Chapter 217 Greater Skill in Jumping

Of course, pro players understood very well that the jumping competition was much more difficult than the hurdles race. Even though the competition was just for fun, and winning or losing didn’t matter, constantly falling off the platforms would be too embarrassing. This was the All-Star Weekend, with so many Glory fans watching. No pro player wanted to be remembered in such a way.

So, anyone who dared to sign up for the jumping competition definitely had some skill in this area. Glory, as a game, was about strength in all aspects. From operation, awareness, experience, reaction, and so on, down to the finer details, every player and every pro player would have their strengths and weaknesses in each skill. Those who dared to sign up for the jumping competition might not be god-level players, but if heroes were ranked solely on jumping skills, these few would be top-notch.

Su Mucheng jumped the fastest, but the other three weren't far behind. After jumping for a while, they started using all sorts of tricks. But these four were truly skilled in jumping, and while trying to sabotage each other, they steadily ascended. Occasionally, someone would be knocked down, but they wouldn’t fall all the way to the bottom. Often, they would fall a little before finding a way to stop on a platform.

This high-difficulty game immediately distinguished professional-level players from ordinary ones. Tang Rou's operational ability was all in her hand speed. This kind of specialized skill required her to judge distances, judge heights, and then decide on the amount of force to use when pressing the keys. She had plenty of hand speed, but she had to stop and slowly watch and judge before jumping to the next stage.

In comparison, Chen Guo was able to judge some aspects faster than her, so her overall speed was naturally faster as well. Another player was also quite skilled, roughly on par with the two of them. But the remaining fourth player was quite pitiful. He was very weak in this aspect. He stumbled and jumped a few times, without anyone pushing him or touching him, and repeatedly fell. He immediately became the star of the show, with the audience in the arena erupting in laughter after each fall.

Even the commentators were paying attention to him, initially cheering him on, but eventually falling silent. This was not something that could be accomplished with encouragement alone. If his technique was lacking, he needed to practice.

This guy fell so much that the entire arena was laughing. Naturally, he felt ashamed and indignant. Looking at the other seven, the four pro players were already too high to see clearly, and the remaining three audience-level players, although far behind, were at least steadily rising.

Seeing the pro players jumping and fighting at the same time gave this guy an idea. If he was going to be a joke, he could at least drag a few others down with him, right?

This audience member also happened to be a Sharpshooter, a long-range attacker. So, after jumping a few more levels, he felt he wasn’t confident anymore and stopped jumping. He immediately pulled out his gun and started shooting at the three people above him.

The three of them were focused on jumping their own platforms. Chen Guo and Tang Rou would definitely not attack each other, and the other one felt that since the pro players had jumped so high, fighting among themselves wouldn’t mean much. If they accidentally fell and had to start over, that would be bad luck. So he didn’t have any thoughts of being malicious and just wanted to eventually jump to the platform floating at the top.

The three of them didn't have this idea, but unfortunately, there was someone below who didn’t care anymore. He had embarrassed himself enough and wanted to drag a few people down with him.

As soon as the shooting started, Chen Guo and the other two panicked.

Compared to the pro players like Su Mucheng, their jumping skills were much more immature. They were jumping diligently without any obstacles. But as soon as the bullets flew up, they had to dodge and jump, and suddenly found themselves in dangerous situations.

"Ka" sounded. This audience member wasn't satisfied with ordinary shooting and even used the Sharpshooter skill "Barrett Sniper," which Zhou Zekai had used in the previous race.

The bullet was loaded, and then there was a "bang."

This shot was aimed at Chen Guo's Chasing Haze. She had been playing the game for so many years, how could she not know the power of the "Barrett Sniper"? With her level, she couldn't immediately judge whether the bullet would hit. Helplessly, she had to dodge. But the small platform didn't have any space, so to dodge, she could only jump to another platform. The Barrett Sniper wouldn't give her so much time to carefully consider. Chen Guo jumped to a platform almost as soon as she saw the muzzle flash.

The bullet whistled past, missing Chasing Haze, but this hasty jump meant she didn't step accurately on the platform. Chasing Haze's feet slipped, and she fell down.

Chen Guo quickly fired in mid-air, trying to use the aerial gun to make Chasing Haze land on a platform again. But with her skill level, achieving this relied not on judgment and technique, but purely on luck.

Unfortunately, she didn't guess right. The aerial gun launched Chasing Haze onto some platforms, but she didn't land firmly on any of them. Finally, she bounced around and fell straight down to the bottom.

Chen Guo was furious.

If everyone was competing, being knocked down by such means would be understandable, as that was the rule of the game. But everyone could see that the player below wasn't skilled enough and couldn't complete the game. He could be said to have given up on competing long ago. But this guy was hurting others without benefiting himself. He couldn't jump up and still wanted to cause trouble for others, which was really unsportsmanlike.

Chasing Haze, after falling to the ground, rolled up and pointed her heavy machine gun at the Sharpshooter in the air, unleashing a burst of fire.

The Sharpshooter seemed to have found a toy and happily started fighting with Chen Guo. In this jumping competition, two spectators were actually battling on the ground. This was the first time this had happened since the event was created.

The audience was a bit dumbfounded at first, but quickly remembered the super-strong strength Chasing Haze had displayed in the video. They suddenly realized this would be a good show, and after someone took the lead, they started clapping in unison.

The Sharpshooter player misunderstood, thinking that his act of shooting down someone had earned him cheers. He was overjoyed and fought even more enthusiastically.

In this ground battle, the Sharpshooter's level didn't seem as bad as his jumping skills. After some back-and-forth shooting, Chen Guo didn't have the confidence to win. The audience watched for a while, but didn't see the expected strength from Chasing Haze. They were all confused.

Chasing Haze was being controlled by a substitute that day.

Actually, many people knew about this. For example, those players who had watched the match from the tenth server all the way through knew that Chasing Haze was controlled by Lord Grim. But this information wasn't widely spread, so most of the people who watched the video didn't know.

On the ground, the two fought excitedly. High above, the four pro players were also fighting intensely. In the middle, there were two audience players. One of them didn't pay much attention and continued jumping seriously, while Tang Rou's character had stopped. After seeing that Chen Guo and this person were evenly matched, she didn't hesitate any longer. She directly stepped off the platform and jumped straight down.

The audience gasped. Tang Rou was very calm. She wasn't skilled enough to just jump around, but if it was just a PK, she was confident in herself.

The Sharpshooter was still shooting at Chen Guo's Chasing Haze, unaware that disaster was descending from above. Tang Rou, flying down, directly stabbed him with her spear in mid-air. The guy who was shooting enthusiastically staggered. Tang Rou's character didn't take any measures and fell directly to the ground. The height was too great, and she lost half her health. On the other hand, Chasing Haze had been flying around with aerial guns, and although she hadn't landed firmly once, she had offset all the impact damage from falling from a high altitude. She was completely fine when she landed.

The Sharpshooter player stumbled and looked back, just in time to see Tang Rou's character fall and lose half her health. He laughed and thought she was a noob. He knew that there was a beauty behind this character, so he flirted casually, "Beauty, did you hurt yourself? Do you want me to help you up?"

The second day of the event focused on interaction, so voice chat wasn't prohibited like in regular matches. Players could talk and communicate freely.

Falling from a high altitude would not only cause health loss, but also a stiffness effect depending on the height. This was a detail Tang Rou didn't know, and no one had told her. She was about to attack when she found herself in a stiff state. This was a great opportunity for the other player to counterattack, but instead of attacking, he flirted with her.

By the time he finished speaking, the stiff state was over. Tang Rou immediately controlled her character to stab him with Dragon Tooth.

This full-level Battle Mage had all the skills, but Tang Rou had only personally used those below level 40. She was unfamiliar with the higher-level skills and didn't know how to use them. When she added points earlier, she had maxed out all the skills she had used before and randomly used the remaining skill points.

Tang Rou was very serious in this battle, so she didn't think about trying out the high-level skills she had never used before. She just used what she was familiar with.

Tang Rou was far above ordinary players when it came to PK. The Sharpshooter player was immediately beaten to the ground, with no energy left to flirt with the beauty. On the other side, Chen Guo's Chasing Haze also rushed over, unceremoniously joining Tang Rou in a two-on-one, making the guy's situation even more difficult.

Such things hadn't happened in events for many years, and even the commentators were having trouble keeping up. After a long pause, one of them said, "If I'm not mistaken, these two beautiful audience members just teamed up..."

At this time, not only the audience was surprised, but even the pro players in the pro player seats were watching intently.

"That Battle Mage player seems pretty good!" One person said, watching the match.

"Very fast operation!" Pro-level players could immediately see where Tang Rou's greatest strength lay.

"Ah, but she's not mature yet! Why didn't she use a Furious Dragon Strike just now?" One person said regretfully.

Furious Dragon Strike was a level 60 high-level skill for Battle Mages, but it wasn't yet in Tang Rou's attack strategy.