Lost?

It wasn't the first time Mo Fan had lost a match, but this time, he felt a little dazed. For a full 2 minutes and 34 seconds, he had been relentlessly pursued by his opponent, and he had used every means at his disposal to try and escape, but to no avail.

He blankly left the competition seat, blankly walked off the stage, and didn't even respond to Fang Rui's shout of "Watch me avenge you" as they brushed past each other.

It wasn't until he returned to the player's seat, passing Ye Xiu, that he heard the man toss out a sentence: "Your awareness is still monotonous."

Some people's play styles are monotonous, some people's skills are monotonous, but the evaluation Ye Xiu ultimately gave Mo Fan was that his awareness was monotonous.

Mo Fan didn't say a word, sat back down in his corner, and went off to ponder on his own.

Fang Rui's appearance was greeted with enthusiastic cheers from the Xingxin fans in the audience, and the guy strutted around in the cheers, as if the fact that Xingxin was temporarily behind didn't exist at all.

He stood on the stage, applauding the audience, waving to greet them, as if he had already won the victory, until the referee rushed over to reprimand him, and only then did he sneak into the competition seat.

The whole audience laughed.

The tense and heavy atmosphere that had developed after Zhang Jiale's two consecutive victories suddenly relaxed a lot.

The match began.

The public channel, which had always been quite deserted, finally became a little less so because of Fang Rui's appearance.

"Very mighty, one versus two!" Fang Rui first praised Zhang Jiale's performance.

"It's not over yet!" Zhang Jiale replied.

"It's about time," Fang Rui said.

As they spoke, their characters started moving.

Middle road, they both cut to the middle road again. Clearly it was a map with a lot of content, but so far, all the fighting had taken place inside the manor castle in the very center, all indoor combat.

But the content was exciting, so the audience didn't mind these things. However, the commentators Pan Lin and Li Yibo were analyzing the significance of Xingxin choosing this map for their home game. So far, being more familiar with the structure of the castle had brought some convenience to the Xingxin players, but it hadn't yet established an advantage. Of course, there were many elements in a match, and using the home field advantage to establish an advantage was only one possibility.

Haï Wu Liang, Hundred Blossoms Dazzling, the two characters were quickly in front of and behind the castle again.

Then, Hundred Blossoms Dazzling unhesitatingly rushed in through the back door. In all three encounters, Zhang Jiale had chosen the same approach.

What about Haï Wu Liang? Under Fang Rui's control, he seemed very confident, unhurriedly entering through the main entrance of the castle, and then casually, as if he were touring the castle.

But careful viewers had already noticed that Haï Wu Liang's mana was flowing away, constantly flowing away.

This was clearly activating a skill, a skill that continuously consumed mana.

What was it?

"Cloud Body Wind Physique!" Pan Lin had already shouted it out on the television broadcast.

Cloud Body Wind Physique, a Qi Master's state-type ultimate skill, was a perception-type skill. In the game, the way to improve perception was to have a radar-like scan view appear on Fang Rui's operating interface. Whenever a character entered this range, a notification would be received.

However, looking at the speed at which mana was being consumed, if that was all it did, the skill's cost-effectiveness would be too terrible. The function of Cloud Body Wind Physique was certainly not just that. Strengthening perception could help Qi Masters control their Qi more precisely. And the expression of this so-called "more precise" control was automatic target locking.

This effect sounded pretty good, but in reality, not many Qi Master players used Cloud Body Wind Physique. What was the point of having an automatic target locking effect? Movement wouldn't speed up, and attacks could still be interrupted. In the eyes of most Qi Masters, Cloud Body Wind Physique was not as practical as the low-level Steel Bones.

In the previous team competition against Blue Rain, Fang Rui's Haï Wu Liang had relied on Steel Bones to make a great contribution at a critical moment, but in today's skill selection, he had actually chosen Cloud Body Wind Physique, a high-consumption skill, but one that many people considered unsatisfactory.

"In order to find Hundred Blossoms Dazzling's location as soon as possible, Fang Rui didn't hesitate to use Cloud Body Wind Physique! This...doesn't seem very necessary, does it?" Commentator Pan Lin wondered. Right now it was a one-on-one stage competition, and there was no need to rush for a kill, so there was no need for Fang Rui to be so eager for success.

Li Yibo didn't say a word. Although he thought the same way as Pan Lin, he decided to wait and see.

Haï Wu Liang, who had activated Cloud Body Wind Physique, was still strolling around as if he was touring the castle, but his movement speed had obviously increased a lot, and he was also trying to make his mana consumption more efficient.

The viewers with the God's perspective watched as the two characters gradually approached each other, but because the rooms were separated, their perspectives could not make contact. However, Haï Wu Liang had activated Cloud Body Wind Physique, and without perspective, he had Qi perception. On the skill's radar scan view, the small dot representing Hundred Blossoms Dazzling appeared.

Then Fang Rui didn't immediately look for him and launch an attack as everyone expected. The way he chose to move made everyone unable to understand.

"Is he trying to choose a position for an ambush?" Pan Lin guessed. Fang Rui's signature was the Wretched style, and ambushes were inseparable from him.

Li Yibo still didn't say a word. He looked at the direction Haï Wu Liang was moving, and couldn't find any place where he could launch a sneak attack. If that wasn't it, then what was Fang Rui planning to do?

Just as he was feeling lost, Haï Wu Liang stopped moving. On the radar scan view, the light spot of Hundred Blossoms Dazzling was clearly moving, and Haï Wu Liang raised both palms, gathering Qi and accumulating power.

"This is...Qi Circulation Revolving?" Pan Lin recognized it.

The Qi Master's awakened ultimate skill, Qi Circulation Revolving. Qi gathered and permeated the entire body. Haï Wu Liang's clothes fluttered wildly as if in a strong wind, and his whole person seemed to be burning.

"What is he going to do? Where is he going to launch an attack from?" Pan Lin was completely confused. Haï Wu Liang and Hundred Blossoms Dazzling were separated by a wall, and there were no exits on the wall, so there couldn't be an ambush or anything!

Li Yibo's mind moved at this moment.

"Zoom in on the camera!" He cut off the broadcast's voice and called out to the director.

The picture zoomed in, but Li Yibo's line of sight was not on Haï Wu Liang, but on the wall in front of Haï Wu Liang.

Large pieces of the wall peeled off, revealing the stone bricks inside, which were now also covered with cracks.

These were the traces left by the previous two battles, the bullets of Hundred Blossoms Dazzling, or perhaps some attacks from Lord Grim and Deception. Li Yibo couldn't remember exactly what had happened in this area based on his memory alone, but he only knew that the wall was already destroyed to a certain extent. Fang Rui's ambush was valid, because he would let Haï Wu Liang directly break through the wall, and Zhang Jiale on the other side of the wall probably hadn't noticed this.

The cursor on the radar scan view continued to move, toward this end, constantly moving toward parallel.

Haï Wu Liang's clothes continued to flutter wildly, even making some noise, but this was not enough for Zhang Jiale on the other side of the wall to hear.

Approaching...

Everyone knew what was going to happen next, and they were already imagining the scene that was about to happen in that instant. The broadcast had already found the most suitable viewing angle.

The cursor flashed again.

Hundred Blossoms Dazzling took another step, and he and Haï Wu Liang finally reached the shortest distance between two points.

Qi Circulation Revolving!

Fang Rui lived up to expectations and launched an attack. Haï Wu Liang, whose mind power permeated his entire body, looked like he was flying directly, and with a bang, the wall had collapsed.

Zhang Jiale was shocked, and the rainbow that Haï Wu Liang had transformed into had already passed through the wall, flying towards him with dazzling light.

Roll!

Hundred Blossoms Dazzling rolled to the side.

This was an incredibly experienced professional player, who made the action without any thinking or conditioned reflexes before the crisis arrived, and no response could be faster than this.

However, even the fastest human actions were ultimately not as fast as the system's judgment.

Haï Wu Liang's Qi Circulation Revolving followed the direction of Hundred Blossoms Dazzling's roll in the air and adjusted, falling down and completing the collision with Hundred Blossoms Dazzling. The gathered Qi immediately exploded, not gorgeous, but with amazing lethality. Several pieces of indoor furniture nearby instantly shattered into powder.

Until the final hit of Qi Circulation Revolving, Fang Rui hadn't released Cloud Body Wind Physique, so this skill could also automatically lock onto the opponent with its powerful perception effect. Zhang Jiale's subconscious super-fast reaction was still no match for the system's forced judgment.

However, since the wall had been broken first, the damage from this attack was digested a lot. Hitting directly like this only took away six percent of Hundred Blossoms Dazzling's life.

However, this was only the beginning of Haï Wu Liang's attack.

A Qi Circulation Revolving with Cloud Body Wind Physique instantly completed the close combat. The Qi exploded, turning everything into powder, but it didn't bring any peace. The Qi released by Qi Circulation Revolving hadn't even dissipated, and a new wave of Qi was already brewing in Haï Wu Liang's palms.

Time seemed to be frozen. All that people saw was Haï Wu Liang's surging Qi, roaring wantonly in this small room. When everything really returned to calm, the system was already announcing: Glory!

Fang Rui, Haï Wu Liang, wins!

The whole audience was stunned.

Fang Rui, with his character at full health, had defeated Zhang Jiale, whose character only had 27 percent health left. This result wasn't too surprising, but the surprising thing was the way he did it.

A wave of ambush, taking him away directly.

Was this considered wretched, or domineering? No one could say for sure.

If you said it was wretched, the burst of Qi was extremely heroic; if you said it was domineering, the way he was crouching behind the wall accumulating power was really wretched...

But no matter what, Xingxin had won this round, cleanly and neatly regaining the advantage Zhang Jiale had gained in the two matches. If Fang Rui had used his interaction with the audience to ease the tense atmosphere of the scene before he came on stage, then now, he used an extremely strong performance on the court to give all the Xingxin fans a reassurance. After being surprised by the clean and neat process, the excited shouts of the Xingxin fans who had come back to their senses resounded throughout the Xiaoshan stadium.

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Came back relatively late, but still finished one update, give me a like!

When I was sorting out my folders, I found a picture of six female characters I had written before, and I sighed for a long time looking at it. I don't remember who sent the picture, and I don't know if they still read my books. Thank you for the memories this picture brought me.

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