more difficult for Xiao Shiqin to deal with. A skill that has been used and hasn't played a role is nothing, but a skill that hasn't been used always maintains a threat, so the opponent has to guard against this possibility. It’s a pity he used it. Next, the Shadow Clone skill's cooldown is also almost up. What will he do?
Just as Xiao Shiqin was thinking this, he suddenly felt something flash towards him on the screen. With his extremely rich experience, he didn't bother to distinguish what it was and immediately manipulated Sheng Lingmie to dodge to the side. When he turned his view again, he saw that it was a shuriken that had been thrown out.
Not good!
Xiao Shiqin's heart tightened. Just this one dodge caused his attack control to have a slight pause. An ordinary opponent might not be able to grasp it, but the person in front of him was an escape expert. Would he miss an opportunity that he would actively create himself?
Xiao Shiqin hurriedly wanted to adjust, but as he thought, because he dodged that sudden attack, it caused a small flaw in his offensive. Mo Fan seized this moment, and Hui人不倦's figure instantly rushed out of the flames of war.
"Alas! Another effort will be wasted." Xiao Shiqin was thinking this, but he didn't expect that Hui人不倦, who had rushed out of the offensive range, didn't leave immediately. He waved his hand, and several shurikens were thrown in succession, while he himself closely followed behind.
He's going to attack!
Xiao Shiqin realized that Mo Fan wasn't trying to escape this time. Looking at the skills in his hand, most of them had already been thrown out, and now they were all left behind by Hui人不倦.
A skill that has been used is equal to nothing! Xiao Shiqin had just been lamenting this state, but he didn't expect that he would find himself in such a situation in the blink of an eye.
Fire Flame Slash!
Following behind the shurikens, Hui人不倦 directly chopped down with a Fire Flame Slash. Sheng Lingmie jumped to the side, already having activated his propulsor in preparation to move. But just as he took two steps, a Hui人不倦 had already flashed in front of him.
Shadow Clone Technique!
At this time, Mo Fan used it to intercept. As soon as his figure appeared, he quickly formed hand seals and launched an attack, not intending to let Xiao Shiqin guess which was the real body.
Ninfa: Hundred Flow Slash!
Several streams of water, like arrows, burrowed towards Sheng Lingmie along the ground. Sheng Lingmie hurriedly dodged to the side, only to fall right into Mo Fan's trap. Hui人不倦, flying over, directly stepped on Sheng Lingmie's shoulders with a Sparrow Drop, and as he jumped down, the tail rope of his ninja blade had already been swung around. A Back-Binding Neck Technique accurately caught Sheng Lingmie's neck, and he was pulled down hard to the ground.
"Caught him! Hui人不倦 has caught Sheng Lingmie! Xiao Shiqin failed to escape this time." Commentator Pan Lin shouted, and the competition venue became even more lively. Hui人不倦, who had just been completely suppressed, suddenly seized an opportunity to counterattack successfully. This kind of back-and-forth was what the audience loved the most. Of course, this didn't include the Excellent Era fans. This scene made them quietly shut their mouths, nervously paying attention to Xiao Shiqin's performance, while accumulating the power to erupt.
"Mo Fan's wave was very beautiful. He seized the opportunity quite wonderfully. With this wave of counterattacks, the situation should… eh… what?" Li Yibo was commenting on Mo Fan's performance and wanted to give this competition new expectations, but he didn't expect that in just the time it took to say this sentence, Xiao Shiqin's Sheng Lingmie had already escaped.
"Oh no, Mo Fan made a mistake. He had such a hard time winning the counterattack opportunity, how could Xiao Shiqin escape so easily!" Commentator Pan Lin sighed.
"Empty Cicada Double Kill!" Pan Lin's voice suddenly rose again. His cry clearly contained his expectations, but unfortunately, these expectations disappeared in the next sentence, "The Empty Cicada didn't hit. Too late… it would have been better if he had launched it earlier!"
"Indeed, Mo Fan's offensive connection had a small problem. In front of an opponent like Xiao Shiqin, even the slightest carelessness will be immediately seized by him…" Li Yibo sighed.
"Mo Fan is still operating Hui人不倦 to continue the strong attack, but it doesn't look like there's much of a chance…"
"Yes, Xiao Shiqin has already adjusted. He's just waiting for his skills to cool down now!"
"It's starting!"
"First, he released a Hunter, then Mechanical Drop… a Mechanical Tracker is blocking the front. Hui人不倦 can't break through in the air and is facing another encirclement."
"Alas, what a pity." Li Yibo shook his head repeatedly.