Magic Bullet!

Gao Yingjie’s Mu En quietly began with a Magic Bullet, launching a tentative attack that wasn't much of a threat.

Lord Grim easily dodged it. He certainly didn’t lack ranged attacks. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella was raised, and three Anti-Tank Missiles seemed to be flung out, flying forth with roaring tongues of fire.

Gao Yingjie’s Mu En immediately waved his hand, and a star-shaped emblem was thrown out, instantly transforming into a magical ray.

Star Ray?

No!

This magical ray accurately struck one of the incoming Anti-Tank Missiles, then ricocheted and flew towards another. Then, another. After being refracted off each missile, it shot straight towards Lord Grim.

This was a variant of the Star Ray skill: Star Ray Refraction. Its power wasn’t as great as Star Ray, but by utilizing this refraction characteristic, it could sometimes launch unexpected attacks. At this moment, after three refractions, the three Anti-Tank Missiles had exploded in mid-air, a cloud of fire and smoke rolling out. Lord Grim? He had to dodge this attack that had been refracted and shot back at him.

As soon as he dodged to the side, Mu En burst out from the exploding smoke and flames, charging straight towards Lord Grim. He waved his hand, smashing down a Molten Flask, then swung his broom to strike at Lord Grim. Gao Yingjie's attack closely followed the Star Ray Refraction, giving Ye Xiu almost no time to react.

Draw Sword!

Just as the broom was about to strike Lord Grim’s head, a flash of sword light suddenly appeared. Because of its shape-shifting abilities, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella often concealed the start of some signature skills in ordinary actions. This Draw Sword was one such example. But Gao Yingjie, known as a genius, reacted with incredible speed. Mu En stopped his charge instantly and immediately jumped back.

The ground was already covered with the magma from the Molten Flask, but Ye Xiu wasn’t willing to let go of this opportunity to attack. Enduring the damage from the magma, Lord Grim used a Knight's Charge, chasing after the retreating Mu En.

Figures flickered, and the two characters instantly switched positions. Lord Grim charged forward, but Gao Yingjie's Mu En, still in mid-air from the back jump, dodged the Charge while riding his broom.

Gao Yingjie's reaction was truly unparalleled. Even Ye Xiu was somewhat surprised that this attack missed. But the counterattack came immediately.

Broom Hurricane!

Having just dodged the Charge while riding his broom, Mu En immediately spun his broom and rapidly struck at Lord Grim. Throughout the whole process, Mu En seemed to be making continuous changes of direction while airborne. Twice in a row, clean and neat.

This time, Lord Grim didn't have time to dodge. The high-speed Broom Hurricane was also difficult to parry with an attack. Ye Xiu could only adopt a fully defensive stance, blocking with his sword. A Swordsman's Guard was followed by the continuous sounds of the broom and sword colliding. The high-speed Broom Hurricane forced Lord Grim to retreat.

Star Ray!

Gao Yingjie wasn't greedy for success. While the Broom Hurricane was sweeping fiercely, he suddenly canceled the skill, and a Star Ray emblem was thrown out. At such close range, there was no way to dodge it. The magical ray hit Lord Grim directly, making him stagger again. Mu En had sprinkled Frost Powder on his broom. As he swung it, icy crystals scattered and fell, flying towards Lord Grim.

The Demon Enchanter's physical attacks used the operations of ordinary attacks. But by using his unique magical items, he could give his attacks different damage and effects. For example, Frost Powder at this moment had a chance to directly freeze the target. If not, it could produce a certain slowing effect, all depending on the opponent's resistance.

Lord Grim was now gradually acquiring Silver equipment, but he was still mainly equipped with Orange equipment. As a result, his attributes were easy to grasp. Gao Yingjie used Frost Powder at this time, naturally because he knew that Lord Grim's Ice Resistance wasn't very good.

Slap, slap, slap…

The Demon Enchanter's attack was in this mode. Ordinary attacks plus Frost Powder wouldn't do much damage, but once hit and triggered the freeze effect, things would be very bad.

Mu En came up with three consecutive attacks, which Lord Grim barely dodged. With the fourth attack, Gao Yingjie saw that the opponent had no chance to dodge, but at this moment, Lord Grim threw a handful of magic powder…

This is…

Gao Yingjie recognized it at a glance, but at this moment, Mu En's broom had already swung down, and he couldn't retract it in time.

Hit!

As Gao Yingjie expected, this time Ye Xiu couldn't let Lord Grim dodge. But, it was just a hit, an ordinary attack. What great damage could it do?

Freeze effect?

No… Lord Grim had just scattered a handful of Demon Enchanter's Dispel Powder, which Gao Yingjie was very familiar with. The effect of Frost Powder on the weapon was considered a buff. When it encountered Dispel Powder, it was immediately dispelled.

However, only the Frost Powder was dispelled; Mu En's attack wasn't hindered at all. This hit was just a normal attack, without the desired freeze effect, but with the following attack, Gao Yingjie had already begun to create the effect himself.

Sweep!

The broom swept diagonally, a Demon Enchanter's launch skill. Lord Grim was immediately launched into the air. Gao Yingjie controlled Mu En to take a step forward, preparing for an aerial combo, but he saw Lord Grim in mid-air, facing him squarely.

Caught!

Gao Yingjie reacted immediately.

After being hit by a launch skill, it's impossible to adjust one's posture to this extent so quickly. So there was only one explanation: Lord Grim wasn't hit at all; he just jumped up on his own. Ye Xiu guessed the attack he was going to use next, actively cooperated to produce the effect, and then unexpectedly launched a counterattack…

Sword light flashed, a Silver Light Falling Blade, Lord Grim descended. Gao Yingjie, having reacted, was quickly controlling Mu En to retreat, but Silver Light Falling Blade…

With this skill, Ye Xiu had once again captured Gao Yingjie's actions in advance. The Silver Light Falling Blade, with its small shockwave, could just control Mu En.

Hit by the shockwave, Mu En lost his balance and fell to the side. Gao Yingjie quickly performed a recovery roll, but Lord Grim had already chased after him, a Collapsing Mountain Strike, chopping down from above.

Is Collapsing Mountain Strike a difficult skill to dodge? Of course not, but the problem was that Ye Xiu chose this time, precisely when Mu En was in the middle of his recovery roll. Canceling wasn't an option, continuing wasn't an option, and changing direction was too late.

Hit!

Too troublesome…

Gao Yingjie in the eighth season rarely had the opportunity to play, so he didn't have the chance to fight against Ye Xiu. Afterwards, they interacted a few times in the game. Initially, in the new server, these professionals in their low-level stages were completely beaten by the unspecialized class to the point of not being able to find north. There was no way around it. If the unspecialized class had enough skill points, they could be said to have taken shape by level 20, possessing all of their skills. But what about the other classes? At level 20, their own class only had five skills. Even if they learned a few shared skills from the same class, it was still far from being comparable to the unspecialized class. With fewer skills, there were fewer variations. Facing such a comprehensive Ye Xiu, their motives and routines would be captured in a few moves. The training in the new server against Ye Xiu was truly an extremely painful memory.

At that time, the Tiny Herb players had a thought in their minds. They all believed that an unformed character was equivalent to a handicap. Of course, they would be at a disadvantage against a nearly complete unspecialized class. If that weren't the case, things would definitely be different.

And now, Gao Yingjie was in a one-on-one duel with Ye Xiu. He really wanted to tell his teammates that having a fully formed professional character was indeed different from using an unformed low-level character. But to say that facing Ye Xiu would be greatly different was not necessarily true. Controlling Mu En and fighting Ye Xiu, Gao Yingjie still had the feeling of fighting with a handicapped character in the past.

Everything was seen through, everything was understood. The attacks made by God Ye Xiu weren't very flashy, but they always made it impossible for you to avoid them. He accurately seized those moments when you couldn't react. What kind of experience and judgment had been honed through countless battles? Gao Yingjie suddenly felt very envious. He could have hand speed; he could react quickly; he could change any tactics and routines in minutes. He was a genius; he learned everything and mastered everything much faster than the average person. However, the talent of God Ye Xiu, honed through countless real battles, was something he absolutely couldn't possess right now.

It was as if everything about himself had been revealed.

This feeling was so strong that even when facing their captain, Wang Jiexi, Gao Yingjie had never felt such great pressure. The captain should know himself better than God Ye Xiu, right?

Ordinary routines won't work. He had to win with unexpected moves!

Having lost the initiative, Gao Yingjie was constantly on the defensive. No matter how he changed his actions, he couldn't escape Lord Grim's control.

At first glance, he didn't seem to be so passive, and he could find opportunities to counterattack from time to time. Initially, Gao Yingjie thought so too, but he soon discovered that these so-called valuable opportunities were seized by him, but they didn't achieve the effect he had expected. He could counterattack two or three times, but in the blink of an eye, the initiative would return to Ye Xiu.

So he understood that these so-called opportunities were all under Ye Xiu's control. No one dared to say that they played without any flaws, but Ye Xiu could control his flaws within the range that he could remedy. So Gao Yingjie seized the opportunities time and time again, but time and time again, he couldn't take advantage of them.

Is this the Glory textbook, the strongest player in Glory history?

Gao Yingjie looked with awe at this strange character who was wielding a strange weapon and whose equipment seemed uncoordinated because it wasn't a set.

He's really strong, but I can't just give up like this!

Gao Yingjie gritted his teeth. Mu En didn't have much health left, but he still hadn't found a chance to break the situation. He could only take a gamble!

Glory!

The moment the two big words flashed out, the match finally ended.

In the end, he still lost?

Gao Yingjie stared blankly at Mu En, who had fallen in the arena.