It had to be said that Emperor's Hymn had terrible luck. It was bad enough that he had run into Ye Luo in the individual elimination rounds and been eliminated; unexpectedly, he encountered Ye Luo again in the team elimination rounds, even dragging all his teammates down with him. That was evident from how Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind had swept through the first two matches.
And that was not all. Emperor Phantom took the field for the third 1v1 match, only to face Yan Hua Yi Leng, which practically guaranteed her defeat.
Emperor Phantom was Australia's top mage and the third-ranked expert. Logically, she should have been far stronger than the much lower-ranked Yan Hua Yi Leng, but Yan Hua Yi Leng had taken up a profession that completely countered hers—the Ice Dragon Mage.
That was right, Yan Hua Yi Leng completely countered Emperor Phantom. The Ice Dragon Mage had greater attack range, movement speed, accuracy, and attack speed than a mage. Only its damage output and Area of Effect Skills were inferior, but due to her extraordinary attack range, the mage's area attacks could not reach her at all. Furthermore, Yan Hua Yi Leng was faster, making Emperor Phantom little more than a living target.
In the past, mages could dodge Energy Arrows, but at higher levels, archers generally had very high accuracy, and some equipment even came with guaranteed-hit effects. On top of that, Yan Hua Yi Leng's attacks inflicted slowing and freezing effects, leaving Emperor Phantom in an even worse position—especially after she was blanketed by area attacks such as Ice Spirit Thousand Blade Arrow at the very start of the battle.
Mages had high Magic Defense but low Physical Defense, while archers were physical attack professions. Thus, there was little suspense in Yan