Chapter 76 The Mind

Team Wuji, including He An, who meticulously discussed and planned with the Qigong Master player, were all speechless, gazing at the heavens.

Mentality – this was the issue of mentality in the competition. Once this mentality lost its balance, thoughts could easily become fixated. Like this Qigong Master player, having judged that the unspecialized class could initiate long-range attacks faster than him, he focused on trying to whittle down Lord Grim's mana. As a result, his attention was overly focused on this, to the point that even though the distance between them was clearly within his attack range, he was still passively waiting for Lord Grim to strike first.

The audience suspected he had been bought out, which wasn't an unreasonable thought, considering how abnormal his actions were. Moreover, he hadn't yet realized it, and Lord Grim and Tian Nu were still closing in.

He An really wanted to slap him awake. How could he make such a mistake in such a crucial match? But in the end, he didn't. He knew that it was precisely because it was a crucial match that it was easy to make such mistakes. It was because the player cared too much, wanted to win too much.

As the distance closed further, the Wuji Qigong Master player suddenly snapped to his senses. This distance, due to the match that had just ended, had left a deep impression on him.

This was the maximum range that Shadow Clone Technique could achieve. It was from such a distance that Leopold had been approached by Lord Grim and completely defeated.

And so, being so sensitive to the distance, the Qigong Master player finally came to his senses. He could have launched an attack long ago at this distance. Although the aim was to deplete Lord Grim's mana, it didn't necessarily need to be so passive. Attacking could also deplete the opponent's mana, and it also offered a greater chance to deplete both their health and mana together.

Qibo Dan! (Qi Blast)

At this thought, the Qigong Master player unhesitatingly launched an attack. Tian Nu pushed out a Qibo Dan, finally dispelling the audience's suspicions about whether he was throwing the match.

As the Qibo Dan flew out, Lord Grim immediately swayed his body.

The Qigong Master player had made a mistake, but his attention was one hundred percent focused on the match. He saw Lord Grim's cold shift clearly.

It really was Shadow Clone Technique.

Having been prepared for this move, the Qigong Master player immediately made a judgement. Without a word, he executed an action, Tian Nu spread his palms towards the sky, and then bent down and slapped them on the ground. A surge of qi spread out from around his grounded palms. This attack from Tian Nu could affect 360 degrees around him. Whether Lord Grim's Shadow Clone was in front of him, behind him, to his left, or to his right, he didn't need to look; it was definitely within the range of this move.

But all the spectators let out a cry of surprise at this moment. Because the movement that Lord Grim made using Shadow Clone Technique was not in front, behind, to the left, or to the right of Tian Nu, but directly above him.

The airborne Lord Grim looked like he was about to take advantage of his descent to strike Tian Nu, followed by a continuous series of combo attacks. But just as Tian Nu finished slapping the ground, he immediately straightened up and accurately punched towards Lord Grim in mid-air.

Huantian Pao! (Sky-Piercing Cannon)

Lord Grim's actions were anticipated by the Qigong Master player. He was prepared for this attack, and a surge of qi shot straight towards Lord Grim in the air from his fist.

As a result, Lord Grim raised his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella and, with two clicks, turned it into a propeller. *Tututu*, it spun and flew away. As he left, he loosened his hand and threw a grenade at Tian Nu...

Still posing for the Sky-Piercing Cannon, Tian Nu couldn't quickly retract his move. There was no way to dodge the grenade, and it exploded right above his head. The Qigong Master player was also in tears. He, of course, knew that unspecialized characters could use this kind of skill, but his reaction on the field simply couldn't be fast enough. They had only actively prepared for a week, how could they integrate everything so quickly?

But at least it depleted some of his mana.

The Qigong Master player didn't manage to attack Lord Grim, but he could find some comfort in this. With this comfort in mind, it was easier to maintain a balanced mentality, wasn't it? So, the Qigong Master player was still relatively composed at this time, and quickly turned Tian Nu around, ready to continue attacking Lord Grim. As a result, Lord Grim used Mechanical Wings simply to change direction in the air to dodge the Sky-Piercing Cannon. After dodging, the attack came right after. Tian Nu's turn was beautifully coordinated, so beautifully coordinated that all the spectators facepalmed.

Lord Grim used a Falling Light Blade, stabbing right into Tian Nu's head...

Right above his head, a grenade exploded and a sharp sword stabbed down. If this wasn't a game, he would have died twice already. Tian Nu was directly knocked down by the Falling Light Blade, and he hurriedly rolled, wanting to quickly stand up and perform a ukemi, but as soon as he curled up, Lord Grim's battle lance stabbed over. Circle Swing caught the fleeing Tian Nu, and he was flung into a big circle onto the ground, so disoriented that he couldn't tell which direction was which.

Too tragic.

Everyone was thinking that Tian Nu, at this moment, was like Leopold, being pinned down! How scary would an unspecialized character be up close?

The result was just as everyone expected. When Tian Nu got up from the ground again, Lord Grim's attack came right after. But the Qigong Master player's choice this time was particularly correct. When Tian Nu flipped over to get up, he had already pushed out a Qi Shield with his palm facing outwards. Lord Grim's attack happened to hit the Qi Shield. Using the force of the Qi Shield being shattered, Tian Nu slid back several steps. He thought he could create some distance now, but Lord Grim didn't even change his posture, and directly used a Knight's Charge with his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.

The Charge skill was definitely faster than the character's movement, but Tian Nu's sliding backwards was also using force, not just a simple movement, so his speed was also faster than usual. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella stabbed out with Charge, and the Qigong Master player watched as it missed him by just a little bit, and was happy!

Lord Grim didn't hit him, and he wasted a little bit of his mana.

As a result, as soon as the Charge skill ended, Lord Grim's momentum didn't decrease. A cold light flashed, and a sword was unsheathed. A Berserker's skill, Colliding Stab, followed over...

This attack, Tian Nu couldn't avoid it again, and was stabbed straight through the chest by the sword. The momentum of the Colliding Stab wouldn't stop just like that, it carried the target and the person together forward, as if it wouldn't give up until it had killed Tian Nu with the sword.

But Ye Xiu didn't need the charging effect of this skill at this time. Seeing that it was about right, he changed his move, not giving his opponent any chance to adjust. The unspecialized character's combo performance had already begun.

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella constantly changed its form, and various professional skills were used at a speed that everyone couldn't react to. The gorgeous combo that had just made countless people forget to breathe was reappearing once again.

But after the previous foreshadowing, the audience finally didn't lose their composure. But the amazement in their hearts, even if they didn't want to admit it, still existed.

The Wuji team's spectators also had expressions of horror on their faces at this time. If this continued, would Tian Nu also be as readily finished off by his opponent as Leopold had been?

Only He An was staring intently at Lord Grim's mana bar. Every time the mana bar decreased by one point, the joy in his heart increased by one point. He knew that it was absolutely impossible to expect the Qigong Master player to launch any kind of absolute counterattack here. Now, it was just a matter of seeing how much mana Lord Grim would use up, and then he would take advantage of the situation to defeat him!

Waste a little more!

While He An was paying attention to Lord Grim's mana bar, he would also occasionally pay attention to Tian Nu's health bar.

The Qigong Master player didn't give up either. He was struggling, because he knew that his appearance was not meant to win the victory. So, he didn't feel too troubled by being completely suppressed by his opponent at this time. He just wanted to create as many obstacles as possible for his opponent in this environment, so that they would use as many skills as possible to kill him.

The Qigong Master was also a cloth armor class, and if you only looked at the equipment attributes, the defense wasn't very good. But in fact, the Qigong Master's defense was far superior to other cloth armor classes. Because he had a passive skill: Guarding Qi.

After learning this skill, the amount of mana a Qigong Master had directly affected his defense. Depending on the percentage of remaining mana, it provided different degrees of defense for the character.

Some offensive-oriented Qigong Masters might give up this skill, but in most skill setups that sought stability, Guarding Qi would still be maxed out. Although the benefits of this skill would gradually decrease as mana was consumed, the defense enhancement it brought during this process was still quite significant.

It was also because of the existence of this skill that many Qigong Masters would pay special attention to equipment that increased mana and automatically recovered mana, all to maximize the benefits of this skill as much as possible.

However, in the professional circle, few people would specifically equip equipment to improve the benefits of a skill. Professional characters would be adjusted at any time according to different needs.

What He An regretted now was that he hadn't made preparations in this regard beforehand. If he had known earlier that Tian Nu would be assigned such a mission to deceive the opponent's mana, then getting more equipment that increased mana, increased health, recovered mana, and recovered health would definitely have played a greater role.

But now, Tian Nu could only rely on the player's operation to struggle hard. However, seeing the ratio of the rate at which Lord Grim's mana and Tian Nu's health were decreasing, He An breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If this continued, even if Lord Grim's mana wasn't completely exhausted, he would probably only have about 10% left, and even if he ate the best mana potion, he would only have 30%.

With 30% mana, He An believed that with Lord Grim's attack damage, his own character would still be standing even if he let Lord Grim hit him.

Human Tormentor was a Spellblade. Don't be fooled by the fact that he was an intelligence-based damage character, but Spellblades had top-notch health and defense. Among the Swordsman class, Berserkers wore heavy armor, but Spellblades were plate armor class, wearing the plate armor with the highest physical defense. In addition, Spellblades were also intelligence-focused, and with a set of accessories, their magic resistance was also very strong.

No matter how diverse the skills of an unspecialized character were, whether they were physical attacks or magic attacks, trying to gain an advantage over a Spellblade would require a great deal of effort. And now, could Lord Grim still retain so much mana?

Looking at the situation in front of him, He An's smile became even more confident.