The emcee, halfway through his run, almost tripped and fell upon hearing this. A feeling of inviting a wolf into the house welled up within him.

But the sound of the backstage director's excited voice came through his earpiece, repeatedly shouting at him: "Damn, did someone finally replace him? Hurry and arrange for him to fight, I've been playing commercials for five minutes already!!!"

The emcee almost rolled and crawled onto the stage, while Du Ming, representing everyone in the audience, voiced a question: "Who are you?"

"The main force is tired, I'm the substitute," Ye Xiu replied calmly.

The audience burst into laughter, everyone discussing whether this was a specially arranged comedic act by the event organizers.

But at this moment, the emcee had rushed to the front of the stage. The lights shone on him, and he was almost out of breath, but he still decisively announced: "The second challenger enters the stage."

The emcee wanted to muddle through and quickly end the endless two-person show from before. Although he had a feeling that this newcomer was also going to cause trouble, and a premonition of bad things to come, he decided to take it one step at a time!

So this second challenger didn't even receive polite applause. The entire audience was still confused! They didn't even know how this person had gotten onto the stage.

The pro players were also scratching their heads, this All-Star event was really chaotic! Even they were having their eyes opened.

"Hey over there, are you ready?" Ye Xiu was still talking.

"You should enter the game..." Du Ming was annoyed. He had been forced to this point, and there was nothing he could do. He couldn't keep insisting on dragging that beauty out! That would be...

"Oh, sorry, just a moment!" Ye Xiu said.

Then they heard sounds coming from inside the stage.

"Give me the account card!"

"No, I'll do it!"

"Stop messing around... hurry and give it to me!"

"I won't give it..."

*Pa*... The live audience was stunned as the speaker switch on the stage was turned off.

*Pa*... It seemed to be turned back on again, with intermittent sounds of struggle and collision.

"Haha, everyone please wait a moment, it seems our staff and this challenger are having a little problem with the account card handover..." The emcee said, wiping sweat while spouting nonsense. The audience immediately responded with boos.

"Should I go up and take a look..." the emcee muttered to himself. The game interface finally lit up on the electronic screen, and the Battle Mage had finally logged in.

"What kind of skill build is this..." Then they heard half a sentence before a "pa" sound, and this time the speaker switch was really turned off.

Du Ming was very frustrated, feeling that his luck was terrible today, running into such a mess. Just as he was annoyed, he received a battle invitation from the other side who had finished logging in.

Du Ming braced himself and accepted. No matter who his opponent was, he didn't dare to be careless again. He hadn't completely made up for the face he had lost earlier! He couldn't afford to add insult to injury this time.

The map was still randomly selected, and after both accepted the match, they were immediately transported to the arena, and their characters appeared in the two corners.

"Hmm, the location is really good!" There was a window on the stage that allowed the players to see the entire panoramic view of the holographic projection.

However, after admiring it for a couple of seconds, Ye Xiu's gaze returned to the computer monitor. The operator couldn't directly use the holographic projection to complete the operation. The fixed position would create many blind spots.

At one end of the map, Du Ming's Swordsman had already charged forward. In his depressed mood, he was ready to vent in the match, no matter what challenger this was, Du Ming didn't plan on showing any courtesy.

"He's coming!" Tang Rou reminded Ye Xiu.

"I know," Ye Xiu said, still flipping through the character's equipment and skills.

Having watched several matches, with Ye Xiu's skill, he had roughly estimated the Battle Mage's stats and skills. A quick scan now was just to confirm his judgment. The map wasn't big, and by the time Ye Xiu finished looking, Du Ming's Swordsman had already rushed in front of him.

The Swordsman, already sprinting, started with a Triple Slash, rushing towards Ye Xiu's Battle Mage at an even higher speed.

Tang Rou had already experienced this opening move several times, and it wasn't that difficult to deal with, but she was curious about how Ye Xiu would handle it.

But she saw that Ye Xiu didn't react at all.

When the first sword of the Triple Slash came down, Ye Xiu's Battle Mage didn't even move. The sword light brushed past his face, but it didn't cause any damage.

Du Ming was already shocked. He didn't know if it was a coincidence, or if the other party had completely seen through the distance of this attack. If it was really seeing through...

The Battle Mage had stepped to the right, and Du Ming immediately knew that it wasn't a coincidence. With the current distance between them, this step would put him in a blind spot where the second strike of the Triple Slash couldn't reach.

And as he took this step, the battle spear rose, and he launched a Sky Strike diagonally.

Du Ming was somewhat prepared and immediately canceled the Triple Slash, hastily using a block to try and parry the Sky Strike. But when he moved his sword to block, he realized that the angle of the Sky Strike was so tricky that he wouldn't be able to block it.

*Pfft*

The Sky Strike successfully struck before the sword could block, sending Du Ming's Swordsman into the air.

This was just a small moment at the beginning, and some of the audience hadn't even gotten into the match yet, but the pro players were already staring wide-eyed.

One step of positioning and a lowest-level Sky Strike skill accurately seized Du Ming's opening, giving him an unavoidable blow.

A master... Many people couldn't help but have this thought.

However, it was still too hasty to draw a conclusion based on just this move. Besides being shocked, the pro players had put away their playful moods and began to watch seriously.

Du Ming, who had been launched into the air by the Sky Strike, didn't immediately lose his composure. He was very serious and focused on this match. He quickly adjusted his posture in the air and used a Falling Light Blade, forcibly twisting his character's body down.

But the moment he landed, he saw nothing in front of him, and the Battle Mage had disappeared. The entire audience could see clearly that at the instant the Falling Light Blade flashed down, the Battle Mage had moved behind him. And the sharp-eyed pro players had noticed that this movement avoided the Swordsman's line of sight at that moment, so that Du Ming didn't notice the movement.

"It's Shadow Steps!!" Many people were already shouting.

"Who exactly is this person?" Everywhere was a scene of people looking at each other in dismay. Two consecutive high-end maneuvers had once again confirmed the master status of this person. Everyone was no longer watching the holographic projection on the stage, but had switched to watching the electronic broadcast screen.

The holographic projection was certainly gorgeous, but the viewing seats were fixed, which meant that the viewing angle was also fixed. At this time, the pro players needed to understand the strength of this second challenger from multiple angles.

Du Ming wasn't a noob either. After the Falling Light Blade, he saw that there was no one in front of him and immediately judged that the opponent was behind him. He immediately did a forward roll while turning 180 degrees, and unleashed a Draw Sword.

This move was extremely smooth, and the audience was already ready to applaud, but then they saw the Battle Mage rush forward diagonally, meeting the sword energy of the Draw Sword head-on. Just as everyone thought that he would definitely be injured by the sword energy, they saw him pass through the sword energy. Taking advantage of the Swordsman's brief moment of stiffness after the Draw Sword, he closed in and thrust out a Dragon Tooth.

The audience, who were about to applaud, immediately froze.

Speaking of which, Ye Xiu's previous positioning Sky Strike and Shadow Steps were too detailed, and with the level of ordinary players, they couldn't see the advantages of these. But this time, using the crossing of the Draw Sword was quite straightforward. Because many people knew the principle of this operation. The sword energy that the Battle Mage crossed through was actually a remnant of the Draw Sword, and it had lost its damage judgment during the time he crossed.

However, this timing was extremely difficult to grasp. Too early, and the judgment was still there, and he would naturally be hit; too late, and although he wouldn't be hit, he wouldn't be able to catch up with the stiffness of the Draw Sword's recovery. Draw Sword was also a low-level skill, and the stiffness of the recovery was only a short moment, and it was necessary to grasp it without the slightest difference.

However, this challenger really did this difficult operation. The Dragon Tooth stabbed the Swordsman without any reaction. There was no doubt that it wasn't that Du Ming didn't want to dodge, but that he just happened to be caught in the moment of stiffness, and he wanted to dodge but couldn't.

This time, the brilliance was finally no longer something that only pro players could see.

Just... should they applaud?

The hands that were originally raised to dedicate to Du Ming's Draw Sword were now all suspended in mid-air.

The challenger's performance was brilliant, but the object he was fighting was the audience's home team support, and everyone was a little stingy with their applause.

However, there were still some people who didn't care about these things and applauded loudly when they saw something exciting.

For example, Chen Guo... She wasn't a supporter of Samsara in the first place, and she knew that it was definitely Ye Xiu who was fighting now, so what else was there to worry about? Absolutely supportive! When the Dragon Tooth hit, she screamed and clapped, as if she had already killed Du Ming.

The Swordsman, who was hit by the Dragon Tooth, naturally had a small stiffness again, and Ye Xiu followed up with a Sky Strike.

The Swordsman was knocked into the air again, but at this moment the cooldown of his Falling Light Blade hadn't ended, and he couldn't repeat the same trick, so he could only quickly adjust his vision to see what means the other party would use.

But there was no one...

"It's Shadow Steps..." At this moment, Du Ming also realized it.

He wanted to cry a little. He had completely realized that this was another extremely difficult opponent. What was going on with this challenge match? The players who appeared were unexpectedly strong, and he happened to be the one who met them all. This guy who even knew Shadow Steps was definitely not some perverted newbie. This was a true master!