Chapter 17 The Decisive Battle

Relying on the title skill [Flying Nightmare Traces], Xiao Tan sprinted along the edge of the shelves, charging towards Bei Ling's location.

He knew very well Bei Ling's weakness—terrible close combat. Please note that it was "terrible," not "relatively poor" or "average."

Therefore, close combat was very advantageous to Xiao Tan and was his only way to win.

However, things were never as simple as imagined…

The main reason Bei Ling's close combat was poor was because she was generally strong in other aspects, so most enemies didn't even have a chance to get close to her before being taken down.

Excellent ranged combat ability plus outstanding intelligence, such a player was undoubtedly a very difficult type to deal with. During the opponent's approach, she could think of many ways to stop them.

"You're really an idiot. If this were a competition, people wouldn't be so kind as to aim for your legs..." Bei Ling muttered as she aimed at Xiao Tan's legs and fired.

She was undoubtedly showing mercy, even specially changing the bullets in the sniper rifle to ordinary sniper bullets, not using special ammunition.

Bang—

The gun fired, and at the instant the bullet shot out, Xiao Tan changed his running trajectory with a near-zero-time-difference reaction and used [When the Wind Stops, Fragrance Turns to Dust and Flowers Have Faded].

The bullet passed through the afterimage that lasted three seconds, while Xiao Tan himself was unharmed.

"Oh?" Bei Ling was stunned for a moment. The missed shot was indeed beyond her expectations. "Interesting, he actually dodged it himself." She immediately aimed, preparing to fire a second shot.

Unexpectedly, through the scope, she saw an unbelievable scene.

Xiao Tan began to move in a zigzag route, releasing an afterimage every one or two seconds.

"Not bad..." Bei Ling now looked at him with new respect. "Using the visual misdirection caused by the afterimages, combined with irregular movements that repeatedly change direction... even the running speed and the frequency of releasing skills are constantly changing." She smiled, "A sniper's nightmare."

After saying a few relaxed words, Bei Ling took out two submachine guns from her bag…

One was the MP5 she had been using, and the other was the Uzi (Uzisubmachine gun) she had recently acquired.

[Name: Uzi]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Common]

[Attack Power: Medium]

[Attribute: None]

[Special Effect: None]

[Equipment Condition: Shooting Specialization F]

[Remarks: Reliable, lightweight, easy to operate, and inexpensive.]

Level 30 players were already stronger than normal people in real life. Even women could use Desert Eagles one-handed like Schwarzenegger. Therefore, Bei Ling could now easily dual-wield two micro-submachine guns.

Da da da…

The two extremely fast-firing "micro-subs" spewed out a large number of bullets in seconds.

Xiao Tan's current location was not too far from the top of the container. Facing the barrage that enveloped him at this medium-short range, he was really helpless. In an instant, he was hit by more than a dozen bullets. Needless to say, he was afflicted with the bleeding effect. What was even more troublesome was that the injury affected his movement, making it difficult to continue the turning sprint like before, so there was no point in using afterimages anymore.

Seeing that Bei Ling was close at hand, he could not move forward any further. If he stopped at this moment, he would fall and all his previous efforts would be in vain.

In this fleeting moment, most people would not have time to think about countermeasures, but something seemed to be instinctive in Wang Tanzhi's blood, telling him… what to do at this moment.

"Take a gamble…" At this moment, his expression suddenly turned cold. The gentle look in his eyes was gone, and his brow exuded an indescribable ferocity.

Using the military刺(cì, thorn) in his hand, Xiao Tan used [Reverse Blade Whirlwind Slash] on the vertical edge of the container. A C-grade specialization with a 75% success rate was not low, and the skill could be activated without any problem. Using the movement derived from the skill, he held the military刺(cì, thorn) in his backhand and spiraled upwards along the wall.

Bei Ling did not expect the other party to advance instead of retreat, using offense as defense, so she was caught off guard. After sweeping for nearly ten seconds, the bullets in her two guns happened to run out. And with a gun in each hand, she could not quickly change the magazine.

Thus, the situation reversed in an instant.

The whirlwind slash not only helped Xiao Tan rush to the top of the container, but its power also bounced away some of the sweeping bullets, minimizing the damage he received.

And Bei Ling had to quickly retreat, running towards the distance to widen the distance from her opponent.

"He actually came up…" Bei Ling muttered, unable to tell whether she was happy or sad. Anyway, as things stood, she had to accept the fact. "After coming to the same plane, the terrain advantage no longer exists… and his movement is faster than mine, it's only a matter of time before he gets close…"

In the blink of an eye, a swift shadow behind Bei Ling had approached like lightning, not giving her any chance to breathe.

Bang bang bang—

Bei Ling decisively put the two guns in her hands into her bag and directly pulled out two pistols from the holster on her waist to suppress the firepower. While taking out the guns, she spun and slid, changing from a state of running away from the enemy to moving sideways, facing the enemy head-on.

Xiao Tan's survival value had already been significantly damaged in the previous explosion, and he suffered even more damage when he rushed to the container, making it difficult to withstand strong attacks. Therefore, he had to prioritize evasion, just in case.

With such a slowdown and a pause, the distance between the two was widened by several steps again, which gave Bei Ling a chance to change bullets.

She took out the MP5 again, casually took out a magazine from the pocket attached to the special forces suit and replaced it, and said while running, "If I remember correctly, the cooldown time for your Reverse Blade Whirlwind Slash is one minute. That is indeed a killer move that poses a great threat to me. First, it can shorten the distance, second, it can bounce bullets, and third, it can cause damage… It can be said to be an integration of offense and defense." Bei Ling tried to remind the other party, "However… I estimate that your survival value is probably less than 20% now. At the current distance, your survival value will definitely not last a minute." She paused for a second and continued, "My suggestion is, either drink a blood potion and continue to maintain close-range pressure, wait for the skill Cd to pass, and win with one move. Or give up the current pursuit, leave my sight, and then find an opportunity to approach me quietly again."

"Although I know you mean well…" Xiao Tan said coldly, "But… don't tell a man what to do when he's busy!" At this point, he suddenly burst out with amazing speed and made a comeback.

"What!" Bei Ling suddenly felt her heart beat faster and her blood rush up. "How dare you talk to me like that! You're rebelling!" She was undoubtedly angry and immediately used 100% of her strength to fire.

However, Xiao Tan completely avoided it…

He repeatedly alternated between [When the Wind Stops, Fragrance Turns to Dust and Flowers Have Faded], which had a cooldown time of one second, and [Demonic Bat Ghost Shadow], which had a cooldown time of five seconds, stepping on tricky and unpredictable steps, while maintaining a speed that did not decrease and always maintaining the existence of more than three illusions.

This scene was not just a sniper's nightmare, but a nightmare for all ranged weapon users. In Bei Ling's vision, it seemed that three Wang Tanzhis were rushing side by side, sometimes far and sometimes near, sometimes real and sometimes virtual, making it impossible to distinguish which was the real one.

"This kid…" Bei Ling was really scared this time. She had to swing the muzzle left and right, blindly sweeping while quickly retreating. But in this way, she was almost shooting by luck. No matter how high her specialization was, it was useless, not to mention that she was only C-grade.

Finally, when the skill cooldown of Reverse Blade Whirlwind Slash was completed, Xiao Tan came to a distance of only five steps from Bei Ling.

"Sorry… the victory has alrea…" Xiao Tan could not say the word "dy"... because Bei Ling also made a surprising move at this moment, turning the tables… She suddenly moved in the opposite direction, rushed into Xiao Tan's arms, and hugged him around the waist.

Xiao Tan, who was about to use a skill, was shocked. He never expected such a thing to happen.

Bei Ling was also forced into a desperate situation before she had this whimsical idea. She was in a bad mood now, not only was she scolded loudly by Xiao Tan, but she was also about to lose. So there was a fire in her heart that had nowhere to vent, and she couldn't wait to go up and strangle Xiao Tan's neck and tear off his hair.

This tackle came too suddenly, and Xiao Tan's skill could not be used. And what happened next was completely out of control… After the two collided, they fell forward to the side. They flew directly out of the container area, entangled together, and fell towards the ground.

"Is the result a draw…" Xiao Tan had returned to his usual expression in mid-air, looking wistfully at the ceiling that was getting farther and farther away from him.

Undoubtedly, the two players who had been reduced to the size of toys would die if they fell from this height.

"Die die die die die die die!" Bei Ling didn't seem to be willing to let it go. In mid-air, she successfully strangled Xiao Tan's neck from behind and desperately pulled his hair.

"Ah… it hurts! What are you doing!" Xiao Tan's survival value did not decrease significantly, but it was really painful. "Ah… no… I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die…"

…………

At the same time, on another container top.

"It seems that the other side is over too…" Si Yu looked at Feng Bu Jue lying in a pool of blood with her cold eyes.

Hearing this, Feng Bu Jue looked at the game menu, and the states of Xiao Tan and Bei Ling had both become [Dead].

He was about to speak back when he coughed up a mouthful of blood. "Cough… cough… is it a draw… I really didn't expect that." Brother Jue smiled bitterly. "Of course… I didn't expect to be beaten like this by you either."

"You still have one move to use." Si Yu gently shook the Holy Sealing Sword, and the lingering blood stains on the blade disappeared instantly. "Quickly use [Demon Fighting Descent], just now… let's just say it was a warm-up."

"Heh…" Feng Bu Jue licked the blood on the corner of his lips. "Before using the big move, can I ask first, what's the matter with your exaggerated combat power?"

"Like you, it's Soul Intent." Si Yu replied.

Feng Bu Jue doubted, "I see… but why… are you so strong? But you didn't appear on the combat power list?"

"Because your Soul Intent is a continuous effect type." Si Yu replied, "And I, am an instant use type."

"Oh? So that's a person-to-person ability…" Feng Bu Jue said, "Okay… I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"Because I was a little complacent and arrogant after reaching the second place on the combat power list. Now it seems… I'm suffering the consequences."

"No need to apologize, you've always been like this."

"Uh…"