Chapter 167 In Pursuit

Although Zhang Jiale's dazzling attack with Dazzling Hundred Flowers failed to completely trap Tang Rou's Soft Mist, it certainly created a considerable obstruction. Continual changes in direction to evade still consumed a lot of Tang Rou's APM, allowing Team Tyranny to close the distance overall. Then, although the concussion grenade was perhaps sped up slightly by Tang Rou's one-step maneuver, it still successfully disrupted Soft Mist's rhythm. Although the blown-away Soft Mist flew forward, it was still at an angle. With the two sides situated in a valley, with cliffs on either side, Soft Mist didn't fly far before crashing into the mountainside.

Lin Jingyan's Dark Thunder had precisely foreseen this, suddenly accelerating to charge out. Although this somewhat broke formation, the situation on the field was ever-changing, and formations were meant to be constantly adjusted and altered according to the circumstances. Dark Thunder's breaking of formation was a change specifically for the current situation.

Ma Needle!

As Dark Thunder charged out, he discreetly flicked his wrist, and a needle flew out.

These flight projectiles as fine as ox hair were already extremely difficult to spot. Lin Jingyan took the opportunity to use the light and shadows created by Dazzling Hundred Flowers' attacks as cover. Not to mention Tang Rou, even the broadcasters with the most comprehensive view didn't notice the attack at first, and were kept in the dark along with the vast majority of the audience.

Tang Rou was completely unaware, and she didn't have much energy to keep her eyes on all sides.

The speed at which she was blown away by the concussion grenade was extremely fast. Soft Mist was already close to the cliff face in the blink of an eye, but just as everyone thought that a collision was inevitable, Soft Mist suddenly shrank her body.

Roll!

She completed a roll on the cliff face, performing a Ukemi (receiving break fall)!

The impact was neutralized in this way. Soft Mist's landing was perfectly controlled, and there was a faint sound behind her, as the ma needle that Dark Thunder had shot out finally hit the mountain wall.

Only then did everyone realize that Dark Thunder had already made a move in secret. The television replays quickly reviewed what time the needle had been released, while the audience was even more shocked by Tang Rou's acute senses. But this time, what they thought was a bit too much. Tang Rou hadn't noticed this needle either, but the daring Ukemi operation had accidentally avoided the dangerous attack that would have paralyzed her character.

This is too fierce, right?

Countless people sighed with emotion, but the Team Tyranny players on the field didn't fall into this shock. The entire team's movement sped up in that instant. The fastest was Dark Thunder. The ma needle missed, and a powerful knee strike shot out from within the unscattered explosive light and shadows, the attacks connected so closely. If the needle missed, the person had arrived!

Soft Mist hadn't stabilized herself at this time and didn't have time to move and dodge. She hurriedly held her battle lance horizontally to block, wanting to use a parry to maintain her balance and then use the powerful knee strike's impact to create character movement.

Bang!

Dark Thunder had already crashed into the Fire Dance Splitting the Sky that Soft Mist was holding up. Soft Mist's figure swayed, and Tang Rou immediately realized something was wrong. This powerful knee strike that Lin Jingyan used was so fast, but at the moment of the final hit, there was a downward force. At the very last moment, he had adjusted the skill's attack angle, not wanting to let the other party borrow force to retreat but wanting to suppress the target on the spot with one knee.

Tang Rou was truly perceptive. When she noticed this, her actions followed suit. Soft Mist's body sank down, and then she rolled backward.

The hoped-for leverage to shift position failed to happen, but at least she wasn't directly pressed down by Lin Jingyan's tampered strong knee strike. This sinking and then rolling back, after withstanding the damage after the parry, finally resolved all of the attack's effects.

Ordinary viewers couldn't see the small tricks that Lin Jingyan had hidden in this powerful knee strike. They only thought that the attack had come too quickly and too tightly, and Tang Rou was forced to respond hastily.

Just a backward roll was indeed not ideal. Lin Jingyan had successfully taken the initiative, and a backward roll didn't escape Dark Thunder's attack range. The strong knee strike hadn't achieved Lin Jingyan's most anticipated effect, but by this point, Tang Rou could be said to have been left behind. The next few attacks would prevent her from breaking free, and Team Tyranny would charge forward. This was the most favorable situation for Team Tyranny.

Brick Throw!

Lin Jingyan indeed seized the opportunity. When Soft Mist rolled and hadn't gotten up yet, Dark Thunder threw a brick out of his hand. However, Tang Rou knew that her situation was worrying at this time. While rolling, she desperately locked her vision towards Dark Thunder. She saw the brick throw clearly, and while rolling, the Fire Dance Splitting the Sky swayed and actually knocked the brick to the side with the spear tail. The attack judgment of flight projectiles was mostly very weak.

Lin Jingyan seemed to have expected this. The moment Soft Mist knocked away the brick, Dark Thunder stepped forward quickly, and both hands pushed out, directly using the ultimate skill Tyrannical Chain Punch to knock Soft Mist down directly.

Unexpectedly, Soft Mist's Fire Dance Splitting the Sky, after knocking the brick away, didn't stop. Instead, she continued to swing it out.

Dominating Sweep!

The moment Soft Mist had just knocked away the brick, it was already the starting move for an attack skill. At this time, the Dominating Sweep unfolded, and the fire-attribute Fire Dance Splitting the Sky flashed out like a ray of fire. Although the Tyrannical Chain Punch was an ultimate skill, it didn't have the super-strong judgment of skills like the Dragon Breaks the Army during its charge. This Dominating Sweep was enough to interrupt his pounce.

Lin Jingyan didn't expect that the brick he had thrown would be countered. Seeing that he was about to be swept away, he quickly canceled the skill. Dark Thunder leaned to the side, dodging the attack, but unfortunately wasting an ultimate skill.

Soft Mist had already retreated to create distance at this time. However, although Dark Thunder's attacks hadn't achieved their final intention, they had created enough interference, just like the attacks of Dazzling Hundred Flowers before. After this Dominating Sweep, she had managed to create some distance between herself and Dark Thunder, but Dazzling Hundred Flowers' attacks had already been launched again with ease. On the other side, Han Wenqing's Desert Dust had also quickly approached.

Subduing Tiger, Soaring Dragon! (An attack involving a leaping knee strike)

Han Wenqing didn't move, but when he did, he was extremely decisive. Desert Dust was even faster than Dazzling Hundred Flowers' bullets, flying towards Soft Mist.

The Subduing Tiger, Soaring Dragon had a strong judgment. After the previous lesson of the powerful knee strike, Tang Rou didn't dare to borrow strength easily. In the application of these small tricks, she was still too immature compared to these veterans.

Dodge.

Desert Dust was later, so he was a little further away, and Tang Rou had space to complete the dodge. Desert Dust's legs kicked empty, passing by Soft Mist. Even if this attack didn't hit, Desert Dust's landing would completely cut off Tang Rou's retreat.

As a result, Soft Mist thrust out the Fire Dance Splitting the Sky at the moment Desert Dust flew past.

Circle Swing!

Tang Rou realized this and tried to pull the Desert Dust in mid-air directly back.

This circle swing was extremely precise. Just as it was about to hit, Soft Mist suddenly jumped to the side, and the circle swing missed. However, a sacred white flame then ignited at Soft Mist's position.

Holy Fire!

The light of the inverted cross star in Immovable Rock's hand seemed to have not yet finished flowing, which was why he used this skill, forcing Tang Rou to give up the circle swing.

Desert Dust landed, turned around, and the heroic figure revealed an aura of being a one-man pass, making people feel that as long as he stood there, no one would be able to pass through this canyon again.

Dazzling Hundred Flowers' attacks had also caught up in the blink of an eye. Tang Rou, who had skillfully dodged the Holy Fire, didn't have any time to catch her breath. Soft Mist ran quickly, dodging the dense rain of ranged attacks from Dazzling Hundred Flowers. Lin Jingyan's Dark Thunder and Han Wenqing's Desert Dust had already formed a pincer attack on Soft Mist, keeping their distance and not immediately charging forward, just for the sake of being more cautious. Zhang Xinjie's Immovable Rock, under the close protection of Song Qiying's Long River Sunset, had also quickly caught up.

One against five, truly one against five.

Not maintaining harassment outside the safety line, not probing attacks to contain. At this time, Tang Rou was still trapped by Team Tyranny. These veterans hadn't missed opportunities because of caution. Their caution only allowed them to choose to strike at a more perfect moment.

After finally ensuring the encirclement was correct, Team Tyranny completely let go, and the offensive fully launched!

How long would it take to annihilate a character with this kind of encirclement?

It was difficult to give a standard answer. Compared to the five people who had the absolute advantage of executing the encirclement and annihilation, the response of the surrounded player was probably more critical.

Awareness, reaction, actions... all were crucial at this moment, but more importantly, there was also the player's will.

One against five...

No one would think that this was an equation that could hold true. Too many people would directly choose to give up in the face of such a situation.

Tang Rou didn't, and probably no professional player would easily give up in such a crucial match.

But the situation Tang Rou was facing at this time was especially difficult.

She was resolutely using all her skills to persevere, without any strategic goals, and without knowing if there was any hope of a turnaround.

Soft Mist's life was constantly being consumed, but her struggle within the encirclement was so clear.

Protect yourself.

For some reason, many people suddenly thought of the extremely understated words that Ye Xiu had left to Tang Rou before.

One against five, protect yourself.

Everyone just took these words as a casual blessing, but now it seemed that they were becoming Tang Rou's sustenance, and she was trying her best to carry out these words in such an encirclement.

Hold on...

Countless people began to be moved, because they probably understood the situation better than Tang Rou on the field. They could see from God's perspective that the other four members of Team Happy were sprinting towards here, which was hope for Tang Rou.

However, sprinting at full speed meant giving up overall movement. Only in this way could the character's speed be maximized. For example, now, the fastest of the four members of Team Happy was undoubtedly Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, using skills to move continuously, completely shaking off the other three. In a time that exceeded ordinary people's imagination, he quickly arrived at this battlefield.

But in that case, wouldn't it also be two against five? Compared to one against five, it didn't seem like much of a salvage to the situation. But Ye Xiu just let Lord Grim rush up, and after being quickly captured by Team Tyranny, he didn't make any cover or hide, rushing straight.

"I'm coming!" He announced in the public channel.

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