Bang! Bang!

One shot, one explosion.

A spike grenade blossomed in the air like fireworks, falling like raindrops. The canyon was instantly filled with the fiery light of explosions. And that wasn't the end of it. Various shells followed, falling from above, looking like shadows that grew larger and larger until, with a roar, they exploded.

From her high vantage point, Dancing Rain bombarded the canyon until it was filled with smoke. The Tyranny team did have five members, but with such a height difference, a five-on-one could become a one-on-one. Only Zhang Jiale's Dazzling Hundred Flowers could exchange shots with Dancing Rain a couple of times, and even he couldn't use his full strength because the firing range of a Launcher wasn't uniform—bullets could travel farther than grenades. At the height of the canyon, Dazzling Hundred Flowers could shoot bullets but couldn't throw grenades. A Launcher in this state was only a third as effective.

But the Tyranny team didn't panic at all.

They could see the height of both ends of the canyon early on. With Su Mucheng's Launcher on the Happy team, they wouldn't overlook it. If Happy had any ambush, this was the most predictable one. Tyranny was well-prepared and didn't need to communicate to deal with it. First, the characters collectively moved to the bottom of the mountain wall where Dancing Rain was located. The mountain wall wasn't smooth, so forming a vertical line with Dancing Rain greatly hindered her angle of attack. Then, Zhang Jiale's Dazzling Hundred Flowers didn't force a head-on confrontation with Dancing Rain from a weak position. Knowing that the height was insurmountable, he still insisted on throwing a grenade, and then he shot it in mid-air, detonating it.

Dazzling Hundred Flowers' light and shadow spectacularly connected into a line in the air…

"Good technique!" Even Ye Xiu praised in the chat.

Ye Xiu could imitate the Dazzling Hundred Flowers style of play if he had a Launcher, but he knew he couldn't replicate Zhang Jiale's technique because each profession had its specialty. Zhang Jiale had immersed himself in this style of play for so many years, so it wouldn't be easily copied.

The uneven position at the bottom of the mountain wall, combined with the cover of Dazzling Hundred Flowers' light and shadow above, minimized Su Mucheng's threat. The group of five moved quickly along the mountain wall, charging towards Ye Xiu's Lord Grim.

Ye Xiu didn't rush to meet them. Lord Grim moved horizontally, sticking to the other side of the mountain wall and firing long-range shots with the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.

The audience could see that this was too cruel, plainly bullying Tyranny's current lineup.

Tyranny's current five-man group consisted of Han Wenqing and Song Qiying, two close-range attackers, and Lin Jingyan's Rogue, who had some mid-range attacks but wasn't a dedicated mid-range attacker. Most of his skills required close combat. If the three of them wanted to attack Lord Grim, they would have to move towards that end, exposing themselves to Dancing Rain's artillery fire above.

Besides these three and Zhang Xinjie's Cleric, there was also Zhang Jiale's Dazzling Hundred Flowers. The Launcher was a true long-range attacker, but he was using his Dazzling Hundred Flowers' light and shadow like an umbrella to interfere with Dancing Rain's attacks from above. How could he spare the time to attack Lord Grim on this end?

Tyranny's usual starting lineup often included Qin Muyun or Bai Yanfei, who provided a second long-range attack point, but today they started with Song Qiying's River Sunset. Ye Xiu seized on this and made a big deal out of it.

The audience saw that Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng's coordinated attacks, one high and one low, one left and one right, had completely stumped Tyranny. It seemed like they were doomed, but what happened? Tyranny acted like nothing had happened. Lord Grim had run to the other end? Fine, they would ignore him and continue forward.

Ignore Lord Grim? The audience had forgotten that this was an option. So how would that play out?

Lord Grim brazenly started his ranged attacks, first with a Gatling Gun. The muzzle of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella shook wildly, sweeping towards Tyranny, stirring up dust and dirt on the mountain wall. The members of Tyranny were covered in dirt, but so what? A little dirt didn't do much damage. Getting hit by a bullet or two was nothing. Tyranny's advance wasn't hindered at all.

Grenade!

Anti-Tank Gun!

Ye Xiu followed up with heavy attacks from Lord Grim. These explosive attacks had a range, making them difficult to dodge. However, the members of Tyranny weren't ordinary players like those Ye Xiu faced in the tenth server or the Heavenly Domain. He couldn't easily suppress them with skill. They were all familiar with these low-level skills and dodged them while maintaining their formation.

The distance was still a bit far.

Ye Xiu seemed to sense this. To further trouble Tyranny, Lord Grim moved slightly, no longer clinging to the mountain wall.

Floating Bullet, Stun Bullet!

This time, Lord Grim added some effects. Two gunshots rang out, and the bullets hit one after another.

Hit!

Two shots hit.

But the character didn't float or stiffen. Desert Dust activated Steel Bones, using his body to block the bullets.

Then, Lord Grim launched some magic attacks. Tyranny completely ignored anything that didn't have special attack effects. They didn't care much about the damage from the low-level skills of a scattered class.

But even a drop of water could wear through stone. No matter how low the damage, they couldn't ignore it forever. And the path wasn't short!

This was a direction Tyranny hadn't been to yet, but the audience knew from the God's perspective that Ye Xiu and Tang Rou had led Tyranny into what was probably the longest canyon on the map. Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng's high-low and left-right coordination could continue for a long time, but just continuing like this would consume a lot of energy. What's more, Happy had two attackers who hadn't joined the battle yet!

The Tyranny team was patient, but the audience was getting restless, especially Tyranny fans, who felt that the Tyranny players were only enduring because they didn't know the layout of the map, hoping to wait for a turning point. But if they waited until then, the sacrifice would be great. This couldn't continue!

Just as they thought this, Dazzling Hundred Flowers, who had been using Dazzling Hundred Flowers' light and shadow to hold up the sky, suddenly turned his gun and fired a rapid burst of shots at Lord Grim. Desert Dust, River Sunset, and Dark Thunder, three Grappler class characters, charged towards Lord Grim like arrows.

What's wrong?

What happened?

Although they were anxious about Tyranny's situation, when Tyranny suddenly changed their rhythm, Tyranny fans were still apprehensive. Was this sudden outburst due to a turning point? Where was the turning point? Dancing Rain was still there above!

"Hahaha, I know her a hundred times better than you guys!"

Then, in the chat, Ye Xiu left a string of messages. As if at the same time, when Tyranny suddenly broke out, Lord Grim had already begun to retreat, dodging Dazzling Hundred Flowers' shots, flipped up, and pulled a ninja blade from the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, throwing it towards the mountain wall…

In just a few moves, Lord Grim's height had made Han Wenqing and Song Qiying, the two punchers with the shortest attack range, grit their teeth. Lin Jingyan and Zhang Jiale, especially Zhang Jiale, could still use many methods, but at this time, artillery fire continued to sound from above. The firepower seemed to have weakened, but the attacks were concentrated on Dazzling Hundred Flowers. Under this interference, Zhang Jiale's interference with Ye Xiu became extremely poor. Dealing with the Rogue's few mid-range attacks was not difficult for Ye Xiu. Lord Grim jumped a few times, opened the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, and flew directly to the top of the mountain wall with the Mechanical Wings.

"Hello, friends down below!" Ye Xiu continued to provoke.

Zhang Jiale was angry. Dazzling Hundred Flowers emptied a clip of bullets, but Lord Grim just ducked his head and dodged them all. Dancing Rain's firepower seemed to be increasing again. The Tyranny team quickly contracted again, standing under the mountain wall on this end.

The audience reacted at this time.

The Tyranny team wasn't just recklessly going berserk. They were really waiting for an opportunity. The opportunity came from Dancing Rain's skill cooldown!

After a wave of attacks, some skills would definitely enter cooldown. Having a beautiful skill cycle was essential to ensure output. PVE players in online games definitely understood this when fighting bosses. But the PK arena was different, because PK was ever-changing. The fixed output skill combinations in PVE might not be possible to use in one go in PK, especially in team competitions with many people.

However, Dancing Rain was high above today, almost without any interference. If Su Mucheng were to use an uninterrupted output system like when PVE players fight bosses, she could do three or five sets without any problems.

However, the Tyranny players weren't as easy to deal with as the bosses in online games. Although they were the ones being attacked, the attacked party could also use its defense to restrain the opponent's attacks. The Tyranny five seemed to be walking along the wall, supporting the light and shadow of Dazzling Hundred Flowers, but in fact, their overall movement was attracting and restraining Dancing Rain's firepower. If Su Mucheng wanted to pose a threat to them with firepower, she had to follow the rhythm they set.

In this way, the skills wouldn't achieve a perfect cycle, and the firepower would inevitably decrease due to skill cooldowns.

The Tyranny team clearly grasped this and chose this time to launch an attack, but they didn't expect Ye Xiu to see it even more clearly than them.

Lord Grim retreated, and Dancing Rain's remaining firepower wasn't enough to suppress the Tyranny five, but it was enough to interfere when concentrated in one corner. Thus, they restricted the only long-range attacker in the Tyranny five, Dazzling Hundred Flowers, and successfully covered Lord Grim's retreat directly from the mountain wall.

Hidden within the seemingly ordinary change was a great secret. The more skilled ordinary viewers saw that Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain had many skills on cooldown, but they couldn't see that this was the result of Tyranny's guiding rhythm. This wasn't the opportunity they were waiting for, but a move they had deliberately made.

The chess move was good, but it was still dismantled by Ye Xiu.

"It's finally my turn!" Fang Rui's message popped up in the public chat. Happy's next move was coming.