Published at 19th of March 2019 08:01:33 PM Chapter 1447
Pan Lin and Li Yibo stared blankly . The audience members misled by the commentators were stared blankly .
Break out from an encirclement? That didn't seem to be the right direction! If he goes in that direction, won't he crash into a spirit?
Li Yibo started thinking . But this time, the development came too fast . Before he could think it through, Fang Rui's Boundless Sea ran into a Little Spirit .
Boom!
It was another low-level skill into a normal attack, extinguishing the Little Spirit . Then, he continued .
Li Yibo finally understood: "He's going around the circle, killing them one by one!"
Li Yuan didn't have an omniscient view like the spectators . When the Little Spirit was killed, he could deduce the general area where Boundless Sea was located from the pathing of the Little Spirit . He didn't have a precise grasp of Boundless Sea's position . The spirits that he had placed far away weren't within his command range, so he could only make adjustments for the spirits within range .
Fang Rui was targeting this point through forceful attacks . Even though his initial actions were rather dirty, Fang Rui was now attacking like thunder and moving like the wind . After killing two Little Spirits, he finally encountered a Big Spirit .
Hua!
Ice Fall . This Big Water Spirit threw a cube of ice at Boundless Sea . Boundless Sea rolled to avoid it and then shot out a Qi Bullet .
The Big Water Spirit unexpectedly moved to the side, dodging the Qi Bullet . Fang Rui realized that this Water Spirit was under Li Yuan's control . Although he couldn't see Eight Notes, this Big Water Spirit just happened to be within both players' field of vision .
The situation immediately became tense . Should he continue forward, or retreat temporarily?
Pan Lin and Li Yibo had just brought this point up, when Boundless Sea rushed forward decisively .
Spiral Qi Kill!
With a wave of his hands, spiralling qi tore through the dense fog, making it increasingly more visible . The Big Water Spirit wanted to run, but this Spiral Qi Kill chased after it . In the end, a Summoner couldn't control its summons as well as his own character, and the attack landed .
Gelala . . .
The Spiral Qi Kill struck the Big Water Spirit, giving off a strange sound . The Big Water Spirit shot backwards along with the rotating qi .
Spiral Qi Kill didn't have a blow away effect . Li Yuan had decided to retreat, controlling the Big Water Spirit to move backwards borrowing the knockback from Spiral Qi Kill to reach such fast speeds .
Qi Flowing Cloud!
Boundless Sea activated Qi Flowing Cloud, buffing his movement speed . His steps quickened like moving clouds . In the blink of an eye, caught up to the Big Water Spirit and slammed into it .
Qi Break!
Qi poured into the Big Water Spirit . The qi circulating inside the Big Water Spirit could be seen due to its transparent body . Then, with a "bo", a crack appeared inside the Big Water Spirit . The crack spread until it spread throughout the entire surface of its body . Finally, with a shatter, the Big Water Spirit crumbled into several pieces .
At this moment, Li Yuan's Eight Notes and his countless spirits were now inside Fang Rui's line of sight . After Fang Rui killed the two Little Spirits, Li Yuan immediately had Eight Notes replenish and send them out again . He had also recalled the wave of spirits he had spread out previously . Eight Notes had summoned a Big Fire Spirit too with numerous Little Spirits beside it .
Seeing that Boundless Sea was nearly within reach, Eight Notes commanded the spirits to form a line .
Spirit Style combat relied on numbers and cooperation between spirits . Besides a Spirit King, a single big spirit couldn't even compare to a Death Knight or one of the Four Beasts .
LI Yuan's attempts to surround Fang Rui's Boundless Sea with spirits had failed . At this distance, trying to surround him would require even greater precision .
But Boundless Sea unexpectedly stopped there . As soon as he saw the line of spirits formed by Eight Notes, Fang Rui typed out a smiley face in the chat and then ran away into the dense fog .
Li Yuan wasn't going to let him go so easily, sending out several spirits to give chase .
The spectators had a clearer grasp of the battlefield because of their omniscient view . Boundless Sea's retreat was a fake one . After retreating, he circled back . Fang Rui had played boldly for a bit, but then switched back to playing dirty .
Not long afterwards, a Little Spirit found Boundless Sea . Fang Rui didn't hesitate to kill it .
He continued to wander .
Fang Rui seemed to be doing what Mo Fan had done, but in fact, there was a difference in purpose . Mo Fan had been trying his hardest to escape from the notice of the spirits . However, Fang Rui was actively seeking to kill the spirits . As soon as he found one, he would quickly destroy it and then continue on with his hunt .
Li Yuan's army of spirits started to dwindle in numbers . Seeing this scene, Pan Lin couldn't help but sigh: "Couldn't Mo Fan have done the same?"
"It's different," Li Yibo said .
"Ah?"
"Fang Rui is able to do it, but Mo Fan could not have . "
"Why?"
"Because of Eight Note's mana . If you take a closer look at the situation, you'll notice that Li Yuan's spirit formation doesn't have the same compactness as when he had deployed it against Mo Fan . Fang Rui is able to play in this way because of the foundation that Mo Fan had built . Because of the mana Li Yuan had used up in the previous round, he cannot play as boldly as he did before . If he did, his mana wouldn't be able to last this fight . "
"But if this continues . . . "
"He has no way of catching Fang Rui right now . I think he should give up on beating him and instead try to take out as much of Fang Rui's health as possible . . . " Li Yibo said .
Li Yibo was correct . Li Yuan currently faced a difficult situation . Those who played dirty were masters at digging into wounds . They'd take your weak spot and then mercilessly stab at it again and again . Whether it was playing boldly or playing dirty, Fang Rui had always been targeting Li Yuan's weak point .
Whether it was the unfavorable terrain for Summoners or the mana issue created by Mo Fan's efforts, Fang Rui took advantage of both .
"He's not wasting the foundation that Mo Fan lay down for him . What a reliable guy!" Ye Xiu sighed . Everyone looked at Mo Fan . They wanted to see if he would put on a face of gratitude after seeing the advantage that he had built up being used . But all they was him continue staring at the screen .
"There shouldn't be any problems with this round, right?" Chen Guo asked Ye Xiu .
"No problems," Ye Xiu said with certainty . Li Yuan's Eight Notes had almost no mana left, "At this point, Li Yuan will most likely try for one final all-out burst . We'll see how Fang Rui deals with it . "
Ye Xiu analyzed it deeper than Li Yibo .
None of Li Yuan's attacks could reach his opponent . He knew that he couldn't let his time on the battlefield go to waste, and if this continued, it would be a waste . As a result, he decided to make use of all his remaining mana . He didn't think too much and immediately sped up the pace, increasing the density of summons, forming new spirits to make up for the missing ones .
Fang Rui immediately noticed the change in pace . He knew Li Yuan had no choice but to bet his all to win as much as possible for his following teammate .
"Come! Let's decide it!" Fang Rui shouted in the chat . Boundless Sea rushed forward, not towards Eight Notes, but towards the outer perimeter . . .
"It's match point! What is Fang Rui planning?" Pan Lin yelled excitedly .
"He's . . . running away?" Li Yibo said weakly .
"Fu . . . " Pan Lin nearly cursed but caught himself in the end . When he checked the map, Boundless Sea was heading straight for a direction away from all of the spirits . Wasn't he running away?
"Mo Fan's skill at escaping is truly outstanding . But Fang Rui is more experienced in comparison . He immediately noticed the sudden change in pace from Li Yuan . . . " Li Yibo said .
"Then, he ran . . . "
"Yeah . . . "
Their voices gradually became gloomier as if they felt embarrassed about reporting this reality .
At the deciding point, Fang Rui ran, quite successfully too . Because at that time, Li Yuan had just readied himself to go all out . Just when he sped up the pace, before he could spread out his new summons, his opponent smelled the air and ran .
Yes, smelled the air and then ran . It was an unglamorous description, but it fit Fang Rui's style . The outcome was even more infuriating . Li Yuan's Eight Notes was now out of mana . A bunch of spirits roared as they chased after him . Then, as time went by, spirit after spirit crumbled . Finally, Fang Rui's Boundless Sea showed up majestically .
"Are you going to GG, or do I need to help you out?" Fang Rui typed out arrogantly .
The entire stadium was filled with boos!
"His way of doing things is too ugly to look at . But from a practical standpoint, his plan was extremely effective . . . for such a dirty plan, even if you had the capability to think of it, you might not be able to do it," Li Yibo tried his hardest to justify Fang Rui's actions .
"Yes, for example, if Fang Rui didn't have an extremely acute sense of awareness, he might not have succeeded in the final escape, right Coach Li?" Pan Lin said .
"Yeah . . . " Li Yibo said .
"Then . . . I guess that's it?" Pan Lin said .
"Yeah . . . "
A Summoner with no mana had practically zero combat ability . What's worse was that he still had 18% of his health left . Apart from the Shuriken thrown by Mo Fan last round, he hadn't taken any damage . Now, he had no mana, and attacks would certainly come his way .
"Watch me destroy you!" Fang Rui became bold, facing this manaless Summoner .
"Fang Rui's history is quite rich . . . " Pan Lin tried to look at things from a different perspective as he explained the origins of this master of playing dirty .
"Yes . . . when he first started playing competitively, he had created a random team with a few friends and participated in the Challenger League . . . " Li Yibo said .
"A bunch of very dirty-playing friends and a team that played very dirty," Pan Lin said .
"Their win record wasn't anything amazing, but Fang Rui had caught Team Blue Rain's eyes . . . "
"Blue Rain has always been good at digging out people with personalities . "
"Then, Fang Rui joined Blue Rain's training camp . . . "
"Afterwards, he was dug out by Wind Howl . "
"Now, he's gone to Happy . . . "
"And he's changed classes several times during this time . "
"Truly a genius . "