Chapter 77 He Seems Not to Be Coming for Me

Qi Sha vaguely sensed the extraordinary power of Xiao Tan's move, so his attention was more focused than ever before. He had already made up his mind not to consider a head-on confrontation; if he could avoid it, he would, and if he couldn't, he would try to defuse its power as much as possible.

However…

"Wait… he doesn't seem to be coming for me…" As the distance between his opponent and the ground decreased, Qi Sha realized… the point where Xiao Tan was falling was dozens of meters away from him, making it completely unnecessary to dodge.

And on Xiao Tan's side, he had just realized this problem. The *Tiandi Nìzhuǎn Shénjué* (Heaven and Earth Reversal Divine Art) only reversed the effect of gravity on himself, not true flight in the real sense. To put it bluntly… he was just "falling" straight up and down.

Changes in wind direction and posture might cause deviations in the coordinates during the fall, but relying on these two things alone, it was impossible for him to make large lateral or diagonal movements, let alone accurately fall towards a certain target.

"Eh? It's not quite what I imagined…" Xiao Tan immediately did a few breaststroke motions in the high altitude, seemingly trying to "swim" to the top of Qi Sha's head, but that was useless… Besides, even if he was falling in a straight line towards the top of Qi Sha's head, the other guy only needed to move a few meters in advance to be fine…

In the end, Xiao Tan helplessly gave up his attack. In the area about ten meters above the ground, he activated the divine art twice in a row, reversing gravity twice, before landing smoothly.

Qi Sha stood dozens of meters away, staring at Xiao Tan with a puzzled expression, thinking, "What the hell is this kid doing… What's the point of flying into the air and coming down again? It's unlikely that he's trying to show off to me… Speaking of which, why hasn't the time for this curse run out yet? What the hell is it…"

"Hmm… what a letdown." Xiao Tan thought to himself, "Unless the script environment is inside a large chimney… otherwise, the chance of hitting someone with this divine art is very slim… It must be coordinated with tracking or dash skills…" He also felt quite upset, "If the skill description hadn't been so mysterious, I would have learned the relevant skills long ago. What's the use of experimentally discovering the skill effect now…"

"Hey… Brother Wang, have you played enough?" Qi Sha spoke at this moment, "Are you showing me the results of your cultivation over the past half month?"

"Hehe…" Xiao Tan gave a wry smile, "As you can see, it's nothing special."

"Is that so…" Qi Sha's expression changed slightly, "That's really disappointing."

"If you're talking about disappointment… the psychological gap I'm feeling right now is much bigger than yours…" Xiao Tan replied weakly.

What Xiao Tan was referring to was obviously the psychological gap that the *Tiandi Nìzhuǎn Shénjué* had brought him. After all, it was a skill that he had worked so hard to learn, and he had originally thought that the effect would be amazing, but the actual situation was very different from what he had imagined.

But as the saying goes, the speaker doesn't mean it, but the listener takes it to heart. When these words fell into Qi Sha's ears, combined with Xiao Tan's various performances so far, as well as his tone and expression when speaking, it became something else entirely.

"Oh? Ha… hahahaha…" Qi Sha laughed loudly, "It seems you're really confident, thinking I'm no longer your match, is that it?"

"Uh…" Xiao Tan didn't react for a moment. His "uh" was a hesitation.

But in the eyes of Qi Sha and tens of thousands of viewers, this was a confirmation.

"Alright! Then please enlighten me, Brother Wang." After Qi Sha said that, his figure disappeared in an instant.

In that one second, Xiao Tan's combat instinct had already told him two things: first, the opponent was already behind him; second, he had to use a clone to avoid this attack.

Whoosh—

Qi Sha's fist blasted forward, piercing through the spine of the person in front of him, but… there was no shattering of flesh and blood, and no blood splattering everywhere. His fist seemed to have penetrated the opponent's body, but in reality, it had hit a phantom.

"The same trick doesn't work on me!" Xiao Tan's voice suddenly rang out from behind Qi Sha.

Indeed, Qi Sha was using the same technique he had used to kill Xiao Tan in the preliminary round—*Ànyǐng Bù* (Shadow Step) plus *Jīngtiān Tòugǔ Quán* (Heaven-Shocking Bone-Piercing Fist).

He had used this chain to kill many players, and it could be said that it had never failed. To be fair, even if the opponent knew what he was going to do, it would be difficult to defend against.

First of all, the *Jīngtiān Tòugǔ Quán* is a skill that needs to be blocked head-on. If hit from behind by this move, it is almost impossible not to break through the defense. For players like Xiao Tan with relatively poor defense, the performance after breaking the defense is to have their torso directly pierced by the fist…

As for the *Ànyǐng Bù*, it is an instant movement skill that allows Qi Sha to instantly appear behind an enemy within a range of twenty meters, consuming 100 Spirit Points, with a cooldown of half an hour.

These two moves are a very typical chain combo, and when used together, they will produce an effect greater than two.

However… Xiao Tan successfully defused this chain.

The moment Qi Sha took a step with *Ànyǐng Bù*, Xiao Tan also released *Fēng Zhù Chén Xiāng Huā Yǐ Jìn* (The Wind Ceases, the Fragrance Fades, the Flowers are Gone), and at the same time, his main body somersaulted backwards into the air.

After Qi Sha's instant movement, there would be an abrupt change in the scenery in front of him. According to his experience, the first thing that entered his sight… would undoubtedly be the opponent's back. Therefore, he punched without thinking.

And at this moment, Xiao Tan had arrived behind him.

In an instant, a sleeve sword popped out, aiming straight for the back of his neck…

But… Qi Sha was not hit either. As if he had eyes in the back of his head, at the moment his punch missed, he leaned forward, dodging the assassination of the sleeve sword.

"Hmph… are you a Saint Seiya…" Qi Sha sneered, making fun of Xiao Tan's words just now.

The reason why he was so calm was because he had judged from the very beginning that Xiao Tan would never fall for the same trick twice.

Although Qi Sha couldn't explain why he had this idea, he just had this feeling. It was intuition, baseless intuition… He didn't know what method the other party would use to crack his chain, but he just knew that the other party could defuse it.

This kind of trust in the opponent is a very inexplicable thing, but it is real, and sometimes… it is even more reliable than trust in a companion.

"I'll send you on your way!"

In the blink of an eye, Qi Sha immediately uttered a ruthless word and kicked back with a scorpion tail.

But he failed again this time. Xiao Tan used a very simple method to block his kicking technique.

"That's right… I am a Saint Seiya." As Xiao Tan spoke, his hands had passed through both sides of Qi Sha's armpits, and he clenched his fists upwards, clamping Qi Sha in front of him.

"What… this posture… Could it be the legendary…" Qi Sha was shocked, "Lushan Kang Long Ba?" (Rising Dragon Blow of Mount Lu)

"Hahahaha!" Xiao Tan laughed, "The way to restrain close combat fighters, besides staying away, is to stick close and entangle them. You have no chance to cause fatal damage to me!" As he spoke, he had already activated the *Tiandi Nìzhuǎn Shénjué*, wanting to take his opponent into the sky and then let go.

But… unexpectedly…

After the skill was activated, the two of them did not fly into the sky, but remained firmly in place.

Although Qi Sha could feel a force lifting him straight up, that force was not enough to lift him.

"Damn it… his weight is heavier than mine…" Xiao Tan realized this very serious problem.

Previously, Shiva had also imagined this tactic, but the premise of this tactic was that "Xiao Tan could really fly." But the actual situation was not like that… The divine art could only reverse the interaction between the player himself ("himself" refers to a whole, including the clothing and equipment on the player, etc.) and the outside world, and would not affect other people that the player came into contact with.

Therefore, Xiao Tan's Plan B also failed…

"Your flying skill… although it flies pretty fast, its load capacity seems to be very poor…" Qi Sha smiled coldly and slowly turned his face, but was startled by Xiao Tan's appearance, "Damn! Why is your hair all standing on end? And your face seems to be a little flushed…"

"Actually, I'm a Saiyan." Xiao Tan tried to bluff, trying to cover up his embarrassment.

"Hmph… who are you trying to fool…" Qi Sha snorted coldly, "If you were a Saiyan, you would have turned into a great ape under the full moon."

At this moment, all the viewers watching the match were complaining [You've got your priorities wrong!]

But Xiao Tan actually replied, "Hmph… obviously, I didn't transform because I don't have a tail."

[He's obviously talking nonsense, but he's even considered these details!]

"Ha… nonsense!" Qi Sha stopped bullshitting with him, shouted sternly, and struck out.

He was from the military, and had plenty of ways to break free from a capture from behind. Qi Sha slightly bent his legs, lowered his center of gravity, and used a sweeping leg to kick back.

Unexpectedly, this kick missed…

Xiao Tan was still in a state of gravity reversal, and he retracted his feet to avoid the attack.

From the perspective of the onlookers, Xiao Tan was now in a floating state, in a squatting position… and his arms were still clamping Qi Sha's hands.

"Ridiculous…" Qi Sha's hands could not be brought together in front of his chest, but they could still be stretched upwards. He immediately raised his arms and grabbed back with both palms, trying to grab Xiao Tan's head.

Who knew that Xiao Tan would suddenly change his move, withdraw his hands, quickly seize Qi Sha's two forearms, and once again use the divine art to reverse gravity, pressing his knees on Qi Sha's shoulders.

Between this retraction and release, Qi Sha's two arms were pulled upwards, and his shoulders were pressed down by the weight of his entire body, and the bones all the way from his shoulder blades to his elbows were in danger of dislocation. He was a player who mainly used fists as his combat weapon, and if both arms were really crippled at the same time, it would be a disaster.

"It's getting more and more interesting…" Qi Sha gritted his teeth, and was obviously putting more force on his arms, confident that the strength of his arms was stronger than Xiao Tan's entire body.

The fact was indeed so, so Xiao Tan had no intention of competing with him in strength, but suddenly let go, and thrust a sleeve sword straight at Qi Sha's temple.