Chapter 11 The Tables Turn

In the match, Steamed Bun Invasion was as spirited as when he first came on, still circling around Lin Yi's Wan Jian Gui Yi, occasionally throwing out a strange move, which Lin Yi calmly received. But that was all. The situation on the field hadn't changed because of this. Lin Yi was firmly in control. How else would even the average audience be so certain of the outcome of this match so early on?

Xiao Jie watched this scene and smiled.

"He's quite tenacious," he said.

"Tenacious? Then you're mistaken. He's not being tenacious, because he hasn't even started considering giving up or persisting. He's just continuing to follow his rhythm. I don't deny that Lin Yi currently has the situation in his grasp, but to talk about winning or losing, it's still too early."

"Heh heh." Xiao Jie smiled, with an expression that disdained arguing. Clearly, in his opinion, Ye Xiu was just deceiving himself. In this situation, he was still saying it was too early to tell who would win or lose?

Xiao Jie's gaze returned to the match on the screen. On the screen, Steamed Bun Invasion used another unreasonable, strange move. A Powerful Knee Strike suddenly slammed towards Wan Jian Gui Yi. Lin Yi controlled Wan Jian Gui Yi to calmly dodge to the side, ready to counterattack. Who would have thought that Steamed Bun Invasion, who had passed by him, would suddenly turn his head at this moment and shout sternly at Wan Jian Gui Yi?

Rogue skill: Intimidation.

Intimidation doesn't deal direct damage. It's a mental-type status skill. The effect is to reduce the target's attack power. Mental-type skills can't be dodged. They can only be resisted by some corresponding resistance skills, or the mental resistance determined by mental attributes.

From the characteristics and effect of this skill, it could be seen that Steamed Bun's sudden Intimidation at this moment was somewhat inexplicable. Even if he was preparing to fight the opponent in a bloodbath, unexpectedly reducing the opponent's attack power, but coupled with a Powerful Knee Strike that was dodged, the target was affected by the Intimidation, but he himself flew out due to the inertia of the Powerful Knee Strike. Wan Jian Gui Yi's attack power was reduced, but he wasn't unable to move. At this moment, he continued his prepared counterattack, and a Wind Riding Slash chased after Steamed Bun Invasion's back.

Steamed Bun's reaction was fast, but Lin Yi's Wind Riding Slash was timed perfectly, accurately hitting him.

Steamed Bun Invasion was split, sliding to the side. Lin Yi's Wan Jian Gui Yi immediately used Triple Slash, chasing and slashing. Who would have thought that Steamed Bun Invasion, who had just slid away, would stop and then suddenly rebound towards Wan Jian Gui Yi. Lin Yi was stunned. He saw a sword light flash towards him. It was also a Wind Riding Slash, unexpectedly used by Steamed Bun Invasion, a rogue. The attack determination of Triple Slash couldn't compete with Wind Riding Slash at all. Not only was its momentum intercepted, but Wan Jian Gui Yi was also slashed into a stumble.

The audience burst into an uproar. The slower ones were still wondering what class Steamed Bun Invasion was, and how he could use Wind Riding Slash. The quicker ones immediately thought of the new skill added to the rogue class in this update: Tit for Tat.

Tit for Tat, a status-type skill, disappears when damaged by an attack, but it allows the character to remember the skill and appear in the character's skill list. The skill effect and number of uses are determined by the Tit for Tat skill level. The mana consumed when using this skill is twice the original skill's consumption.

Clearly, Steamed Bun Invasion was in the Tit for Tat state just now, so when he was hit by Wind Riding Slash, he remembered this skill and returned it to his opponent. But looking at it this way, another problem arose. He used Tit for Tat, then opened Intimidation, and then stole the opponent's attack skill under the Intimidation state. In this way, the Wind Riding Slash that Steamed Bun Invasion obtained had its power reduced after being Intimidated. The counterattack was effective, but the previous Intimidation was even more inexplicable.

But even so, relying on this Wind Riding Slash that he stole and caught Lin Yi off guard with, Steamed Bun seized an opportunity to counterattack and was launching a fierce attack.

The Happy fans immediately perked up, shouting Steamed Bun's name and cheering him on. But on Happy's player bench, Sun Zheping frowned. He was still replaying the scene just now. Coincidentally, the electronic broadcast screen showed a replay of Steamed Bun's counterattack just now. After watching it again, Sun Zheping leaned close to Ye Xiu, "If there wasn't that Intimidation, that Wind Riding Slash..."

"It would be faster, the impact would be stronger, and it would hit him before Steamed Bun Invasion's Powerful Knee Strike landed. That would be an aerial attack. He would be knocked farther away, and he would need to perform a Ukemi. If he used Wind Riding Slash again, it might not have the same effect as it does now," Ye Xiu said.

"So that guy..."

"Don't ask me if he did it on purpose. I don't know either," Ye Xiu said. And this was the terrifying part of Steamed Bun's unconventional style. An unexpected operation might be a completely useless move, but it might also be a clever key. When it becomes a useless move, you can mock it at will, but when it becomes a key, it will become a decisive flash of inspiration. And this flash of inspiration is hard to guard against. Someone as strong as Sun Zheping needed to ponder it afterwards. In the fleeting moment of the match, how many people could grasp this subtlety in an instant?

Steamed Bun's wave of counterattacks made Xiao Jie's expression a bit ugly. However, Lin Yi was still a very steady player, and he quickly survived Steamed Bun's counterattack and regained control of the situation. Steamed Bun's wave of counterattacks seemed like a desperate struggle. Xiao Jie breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Happy again with some smugness. Seeing Ye Xiu also turn his head to meet him, he immediately smiled and said, "He can indeed give people surprises!"

"That's why you find him particularly interesting, right?" Ye Xiu smiled.

"Yes." Xiao Jie nodded, but then he heard a sudden exclamation in the stadium. Xiao Jie quickly turned his head and saw Lin Yi's Wan Jian Gui Yi being pinned to the ground by Steamed Bun Invasion, receiving a violent barrage of Overlord Body Fist, his nose and face swollen.

What was going on?

Xiao Jie was shocked. How could the situation that had just been stabilized suddenly change again?

The electronic screen happened to show a replay of that moment just now.

Powerful Knee Strike, another Powerful Knee Strike. And this time, the two sides were close to each other. Lin Yi's Wan Jian Gui Yi was in the middle of a combo, using a Reverse Thrust. The sword circle of the Reverse Thrust cut out a series of blood flowers from Steamed Bun Invasion, but Steamed Bun Invasion just forcefully broke through the sword circle and then suddenly unleashed an Overlord Body Fist, knocking Wan Jian Gui Yi to the ground in mid-air. Then came the scene before their eyes.

Xiao Jie was a little dumbfounded.

If you were talking about a desperate struggle, one struggle would be enough. Who would desperately struggle again and again without end? If you struggled like this, it could only explain one thing: this person couldn't die.

Could it be that the outcome was really premature to say? This thought flashed through Xiao Jie's mind, but he didn't dare to accept it. In terms of equipment, they were stronger. In terms of players, they were also more stable. In terms of the situation on the field, they had always been at an advantage. Just looking at the current health of the two characters, Steamed Bun Invasion, who had just desperately struggled twice, hadn't regained much. Wind Riding Slash, you had to be hit first to steal it. Reverse Thrust, Steamed Bun Invasion had just eaten the whole set. The damage from this skill was also quite considerable. In addition, with the suppression under Lin Yi's advantageous situation before, Wan Jian Gui Yi's health was still half a bar ahead of Steamed Bun Invasion. Could he really be turned around by this guy?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

At this time, Xiao Jie no longer cared about showing off his superior smile to Happy. He stared at the screen, watching his own side still leading by a section, but he couldn't help but panic.

Xiao Jie's panic was very worthwhile. In the following match, Steamed Bun actually began to reverse the situation little by little. The steady Lin Yi seemed to be unable to control the situation. Whenever Steamed Bun appeared to jump out of line, he could cause damage to Wan Jian Gui Yi. Although he could occasionally give a counterattack, it was obviously not as efficient as Steamed Bun's offensive.

Xiao Jie's expression became more and more uneasy. There was even some anger in his eyes. It seemed that he was quite dissatisfied with Lin Yi's performance. It was a pity that this anger couldn't be transmitted to the field. The health bars of the two characters approached, approached, approached, approaching little by little. Finally, when both sides had 8% health, they completely tied.

The Happy fan club had completely gone crazy. They were knocking everything they could use to knock on everything that could create noise, and under Tian Qi's organized command, they were chanting "Steamed Bun" in a rhythmic tone.

Steamed Bun didn't disappoint them, but Lin Yi's performance, compared to his performance at the beginning of the match, gradually began to disappoint people. The Zhuxian fan club was still cheering for their captain, but when Steamed Bun Invasion's health bar was 5% ahead of Wan Jian Gui Yi's 3%, they really couldn't sit still. How could they lose such a good situation?

However, whether it was 5% or 3% health, it was within the range of being taken away in one wave. The match had reached this point. It depended on who could seize the last opportunity.

The fans of both sides, the players of both sides, had stood up, staring at the match on the screen.

Steamed Bun Invasion!

In the last moment, it was Steamed Bun Invasion who shone again. It was another unconventional, strange operation that helped him capture the opportunity again. Wan Jian Gui Yi, with only 3% health, finally couldn't hold on until the next opportunity came. In the first round of the individual competition, Steamed Bun Invasion won.

"Oh oh oh oh!!!" The Happy fan club was in a joyous uproar, and the players were also high-fiving each other. On the Zhuxian side, there was some gloom, but this was the individual competition. Losing with only 5% health left wasn't too bad in terms of the overall situation. Even so, the Zhuxian captain Lin Yi was severely reprimanded by the boss Xiao Jie when he came down from the field.

"How did you fight? You were at such an advantage, but you were still overturned by your opponent? How can you set an example for your other teammates like this?"

"I'm sorry..." Lin Yi had a trace of exhaustion on his face, but he could only silently endure the boss's anger.

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