He Ming was dumbstruck.

The large-scale spell that he had allowed Luro to chant unrestrainedly had become meaningless. That ugly dog hole seemed to divide the world into two distinct parts in an instant.

Hai Wu Liang’s figure had already disappeared. He had accurately slipped through that seemingly small dog hole with a quick dart. Fang Rui’s control was truly precise. But how he had trained such precise hole-drilling skills was a mystery. He Ming didn’t know of any training methods that involved such a thing, and he believed Team Howling wouldn’t have it either.

Did a great opportunity get ruined by this dog hole? He Ming was unwilling to accept it. He immediately canceled the large-scale spell he was chanting and hurriedly adjusted his character's position. Although the hole wasn't large, as long as there was a line of sight, the elemental mage could transmit elemental mana through it to form an attack.

But when he adjusted his position and looked at the hole again…

It was pitch black, and he couldn’t see anything on the other side.

He Ming’s face darkened. That guy had actually blocked the hole? What kind of competition was this? It was too low-level!

He Ming's mind quickly flashed through the map layout, and he immediately knew what the scene was like on the other side of the hole. Going around through this corridor would be too far. Fang Rui would have already ambushed Hai Wu Liang somewhere. The fastest way was still to go back out of the corridor and climb over the wall!

He Ming instantly made up his mind. Luro hurriedly retreated, feeling a surge of anger as he looked at the blocked dog hole. With a casual gesture, Luro raised his staff and quickly chanted a Fireball Bomb.

Rumble…

The Fireball Bomb accurately flew into the dog hole, rolling inside and stirring up waves of fire, colliding with whatever was blocking the hole.

He Ming didn't intend to make any further moves here. He just casually cast a spell to vent his frustration. Luro continued to run backward quickly, but suddenly, his character was pulled uncontrollably, falling towards the dog hole.

Cloud Grasping Hand!

He Ming instantly realized it. But besides cursing his opponent’s despicable move, there was nothing he could do.

Luro fell sideways, of course, it was impossible for him to pass directly through the dog hole. In the end, he crashed into the entrance, and his health even dropped a little.

Meridian Severing: Shattering Intelligence!

Blinding Hundred Strikes!

Hai Wu Liang’s hand reached through the hole, and two skills hit Luro in succession. The outburst of inner force seemed to make the entire wall tremble. Hai Wu Liang then reached out with both hands, grabbed Luro, and tore at the hole again. The wall around the dog hole bulged, and then it was broken open in the blink of an eye. The enlarged dog hole was now wide enough for Luro to pass through, and Hai Wu Liang immediately threw him to the ground with a back throw.

The audience was dumbfounded. The electronic screen on-site didn’t even know which angle to present this attack from. It simply arranged all the perspectives on the electronic screen and repeatedly replayed it.

Luro, who had climbed up from the ground, was completely approached by Hai Wu Liang. Instant Movement wasn't ready yet, so he couldn't immediately create distance. Among the four melee classes, the Qi Master’s close combat ability was the weakest, but it was still stronger than the Elementalist. At this time, Fang Rui didn't play any tricks. He controlled Hai Wu Liang to teach Luro a lesson with his fists.

No, to be precise, it shouldn't be fists. Qi Masters mainly attack with palm strikes or finger thrusts, rarely using fists. The attacks seemed light and without much force, but they focused on the inner force. That light touch already infused inner force, and the damage wasn’t lower than smashing down with a fist at all.

After a round of pats and hits, Luro didn’t look too embarrassed. On the contrary, the dust that had just been picked up on his robe after being thrown to the ground was patted off quite cleanly, and along with it, Luro's health bar also became cleaner.

He Ming certainly didn't want to be slapped to death by Hai Wu Liang like this. There were still problems with Fang Rui's Qi Master, because he wasn’t skilled enough and had the habits of a thief developed over the years. There would often be flaws in his continuous attacks. This wasn’t a secret at all, it had been reported in the newspapers!

And what He Ming had to do was not miss it when this opportunity appeared!

Luro waved his staff. Even though he was an Elementalist, he could still wave his staff to make some ordinary attack actions. He Ming still tried his best to resist. He couldn’t just let Hai Wu Liang slap him like this!

As the saying goes, “Kung fu pays off those who have heart.” After the dust on the robe was almost patted off, there was finally a break in Hai Wu Liang’s attack.

Lightning Penetration!

This instant cast spell was blasted out at close range. At this distance, even if Fang Rui reacted quickly, it was too late. Hai Wu Liang was hit by Lightning Penetration, and his whole body went numb.

In a short moment, Luro reopened Full Concentration, and then threw out a 75th-level ice-type grand spell without chanting: Absolute Zero.

The distance was too close. Although the brief paralysis caused by Lightning Penetration had passed, Fang Rui didn’t have time to escape the range locked by Absolute Zero. In an instant, Hai Wu Liang became an ice sculpture, with one leg still in the air, frozen in the pose he was about to take to move away.

He Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

Absolute Zero, the freeze duration is now the longest of all ice-type skills in the 24 classes, lasting up to 8 seconds at max level.

He Ming began to calmly operate Luro, pulling away. He didn’t rush to attack during the 8 seconds, because attacking would shorten the freeze duration of Absolute Zero. In a one-on-one, it was most important to use these 8 seconds to set up his position.

Fang Rui’s Hai Wu Liang maintained a rather ridiculous posture, watching He Ming’s Luro move to the best position and distance for an Elementalist’s next attack.

Fang Rui was very helpless.

Just like how rookies encounter a rookie wall, he was now encountering the growing pains of the transition period. It was like this in the last match, and it was still like this in this match. Even if he used his familiar wretched tricks to rescue himself from the onslaught and complete a counterattack, he would quickly show flaws and be caught by the opponent.

Too greedy…

Fang Rui reviewed himself. With his current level of integration, it was still more suitable to use some simple and quick routines to repeatedly deal with opponents, like the three-trick combos he used in the match against Zhou Guangyi. But the problem was that this style of play was too simple, and professional players would quickly see through it. It was impossible for Fang Rui to have countless three-trick combos to use. He was really at his wits' end now.

Damn it, if I was still a Thief…

No, it’s already today, how can I still have this idea? Having this idea means that my determination and willpower are not enough! I’m transitioning now, I want to completely become a Qi Master, and those Thief tricks can’t be used at all now.

Can't be used?

After affirming it, a question suddenly arose in his heart again.

Really can't be used?

He actually asked a second time in his heart.

Ridiculous, how can I use them? Thief and Qi Master are completely different professions, with almost no common ground.

The professions do have no common ground, but… what about the ideas? Aren't the Thief's tactics and strategies at all usable for a Qi Master?

Let's imagine it, what if a Thief had these Qi Master skills?

This angle of fantasy lit up Fang Rui’s eyes.

I’m still a Thief, but I have a set of Qi Master skills. What if that were the case?

This thought was boiling, it was a tremor of thought that even Absolute Zero couldn’t freeze.

“It’s about time.” He Ming, who had regained the initiative, also said in the channel. It felt pretty good to have the advantage in a battle with this all-star player. He timed Absolute Zero perfectly, and without wasting any time, he finished a long chant and unleashed a skill!

Flame Storm!

Elemental mages have four elemental spell types: ice, fire, light, and darkness. Because skill points are limited, it is impossible to max out all types of spell skills. Usually, they choose two types to specialize in, and then learn some spells from the other two types that would be helpful.

He Ming’s Elementalist was mainly light and fire. The fastest light and the fiercest fire, fire and light elements can be described as the most aggressive school of Elementalists. Luro’s equipment was naturally prioritized for enhancements in the light and fire elements. For He Ming, ice and darkness were only pursued for the effect of their attacks.

At this time, Hai Wu Liang had been frozen by Absolute Zero, and the most violent attack was about to come.

It was a pity that the most powerful attack skill, Fire Bird, had been used before and was still on cooldown. He Ming didn’t have many options at the moment.

The Flame Storm surged, and Hai Wu Liang quickly lifted the Absolute Zero state, but at the same time, Thunder Light Hell fell.

How could Luro, a fire and light Elementalist, not learn the 75th-level light-type spell, Thunder Light Hell?

And this ultimate move of the light-type spell also followed the greatest characteristic of this series: fast chanting and fast attack.

Thunder Light Hell required chanting, but the chanting speed was as fast as a low-level spell before level 20.

The time Flame Storm took to melt Absolute Zero was enough for Thunder Light Hell to chant. A ray of thunder light fell the moment Absolute Zero was lifted, and Hai Wu Liang couldn’t dodge it at all.

One, two, three, four…

A full six rays of thunder light struck down. The time between each ray wasn’t exactly tight, but Thunder Light Hell would lock a boundary onto a character if one of the rays hit, guiding the following rays of thunder light to automatically pursue.

Hai Wu Liang ate the first ray, so he ate all six spells of Thunder Light Hell.

Two waves of ultimate moves, Hai Wu Liang was severely injured again. Luro had earned back the slaps on the dust on his body with just a few hits.

"Want to run?"

Seeing Hai Wu Liang, who was struggling out of Thunder Light Hell, using a skill to quickly move horizontally, Luro pointed his staff, and a Flame Bomb rushed over.

Hai Wu Liang almost lunged forward, dodging the Flame Bomb, then somersaulted, jumped, crouched, and somersaulted again. Hai Wu Liang was moving quickly, actually using this special way to move.

He Ming was stunned.

The way of moving was rather unusual, but it couldn’t be said to be very strange. This was actually quite common.

Thieves like to use this way of moving because traps are a very important skill for Thieves. To set traps, the character must be in a crouching position, so frequently staying in crouching and rolling positions, close to the ground, allows the Thief to always maintain the posture of burying traps. It’s convenient and hidden.

And this set of movement methods closely related to professional skills actually appeared on a Qi Master?

"Hahahaha, do you miss being a Thief so much that you’re going crazy?" He Ming sent a big laughing expression. As a result, he suddenly saw something fluctuating in the air within his field of vision.