Shadow Steps, eight silhouettes!
In the finals, Huang Shaotian had used Shadow Steps to create seven silhouettes, which was already quite shocking. In the Alliance, apart from Huang Shaotian, the only other player who could create more than seven silhouettes was Micrograss's Blade Master, Liu Xiaobie. However, even though this hand speed expert's hands were fast, his control wasn't good enough. He couldn't find a balance between his hand speed and control. This was a big problem that restricted him from improving. No matter how many silhouettes he made, if his control wasn't good enough, then the existence of Shadow Steps would be worthless.
Lu Hanwen had used Shadow Steps to create eight silhouettes. Just this number was enough to stun all the players because this was currently the highest number of Shadow Steps in Glory. No one had ever managed to create eight silhouettes.
But as for Ye Xiu, after being startled for a moment, he could tell that even though Lu Hanwen had created eight silhouettes, his control wasn't good enough either. Of the eight silhouettes, Ye Xiu could tell that four of them were fake. Compared to Huang Shaotian's seven silhouettes, Lu Hanwen's eight silhouettes were far from being good enough.
However, this was only for an experienced expert like Ye Xiu. Let alone normal players, even pro players who weren't good at judging Shadow Steps would find Lu Hanwen's eight silhouettes difficult to deal with. More importantly, Lu Hanwen was still young. That loud and clear childish voice didn't even sound like he was going through puberty yet. How young was he? 13 years old? 14 years old? After a few more years of growth and stabilizing his control, it was hard to say whether or not Shadow Steps would turn into eight silhouettes that were hard to tell apart.
But right now, this level of Shadow Steps was enough to frighten many players, but for Ye Xiu, it was far from enough. Out of the eight figures, he could see through four at a glance. It would be better to have five figures that he couldn't see through!
Ye Xiu's Enlightened Lord decisively moved to the side. To the onlookers, it looked like he had bumped into a shadow. If this was the real body, wouldn't that be the same as feeding himself to the sword?
Ye Xiu ignored everyone's astonishment. Naturally, he already knew what was going on. At the same time Enlightened Lord moved, the cross in his hand flickered. Priest skills were cast while the cross flickered. Although Clerics were a healing-oriented class, their offensive power was slightly higher than that of Guardian Angels. They still had some means of attacking.
Hypnosis, Sacred Flame, Holy Commandment Light.
Three Priest skills were cast in quick succession.
Hypnosis: Cause the target to enter a deep sleep state.
[Sacred Fire] was a skill that dealt continuous damage for 5 seconds and sealed the skill for 3 seconds.
Holy Commandment Light: Characters bathed in this aura receive 30% increased damage. The skill lasts for 6 seconds.
The three skills were naturally used on the four figures that were hard to distinguish. Shadow Steps' figures were completely illusory. Any physical contact could be immediately seen through. However, Ye Xiu's Enlightened Lord's equipment wasn't very good. If his equipment wasn't good, his character's stats would be a bit lacking. These three skills all required channeling time. Without the cast speed buff from equipment, it wouldn't be possible to use all three skills while Drifting Cloud was rushing over. Fortunately, Ye Xiu wasn't by himself. He had brought Little Cold Hands with him.
Little Icy Cold Hands, who was known for his ability to discern, was one of his strong points. Even though he couldn't see through them as quickly as Ye Xiu, when Ye Xiu's Enlightened Lord moved horizontally, Little Cold Hands was able to determine that three of the figures were fake. Compared to Ye Xiu, he was still lacking by quite a bit. Ye Xiu was able to see through four at a glance, while Little Cold Hands used a bit of time to determine three.
However, he didn't need anyone to tell him what to do next. Little Cold Hands hurriedly raised his cross and cast a spell. However, he took a bit longer to determine. Adding on the fact that his mechanics couldn't compare to Ye Xiu's, by the time he was ready to do something, he could only cast a single spell. This was thanks to Little Cold Hands' equipment being better than Enlightened Lord's. Although his mechanics were slower, his character's channeling time was faster. In the end, Little Cold Hands cast Sacred Fire. Ye Xiu's Enlightened Lord cast Hypnosis and Holy Commandment Light.
Lu Hanwen's mechanics were too rushed and too fast. Because it was too fast, it was even harder to retract. After the other side's skills came out, he couldn't retract them in time. The other side's timing was too difficult to deal with. Ye Xiu didn't need to be mentioned. As for Little Cold Hands, this kind of thing just happened to be his strong suit.
Of the three figures, one was immune to Hypnosis, one stepped on the Sacred Fire and wasn't touched by the flames, and the third, bathed in Holy Commandment Light, began to shine brightly.
There was no doubt that this was the real body. Little Cold Hands hurriedly retreated, but was still hit by the sword light. Ye Xiu's Enlightened Lord crashed into a Drifting Cloud amidst the cries of the crowd. In the end, the real body passed through like a cloud. Only then did everyone realize that Ye Xiu knew that this figure was fake. Afterwards, the real body bathed in Holy Commandment Light swept past Little Cold Hands, but it was too late to attack Enlightened Lord. From Lu Hanwen's point of view, his plan to directly kill Enlightened Lord had already been ruined. At this moment, there were already players jumping out to protect Enlightened Lord.
Holy Commandment Light was a spell that could be used continuously. At this moment, Ye Xiu was still controlling the halo to bathe the real body's head. Even if Shadow Steps could distinguish the real body from the fake, the fake body wouldn't disappear due to external forces. As a result, in a situation where there were so many figures, if a few of them were to switch places, it was very likely that the real body would be lost. This was the value of Shadow Steps. Even if the real body was recognized, as long as it wasn't caught, it could be used to confuse the real body with the fake.
Lu Hanwen naturally did this. The eight figures of Flowing Cloud suddenly gathered together in the middle and then spread out. He thought that this would continue to prevent the other party from finding out where he was, but when he looked at his screen, it was still bright. His Flowing Cloud True Body was still bathed in the halo of Holy Commandment. His confusion didn't escape Ye Xiu's eyes at all.
"You actually saw through it. You're amazing!!" Lu Hanwen shouted, but he didn't feel the slightest bit dejected. Even though he had been seen through, he didn't cancel his Shadow Steps. All eight of his figures suddenly rushed in Enlightened Lord's direction.
The two Knights who stood out to protect him were currently under the guidance of Holy Commandment Light. The two of them clearly knew which of the eight figures was their target. One of the Knights raised his sword and used Charge. However, Drifting Cloud lightly moved his body and the Knight immediately rushed over like a car that couldn't stop. The second Knight learned his lesson and didn't attack rashly. In the end, he heard Ye Xiu shout, "Provoke!"
The Knight didn't hesitate at all. He immediately used Provoke and was about to click on Drifting Cloud's real body. Unlike Lu Hanwen, when he saw the Knight raise his head and hand, he had already guessed what skill he was about to use. The eight figures suddenly gathered together and protected his real body. The Knight's cursor moved over, but Drifting Cloud's real body was in the middle of the other figures. He couldn't click on it!
A skill like Provoke didn't seem to require any sort of preemptive skill. As long as you clicked on the target, it would hit 100% of the time. But against a pro player, there was this type of disgusting problem: the skill was ready, but it couldn't hit the target. In Glory, skills and attacks had to be controlled first and then clicked on to release. It wasn't like traditional online games where you just had to lock onto a target and continuously control the skill.
In Glory, which was known for its complicated controls, every attack required the player to control. As a result, even a skill like Provoke that couldn't be dodged as long as it hit the target wasn't easy. Lu Hanwen's current method of using Shadow Steps to hide his real body was one way to do it. He could also use his flashy movement so that the opponent's mouse couldn't catch him was another way. An experienced player could judge when the skill was about to be released based on his character's movements. That moment was when the player clicked on the mouse. If the character suddenly swayed, wouldn't the opponent's cursor hit nothing? If the opponent missed, then the skill's cooldown would be wasted. Provoke would hit nothing … ….
The Knight was currently facing a pile of figures. If he threw Provoke at these fake figures, then it would be no different from throwing air.
In his moment of confusion, he heard Ye Xiwen's reminder: "Roar!"
Right, Roar!
The Knight hastily threw out Provoke. In any case, if he canceled it now, it would still be on cooldown. It would still be a waste. Sure enough, this throw didn't hit Drifting Cloud's real body, but the Knight quickly followed up with a Roar.
This skill was even easier to deal with. It would hit in a certain range. Dodging wouldn't work. At the same time that the Knight raised his head and roared, Drifting Cloud's real body uncontrollably turned around and his sword stabbed towards the Knight.
How strong was a Knight's defense? Plus, they had so many healers on their side. They obviously wouldn't be afraid of this sword. They just casually blocked it with their shields.
The Knight was hit by the sword. At the same time, a Heal fell on him. After this attack, Drifting Cloud removed the forced aggro, but when he turned around, he saw that Enlightened Lord had already retreated a bit.
"He's really hard to deal with!" Lu Hanwen roused himself and prepared to give chase. But before he could take two steps, a Roar came from behind him. This time, the Knight was self-taught. He didn't need Ye Xiu's reminder and directly activated Knight's Spirit. All his skills reset and he used Sacrificial Roar again. This Roar had a larger range. Drifting Cloud, who couldn't dodge, could only come back. That Knight was waiting to take this hit!
The other players saw this. Wasn't this a crowd-control? Why don't we go and deal with this guy? But at this moment, Ye Xiu directly reminded everyone: "Ignore him. Hurry up." As he said this, Enlightened Lord was already prepared to heal the Knight.
= = =
This chapter was written extremely slowly. In the end, it was done. Hurry up and go to sleep! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
