Chapter 1514 Deciding the Outcome

Those who were happy for Ye Xiu or worried for Zhou Zekai didn't quite understand the situation. The only ones whose emotions hadn't changed from beginning to end were Team Samsara and Zhou Zekai's teammates.

Because they knew Zhou Zekai's personality and style best. Their silent captain, regarded as the number one player in Glory, seemed to have never possessed pride or arrogance. A ranged class playing melee? That was a presumptuous reversal of the game's settings. How could their captain have such a boring idea? He would fight like that only because he needed to at that moment, and then he did it; that was all.

Cheers and screams were fine and reasonable, after all, it was indeed a very brilliant technique and a very dazzling operation.

But to say it was a pinnacle or a revolution was nonsense.

Pan Lin's commentary was ridiculed by Samsara, and when Ye Xiu slapped them in the face, they were gloating.

Because they, like Zhou Zekai, knew that this kind of fighting could cause screams, but it was still not enough to restrain a master like Ye Xiu.

So they never thought that Ye Xiu would be blown up by Zhou Zekai like this. What they saw was an exchange of attacks. With a character life advantage, Zhou Zekai was engaged in a tough exchange with Ye Xiu's Lord Grim. Although the battle situation was slightly passive, the exchange he created could lead him to victory.

The battle continued.

At a high pace.

Ordinary viewers didn't understand the truth of the situation, but professional experts did. At this time, many people were secretly calculating the output exchange between the two, to judge the advantages and disadvantages.

Zhou Zekai had the advantage.

Zhou Zekai had the advantage.

Zhou Zekai had the advantage.

This was the judgment from Zhang Xinjie, Yu Wenzhou, and Wang Jiexi.

Some other players who hadn't calculated it clearly immediately stopped. The opinions of these three were unified, so what deviation could there be? At this time, Zhou Zekai had the advantage, without a doubt.

"But his style of play is still very risky," said Xiao Shiqin of Team Thunderclap.

Everyone nodded.

Zhou Zekai had the advantage in the exchange, which required very precise control. But at this time, he was in a passive position in the melee with a Sharpshooter. A slight carelessness would lead to mistakes. Until the end, it was really impossible to say who would win.

"But look at those guys from Samsara; they're really relaxed!" Yu Feng said.

These professional players were in very good VIP seats in the stadium, facing the arena and close to the player seats of both teams. They could clearly see the expressions of some of the players on both sides.

On the Xingxin side, there was a lot of communication between the players, and they looked serious. Obviously, they realized where the problem was and were judging the situation.

On the Samsara side, everyone looked much more relaxed. The occasional exchanges seemed very casual.

"Zhou Zekai isn't completely passive either. He's trying to break free, which, to some extent, restrained Ye Xiu and helped him gain some initiative," Zhang Jiale suddenly said.

"Not bad," Han Wenqing nodded.

"Ye Xiu's situation is probably worse than we thought," Chu Yunxiu said.

"A bit of a riding-a-tiger-and-unable-to-dismount feeling?"

"That's right."

"Zhou Zekai is really watertight."

The opinions of the professional players were basically the same. Ye Xiu wasn't doing as ordinary viewers saw, breaking Zhou Zekai's shooting-style close combat and then storming forward to take the initiative. What he was doing was the same as Zhou Zekai's shooting-style close combat. There was also a last resort. With his character's life so far behind, he couldn't easily let go of this hard-won close-range opportunity. No matter how difficult, he had to maintain close contact. When Zhou Zekai tried to break free, he tried every means to stop him, and Zhou Zekai would use this opportunity to create an exchange. This was what all the experts had analyzed, Zhou Zekai's initiative to some extent.

Riding a tiger and unable to dismount.

It was indeed riding a tiger and unable to dismount. Ye Xiu might not be able to calculate clearly that he couldn't win by continuing this exchange, but what could he do? Letting One Autumn Leaf break free and widen the distance would only be more unfavorable to him.

The battle continued, and the lives of both characters were being consumed. One Autumn Leaf was faster, and Lord Grim was slower. In close combat, Sharpshooters were definitely at an advantage. This was Zhou Zekai, who could still exchange blows with Ye Xiu in this situation. Relying on his lead in life, although he was losing more, his health bar was always higher than Lord Grim's. The further back, the more obvious this became. Gradually, ordinary viewers finally noticed, and various doubts and discussions began to appear in the stadium. Zhou Zekai, they thought he was going to be in trouble for a while, but looking at it this way, if his life continued to decline like this, he... seemed to be going to win?

"Although One Autumn Leaf's attrition is faster, it doesn't seem to be lower than Lord Grim's, right?" Commentator Pan Lin finally calculated it clearly and spoke cautiously.

"This is the advantage accumulated in the early stage!" Li Yibo said this time. He was quite confident in saying that he had the advantage in the early stage. Everyone could clearly see the headshot from the Barrett Sniper, so nothing could change about what had already happened, right?

"If this continues, Ye Xiu will... will..." Pan Lin stammered, and he didn't dare to say the word "lose."

"Until the end, we can't draw conclusions lightly," Li Yibo said solemnly. Pan Lin couldn't help but glance at him. Was this the person who had been vying with him to praise Zhou Zekai and determine his victory before?

"He's in the red!" Pan Lin shouted at this time.

The red-blood state, less than 10% of life, had no effect on the character's state, but whether it was players or professional players, they would usually habitually treat the red-blood state as a crisis signal.

Lord Grim was the first to enter the red-blood state on the field. Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf still had 22% of his life left. Compared to the initial gap, Ye Xiu had really closed the distance a lot, but not enough! Judging from the ratio of exchange consumption between the two characters before, Lord Grim consumed 10% of his life and could kill One Autumn Leaf by about 15%. With an exchange ratio of about 1:1.5, this ratio was quite considerable in the professional arena. In general situations, no one who lost 1.5 would agree.

But for this match, this ratio was still not enough to make up for the previous gap. In the end, the lives of the two sides landed at 22% to 10%. With a ratio of 1:1.5, this was obviously an impossible task.

But...

1:1.5 was only a final value for a stage, and in the countless back-and-forth attacks and exchanges in this stage, it was impossible for each one to follow this ratio exactly. There might be a higher one in the middle, and now, Ye Xiu needed to create a higher ratio, needing to achieve an exchange of at least 1:2.2 or above to have a chance to win.

Not everyone calculated the data so accurately, but even a rookie knew that it was disadvantageous to Ye Xiu based on the current life comparison.

The audience could stop and analyze and discuss at this stage, but the duel on the field would not. 22% to 10%? That was the moment before. In the blink of an eye, 20%, 9%!

An exchange of 1:2!

The audience was not very aware, after all, they were not refined enough to use data to calculate, but the professional masters were very敏锐. Was Ye Xiu going to explode at the last moment?

Cross Slash!

Seeing One Autumn Leaf's landing position after this jump, Lord Grim rushed forward and used Cross Slash to meet him, slashing horizontally and vertically into a cross sword light.

Bang bang bang bang!

The gunshots rang in succession. In this match, One Autumn Leaf's shooting seemed to never stop. From the moment he met Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, One Autumn Leaf was shooting at all times. He used shooting to attack, used the recoil of shooting to control his body, and used shooting as a weapon for close combat.

This time, the bullets shot out, sparking one after another. The cross sword light of Cross Slash actually rippled like a wave. One Autumn Leaf's shooting actually hit the Cross Slash that Lord Grim avoided.

The long-range shooting, whose judgment was far inferior to that of melee skills, naturally had no way to affect the Cross Slash, but the continuous hits, more or less, created some tremors and displacements.

The sword light flashed, hit!

Only one streak of blood bloomed. Lord Grim's cross slash was the first horizontal slash, and the subsequent vertical slash was actually dodged by One Autumn Leaf.

With a two-hit slash in one skill, Zhou Zekai actually dodged one and avoided one with precise operation...

The audience applauded thunderously. This kind of wonderful operation was always the most popular with the audience.

However, the professional masters who knew the subtlety of this moment felt that it was unnecessary. One Autumn Leaf's life was twice that of Lord Grim's at this time, and there was a lot of room for exchange. This kind of penny-pinching, the operation was too detailed, and it was easy to make mistakes, giving Ye Xiu an opportunity to take advantage of.

"At this time, it's better to just launch a wave of strong attacks and bursts!" Wu Yuce of Void said.

"It's better to be cautious. Don't forget that Lord Grim has healing methods," Zhang Xinjie said.

"Healing, how much blood can you pull at this time?" Yuan Boqing, the healing player of Tiny Herb, said. With the way the two were playing now, there was no need to think about chant-and-read skills. In this way, as a Sharpshooter, Lord Grim could only use the instant skill "Small Heal" from the Sharpshooter series, but...

Everyone immediately thought that there might be other healing skills on the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella in Lord Grim's hand.

For example, "Grand Heal" and "Holy Heal" were all instant healing skills.

Although the skills that this skill could master were only Tier 1, the special thing about instant healing skills was that the cooldown time was long and the amount of healing was large. Even if it was Tier 1, in this state of residual blood of the character, it was enough to become a life-saving skill.

"Is he preparing to heal?" The professional players became nervous. They realized that the moment that really determined the outcome of this game had arrived.

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Here it comes! Next chapter, decide the victory or defeat!