That subtlety was lost on the average viewer. All they saw was that the two characters had finally met. Ye Xiu had attacked first, and Zhou Zekai had cleverly used the terrain to dodge.

The experts watching knew that this was an opportunity that Ye Xiu had created through careful positioning, but only the two on the field truly understood the nuances.

Two shots!

They met, and before he even had time to react, the opponent had already fired two shots.

Zhou Zekai possessed more than just dazzling skill. He was called the Glory First Person, but he wasn't arrogant, nor was he overly humble. Both could lead to errors in judgment on the field.

Zhou Zekai possessed a clear-headed confidence, which he used to assess the situation on the field.

Before he could react, the opponent had already fired two shots!

This wasn't a chance encounter.

That was the conclusion Zhou Zekai immediately reached. Unlike the pro players off the field, who could use an overhead view to understand Lord Grim's positioning strategy, Zhou Zekai used his own method to immediately determine that "Ye Xiu has the initiative."

So One Autumn Leaf didn't stop, didn't counterattack, didn't even hesitate for a moment, and simply flashed past.

After the two shots, Lord Grim immediately lost his target.

Good one!

Ye Xiu praised inwardly.

In just that one moment, Zhou Zekai had already grasped the situation. The title of Glory First Person wasn't just about appearance; Zhou Zekai's technique, awareness, and attitude were truly outstanding in the pro scene. Ye Xiu understood this clearly.

To him, Zhou Zekai wasn't a stranger. Since the fifth season, aside from Ye Xiu's completely blank ninth season, they had crossed paths on the field more than once or twice. He fully understood Zhou Zekai's strength, fully understood how difficult this opponent was.

Could he rely on a carefully planned position to seize the initiative and win the match? Ye Xiu hadn't thought so. But the final situation was still somewhat surprising to him. He hadn't expected to lose the initiative so quickly. Some of his initial plans had already fallen through.

But Ye Xiu, a veteran of countless battles, wasn't so easily intimidated.

Change direction!

Lord Grim, who had been about to charge towards One Autumn Leaf after the two shots, suddenly changed direction. Moving quickly, he rapidly widened his field of vision, and Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf immediately appeared in his view from another angle.

Bang bang bang bang!

Sparks flew.

Such dense fire wasn't something a scattered class like Lord Grim could produce. Such a barrage could only come from a Sharpshooter!

Right hand, Desolate Fire; left hand, Shattered Frost.

The gray windbreaker billowed in the rapid movement.

Ye Xiu's rush had actually put Lord Grim at a disadvantage. This scene was very similar to the moment when One Autumn Leaf stepped into a specific point in Ye Xiu's plan.

Zhou Zekai didn't completely understand Ye Xiu's positioning techniques, so this wasn't a tit-for-tat exchange. This was just two high-level players in the same realm using the map skillfully and naturally.

Ye Xiu did it through careful observation and precise calculation.

What about Zhou Zekai? This was the home map that their Samsara used in the finals. He possessed an extraordinary familiarity and understanding of the map.

Flames erupted, gunshots roared.

Running into the gun muzzle head-on was exactly what Ye Xiu was facing.

Swish, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella immediately opened, and bullets rained down, causing the umbrella surface to tremble incessantly, with a series of "pa pa" sounds.

The firepower is too fierce!

The live electronic screen and the TV broadcast immediately displayed a set of data.

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's durability.

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella had 23 durability. As a shield, this was too low. Shields, due to their special purpose, didn't consume durability at the same rate as ordinary weapons.

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's 23 durability was what ordinary weapons possessed, and the durability wouldn't change when transformed into a shield.

How low was this durability for a shield? A simple data comparison would easily show it.

The lowest-level shield in Glory, the Level 5 Small Wooden Shield, had a durability of 20, which was already close to the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's shield durability.

In the Realm of Gods, the Level 70 purple-grade shield "Soaked Thorns," which was relatively easy to obtain and had good attributes, was held by many Knights and had a durability of 85.

And the "Wall of Sighs," the silver-grade shield held by Tiny Herb's Knight character, Solo, which was known as the number one shield in Glory, had a durability as high as 135.

A high-level shield with 23 durability? Apart from the shield form of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, there was no other in Glory.

The broadcast and the live electronic screen gave this durability a close-up because One Autumn Leaf's rapid-fire was causing the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's shield durability to drop rapidly.

22, 21...

The numbers were jumping down at a clearly visible rate, showing just how dense and fierce One Autumn Leaf's firing was.

"Dodge it quickly!!" From the sidelines, Chen Guo of team Happy anxiously shouted. This durability wasn't just for the shield; his weapon durability was also that number, and it wouldn't be replenished just because the form changed. At the rate the durability was dropping, it seemed like it would hit zero in the blink of an eye. In Glory, when equipment durability reached 0, it would be completely destroyed and useless.

20, 19...

In a few seconds, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's durability had dropped by 4 points. Facing the barrage of One Autumn Leaf's dual guns, the shield form of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella seemed very pale.

But Lord Grim didn't dodge.

For a few seconds, Ye Xiu had simply been holding the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella up to block.

It wasn't that he didn't want to dodge, but there was nowhere to dodge!

Stealing a view was originally Ye Xiu's attempt to launch a preemptive attack, but Zhou Zekai had already been paying attention to where Lord Grim might appear. In this instant, Zhou Zekai had the upper hand.

One step faster, every step faster.

Ye Xiu could only passively take the beating. Lord Grim didn't have any cover nearby where he could hide in one step.

He could only raise the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella shield.

And to make the umbrella shield's durability drop so rapidly, such a dense and powerful burst of fire couldn't be avoided by moving.

Nowhere to retreat, nowhere to hide, and the umbrella shield couldn't hold out for long.

Then, he could only advance, continue to advance in this rain of bullets!

Charge!

Shields belonged to the Priest class, so using the Knight's Charge skill in the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's shield form was no problem.

In the rain of bullets, Lord Grim suddenly charged towards One Autumn Leaf.

Zhou Zekai had already shifted One Autumn Leaf's position, trying to steal a view and directly shoot Lord Grim behind the shield.

One Autumn Leaf leaped sideways, but the muzzles of his dual guns remained exceptionally steady.

The view was instantly stolen, but the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella shield didn't follow the change to block this side.

Fire!

The bullets flew out, passing through the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.

There was no one behind the umbrella!