Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1480 Hurricane Cannon
Boom!
Explosions lit up the forest. This was the final stretch, and there was no need to conserve mana excessively. Moreover, Gunners had a certain area of effect even with their regular attacks. The resolute Su Mucheng was now a destroyer in the forest, her cannon fire sweeping through everything. Mu Yu Cheng Feng advanced steadily in the direction Yu Ye Sheng Fan had fled.
As she reached the spot where Yu Ye Sheng Fan had hidden behind the tree, a sword light slashed out from her side.
Huang Shaotian was also known as the "Demon Blade," a nickname he earned because he often seized opportunities that others missed and launched attacks in situations others deemed impossible.
These impossible feats gave his accomplishments a touch of the bizarre. Over time, the nickname "Demon Blade" was born.
At this moment, only those with a God's-eye view would have realized that Huang Shaotian, who had just decided to retreat and rebuild his offensive, immediately abandoned his original plan upon seeing Su Mucheng closing in and quickly set up an ambush along the pursuit route. Even if this new decision was logical, Huang Shaotian's reaction was just too fast, so fast that people were not used to it.
But speed could indeed catch people off guard even more.
Su Mucheng was truly caught off guard when that sword light flashed out.
The blade descended, and Mu Yu Cheng Feng staggered sideways.
Bengshan Ji (Mountain Crash)!
Yu Ye Sheng Fan brandished his sword to continue the attack, but once again, he was met with the muzzle of Mu Yu Cheng Feng's cannon.
Su Mucheng did not let up her aggressive stance just because she had attacked Huang Shaotian. Her first reaction at this moment was to counterattack Huang Shaotian.
"What hit you so hard?"
Huang Shaotian yelled, somewhat frantically. Yu Ye Sheng Fan retracted his move in mid-air, changing Bengshan Ji (Mountain Crash) to Yin Guang Luo Ren (Silver Light Falling Blade), and plunged to the side with a swoosh.
Boom!
The cannon indeed fired an attack. Although it could not prevent the slash of Bengshan Ji (Mountain Crash), Huang Shaotian really did not want to exchange blows with Su Mucheng at this moment.
"Was it not me who offended you?"
His message was mixed with his attack. The flash of Yin Guang Luo Ren (Silver Light Falling Blade) was perfectly timed, avoiding the cannon blast and ensuring that the resulting shockwave still affected Mu Yu Cheng Feng.
Mu Yu Cheng Feng took advantage of the momentum to roll, dissolving the force of the slash and the shockwave of Yin Guang Luo Ren (Silver Light Falling Blade). A grenade rolled out during her tumble.
"..."
Huang Shaotian was speechless and could only make Yu Ye Sheng Fan jump back to dodge. He could not dodge by moving forward, so he had to move backward.
"Is there a greater offense than standing in the way of our championship?" Su Mucheng replied.
"In that case, it seems I've offended you quite a bit!" Huang Shaotian retorted.
Yu Ye Sheng Fan leaped back gently, narrowly avoiding the grenade's explosion and launching a counterattack at the last moment.
Nifeng Ci (Headwind Thrust)!
Yu Ye Sheng Fan jumped forward, his body rotating vertically in the air, dodging a cannonball fired by Mu Yu Cheng Feng. His sword formed a circle, aiming at Mu Yu Cheng Feng.
This sword hit solidly.
In close combat, the swordsman definitely had the advantage over the gunner, no matter what.
Although Su Mucheng had suppressed Huang Shaotian to some extent with her aggressive performance, being suppressed in close combat by a gunner was a disgrace. It would be embarrassing even for ordinary players. However, the Sword Saint's mentality remained calm even after being bullied like this.
He clearly grasped what Su Mucheng could rely on.
There was a reason for her aggressive stance. Su Mucheng was not just impulsively charging forward like a gunner playing the role of a knight.
Because of the disparity in health, Su Mucheng dared to make choices in close combat that would normally be disadvantageous to her. Huang Shaotian, in this situation, had to avoid those choices, making him appear somewhat disheveled.
And now, knowing that Su Mucheng would fight this way, he calmly made his judgment. He dodged Su Mucheng's intention and then launched an attack.
Nifeng Ci (Headwind Thrust) hit, and Huang Shaotian followed up with a Sheng Long Zhan (Rising Dragon Strike) for Yu Ye Sheng Fan!
This sword did not strike Mu Yu Cheng Feng, but Yu Ye Sheng Fan's rising figure just barely avoided Mu Yu Cheng Feng's continued attack while she was staggering.
"Oh oh oh!!!"
The audience gasped at this incredibly thrilling moment.
Sheng Long Zhan (Rising Dragon Strike) carried Yu Ye Sheng Fan behind Mu Yu Cheng Feng. At this moment, he twisted his body in the air and executed Luo Feng Zhan (Falling Phoenix Strike)!
His body was not twisted completely, making the Luo Feng Zhan (Falling Phoenix Strike) awkward and ugly. However, the sword light accurately struck toward the top of Mu Yu Cheng Feng's head, and she had not yet recovered from the stagger caused by the Nifeng Ci (Headwind Thrust)!
This was the pace of battle for top professional players.
The difference between them and ordinary players was clear and decisive. Ordinary players could not possibly connect Sheng Long Zhan (Rising Dragon Strike) and Luo Feng Zhan (Falling Phoenix Strike) so quickly after a Nifeng Ci (Headwind Thrust).
Swish!
The sword light flashed down, and Mu Yu Cheng Feng was knocked to the ground.
The audience erupted in applause.
Huang Shaotian's initial performance against Su Mucheng had worried them to death, but now it seemed that Huang Shaotian had found his rhythm.
Mu Yu Cheng Feng rolled to defuse the attack, while Yu Ye Sheng Fan began to move diagonally. Huang Shaotian believed that Su Mucheng would launch an attack at this moment. Therefore, the position he ultimately chose was not the fastest way to approach Mu Yu Cheng Feng, but rather a position that Mu Yu Cheng Feng could not attack from during her roll.
Close, but not too close.
For a gunner who was not skilled in close combat, a distance of one, two, or three steps was all close combat, preventing him from utilizing his long-range advantages. Therefore, Huang Shaotian was not rushing too much. The final distance might be slightly further, but Su Mucheng's aggressive counterattack would be rendered useless.
Huang Shaotian was indeed not an opponent to be taken down easily.
While rolling, Su Mucheng wanted to launch an attack, but when she saw Huang Shaotian turn Yu Ye Sheng Fan to the side, preventing her attack from adjusting, she understood that Huang Shaotian had adjusted based on her attack rhythm.
Therefore, Mu Yu Cheng Feng rolled again after rolling.
Rolling and tumbling, Mu Yu Cheng Feng rolled out an arc on the ground.
"Hahaha, is that the sneaky movement you learned from Fang Rui?" Huang Shaotian laughed.
Thinking about Su Mucheng's beautiful image, crawling on the ground like Fang Rui, was indeed unbearable. Huang Shaotian's words were completely destroying the goddess in one second.
He was not too worried about this kind of movement. Fang Rui was an opponent they had studied for many years. If it was truly a sneaky style passed down from Fang Rui, it would not catch a player with Huang Shaotian's experience off guard.
While mocking him verbally, he was actually extremely focused, paying attention to Mu Yu Cheng Feng's movements during her roll, avoiding the angles from which she could attack, and continuing to close in.
Just as Yu Ye Sheng Fan successfully closed in and was about to attack, he heard a "shoo" sound.
This sound was a bit muffled, a bit long, and seemed to have some reverberation, coming from the cannon barrel with a friction sound.
This was…
Huang Shaotian's mind flashed, but the skill ultimately appeared faster than he could react.
Finally, the cannonball left the barrel with a whooshing sound.
Jufeng Pao (Hurricane Cannon)!
A Gunner's level 75 skill.
Huang Shaotian reacted at this moment and was about to make Yu Ye Sheng Fan dodge to the side, but it was already too late.
Mu Yu Cheng Feng had fired this cannon directly at the ground while rolling. After the whooshing sound, a hurricane immediately rose, centered on Mu Yu Cheng Feng's position. Mu Yu Cheng Feng was launched into the air, and the hurricane rapidly expanded. Yu Ye Sheng Fan, trying to retreat, had only managed to take half a step before being caught in the hurricane and sucked into the center.
The hurricane cannonball was still spinning wildly on the ground. The strong hurricane seemed to originate from the ripples on the cannonball. But Huang Shaotian had no time to appreciate this. As soon as Yu Ye Sheng Fan lost control of his body, he knew he was in trouble. He could not control the character to make any movements. He could only barely raise his viewing angle a bit, so he saw Mu Yu Cheng Feng, lifted into the air by the force of the cannon, with the dark muzzle aimed at the eye of the storm, aiming at him once again.
Boom!
At the same time as the hurricane cannonball exploded, Mu Yu Cheng Feng's cannon fired a quantum cannon that had been charging. In the firelight of the explosion, there was another layer of energy explosion fluctuations. The recoil generated by the quantum cannon after charging was extremely powerful. If this attack was used on flat ground, the character would even need to take a step back to release this powerful recoil, otherwise, they would be knocked to the ground.
At this moment, Mu Yu Cheng Feng, who was in mid-air, released this cannon, which had been charging early, in coordination with the explosion of the hurricane cannon at the highest point. The character was pushed even higher, shooting into the sky like a cannonball.
The audience saw all of this very clearly. But what about Huang Shaotian? After a burst of explosions, his view was filled with the light and smoke of the explosions.
What about Mu Yu Cheng Feng?
After escaping from the explosion, he quickly scanned his surroundings 360 degrees, but he did not find her.
She was above!
The observers at the scene wished they could rush up and tear at Huang Shaotian's ears to tell him, while Mu Yu Cheng Feng had already fallen, with the dark muzzle locked on the target once again. She was not in a hurry to fire. She was waiting for a distance, waiting for a distance that even Huang Shaotian could not dodge.
Almost there!
Su Mucheng predicted accurately and immediately began to operate the skill to prepare for the attack, but Yu Ye Sheng Fan, who was still looking around cautiously, suddenly raised his sword.
Po Kong Shi (Air-Breaking Strike)!
A sword pointed to the sky.
The sword energy was sharp, and the extremely powerful Po Kong Shi (Air-Breaking Strike) instantly disrupted Mu Yu Cheng Feng's figure in mid-air.
Did they really not know Mu Yu Cheng Feng was above? Those who held this idea underestimated Huang Shaotian after all.
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A little bit late!