Lost. And lost quite helplessly.

Although Qin Muyun’s style of play wasn’t the fiercely aggressive one that Ba Tu fans loved most, they still greatly enjoyed a victory where the opponent was left utterly helpless. The arena roared with cheers, welcoming Mo Fan as he stepped down.

This wasn’t the first time he and Qin Muyun had faced off one-on-one. Though he had ultimately emerged victorious last time, it was also in the individual competition. Back then, Qin Muyun’s Lingxia Jiudu only had eleven percent of its health remaining. In the end, Mo Fan’s Destroyer Tirelessly lost half his health to take him down, making him the one who suffered more.

This time, the two faced each other with equal stats, and in the end, Mo Fan was utterly defeated.

Thirty-one percent.

That was the amount of health Destroyer Tirelessly took away from Lingxia Jiudu when he fell. It could barely be considered a third.

This was his performance facing Qin Muyun once again. Returning to the player seats, even his usually poker-faced expression was tinged with a hint of unwillingness.

Su Mucheng, who was probably closest to him among the group, patted him to offer comfort. After a period of intense internal struggle, Mo Fan raised his head, ready to speak, but Su Mucheng was already gone from his side.

"I'm going on," Su Mucheng said, greeting everyone before heading towards the stage. The next player for Xingxin was her.

Mo Fan was stunned. He finally got ready to say something, but…

"Any questions?" Suddenly, a voice sounded beside him. Mo Fan turned his head and saw Ye Xiu asking him.

Mo Fan turned his head back, seemingly struggling with whether or not to speak. Ye Xiu didn't say anything, patiently waiting on the side.

"What should I do?" Mo Fan didn't turn his head back, but he finally spoke.

"Learn from him," Ye Xiu replied.

"That'll let me beat him?"

"Don't limit your vision to just this one opponent. You'll have many opponents. Learn from him, not just to defeat him, but to continue improving and achieve more victories," Ye Xiu said. Qin Muyun was an obstacle Mo Fan was currently facing. The kind of qualities he possessed, honed from a professional training camp, were precisely what Mo Fan, with his self-taught background, lacked. If Mo Fan could incorporate many of Qin Muyun's qualities into his own, his individual combat strength would greatly improve. Just take Qin Muyun's excellent positioning and footwork. If Mo Fan could learn some of that, his firework-style of play would become more rational and threatening.

Ye Xiu hoped that Mo Fan could realize this, but Mo Fan fell silent again. Ye Xiu waited for a while, and seeing that he didn't intend to say anything more, he didn't say anything either.

"Give it a try!" Leaving that final sentence, Ye Xiu left. As for Mo Fan, he stared at the upcoming match on stage, lost in thought.

The fifth match of the individual competition was Su Mucheng against Qin Muyun, a gun-type class internal battle.

The match began with crisp gunshots and roaring cannons. As soon as they entered the map, the two ranged characters, who didn't even need to move to attack each other, began their assaults.

The Gunner's range was even greater than the Sharpshooter's, but it was useless on this stage. The Sharpshooter’s high rate of fire and high burst damage allowed Lingxia Jiudu to attack more coherently and densely at this time. Multiple sparks instantly bloomed around Mu Yu Chengfeng. What about Lingxia Jiudu? The first cannon shell had just exploded. Although a single cannon shell could cover a range, Lingxia Jiudu had already dodged it cleanly with a roll, and his shooting didn't stop at all during the process.

Unfavorable!

It was still unfavorable for Xingxin. Lingxia Jiudu's constant positioning and continuous shooting didn't delay either offense or defense, obviously more threatening than Mu Yu Chengfeng. Qin Muyun was even having Lingxia Jiudu close the distance. Gunners needed to be ranged, but what about Sharpshooters? There was also a gun-kata style of play at close range. Closing the distance was also putting pressure on Su Mucheng. But on this map, she had no way to increase the distance to alleviate this pressure. The Sharpshooter's gun-kata might be less sticky than regular melee classes, but the controllable range was greater.

What should she do?

Mo Fan had just asked himself this question, and now he was starting to worry about Su Mucheng.

The situation on the field changed rapidly, with no time for the kind of patient conversation Ye Xiu and Mo Fan had. Decisions had to be made instantly. And Su Mucheng's answer was: Explode!

Mu Yu Chengfeng's attack rhythm suddenly increased by several levels. A large-scale bombardment instantly enveloped Lingxia Jiudu. Qin Muyun quickly maneuvered Lingxia Jiudu to move, but Mu Yu Chengfeng's attacks seemed to have some kind of precise guidance, relentlessly biting at Lingxia Jiudu.

A line of fire?!

Someone saw that this was the fire-power eruption that a Gunner's line of fire should have. But how was this distance possible? The distance limit of a line of fire wasn't due to the player's technique, but restricted by the Gunner's slow pace in loading and firing skills. At too close a distance, the Gunner's offensive couldn't be coherent. But at this time, Mu Yu Chengfeng's eruption seemed to break this set limit.

"How could this be?" Pan Lin in the broadcast was already dumbfounded, and Li Yibo also had a headache. He only vaguely noticed something. He needed time to think and organize, but with the fast pace of this individual competition between Xingxin and Ba Tu, by the time he finished organizing, the next match would probably already be over, right?

"Distance isn't constant..." In the end, the professional players on the sidelines were more high-end. On the Ba Tu player bench, Zhang Xinjie had already noticed the reason. Some subtle changes might escape the eyes of ordinary people, but he would never miss them.

"Su Mucheng is using some skills that can erupt quickly in the first wave. During the process, the character borrows strength to retreat. In the process of constantly increasing the distance, she constantly chooses suitable skills that can maintain a coherent attack to continue the offensive." As a Gunner expert, Zhang Jiale had great insight in this regard.

"It's a cross-shaped line of fire that can change arbitrarily on the horizontal and vertical axes!" Lin Jingyan said.

"It seems like more than that," Zhang Jiale said.

"Yes..." Lin Jingyan also immediately noticed, "If it's cross-shaped, it shouldn't be able to seal off Muyun's positioning..."

"It's a change in three intersecting lines," Zhang Jiale said.

"Three intersecting lines... a snowflake shape?" Lin Jingyan let his imagination run wild. (For those whose imagination is lacking, look here: *)

A snowflake line of fire!

While commentators Pan Lin and guest Li Yibo were still struggling with a headache, Ba Tu had already come up with a name for Su Mucheng's technique.

"The debate about whether Su Mucheng is a flower vase should stop," Zhang Xinjie said. This kind of skill was the masterpiece of a Gunner's experience and consciousness accumulated to the peak. It wasn't something that just anyone could use.

"Wasn't that already a foregone conclusion?" Zhang Jiale was puzzled. It didn't seem like anyone in the professional circle thought Su Mucheng was a flower vase, right?

"There's always been a debate," Zhang Xinjie said.

"Okay..." Zhang Jiale didn't argue. He knew that Zhang Xinjie's strictness was acting up. If he was to demand that everyone meet his standards, then probably no dispute would ever stop.

"But... just for this match..." Lin Jingyan looked at the situation on the field.

This match wouldn't end because of this. Su Mucheng's performance was already excellent, but unfortunately, on this map, Mu Yu Chengfeng's retreat had an end. Her attack rhythm would be limited at this moment.

"What if we reverse it again?" Zhang Jiale said. Su Mucheng's variable line of fire could retreat, so of course it could also advance, just reversing the order and rhythm of the skills used just now. But after taking another look at the situation, Zhang Jiale found the answer himself: "Muyun noticed this."

Yes, Qin Muyun noticed this possibility. His Lingxia Jiudu was withstanding the strong attack in the line of fire, but his excellent footwork still digested a lot of damage, especially avoiding many attacks that would interrupt his offensive. Qin Muyun stubbornly fought back against the pressure of the Gunner's line of fire. He was maintaining the pressure, he was persevering and waiting for the opportunity. Like the Ba Tu players off the field, he also noticed the problem that Su Mucheng might encounter.

The end... was the corner of the arena. Su Mucheng had initially chosen a position that allowed her to retreat to the farthest distance.

Almost there!

Qin Muyun kept a close eye on Mu Yu Chengfeng's every step. Would she make some changes in advance? Qin Muyun didn't ignore this possibility. He had made a seal against this possibility early on. Mu Yu Chengfeng only had one choice left: retreat to the last corner.

There!

With the last step, Mu Yu Chengfeng had stepped out. The offensive would come to a halt here. Next would be Lingxia Jiudu's strong counterattack, trapping Mu Yu Chengfeng in this final corner.

Boom boom boom...

With the last step, Mu Yu Chengfeng erupted with her final offensive. Su Mucheng, who was obviously very aware of this, didn't hold back at the last moment, throwing out all available skills in one go.

"The final offensive," Zhang Jiale said with emotion. Although they were opponents, this final eruption was undeniably quite tragic.

"That's not right!" This time, Lin Jingyan also noticed the situation.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Jiale, who had relaxed, wasn't focused enough and hadn't noticed yet!

"Lingxia Jiudu's health isn't enough." Han Wenqing, who hadn't participated much in the discussion, said in one word.

Everyone was stunned, including Qin Muyun on the field.

Everyone was fiercely paying attention to Su Mucheng, paying attention to Mu Yu Chengfeng, paying attention to her line of fire, paying attention to how much damage she could do in such a short process.

She performed excellently, but the map was too small, the distance was too short. Being able to do this was already the ultimate.

Everyone thought so, and everyone felt a little sigh and emotion in their hearts. But everyone ignored that this ultimate, in this match, was already enough.

Because Lingxia Jiudu's health wasn't at one hundred percent, because he had already lost thirty-one percent of his health in the match against Destroyer Tirelessly.

Lingxia Jiudu, with sixty-nine percent of his health, ultimately fell in Mu Yu Chengfeng's last wave of fire-power eruption.

"She was tricked. She didn't do her best with the previous lines of fire. She saved her strength in order to accumulate the power of this final eruption," Lin Jingyan said.

"Don't ignore her cunning. This is Ye Xiu's best partner..." Han Wenqing said.