Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1551 Familiarity Breeds More Trouble
Lord Grim instantly used three movement-based attack skills, tracing a triangle as he attacked the three characters at this end.
All three dodged, and Lord Grim didn't hit a single one. However, the path of the triangle he drew was like kicking a trail of sand, forcibly carving out three trenches.
Good heavens!
The members of Tyranny were quite surprised as they looked at the three trenches. They hadn't expected Ye Xiu to pinpoint the key so quickly right from the start.
The sand dune was sliding, but the area where the Tyranny members were located on the sand slope remained stable.
Why? How was it done?
Ye Xiu wasn't clear on the exact method, but he clearly remembered the two gunners from Tyranny shooting at the sand slope right from the start. At first, he thought their purpose was to kick up yellow sand to conceal their movements. Now, looking at it again, their shooting, in addition to kicking up yellow sand, was likely also related to creating the sand dune's movement.
Using attacks to hollow out the sand surface, causing it to collapse and create movement. For the moment, that was the only principle Ye Xiu could think of. So, without hesitation, he carved out three trenches.
It seemed like just a blink of an eye, and the three trenches were smoothed over. Ye Xiu felt the movement under Lord Grim's feet, and he knew his judgment was correct.
With the large-scale movement of the sand dune, Tyranny's little haven of safety would be affected by even the slightest disturbance.
This place couldn't be lingered in for long. The Tyranny members were even more aware of this than Ye Xiu, and they began to retreat. But Bai Yanfei was stunned at this moment.
His route out of this area was actually sealed off by Lord Grim. Just how many judgments did this guy make in that short moment of rushing down? Canceling Falling Light Blade to avoid Desert Dust's attack, attacking the three people while creating movement, and at the same time, his final positioning blocked Bai Yanfei's Rota.
Fortunately, it wasn't just Bai Yanfei who noticed. Tyranny's vice-captain, Zhang Xinjie, who wouldn't miss even the smallest detail, instantly noticed Ye Xiu's intention.
Chant, Holy Fire!
Bai Yanfei immediately understood, and Rota began to move.
Lord Grim stepped forward to intercept, and a blazing white flame burned on his path forward in time.
Ye Xiu quickly controlled Lord Grim to stop abruptly. In that short moment, Rota used Instant Shift, passing through Lord Grim's blockade.
Bang bang bang bang.
Zhang Jiale and Qin Muyun, who had retreated earlier, also turned their guns around, shooting as they retreated. But the greater threat still came from behind.
Han Wenqing's Desert Dust charged straight up again. Coming from his direction, it was along the direction of the sand dune's flow, gaining quite a bit of speed. As expected of Tyranny's home map, even on this flowing sand dune, the Tyranny players' performance was much more natural than Ye Xiu's.
Boom boom boom!
As a result, before Desert Dust could charge up, there was an explosion, and the sand surface in front of him was blown up, covering the sky and earth. Although this wouldn't form any barriers, it completely blocked his vision. On the other side was Ye Xiu, such a cunning opponent. No matter how heroic Han Wenqing was, he wouldn't dare to approach Ye Xiu's character with his eyes closed like this.
Twisting, changing direction!
Han Wenqing didn't even approach the sand waves that had been blown up, to avoid Ye Xiu taking the opportunity to do something sneaky inside. While twisting, he turned his perspective to look behind him, and saw that Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain was also sliding down from the sand dune above. The sandstorm's cover didn't distinguish between friend and foe. Su Mucheng moved her Dancing Rain into the sandstorm, and Tyranny lost accurate judgment of her movements. At this moment, when she suddenly appeared in Han Wenqing's field of vision, she had already rushed down more than half of the sand dune.
No, it wasn't just Dancing Rain.
Sea Neverland and Soft Mist, Fang Rui and Tang Rou's characters also appeared together.
Dragon Breaks the Army! Soft Mist rushed out with her battle lance, a yellow dragon wrapped in fine sand rolled up and drilled towards Desert Dust's end. The powerful impact of Dragon Breaks the Army, not only was the quicksand not an obstacle, but it also strengthened the momentum.
One end was Ye Xiu, hidden behind the sand, who might have some tricks up his sleeve, and the other end was the powerful charge of Dragon Breaks the Army. Two threats formed a pincer attack. Lord Grim's position not only blocked Rota's retreat, but also maintained an offensive stance against Desert Dust at this end. When the Tyranny members focused their attention on supporting Bai Yanfei, Su Mucheng's support for Ye Xiu formed a coordination, turning and trapping Han Wenqing on this side.
Just a position, and it actually concealed so many intentions. This was a pro!
But Han Wenqing was also a pro.
Since there was no gap, then he could only force his way through. This was what he liked to do.
Steel Bone!
While moving, he activated this super armor skill. Desert Dust flashed out of the rising sand dust, dodging Soft Mist's Dragon Breaks the Army, but what kind of killing intent was hidden in front of Lord Grim?
Both hands reached into the sand dust, each holding a two-section staff form of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.
A grab skill!
Han Wenqing judged it at a glance.
As expected, he could only force his way through, and this guy saw through it. He also saw through that he would activate the super armor skill of Steel Bone when he forced his way through.
Grab skills ignore super armor state.
But, you guessed me, and I guessed you too.
Solar Plexus Strike!
Desert Dust lifted a single foot, the movement was so fast that people only saw a leg shadow, and they heard a "pah" sound. This Solar Plexus Strike was so fast that it actually produced a sonic boom.
Attacking later, but arriving first.
But, it didn't hit!
Such a fast Solar Plexus Strike could be dodged, it seemed that the opponent had also anticipated his next move.
Han Wenqing didn't hesitate, while retracting the leg of the Solar Plexus Strike, he raised the other leg.
Whirlwind Kick!
The raised leg drove the body to rotate, while kicking up a large area of sand.
The body turned, but the head stubbornly stuck in this direction, obviously Han Wenqing was adjusting his perspective while performing the skill.
Whirlwind Kick could dodge again, but this piece of sand, I'm afraid there was no way to completely avoid it.
Whoosh…
Sand rained down, hitting the figure like popping beans. In an instant, an outline was outlined in his field of vision.
Whirlwind Kick landed, Flying Kick rose, chasing after the outline and kicking. The purpose of this Whirlwind Kick was not to attack the opponent, but to sweep up the sand.
Pa!
After so much mutual guessing and probing, this kick finally hit, but as soon as his foot landed, Han Wenqing immediately knew that this kick had hit the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella shield.
No way, he's too familiar. Ye Xiu obviously thought that he would launch an attack after kicking up sand. He came so quickly that he didn't have time to dodge, but it was no problem to put up the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella shield.
Leveraged jump, Eagle Stamp.
Han Wenqing subconsciously wanted to do this operation, but suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.
Wasn't this subconscious habit of his exactly the routine that Ye Xiu could predict? Facing this extremely familiar old opponent, he had to be as awkward as possible to give him some surprises.
But with just this hesitation, Han Wenqing immediately felt that Desert Dust's foot was empty, and Lord Grim had already retracted the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.
A cold light flashed, and the sword at the bottom of the umbrella was already revealed.
Only then did Han Wenqing realize that Desert Dust was left hanging in mid-air, almost like he was tossed into a floating state.
Just that one hesitation, and Han Wenqing instantly went from being proactive to passive. But Han Wenqing didn't panic, Desert Dust straightened his body in mid-air, and used a Thousand Catty Drop! (a skill that forces the character downwards)
Having already activated Steel Bone and then using Thousand Catty Drop, even the strongest attack probably wouldn't be able to shake Desert Dust's body in mid-air at this time. Han Wenqing was already prepared to take this slash head-on. But when the sword light floated and slashed onto his body, Han Wenqing suddenly realized something was wrong.
This sword light didn't do much damage, but the place where the sword light passed seemed to cut open even the void, with different strange forces scurrying about. Because of the yellow sand, Han Wenqing didn't see it clearly until it was close to him, but now it was too late to react.
Spellblade skill, Wave Wheel Slasher!
The sword light cut through the void, and magical fluctuations formed a barrier, locking the final target that was hit. Whether they were Spellblades or not, this grab-type sword skill that could break super armor was a must-learn for sword-wielding classes.
If the opponent was a sword-wielding class, Han Wenqing would definitely be on guard against this skill.
But, because it was Ye Xiu, because it was a scattered person, in such a fast-paced battle, Han Wenqing still miscalculated this move.
The trouble that a scattered person brought to everyone was here. No matter how familiar you were with Ye Xiu, you weren't familiar with this professional mode that had appeared in the professional arena for the first time. The more experienced the players were, the more they would guard against all kinds of possible attacks based on the opponent's class when facing an opponent. This subconscious conditioned reflex was completely useless when encountering a scattered person.
And Han Wenqing, this old opponent who was extremely familiar with Ye Xiu, would subconsciously lean towards the Battle Mage path when facing this guy. He had to forcibly reverse his habits and make himself realize that the person in front of him was no longer using One Autumn Leaf, and then sort out the possible skill usage of the scattered person. Coupled with the possible self-made skills on each form of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, theoretically speaking, it was equal to possessing all the skills of Glory except for job change skills and awakening skills. People weren't calculators, how much mental energy would it take to sort out the possibilities of all skills when facing an opponent?
Scattered person, unsolvable.
This had nothing to do with consciousness or experience. The form that Lord Grim had honed to now had broken the limit of thinking. In fast-paced battles, there was no way to predict the skills of a scattered person. Even old opponents who understood Ye Xiu's style and were familiar with his habits couldn't speculate on his next choice from habits. There were really too many skills.
Familiarity, at this time, became a burden. Familiarity, the subconscious judgment made might have some omissions.
Han Wenqing had been trying very hard to tell himself that this guy was not a Battle Mage now.
But just constantly confessing this to himself couldn't resist the combat habits and intuition developed over eight years of fighting. In critical moments, the intuition and judgment produced without thinking were always formed by years of actual combat. And then, it became incomplete.
"Troublesome!" The evaluation from ten years ago, seems to be even more accurate today.