Chapter 416 (2/2)
”You sure don't know how to appreciate a lady…”
Lin Yixin giggled in my chest before twisting around all of a sudden and swinging her armored arm at me. That was how I took an elbow strike to the neck. Ow, my neck!
I rushed her and elbowed her in return. ”You don't know how to appreciate a man either.”
”But hitting you is my favorite hobby, hehe!”
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Our conversation was cheerful, but we had traded at least ten blows in the process. Murong Mingyue was healing me at all times, but Beauty At First Sight was also buffing Lin Yixin with Death Match, Divine Valor, and others and debuffing us with Hopeless. In fact, Lin Yixin's stats were way, way higher than mine right now. She was like a super killer who walked right out of the movies.
Inside the party channel, I heard Li Chengfeng complaining, ”f.u.c.k me, this 40% hit rate reduction is stupidly broken! I can't believe I couldn't even kill a s.h.i.+elded mage…”
”Let's kill Lin Yixin first!” I said, ”Work with me, Beiming Xue, Chengfeng! Eve, take out Beauty At First Sight as soon as you can!”
”Okay!”
I rushed Lin Yixin again, but this time I slowed down and changed directions right before we were about to make contact. It was of course the helix maneuver. The advantage of this maneuver was that it opened up two to four attack paths for me to whale down on my opponent with a killer combo. Even Lin Yixin would have trouble trying to defend against this.
”Here I come!”
I abruptly launched a Desperate Gambit at Lin Yixin, which she dodged calmly by backing away. But it was a trap. Li Chengfeng was right behind her, and I had purposely left that s.p.a.ce open so that she would step into it and allow me to hit her with an undodgeable Thousand Ice Slas.h.!.+
”Ah? Lu Chen, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d…”
Lin Yixin barely got her complaint out before she was frozen by Thousand Ice Slash. I immediately followed up with a War Crush at the same time Li Chengfeng unleashed a Dragonbone Flurry and Cyan Dragon Horn. This time, not even a 40% hit rate reduction could save her. She died under our combined attacks and was teleported out of the ring.
It was around this time Murong Mingyue was one-shot by the Dark Tongue Mage, Shadow Chanel. However, He Yi also contributed by one-shotting Clear Perfume with an Ice Ray + Green Wave Slash combo, and hitting the Holy Bard to low health. There was just nothing Clear Perfume could do against the ridiculously tanky magic knight. She had been shooting her since the start of the match, and He Yi was still as healthy as ever.
What seemed like a desperate fight for us turned into a landslide in our favor. Not long after, Beauty At First Sight and Shadow Chanel died as well.
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, your party has defeated the opponent ”Snowy Cathaya”. You scored 1 point!
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Alright, the first round is ours!
We were in VR and inside the battle room, but that didn't stop the audience's thunderous cheers to reach our ears anyway.
I gave Li Chengfeng a smile and said, ”Well done killing Purple Marquis so early. This would've been a near impossible fight to turn around otherwise.”
Li Chengfeng nodded. ”Yeah, Lin Yixin's Bombsh.e.l.l is just too powerful, not to mention that Holy Bard's buff is seriously broken. It takes at least three of us to kill her. Earlier, I thought that Snowy Cathaya was lucky they ran into us instead of Candle Dragon, but now it looks like they would've beaten Candle Dragon anyway even if we hadn't.”
”Yeah. Let's keep this up during our next match. We're just one step away from becoming the champion now!”
”Yeah!”
We were teleported into the tournament ring again. On the other side, Lin Yixin was glaring at me like she couldn't wait to turn my face into a pulp.
A minute later, the countdown began once more—
3!
2!
1!
The second round of the battle between kings. Fight!
Again, Li Chengfeng and I went on the offense because it would be suicide to give Snowy Cathaya a chance to organize the attack. And again, the second round followed almost the same pattern as the first: Lin Yixin and I were fighting each other, and Li Chengfeng was duking it out with Purple Marquis again. However, even the slightest change could tip the balance in another's favor.
Purple Marquis abruptly knocked away Li Chengfeng's sword and charged toward me.
Li Chengfeng hurriedly gave chase while shouting out a warning, ”Lu Chen watch out! Purple Marquis's heading your way!”
”Hmm?”
I turned my head slightly and knocked back Lin Yixin. In that case, let's kill him first!
But Purple Marquis's eyes twinkled as he raised his sword without warning. ”Absolute Zero!”
Crack crack…
The temperature around me dropped, and ice started creeping all over my armor. Li Chengfeng, I and even the neary He Yi were frozen in ice! No Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls player within 10 yards of Purple Marquis could avoid being frozen!
Beep!
Combat Log: Player ”Purple Marquis” used ”Absolute Zero” and inflicted the Frozen status on you. Your Defense is temporarily increased by 100% for 3 seconds!
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”f.u.c.k, I'm dead…”
Being frozen increased my Defense by 100%, but so what? All Defense was paper before Lin Yixin's Moon Gaze.
I glanced at Lin Yixin and felt my heart turning into ice. As I thought, Lin Yixin's eyes were glazed with the light of Moon Gaze, and Purple Marquis was rus.h.i.+ng me as well!
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