My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

The magic shield seemed to be nonexistent; Leng Yihan's attack passed right through it and struck Tianhuo, who was still chanting magic, instantly interrupting his spellcasting. The six sword lights also ignored his shield and struck him directly. Having taken all the damage from the Big Dipper and the Hexagram Sword Array, he was left with only 32% health. Just two skills were enough to cripple him. If Leng Yihan were to finish him off with a single sword strike, she could take Tianhuo out of the game.

However, Leng Yihan would definitely not do that. He wanted to see what made Tianhuo so confident that he could defeat him. He changed his greatsword into a katana and did not attack. He watched as Tianhuo teleported 30 meters away in front of him and immediately cast a fire wall to block Leng Yihan's vision.

"Hmm... a purple wall of fire, but something's not right about this wall of fire." Leng Yihan muttered to herself. The wall of fire seemed to spread from the ice blocks, and the area burning with purple flames was getting bigger and bigger.

"Oh~ the Netherworld series, I guess." Seeing the fire wall that was different from the ordinary fire wall, Leng Yihan immediately thought of her alt account. "It seems that Tianhuo must have gone through some Netherworld trial and changed his profession to something like Netherworld Fire Mage, so he thought he could win." Leng Yihan squinted and slowly walked around the fire wall, seeing Tianhuo chanting a long spell not far behind it.

"It's been five, six, or seven seconds already, and it's still not done? It seems its power and duration are extraordinary. Let's see if this Netherworld Fire has any effects that ordinary flames don't have." Leng Yihan walked into the area that the fire wall had already spread into, and soon he was afflicted with four debuffs.

[DEBUFF: Never Stop (If the flames are not extinguished, they will burn forever, reducing maximum health by 1% per second.)]

[DEBUFF: Naked (Defense reduced by 50% while burning)]

[DEBUFF: Mental Pollution (Reduces mental strength by 50% during the fire's duration.)]

[DEBUFF: Nether Devour (Healing effectiveness reduced by 50% during Flame Burn.)]

"Hmm...not bad, it really is a bugged class. But it's quite impressive that Tianhuo's spirit hasn't collapsed yet. But that's normal, since I'm still normal." Leng Yihan thought to herself as Tianhuo's chanting finally came to an end. A large patch of ice lake burst into flames, and Leng Yihan's health began to drop rapidly. In just two seconds, Leng Yihan's health was down to only 50%.

"Oh, that was quick." Leng Yihan's katana broke through the ice beneath his feet and fell into the lake. The flames didn't extinguish immediately after entering the water; instead, the surrounding water evaporated continuously. After another six or seven seconds, the flames on Leng Yihan's body were finally extinguished by the surging lake water. Leng Yihan then poked his head out of the hole where he had come down to see what was going on, only to see a meteorite burning with purple flames falling from the sky.

"Emmm... a meteorite falling from the sky?" As Leng Yihan uttered these words, the surrounding cold air involuntarily intensified, and even the nearby flames gradually diminished and quickly went out, while Leng Yihan was already frozen in ice.

The meteorite struck the frozen lake, instantly shattering large sections of the ice. It then began to evaporate the surrounding lake water at a visible speed, quickly obscuring the view with a white mist. Even so, the ice block that had frozen Leng Yihan remained unharmed. It was only because it had to abide by Newton's law of universal gravitation that it was now plummeting at high speed and crashing into the lakebed. Although there was ice below, the meteorite not only couldn't penetrate it, but the flames on and around the meteorite also quickly went out.

As Leng Yihan emerged from the ice, he was immediately struck by a chill that nearly froze him to death. He was losing health at a rate of 10% of his maximum health per second. However, the snow in Leng Yihan's hand flashed with blue light, and his health stopped at 9%. Leng Yihan also felt as if the surrounding temperature had returned to normal.

"We really can't let our guard down for a moment. I didn't expect the temperature beneath this Ice Lake map to be so low, and even the ice is incredibly hard." With that, Leng Yihan slashed at the ice beneath his feet, but only left a frost mark. He immediately activated his Qi Recovery skill, instantly restoring his health to 100% (Qi Recovery level 100 restores an additional 100% of lost health, essentially restoring him to full health instantly). He activated his Qi Blade Slash and casually slashed at a nearby fireball, but the Qi Blade Slash melted before it even reached it.

"As expected of extreme cold, he's still alive after all this."

"Ah, thank you." Leng Yihan casually thanked him, examining the fireball, which was also known as the Heavenly Fire. It was thanks to this fireball that he was able to stand for so long in such a low-temperature environment. While he was still recovering his energy, Leng Yihan immediately switched to his greatsword to see if it was still usable, but found that his health was immediately starting to decrease again. He quickly switched back to his katana to stop.

"Looks like you can't use your greatsword anymore." Tianhuo was a smart man. Seeing Leng Yihan take out her greatsword and immediately switch back to her katana, he quickly deduced that Leng Yihan's ability to avoid losing health in the low temperature was thanks to his katana.

"Yes, aren't you going to make a move?" Leng Yihan asked in return after answering his question.

“I wanted to, but…” As he spoke, Tianhuo raised his hand and fired a rocket at Leng Yihan, but the rocket was extinguished before it could travel far and could not even cause any damage. “That’s the situation. I guess I brought it on myself. If I hadn’t used Meteor Shower, I might have had a chance. Now, the spells I can use to cause damage take a long time to cast.”

"Oh, that's a real pity." With that, Leng Yihan activated her sword and shield, charged forward with a triple slash, and finished off Tianhuo, whose health was already at rock bottom, with a sword storm.

Tianhuo was in a very awkward situation. He used Meteor Shower, but not only did he fail to kill Leng Yihan instantly, he also fell into such a low-temperature place that he had to activate his Netherfire form. However, the Netherfire form was restricted here, and its ability to cast magic instantly was gone. He could only keep himself from losing health, and the magic he released was extinguished before it could travel very far. If he hadn't used Meteor Shower and hadn't fallen here, he might have had a chance to win. But there are no ifs now.

[Victor: Extreme Cold]

[The player ranked 5th on the God Ranking, 'Skyfire,' failed to challenge the player ranked 1st, 'Extreme Cold,' and their ranking remains unchanged.]

After a three-second countdown, players will be teleported back to their respective rest rooms.

[3……2……1]

[Transmission initiated.]

-

Returning to Lin Yin's side, while Tian Huo was challenging Leng Yihan, she also challenged Hammer, who was ranked ninth on the God Ranking.

[The number 10th ranked user on the God Ranking, 'Tone,' has issued a challenge. Do you accept?]

Hammer had just finished dealing with his opponent and returned to his rest room. He had barely sat down on the comfortable sofa when someone challenged him.

"Tenth on the God Ranking? Wasn't it supposed to be Thunderclap? When did it change to Sound? But I can't win, I might get revenge from Extreme Cold, haha." Hammer finished speaking and clicked accept, but he couldn't just go easy on him like that. On the contrary, he would go all out.

[Loading map...]

[Map confirmed: Arena (default)]

[Tone vs. Hammer, that's all]

[Countdown begins: 3]

【2】

【1】

"Hey Hammer Bro," Lin Yin joked, her hands still moving. She pulled back the bowstring and released the arrow, which instantly appeared in front of Hammer Bro's face, but he narrowly dodged it.

"Hey, you call me Hammer Bro, and you tried to blow my head off with your first arrow? That's really too much! I'm furious." Although Hammer is done saying this, there's not a trace of anger on his face, and his voice is lazy, making it seem as if he doesn't care about the arrow just now.

"Oh? What will happen if Hammer gets angry?" Lin Yin stretched out her hand again and fired three arrows in quick succession, all of which Hammer easily dodged. Hammer knew that this was just Lin Yin testing him.

"I'll crush you." With that, Hammer is done, a shield appearing around him as he charged towards Lin Yin, intending to end the battle quickly. Lin Yin reacted swiftly, realizing that Hammer is not testing her but intended to crush her from the start. She fired three special Frost Arrows in quick succession, the frost slowing him down. Lin Yin immediately switched to stationary shooting, activating Phantom Arrow Dance and Berserk, unleashing a barrage of arrows like a machine gun. However, Hammer is done, his movements becoming even more unpredictable.

Perhaps, just like his ID suggests, for him, a battle is simply a matter of hammering. He just needs to use the stick in his hand to hammer people until they are smashed to pieces. The distance between the two was getting closer and closer, and soon they were within the attack range where hammering was the only solution. Lin Yin did not retreat, but continued to deliver the final burst of damage.

"It's over!" Hammer was done, soaring high into the air and hurling his club at Lin Yin. Lin Yin merely smiled. Just as the club was about to strike Lin Yin, a katana appeared out of nowhere and blocked the blow. This block exposed a huge weakness in Hammer's skill.

"Now!" Lin Yin raised her hand and used Frost Arrow, combined with the special effect of her longbow, to instantly freeze Hammer. Then, Frost Arrows were fired non-stop, and Lin Yin, who was lucky, kept freezing Hammer. As soon as Hammer was done, she used a crowd control removal skill during the gap in the arrows to escape. At the same time, she summoned a shield, Holy Light Shield.

[Skill: Holy Light Shield]

[Learning Level: 65]

[Cooldown: 100 seconds]

[Effect: Summons a Holy Light Shield equal to 10% of maximum health, granting the user invulnerability for 30 seconds.]

[Next level: Summons a Holy Shield equal to 12% of the caster's maximum health.]

After casting Holy Light Shield, I immediately used a level 70 skill to fully restore my health.

[Skill: Soul Healing]

[Learning Level: 70]

[Cooldown: 450 seconds]

[Effect: Restores 100% of health.]

[Next level: Cooldown reduced by 4 seconds.]

Then, just as Hammer was about to counterattack, the sword slash, which had been charged for several seconds, was unleashed instantly, ignoring the Holy Light Shield and striking Hammer's body. With one strike, Hammer's health was reduced to only 1%. Hammer decisively turned around and ran away, but the arena was not very large, which became Hammer's most fatal map selection.

When Lin Yin stood in the center of the arena, Hammer knew that if he couldn't survive until the cooldown of Soul Healing ended, his game would be over.

Frost Arrows, combined with Explosive Arrows interspersed in between, affected Hammer's positioning time and time. Just when Hammer thought he could hold on, Lin Yin's combo of stationary shooting + Phantom Arrow Dance + Berserk ended its cooldown. A storm of arrows poured out, and Hammer finally could not resist and fell under Lin Yin's arrows.

[The Winner: Tone]

[The 10th ranked user on the God Ranking, 'Tone,' successfully challenged the 9th ranked user, 'Just Hammer It,' and the rankings have been swapped.]

After a three-second countdown, players will be teleported back to their respective rest rooms.

[3……2……1]

[Transmission initiated.]

Lin Yin sat in the rest room and breathed a sigh of relief. She then took out the longbow from her backpack, which had helped her improve her ranking significantly. She looked at it from the left and right, touching it here and there.

"Hehehe... Is this Yihan's blessing...?"

-

Ignoring Lin Yin's infatuation here, on the other side, Leng Binglan relied on the Desolate Dragon to win all the way and quickly climbed to the fiftieth place on the God Ranking. Next, she will be the forty-fourth place on the God Ranking.

Coincidentally, this was someone I had met before, someone I hadn't finished writing about in the battle, or even who won that ranking match.

Time flies, and this is the last match. After this match, the God Ranking will be closed, and the ladder competition for those on the God Ranking will come to an end.

[The 50th ranked player on the God Ranking, 'Blue Moon,' has issued a challenge. Do you accept?]

“Blue Moon…” Shuang smiled enigmatically upon seeing the name.

"Let's play one more time then."

[Loading map...]

[Map confirmed: Arena (default)]

Blue Moon vs. Frost

[Countdown begins: 3]

【2】

【1】

"The match begins."

67. About Blue Moon vs. Frost and getting ready for a party!

"Hi, Blue Moon, it's been a while!" As soon as Shuang appeared on the field, she greeted Leng Binglan loudly in the distance.

Leng Binglan didn't respond, but just stared at her with an unfriendly expression, as if she wanted to tear her to pieces.

"Hey? Don't make that face." As Shuang spoke, the barrier that restricted her movement disappeared. Without saying a word, Leng Binglan rushed forward, not intending to give Shuang a chance to continue speaking, while Shuang turned around and ran away.

"Don't run! I'm going to chop you up!"

"Come on! You can talk after you catch me!" Hearing the cold blue shout from behind, Shuang replied without turning her head. I forgot to mention that she also plays the Sword Master class, and she only played Oracle for a year and a half before reaching 44th place on the God Ranking. Also, she is a super fan of Jihan.

Well... so what exactly happened between the two of them will be revealed later.

However, neither of them used their full strength to run and chase, so an extremely awkward situation arose on the field—one person who could have counterattacked kept running without doing so, and the other person who could have caught up with their skills kept running on their feet without using a single skill.

Next, the audience saw the two girls running around the arena for about a minute. Finally, Shuang made the first move. Shuang turned around and tried to hit Leng Binglan with a sword slash. Leng Binglan was prepared. She used the Big Dipper to enter an invincible state to avoid the damage and tried to counterattack Shuang.

Frost calmly activated her sword and shield, parrying at the perfect moment to block Cold Blue's Big Dipper attack. After the seven sword strikes, Frost only actually took damage from two of them—the first and last two. All the others were blocked by Frost. Even Cold Blue, who was standing next to her, had to admire this parrying maneuver.

But despite her admiration, Leng Binglan still had to fight. Without hesitation, she summoned the Wild Dragon. She couldn't afford to be killed before she could even get a chance to use her skills, just like when she first faced Shuang.

-

"Blue Moon? Oh... the one who's really close with Extreme Cold, right?" Frost muttered to herself, her eyes fixed on the icy blue opposite her.

"Why is it that I haven't even had a proper conversation with my crush yet... but she can hang out with him so naturally... It's so frustrating! But I'm not even sure I can beat her in a fight..."

But what's her relationship like with her crush? Is she psychologically mature enough? If she's not, then it's much easier to handle; a few flirty words should be enough to win her over. Shuang seemed to be talking to someone, but in a voice no one could hear, giving the impression that she was just talking to herself.

Perhaps?

"We'll find out once we try." With this mindset, Shuang didn't start fighting with the two of them right away. Instead, she raised her voice and shouted at Leng Binglan, "Hey! Lanyue, what's your relationship with Jihan?"

"Huh? This is ranked play, why are you asking this? And how did you know..."

"Of course, you've become quite a sensation on the Oracle Forum lately. Everyone who enjoys gossip knows about your connection to the extreme cold."