Chapter 24

In the last minute, both sides made their moves!

Zhang Taihao raised his hand and cast a Hellfire, followed by a wall of fire, and then three fireballs were hurled at Huang Yingyue.

But at this moment, Huang Yingyue's speed suddenly increased dramatically, and she used her speed advantage to dodge all these attacks! This was a Barbarian Charge!

"Explosive Flame!"

Zhang Taihao cast a skill at the charging Huang Yingyue, but she used Infinite Steps to forcefully avoid the attack. At this moment, a cunning smile appeared on Zhang Taihao's face.

"Lightning Flash!"

This time, the skill was aimed at the destination where Huang Yingyue was dodging to!

Huang Yingyue had no way to avoid it and was about to collide with the Lightning Flash!

But just at this moment, Huang Yingyue suddenly used a Roll skill and narrowly dodged the attack!

"Oh!!"

Huang Yingyue's near-miss attack made the audience gasp in surprise.

When using the Roll, Huang Yingyue's Barbarian Charge was forcibly terminated, but the speed boost from the skill only ended after the roll. Huang Yingyue took this opportunity to rush to Zhang Taihao and unleashed a series of combos!

But at this moment, Zhang Taihao did not immediately retreat; instead, he raised his hand to the sky.

"Meteor Fire Rain!"

Instantly, a rain of flaming meteors fell from the sky, and Zhang Taihao immediately used Hellfire and a fire wall, followed by an explosive displacement, to once again increase the distance between himself and Huang Yingyue!

"Impossible, doesn't the Meteor Fire Rain skill require preparation time? How did Old Zhang cast it instantly?!" Tao Shan widened his eyes.

Not just Tao Shan, but the other spectators were also incredibly surprised by this unconventional move.

"It's not an instant cast, but a perfect timing," Lai Yiming observed the technique: "Whether it was the Explosive Flame or the Lightning Flash, they were all feints. The Meteor Fire Rain, combined with the damage boost from Hellfire, was Zhang Taihao's real killing move... He started preparing this move after the Lightning Flash!"

"In other words, Zhang Taihao deliberately didn't avoid Huang Yingyue's attack after her roll? He used himself as bait."

Zhou Xian immediately understood what had happened after hearing Lai Yiming's analysis.

From the beginning, Zhang Taihao had seen this move!

But Huang Yingyue was also decisive. After being hit, she did not hesitate and immediately used the Thrust Slash skill on Zhang Taihao, instantly closing the distance again!

The audience gasped in surprise once more!

"It's actually a Thrust Slash!"

Zhou Xian and the others were also surprised.

The Thrust Slash skill is an extension of the Barbarian skill, but its power is far greater than the Barbarian skill. Although this skill does not cause the opponent to be displaced, it can cause a one-second stun.

It looks very useful, but this skill has a strict requirement: the user's level must be higher than the opponent's!

Yes, if the user's level is lower than the opponent's, this skill will not work. In such a case, the Thrust Slash will only serve as a movement skill and will not cause a stun. Therefore, in normal situations, this skill is used as a damage-dealing skill by warriors and is not used lightly.

In professional matches, if this skill is used only as a movement skill, no one would use it in this way, precisely because of this reason. If the skill does not deal significant damage, it would be completely useless.

However, this does not mean that the skill's usage is limited. The stun caused by level suppression can sometimes change everything, even if the skill does not deal much damage. Professional players' levels are generally around LV70, and if a player is LV71, they have an advantage over at least 50% of the players!

"How dare Senior Huang Yingyue use the Thrust Slash skill?! What if it fails?!" In the e-sports club, the young player Li Binseng was still very surprised.

"This Zhang Taihao is indeed very strong, but the Meteor Fire Rain just now betrayed him. He is a Mad Mage, and the Meteor Fire Rain, as a major damage-dealing skill for Mad Mages, indicates that Zhang Taihao's level is definitely below 65," Gu Changsheng, the president of the e-sports club, noticed this detail keenly: "So, Huang Yingyue's warrior immediately decided to use the Thrust Slash skill. This Huang Yingyue might be even stronger than our Xiao Yue."

"Stronger than Senior Su Xiaoyue?" Li Binseng wanted to argue, but after seeing the situation on the field, he realized he couldn't.

On the field, Huang Yingyue used a Thrust Slash to instantly close the distance with Zhang Taihao and took advantage of the opponent's stun to unleash a series of combos, quickly turning the tide.

But as Zhang Taihao recovered from the stun, he immediately used the Ice Storm skill and then cast three fireballs at Huang Yingyue.

At this moment, Huang Yingyue suddenly used the Adamant Body skill, and a golden light enveloped her entire body!

Adamant Body is an extremely valuable skill for warriors. It increases defense, magic resistance, and health and mana, making both PK and monster hunting much easier, almost like a magic shield for warriors.

More importantly, using Adamant Body also significantly increases the healing rate, making it extremely powerful!

Of course, the skill has strict requirements, with a 30-minute cooldown, meaning it can only be used once in a match!

But Huang Yingyue used this skill perfectly! The skill's duration is 30 seconds, and from now on, it will last until the end of the match!

After activating Adamant Body, Huang Yingyue braved the Ice Storm and unleashed a barrage of attacks on Zhang Taihao.

Zhang Taihao did not hesitate, using an explosive displacement to increase the distance between himself and Huang Yingyue, and then another explosive displacement to place himself in a blind spot of Huang Yingyue's attack.

Huang Yingyue immediately rolled and then used another Thrust Slash to charge at Zhang Taihao!

At this moment, a sharp light appeared in Zhang Taihao's eyes. Just as Huang Yingyue's Thrust Slash was about to hit, he used explosive displacement for the third time!

Although Huang Yingyue successfully reached Zhang Taihao's position, Zhang Taihao had already used his skills to completely avoid the attack!

Seeing Huang Yingyue's mistake, Zhang Taihao immediately used Lightning Flash and Lightning Spell, instantly reducing Huang Yingyue's health to a sliver.

But Huang Yingyue's Adamant Body was still active, and although her health was very low, it was slowly increasing.

Despite being hit by a series of skills, Huang Yingyue suddenly smiled and charged at Zhang Taihao with a Barbarian Charge!

Zhang Taihao was about to use explosive displacement, but upon noticing his remaining health, he instantly abandoned the idea.

—Don't forget, after activating the self-destruction switch, he would take 10 times the damage!

Even if his skills did not deal much damage to himself, Zhang Taihao did not have much health left to spare!

This sudden change left the audience somewhat unprepared.

In this final moment, the atmosphere on the field suddenly became intensely tense, making the audience feel as if their breathing had stopped!

The battle had finally entered the final, most intense phase.

Zhang Taihao had abandoned the flashy combos and techniques, constantly using skills to both block Huang Yingyue and move using his unique skill.

Seeing this, everyone in the audience held their breath, afraid that their actions would affect this thrilling match.

This was a truly extreme competition.

"Ten seconds left!"

In the 20-minute match, only ten seconds remained!

This final moment, filled with a suffocating atmosphere!

The two players on the field seemed to be unaware of everything outside.

Zhang Taihao had already used the Ice Storm skill for the third time, followed by a Repelling Fire Ring. Huang Yingyue, on the other hand, used her movement skills to stay in Zhang Taihao's blind spot, preventing him from using his ice, fire, and lightning combo.

"This is the moment!"

Zhang Taihao immediately used Meteor Fire Rain for the second time!

Huang Yingyue, who was about to attack Zhang Taihao, had to retreat.

Zhang Taihao then prepared to use another skill, but just as the Meteor Fire Rain landed and had not yet ended, Huang Yingyue used another Thrust Slash to charge at him!

Lightning Flash!

Zhang Taihao's health was already critically low, and he had no way to avoid it. Being hit by this move meant certain death.

Unlike Barbarian Charge, Thrust Slash is faster and harder to change direction.

But at this moment, Huang Yingyue instantly used the Barbarian Charge skill!

Barbarian Charge and Thrust Slash belong to the same type of skill, and the effect of Thrust Slash was immediately overridden by Barbarian Charge.

Taking this opportunity, Huang Yingyue instantly dodged Zhang Taihao's move and was about to strike him.

"Fire Wall!" Zhang Taihao's mana was already depleted, and he used his last skill.

But in the state of Barbarian Charge, Huang Yingyue easily broke through the Fire Wall, and the skill did not deal much damage to her. She rushed to Zhang Taihao!

Huang Yingyue's final strike!

—Everything ended immediately.

After Huang Yingyue's final strike, Zhang Taihao's health did not decrease at all.

"Time-Over."

At this moment, the match ended.

Zhang Taihao had 6% health, while Huang Yingyue had 5%.

"Tsk, what a pity."

Huang Yingyue looked at Zhang Taihao, who had moved out of her attack range.

But it was too late. The final moment had passed. Huang Yingyue lost to Zhang Taihao by a narrow margin.

"Zhang Taihao wins!"

"Dragon Tomb Club wins!"

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