Two Consecutive Slashes (2-in-1)
When Xiang Hui returned to the visiting team's rest room, he received a round of applause from his three teammates, along with their coach Yan Xiaoxin. The reason there were three teammates was that the next challenger had already taken the stage.
"Well done, this makes things much easier for us," Yan Xiaoxin said.
The current champion, Yu Ting, is a formidable opponent as an ice-based spellcaster when she possesses all her spells, making her a nightmare in melee combat.
However, a spellcaster without skills is like a toothless tiger, greatly reducing their threat level. Although Xiang Hui failed to inflict any damage on Yu Ting, he successfully forced out Yu Ting's crowd control skill, Frost Ring, which was a great achievement!
In fact, Yu Ting regretted it after killing Xiang Hui.
She clearly panicked later on. The wisest choice at that point would have been to create distance and then continue using Frost Shard to kill Xiang Hui —because Xiang Hui no longer had any mobility or crowd control immunity.
However, she unleashed her ultimate skill... Glacier Spike, a high-damage spell, but with a base cooldown of 5 minutes.
This is understandable. Yu Ting was eliminated by Xiang Hui in the previous match, leaving her with a psychological scar. With Xiang Hui playing so aggressively this time, she was worried things might change if she hesitated, so she used her ultimate move to at least secure a kill...
Jinghai University acted without hesitation, immediately sending Li Shuyi on the field after Xiang Hui left. Every second that was delayed meant that Yu Ting's spell cooldown would increase by one second, and her Divine Might would also recover... This was an advantage that Xiang Hui had risked his life for.
The fourth battle began, and as soon as the bell rang, Li Shuyi rushed forward. She didn't activate any skills, just ran and Sprint, but with her high agility, she was still incredibly fast.
Yu Ting brandished her staff, and Frost Shard shot out with a whooshing sound, intending to buy time by slowing down the enemy.
The instant the Frost Shard were released, Li Shuyi immediately activated Savage Charge, smashing the shards in front of her to pieces!
The expected deceleration did not take effect. During the Savage Charge, Li Shuyi was in a state of Super Armor, immune to control skills with a priority of 5 or lower.
Yu Ting took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. Her Frost Shard skill had a 10-second cooldown, and if Li Shuyi got close, 10 seconds would be enough to slice her, a weak melee caster, into potato chips.
Just as Li Shuyi's Savage Charge was about to hit Yu Ting, Yu Ting suddenly used her teleportation ability, targeting Li Shuyi's rear!
Li Shuyi couldn't stop in time and rushed for more than 20 meters before finally coming to a stop.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yu Ting took off running. Her tall, slender legs allowed her to run quite fast, and in the blink of an eye, the distance between them had increased to sixty or seventy meters...
Li Shuyi snorted, activated the speed-enhancing effect of her shoes, and turned to give chase. She now deeply missed the days when she fought alongside Bai Xiaowen. Aside from the support and protection of numerous summoned creatures, Bai Xiaowen's diverse range of control skills alone could keep enemies obediently waiting to be hacked down...
With the speed boost from the Phase Shift, Li Shuyi quickly closed the gap and finally caught up with Yu Ting before the Frost Shard ' cooldown time was up.
After a normal slash with both swords followed by Triple Slash, during which she was lucky enough to land two critical Critical Hit, Li Shuyi decisively detonated the Thunder Mark with her sixth sword after the Triple Slash ended!
Boom!
Yu Ting's health bar, which was originally full, plummeted to rock bottom in an instant, and she was killed in a flash!
"Hiss..."
The entire room fell silent.
Not only the audience in the auditorium, but even the players in the home and away teams' locker rooms were shocked.
"What... what kind of damage is this?!" Bao Yiming exclaimed in exasperation.
"What... what kind of damage?" Xiang Hui stared in disbelief.
Yun Xiaozhu was also shocked. Taking advantage of the Shandong University Team's substitution, she quickly signaled to the live broadcast control panel to play a slow-motion video at 0.25x speed.
On the big screen in slow motion, everyone could see more clearly the two Critical Hit that caused blood to spurt out. What was even more astonishing was that, amidst such a rapid attack, Li Shuyi still managed to hit vital areas twice with precise strikes...
Despite the opponent being a melee-weak spellcaster, hitting a vital point is still difficult in a chase-and-fleece battle. Every Awakened One will carefully protect their vital points, preferring to take more hits on other parts of their body rather than have their vital points attacked.
Just like when Xiang Hui chased and slashed Zhang Yubin, not a single Vital Strike was delivered; he died purely from bleeding.
"How skilled is Li Shuyi in Swordsmanship Specialty?" Xiang Hui stared at the replay on the big screen. Every thrust of Li Shuyi's swordsmanship had an indescribable fluidity, like a master painter's work, flowing smoothly like clouds and water.
"Level 7," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile.
"... I never noticed it during training..." Xiang Hui muttered. Actually, this was quite normal. Most of the training involved Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures sparring with everyone else, so Li Shuyi rarely had the opportunity to showcase her Swordsmanship Specialty in public.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Don't worry too much about it. Shu Yi's role in our two-person team is the extreme DPS character, so she doesn't have many control skills—well, Savage Charge is a dash skill. This kind of extreme DPS build is at a disadvantage in one-on-one combat."
Li Shuyi was able to defeat Yu Ting in an instant mainly because Yu Ting's Frost Ring and Glacier Spike skills were on cooldown. Otherwise, even if she could win this battle, she would definitely have to pay a higher price.
Xiang Hui sighed, "Is your team still recruiting? The kind that brings its own rations... easy to feed."
"..."
Next up to challenge was Mi Yuan, the support player from Shandong University.
Support characters are generally not strong in one-on-one combat, but there are exceptions, Mi Yuan is one such exception.
Mi Yuan's three combat skills are as follows: The first is the two-star skill "Purification," which can remove negative status effects and control effects with a priority of 5 or lower from allies (including herself) and restore a small amount of Life Value (similar to the Yellow Heaven skill of the Bone Warlock); the second skill is "Sanctified Weapon," which can bless the weapon of allies (including herself), dealing additional holy damage upon hit. The LV4 enhancement effect is: each successful attack restores a small amount of Life Value to the weapon wielder.
The third skill is a spell called "Blood Conversion," which can drain the target's Life Value and restore a moderate amount of life force to oneself.
Mi Yuan's professional skill is called "Inspire," which increases the attack speed of allies (including herself) who are recovering Life Value!
It's fair to say that Shandong University initially felt confident of winning the KOF Mode, largely due to the unconventional support hero Mi Yuan. In contrast, Jinghai University's support hero Feng Zi'ang, was practically a freebie, while Mi Yuan, besides her support abilities, was also a formidable one-on-one fighter!
In the previous team battle in the True Kill Mode, Mi Yuan was suddenly attacked by Bai Xiaowen's Orochi Nagi, and was then ganged up on and killed, without any outstanding performance.
In this match, the heavy responsibility of Shandong University's comeback rests on Mi Yuan's shoulders.
The moment she entered the battlefield, Bao Yiming's voice still echoed in Mi Yuan's mind:
"Old Mi, it's all up to you! Their tank Han Xu is tough, but his one-on-one ability is weak, so he can basically be ignored. Of the remaining two, Li Shuyi is the most important! As long as you can take down Li Shuyi and force Bai Xiaowen to use a control skill, I'll take over for you. We can definitely take down Bai Xiaowen! We still have Haiyan, we can definitely turn the tide!"
In the battlefield, Mi Yuan and Li Shuyi faced each other across the distance. He could see Li Shuyi; her pretty face was expressionless.
"The opponent's output is too violent, I must not let her get close..." Mi Yuan thought to himself, took out his two-handed crossbow, activated the Sanctified Weapon, and fired the first bolt.
When!
As the bell rang, Li Shuyi immediately Sprint towards Mi Yuan, her speed still incredibly fast.
Mi Yuan raised the crossbow with both hands and fired a bolt. If Li Shuyi were to dodge, she would have to reduce her Sprint speed.
However, Li Shuyi did not adjust her steps to dodge at all. She only slightly shifted her body to avoid a vital spot. The crossbow bolt hit her shoulder. Li Shuyi's thinking was simple. She had a strong ability to survive and a lot of health. Trading a minor injury for a chance to fight in close combat was definitely a great deal.
However, the moment the crossbow bolt struck her shoulder, Li Shuyi sensed something was wrong.
The force attached to the crossbow bolt was surprisingly strong! Li Shuyi felt as if she had been shoved hard, and she staggered back a step.
After Mi Yuan's first arrow hit its mark, he laboriously pried open the mechanism, loaded the second crossbow bolt, aimed at the unbalanced Li Shuyi, and fired again!
It should be noted that Mi Yuan's Life Value is at full at this time, so the Life Value restoration from Sanctified Weapon and the Inspire effect of his class skill will not be triggered. Of course, he uses Sanctified Weapon only to add extra damage with the holy attribute to his weapon.
From the very beginning, Mi Yuan had no intention of giving Li Shuyi a chance to engage in close combat; that would be tantamount to suicide, as the small amount of Life Value restored and the slight increase in attack speed would be completely useless! He used the powerful knockback ability of his crossbow to keep Li Shuyi from getting close.
After the second arrow was fired, Mi Yuan did not stop and continued to laboriously press in the third crossbow bolt—his agility and strength were not high, and he was somewhat strained to use this two-handed crossbow.
However, this second arrow, which was expected to be successful, missed its mark.
Li Shuyi suddenly changed her form, transforming into a series of phantoms that swept across the battlefield; the second arrow only struck her shadow.
Combat Skill - Shadowless Slash!
In the instant of the Shadowless Slash, Li Shuyi had already rushed in front of Mi Yuan, thrusting her twin swords rapidly.
Mi Yuan took two solid blows, his Life Value dropping by a third. He was taken aback and dodged Li Shuyi's Triple Slash with a lazy roll, while simultaneously aiming his reloaded crossbow at Li Shuyi again.
Sieve!
The crossbow bolt was fired, and Li Shuyi, who was at close range, Vital Strike! It must be said that Mi Yuan has a strong combat awareness and reacts quickly and calmly, not at all like a support.
However, this Vital Strike indirectly pushed Mi Yuan herself into the Abyss of defeat...
After Li Shuyi was hit in Vital Strike, the passive effect of the Feathering Necklace took effect, increasing her movement speed and attack speed by 30%. She arrived like Ghost! Before Mi Yuan could finish reloading his crossbow, she had already closed in and was slashing with her twin swords.
The instant the strike landed, Li Shuyi activated the Demonfire Dance.
This is unavoidable. While the passive effect of the Feathering Necklace can greatly increase movement speed and attack speed, it comes at the heavy price of halving attack power! Li Shuyi doesn't have any control skills to keep people in place. If she tries to save her skills and ends up being killed by Mi Yuan after he escapes, it would be a huge loss.
The Demonfire Dance sparked countless flames, and combined with the 30% attack speed and movement speed boost from the Feathering effect, it truly left Mi Yuan with nowhere to escape!
Mi Yuan fought back desperately, even using her Blood Conversion skill to Blood Drain life, but Li Shuyi's Berserk onslaught still depleted her Life Value. The final burst of damage from the Demonfire Dance unleashed all the accumulated fire energy and Thunder Mark, Mi Yuan collapsed to the ground.
Two Double Slash!
The big screen showed a close-up of the victor, Li Shuyi. Her Snake-Scale Armor was stained with specks of blood, and Li Shuyi beautiful but expressionless face was like a blooming red rose, exuding a dangerous allure.
The Shandong University male students in the auditorium, despite their opposing stances, were still amazed, and for a moment the entire hall was filled with gasps of admiration.
Yun Xiaozhu quickly switched off the close-up shot and began playing a slow-motion replay of the battle, while announcing in a crisp voice, "Jinghai University's Li Shuyi has successfully defended her title. Shandong University team, please send out your next challenger."
The home team's players' lounge.
The contestants from Shandong University didn't rush to take the stage; instead, they started discussing the topic.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Shuyi is currently under a buff (Demonfire Dance), so it would be better to wait for the buff to disappear before attacking.
"I didn't expect Li Shuyi to be so strong..." Bao Yiming frowned deeply, his usual laziness and joking demeanor gone. "Winning won't be easy now. If I were to go up against her, I'd have to use one or two wrestling techniques to beat her! And if I were to face Bai Xiaowen next... the chances of losing would be very high."
"Let Shi Haiyan go first," Yu Ting said. "After defeating Li Shuyi, if the opponent sends out the tank Han Xu, we'll slowly wear him down. Anyway, Han Xu doesn't have any dash skills and his movement speed isn't fast... Shi Haiyan, try to wear Han Xu down further. Finally, if the opponent's main general Bai Xiaowen goes into battle before Bao Laoda, we'll still have the advantage."
"This is the only way. Haiyan, I'm leaving it to you," Bao Yiming said solemnly.
"I... I'm afraid I can't beat her." Shi Haiyan's first words upon standing up were utterly astonishing...
"Damn it!" Zhang Yubin spat. "Can you stop being so spineless... The opponent has almost no combat skills left, and has lost a third of their Life Value. You still don't have confidence?"
Shi Haiyan wasn't angry. Instead, he sighed and said, "Li Shuyi is a regular teammate of Boss Bai when they venture into the Spirit Realm. You can imagine how much she benefits from it. I think she definitely has some hidden cards up her sleeve..."
"Alright, stop talking. Li Shuyi's fire buff has disappeared. Hurry up and go for it..." Yu Ting urged, Shi Haiyan had no choice but to enter the arena.