Sky Strike!
Dragon's Teeth followed by Chasing Sky Strike. It was a very simple combo for Battle Mages. Sun Xiang didn't pursue any flashy combo after suppressing Fang Rui's dirty playstyle. He only used this simple, but absolutely effective, normal combo to send Hai Wuliang into the air.
After the combo, Hai Wuliang tumbled in the air. Fang Rui's heart turned cold.
Stamina …
He had indeed neglected this problem. Even though the playstyle he used consumed a lot of stamina, in his six years as a pro player, stamina had never been a factor that restricted his performance. He might not be able to keep up with his mana, or his health might be depleted. Only stamina and the ability to recover would be enough to support a battle, any battle.
Before today, it had always been like this.
As a result, Fang Rui couldn't be said to be careless. He had never cared about stamina. And in this match, what he didn't care about was what his opponent cared about, which immediately restricted his performance.
Sun Xiang …
Fang Rui and Sun Xiang didn't have much interaction. In Season 7, Sun Xiang was still a rookie. In Season 8, he joined Excellent Era and was relegated along with Excellent Era after half a season. In Season 9, he played in the Challenger League. Sun Xiang had never been a player that Fang Rui paid special attention to. They were all just players struggling in the pro scene.
Until this season, when Fang Rui's career underwent a huge change. Sun Xiang also joined Samsara with One Leaf Of Autumn. Because of Happy, Excellent Era, Ye Xiu, One Leaf Of Autumn, and so on, Sun Xiang became a relatively special existence for Happy.
Other than him, the other members who were currently Happy were all people who had experienced the Challenger League. Even though Su Mucheng had been on the opposing team, they all had a unified dislike for Sun Xiang. Fang Rui quickly integrated into the team. Of course, his impression of Sun Xiang did not increase because of his good impression of him. Moreover, the two had met in a one-on-one match during the regular season, and he had lost to Sun Xiang.
And now that they had met again, it was already the finals. Happy had already lost a round, and if he lost again, he would completely lose his chance.
Fang Rui had defeated Du Ming, and his next opponent was Sun Xiang. Of course, he already knew. He did not care who his opponent was. He was determined to defeat them. Happy that there was another contestant after him, but this did not weaken his determination at all. If he won, Happy would be able to enter the team competition with a two-point advantage. This was very valuable to Happy, who had no map advantage in an away game. Fang Rui, who had a mediocre performance in the playoffs, hoped that he could provide valuable help to Happy, and these two points were what he was determined to get when he went on stage.
But now, he was being restricted by Sun Xiang, who used such ordinary attacks to make his Hai Wuliang spin in the air.
What was he doing?
Fang Rui was angry, not at Sun Xiang, but at himself.
There had never been a problem with his endurance, so he did not treat it as a problem. Fang Rui was angry at himself for being so careless, angry at himself for being so lucky.
But he had not lost yet!
Even though his endurance was depleted, it recovered quickly. Even if he was being attacked, as long as he did not consume his endurance, he could continue to recover.
Fang Rui stared at Hai Wuliang's endurance bar.
His health was decreasing, but he did not care. What he needed now was endurance, only endurance!
His endurance was recovering bit by bit. Fang Rui felt that it was very slow. Before this, he had never thought that the recovery of his endurance would take such a long time.
How much did he need to recover?
Fang Rui calculated in his heart, but Hai Wuliang's figure suddenly fell.
The combo was interrupted?
Everyone was surprised. One Leaf Of Autumn's attacks were complete and efficient. He could have continued the combo, so why was it suddenly interrupted?
Was it a mistake? Those who thought so already cried out in surprise. This was a very low-level mistake.
Hai Wuliang fell to the ground. Fang Rui reflexively wanted to Quick Recover, but just as his fingers moved, he stopped.
So that was it!
Fang Rui instantly understood Sun Xiang's intention. He had deliberately interrupted this combo because he wanted to continue using Hai Wuliang's lack of endurance to control him. Continuously attacking in the air would definitely not be enough to kill Hai Wuliang. During this process, Hai Wuliang would recover his endurance, which would allow Fang Rui to start responding and counterattacking.
Therefore, when Hai Wuliang's endurance had just recovered a little, Sun Xiang deliberately gave up on completely controlling the combo, deliberately leaving space for Fang Rui to respond.
Hai Wuliang was about to fall to the ground.
Quick Recover?
Of course, under normal circumstances, that would be the case. However, at this moment, when Hai Wuliang Quick Recovered and got up, One Leaf Of Autumn's attacks would definitely arrive. The following response would inevitably use up his endurance, which Fang Rui was used to. Soon, the little bit of endurance he had just recovered would be used up. After that, he would be in a completely passive situation again. Then, when his endurance recovered a little, Sun Xiang would leave an opening for Fang Rui to use up his endurance to respond. This repeated, and he would fall into an endless cycle of not having enough endurance.
I can't do this. I have to let my endurance recover to a certain extent, even if I have to sell my health!
Bang!
Fang Rui did not Quick Recover, and Hai Wuliang fell straight to the ground.
Sun Xiang immediately understood Fang Rui's intention. He could not force Fang Rui to respond to his attacks. Since Fang Rui was determined to sell his health in exchange for endurance, he could only do as much damage as possible in this situation.
Tyrant's Destruction!
Evil Annihilation swung up and swept towards Hai Wuliang on the ground.
Those who understood the intentions of both parties thought that it would be a one-sided passive situation. Those who supported Happy could not bear to continue watching.
Who would have thought that the black light from Evil Annihilation would sweep through the air. Hai Wuliang suddenly rolled and dodged the Tyrant's Destruction.
He had not recovered much of his endurance, and now he had used up a small portion of it. What was he doing?
What was he doing?
Those who originally thought that they understood the match were at a loss. They were completely at a loss.
If Fang Rui did not understand Sun Xiang's intention, then he should have Quick Recovered. If he did, then he should not have used up his endurance, and should have used his health to sustain until his endurance recovered.
What was he trying to do by rolling around in the middle of nowhere?
No one understood, including Sun Xiang. He was prepared to use Hai Wuliang as a wooden dummy, a sandbag. He would do his best to use his most powerful skills to deal the most damage to Hai Wuliang. But Fang Rui actually responded. He actually made Hai Wuliang roll to avoid One Leaf Of Autumn's Tyrant's Destruction.
What was the meaning of this?
Sun Xiang did not understand. He could not figure it out, but since he had a response, then he should take the initiative to attack and force him to use up his endurance, pulling him into an endless loop.
Then …
Then what should he do?
Sun Xiang suddenly froze. He suddenly realized that if he had this intention, then after using Tyrant's Destruction, it seemed that any kind of attack choice would be somewhat awkward. It was as if no skill choice would be able to perfectly achieve what he wanted.
Sun Xiang suddenly understood. And seeing One Leaf Of Autumn's attacks clearly freeze after using Tyrant's Destruction, the high-level pro players also understood.
Fang Rui, this guy was really too dirty!
Everyone thought that he could only sell his health in exchange for endurance. Good, he put on a posture of selling his health in exchange for endurance. Hai Wuliang fell straight to the ground and acted like a sandbag. But this sandbag was not obedient. Sun Xiang was determined to give him a good beating. When the attack came, he actually dodged again.
When attacking a sandbag that was not prepared to resist, the goal was to deal the most damage. There was no need to defend, no need to build up a combo, only need to deal the most efficient damage in a short amount of time. But against Fang Rui, who knew how to play dirty and respond to attacks, one needed to improvise. It was a very complicated matter.
Fang Rui began to let Hai Wuliang act like a sandbag, and in a second, he returned to being dirty again. Sun Xiang had originally wanted to attack the sandbag, but suddenly, he realized that the one he needed to deal with was the dirty Fang Rui. The two completely different styles of attack suddenly intertwined. Sun Xiang needed to switch, he needed to transition, he needed to adjust from one rhythm to another. This kind of abrupt change was incomparably jerky. The originally smooth flow of his attacks was instantly lost.
Fang Rui was waiting for this moment. This moment was enough for him to seize the initiative. Even if Hai Wuliang's endurance was not enough, what he was going to use next was an attack that did not require endurance.
Spiral Qi Kill!
Escape the predicament and recover endurance? That was not his goal. Fang Rui only had one goal: to win! Whether he had endurance or not, he had to win!
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