Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

The fourth round of the tournament began soon.

The Qi Master's opening move was quite aggressive, heading straight for the center of the map. The reason for this was simple: while mana is a necessary resource in every match, it also regenerates automatically. Every character's mana regenerates very slowly when not in combat, and this regeneration speed can be increased through equipment attributes.

Since the goal is to deplete the opponent's mana as much as possible, they naturally cannot give Lord Grim a chance to recover his mana.

In the arena, the character who wins the match will have their remaining health and mana locked until the start of the second match. However, this lock is limited to mana and health; all other buffs and debuffs will be refreshed and cleared.

He An is also a very meticulous player, so he considered this aspect when communicating with his teammates beforehand. This shows how much they value this match, not wanting to miss even the smallest detail. Even though the automatic reply wouldn't recover much from such a short distance, they were unwilling to give up.

Of course, this is also why He An is worried that the opponent might use some unscrupulous tactics, dragging out the game from the start, making a match last for tens of minutes, just to recover mana.

The Qigong masters of Wuji naturally followed their team leader's advice and ran towards the center of the map as soon as the match started.

Meanwhile, He An and the others, who were watching from God's perspective, also saw Lord Grim run directly towards the center of the map at the start of the match. This relieved He An, as it seemed that the opponent did not intend to delay the time to recover mana.

Of course, now that the competition has begun, he naturally wouldn't give his own qigong master any reminders out of professionalism.

While the Qi Master is classified as a melee class, they do possess some ranged abilities, though these are ultimately limited, remaining at a mid-range level. They can't compare to dedicated ranged classes like the Gunslinger or Mage. Therefore, when both sides see each other's characters, it's naturally not the Qi Master who initiates the attack, but Lord Grim.

In the past, when faced with this situation, and the opponent taking the initiative in the competition, Wuji Qigong Master would feel somewhat frustrated. But this time is different because the distance is still far, and the opponent's attacks are not easy to hit. On the contrary, if the opponent keeps kiting him from the farthest distance, he will have a bigger headache.

After all, that would give the opponent the initiative. They could easily use the marksman's basic attacks to restrain him, increasing the difficulty and time it would take for him to get close, which would essentially give the opponent a chance to recover their mana. But now that he sees the opponent hasn't done that and is instead charging straight at him, he's somewhat relieved.

Because he's not afraid of exhaustion now, he's afraid that the other side won't have any to spare.

The Qigong master was calculating his next tactical plan while keeping an eye on Lord Grim's approaching figure. As Lord Grim launched his attack, his attention became completely focused.

Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang!! Seeing that the opponent was only using the marksman's normal attacks, the Wuji Qi Master was still a little disappointed. If only the opponent could use some skills at this time. Although the opponent's attacks continued, they were all normal attacks without any cost, so such attacks were of no benefit to them at all.

The Qi Master made several dodging movements, but this was merely a deliberate gesture to lure the opponent into using skills against him. However, Lord Grim continued to attack him with only the simplest basic attacks, showing no intention of using any skills.

"Are you playing this like a first-person shooter game?!"

The Qi Master of Wuji thought with some frustration that although their understanding of the unaffiliated people was very limited, they had done a lot of research on Lord Grim's weapons. They had recorded all the weapons that the opponent had transformed into in the previous round and knew very well how to use them. Lord Grim's weapon in gun form was a rifle, and it was a low-speed type that could only fire two shots per reload.

Even so, the opponent stood there firing at him, using a rifle—the weapon with the longest attack range of all firearms—without retreating or advancing. He didn't retreat to fly a kite, but he didn't advance either. He just stood at a distance, firing shot by shot, occasionally unleashing a burst, as if the opponent wasn't in a competition but was hunting.

If this situation cannot be changed, isn't that just giving the other party time to recover automatically? So, seeing that his plan to dodge and lure the opponent had failed, the Qi Master of Wuji could only continue to approach and close the distance with the opponent.

Although he was closing in on his opponent, Wuji Warlock's momentum wasn't strong. He even hoped that Ye Xiu could use his skills to attack him. His evasion was quite messy, all in the hope that Lord Grim would use his skills to deplete as much of the opponent's mana as possible.

So the match turned into Lord Grim standing still and shooting at his opponent, while Wuji's Qi Master charged forward, making it look like a hunter shooting a drunken animal.

The Qi Master Wuji was also quite helpless about this. Right now, he desperately wanted the other party to use skills to hit him. It was only because Xiao Nai couldn't hear the other party's thoughts that he said, otherwise he would have said something like, "I've never heard such a request in my entire life."

As the Qigong master approached little by little, he was calculating the distance between them, and now the distance between them was sufficient to meet the distance requirements of most of the opponent's skills.

But Lord Grim still didn't use any skills, and just stood there shooting. Helpless, the Wuji Qi Master could only continue to advance. Under this bizarre scene, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, which completely baffled the audience.

Because they don't understand, is this Qi Master an idiot? You're already at this distance, the opponent is already within your attack range, why aren't you attacking? You're not some other fighting class that's purely melee, you have ranged skills, and the Qi Master's greatest advantage is at mid-range, even these ordinary players know that, so why is this Qi Master acting like he wants to fight in close combat?
Ultimately, while the Qi Master is classified as a combat class, its melee capabilities aren't particularly outstanding, and its role leans towards support. Although Lord Grim also possesses ranged skills, the result of the previous match speaks for itself, leading everyone to believe that melee-focused unaffiliated characters are more dangerous than ranged attackers. Shouldn't the Qi Master utilize its mid-range advantage to fight back? Instead, this guy keeps getting close.

The opponent is now within the Qi Master's attack range, yet he doesn't attack, instead just swaying and taking hits. Could it be that this guy betrayed his team because of their poor performance in the last match? Or has he actually been bribed by Happy? (End of Chapter)