How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

A thick dark cloud suddenly appeared above the jungle which was originally sunny and peaceful. The cloud rolled with flashing purple snakes, and in an instant, bolts of lightning came down, accompanied by roaring thunder. Even people several miles away could notice the movement.

Chapter 147: Duel with Yiwen

Ahri's group attack magic was very powerful, but there was no shadow of the opponent around, so it was equivalent to being launched in vain.

This practice left many viewers particularly puzzled.

Inside Alice, many elites in the thieves' group, including Ye Yuan and Ci Tong, were watching the game. Others might not know, but they knew very well that this game could be said to be a battle between the two greatest thieves in the entire Orwin Empire, or even the entire era.

"Isn't this exposing your position?"

Qing Mingyue was curious, and there was a puzzled look on the boy's pretty face. Although there was such a large area of ​​jungle between them, this action would not put him in danger directly, but it would increase the risk.

He watched the live broadcast with a sad face and also frowned.

"Maybe our young president has his own plans." Posa chuckled.

“Teachers don’t do meaningless things.”

Ye Yuan next to her shared the same idea as her. Although she was also confused, she still believed that the other party's actions had their own special intentions.

The others discussed it for a while, but they were speechless when the answer was revealed the next moment.

After the thunderclouds appeared, a large area of ​​scarlet fog soon appeared in the sky above the other corner of the island.

The photo between the two is like a pair of good friends waving and greeting each other, telling each other where they are.

"Well, I thought it was something else, it turns out they just don't want to waste time and start a war directly."

Xishu held his forehead with his hand, his face full of black lines.

In fact, he has come up with several versions of the explanation.

The people around them were almost certain about what was going on, and realized that what the two people were thinking was not that complicated. While they secretly laughed at themselves for imagining too much, they were also somewhat impressed by the directness of both sides.

Starting from the points round-robin tournament, due to the huge map, most of the matches were spent by both sides on probing before the actual battle, choosing a more favorable battle venue or time. After all, those who could stand on the stage in the final stage were definitely top players, and any factor could become the key to the battle situation, so it was no wonder that they were so cautious.

Everyone including Ye Yuan had gone through this before, and the significance of the semi-finals was undoubtedly far greater than the previous competitions.

If they were facing each other in the semi-finals, they would definitely make sufficient preparations during the testing period before the match in order to win the game. They would not be so open with each other as they are now.

Maybe this is what the top players should have——

Confidence in one's own strength and the purity of fighting.

With the help of the "marks" provided to each other every half a minute, in just two or three minutes of the live broadcast, the distance between the two sides, which was originally half an island apart, was quickly shortened to a distance of dozens of yards.

This is the speed of top thieves.

I don't need to say much about myself. Yiwen also has epic equipment and the effect of holy relics, and he has a special bonus as a hidden profession shadow hunter. It is no exaggeration to say that the attribute values ​​of both parties are at the top of the thief profession in the entire Orwen Empire.

As the distance shortened, almost all the audience began to get nervous and held their breath.

Even though most of them would unconsciously underestimate the strength of the two due to the appearance filter, such an unexpected development still made them involuntarily look forward to how intense and exciting the battle would be after the two sides came into contact.

Especially since both sides are thieves.

The director also competently zoomed in the original bird's-eye view shot and changed it to multiple side angles to better show the battle scene.

The war is about to break out.

However, as the two quickly approached each other and seemed about to engage in a confrontation, their actions in the next second stunned everyone.

"An'an~"

"Be serious, we're still competing."

I held down Yiwen who was rushing towards me and reminded him.

But this sentence left the audience speechless. You two still know you are competing, so what are you doing?

In the live broadcast, two petite figures came close to each other, became intimate like good friends meeting, and sat opposite each other as if they were going to have a pleasant tea party.

"Mum~"

Ali jumped off my shoulder and came up to Yiwen to say hello.

"Be good, Ali." Yiwen touched Ali's little head and asked me, "Well, An An shouldn't be so cruel as to use Ali to beat others, right?"

"Unless there are special circumstances, we promise not to send out Ahri." I shrugged.

"Hehe, you have to keep your word. Mengmeng, go back to sleep first."

Yuwen naturally understood what I meant and patted the round little bat on his head.

This is the pet that Yiwen got from the holy relic mission. It had many outstanding performances in the final stage. For example, the several "marks" that provided locations just now were all released by this little guy. Otherwise, the thief would not have many conspicuous skills.

We put both the little bat and Ahri into the pet space.

At the same time, Yiwen and I became serious.

"Then let's get down to business."

Is the war finally about to begin?

The audience outside the venue began to get excited again, but the next second they saw me take out a deck of cards from my backpack and place them on the ground between the two of them.

Not only the audience, but also the members of Alice's Thieves Group were stunned.

"No, what are they doing?"

"…24?"

Seeing one side randomly draw four cards from the shuffled deck and spread them out, and then both sides seemed to be lost in thought, Ci Tong hesitated and guessed.

"I see... No, what does it mean to count 24 points?!"

No matter what others thought, I was already staring at the playing cards of 2, 7, 7, 10 and started to ponder.

However, just as Yiwen said, she was still the better one in terms of number sensitivity. While I was still thinking, she suddenly reached out and pressed the playing cards, and quickly reversed the order. "10 divided by 7 plus 2 and then multiplied by 7. How about it? I told you that she is better in this aspect, An An~"

I calculated silently and found that it was correct. I curled my lips, put away the cards and stood up.

"you win."

"Hehe, I get excited just thinking about how An An would get nervous and uneasy under other people's constant provocation~"

However, Yiwen went further and held her cheek while saying something very ambiguous.

I just felt the nerve called rationality in my head stirring, and I raised my hand to give this unreasonable guy a slap on the head.

"Do not talk nonsense."

Yiwen laughed playfully and retreated into stealth mode.

This was clearly a signal to start a war.

But I stayed where I was and didn't make any moves. But that doesn't make sense because I was still observing and alerting the movements around me.

It was not until this time that everyone realized something, even the friends in a certain team.

"Huh? Are they using 24 points to decide who goes first?"

Alola even took the time to learn the specialized terminology.

Yun Xian rolled her eyes. "It's just like playing house. That's too stupid."

Yun Qian blinked when she heard that, "But isn't my sister playing secretly?"

"!? Xiao Qian, stop talking nonsense. I'm not playing! No, I've never played!"

"It turns out it's not a joke."

Cecilia tilted her head. She still remembered what someone said when they met at that time.

Chapter 148: Strange Offensive

The battles between thieves are varied and far more complicated than those between other professions.

From the series of events from the points round-robin tournament to the top 100 tournament, the records of thieves fighting each other show that sometimes the game can be dragged on for an hour and difficult to resolve, while sometimes the encounter can be decided in just a few minutes. This is because there are many factors that affect the outcome, which may be the stealth perception attribute, the speed and control of the attack, or the connection and coherence between the moves.

Stealth, the most important feature of a rogue, determines that the secret confrontation is as important as the head-on confrontation. Coupled with the rogue's series of combo skills that have both damage and control, the advantage of the first move is self-evident, but it cannot be said that the second move is necessarily at a disadvantage. It may even be that the second mover deliberately gives the first move opportunity to achieve a counterattack.

It's like the law of the dark forest.

If the difference in strength between the two sides is obvious, the winner can be decided quickly, but a duel between top thieves will form a chain of suspicion around who will go first and who will go second, thus spending too much time on probing after the battle.

This extremely time-consuming process was simplified and even made clearer by the 24-point calculation method we agreed on in advance.

Whoever wins gets to go first, and the loser cannot enter stealth.

This is why I am staying where I am now, alert to the movements around me.

Ivan's stealth skills are the best I've ever seen. When he enters stealth mode, not only his figure but also his breath disappears. The breeze is still blowing, the grass leaves are spreading, and no trace is left. It's like the character of Ivan is suddenly cut out of the peaceful picture, abrupt but very natural.

This stealth ability gives me the feeling that even Sister Vera can’t reach it.

However, Vera's stealth is also top-notch, but the characteristics of the hidden profession of the Silver Inquisitor determine that she will take the route of a combat thief, while the Shadow Hunter's Ivan naturally has the advantages of an assassination thief. There is not much comparison due to their different focuses.

“I can’t sense it…”

I hooked my fingers and clenched the Star Destroyer in my hand. The Shadow Slayer is a dagger-like weapon suitable for sneak attacks and assassinations. Yiwen has more advantages in this regard. I am not so stupid as to fight against the opponent in the field where he is good at. Then I will definitely suffer more.

But in fact, when dealing with the assassination thief's preemptive attack, the combat thief is also at a disadvantage and can only rely on perception, judgment and reaction.

Even though the former kept an eye on the slightest movement around him, and even used the transcendental thinking on the Lawrence Circle, he still couldn't find Ivan's location. And I judged that as a top thief, it would definitely not be so easy for me to predict Ivan's movements.

So the only thing left is reaction?

Obviously this is the worst option, but when I thought of this, I felt inexplicably relaxed. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. The complex jungle around me lost all its colors in an instant.

It seemed as if only the most basic outlines were left of all things, even the trajectory of the wind seemed to be imprinted in them.

And at this sudden moment, the trajectory changed.

An intruder has changed the direction of the air flow!

Left rear!

I pulled the Star-Destroying Blade diagonally to block the incoming dagger, but before I could launch a counterattack, a sharp feeling suddenly pierced through the air from the direction above my head.

What's going on? Attacks from two completely different directions! ?

Fortunately, when I judged that the sneak attack was blocked, I activated the Extreme Shadow Step. With the help of muscle memory, my body moved subconsciously, and I used the explosive speed to teleport back a few steps to avoid it.

However, before his body could stabilize, a sound of breaking air was heard in front of the right.

Instant step.

I was forced to use the displacement skill, and at that moment an idea came to my mind, and the moment I landed, I pushed the Star-Destroying Blade in my hand back and forth to the left and right, and the short blade flew out two intersecting arcs.

Stun, ambush.

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There was a slight sound of a hit from behind, and even a touch that proved that his attack had been successful.

Even so, when he used two control skills with the aim of interrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm, another sharp edge came towards him.

Stun.

The same skill is returned to himself.

Not only did he inflict damage of up to 600, you can imagine how much damage Yiwen had done. The latter, at the moment when the stun had just taken effect, he drew out another dagger and his moves were connected smoothly.

My reaction was so quick that I used forced escape to get rid of the dizziness in just 0.5 seconds.

It still allows it to deal subsequent backstab and piercing damage, plus trigger the bleeding effect. Its health drops by one-fifth and continues to wear down.

There was also good news. Yiwen didn't withdraw her hand in time and was hit by the backhand chisel after she blocked it, and she became stiff. But soon she used the same forced escape to bully again.

Of course, I couldn't get into this kind of attack exchange with her, as that would only put me at a disadvantage since I would lose the initiative.

Shadow dance.

His figure turned into a shadow and flashed backwards, and at the same time he used the Phantom Hand to extend the attack distance, blocking Yiwen's pursuit. The moment he landed, he used a dark star as a cost to activate the power of the Protective Star, and miraculously blocked a mysterious attack from behind.

"Hey, hey, how did An An guess that?"

Seeing this scene, Yiwen took the initiative to interrupt the rhythm of the attack and emerged from stealth mode, blinking his eyes, and his eyes as bright as emerald star stones were full of surprise, looking very cute.

"Not just attacking, I also know how you attacked before."

I twirled the short blade in my hand.