Chapter 148 Baffling and Decisive

In fact, the tactics of [Deities] can be summarized in two sentences: Brahma goes up to entangle two opponents, and Yama ends the battle with a [Dragon Break].

Simple? Very simple. How to crack it? Very difficult to crack…

Judging from the appearances in the first three matches, there are only three possible combinations that [Order] could field in this fourth 2v2 match. Considering that the lineups are submitted before the match and cannot be changed… the probability of Ye Zhi, a support-type player, being placed in the “general” position alone is negligible.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the arrangement of [Order] to fight this "vice-general battle" will most likely be Ye Zhi, plus either Meng Jingchan or Wu Sicanxuan.

In that case, it is not surprising that [Deities] decided on this "artillery bombardment tactic" in advance.

According to what they had discussed beforehand, no matter what response the members of [Order] made, Yama and Brahma would have corresponding variations…

For example, when the barrier disappears, if the two members of [Order] remain in place… then Brahma will go up to fight two opponents alone, entangling them for a moment, delaying until the [Dragon Break] arrives, and then taking damage together with the enemies.

If, when the barrier disappears, the two opponents both chase after Yama, then Brahma will launch an attack against Ye Zhi alone, hindering her actions, while Yama will target the other person; in this way, regardless of whether Yama can successfully cast the spell, Brahma… taking on a support player one-on-one, is still very stable, and he has a high chance of killing the opponent in a short time.

And if the opponents run away before the barrier disappears, that would be even better… the [Dragon Break] skill, whether in terms of range, scope, or power, is stronger than Snow's missiles, and much stronger. As long as the caster aims at the target, it is almost impossible to escape its bombardment range after the magic is generated. If the two members of [Order] run together, then Brahma doesn't even need to chase, just watch them get blasted… and if they run in two different directions, then Brahma will chase Ye Zhi, and Yama can aim the [Dragon Break] at the other person.

In short, this "artillery bombardment tactic" is theoretically invincible, and no matter how they fight, it can give the two members of [Deities] varying degrees of advantage.

Of course, judging from the previous conversation between Meng Jingchan and Ye Zhi, they actually have some kind of way to deal with this tactic…

Boom—

Instantly, [Dragon Break] exploded in response.

A semi-circular magical energy, orange-red in color, slowly expanded on the battlefield, engulfing all three people still entangled in the center of the battlefield…

At the edge of that energy light burst, turbulent waves surged outward, and the wind and clouds surged rapidly. Its explosion range had clearly expanded to a very exaggerated extent, but there was still no sign of stopping.

Until more than ten seconds later, when the skill's destructive radius could almost encompass the size of "a city-state," finally… the surge of energy began to wane.

The light gradually dissipated, and the rumbling between heaven and earth slowly ceased.

Under the cleared dust, the first to appear… was Brahma.

His [Shindouki Armed Color Change] can naturally withstand [Dragon Break], otherwise this tactic would not need him to implement it… anyway, everyone dies under [Dragon Break], so there is no difference between finding someone who can support a moment in a one-on-two situation to team up with Yama.

However, "withstand" here does not mean "withstand without injury," but "withstand so that he is not instantly killed."

Even in a strengthened state, Brahma, after being baptized by [Dragon Break], still lost 75% of his survival value, so one can imagine… the degree of damage suffered by the others who were hit with him.

However…

As the saying goes, after exhaustive calculations, one move falls short.

How could the two of [Deities] have imagined that after this magical bombardment like a meteorite falling to the ground, Ye Zhi and Meng Jingchan would both survive, and… completely unharmed.

"Hoo… this is really…" Brahma, still smoking all over, looked at the two opponents standing firm in front of him and said panting, "A bit unexpected…"

As he spoke, the Shindouki on his body quickly dissipated, and it seemed that… the attack of [Dragon Break] not only reduced his survival value by a large amount but also exhausted his strengthening skill to the limit.

"Hiding a few ‘skills outside of intelligence’ from opponents is not your patent." Ye Zhi said, dispelling the [AT Field] around her and Meng Jingchan, "However… your move [Shindouki Armed Color Change] did surprise me a bit. I thought you were going to use a defensive skill to withstand [Dragon Break]… I didn't expect you to use a strengthening skill that we didn't know about to resist."

"Defensive skill?" Brahma repeated these three words, thought for a moment, "Oh… are you talking about [Indestructible Vajra Body]?" He gave a wry smile, "Heh… that can't withstand an S-grade magic attack with additional triggering conditions." He sighed again, "Alas… of course, that kind of thing doesn't matter anymore… getting to this point… is ultimately because we underestimated you."

He was right. The biggest mistake made by [Deities] in this battle was misjudging Ye Zhi's strength.

Admittedly, she is only a support-type player, and medical and spirit arts specialization is also a very common combination. Many support players cultivated by studios will take this route. Therefore, everyone naturally thinks… that she is no different from other studio supports, and belongs to the type that needs to be protected in battle and is a priority target to be eliminated.

But in reality, the combat power that Ye Zhi possesses is enough for her to confront those top players head-on.

On this basis, she also has an advantage, which is—because she has been serving as a support for first-line experts for many years, she rarely has the opportunity to show all her combat power, and when it comes to the competition, those abilities that she usually doesn't use become strange tricks to defeat the enemy.

"Hey, hey… I'm also very important, okay?" Two seconds later, Meng Jingchan looked at Brahma with squinted eyes and interjected, "Although it was Ye Zhi's skill that resolved your tactics, giving us an extremely advantageous situation, but at this moment, my sword… is the basis for turning the advantage into victory, right?"

"Hmph…" Brahma sneered upon hearing this, and then suddenly shouted violently, "Don't think you've won!"

The earth-shattering roar went straight to the sky.

A sharp and decisive move came out swiftly in response.

After calming his breath, Brahma reignited his fighting spirit!

His figure flashed, and a mad fist came again.

Meng Jingchan saw that this move was as surging as a tide, with murderous intent collapsing, and knew that this was the opponent's desperate move, and did not dare to be careless.

He immediately also hurriedly circulated his right wrist, gathering a surge of sword energy on the blade, rising sharply.

Instantly, killing intent flashed, fists and swords clashed several times, as it is said…

The aura of killing opens up the six directions, and the sword intent sweeps across the eight wastelands.

Amidst the red blood and dust, the power of the moves bloomed with silver brilliance.

This brief moment of offense and defense made a few people shudder, and also made millions of people's blood boil.

Laymen saw the excitement; experts, however, saw a bit of terror…

When the moves landed and the energy subsided, the one who fell… was Brahma.

Without his Shindouki, he was ultimately no match for Brother Chan's sword energy, and fell into the pool of blood, turning into white light.

At the same time, Yama, who had returned from a distance, just happened to come into the opponent's line of sight, and she also happened to see the scene of her teammate's death.

But… she couldn't do anything.

Yama knew that the reason why Brahma didn't run towards her was… Brahma judged that Meng Jingchan's speed was faster; running away in front of an enemy faster than oneself would not only fail to escape but would also expose a weakness in the back.

Yama also knew that at her speed, there was also no possibility of escaping against Meng Jingchan.

Therefore, she decisively chose to—fight!

As soon as she said it, it was too late, but Yama's arms waved, turning her palms into circles, and between the movement of magic energy, the spell was completely condensed.

Seeing this, Meng Jingchan and Ye Zhi, without saying a word, tacitly made their moves together, the former thrusting with his sword, and the latter gathering spirit to push… the speed rose again, the sword light was swift!

Fast, faster than fast!

Meng Jingchan's move [Flying Star Chasing the Moon Arrow] is both swordsmanship and archery.

The person is the sword, and the person is also the arrow!

The "arrow" pierced the enemy's body, and the corpse shattered in all directions.

This lightning-fast attack interrupted Yama's casting and directly took her life.

Victory or defeat was revealed here.

For Meng Jingchan and Ye Zhi, this was not only a victory in the "vice-general battle," but they also drew a stop to this peak battle between [Order] and [Deities].