King against King.
Bai Xiaowen and Bao Yiming stood opposite each other in the arena.
Although the bell had rung, the two of them were not in a hurry to make a move. Their health points, mental strength, stamina, and skill cooldown times were all in perfect condition. There was no such thing as who would gain the upper hand by stalling for time.
"Junior Bai … I heard that you once defeated five people from Jiangnan University. You must be very strong in a one-on-one battle," Bao Yiming said slowly.
What was this fatty trying to say? Bai Xiaowen nodded slightly as a response. For some reason, he was not used to seeing Bao Yiming's serious look.
"So if I defeat you, I will be stronger than the entire team from Jiangnan University?" Bao Yiming suddenly grinned. "Very interesting. I feel very motivated. Huhahaha!"
Bao Yiming rubbed his palms together. He twisted his neck and clenched his fists. The sound of his bones cracking could be heard as his aura rose. However, at the same time, his comical aura came back …
"Senior Bao, can I ask you a question?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
"Ask away." Bao Yiming was very straightforward.
"What do you hate the most?" Bai Xiaowen asked an irrelevant question.
Normal people might suspect Bai Xiaowen's motive. However, Bao Yiming did not. He touched his chin and thought. "Well, the thing I hate the most … should be being shown off by others? I hate people showing off their love in front of me. Junior Bai, you have shown it to me more than once! You have angered me again. Huhahaha … "
Bao Yiming's aura rose again!
"Oh, so that's how it is …"
Bai Xiaowen nodded thoughtfully.
"Stop dawdling. Let's fight! I am so excited that I can't control myself! "Bao Yiming roared.
"Okay."
Bai Xiaowen nodded. He flipped open a book with a funny face in his left hand.
At the same time, Bai Xiaowen enunciated each and every word clearly.
"Dog. Food. Is. Too. Good!"
Three illusory dice rolled. Two, two, four. A total of eight points. The Ravings skill of the Demonic Book of Ravings was activated. The random spell was — Two Stars, Strong Flame Tongue!
A thick tongue of flame shot out and wrapped around Bao Yiming. But that wasn't the main point. The main point was …
Bao Yiming: "Aiyo, hiss hiss … Dog, dog food is too delicious!"
[Take note, the cries and hisses are natural reactions to being burned by fire …]
After Bao Yiming said this, he felt that his entire body was in a bad state … The aura and desire to fight that he had accumulated had completely melted away like snow that had touched boiling water.
He felt like he had eaten a big bowl of humiliating rice!
On the other side, Bai Xiaowen, who had used the Demonic Book of Ravings to mess with Bao Yiming, was in a good mood. He raised his hand and summoned the Butcher and the Wrath Claw. They surrounded Bao Yiming from the front and back. Butcher waved his kitchen knife and Wrath Claw's sharp claws. Bao Yiming's body was instantly covered in blood.
"Ahhhhh!"
Bao Yiming, who had finally walked out from the shadow of humiliation, howled towards the sky: "Junior Bai, you are courting death!"
[Barbaric Charge] activated!
The Butcher's body staggered and was pushed back. Wrath Claw nimbly jumped and dodged — it was useless to block. He would definitely be pushed back or sent flying.
Bao Yiming's main purpose of activating this [Barbaric Charge] was to force Bai Xiaowen to use the Talisman Switch skill. If Bai Xiaowen used [Deterrence], the priority would be 6 and Bao Yiming would not be affected.
Barbaric Charge was a two-star skill and added 2 points of priority. As a Hero, Bao Yiming's basic priority was 4. Hence, the level of control immunity was increased to 6 or below. Compared to Li Shuyi's [Barbaric Charge], which was an elite job, it was more powerful.
Bai Xiaowen did not have any displacement skills — it was obvious that the [Pull] skill needed a teammate to activate. Hence, Bao Yiming was certain that Bai Xiaowen would use the Talisman Switch skill!
However … Bao Yiming's plan failed again.
Just as Bao Yiming was about to crash into him, a metal chain flew over from the side and wrapped around Bai Xiaowen's body twice, dragging him up into the air! It was the Butcher. He had activated [Meat Hook]!
Ta, ta, ta …
Bao Yiming rushed forward for 30 to 40 meters before stopping. His fat face was flushed red.
The Butcher's [Meat Hook] was used to rescue allies. Compared to the [Pull] skill, the effect was definitely weaker. This was because the speed of the [Meat Hook] was not very fast. It needed to be calculated in advance and the distance was shorter.
Once the [Pull] skill was activated, the target's teammate would directly "fly across the battlefield". The area of effect was also large enough!
Of course, the Butcher's [Meat Hook] was mainly used as an offensive skill to deal with enemies. It could be used for both offense and defense.
Bao Yiming's [Charge] skill had failed. One could imagine how depressed he was. He turned around and sped up again towards Bai Xiaowen. He was like a Wuling Hongguang van with the maximum capacity. He left clear footprints on the arena floor.
The Butcher took large strides forward.
Seeing the Butcher, Bao Yiming had a shadow in his heart. In the previous round, his performance was basically limited by the Butcher. In the narrow passageway, he really couldn't do anything to the Butcher who didn't fall for [Throw].
However, it was different now. The arena was much more spacious. Although Bao Yiming's agility wasn't high, it was impossible for Bai Xiaowen to rely on the Butcher to freeze him.
Just as the Butcher and Bao Yiming approached, Bai Xiaowen raised his hand again. Four Skeleton Swordsmen lined up on the left and right, surrounding Bao Yiming. The Skeletal Fiend Arcane Master appeared not far away. After a short casting motion, he used [Lightning Strike].
"You want to use the Skeleton Soldiers to create a narrow terrain and then use the tactic from the previous round to freeze me? Dream on! "
Bao Yiming grabbed a skeleton shield and raised it up high, throwing it at Butcher in front of him. The skeletal shield-bearer's body stiffened under the powerful force. It slammed into Butcher's body and knocked him back four or five meters before coming to a stop.
That unlucky skeleton sword-shield-bearer directly turned into broken bones and dissipated.
Battle Skill Fling! Although the Butcher wasn't affected by [Throw], the secondary damage and impact of [Throw] were still effective against it.
Using this opportunity, Bao Yiming activated the speed boost from his shoes and rushed past the Butcher towards Bai Xiaowen.
Bao Yiming wasn't even interested in the Butcher's tough HP. In the previous battle, he had personally experienced the Butcher's HP bar. It was insanely thick, and it wasn't any weaker than a tank type Hero Class.
Bao Yiming's burst damage was limited. In order to break out of the encirclement, casting [Throw] was already his limit. He knew that Bai Xiaowen and the Wrath Claw had [Shared Life]. Their survivability was also amazing. He couldn't waste any more skills on the Butcher.
As long as he entered Bai Xiaowen's melee range, Bao Yiming was confident that he would be able to kill Bai Xiaowen in one combo!
Bai Xiaowen shook his head slightly. He opened his palm and a blue rune shot out. It accurately hit Bao Yiming and bound him.
Bao Yiming reacted quickly. He immediately used a control item to break free from the binding effect.
At this moment, the Skeleton Warrior waved its greatsword and rushed over. It blocked Bao Yiming's path again. Behind it, the Butcher and the four Skeleton Swordsman quickly caught up. They were prepared to surround him again.
"There are too many summoned creatures …"
The Skeleton Warrior was a creature that had never appeared in Bai Xiaowen's original information. Moreover, it was an Elite. Bao Yiming lowered his shoulder and hit the Skeleton Warrior. Although the Skeleton Warrior staggered, it didn't lose its position. The greatsword hit Bao Yiming's shoulder and caused a deep wound.
Bao Yiming judged that the Skeleton Warrior's strength couldn't be underestimated after this exchange. The pursuers behind him were fierce. Bao Yiming had no time to tangle with the Skeleton Warrior. He lowered his body and grabbed the Skeleton Warrior's legs.
Seeing this, Bai Xiaowen was surprised. Bao Yiming was willing to use his ultimate skill, [Spiral Pile Driving], on a summoned creature?
However, Bao Yiming's subsequent actions were out of Bai Xiaowen's expectations. As soon as he exerted his strength, the Skeleton Warrior's legs became weak. In the process of the following jump, it pounced forward and drew a parabola. Its landing point was precisely Bai Xiaowen's position.
It turned out that the Spiral Pile Driving's high jump wasn't as simple as jumping on the spot. One could also choose the direction and landing point at the start of the jump and do a long distance jump! It was equivalent to another sudden jump!
Bao Yiming's Spiral Pile Driving's sprint had both speed and strength. When Bai Xiaowen reacted, it was already very short.
Buzz buzz buzz … Boom!
Bao Yiming grabbed the Skeleton Warrior's legs and smashed it down in the air. It was like a meteorite crashing into the ground!
The air was turbulent.
Although Bai Xiaowen tried his best to dodge, the impact of the smash had a large range! He fell into a state of dizziness for a moment. Moreover, the impact of the impact was more than 100 points. This was under the condition that he avoided the center of the smash.
The Skeleton Warrior was hit by the Spiral Pile Driving and was instantly killed. Its health points were completely depleted and it turned into a pile of broken bones. Bao Yiming didn't stop. The moment he landed on the ground, he rushed towards Bai Xiaowen and stretched out his hands!
Bai Xiaowen was stunned and the summoned creature naturally lost control. It suddenly froze. Bao Yiming was overjoyed. This was a rare opportunity. His hands had already touched Bai Xiaowen's gold and silver robe.
However, Bai Xiaowen's body flashed and the stun from the shock wave was dispelled. Then, without any casting action or casting time, the Deterrence skill was cast. A circle of suppression quickly spread out!
Bao Yiming's hand touched Bai Xiaowen's shoulder, but it froze. His eyes were filled with unwillingness.
He was already close to Bai Xiaowen, and he didn't have any other movement skills … Bao Yiming had already imagined what would happen next. He would use the throwing skill to cripple Bai Xiaowen, followed by a series of close combat punches and kicks. He was a strength-type close combat fighter. How could he fight against Bai Xiaowen, who was a spirit-type long range combat fighter?
However, his imagination was rich, but reality was cruel.
Bai Xiaowen retreated. The Wrath Claw and two Skeleton Sword and Shield Warriors blocked in front of him. Behind him, the Butcher ran over with a few Skeleton Sword and Shield Warriors and finally completed the encirclement …
"… If only you had one less control skill …"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head slightly. "Even if you had one less control skill, you wouldn't have won …"
Bao Yiming had already used two throwing skills. He only had one left, "Fire Lifting Sky Style". Even if Bai Xiaowen was hit by this move and was instantly killed, he wouldn't die because of Life Sharing. He would just be in a more dangerous situation.
If that happened, the pain potential of the Pain Ring would be triggered. Bai Xiaowen's strength would also soar and be close to Bao Yiming's level. Even if the two of them fought in close combat, Bai Xiaowen, who had the combo of Kusano-ryu Ancient Martial Arts, would not be at a disadvantage.
Of course, Bai Xiaowen didn't want to expose the fact that he had the combo of close combat skills. That would also expose the Blood Essence Stone's desire to kill (triggered by single-target skills or normal attacks).
It was better to let others think that he was a close combat newbie … Now, the outside world's guesses about Bai Xiaowen's Kusano-ryu Ancient Martial Arts were basically "Dark Whisk" and "Orochi", which were similar to spells. They didn't think that Bai Xiaowen, who was a spirit-type Awakened, would be able to perform a beautiful combo like Kyo Kusano-Ryu.
Bao Yiming wanted to say something, but he didn't have the chance. Under the attacks of the summoned creatures, the so-called 20% physical damage reduction couldn't save him. His HP quickly fell to the bottom.
Thump!
As Bao Yiming fell to the ground, the Jinghai University team won the second round in the "defending mode". At the same time, they cleanly eliminated Shandong University with a total score of 2: 0 and advanced into the top eight!
When the big screen showed the final close-up of Bai Xiaowen and then the close-up of the five members of the Jinghai University team, the auditorium was silent …
Yun Xiaozhu's commentary had clearly lost its usual standard. Her disappointment was written all over her face.
The MVP of both rounds was Bai Xiaowen. The first round wasn't controversial, but the second round was confusing to some reporters. After all, Li Shuyi had defeated three people by himself. Wasn't such a strong performance worthy of an MVP?
Regardless of what others said, Li Shuyi was very open-minded.
"On the surface, I defeated three people. In reality, Yu Ting was forced to use her key skills by Xiang Hui. Mi Yuan was just a support and Shi Haiyan wasn't that strong. Xiaowen defeated Bao Yiming, a Hero, in a direct confrontation. He deserved the MVP title. "
The reporters couldn't find any explosive points, but they realized that Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen had a close relationship. Many reporters were very interested in the teamwork that the two had shown in the competition. They conducted interviews around how and when the team was formed.
Bai Xiaowen refused to divulge any information. Back then, the process of obtaining the Blackpeak's Oath involved the secret information of the Spirit World's Kane Plane. This information was one of the bargaining chips that the various large guilds used to communicate with each other. How could it be so easily made public? They couldn't even divulge a little.
Helpless, the reporters could only give up on this topic and congratulate the Jinghai University team for entering the top eight.
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