Chapter 149 The Turning Point

No one expected that the first crack in the balance in the Blue Rain versus Samsara match would occur with the two least conspicuous players.

Samsara's Lu Boyuan, Blue Rain's Song Xiao.

This Grappler versus Qi Master internal clash within the Fighting class had been largely ignored since the beginning, with even the director not giving the two much screen time.

Compared to the constantly shifting attack targets of the others in their teamwork, these two seemed detached from the battle, playing a one-on-one game.

In the end, it was this one-on-one that produced an overwhelming advantage.

Most of the attention on Samsara went to Zhou Zekai, with vice-captain Jiang Botao next. The other players, serving as support, were actually quite skilled, but they always seemed a bit overshadowed by the Gun King's brilliance. This time, many had noticed that Samsara's skill points had improved, but the discussions mostly revolved around how much One Autumn Leaf and Wulang, the two All-Star characters, had improved.

Only Samsara themselves knew the truth. This time, the 20 million yuan skill book acquisition benefited Lu Boyuan's Grappler character, Yunshan Luan, the most.

Yunshan Luan originally had 4770 skill points, which was average in the professional scene. But during the process of completing these tasks to farm skill books, his luck exploded, and he broke through to the maximum of 5000 skill points. The 230-point increase was the highest in the entire Samsara team. Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf and Jiang Botao's Wulang also reached 5000 skill points, but those two All-Star characters started high, both above 4800, so their final increase was only a little over 100 points. Therefore, among all of Samsara's characters, Yunshan Luan undoubtedly had the greatest improvement in strength. If their opponents prepared using old data, it meant that Yunshan Luan would be the most unexpected.

And now, the unexpected finally happened on Yunshan Luan's side.

Relying on the skill books gained from the newly acquired 230 skill points, Lu Boyuan completely suppressed Song Xiao. After Yunshan Luan grabbed Qi Master Tao Lu Shaming, the continuous throws rapidly lowered Tao Lu Shaming's health. Song Xiao started to panic. He normally would have been able to break free from such continuous throws, but in this actual combat, he sensed something was off. The gaps where he could have interrupted were closed by the opponent's skills being connected faster.

This wasn't just an eruption of the operator's hand speed; it was a level up in the character's skill.

What was even more deadly was that the Samsara team seemed to know this. As soon as Yunshan Luan successfully grabbed Tao Lu Shaming and began the continuous throws, the other three attackers on Samsara all switched their fire, focusing their attacks on Tao Lu Shaming.

The one thrown into disarray by the unexpected wasn't just Song Xiao alone. For the entire Blue Rain team, it was an unexpected development.

Because no one expected Song Xiao to have no way to deal with Lu Boyuan's continuous throws. They didn't expect his Tao Lu Shaming to be controlled by Yunshan Luan the entire time.

A character completely controlled by a Grappler had difficulty reacting to other attacks. The sudden focus fire, combined with Yunshan Luan's excellent throws, caused Tao Lu Shaming's health to drop rapidly, throwing Xu Jingxi into a panic.

One move affects the whole body. The complete suppression of Song Xiao immediately caught the entire Blue Rain team off guard. Everything happened too quickly, too suddenly.

Tao Lu Shaming was eventually rescued, but this process consumed a large number of skills and mana from Xu Jingxi's Soul Speaker. With many skills on cooldown, Blue Rain's healing coverage was clearly insufficient during the subsequent engagement with Samsara. The health of the entire team was being suppressed. The series of events triggered by Song Xiao's suppression undoubtedly cost Blue Rain dearly!

"That idiot, he can't even escape that!!" Wei Chen roared anxiously while Song Xiao was being suppressed.

"Yunshan Luan's skill improvement seems to be quite significant," Ye Xiu said, proving himself to be proficient in all classes. He could quickly discover the strength displayed by Yunshan Luan at this time.

"F*ck," Wei Chen cursed resentfully.

"Looking at your old man's state, you're quite biased towards Blue Rain, huh?" Ye Xiu said.

"Nonsense." Wei Chen glared at Ye Xiu. "If Samsara loses, then the two million we invested would be wasted. How stimulating would that be, hahaha!"

"Beast..." Ye Xiu sighed.

Unfortunately, reality didn't match Wei Chen's expectations. And the first advantage that Team Samsara seized relied on that 20 million investment.

"Yunshan Luan is a bit strange." Song Xiao, who had managed to survive on the field, quickly reported to the other Blue Rain members.

"Be careful."

Blue Rain didn't have a good solution for this. During the match, it was impossible to immediately and clearly determine how the opponent's skill tree was configured. They could only rely on experience and awareness to respond. If they made a mistake in their judgment at this time, they would end up like Song Xiao.

After gaining an initial advantage, Samsara continued to press their attack. The constant stream of attacks prevented Blue Rain from finding a gap to recover from their earlier losses.

Such forced attacks were undoubtedly Samsara's specialty. Although Blue Rain didn't fall behind in the head-to-head exchanges, the high-tempo, non-stop attacks left them no time to make up the gap that Samsara had created. If this situation continued, Blue Rain's characters would undoubtedly fall first.

At this time, Samsara gradually began to exert their home-field advantage. They utilized the cover provided by the Wind Swept Grassland map to strike unpredictably, keeping Blue Rain on the defensive.

"Captain, behind you!!"

During the stalemate, a player in Blue Rain's channel suddenly gave a warning. But the viewers watching the broadcast had already seen it. Samsara's Wu Qi's Assassin, Cruel Silence, had quietly circled behind Soarer.

Blue Rain's warning came a little too late. Yu Wenzhou wouldn't be any worse than anyone else in terms of awareness and reaction speed when dealing with this kind of sudden situation, but the final execution was always so nerve-wracking.

Extremely important in the team, but with extremely prominent flaws, Yu Wenzhou was a very contradictory existence for Blue Rain. The team's greatest advantage and greatest weakness were concentrated in him. This was no longer a secret, so Yu Wenzhou's Soarer was often targeted with sneak attacks. He was used to it.

Faced with this situation, he wouldn't panic. He would calmly do what he could control.

Cruel Silence emerged from the grass, the cold light of his dagger heading towards Soarer. Suddenly, six black-purple pillars of light appeared from the void, but they didn't lock onto Cruel Silence. Instead, they trapped Soarer himself in a cage.

Wu Qi was depressed!!

If he continued forward, he could definitely attack Soarer, but his Cruel Silence would inevitably touch those black-purple pillars of light. Then, he would be immediately sealed by the Six-Star Light Prison. Being controlled like this just to stab this one time wasn't worth it.

Cruel Silence didn't go forward, but he didn't leave either. He suddenly darted to the side. With a "clang," the sound of two blades clashing echoed. Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain suddenly attacked, but Wu Qi had already anticipated it, directly blocking the sword.

The two offensive characters were locked in battle. The six pillars of light around Soarer immediately began to move, not quickly, but steadily blocking Cruel Silence's possible retreat.

Huang Shaotian understood. Troubling Rain used two sword strikes to draw the opponent in, then suddenly unleashed the ultimate skill, Phantom Sword Dance.

The Assassin class really didn't have the ability to directly collide with this kind of ultimate skill. Wu Qi quickly controlled Cruel Silence to retreat, only to realize that he had nowhere to go. The front was completely blocked by Phantom Sword Dance, and the back was the Six-Star Light Prison. With a slight hesitation, the light pillars touched Cruel Silence. The six pillars instantly formed a prison, a hexagram appearing on the ground. Cruel Silence was in the center, and he wouldn't be able to escape before the skill disappeared. Troubling Rain's ultimate skill was already sweeping over like an overwhelming wave. Blood splattered on Cruel Silence.

Having the chance to control a character was too good to waste on just one ultimate skill. The other Blue Rain characters had already received instructions to try to focus their fire. Samsara's characters also rushed to rescue him. Cruel Silence might not die, but the situation was similar to Song Xiao's earlier suppression. Blue Rain could retaliate and seize the opportunity to take back the gap that had been created.

But no one expected that Samsara wouldn't offer any rescue at all. Wu Qi and his Cruel Silence were directly abandoned. The Samsara players who rushed forward also focused their fire on Soarer.

Blue Rain noticed this and tried to adjust, but Samsara didn't give them the chance. The fastest was Yunshan Luan, who had made a contribution earlier. He disregarded everything, desperately grabbed Soarer, and threw him into the air. Then, bullets flew, hitting Soarer continuously. Zhou Zekai was preparing to use the forced shot to send Soarer all the way out!

Forced shot wasn't impossible to break, but breaking this situation required Yu Wenzhou and Zhou Zekai to compete in hand speed. That was too cruel. Even the Blue Rain players had no hope for their captain at this time. They quickly searched for One Autumn Leaf's position, wanting to rescue him.

But how could Samsara not know what was crucial at this time? They desperately tried to cover him...

Soarer tumbled in the air, and Cruel Silence struggled in the Six-Star Light Prison. The audience suddenly realized that this was Team Samsara's trading tactic.

But trading Wu Qi and Cruel Silence for Yu Wenzhou and Soarer was too good of a deal!

After another series of intense twists and turns, Cruel Silence died heroically, and Soarer was finally killed by One Autumn Leaf.
Hu Die Lan