In order for Su Mucheng to hit, Dancing Rain had already dropped extremely low, so low that she was already within the Blade Master's attack range. Once Void Piercing Form was used, the high priority completely disrupted Dancing Rain's movements. She didn't even have time to retract the skill at the muzzle of her cannon, and the missile flew out.
Huang Shaotian didn't move at all. Troubling Rain had already leapt into the air with his sword in hand.
Sword Descends, Immortal Guides the Way.
These two skills were used so quickly that it was simply unimaginable for a normal player.
Sword Descends, completely capturing Dancing Rain's figure, and forcefully pushing her towards the ground.
And when Immortal Guides the Way came out, Dancing Rain was already under Troubling Rain. This skill had a strong blow away effect, but in the end, the blow away effect caused Dancing Rain to fall even harder to the ground.
This sudden push made Dancing Rain fall even faster. Su Mucheng's originally prepared Quick Recover was also disrupted. She hurriedly made adjustments, but before she could, Dancing Rain crashed into the ground. Her heavy armor made the branches on the ground creak.
In this instant, the health of the two characters dropped by another chunk.
Troubling Rain had been hit by a Level 75 Hurricane Cannon, and then a charged up Quantum Cannon. In total, he had only been hit by two skills, but they had taken away 11% of his health.
Dancing Rain had been hit even more often.
From Huang Shaotian's sneak attack, to Headwind Strike, Falling Phoenix Slash, and then to Void Piercing Form, Sword Descends, Immortal Guides the Way, and so on, they were all skills that dealt decent damage, and each of them had landed solidly. At this point, Dancing Rain had taken down 18% of her health.
Finally.
Troubling Rain still had 37% health, while Dancing Rain still had 71% health.
At the start, the two had started with 63% health against 100% health. From this starting point, Troubling Rain had taken 26% health, while Dancing Rain had taken 29% health.
Huang Shaotian had taken a slight lead with his 3% damage advantage.
But this was useless.
From the start, he had fallen behind by 37%. Three percent was not even ten percent of the difference.
Now that Troubling Rain's HP was even lower, it was even more disadvantageous for Huang Shaotian.
He couldn't let this opportunity slip by. Troubling Rain fell from the sky. Ice Rain swept towards Dancing Rain on the ground.
Without a Quick Recover, there was no way he could avoid this sweeping attack. Furthermore, with her back facing the attack from Troubling Rain, would Su Mucheng be able to seize the opportunity to avoid the next attack?
Shua!
Another beam of sword light had already descended, but what followed after was the splashing of dead branches and leaves. Dancing Rain had already rolled to the side, half crouching, her cannon aimed coldly at Troubling Rain.
Boom!
Smoke billowed.
The muzzle of the cannon was almost touching his face. At such a distance, there was no way to avoid it. However, Huang Shaotian took advantage of the fact that Sword Draw was faster than Sword Draw. Without enough time to dodge, his sword slashed towards Dancing Rain's head.
Blood immediately gushed out. At this moment, from Su Mucheng's perspective, the entire world was red. Glory used all sorts of realistic details to make the player feel as if they were there.
Dancing Rain's face was already covered in blood, but what about Troubling Rain? He didn't dodge the close-range bombardment at all. He was immediately engulfed by the rolling smoke and was sent flying.
But as he was sent flying, Huang Shaotian actually followed up with another slash. The sword light from Sword Draw cut through the air. By the time Su Mucheng saw the sword light, the tip of the sword was already in front of her. Huang Shaotian had actually used the smoke to hide his attack.
Su Mucheng had been about to follow up with another attack, but she was suddenly knocked aside by this slash, so she didn't use any skills. After stabilizing herself, the smoke in front of her gradually dissipated. In a blur, she saw Troubling Rain tumble to the ground, turn around, and then attack again.
Boom boom boom.
Su Mucheng used Anti-Tank Missiles. While bombarding Troubling Rain, she also had Dancing Rain retreat.
She had been playing tough this match, but she had been playing tough with brains. It wasn't that being tough didn't mean that nothing would happen. The distance between the two sides was something like that. When there was an opportunity to exchange attacks with Huang Shaotian, Su Mucheng would engage him in a close-range bombardment. But when there wasn't such an opportunity, she would still do her best to pull away and look for a better opportunity.
"Why are you thinking of running again?" Huang Shaotian typed. In reality, he had already seen through Su Mucheng's strategy and intentions. Her retreat meant that she couldn't find an opportunity to attack. In that case, this was an opportunity that Huang Shaotian needed to grasp.
Triple Slash!
Troubling Rain used this skill to move. However, she didn't move in a straight line, but instead took a roundabout route. This was a very smart way to deal with Aerial Cannon. Aerial Cannon was moving backwards, so if the character chased directly behind, it would give the opponent the best opportunity to attack and obstruct. Also, with Aerial Cannon, changing directions in the air wasn't as nimble as moving on the ground.
As a result, when dealing with Aerial Cannon, taking a roundabout route gave the player an advantage on both offense and defense. But taking a roundabout route also had problems. Because the longer the distance traveled, the more time it would take to get there. And Aerial Cannon moved very quickly. If they took a roundabout route, it was possible that they would miss.
As a result, taking a roundabout route wasn't always an option. It depended on the distance between the two characters and the timing.
Grasping the right timing was Huang Shaotian's specialty. The roundabout movement of the Triple Slash was executed beautifully. From the omniscient view, the audience could clearly see Dancing Rain adjust her cannon in an attempt to catch up to Troubling Rain. However, in the end, Shi Mucheng fell behind, until Troubling Rain circled around her flank.
Upwards Slash.
Troubling Rain came from the side. It was an extremely simple Upwards Slash, but it hit the opponent's weak point, where she had no way of dodging. Dancing Rain, who was moving through the air with Aerial Cannon, was suddenly knocked into the air by this attack.
Su Mucheng also sped up her control. Dancing Rain's cannon immediately aimed towards this side. In reality, Gunners weren't particularly afraid of being knocked into the air. This was because the recoil from their shots could cause their character to move in the air, which could break the opponent's control over their character.
However, as pro players, their thoughts weren't as simple as escaping from the opponent's control. They would always do their best to find an opportunity to kill their opponent. Blindly dodging was never the way to win a match.
At this moment, Dancing Rain's cannon moved, but in Su Mucheng's view, Troubling Rain's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Shua!
Another slash hit, dealing damage while keeping Dancing Rain in the air. Su Mucheng quickly scanned every angle she could, but there was no sign of Troubling Rain.
Vanishing Step!
The crowd went wild. Vanishing Step was one of the top techniques in Glory. It was a technique that only experts who had reached perfection in both experience and technique could grasp. In the pro scene, those who could beautifully execute Vanishing Step were existences that were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. It had always seemed like a skill that only existed in theory.
At this moment, Huang Shaotian had used the Vanishing Step technique while his opponent was in the air. If this technique was executed flawlessly, victory was very likely to be assured.
"But it's very difficult." Li Yibo said in a low voice, "It's too difficult to kill a Gunner while in the air, let alone a Launcher, let alone the top Launcher, Su Mucheng."
"Then let's keep watching." Pan Lin wasn't in the mood to comment. This battle was too intense. The two sides went back and forth, but no one had the upper hand. All sorts of brilliant high-level techniques were displayed one after another. Now, Obscuring Cloth finally had a chance to appear. Would Huang Shaotian be able to execute this technique well against Su Mucheng? With this exchange, would he be able to make up for Troubling Rain's disadvantage?
Everyone stared at the sword in Troubling Rain's hand, and at the sword light that came out of it one after another. They intersected, flashed, and kept Dancing Rain in the air, making her tumble around.
But Su Mucheng didn't react at all.
As a Gunner class, even if she randomly fired normal shots in a random direction, it would be a huge disruption to the opponent's Vanishing Step. However, Su Mucheng didn't do that. Dancing Rain had been lifted into the air by Troubling Rain the entire time, and she seemed to only be looking around.
Was she looking for an opportunity? Was she trying to counterattack?
She was being controlled by Vanishing Step. Wasn't it more important to escape first? Wasn't Su Mucheng a little too overconfident to still insist on fighting back at this time?
Dancing Rain's health continued to fall.
1%;
2.3%;
0.9%;
4% …
Attack after attack, varying degrees of damage. Some were low, some were high. Even the attacks used to control Dancing Rain's airborne state left wounds on her body. The damage quickly piled up, and Dancing Rain's health dropped at a rate visible to the naked eye.
60% …
50% …
The difference in health between the two characters was gradually closing.
Still not moving?
Happy's supporters couldn't sit still. No one knew what Su Mucheng was thinking.
Huang Shaotian knew, very, very well.
Everyone only noticed that Dancing Rain hadn't opened fire, but no one noticed that even though she hadn't opened fire, Dancing Rain's hand cannon had been constantly adjusting its angle.
Huang Shaotian saw this very clearly. Because he had to prevent Dancing Rain from using her hand cannon to create displacement, he had to see where her hand cannon was pointing first, and naturally know where she was moving, which meant that he could control it in advance. Everyone knew that Gunners weren't easy to control airborne states, so Huang Shaotian had prepared beforehand.
However, Dancing Rain still hadn't opened fire. At this moment, Huang Shaotian was both physically and mentally exhausted.
Su Mucheng had completely predicted that he would be on guard against the movement of her hand cannon. As a result, she could only constantly change the direction of her hand cannon, letting Huang Shaotian adjust it back and forth. In these few short seconds, normal people wouldn't be able to tell how much concentration Huang Shaotian had put into controlling his hand cannon. Just Vanishing Step was already very high-end, very complicated, and very taxing. And now, Su Mucheng was using this method to give Huang Shaotian even more of a burden.
No! By the time Huang Shaotian realized that something was wrong, he was already powerless. He suddenly realized that he wasn't able to keep up with Dancing Rain's pace. He was extremely sensitive to opportunity, and this time, he smelled an extremely dangerous opportunity.
= = =
After a month of intense and careful preparation, today was the day that Wang Muchen would be brought back to his hometown!
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