Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Oh right.” Li Yao turned to Haitao again. “Are you really sure it is three rounds two wins?”
Haitao let out a smile. “Why, are you scared?” he teased.
“You must have misunderstood me, I was merely trying to double confirm. Do not suddenly change the rules to five rounds three wins or seven rounds five wins. Even though I’m fine with it, I wouldn’t want us both to take up the other’s time.” Li Yao smiled. “What do you think, President Li?”
The classmates burst into laughter.
Haitao’s face stiffened with a smile. He took few big gulps of air to calm himself down just to stop himself from actually lunging at Li Yao in person.
“Talking is a waste of time, let us begin now.” Haitao’s lungs were going to explode soon from all the anger he had to keep in.
Others might not have noticed, but Fengyi’s brows were furrowed the whole time. Li Yao was so much different from the last time she saw him. He was a completely different person from what she could remember.
Li Yao was less impulsive now, but had become wiser and more mature. Haitao had been in his grasp unknowingly since the start of their confrontation.
Li Yao might be a calm person but he was affected when faced with Haitao.
“Who do you think will win this round?” Asked Xiaolei.
“That is rather difficult to tell.”
Earlier on, they were very sure that Haitao would have won, seeing that he had a full body of luxurious equipment. The amount of money spent on his set of equipment was equivalent to two years of salary of an average person.
However, during the first round, the powerful Haitao was not able to lay a finger on Li Yao’s armor and became a human hedgehog. It was better for them to not judge so soon.
“Was that even a question? Of course Haitao will win. He couldn’t use consumables earlier, now that he can, Li Yao will definitely lose.” Wang Qiang shouted.
“Do any of you know what are Magical Scrolls and Speed Potions? Hehe, you will know when you see it later. All I can say is, a bottle of Speed Potion costs at least two silver coins,” continued Zhang Ming.
“Fengyi, I think you should explain to everyone, or else we wouldn’t understand what is going on.” Xiaolei frowned.
Just as the crowd was having a discussion, both men appeared on the screen.
“They are at an arena that resembles a Roman colosseum, an arena that is more advantageous to Haitao,” said Fengyi as she pointed at the screen.
“The match is about to start. Look, Haitao is holding a scroll. The scroll is glowing with a fiery, red light, it must be sealing some sort of fire elemental magic.”
The crowd held their breath as they listened to Fengyi’s commentary. They had never thought that Fengyi would be so knowledgeable on the game’s specifics, she could practically observe every little detail on the screen.
“Now that everyone is below Level 5, from what I know, the only store-bought fire elemental scrolls that we can use are Fire Ball Scroll and Fire Enhancing Scroll.”
“The battle has started. Both players have attacked at the same time. Haitao tossed a scroll, it is a Fire Ball Scroll. Li Yao’s reaction was quick, he used Shadow Flip to dodge the Fire Ball skill attack.”
“This is not good, Haitao is trying to gain the upper hand here. He consumed a Beginner’s Speed Potion and Beginner’s Defense Potion. In the next ten minutes, Haitao’s speed and armor will receive a 20% boost. When paired with his enhanced Green equipment, his armor stats will be off the charts.”
The match had started. Everyone in the hall momentarily stopped moving and were craning their necks to observe the exciting match.
“Game over.” Haitao’s eyes were cold.
With a shake of his wrist, the scroll shattered into pieces and a burst of black smoke covered Haitao. A skeleton with a bone sickle emerged and dashed toward Li Yao from his right.
At the same time, Haitao dashed toward Li Yao from his left. He wanted to quickly reach a distance where he could use Charge on Li Yao. With the help of the Speed Potion, his speed was increased exponentially.
“Oh no, Li Yao is in trouble now. Doesn’t matter if he attacks the skeleton or Haitao, he will be cornered by either side. As a Hunter, close combat means death.”
“Li Yao chose to attack the skeleton. While he is attacking, he is trying to widen his distance from Haitao, but with Haitao’s speed he will reach within the Charge’s range in just three seconds. If the skill lands, Li Yao will be instantly killed.”
Fengyi did not realize that she was starting to worry for Li Yao.
“This is not good, Li Yao has approached the skeleton. Haitao can use Charge now, he used Charge.”
Everyone’s eyes were glued to the screen. Almost everyone that saw Haitao’s Charge attack knew that the match was over.
Wang Qiang and Zhang Ming roared in excitement.
Zhao Lei had his eyes shut, but he could still hear others exclaiming in disbelief.
“Impossible, it must be a game bug.” Wang Yan yelled.
“This is impossible!” Haitao howled in anger as he crashed into the skeleton’s body.
“Replay that scene, stop the match momentarily. I request for a replay.” Haitao shouted.
The game was paused, Fengyi rewinded the tape and played the scene in slow motion. Li Yao and Haitao appeared on the screen again, and the scene was the same as the one earlier on.
Everything happened in just the blink of an eye, everyone thought that Li Yao’s death was inevitable. No one would have thought that Haitao’s Charge attack would oddly crash onto the skeleton that he had summoned instead of Li Yao.
The audience clearly saw that Haitao’s target was Li Yao. In the game, the warrior’s Charge skill was considered a locked-on skill even if it was under Free Mode setting. Once the skill was activated, it would be practically impossible for the target to dodge it.
“I see, so that’s what happened.” Feng Yi replayed the scene again and explained to the clueless audience. “Look, Haitao’s target was definitely Li Yao, but we have forgotten one thing. Although the Charge skill is fast, it will take less than half a second for the skill to land upon activation, but ‘less than half a second’ meant that there was still a time gap.”
The audience still did not understand, Fengyi then turned and look at Li Yao, who was composed. “All of you have forgotten, both players are in Free Mode setting. In Free Mode, there is no 100% lock-on. Look, Haitao’s Charge was not in a straight line, but a weirdly shaped path. This path was paved by Li Yao’s Shadow Flip when Haitao used Charge at the same time.”
“Everyone, look closely. When Li Yao used Shadow Flip, Haitao’s Charge changed its path. As Li Yao’s body landed behind the skeleton after the flip, Haitao’s Charge was closing in at the same time. The skill was locked-on, but if there were sufficient distance it will also change its path, like this one here. But the problem here is at such short distance and speed, Haitao’s Charge would not go half a circle around the skeleton to reach Li Yao. Hence, this was the outcome everyone had seen.”
“So that’s what happened, Li Yao is really lucky.” Zhang Ming said hesitantly.
“Damn, he’s so freaking lucky. Can’t believe he didn’t die.” Wang Yan was also discontented.
Although the rest said nothing, they too thought that it was because of luck.
The edge of Fengyi’s lips curled. “All of you may think that it was Li Yao’s luck, in actuality it is the opposite. It wasn’t because of luck, Li Yao had planned and calculated this all along.”
“Impossible, you may be his ex-girlfriend but you can’t say things to side with him.” Wang Qiang said.
“They really are a family,” sighed Wang Yan.
“Yeah, it is impossible for a human being to have such a reaction speed, right?”
Fengyi let out a faint smile. “All of you have missed out an important point.” Fengyi replayed the scene for the third time.
The crowd went blank, how could they have missed out on any other point. They thought they had clearly seen everything no matter how slow the scene was replayed.
“Yes, all of you have missed out a point. You thought that you have seen everything clearly, but what was clear to you? The duration of Charge was less than half a second, but we viewed it in slow-mo, therefore you thought that you understood everything. The problem is, what you have seen here was what happened in less than half a second.”
Even Li Yao’s best buddy, Zhao Lei became more confused. “What have we missed out? Stop beating around the bush.”
“I’m being straightforward right now, I’m saying that all of you have missed out a point. After Charge has been activated it will land on its target in less than half a second. You can say that it is even faster than Pedal or Metal skill. You should pay attention to this point, if Li Yao were to use Shadow Flip a moment earlier, which is also a quick skill, and landed behind the skeleton too early, what will happen when Haitao activates Charge?”
Fengyi drew an arc and the audience immediately understood what she was trying to say. If he were to use Shadow Flip earlier, ten yards was sufficient for Charge to curve and get to Li Yao.
“What if he were to use Shadow Flip later?” asked Zhao Lei again.
“If it were used later and Haitao activates Charge, in less than half a second it will surely land on Li Yao.”
The audience finally came to full realization.
“So that means that, Li Yao can only successfully evade Haitao’s Charge within less than half a second once the skill has been activated.”
“Holy cow, that reaction speed is too quick, that’s inhuman.”
“All of you have overlooked this since the beginning, Li Yao had calculated all of this right from the beginning, he rushed toward the skeleton warrior because it was part of his plan.”
“Impossible, does that mean that Haitao was tricked since the beginning?”
“That’s scary.”
After Fengyi’s explanation, the audience finally understood what was going on. The more they understood, the more they feared Li Yao.
“Showtime is over” Li Yao looked at the countdown timer that had restarted once more and nocked an arrow. “Such a pathetic tactic, you disappoint me.”
Haitao had been listening to Fengyi’s commentary, he angrily glowered at Li Yao, it was like he did not even know who this person was.
The match continued. Haitao used Roll to evade Li Yao’s first arrow, then he continued with a few more Rolls in hopes to widen their distance.
Li Yao did not go after him. Instead, he crouched down and placed an Explosive Sheep.
Haitao had no idea what Explosive Sheep were, all he saw was a little sheep that was chasing after him at an incredible speed. The first thing that came to his mind was to slice the sheep.
Bam…
The sheep burst into blazing flames.
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Following a horrible screech, Haitao’s body was instantly blasted away by the explosion and he rolled on the ground.
Haitao felt light-headed and tried to get up. Then, he saw a second Explosive Sheep coming toward him at an unbelievable speed.
Haitao panicked, he shot up from the ground and started running away. Few seconds later, another sheep emerged and was chasing after him from behind. Li Yao placed the fourth sheep.
“Li Yao, you’re such a terrible bully, I’m going all out now.” Haitao was enraged. He knew that there was no use for him to keep running away since he would surely die.
After releasing the fourth sheep, Li Yao quickly stood up and shot a Charged Arrow.
Snap…
The glowing arrow pierced into Haitao’s knee joint. Haitao fell and rolled on the ground like a giant winter melon. To handle a small creature like Hai Tao, all Li Yao had to do was attack his balancing point to knock him down onto the ground.
“You should have played according to the rules obediently, but with me, you chose to play using consumable items. Forget consumables, the ones you used were nothing more than some store-bought trash. Since you wanted to play with consumables, I will play along. I let you off easy the first round, but you did not appreciate it at all. What you don’t know is that you do not deserve to stand before me at all, incompetent bastard.”
Li Yao finally relieved all of the sulkiness he had bottled up over the years. At first, he had forgotten the grudges he had with his classmate. This time it was Haitao who kept provoking him, in return he gave him a lesson, but Haitao still did not acknowledge the position he was in. Seeing that, there was no reason for Li Yao to not humiliate him even more.
Li Yao then placed three Arrow Towers on the ground.
Bam, Bam, Bam…
Snap snap snap…
The Explosive Sheep exploded one after another. Haitao was blasted off and was rolling on the ground, there was no time for him to get up. The Arrow Towers began shooting at him, turning him into a hedgehog once again.
“I’m going to kill you.” Haitao’s eyes had turned dark red, his face was purple with hatred.
Once he got back up, Li Yao shot another arrow through his chest. Haitao fell back to the ground again.
Each time Haitao tried to get up, he would be knocked back down by Li Yao’s arrows. No matter how hard he tried to roll or struggle, he still could not dodge Li Yao’s arrows.
His high health bar was his greatest way to flaunt his wealth, now it had become his worst embarrassment. He was treated like an abused live target.
The audience was shocked by the sight of the match, how could someone be so cruel. They were speechless as Haitao had no way to beat Li Yao. He was the one who requested to use items and consumables, who would have thought that the second round would be way worse for him. His Charge skill was blocked and controlled by another God-like player. What happened next was just Haitao rolling on the ground, getting shot by arrows, getting back up and knocked back down over and over again. It was a nightmarish cycle.
Fengyi had even forgotten that she was supposed to make a commentary on the match. She was stupefied by the sight of Li Yao releasing the Explosive Sheep and placing Arrow Towers.
The match was over, but Haitao was much too humiliated to come out.
The crowd surrounded Li Yao, asking him questions regarding everything that happened in the game. Li Yao tried his best to clear their doubts.
After they had ordered their food, Li Yao became the main focus of the reunion, but Li Haitao was nowhere to be seen until the end of the reunion…