Heaved back by the ultimate move, Ji Leng flipped over and righted himself with a ukemi. But looking over, he saw that Fang Rui’s Hai Wuiliang had no intention of pressing the advantage. Standing there as steady as Mount Tai, the qi from his Qigong Exploding Palm was still flowing, dust swirling around him, projecting the air of a grandmaster, awe-inspiring in his righteousness.

What was going on? Had he really changed his style along with his class?

This hesitation only lasted a second in Zhou Guangyi's mind.

The Qigong Master's image was certainly positive and upright, but the way Fang Rui had fought just now, using Qi Emission to block vision and then taking the chance to launch a sneak attack, how sinister and cunning was that? Wretched style wasn't just a tactic, it included technique, psychology, and many other aspects. Fang Rui was truly someone who had wretched style ingrained in his bones.

But how could such a fellow not seize the opportunity to attack after a powerful move? Although the system's judgment made it difficult to follow up with a combo after an ultimate, there were still chances to take advantage of the momentum. But now, Fang Rui looked like he didn't want to take advantage of someone's misfortune. Hai Wuiliang stood still like a grandmaster, waiting for Ji Leng to get up, waiting for Ji Leng to make a move.

What was strange about this?

Zhou Guangyi had to think!

When a Qigong Exploding Palm from Hai Wuiliang had blown away a quarter of his health, he had once thought that perhaps Fang Rui really didn't have any plans, and was just using reverse psychology to distract his focus. But now, seeing his calm and leisurely demeanor, Zhou Guangyi still couldn't help but hesitate.

Hai Wuiliang didn't move forward, and Ji Leng didn't move either. The two characters stood still, 14 character-lengths apart, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

"Why aren't you moving!" Fang Rui said in the channel.

"Why aren't you moving?" Zhou Guangyi asked back.

"I'm waiting for you to move," Fang Rui replied.

“……” Zhou Guangyi was speechless. What was he doing, exchanging trash talk with this guy?

I'll move, then!

The passion rooted in him from his time in Tyranny ignited, and Zhou Guangyi decided not to think anymore. He would just treat this as a head-on confrontation and fight it out!

Ji Leng directly used Arc Flash to start, and a cold light swept across, wiping out 9 of the 14 character-lengths. Looking at Hai Wuiliang, the moment Ji Leng launched his attack, he quickly retreated backwards. This guy was clearly trying to run away!

Sure enough, there was a conspiracy!

That was Zhou Guangyi's immediate thought, but at this moment he was determined, no matter what trap Fang Rui had set, he was determined to face it head-on. After Arc Flash, Ji Leng instantly split into two, using the Ninja class's low-level skill Shadow Clone Technique. Ji Leng's real body was instantly sent behind Hai Wuiliang, and the dagger silently aimed for Hai Wuiliang's throat, a Throat Cut.

As a result, this attack was completely within Fang Rui's calculations. Hai Wuiliang suddenly squatted down at this moment, dodging the knife. Twisting his body, he grabbed with a back throw while still half-squatting.

Ji Leng jumped back in a hurry, barely dodging this grab, but then his figure flashed and he returned to Hai Wuiliang's side, stabbing out with his blade.

Normal movement wouldn't be this fast. Zhou Guangyi was using the Assassin skill Blink Strike, and the distance of 3 character-lengths seemed to disappear as he flashed to his target.

Hai Wuiliang's back throw seemed to still be in the recovery animation. Ji Leng stabbed out with his blade, but at this moment, Hai Wuiliang's hands, which had been reaching out for the grab, suddenly rubbed together up and down.

Reverse Flow!

The Qigong Master's lowest-level skill, a floating skill that every class had. But the Qigong Master's move was activated by the qi generated by rubbing the hands together, making it relatively hidden. No one expected that Fang Rui had already canceled the back throw, and was just using the pose of his outstretched hands to launch a Reverse Flow, making it really difficult to defend against.

But Zhou Guangyi was different! He understood Fang Rui so well! Even if he had decided to take the initiative to attack, he would definitely leave a portion of his strength for defense.

Blink Strike against Reverse Flow!

In terms of skill level, Blink Strike was of course higher and faster. If this move continued, it would definitely stab Hai Wuiliang first, but the problem was that this attack couldn't interrupt Hai Wuiliang's Reverse Flow, because the way Reverse Flow was cast was special. The qi had already surged, and this one attack couldn't dissolve it.

This move could be exchanged for damage, but the result would be that he would be hit by Reverse Flow and sent flying into the air.

Should he trade?

Zhou Guangyi made a decision instantly. He didn't back down, and this knife still stabbed down fiercely. Then, Ji Leng was lifted up by Reverse Flow, and along with the blood beads drawn out when the dagger was pulled out, he flew into the air.

Zhou Guangyi dared to trade, of course, because he had a way to deal with it. The Assassin's unique passive skill Air Jump allowed them to be more calm when facing a floating state. At this moment, Ji Leng jumped again after being floated, instantly rising higher, and directly activated the Assassin's newly opened level 75 ultimate move in the air: Rend!

Level 75 skills, considerable damage was inevitable, but the Assassin's class had opened a total of five skills this time, which were Rend, Kill, Flash, Instant, and Extinguish.

The five skills could be used separately, but when the five moves were continuously launched and formed a combo in the order of Rend, Kill, Flash, Instant, and Extinguish, they would produce even greater additional damage. The Assassin class always pursued high-efficiency bursts in an instant.

Zhou Guangyi started with Instant at this time because he felt he had a chance to finish this set of "Rend, Kill, Flash, Instant, Extinguish". Who knew that just as Rend started, he saw Hai Wuiliang, who was still on the ground, rolling away.

Suddenly, the ultimate move Rend had nowhere to be unleashed, and Zhou Guangyi felt that life was as lonely as snow…

This guy!

Zhou Guangyi originally thought that Fang Rui's exchange of Reverse Flow with his Blink Strike was to create a floating state, and then take the opportunity to follow up with an attack. Therefore, he used the ultimate move Rend, wanting to compete head-on with Fang Rui.

Who knew that he was still misjudging him. After completing the exchange, Fang Rui actually let Hai Wuiliang run away very decisively.

An ultimate move was used up, but it could only slash at the air. Ji Leng didn't suffer any attacks after being floated, but Zhou Guangyi wasn't happy at all. As soon as Ji Leng landed, he immediately used Arc Flash again to sweep up. This low-level skill had a short cooldown and was often used by Assassins as a means of launching quick surprise attacks.

But Hai Wuiliang turned around at this moment and shot a Qi Emission. Zhou Guangyi was also chasing too quickly and was caught off guard, getting hit head-on. Although the damage wasn't high and it couldn't interrupt Arc Flash, the feeling of his face blooming with flowers from the Qi Emission was really unpleasant. Zhou Guangyi felt really annoyed looking at the flower in the middle of the screen, but immediately realized: Not good!

This was so similar to the Qi Emission from before. This guy was aiming to interfere with his vision.

Zhou Guangyi hurriedly tried to operate, but he was too late again. Hai Wuiliang almost came along with the Qi Emission. At the moment the Qi Emission bloomed, Hai Wuiliang's following attack arrived, and he tapped his finger, again using Interception Meridian.

Destroy Intelligence!

Could it be? Seeing the effect of Interception Meridian, Zhou Guangyi already cried out in his heart. Then, Qigong Exploding Palm, Ji Leng was blown away, and Hai Wuiliang stood there calmly, like a grandmaster.

The same move, bombed twice. Zhou Guangyi really didn't know if he should say Fang Rui was too despicable, or he was too stupid.

Ji Leng stood up again, and Hai Wuiliang stood there again without moving.

But this time Zhou Guangyi couldn't stand it anymore. Ji Leng's life had been reduced by nearly half after two times. Ji Leng immediately rushed up and launched an attack.

"Oh, why so anxious this time," Fang Rui shouted in the channel, and Hai Wuiliang turned his head and ran wildly.

A thought flashed through Zhou Guangyi's mind.

This guy… was using CD-style!

The so-called CD-style was a battle tactic that relied solely on a single powerful skill to attack the opponent. Because the cooldown time of ultimate moves was usually long, it was impossible to use them continuously. Therefore, when using this tactic, after using the ultimate move, you needed to use positioning or other methods to delay time, waiting for the ultimate move's cooldown to recover before using it again, repeating this process.

At this time, Fang Rui was using Interception Meridian and Qigong Exploding Palm, two skills that dealt a lot of damage to the Assassin class, which had low health and low defense. Judging from the current situation of the two characters, Ji Leng would definitely be killed after eating these two skills five times at most.

CD-style was particularly common in the arena of online games, especially when some classes had particularly easy-to-use ultimate moves. Some players would specifically rely on this ultimate move to injure the enemy, and would run around and dodge at other times, which was a very contemptible tactic.

But in professional matches, CD-style was quite rare. First, the tactic was unpopular, and second, professional players were not as helpless or difficult to deal with a certain ultimate move as ordinary players.

But now, Fang Rui was using CD-style.

As a master of wretched style, he felt absolutely no pressure in using unpopular tactics.

And while using it, he certainly wouldn't simply rely on the ultimate move to play a role. Both times he succeeded, it was when he caught the opponent off guard, using Qi Emission to interfere with their vision and taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. After Interception Meridian succeeded, he didn't try to be greedy and just used a Qigong Exploding Palm to finish the matter, without thinking about connecting more moves.

This guy…

Zhou Guangyi was familiar with Fang Rui after all, and completely guessed his intention. Changing classes couldn't immediately allow him to be as comfortable and skillful as he was with the class he had been accustomed to for many years. So, Fang Rui used CD-style. It was much easier to just use a few skills back and forth than to master the class's full set of tactics. Coupled with his unexpected wretchedness, Zhou Guangyi immediately suffered two big losses.

There would definitely be no third time!

Zhou Guangyi felt that he had paid enough tuition and couldn't be fooled again and again.

Next, Fang Rui tried to avoid fighting, while Zhou Guangyi was also helping him calculate the skill cooldown, estimating that both skills had finished cooling down, and immediately began to carefully defend.

After two failures, Fang Rui was also helpless, "You saw through me."

"Small trick," Zhou Guangyi said.

"Oh, where did half of your health go?" Fang Rui asked.

"Watch this!" Ji Leng charged up.

"Only half of your life, I can't handle you?" Fang Rui shouted, turning around to meet him.

This time, it was a real head-on confrontation.

In the end, Fang Rui won.