Chapter 86

Yang Ye faced his opponent, and Qinghua Zangxue also took the promise battle seriously, not daring to underestimate it.

From just a few exchanges, it was clear that the Promise Battle was more formidable than rumored, with a very precise control over attack trajectories. His attacks were slightly weaker compared to his evasive skills, indicating he was a defensive type of warrior.

This kind of warrior was hard to wear down.

Qinghua Zangxue had once seen a famous attrition player drag his opponent to the end of a match, winning by a slim margin of health. After the match, that player swore he would never face such an attrition player again.

While attrition battles lacked观赏性 (spectacle), the tournament organizers also suggested that players avoid such matches due to their low entertainment value.

Although not encouraged in matches, it didn't mean it couldn't be used, and in the game, there were no such restrictions. Who cared about the rules as long as you won?

Qinghua Zangxue feared that the Promise Battle would play this game, wearing him down bit by bit.

However, a few seconds later, when Qinghua Zangxue saw Yang Ye's movements, he smiled: "Overthinking it."

Would Yang Ye be the type of player to drag things out?

Of course not!

Since it was a PK, it had to be exciting and intense! Only old players with limited stamina or those with special personalities and tactics would choose attrition battles, and Yang Ye was clearly not one of them.

With a flick of his wrist, the Xuan Yang Zhi Xie left a black trail, leaving behind wisps of black gas that wouldn't dissipate. Yang Ye's right leg kicked out, and the sword swung downward, the wind from the sword blade lifting the fallen leaves. Then, he charged toward Qinghua Zangxue...

Qinghua Zangxue stood still, watching Yang Ye's black sword swing toward his head.

"Huh?" Yang Ye was slightly stunned, "Damn!" He then suddenly realized it was a ninja skill—Shadow Split!

Ninja Skill: Shadow Split—The ninja is the shadow, and the shadow is the ninja. The ninja uses a skill to summon a clone within a certain distance. The clone mimics the ninja's actions but cannot move. It can attack, dealing 80% of the ninja's damage. The clone lasts for 30 seconds and disappears if the ninja moves out of the skill's range.

This was a skill for assassins who could create a clone and optionally swap positions with it.

Other ninja skills were also interesting: Conceal, which allowed the ninja to become invisible and summon a clone that would disappear after 5 seconds. The other three skills were Soul Attraction, Soul Break, and Soul Array—

Soul Attraction was a passive skill that added magical damage to normal attacks, triggering only once every 6 seconds on the same target. Soul Break involved throwing a weapon to deal damage, which could not be dodged and increased the target's magical damage by 10%. Soul Array was used in conjunction with Shadow Split, swapping positions with the clone and dealing damage to enemies between the clone and the ninja.

The overall damage of these skills wasn't high, but they were very deceptive, making it hard to identify the real target without good judgment.

Seeing that Qinghua Zangxue didn't move despite Yang Ye's close attack, he must have used this skill. The real body—

Was behind him!

Realizing this, Yang Ye immediately stopped, twisted his body, and raised his right arm, fiercely swinging it backward.

But was Qinghua Zangxue really behind Yang Ye?

No! Of course not!

The Promise Battle wasn't a novice player. How could he not think that Qinghua Zangxue would use Shadow Split to deceive him? Yang Ye could think of Qinghua Zangxue's thoughts, and Qinghua Zangxue could think of Yang Ye's thoughts.

He knew that the moment the Promise Battle realized what was happening, he would attack backward. If he attacked immediately after the clone, he would directly hit the Promise Battle's blade, which wouldn't be a good thing!

So, Qinghua Zangxue thought one step further! What step? The Promise Battle's backward strike!

The Promise Battle's backward strike was because he knew Qinghua Zangxue was behind him. But what if he wasn't? For example...

Qinghua Zangxue's lips curled into a smile as he charged toward the Promise Battle and quickly formed hand seals when the Promise Battle's vision didn't cover him—

Conceal!

Yes, Conceal! Directly entering invisibility and using another clone!

The Conceal skill created a clone identical to Qinghua Zangxue, still holding a sharp dagger and charging toward Yang Ye, while the real body entered invisibility...

Yang Ye turned around, seeing the invisible and scheming Qinghua Zangxue and his rapidly approaching clone, and his lips curled into a smile.

If it were an ordinary player, they would have been deceived, but Yang Ye wouldn't care about the clone or the real body. The Miner's Hat could clearly distinguish between them.

Under the Miner's Hat, clones had no backpacks or equipment, only attributes, health bars, and existence time, making it easy to identify. However, since Qinghua Zangxue had put in so much effort, Yang Ye decided to play along, slashing at the clone and feigning surprise—

"Damn, Qinghua Zangxue, you tricked me!"

Qinghua Zangxue, hearing the Promise Battle's curses, felt annoyed but then became happy: "Hehe, you're about to die!"

Qinghua Zangxue was already in front of Yang Ye, smirking silently, and raised his dagger to stab Yang Ye's head. At the same time, his invisibility broke...

Yang Ye was well-prepared for Qinghua Zangxue's fierce attack. He smiled, opened his eyes, and a crack quickly appeared in front of him. Without a word, he dove into it.

Spatial Rift Travel!

Qinghua Zangxue was initially very excited because he had the initiative! However, at the moment of his attack, he saw the warrior—Promise Battle—smile at him, and in the next second, he disappeared!

"Damn, what's going on?!" The attack missed, and Qinghua Zangxue knew his plan had been foiled!

"It's simple, my turn!" A voice sounded behind him—it was