Chapter 109 – A Directed Act
Liu Hao’s keyboard really did break. This smash was too ferocious and had broken the keyboard into a slope. Liu Hao was unable to deal with so much. After laying flat the keyboard, he grinded his teeth while typing: “I’m asking you, sa-level matches or free-for-all matches!”
“Oh! That! You should say things more clearly. Free-for-all matches.” Stead Bun Invasion said.
“What room number?” Liu Hao entered the Free Field and was about to howl.
“You create one. I’ll co look for you in a bit.” Stead Bun Invasion was currently fighting soone.
As a result, Liu Hao created a room. After setting up a password, he sent the room number and password to Stead Bun Invasion. A short mont later, Stead Bun Invasion finally appeared in Liu Hao’s created room.
“Ready ready ready!!” Liu Hao madly urged.
Right when Stead Bun Invasion clicked ready, he entered the field the next second.
Liu Hao chose the smallest map. There was no place to hide. After both characters joined the map, they each took one side of the arena.
The announcer counted down: 3... 2... 1.... Liu Hao didn’t say anything further and wildly hamred his keyboard and mouse. Hateful Sword lifted his Greatsword and rushed forward.
The map was small, so the distance between both sides wasn’t far. In only a few steps, he closed in. Across, Stead Bun Invasion was Applying Poison to his weapon. How could Liu Hao wait for him to finish? He quickly moved his hands and Hateful Sword dashed up. A max range max damage max shockwave Collapsing Mountain chopped forward.
This sort of usage of Collapsing Mountain actually had a lot of holes. When normal experts used it, they wouldn’t stretch Collapsing Mountain to its limit. But right now, Liu Hao had been restrained for such a long ti. If he didn’t show off his terrifying strength, he would cough up blood.
Liu Hao originally thought that Stead Bun Invasion would get out of the way, so he had already calculated his following move. Who knew that the other side would just foolishly stand there without moving. Seeing that the Greatsword was about to hit him, Stead Bun Invasion suddenly leaped backwards.
This leap was executed excellently. The Greatsword tip nearly swiped his nose. Right when Stead Bun Invasion landed, he imdiately jumped forward as if he were sending himself back into the sword’s path.
But with a look, Liu Hao knew that the situation wasn’t good. After Stead Bun Invasion leaped backwards to dodge the chop, he jumped forward to dodge Collapsing Mountain’s following shock wave. In addition, this jump had closed enough distance for him to attack Hateful Sword. And because Liu Hao stretched Collapsing Mountain too far, he recovered too slowly and had no way of dodging Stead Bun Invasion’s attack.
Just as expected, it was too late to withdraw and the Greatsword crashed onto the ground. Stead Bun Invasion stretched out his hand and accurately grabbed onto Hateful Sword’s throat. He used the skill “Strangle” that had been used brilliantly in the dungeon this night. Imdiately afterwards, his other hand flipped over and a Brick smashed onto Hateful Sword’s forehead.
Liu Hao was enraged to the limit. The keyboard and mouse were struck as if he was trying to break them. After he withdrew his Collapsing Mountain, he used a “Back Slash”.
“Back Slash” was a Berserker’s most basic skill. It was the sa as a Battle Mage’s Sky Strike and a Blade Master’s Upward Slash knock-up skills. Although the effects were similar, a Berserker’s “Back Slash” did the most damage and had the strongest knock-up effect among all of the knock-up skills.
Liu Hao’s execution was accurate and fierce. Stead Bun Invasion wasn’t able to dodge it in ti and was slashed up into the air by the Greatsword. If this “Back Slash” had completely hit, then Stead Bun Invasion would have basically beco like a kite. But Liu Hao had made Hateful Sword stop mid-slash. He then leaped backwards and both hands lifted the Greatsword to his chest. A “Colliding Stab” charged forward and thrust at the midair Stead Bun Invasion’s stomach. Hateful Sword swiftly rushed up was pushed into a V path in midair and his butt directly smashed into the arena’s ropes.
Liu Hao was just about to let Hateful Sword continue attacking when he saw that Stead Bun Invasion, whose body had been smashed into shattered shrimp shells, suddenly lift his hands and throw. A handful of fine sand flew towards Hateful Sword’s face. Liu Hao was startled. He didn’t think that this rotten Stead Bun would actually counter with a Sand Toss in this situation. He imdiately made Hateful Sword roll to the side. Although he had been hit by quite a bit of sand, he at least avoided the Blind status.
Flipping over, Stead Bun Invasion rushed forward to Hateful Sword’s back. His two hands grabbed onto Hateful Sword’s shoulder and used a Knee Attack. Right when the Knee Attack hit Hateful Sword’s waist, he let go of his hands and Hateful Sword couldn’t help but stagger forward a few steps. This was a hidden effect that was triggered when Knee Attack hit the back.
Stead Bun Invasion didn’t stop. He ran forward holding onto a Brick and was about to smash it onto the back of Hateful Sword’s head, when Hateful Sword suddenly leapt forward. But his body turned in midair and a sword light slashed down right in front of Stead Bun’s face. It was unexpectedly a Collapsing Mountain.
Stead Bun Invasion hadn’t anticipated this. In the past few days, he had often soaked in the Arena and had fought against every class several tis, so he had experienced all of these low-leveled skills. That was why he had been able to perform the back leap into the forward leap to dodge Collapsing Mountain. But Liu Hao had unexpectedly used it while jumping backwards. This was a move that Stead Bun Invasion had never seen before. This was because a backwards Collapsing Mountain was extrely complicated. Normal players didn’t have the ability to use it, so of course Stead Bun Invasion had never seen it before. At this mont, eting a pro-player Liu Hao, although the Berserker wasn’t his most proficient class, using this sort of move wasn’t difficult.
However, because it was executed during a backwards leap, the backwards Collapsing Mountain couldn’t be completed. This move wasn’t to send an attack. It was to defend against the opponent’s pursuit. Only because Stead Bun Invasion didn’t know of such a move was the sword able to hit him.
The two players fought back and forth and after a few bouts, Liu Hao had gradually cald down.
He had always been a reserved and scheming guy. Previously, he had been in such a state of excitent because he had successfully stepped on Ye Xiu’s record. He had also been provoked by the noob Stead Bun Invasion’s words and had wanted to beat Stead Bun Invasion into a pulp. Now that he had cald down, he definitely knew that he couldn’t continue fighting in the sa way.
Stead Bun Invasion’s skill truly wasn’t bad. Among normal players, he could be considered a rare expert. Even so, he hadn’t yet beaten Liu Hao. And if they continued to fight like this, then his Hateful Sword would for certain obtain victory.
But after calming down and thinking for a bit, he felt that he shouldn’t win. This Stead Bun Invasion was already extrely strong. Those that could beat him were players that were almost at a pro-level. Liu Hao was afraid that if he revealed too much of his strength, then he would arouse Ye Qiu’s suspicions.
If he just barely lost to this Stead Bun Invasion, then he would prove that his strength wasn’t ordinary without arousing Ye Qiu’s suspicions.
Liu Hao imdiately decided on following this plan. He began to fight without fully exerting himself and showed openings. Stead Bun Invasion really was an expert and imdiately took advantage of these holes. Liu Hao didn’t want to be beaten too easily, so he tangled with him once again. In this way, the two looked as if they were locked in a difficult battle. Liu Hao knew that his Hateful Sword was slowly walking towards the losing path. The situation had been grasped.
In the end, Hateful Sword lost to Stead Bun Invasion. Liu Hao sinisterly smiled. He pretended to not accept the outco and once again challenged Stead Bun Invasion. Stead Bun Invasion happily took up the challenge and the two players fought again. Liu Hao continued his performance and slowly walked towards the losing path.
In this way, they fought a total of five rounds. Hateful Sword lost to Stead Bun Invasion every ti. Stead Bun Invasion appeared extrely mighty. However, the situation had been completely under Liu Hao’s control the entire ti.
After the five rounds were over, Liu Hao left the room and sent Stead Bun Invasion a “I’m going to rest a bit.” Imdiately afterwards, he sent Ye Xiu a ssage: “God, that Stead Bun is really strong. I couldn’t beat him.”
“Ha ha, I heard him talk about it. He said that you weren’t his opponent at all!” Ye Xiu replied.
Liu Hao was furious. This rotten Stead Bun, he wasn’t honest at all! Although he had lost all five rounds, how could he use “not his opponent at all” to describe it? He had only just barely won five tis. In addition, the situation had been completely under his control. He had originally wanted Stead Bun to tell Ye Qiu of his strength so that Ye Qiu would more easily believe it. Who knew that this stinky Stead Bun had no sense of sha and had actually ignored the important details. If he had known of this, then he would directed a “I barely beat Stead Bun” outco and then directly went to look for Ye Qiu.
“That, I feel our skill levels are quite close. His luck today was a bit better.” Liu Hao could only explain it while feeling furious.
“Ha ha, he’s still waiting in the Arena for you. You guys should continue playing!” Ye Xiu replied.
Liu Hao wanted to cry but had no tears. He had only wanted to put on an act with that Stead Bun. Who actually wanted to continue playing with that rotten Stead Bun. So he imdiately replied: “I’m not that good at PKing, but I really am very good at clearing dungeons. God, when are you going to bring to set a record!”
“Right now there isn’t anything to set!” Ye Xiu replied.
“Really? But I saw that in the early morning, the record that you had set in Frost Forest just before had been broken. You’re not going to get it back?” Liu Hao asked.
“Oh that. Maybe later!” Ye Xiu replied.
He he he, because you can’t get it back! Liu Hao felt good again and continued to act: “Then God, what are you doing now? Bring with you!”
“I’m leveling in Boneyard. If you want to co level, then you should co over too!”
“Okay.” Liu Hao replied and then let out a sigh of relief. He finally succeeded in getting close to this guy’s side. This ti, he’d figure out what exactly that guy was planning on doing in the new server.
Liu Hao asked for the coordinates and then imdiately ran towards Boneyard. When he reached the location, he looked around. He saw a male and a female, two characters. They were both carrying battle lances and clearing monsters. Among them, the female character had magical ripples flashing under her feet. It was clearly a Chaser, the Battle Mage’s signature skill. And even though that male character used Battle Mage skills, he had no Chasers. He was precisely Lord Grim, an unspecialized character acting as a Battle Mage.
“Hello hello!” Taking advantage of the fact that they were still far away, Liu Hao tested his voice and found a pitch that was different from his own voice. After experinting a few tis, plus considering that there would also be so distortion when he talked, Liu Hao felt that Ye Xiu definitely wouldn’t be able to tell it was his voice. He then calmly and composedly moved Hateful Sword forward.
“God.” Liu Hao went up and greeted. He was a bit nervous in his heart.
“You’ve co!” After replying, a party invite was sent to him.
Liu Hao accepted and then joined the party. Remaining calm and collected, he laughed evilly.
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