Chapter 559: Chapter 559: One Step
The audience had obviously noticed the expressions of the experts. If it were normal operation, they would certainly not have been so surprised. What had caused them to have such shocked expressions?
Especially the viewers in the live broadcast room were boiling over, all of them asking what the heck was going on, begging the experts for clarification.
Li Yao took a deep breath and said, “Haven’t you noticed? Prairie Fire has been dodging by just one step.”
After Tanuki’s reminder, everyone finally noticed. The ground around Li Yao had turned a charred black, but only around him. The rest of the area was unharmed.
Areas bombarded by arcane magic typically carry purple elemental traces. This was especially clear around Li Yao, looking exactly like the so-called “one step” zone.
“One step” is easy to understand. Centered on Li Yao, no matter which direction he steps in, he can step out of this range. In other words, it’s a circle with Li Yao at the center and a radius of one step.
The enemy was an arcane mage, not a physical class. With his archery, Li Yao could keep a physical class opponent at a distance and completely immobilize them.
They had already witnessed such a scene at the beginning. Later on, Li Yao even walked directly towards his opponent, who always maintained an elusive distance, which seemed not far but was actually untouchable, ultimately launching a surprise attack on Li Yao. But still, he was killed by one arrow in a flash.
But now the opponent was a mage. Because of the Magic Shield, Li Yao couldn’t even break the opponent’s spell. The Magic Shield could effectively block knockdowns, stuns, and other abnormal states. Otherwise, if a melee class got close to a mage, it would be like sweeping a row of dominoes.
This mechanism made it difficult to interrupt or even push back the opponent under the protection of Magic Shield, let alone when Li Yao faced an arcane mage whose majority spells were instant.
Furthermore, Li Yao couldn’t possibly neutralize the mage’s magic with his arrows.
The only skill Li Yao could use for collision with the enemy was the Arcane Shot, but this skill used mana and had a cooldown time. Facing four machine-gun-like arcane mages, Li Yao certainly couldn’t handle that.
So here comes the question, since he couldn’t block the opponent’s magic, the only option left was dodging.
The difficult part of games with high degrees of freedom lay here. For magic-using classes, hitting the target was a major concern, while for melee classes, getting close to the opponent and keeping high skill completion was also a big challenge.
In these circumstances, moving, whether facing players or opponents, was of crucial importance.
Being bombarded by four bombers, who were coordinating so well with each other, it would be extremely difficult to evade their attacks.
Tanuki’s reminder made everyone realize this. Finally, Tanuki said, “You need to know under such circumstances, it’s very hard to survive, let alone without a scratch. What surprised us even more was that his dodge was just taking one step. In this tiny space, to evade such bombardment is truly terrifying. If you pay attention to their health bars, you’ll find that she has been beaten by Prairie Fire without any effective resistance because, after the first arrow missed, none of Prairie Fire’s arrows have ever missed. If it goes on like this, this top player with hidden identity will undoubtedly lose.”
Thud…
Li Yao has activated Rapid Shooting in order to kill a mage in a second. Because the enemy’s Magic Shield was constantly up, only after breaking the shield would there be an opportunity.
Without the bonus from equipment, Li Yao’s agility was significantly affected.
The direct consequence was that his dodging and shooting speed had greatly decreased. For Li Yao, agility was more important than attack.
Naturally, without the bonus from equipment, using a longbow, his shooting speed couldn’t be fast. Besides, using basic weapons could only activate Level 1 Charged Arrow. Even with the help of Arcane Shot, it was barely enough to break the shield, let alone this skill had no use in such a fight.
One mage fell down, as the other three mages continued to attack Li Yao. Apparently, the mage Li Yao killed was just a mirror image of the enemy.
But with the falling of one mage, the pressure on Li Yao obviously lessened, and the serious expression on his face disappeared.
“Moving within such a small space, everyone says Prairie Fire is insanely formidable. Seeing it today, it’s indeed the case.” Three voices came from different directions, making it impossible for Li Yao to tell which one was the real.
Li Yao laughed bitterly to himself and said, “Well, take it however you like.”
“In our fight, your dodging never exceeded one step. It is very condescending to me, isn’t it?” The Little Princess said with a tinge of anger in her voice.
No wonder she was mad, after all, she was also an expert at the top tier. Never before had she been looked down on like this.
“Then I would like to counter question, after using Mirror Image, can the ranged classes still have the power to fight back against your bombardment?” Li Yao calmly asked back.
The Little Princess’s face changed, and she immediately understood.
“It’s you.” Li Yao’s eyes flashed, and he quickly shot out three arrows.
“So mean.” She didn’t react until the arrow hit her. She hurriedly teleported with Blink, but as soon as she teleported, she was welcomed by Li Yao’s second arrow. She tumbled and barely managed to stand up when a third arrow pierced her throat.
As this mage fell, the other two mages lost the support of mana and instantly dissipated.
Everything happened too fast, leaving the audience without time to react. The lively fight was dramatically over just like that, which was really beyond expectation.
Moreover, the majority of the audience was totally confused, having no idea what had just happened.
The scene was filled with a heated discussion, and the screen was flooded with comments.
“Explanation please.”
“What happened exactly?”
“Yeah, why did the Little Princess say Prairie Fire was mean?”
“Completely lost, damn it, I must improve my skills.”
“Yeah, lack of skills, I couldn’t even understand what happened.”
“Tanuki, quick, what exactly happened?”
…
Li Yao waved his hand, and the dim-witted Tonton ran over to revive the Little Princess.
Li Yao patted Tonton on the head and said, “Go, return this weapon to big sister. We can’t just take things dropped by others.”
“Big brother is right.” Tonton immediately took the Magic Wand and cheerfully ran to the Little Princess. “Big sister, your Wand. Big brother says we can’t take other people’s things.”
The Little Princess silently took the wand, giving Li Yao a strange look.
Meanwhile, the audience at the scene collectively raised their middle fingers. Seriously? Can’t take others’ equipment?
Why didn’t you say to return the epic purple gear in the previous two rounds? Obviously, you just didn’t care about the white gear…