Chapter 950: Goodbye, Feeder (2/2)
”Heavens!”
Both Beiming Xue and I felt our eyes widened. Lian Xin’s Origin Force Field was instant, and yet Tear Stain had slipped past them almost like they didn’t exist. It took an insane amount of movement speed, reaction speed and foresight to pull off a stunt like this!
This was the moment we started treating the number one Korean player seriously. Tear Stain was so skilled she might even be stronger than Candlelight Shadow right now!
Tear Stain ran toward Lian Xin in a straight line after she slipped past the force fields. Before she got close though, she abruptly altered her speed, dashed in the opposite direction Lian Xin was expecting her to go, and charged toward Lian Xin again like a true lightning bolt. Once she got close, she swung her sword and cried, ”Ice Blade Slash!”
Swhoosh!
A snowflake appeared on the blade. The skill ignored Lian Xin’s Telekinetic Shield and hit her directly, freezing her for 1.5 seconds.
Tear Stain wasn’t going to give up the golden opportunity, of course. She thrust her sword once more and used Barrier Break!
A huge damage number appeared above Lian Xin’s head, and the girl was sent out of the arena just like that. She muttered in a daze as she stood next to us, ”OMG, how is this woman so fast…”
Beiming Xue nodded, but chided her, ”She’s very quick, but you underestimated your enemy too much yourself! It’s because you haven’t had a single loss so far!”
I nodded in agreement. ”Yeah, you’re pretty fast yourself, so you shouldn’t have slipped up like that. Lin Yixin is even faster than Tear Stain, and yet you managed to fight her to a draw, didn’t you? You have nothing to fear from this Tear Stain.”
”Mn, okay. Don’t worry, I swear I’ll win this round!”
”Watch out for that Ice Blade Slash, Little Xin.
”Got it!”
……
The second round began instantly.
This time though, it was Tear Stain who underestimated her opponent. When Ice Blade Slash came down on Lian Xin, the mage Blinked away and hit her with Gravity Trap, slowing her drastically. After that, the round fell into Lian Xin’s rhythm completely. Several highly damaging Ice Spiral Matrixes and path-blocking Origin Force Fields later, the number one Korean player dropped to her knees and died.
This time, both women went all out against one another. Lian Xin fired 11 Origin Force Fields immediately after the countdown hit zero. Tear Stain went supernova herself and weaved in and out of the Origin Force Fields like a ballet dancer.
However, Tear Stain took Touch of the Dragonkiss to the face the second she escaped the encirclement!
”Ah!”
Tear Stain exclaimed in shock, but quickly discovered that the spell had missed. It was all thanks to her Void Barrier. Recovering from her shock, Tear Stain rushed toward Lian Xin from the flank and fired a long-range skill. ”Ice Flame Slash!”
It was yet another classic skill. Both Lin Yixin and Song of Cloud and Water knew the technique.
Ice Flame Slash hit Lian Xin’s Telekinetic Shield and forced her to retreat, but she didn’t forget to drop an Ice Spiral Matrix and chipped away at the Divine General’s HP. Unfortunately, that was also the problem. Great Earth Transformation allowed Tear Stain to mostly ignore Lian Xin’s spells and bring the fight to melee range. Worse, she never stayed in one place and ran rings around Lian Xin as she chipped away at the latter’s Telekinetic Shield. There was nothing the mage could do to change this. Tear Stain was a technician and a high-level one at that. There was little Origin Force Fields could do to slow her.
One last exchange later, Tear Stain hit Lian Xin with a Barrier Break and killed her, ending the close and intense duel.
The overall score turned 1:2. Since the start of the WEL, this was the first time our invincible mage threw a major point.
Swhoosh!
I summarized the cause of her defeat. ”Little Xin, you lost because your grasp of positioning was just a tad poorer than your opponent’s. Also, Tear Stain has Great Earth Transformation, and you don’t. It’s not entirely your fault. Just keep honing your skill until you reach her level of understanding the battlefield, and you’ll be able to give her a run for her money!”
”Mn.” Lian Xin nodded repeatedly at my advice.
It was finally my turn to step up. The third match was between me and Frosty Night the Dawn Archer. This guy had lost to me during the War of Dawn City.
……
Swhoosh swhoosh!
After we teleported into the battlefield, Frosty Night said while gripping a red bow, ”We finally meet again, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand. I’ve waited for this day for too long!”
I shot him an indifferent glance before saying, ”Hello, feeder. Goodbye, feeder.”
Whatever calm Frosty Night gathered was shattered into a million pieces by my taunt. He swore angrily, ”Ssibal!”