Actually, any kind of attack can produce a state of stiffness, it's just that the effects vary in strength. Skills like Dragon Tooth can even create a stiffening effect that lasts for seconds, which would be specifically stated in the description. However, most skill descriptions don't mention stiffening effects, meaning the duration is usually a brief instant, and players can only rely on experience and intuition to catch it.

The difference between experts and ordinary people is clearly reflected in this area.

Why is it that the same series of chained attacks can be executed perfectly by experts, while ordinary people are easily broken by them? It's because experts have mastered the rhythm of the skills, and each hit lands precisely at that critical point. So, theoretically, a flawless combo is possible, but it's just too difficult to achieve. Even top-tier players can only try their best and can't guarantee perfect control of every attack.

But in this moment, Ye Xiu had at least accomplished that.

Huang Shaotian, who hadn't been treating this grenade as a threat, was hit by the little mechanical tracker released, and even if he wanted to take it seriously now, it was too late. A stiffening effect so short that many might not even realize it existed appeared precisely when the grenade hit Ye Yu Sheng Fan's body.

No matter how fast your reactions or hands are, there was absolutely nothing you could do at this point.

The grenade exploded, and the blast wave lifted Ye Yu Sheng Fan into the air. Clearly, Ye Xiu had calculated this as well; the position where the blast wave sent him was exactly where he needed him to be.

Lord Grim had already charged towards that position, and Huang Shaotian certainly wouldn't give up without a struggle. But he was frustrated to find that the skills that could create displacement in the air, Falling Phoenix Slash and Silver Light Falling Blade, were both on cooldown, having just been used.

If you could freely fly in mid-air, then being airborne wouldn't be an opportunity that players often used for follow-up attacks. Huang Shaotian had no usable skills at this time, so he could only stare blankly, watching Lord Grim charge over and smash him back down to the ground with a Collapsing Mountain Strike.

Of course, Ye Yu Sheng Fan wouldn't just fall like that.

For masters of their caliber, failing to perform a ukemi (recovery skill) would be a major mistake.

Huang Shaotian naturally didn't make such a low-level error, and Ye Yu Sheng Fan rolled away the moment he touched the ground.

However, also because they were masters of this level, ukemi could prevent a character from falling to the ground, but it couldn't guarantee an interruption of the opponent's attack.

In a duel of this level, you had to find an opportunity to counterattack during the ukemi to have any chance of turning the tide.

Ye Yu Sheng Fan rolled less than a body's length before suddenly leaping up, his body horizontal in mid-air, parallel to the ground, spinning like a top. The tip of the sword held above his head instantly slashed out several sword circles, aimed at Lord Grim, who was pursuing him.

Sword Master level 45 skill: Reverse Flow Stab!

Although Reverse Flow Stab only attacks directly in front, it covers a significant area, and the sword circle is entirely controlled by the player's movements, so it's difficult to break through the circle's coverage whether jumping up or rolling down. Ye Xiu made a decisive decision not to engage head-on, and instead of stopping Lord Grim, he made him retreat decisively.

As expected, the moment he retreated, the sword circle that Ye Yu Sheng Fan seemed to have fully extended suddenly advanced half a body length forward.

This was a small trick, or rather, a small technique that swordsmen used when using this skill: controlling the operation so that the attack range of this move was not fully utilized, but deliberately holding back. If an inexperienced player thought he was already out of range, this sudden forward thrust would immediately pull him into the sword circle.

Ye Xiu was naturally very clear about this trick, so he didn't stop but jumped back decisively. He dodged it, but he also took a deep breath. The amount of distance hidden was entirely determined by the player's operation. If a newbie were to try it, they simply wouldn't be able to perform this trick. Among ordinary players, being able to complete this operation, regardless of how much distance was hidden, would be enough to show off. But Huang Shaotian's Reverse Flow Stab had actually hidden half a body length, which no one else in the entire Glory world could match.

"Not bad dodging skills!" Huang Shaotian shouted, resolving Ye Xiu's offensive in one fell swoop, which boosted his fighting spirit. Especially after discovering that Ye Xiu was finally starting to look like a true unspecialized, which was exactly what he had been looking forward to. After using Reverse Flow Stab, he didn't wait to land and thrust out with another sword, but this wasn't a swordsman skill; it was a Land Crack Wave Sword, a skill of the Spellblade.

This low-level skill didn't deal much damage to begin with, and swordsmen weren't magic attack classes, so Land Crack Wave Sword was usually learned at level one, used at certain moments as a restraint or as a link in a combo. Huang Shaotian released this skill at a perfect time, just as Lord Grim was about to land after his backflip.

As a result, Lord Grim quickly drew his sword and swiped it to the side, using a Silver Light Falling Blade to slide diagonally and land, dodging the attack of this Wave Sword.

Silver Light Falling Blade was the skill that Huang Shaotian had wanted to use when Ye Yu Sheng Fan was blasted into the air earlier, but it was on cooldown. Now that Ye Xiu had done this while Lord Grim was in mid-air, it looked like he was mocking Huang Shaotian.

"Shameless!!" Huang Shaotian clamored incessantly while quickly closing the distance.

Although they had never fought against the unspecialized playstyle, with the quality of these professional players, they could figure out some basic issues to pay attention to without actually fighting.

The unspecialized's skills covered all 24 classes, so he would undoubtedly have the most comprehensive attack capabilities. Long-range, close-range, aerial combat—he had plenty of skills to use. When the distance was close, he could be a swordsman or an assassin; when the distance was far, he could be a gunslinger or a lancer; he could drop a couple of traps as he passed by; he could throw a couple of spells to sweep the ground while you were down...

At this point, the two characters were slightly apart, and Huang Shaotian's Ye Yu Sheng Fan had lost his ability to attack and had to find a way to get closer. Usually, the ones who needed to find a way to get closer were long-range attacking classes. As long as they got close, they would have already succeeded halfway. But what about facing an unspecialized? Getting close only ended the situation where you were unable to attack; he wasn't afraid of close combat either.

Ye Yu Sheng Fan charged forward, while Lord Grim kept shooting without backing down. If this were any other gun-based class, it would be impossible to stand still and wait for the swordsman to charge in for melee combat. But the unspecialized wasn't afraid. When he got close, he put away his gun and used his well-honed short sword and spear.

Ye Yu Sheng Fan charged in, and Lord Grim's Myriad Manifestations Umbrella continued to fire without falling behind. When he got close, he suddenly flipped it, changing the gun into a spear. This sudden change was similar to the Reverse Flow Sword skill that Huang Shaotian had used. Huang Shaotian had been prepared for this, and he was an expert at this kind of trick himself, so this time, the gun turning into a spear didn't cause him too much trouble. Ye Yu Sheng Fan turned his body and slashed his sword diagonally.

As a result, there was a "whoosh" sound, and the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella really became an umbrella this time, held in front of Ye Yu Sheng Fan. The sword hit the umbrella, and then Lord Grim pushed the umbrella forward, and suddenly, Huang Shaotian's computer screen was filled with a large circle. The patterns on the circle were quite beautiful and seemed to be rotating, like a screensaver.

"Too shameless!!!" Huang Shaotian yelled in frustration while moving around.

This was a common tactic used by Knights. They would place their shield right in front of your head. Glory's view was completely based on the human eye's field of vision. When these Knights blocked with their shields in this position, it would create this kind of situation.

"You really have no problem using all kinds of cheap tricks from various classes!!" Huang Shaotian cursed while continuously moving around. This situation had to be resolved quickly. The opponent was using a shield to block your vision, not to play hide-and-seek with you. A knife might be coming your way in the next second. To resolve this situation, you had to quickly create distance from the opponent. With distance, you had vision, and you could see the situation in front of you. But the most inconvenient thing about this cheap trick was that the user had no idea what the effect of this block was, because they couldn't peek at the opponent's screen. Clearly, this was another trick that tested the details.

But as a veteran great god who was hailed as a textbook, he deeply knew that every detail of the game was his greatest asset.

Ye Xiu was already proficient in the vastness of the field of vision and the mastery of distance. He used non-skill tricks like this even more skillfully than the top Knight players. This was because it didn't require an understanding of the class but an understanding of many details in Glory.

So the moment he pushed the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, Ye Xiu knew very well that he had successfully activated the "screensaver," and Huang Shaotian was definitely trying to create distance to remove the screensaver. As a result, just as Huang Shaotian was rapidly retreating, the "screensaver" was retracted, but not backward; it was forward. In that instant, the shield had turned into a spear again.

"Damn you!!!!!" Huang Shaotian was in tears, caught off guard. Ye Yu Sheng Fan was stabbed straight on by a Dragon Tooth. This was a skill that created stiffness, and the follow-up combo couldn't be missed. A Sky Strike was launched, and Ye Yu Sheng Fan was sent into the air.

"Too shameless!" Huang Shaotian's character was in the air, but his mouth didn't stop, cursing through gritted teeth.

Screensaver, that was possible, but a screensaver that directly turned into an attack? Regular Knights didn't have that!

The Knight had a weapon in one hand and a shield in the other, clearly separated. This kind of playstyle was unprecedented in Glory's history, and Huang Shaotian had been caught up in it.

"This is too taxing on the brain..." The spectators also commented and discussed this.

"Yeah! These changes are hard to defend against!"

"If there were fewer changes, it would be okay, but there are too many of them. It covers all classes."

"It's definitely all classes, but what we can't figure out now is whether all classes are just six kinds? Are there subdivisions within the classes?"

"Six kinds are definitely not all. Didn't you see the shield come out?"

"This is really taxing on the brain!!" All the professional players had unanimously affirmed that the duel with the unspecialized was a very brain-killing duel.