Chapter 1 Silence

Silence, a deathly silence.

Neither of the two competitors knew the other's movements. They carefully cocked their ears to listen, but could not catch even the slightest sound.

Only the audience with a god's-eye view knew that both characters were actually moving.

Lord Grim, after a slide, followed by two rolls, quickly escaped from his original hiding place. As for Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain? Just as Ye Xiu had expected, he had simply stopped his rapid footsteps, rolled, moved slowly, and silently approached Lord Grim's original hiding place.

Without hesitation, the sword light flashed and disappeared.

*Clang!*

Lord Grim's original hiding place was a dirt wall, just over a meter high. Troubling Rain used a Sky-Piercing Strike.

This skill had extremely strong judgment. The sword light swept through and was swallowed by the dirt wall, revealing the upper half of the sword's blade like tearing paper.

It missed. Huang Shaotian made a quick judgment and was about to pull out Troubling Rain's sword, but Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had already flashed out from this angle. With a *biu* sound, a laser cannon was fired.

This was just the distance of Lord Grim's slide; how far could it be? The laser cannon could be said to arrive in a flash. But Huang Shaotian was facing this way and saw it clearly. There was no way he could drop his sword; Troubling Rain immediately crouched down.

*Boom!*

Half of the laser cannon blasted into the dirt wall, digging out a section of the gap, while the other half shot straight past, skimming over the top of Troubling Rain's head, who had just crouched down.

After all, the laser cannon didn't have the same fierce impact as a Sky-Piercing Strike. Furthermore, Lord Grim's laser cannon was only at the first level. It was already a good performance to blast out a gap.

*Clang!*

Troubling Rain's Silver weapon, Ice Rain, had already been retracted. Troubling Rain hid behind the wall.

Slide!

Ye Xiu, on his side, released the laser cannon with Lord Grim. Seeing Troubling Rain duck his head, he immediately rushed out decisively. But at this moment, the live audience once again captured a very important opportunity from the electronic screen.

From Huang Shaotian's perspective, after Ice Rain was withdrawn from the dirt wall, his vision immediately turned to the small hole exposed on the wall, about the size of the sword blade. The hole was too small to clearly see the objects on the other side, but it was possible to see the shadow shaking.

On this map, the only thing that could move, other than Troubling Rain, wasn't that Ye Xiu's Lord Grim?

Lord Grim silently slid, and this time, Huang Shaotian completely captured him from such a small hole.

The distance was very close. Huang Shaotian did not hesitate at all. When Troubling Rain stood up, it was already the rhythm of rolling sideways, directly rolling off the dirt wall that was just over a meter high. The blue sword light of Ice Rain stabbed straight down at the base of the wall. But on this side of the wall, Lord Grim, who was sliding over, had already raised the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella in his hand. The tip of the umbrella opened, revealing the dark muzzle. At the same time as the blue sword light stabbed down, the muzzle spat out a blaze of fire, a bullet fired!

*Pfft pfft!*

Two sounds, gradually a little out of sync. It was a little unclear for a moment who was first and who was last. A bloody flower bloomed on Lord Grim's shoulder, and Troubling Rain, who was rolling sideways on the wall, had a bullet drilled into his waist.

Lord Grim, who had not completely finished his slide, suddenly froze after this sword strike. He was already in close contact with the ground, but after this sword strike, it seemed that he was in even closer contact.

Falling Flower Slash! A level 75 compulsory knockdown sword skill.

It looked like a good opportunity for Troubling Rain to add an attack, but at this time, Troubling Rain's body was already floating in mid-air.

Floating Bullet! A level 1 compulsory floating skill.

One was the ultimate skill of a swordsman, and the other was a small skill of a fledgling type for a Launcher. In this instant, the exchange was completed. In terms of damage, Falling Flower Slash was far stronger than Floating Bullet, but in the end, the effect was that one character was stuck to the ground, and the other was flying in the air. It seemed that neither could do anything to the other.

But, it only looked that way.

Because Lord Grim was not Troubling Rain; he had plenty of ranged attack methods.

*Bang!*

Lord Grim, still lying on the ground, fired another shot. Looking at it now, this sword that had pinned Lord Grim firmly to the ground gave Lord Grim a particularly comfortable shooting angle and space. If the slide had continued two more steps, it might not have been so comfortable.

Another bullet flew out.

Troubling Rain, who had been lifted by the Floating Bullet, didn't fly very high. This distance was too close, far too close, for ranged attacks. It was so close that the flight speed of their skills could be completely ignored in this distance, even if Lord Grim was using a Stun Bullet, which had a relatively slow flight speed.

*Pfft!*

Huang Shaotian adjusted Troubling Rain's body in mid-air, but in the end, he couldn't dodge this shot fired from such a short distance. The character's body instantly stiffened, and the adjustment became ineffective. *Boom boom boom*, the sound of cannons was heard again beneath him. He couldn't dodge at such a close range, especially since he was now stiff. Three anti-tank missiles all hit Troubling Rain, and the exploding sparks and smoke rolled in mid-air, suspending Troubling Rain in mid-air. At this time, the compulsory knockdown judgment of Lord Grim had long passed. As he flipped over and stood up, bullets shot out in a string from the muzzle of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.

Gatling Gun! Ye Xiu tried to make Troubling Rain continue to roll in the air once more, and after Lord Grim stood up, he could use more skills to get close and continue attacking.

But Ye Xiu's opponent in this match was Huang Shaotian.

His character was known as the Sword Saint, and his strength was recognized as one of the top-level gods in Glory.

The stiff state caused by Troubling Rain's Stun Bullet passed, and he immediately took action.

Silver Light Falling Blade!

Troubling Rain forcefully pressed down from mid-air, and Ye Xiu quickly adjusted Lord Grim's shooting angle, keeping up with the bullets. However, after Troubling Rain twisted his body, he immediately switched to another skill.

Block!

*Ding ding ding ding!*

The Silver weapon, Ice Rain, was horizontally sealed on his body. The attack blocked was actually a bullet. One would have to have amazing eyesight and precise operation. However, Ye Xiu was not dead. After being blocked by several bullets in an instant, he had once again adjusted Lord Grim's shooting angle. The sword light shifted to the side, letting go of the long blade of Ice Rain, but Ice Rain had already reached out, and a circle of sword light cut through the air.

Reverse Draw!

Troubling Rain's body rotated horizontally in mid-air, and with a thrust of his sword, he intersected with the bullets shot by the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, already slashing at Lord Grim's body.

The blood spatter that rose into the air formed a circle, and Lord Grim's Gatling Gun fire was immediately stopped.

"Wonderful! Really wonderful, truly worthy of being Huang Shaotian, truly worthy of being the Sword Saint!!!" Pan Lin shouted desperately.

The two went from being separated by a wall to colliding and attacking in a short instant, with various skill changes. In the end, Huang Shaotian's exquisite swordsmanship broke through Ye Xiu's close-range shooting, Reverse Draw!

In the previous match, Lu Hanwen broke through Ye Xiu's offensive and succeeded with a Reverse Draw. In this match, Huang Shaotian took back the initiative in a passive situation and succeeded in attacking with a Reverse Draw.

Then, Huang Shaotian showed off his even more exquisite and experienced swordsman skills than Lu Hanwen.

Troubling Rain, who was still rotating in mid-air, didn't land. His bent legs directly kicked, stepping on the dirt wall behind him.

Meteor Strike!

It was originally the fastest move among the swordsman skills, and with Troubling Rain's wall-kicking boost, his entire person seemed to have transformed into a meteor.

The blue sword light continued to flash in the front, turning into a blue line that flashed by. Then, on the trajectory that the blue line had passed, the bright red began to replace the blue line, blooming and spreading. This was the blood that this strike had taken from Lord Grim.

"Handsome!!" Pan Lin shouted loudly. The scene of the bloodline drawn by the blue line instantly spreading out almost made him cry. He secretly vowed to watch the slow-motion replay of this moment a hundred times after the game.

"Worthy of being Huang Shaotian!" Li Yibo could only use this concise expression to show his shock at this moment.

His grasp of timing, utilization of terrain, and control of skills were all at their peak.

This was the pinnacle of Glory's top players.

And this match was a duel between the two top players in Glory.

After Ye Xiu defeated two Blue Rain players in a row, the atmosphere was truly ignited at this moment.

In those two rounds, although there was Song Xiao's steady defense and Lu Hanwen's fearless retreat, Ye Xiu's victory seemed to come so easily, without anyone feeling the tense atmosphere of the playoffs, at least that's how it looked on the field.

But now, Ye Xiu versus Huang Shaotian, Lord Grim versus Troubling Rain, a high-tempo attack and gorgeous action scenes, this was what a high-end duel should look like!

However, at this time, Huang Shaotian's performance was brilliant and commendable. The match was on Xingxin's home turf, so the atmosphere that could be brought up at the scene was limited. Only the Blue Rain die-hard fans in the away stands cheered the loudest.

Chun Yi Lao, Lan He, Ru Ye Han, Bi Yan Fei, Xi Zhou, and so on.

These Blue Brook Guild management figures had also followed the team on their expedition in the final stage of the season. This was considered a benefit given to them by the club, but at the same time, they would also be the organizers and main force leading the Blue Rain fans at the scene to cheer for the team.

"Huang Shao!!!" The Blue Rain fans, under their leadership, shouted. Chun Yi Lao personally held the big flag embroidered with the Blue Rain team emblem, waving it vigorously in the air.

Lan He, who was sitting next to him, was also very excited. Although his shouts were not particularly loud, his profession in the game was swordsman. This was his favorite profession, and Huang Shaotian was his favorite player.

And now, Huang Shaotian's opponent was Ye Xiu, the Lord Grim who had dealt with them in the game and made them spit blood countless times.

The Blue Brook Pavilion members had long hoped that the team's professional players could vent their anger. They enjoyed watching Blue Rain defeat Xingxin twice in the regular season, but unfortunately, Ye Xiu remained undefeated in the individual competition against their Blue Rain twice.

Then, in the playoffs, he neatly defeated them both.

Chun Yi Lao and Lan He were extremely depressed in the audience. Could it be that even their professional players couldn't deal with this guy?

But now, their core, their god Huang Shaotian, was on the field. Although Blue Rain was now behind by two points, and although Ye Xiu had defeated two people in a row, and was already at a disadvantage in terms of health and mana in the third match, Huang Shaotian's wonderful performance still made them excited and proud.

Did you see that! This is our Blue Rain's god! Lan He thought with incomparable pride.