Baiyu!!
He never expected that the other party would absorb his corrupting light with Baiyu. He had never thought of such a method before, and where did he get such a large lump of pure Baiyu from?
At this moment, amidst the hurricane, Chen Qing successfully absorbed the corrupting light that had been contaminated by the hurricane, thanks to a huge piece of Baiyu. The Baiyu turned into black jade, but the Divine Wind Technique was completely purified!
The moment he saw the effect, Chen Qing seized the opportunity and, with the power of Divine Wind, instantly locked the opponent's throat with his dagger!
The Technique of Corrupting Light was a super trump card for many poison mages in Phase 3. At that time, poison mages became a top-tier class with this signature Rotting Light Art, causing many elemental mages who were used to being powerful in previous versions to complain. It also caused many assassins to protest. The main reason was that this spell was too shameless. Once you got close, it was as fast as light and there was no force that could stop it. Whether it was armor or other elemental forces, they could only watch helplessly as it was penetrated!
For ranged classes, it's slightly better, at least the range of this spell is limited, and as long as you dodge in time, it's not a big problem. But it's not very friendly to melee classes. Once a poison sorcerer gets close, even if your attribute reaction is 20 levels higher than the opponent's, you still can't dodge. It's even more ruthless than an assassin.
At the time, countless people protested this skill on forums, demanding that the game developers remove or modify it. Of course, the main group protesting was non-ranged warrior classes.
But in reality, this Technique of Corrupting Light is a solution, and the best way is to rely on the Baiyu to absorb it.
The corrosive light is even more infectious than water poison, but when it encounters Baiyu that can actively absorb and store energy, it's like a meat bun meeting a dog.
This method wasn't devised until the fourth version was about to be updated, and it only then began to be widely used.
Chen Qing had never used it alone. After all, the testers were all professional players with extremely fast reaction speeds. He had only seen how others used it in many videos. Corruption Light was, after all, a high-level poison technique, and it was impossible to completely break it with just one thing. Baiyu could be absorbed, but it was extremely dependent on timing. For some poison masters, even if you used all the Baiyu on your body, they could wear you down.
Unfortunately, this guy in front of me is not one of those masters from my previous life. Clearly, despite possessing the strongest poison technique of the third version, his skills are as crude as a novice's!
Who exactly is this person?
White Phoenix stared blankly at the other party.
The blade struck his throat. His body was stiff from using the poison sac, and he was almost unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as the blade approached his carotid artery, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Where did that guy Quefeng, find such a capable person?
"Give me poison!!"
Suddenly, a voice rang in my ears!
"Huh?" White Phoenix, who had already closed her eyes and waited for death, stared at the other person in astonishment, quite certain that it seemed to be the other person's voice.
"He's coming! Give me the poison!" As soon as Chen Qing finished speaking, he stabbed White Phoenix in the back without hesitation!
In that instant, White Phoenix instantly understood what the other person meant. This person wasn't with Quefeng!
The reason he didn't hesitate to break through his own corrupting light was to prove to himself that he had the ability to kill him, but he wanted to cooperate!
This assertive statement is more credible than any other method!
Upon realizing what was happening, White Phoenix unhesitatingly gathered the Poison of Corrupting Light again and shone it onto the opponent's dagger. In an instant, Chen Qing's dagger stabbed towards the shadow behind White Phoenix.
Goodness!
In that instant, White Phoenix suddenly felt a chill for her compatriot. What kind of ruthless person had they found?
Chen Qing's strike was decisive because he knew his opponent was Dark Shadow player, and now was the perfect time to kill such a person!
Once marked by Dark Shadow, you'll have a constant fear of being watched. The moment you mark someone, they'll immediately sense your threat and pinpoint your location. Otherwise, being able to mark someone silently and then suddenly appear to stab them while they're asleep or resting would be far too shameless.
Chen Qing was quite certain that neither he nor Heavenly Secrets had been marked, so the opponent's use of Dark Shadow could only be directed at White Phoenix!
There are only two opportunities to deal with Dark Shadow players. One is when the opponent marks you. At that time, your senses will be very accurate, and you can instantly lock onto the opponent's location. As long as you don't let the opponent escape at that time, you can take down the person who marked you in one go.
However, this situation is difficult to react to because anyone who masters this skill marks someone they can hardly win against in a direct confrontation; otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome. Since it's difficult to win in a direct confrontation, the timing of the marking will naturally be excellent, always in a complex environment that allows for easy escape. Generally, it's extremely rare for someone to react immediately upon marking and find a situation where they can kill the opponent head-on.
But there is a second chance: to time the opponent's use of Dark Shadow perfectly and deliver a fatal blow!
The Dark Shadow is a double-edged sword. You can launch a surprise attack on your opponent, but they can also attack you. As long as you wait until the moment you descend, when you have just come out of the Shadow Dimension, your balance and energy are at their worst, and you may be completely unaware of your surroundings, then if someone can accurately predict when you will use the Dark Shadow, the one who will suffer will be the one using the Dark Shadow!
Chen Qing wasn't an expert in this area. In his previous life, he had only seen demonstration videos of top players doing this. He remembered a female player Li Goudan who would post videos of herself counter-killing Dark Shadow players online. She never failed and her videos were extremely popular. He had even given her a lot of tips back then.
I never imagined I'd need the knowledge of a game streamer one day.
Chen Qing quickly recalled the key points of Li Goudan's conclusion from back then.
Once a player uses the Dark Shadow Dark Shadow, there are many characteristics. First, the shadow will not move. At the moment the opponent decides to descend, the anchor point is your shadow. At this time, regardless of whether you move or not, the shadow will not move, while the opponent will definitely emerge from your shadow. The position where the opponent emerges will be proportionally scaled with your shadow and their body, which is their exact location.
If you can predict his location and pinpoint his weaknesses in advance, you can eliminate him instantly upon landing!
This is it!
Chen Qing took a deep breath, his nerves stretched to the limit. Calculating the little cross-dresser's height, an unprecedented intuition sent a surge of excitement through his body, like an electric current. That strike felt like entering a new realm; at that moment, Chen Qing was certain that if the other man came at him, unless he couldn't break through his defenses, he would definitely die!
What happens next?
In a certain location in Jiangnan, after three days of vigilant defense, Ziyue and her group discovered a total of sixteen spatial distortions, sending over all sorts of things: refugees from the Southern Barbarians, demons from the Southern Panic, and even some poisonous insects and wild beasts from the Southern Barbarians. There was no pattern to it, the only common point being that they were all living things.
Just when Ziyue and the others were completely baffled, they found Mr. Heavenly Secrets!
The Mr. Heavenly Secrets was covered in wounds and nearly exhausted.
Ziyue spent an entire day using a massive amount of the Mountain God's elixir to bathe the other person before she could barely revive him.
At this moment, Heavenly Secrets seemed to have suffered some damage to his soul. Guided by Ziyue, he spent a long time recalling the scene of his last escape with Chen Qing.
This is about how Chen Qing frantically rushed towards White Phoenix in the center of the poisonous miasma, and how, in the instant he subdued White Phoenix, he predicted that the cross-dressing Quefeng would use the Dark Shadow Teleportation to arrive, and thus struck in advance.
The plot twist made Ziyue and the others holding their breath as they listened to the story.
Ziyue was even more impressed with Chen Qing. She had always thought Chen Qing was the kind of deep, behind-the-scenes figure, but she never expected him to have such good combat talent. She knew she couldn't do that kind of on-the-spot judgment and intuition.
Even though she had experienced countless battles over hundreds of thousands of years, she was certain that if she were Chen Qing, she could never have survived such a life-or-death situation!
"What happened next?" Shen Shiyi asked, her face flushed. "Did they win?"
The Elder Heavenly Secrets shook his head upon hearing this.
"Didn't win?" Everyone's hearts tightened, and Ziyue's face also turned pale. That's right, if they had won, Heavenly Secrets wouldn't be in this state now.
"Wrong judgment?"
"No." Heavenly Secrets took a breath. "It's precisely because my judgment was too accurate, that..."
Straining to stay awake, Heavenly Secrets continued to recall the events of that time.
drop.
A bead of cold sweat dripped down, Quefeng, who had already activated Dark Shadow, froze on the spot, her face deathly pale!
This was a feeling I had never experienced before. Even when I was sealed away tens of thousands of years ago, I never felt this dangerous. That trash from the Dragon Palace actually...
The Quefeng suddenly looked towards where Chen Qing was. Fortunately, he possessed the talent of the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey, and the momentary sense of danger made him abruptly stop his teleportation. Otherwise, he was almost certain that if he had done so, he would have died!
That guy.
After the initial fear came overwhelming anger, and without hesitation, he swooped down towards Chen Qing's direction.
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"What a pity."
On the other side, Chen Qing's eyes flashed with regret. That was perhaps his only chance to kill the opponent at this stage. He had also seen the opponent activate the Dark Shadow, because White Phoenix's shadow was indeed rooted to the spot, not moving an inch. Logically speaking, the opponent should have emerged from the shadow in the next instant.
This is a crucial moment to stop!
The only possibility is that the Red-Buttocked Horse Monkey's supernatural powers within the opponent's body took effect, allowing them to avoid the risk!
" Heavenly Secrets!!"
Chen Qing turned around and shouted sharply, "Quickly, Heavenly Secrets Cave! This barrier is unstable. If we open the Heavenly Secrets Cave now, the enemy won't dare to follow!"
With White Phoenix in hand, capable of neutralizing the poison, and the Quefeng still some distance away, although he hadn't killed it, he had managed to block its Dark Shadow teleportation. This was arguably the best time to open the Heavenly Secrets Cave and escape!
"So... you opened the Heavenly Secrets Cave again and ran away?" Ziyue understood somewhat why the Southern Barbarians and Jiangnan were connected; it must be because the Heavenly Secrets Cave had disrupted the space. But what puzzled her was whether this disruption was a bit too exaggerated.
The emergence of dozens of spatial vulnerabilities—was it really all due to Mr. Heavenly Secrets's teleportation?
"Someone destroyed the Heavenly Secrets Cave at a crucial moment!"
"At a crucial moment?" Ziyue was taken aback. "Who? That Quefeng?"
"No," Heavenly Secrets shook his head, a person who had already marked Chen Qing with a seed!
Try this interspersed writing style; hopefully it won't look too messy, hahaha.