Chapter 1 The Decisive Battle

A showdown that tugged at everyone's nerves. Even neutral players who didn't care for either team felt unusually tense.

But the most nervous were still the live audience, who directly felt the atmosphere, and the players on both teams sitting on the sidelines. When Zhou Zekai broke through the limits of the professional settings, and One Autumn Leaf's shooting was like waving swords, the whole place erupted! Countless people stood up excitedly, screaming and shouting! Samsara's momentum reached its peak, and even the Samsara players on the sidelines smiled.

They were very strong, so strong that they pushed Zhou Zekai directly into the first position, but they wouldn't blindly trust in that strength. It was a match, so there would be victory and defeat. Even someone as strong as Zhou Zekai couldn't win every time. Zhou Zekai had also stumbled against seemingly weaker opponents. What's more, the opponent in front of him was Ye Xiu, the Glory textbook, the former number one.

It wasn't until Zhou Zekai displayed such absolute strength that the Samsara players put down their tense feelings and smiled, welcoming victory.

They relaxed, but things became tense on Happy's side.

The way he used shooting was like using martial arts. The power Zhou Zekai displayed was truly clear and shocking. Any Glory player could clearly feel it.

At that moment, Chen Guo wished she was wrong. She hoped her judgment was another joke because her skill wasn't good enough.

But when she turned to look at the others around her, Wei Chen and Fang Rui, these experienced guys clearly had the same shock written on their faces as her.

Unfortunately, she wasn't wrong this time. Unfortunately, Zhou Zekai was indeed dazzlingly powerful.

Chen Guo refused to give up. She continued to desperately look for something that would reassure her on everyone's face, looking at one after another. No, there was nothing. Everyone's expression was extremely serious, as if punching her in the face, telling Chen Guo how unfavorable the situation was. Chen Guo’s gaze went in a big circle, until her eyes finally landed on Su Mucheng, sitting on the other side of her.

Then she saw a different kind of expression.

Surprise, yes, there was surprise. But in addition to the surprise, she wasn't as solemn as the others. From Su Mucheng's expression, Chen Guo saw… sadness?

Was Su Mucheng already feeling sad about Ye Xiu's defeat? Did this person, who was most familiar with Ye Xiu, already have a clearer judgment than all of them?

"It's not over yet!" Chen Guo blurted out. Even if the situation wasn't optimistic, as long as Lord Grim had one drop of health left, she would expect a miracle to happen.

"Ah?" Su Mucheng responded subconsciously, as if she had suddenly come back to her senses. Her expression suddenly became very calm.

"Yes, it's not over yet." She said to Chen Guo. Her face quickly regained its radiance, and her expression showed the trust she had always had in Ye Xiu.

"Won't lose!" Chen Guo said firmly. "It's not over yet" had become "won't lose." It was a blessing, an expectation, and a trust.

But there weren't many people who could be like her.

Pan Lin and Li Yibo on television had already sentenced Ye Xiu to death. The two were like comedians, you saying one thing and I saying another, talking about Zhou Zekai's revolutionary skills.

"Perhaps the Glory game will be updated and adjusted because of this," Pan Lin said with a smile. His tone was relaxed, as if the outcome of the match in front of him was no longer important, because in his heart, the match was already over.

"Yes, it's really too abnormal. Compared to having the Alliance modify the rules of the match, having the game company modify the game settings is undoubtedly more abnormal," Li Yibo said.

"Yes, yes, it's really too strong." This was already the countless time Pan Lin had used the phrase "too strong."

Yes, too strong.

But being too strong didn't mean he was unbeatable, because he was just too strong. Too strong wasn't the strongest!

The trajectory drawn by the bullets was like the light of a sword. As they crisscrossed, Lord Grim suddenly leaned to the side, and the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella in his hand split into two, taking the form of oriental sticks in both hands. At the same time, his whole body shook!

Steel Bones!

Lord Grim didn't dodge or avoid, and suddenly used this skill. In an instant, countless bullets directly hit his chest, as if swords were piercing his heart again and again. Blood splattered wildly. Lord Grim's figure stepped through the blood mist. His body tilted to the side and he passed through the bullets. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, which had just become an oriental stick, turned into claws, still of the Grappler class. His right hand quickly reached out.

Cloud Body, Lock Throat!

One Autumn Leaf hurriedly retreated.

Perhaps it was a backflip, perhaps it was a backstep, but no one knew what it was. Because this Cloud Body, this Lock Throat, came so quickly and so suddenly. Zhou Zekai made an action, but One Autumn Leaf didn't have time to cast it. Lord Grim's right hand was already firmly stuck on his throat.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

How could such a gorgeous, such a twisted Gun King, be taken down by such a crude Lock Throat?

But, it didn't seem to affect his attack, right?

Everyone could see clearly that although Lord Grim had rushed forward to Lock Throat One Autumn Leaf, the muzzles of One Autumn Leaf's dual guns were also tightly pressed against Lord Grim's body.

Lock Throat could limit the opponent's movement, but it couldn't prohibit the opponent's attack. At this time, Zhou Zekai could shoot like crazy without even aiming. How much health could he take away from Lord Grim in this instant?

Bang!

A muffled sound. Was it a gunshot?

No, it wasn't. It was Lord Grim, who directly bumped his head into One Autumn Leaf's head. Head-butting his head, One Autumn Leaf's forehead blossomed, and blood splattered out.

Headbutt!

A Rogue skill. Only rogues who mixed in the streets and used any means possible in fights would use their heads as weapons. Using any means possible was the weapon they relied on to survive.

Zhou Zekai's vision shook violently. Even so, One Autumn Leaf's dual guns were still firmly stabilized, and the gunshots still rang out stubbornly. But Lord Grim's knee hit One Autumn Leaf's abdomen at this time, causing him to bend over.

Knee Strike!

Under this half-grab skill, One Autumn Leaf finally couldn't maintain his posture. His body bent over, his arms naturally drooped, and the bullets he shot out all swept onto the ground.

Immediately following was an elbow strike that heavily smashed into the back of One Autumn Leaf's head, who was bending down. One Autumn Leaf immediately fell forward, and Lord Grim's other hand had already clenched his fist and hooked it up. A hook punch lifted One Autumn Leaf into the air again.

Lock Throat, Headbutt, Knee Strike, Elbow Strike, Hook Punch...

All of them were Rogue skills. Except for Headbutt, the other four were all low-level skills below level 20. As a result, this combination of skills completely broke Zhou Zekai's sharp shooting-as-martial-arts style.

The screams and praises were all stuffed back into their mouths by a punch, and they couldn't say anything.

Chen Guo was excited.

As expected of Ye Xiu, truly Ye Xiu. He had never let her down.

"Awesome!" she shouted.

"Yes." Su Mucheng smiled. Just like she hadn't been too flustered before, she wasn't too excited at this time.

She had been a little distracted when she saw Zhou Zekai's superb skills.

She thought of her deceased brother, Su Muqiu, who also used a Gunner and also had incredibly gorgeous operation skills.

At the same time, she couldn't forget the surprise on his face when his Sharpshooter, Autumn Tree Su, was defeated by Ye Xiu's One Autumn Leaf.

"Damn it!"

That was the only time Su Mucheng heard Su Muqiu curse. He, who possessed gorgeous operations, felt unbelievable about the defeat at the time, and was a little frustrated.

"Could it be more cliché?"

Su Mucheng still remembered the taunts that Su Muqiu frequently used against Ye Xiu. The two of them were so happy to fight back and forth, using various classes and various characters.

Su Muqiu even made a small notebook specifically to record the two's winning and losing records, which was kept by Su Mucheng.

"Don't let him see!" Ye Xiu was never allowed to see it.

"It's about the same, there's nothing to see." Su Muqiu always said this, but Su Mucheng, who kept the notebook, of course knew very well that Ye Xiu had always been in the lead in terms of win rate. Young people inevitably had a competitive spirit, and Su Muqiu didn't record the results to show off his failures. But unfortunately, until the end, he was never able to even out the data.

The small notebook was eventually disposed of as Su Muqiu's belongings, but Su Mucheng occasionally thought about it. If they kept fighting, if they fought until now, if they fought for these ten years, what would the data on that small notebook be like?

Who was the strongest in Glory?

Everyone had an answer in their hearts, because of emotional inclinations, this answer could never be unified. Just like Ye Xiu, he always felt that if Su Muqiu was still around, he would definitely be the strongest player in Glory. This was mixed with regret for the deceased.

But in Su Mucheng's mind, the strongest was Ye Xiu, even though she also had memories of Su Muqiu, she still thought so. Because her brother had told her this: Ye Xiu is the strongest.

Therefore, from the beginning, Su Mucheng had an answer in her heart for this highly anticipated battle of the number one player. No matter what the result was, it wouldn't change.

One Autumn Leaf, who was lifted into the air by the hook punch, immediately adjusted his gun muzzle again. Zhou Zekai's reaction was always fast and accurate. He couldn't see Lord Grim in his vision while he was floating, but based on his experience and consciousness, One Autumn Leaf fired a burst of fire under him with the dual guns in his hands.

Bullets rained down, really rained down. The bullets fired from the two guns were not aimed at the same position. The angle of each shot was slightly deviated. In an instant, the bullets poured down, covering the largest area with firepower.

But, so what?

Ye Xiu didn't care at all, didn't pay attention. Lord Grim stood tall, directly facing the bullets shot down by One Autumn Leaf, and continued to attack!

Because the distance was close enough, because the two characters were almost close to each other.

Even if Zhou Zekai could use his super-strong operations to wield One Autumn Leaf's shooting like swords, no matter what, he still couldn't change the game's settings.

The judgment of ranged attacks was not as good as that of melee attacks. Wielding shooting as martial arts, no matter how gorgeous, the control of the situation was not as solid and stable as melee attacks.

This was the most basic theory.

Or rather, the most cliché theory.