After a very harmonious and affectionate opening greeting, Happy and Heavenly Swords officially began their match.
This was Heavenly Swords' home stadium. Even though Heavenly Swords was a team with character, it could be seen from the attendance that they weren't very popular right now. After a year of accumulation, they weren't even as popular as Happy. In the end, strength was the most important thing in a competition. No matter how good Team Heavenly Swords was, their strength was only below average. And in terms of culture within the city, Heavenly Swords wasn't the only one in City B. Micrograss was even more famous than them here. They had long since become the symbol of this city's glory. As a latecomer, Heavenly Swords wasn't very strong, so it was actually quite difficult for them to manage.
During their preparation, they had used the banner of being grassroots, which had been very well received in the game. However, now everyone knew their roots. Heavenly Swords was grassroots only because of their strength. The five players were all from rich families. Not a single hair on their heads was grassroots.
Heavenly Swords' business operations couldn't be said to be very smooth, but for a team that invested in and even bought a stadium for their own sake, even the most experienced and professional Glory commentator wouldn't dare casually criticize Heavenly Swords' operations. Heavenly Swords' original intentions were different from the rest. Using a normal business model to follow their logic was clearly inappropriate.
But no matter what kind of background they had, standing here, the only thing that mattered was victory or defeat. The players on both sides returned to their respective player areas. Only the two players from the first round of the individual competition remained onstage.
Ye Xiu.
Sun Zheping.
"Not bad." Sun Zheping was very satisfied with this matchup. His eyes were already burning with a different light.
After retiring for so many years, he returned to this stadium. Sun Zheping was familiar with everything here, but also somewhat unfamiliar.
He was familiar with the fact that no matter how many updates there were, this was still Glory's battlefield. What was being fought were still the same 24 classes.
What was unfamiliar was that many of the people he was familiar with were no longer here. Every round, Sun Zheping saw many unfamiliar faces. Even the people beside him were no longer the Alliance from his memories, the teammates from his memories.
Characters made of iron, players made of water.
It's all in the past...
This wasn't the first time Sun Zheping sighed in his heart. But at this moment, on the court, the person standing opposite him was Ye Xiu!
Sun Zheping felt as if he had returned to those early seasons. Familiar people, familiar characters, familiar things, and familiar feelings.
"Let's begin!" Sun Zheping clenched his right hand into a fist, brought it to his mouth, and blew into it.
This was a habit of his in the past, and many fans had already forgotten about it. Even Sun Zheping himself did not repeat the habit of the past after his comeback. But now, after suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity, this kind of signature move was naturally done.
"Don't push yourself too hard," Ye Xiu said with a smile as he saw everything. He turned around and went back to the away team's player bench.
For example, the beginning.
The Berserker Another Summer of Sleep and the unspecialized Lord Grim spawned at the two corners of the map.
As soon as the map was loaded, the crowd was already in an uproar.
This was Heavenly Swords' home game, so they had the right to choose the map. For the individual competition, the map was obviously up to the players themselves. And the map Sun Zheping chose was the Arena. The Arena had limited space and no terrain changes. In his match against Tyranny, Ye Xiu had chosen the map where he had defeated Zhang Jiale.
And now, Sun Zheping had also chosen this map to face Ye Xiu. Of course, he didn't know beforehand that his opponent would be Ye Xiu, but his choice of this map still seemed to be sending some sort of signal to Happy.
"So..."
He entered the map and was about to type a message, but just as he typed two words, Sun Zheping's Another Summer of Sleep had already taken a few steps forward and followed up with a Collapsing Mountain.
It was a very common Berserker's opening move, but when Sun Zheping used it, it gave off a different kind of aura.
Why was it like this?
With his many years of Glory experience, Ye Xiu wouldn't have such doubts.
It was the rhythm. Sun Zheping's rhythm exuded such a ferocious aura. By the time Ye Xiu typed two words, the sword light had already descended.
Ye Xiu could only focus his attention on his character's controls. Complain about the map? Unfortunately, Sun Zheping didn't give him the time to do so.
As the Collapsing Mountain descended, Lord Grim had already rolled out of the way. Without waiting for the sword to strike, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella opened into a spear and launched a Sky Strike. This attack seemed somewhat impatient. Sky Strike's priority was a bit lower than Collapsing Mountain's. When the two skills collided, it would definitely be Collapsing Mountain that would shatter the Sky Strike.
However, experienced Glory players could quickly sense that Lord Grim's Sky Strike had been timed perfectly. It would strike the opponent the moment Another Summer of Sleep's Collapsing Mountain landed on the ground and the judgement ended. The so-called judgement would be completely missed by it.
Unfortunately, Sun Zheping was one of these experienced Glory players. Just as the Collapsing Mountain was about to land, it suddenly made a turn.
This slight twist didn't change the time difference between the two skills, but it did cause the shockwave from Collapsing Mountain to move closer to Lord Grim … …
The skill was already nearing its end. Even if Ye Xiu had noticed it, he didn't have time to make any changes in his controls.
Collapsing Mountain slammed into the ground. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, which had used Sky Strike, instantly arrived.
Hit!
Another Summer of Sleep was raised, but at the same time, Lord Grim's figure was also repelled.
Lord Grim was unable to dodge the shockwave from Collapsing Mountain.
It was just two extremely low-level skills, but such a rich and exciting confrontation had been completed in a single rise and fall. Those with poor eyesight and insufficient skill wouldn't have noticed the ingenious timing of Sky Strike and the urgent adjustment of Collapsing Mountain. Those who saw this exchange as a direct clash between two skills would be a bit wasteful.
Boom!
At this moment, another explosion erupted between the two characters who had bounced away upon contact. Lord Grim, who had been repelled by the shockwave, suddenly transformed his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella into its gun form and attacked Another Summer of Sleep. But Another Summer of Sleep also used a Blade Master's Guard at this moment. He actually used the tip of his sword to block the incoming artillery shell.
"Pretty good reaction!" This time, Ye Xiu had time to type. This was a skill change that only unspecialized characters would encounter, but Sun Zheping reacted.
"Don't force yourself." Sun Zheping didn't care if the timing was right or not. In any case, he was returning the words that Ye Xiu had thrown at him before the match.
"Not at all." Ye Xiu replied. As soon as Lord Grim, who had been repelled by the shockwave from Collapsing Mountain, touched the ground, a cold light swept towards Another Summer of Sleep.
Assassin skill, Shining Cut!
In the blink of an eye, the two characters, who had seemed to be pulling apart, were once again stuck together. At this moment, Another Summer of Sleep was still rolling on the ground, using Quick Recover to digest the airborne landing from Sky Strike.
Annihilation Slash!
In this state, Another Summer of Sleep got up and used a Annihilation Slash at the same time.
Berserkers were a tyrannical class. The skills of this type of class usually had one thing in common: high priority.
Unspecialized skills under Level 20 didn't have a priority that could compare to Annihilation Slash. Lord Grim's Shining Cut closed the distance. At this moment, it looked more like he was sending a lamb into the tiger's mouth.
Annihilation Slash, carrying the Berserker's surging killing intent, slashed towards Lord Grim.
But Lord Grim's body shook, as if a wave of energy had swept through his entire body.
Reinforced Iron Bones!
Lord Grim had activated this Striker skill. This meant that he was going to take this Annihilation Slash head-on.
Annihilation Slash's damage was secondary. In reality, it was an attack-type skill. The defense of the target hit by Annihilation Slash would be greatly reduced. This was where the term "annihilation" came from. So, taking a Annihilation Slash head-on wasn't as simple as just trading health. It also meant that in the next five seconds, the character's defense would be reduced by up to 70%. Classes with high defense would lose an astonishing amount of defense in front of this skill. It could be called a nightmare for classes with high defense.
Lord Grim had a mixed set of equipment. Without any bonuses from his class's Armor Mastery, his defense was a mess. It didn't conform to any level of logic. Now, he had activated Reinforced Iron Bones. This skill increased his defense, but it wasn't a percentage increase. Instead, it was a numerical increase. In addition to Lord Grim's chaotic defense, after being reduced by 70%, what kind of defense would appear was truly a complicated math problem …
The audience didn't need to calculate because after this attack hit, they could directly see the changes in the character's stats on the screen. As for the pro players? Their skillful calculation ability allowed them to instantly grasp the change in Lord Grim's defense after a percentage decrease and a numerical increase.
The conclusion was that it was about 7%.
A 7% defense reduction versus 70%, a difference of ten times. The threat of this Annihilation Slash could be said to have been neutralized by Reinforced Iron Bones. But Reinforced Iron Bones wasn't as simple as just increasing defense. After activating this skill, the 20 seconds of Super Armor, in addition to high defense, could guarantee that the character would be able to launch unreasonable attacks.
Annihilation Slash, chopped down.
Lord Grim's figure swayed slightly, but under the effects of Super Armor, this swaying was already worthy of the Annihilation Slash's high priority.
Lord Grim's fist swung, his fist clenching the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella that had already been split into two tonfa.
Straight Punch, Knee Attack, Hook Punch, Qi Bullet …
A series of attacks had already been launched, raining down on Another Summer of Sleep. Lord Grim's powerful figure also exuded a strong frenzy. He wasn't any weaker than a tyrannical Berserker …
That's right … If it wasn't like this, how could one person have broken through our two Blossoms and Blood back then?
Seeing Another Summer of Sleep continuously being attacked, Sun Zheping took a step further and found a familiar feeling from the past.
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