Chapter 14 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Oh right.” Li Yao turned to Haitao again. “Are you really sure it is three rounds two wins?”

Haitao let out a smile. “Why, are you scared?” he teased.

“You must have misunderstood me, I was merely trying to double confirm. Do not suddenly change the rules to five rounds three wins or seven rounds five wins. Even though I’m fine with it, I wouldn’t want us both to take up the other’s time.” Li Yao smiled. “What do you think, President Li?”

The classmates burst into laughter.

Haitao’s face stiffened with a smile. He took few big gulps of air to calm himself down just to stop himself from actually lunging at Li Yao in person.

“Talking is a waste of time, let us begin now.” Haitao’s lungs were going to explode soon from all the anger he had to keep in.

Others might not have noticed, but Fengyi’s brows were furrowed the whole time. Li Yao was so much different from the last time she saw him. He was a completely different person from what she could remember.

Li Yao was less impulsive now, but had become wiser and more mature. Haitao had been in his grasp unknowingly since the start of their confrontation.

Li Yao might be a calm person but he was affected when faced with Haitao.

“Who do you think will win this round?” Asked Xiaolei.

“That is rather difficult to tell.”

Earlier on, they were very sure that Haitao would have won, seeing that he had a full body of luxurious equipment. The amount of money spent on his set of equipment was equivalent to two years of salary of an average person.

However, during the first round, the powerful Haitao was not able to lay a finger on Li Yao’s armor and became a human hedgehog. It was better for them to not judge so soon.

“Was that even a question? Of course Haitao will win. He couldn’t use consumables earlier, now that he can, Li Yao will definitely lose.” Wang Qiang shouted.

“Do any of you know what are Magical Scrolls and Speed Potions? Hehe, you will know when you see it later. All I can say is, a bottle of Speed Potion costs at least two silver coins,” continued Zhang Ming.

“Fengyi, I think you should explain to everyone, or else we wouldn’t understand what is going on.” Xiaolei frowned.

Just as the crowd was having a discussion, both men appeared on the screen.

“They are at an arena that resembles a Roman colosseum, an arena that is more advantageous to Haitao,” said Fengyi as she pointed at the screen.

“The match is about to start. Look, Haitao is holding a scroll. The scroll is glowing with a fiery, red light, it must be sealing some sort of fire elemental magic.”

The crowd held their breath as they listened to Fengyi’s commentary. They had never thought that Fengyi would be so knowledgeable on the game’s specifics, she could practically observe every little detail on the screen.

“Now that everyone is below Level 5, from what I know, the only store-bought fire elemental scrolls that we can use are Fire Ball Scroll and Fire Enhancing Scroll.”

“The battle has started. Both players have attacked at the same time. Haitao tossed a scroll, it is a Fire Ball Scroll. Li Yao’s reaction was quick, he used Shadow Flip to dodge the Fire Ball skill attack.”

“This is not good, Haitao is trying to gain the upper hand here. He consumed a Beginner’s Speed Potion and Beginner’s Defense Potion. In the next ten minutes, Haitao’s speed and armor will receive a 20% boost. When paired with his enhanced Green equipment, his armor stats will be off the charts.”

The match had started. Everyone in the hall momentarily stopped moving and were craning their necks to observe the exciting match.

“Game over.” Haitao’s eyes were cold.

With a shake of his wrist, the scroll shattered into pieces and a burst of black smoke covered Haitao. A skeleton with a bone sickle emerged and dashed toward Li Yao from his right.

At the same time, Haitao dashed toward Li Yao from his left. He wanted to quickly reach a distance where he could use Charge on Li Yao. With the help of the Speed Potion, his speed was increased exponentially.

“Oh no, Li Yao is in trouble now. Doesn’t matter if he attacks the skeleton or Haitao, he will be cornered by either side. As a Hunter, close combat means death.”

“Li Yao chose to attack the skeleton. While he is attacking, he is trying to widen his distance from Haitao, but with Haitao’s speed he will reach within the Charge’s range in just three seconds. If the skill lands, Li Yao will be instantly killed.”

Fengyi did not realize that she was starting to worry for Li Yao.

“This is not good, Li Yao has approached the skeleton. Haitao can use Charge now, he used Charge.”

Everyone’s eyes were glued to the screen. Almost everyone that saw Haitao’s Charge attack knew that the match was over.

Wang Qiang and Zhang Ming roared in excitement.

Zhao Lei had his eyes shut, but he could still hear others exclaiming in disbelief.

“Impossible, it must be a game bug.” Wang Yan yelled.

“This is impossible!” Haitao howled in anger as he crashed into the skeleton’s body.

“Replay that scene, stop the match momentarily. I request for a replay.” Haitao shouted.

The game was paused, Fengyi rewinded the tape and played the scene in slow motion. Li Yao and Haitao appeared on the screen again, and the scene was the same as the one earlier on.

Everything happened in just the blink of an eye, everyone thought that Li Yao’s death was inevitable. No one would have thought that Haitao’s Charge attack would oddly crash onto the skeleton that he had summoned instead of Li Yao.

The audience clearly saw that Haitao’s target was Li Yao. In the game, the warrior’s Charge skill was considered a locked-on skill even if it was under Free Mode setting. Once the skill was activated, it would be practically impossible for the target to dodge it.

“I see, so that’s what happened.” Feng Yi replayed the scene again and explained to the clueless audience. “Look, Haitao’s target was definitely Li Yao, but we have forgotten one thing. Although the Charge skill is fast, it will take less than half a second for the skill to land upon activation, but ‘less than half a second’ meant that there was still a time gap.”

The audience still did not understand, Fengyi then turned and look at Li Yao, who was composed. “All of you have forgotten, both players are in Free Mode setting. In Free Mode, there is no 100% lock-on. Look, Haitao’s Charge was not in a straight line, but a weirdly shaped path. This path was paved by Li Yao’s Shadow Flip when Haitao used Charge at the same time.”

“Everyone, look closely. When Li Yao used Shadow Flip, Haitao’s Charge changed its path. As Li Yao’s body landed behind the skeleton after the flip, Haitao’s Charge was closing in at the same time. The skill was locked-on, but if there were sufficient distance it will also change its path, like this one here. But the problem here is at such short distance and speed, Haitao’s Charge would not go half a circle around the skeleton to reach Li Yao. Hence, this was the outcome everyone had seen.”

“So that’s what happened, Li Yao is really lucky.” Zhang Ming said hesitantly.

“Damn, he’s so freaking lucky. Can’t believe he didn’t die.” Wang Yan was also discontented.

Although the rest said nothing, they too thought that it was because of luck.

The edge of Fengyi’s lips curled. “All of you may think that it was Li Yao’s luck, in actuality it is the opposite. It wasn’t because of luck, Li Yao had planned and calculated this all along.”