Chapter 567 (2/2)
13795!
Li Chengfeng was using Blitz, so his Barrier Break was slightly lacking in terms of attack power. However, the dragon warrior covered up that weakness with his attack speed and attacked Warsky three times in the back. Not waiting for Warsky to turn around to face him, Li Chengfeng moved again to the opposite side of Warsky's flank in one smooth movement.
Warsky was clearly furious. He had trained hard to improve his skills, but the dragon warrior still outcla.s.sed him completely. This wasn't the result he envisioned at all.
Bang!
Warsky summoned his trademark ice s.h.i.+eld, blocked Li Chengfeng's Cyan Dragon Horn with Freezing Point Guard and knocked him off balance, earning himself a valuable opportunity to launch a counterattack. He immediately summoned the image of a cyan tiger and unleashed Cyan Tiger Shatter at Li Chengfeng!
”What?”
Li Chengfeng exclaimed in shock as he raised his sword to defend himself. His parry was perfect, but he still took a lot of damage because Cyan Tiger Shatter was a skill that ignored Defense. A stunning damage number floated above Li Chengfeng's head—19048!
No one had expected the skill to score a critical hit. If Li Chengfeng's perfect parry hadn't nullified most of the damage, he would've been one-shot already!
Furious, Li Chengfeng stabbed Warsky repeatedly with Dragonbone Flurry and tore his body to pieces. It was a fatal blow because Warsky had lost too much HP at the start of the battle. The deflated guild leader ultimately dropped to his knees and died.
Li Chengfeng chose not to take out his frustration on Warsky's body and left him with the most basic level of dignity. He sheathed his sword, summoned the system UI and logged out of the game.
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Creak…
The doors of the battle rooms as Li Chengfeng and Warsky walked out at the same time. Beneath the stage, the crowd was giving Li Chengfeng the thunderous applause he absolutely deserved, and I had no doubt that the reporters had recorded the exciting match from start until the end. Even in the entire server, there were only a handful of players who could knock out the entire Warsky team by themselves.
Warsky's face was very ugly. October Rain and Farewell Song looked like they wanted to console him, but didn't know what to say. Earlier, Warsky was only thinking about furthering the Pepsi team's reputation when he made that bet. Now that he had lost the match, he was stuck between kneeling and apologizing to Li Chengfeng before everyone, or acting like a sore loser and slinking away with his tail between his legs.
Gui Guzi raised his eyebrows and said loudly, ”The guild leader of Warsky Alliance is a man of his word, right?”
October Rain immediately shot him a glare. ”Gui Guzi, you! That's too much!”
Gui Guzi's eyes turned chilly. ”Too much? Why didn't you say that when you challenged us on the opening day of our team? You were the ones who tried to humiliate us, and now that plan has backfired on you! Warsky, if you're a real man you'll come out of your woman's shadow and honor your promise!”
October Rain's face was red with anger. She pointed a finger at Gui Guzi and threatened, ”You b.a.s.t.a.r.d… Very well. I won't forget this!”
Gui Guzi smiled at her. ”Don't worry, today's events will certainly remain a warm and happy memory in my heart.”
October Rain was so frustrated she was stomping her foot, but she couldn't think of anything to say to avert the disaster. Farewell Song was also clenching his fists and glaring at us as if he would attack us at any moment.
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Suddenly, a steady voice came from the back. ”Little Rain, enough. If you agree to bet, you must accept a loss. I, Warsky, am not a coward!”
He pa.s.sed his gaming helmet to Hundred Battler. Then, he strode up to Li Chengfeng and dropped to one knee.
Or at least, he tried to. Li Chengfeng walked up to Warsky and forcibly pulled his arm upward so that the latter couldn't drop to his knees completely.
”What are you…?”
Warsky looked at Li Chengfeng in confusion, and the dragon warrior replied with a small smile on his face, ”Warsky, you've proven yourself to be a man today, and I respect that. Did you forget that all this is ultimately a friendly match that isn't worth getting angry about? Sure, both sides made an angry bet against each other, but we are even now that you've won the first match, and we've won the second. There is nothing for you to apologize for. We just want you to know that the ASUS e-sports team is new, but not a small fry you can bully anytime you wish. Not only that, we welcome any friend to challenge us to a spar, and that includes Warsky Alliance of course. Should we put this behind us and stay as friends now that everything is over?”
A bit of grat.i.tude peeked out of Warsky's features. Had he really knelt here today, it would probably leave a black mark of shame in his life.
I nodded in approval imperceptibly. By annulling the bet, he had proven that the ASUS e-sports team was a magnanimous team who wouldn't get hung up over petty grievances. It was like the final blow that marked Warsky Alliance's challenge attempt as an ultimate failure.
It was at this moment the team manager, Agi, walked up to them with a smile and said, ”Indeed, everyone here is a friend! Now come on, the ribbon still needs to be cut, and the champagne won't open itself!”
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Beiming Xue gave my arm a tug before asking, ”Say, big bro, how does it feel to rush all the way to save the world, only to find out that you were useless in the end?”
I spread my arms and replied, ”f.u.c.k my life...”
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