Chapter 122 The Unreliable Posture

"Old Zhou, your distrust wounds me deeply!" Fang Rui's Ha Wu Liang casually followed, even managing to type in the chat.

Hearing this, never mind Zhou Guangyi, any player with even a passing understanding of the Glory professional scene would be shouting in their hearts: Glory's master of the dirty playstyle. If you can trust *him*, is there anything in this world you *can't* trust?

Zhou Guangyi was, of course, unmoved. He hadn't figured out what Fang Rui was planning, but he had a feeling that Fang Rui's trickery was about to begin. If it were the old days, Zhou Guangyi might suspect that this guy had already set up a trap, luring him in. But now, a Qigong Master couldn't set traps. What kind of snare was waiting for him to step into? Daring not to be even slightly negligent, Zhou Guangyi had no time to type, examining every blade of grass, every tree, every rock with extreme care.

A moment later, Ji Leng really did retreat to the center of the map, and Ha Wu Liang just kept chasing after him.

"As former partners, let's settle this fair and square!" Fang Rui shouted in the chat.

Zhou Guangyi was speechless. What did he mean by "former partners"? They'd never been teammates before. If they were talking about their relationship in private, they'd been friends for years without any conflicts. If they were talking about rivals, they'd been opposing each other for years without it affecting their friendship. What kind of "former" was *that*?

But Zhou Guangyi had no mood to argue with Fang Rui. A player from Team Tyranny might chat with you for a sentence or two, but endless trash talk was not their style.

"Take this, Homing Cannon!"

A message suddenly popped up in the chat, and then Ha Wu Liang pushed forward with one hand, releasing a Qi Bullet with incredible speed.

How despicable!

The audience all thought, but would Zhou Guangyi fall for it? Of course not. He and Fang Rui had been acquainted for so many years, and they had experience fighting each other in matches. Zhou Guangyi wouldn't believe a single word Fang Rui said in the chat, and pretended not to see it.

The Qi Bullet naturally missed, but Ha Wu Liang immediately activated Qi Transformation Circulation, a skill that kept the character's qi circulating, accelerating all aspects of the character's speed. He then charged straight at Ji Leng.

As a Qigong Master from the Grappler branch, he naturally had considerable close-quarters combat ability. Many explosive moves were much more effective up close than from a distance. But the problem was that a Qigong Master was an intelligence-based cloth armor class with very low physical defense. Close combat was mostly the domain of physical classes, so a Qigong Master had to find the right opportunity for a close-range burst. It was extremely rare to see someone throw out a Qi Bullet at the start and then charge straight in.

Especially since he was facing an Assassin, who had high physical attack and various means of dealing critical damage. And this Assassin was in the hands of a player from Team Tyranny. Any Glory fan with even a little analytical ability would think that Fang Rui's actions were extremely unwise. Tyranny-born players excelled in head-on, forceful battles, and Fang Rui's actions were deemed rather illogical.

Such irrationality shouldn't happen to an All-Star level player.

But this was Fang Rui.

So irrationality was immediately tinged with the scent of conspiracy.

There must be some trick. Everyone watching this duel was thinking, and they were using their advantage of having a God's-eye view to try to discover the truth hidden beneath the dirty playstyle, which had not yet been revealed.

Everyone thought of it, and Zhou Guangyi was no exception. He didn't believe for a second that Fang Rui wanted to fight him head-on.

Ha Wu Liang activated Qi Transformation Circulation, and he immediately gave Ji Leng a Sprint. An Assassin's Sprint was the fastest of the 24 classes when in the Sprint state. Ha Wu Liang with Qi Transformation Circulation couldn't catch up. So the scene instantly became a close-quarters assassination class, an Assassin, trying to create distance from a Qigong Master with mid-range attacks, which was particularly unscientific and unreasonable.

But no one thought that way right now. Everyone thought Zhou Guangyi had done the right thing, befitting an experienced player. How could he let himself fall into Fang Rui's rhythm so easily at a time like this? He had to circle around with him for a while first.

Ha Wu Liang couldn't outrun Ji Leng, but he had attack skills. He kept chasing and attacking, constantly firing Qi Bullets, interspersed with other skills. Many Qigong Master skills were actually casting-type skills, like a Mage's incantation, except they called it Qi Gathering. But the biggest difference from the Mage class was that Mages mostly needed to maintain focus while chanting, unable to move or perform other actions. A Qigong Master was different. He could read the skill bar while performing any action, which was similar to a Ninja's hand seals.

They chased and fought like this for a while, but nothing much happened. However, Assassin was a class that emphasized burst power. Including state-type skills, the effects were extremely strong when activated, but the duration was usually short. The duration of the Sprint skill was far shorter than the Qi Transformation Circulation. After the skill's effect ended, Ji Leng was gradually being forced closer by Ha Wu Liang.

Of course, this was also because Fang Rui didn't intend to run away. He just wanted to circle around with Fang Rui and see what kind of tricks he had up his sleeve. After using a Sprint, he really couldn't see any secrets hidden here.

Next... try it out?

Zhou Guangyi had long been tempted to do so. Players with Tyranny's personality didn't like to circle around with people like this. He'd only been so careful and circling for so long today because he was dealing with Fang Rui and knew that he couldn't be treated without thinking. By this point, Zhou Guangyi's patience had finally reached its limit. Ji Leng was in front, and Ha Wu Liang was behind, relentlessly bombarding him with various Qi skills. But Ji Leng suddenly came to a stop, turned around, and used his sword light to kill his way back!

Arc Flash!

An attack skill with movement. The faster it was, the faster it smeared into Ha Wu Liang's side. The audience erupted in cheers. This counterattack was so sudden. The Assassin's momentum was on full display.

Arc Flash was fast, but Fang Rui wasn't an easy target. If he let him get taken down by a sudden move, how would he have face to stay in the league?

Ha Wu Liang jumped to the side, rubbed his hands together, and immediately condensed a ball of qi with electricity. With a push of both hands, he blasted it toward Ji Leng.

Qigong Master skill: Shining Hundred Strikes. After hitting the target, you can continue to inject qi to create continuous damage. In team coordination, if the characters give each other status boosts and cooperate, a Shining Hundred Strikes could deal a lot of damage.

Although it didn't have as many enhancements at this time, Zhou Guangyi dared not be negligent. The Arc Flash's momentum instantly stopped, and Ji Leng took a step to the side, cutting straight to Ha Wu Liang's flank.

But Ha Wu Liang also turned, still holding the Shining Hundred Strikes, determined to push it over.

You're treating that skill like a shield!

Zhou Guangyi cursed inwardly. Ji Leng decisively jumped up, performing an aerial leap in the air, a double jump, and instantly moved to the back of Ha Wu Liang. In mid-air, he kicked out, a Swift Air Kick.

Ha Wu Liang, meanwhile, was still holding on to his Shining Hundred Strikes, and this skill was just like that, where you could keep maintaining it as long as you continued to send qi. While jumping to the side to dodge the Swift Air Kick, Ha Wu Liang was still going to send the Shining Hundred Strikes over there.

But the Swift Air Kick skill also had the effect of an air jump. With one kick, regardless of whether it hit the target, it could borrow strength. Zhou Guangyi certainly wouldn't let Ji Leng crash into the Shining Hundred Strikes, and immediately pulled back, borrowing the momentum.

Fang Rui finally gave up on the Shining Hundred Strikes at this point, pushing out a Qi Bullet with a wave of his fist. This low-level skill didn't deal much damage, nor did it have any special attack effects. Zhou Guangyi didn't plan to dodge it, but the Qi Bullet actually missed on its own, and its trajectory would graze past Ji Leng.

Golden right hand!

Those who controlled the accuracy of skill attacks were known as having a golden right hand. How could he miss?

This guy was overthinking it!

Zhou Guangyi's instantaneous judgment was like this. He wasn't planning to dodge such a skill, but Fang Rui thought he would dodge, so he made a prediction. So the skill missed?

No! That's not it!

The moment the Qi Bullet actually grazed past, Zhou Guangyi realized it. Even if it was a predictive attack, it couldn't have been this trajectory. The golden right hand couldn't have misclicked. This was...

The power wasn't great, but it was a white, dazzling Qi Bullet. In the instant that it grazed past, Zhou Guangyi's screen was filled with white.

This guy was creating this moment!

Zhou Guangyi reacted at this time, but it was too late...

He couldn't see Ha Wu Liang's movements, and the operation he made based on conjecture didn't escape the clutches of this master of the dirty playstyle after all. This time, the attack made by the golden right hand was particularly accurate. Ha Wu Liang poked out two fingers, hitting Ji Leng right on the spot. A wisp of qi between his fingers was injected into Ji Leng's body.

Qigong Master's level 75 ultimate skill, Vein Severance.

It had multiple techniques, and the main damage of the attack wasn't the target's health, but their stats.

Reducing constitution, reducing strength, reducing intelligence, or reducing spirit. After a successful Vein Severance, a status was generated, and the target character's corresponding attribute would be deducted, naturally affecting related attributes. Ha Wu Liang's Vein Severance used Intelligence Break, reducing Ji Leng's intelligence.

A decrease in intelligence naturally affected the damage and defense of magic attacks, as well as the upper limit of mana.

The Assassin class didn't rely on magic damage for attacks, and magic defense wasn't their strong point. After having their intelligence weakened by this finger, magic defense was even weaker. The Qigong Master was a magic damage class, and that was precisely the effect that Fang Rui wanted.

After poking with one finger, the attack arrived. A palm slammed into Ji Leng, directly using a Qi Burst. A strong qi was injected into Ji Leng's body. There were no special light effects, but Ji Leng's equipment suddenly seemed to bulge up like it was inflating, and his health bar plummeted. The damage of a Qigong Master was shockingly silent.

The combination of a level 75 ultimate and a level 70 ultimate instantly took away a quarter of Ji Leng's life. Ji Leng was finally blown away by the Qi Burst. After getting up, he saw that Fang Rui hadn't made Ha Wu Liang chase after him.

"Get up quickly, the victory hasn't been decided yet!" Fang Rui continued to say in the chat with a very righteous tone.