Chapter 926: Lian Xin Wins (1/2)
”Song of Cloud and Water has two key moves, and they are the Soul Binding Art and Ice Flame Slash. Everything else is what you’d see in a magic knight’s repertoire.”
I was explaining to He Yi the characteristics of Song of Cloud and Water before the battle began. ” Soul Binding Art can penetrate Magic Shield and immobilize an opponent directly, but that doesn’t matter to you. From what I’ve seen earlier, Soul Binding Art has an effective range of 3 yards. If she’s allowed to get that close, it’ll be almost impossible to dodge the skill. Just almost.”
Eve shot the arena a long look before replying, ”I’m… worried that I’m not good enough to avoid her skill. You saw what happened earlier. Not even Shadow Chanel was good enough to dodge it.”
”That’s because Shadow Chanel didn’t know the effective range of the skill.” I gave her a reassuring smile before continuing, ”When the battle begins, all you need to do is pay attention to her right hand. If a green light spirals around her arm, that means she’s about to cast Soul Binding Art. All you need to do is to speed up and do a full zigzag, and you’ll be able to dodge her skill. Also, Soul Binding Art’s cast time is about 0.4 seconds, so you must perform the maneuver in half a second at most. In fact, you only have half a second to notice the skill cast and dodge the skill. It’s all up to you now.”
”Mn. I’ll do my best!” A trace of smile crossed He Yi’s lips. ”I know we’ll probably win this whole thing if I can win my match. I won’t disappoint everyone.”
”Yeah. Go!”
To be honest, He Yi was quite lucky that her opponent turned out to be Song of Cloud and Water. Had it been God Bone, Song of Ice and Fire or Ringwraith, her chances of winning would’ve dropped to 40% or below. It was because all three of them had bizarre class skills and excellent techniques. A still growing He Yi would’ve been no match for them.
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Swhoosh swhoosh!
Light scattered, and both He Yi and Song of Cloud and Water appeared in the arena. This was a critical match for us because the outcome would directly dictate the final result. If He Yi won, we would almost certainly not have to fight the fifth match.
Both girls were seventh-promotion magic knights, so the start of the battle was full of probing attacks and careful dances. A while later, they clashed shields with each other—proving that He Yi had the higher Strength stat—and He Yi pierced Song of Cloud and Water’s shield with Barrier Break.
78828!
Song of Cloud and Water let out a groan and tried to retaliate with her own Barrier Break, but He Yi moved her shield aside and crossed her the Seven Star Veluriyam Spear in front of her c.h.e.s.t. Then, she thrust her weapon forward in one sudden motion and successfully parried half of the little girl’s attack, decreasing the damage she received drastically.
A hint of surprise passed through Song of Cloud and Water’s eyes. She hurriedly turned around and used Trapping Net!
He Yi had the same skill, so of course she knew how deadly it was. After making a sharp turn and dodging the skill all too easily, she raised her Veluriyam Spear again and split the air in front of her five times in a row! It was of course Purgatory of Ice and Magma!
Song of Cloud and Water hurriedly raised her shield and Guarded. The powerful skill reduced her HP drastically—
19383!
21029!
18287!
19227!
22109!
……
However, He Yi’s eyes sharpened at that exact moment almost as if she had seen through Song of Cloud and Water’s deception. The hint of a smile crossing her lips, she abruptly sped up and completed a zigzag at the same moment Song of Cloud and Water unleashed her skill. An instant later, MISS appeared above He Yi’s head to show that she had successfully dodged the skill!
”Ah?!”
Song of Cloud and Water exclaimed in surprise and came to a full stop, her mind incapable of processing the scenario where she failed to shackle He Yi. Not letting the golden opportunity slip by, He Yi immediately closed the distance between herself and Song of Cloud and Water and trapped her with Trapping Net. Barrier Break and Triple Slash to the face later, Song of Cloud and Water was knocked out of the arena!