My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

For the next ten minutes, the situation became as follows: the old man did not fight back, allowing Leng Yihan to attack him, but no matter what, Leng Yihan could not harm the old man in the slightest.

"Tsk, why did I suddenly become so stubborn?" Leng Yihan suddenly thought of something halfway through the fight, sheathed her katana, and drew the greatsword Chaos, which was full of killing intent, from its sheath.

"Let me see if you're still going to dodge!" With the Qi Blade Slash activated, Leng Yihan launched her Phantom Invisible Sword attack. Although the greatsword was heavy, it still unleashed a series of sword intents in a short time. However, the old man had no choice but to raise his shield to defend. Unexpectedly, all of Leng Yihan's attacks ignored the shield and struck him directly.

"Is that so..." A flash of silver light appeared in the old man's eyes, and the space in front of him suddenly became distorted. The sword energy that Leng Yihan had unleashed disappeared when it touched the distorted area.

"Hmph, how am I supposed to fight this?" Leng Yihan helplessly sheathed his sword. His attacks were completely ineffective against him, although he still had Annihilation left to use... But the old man hadn't tried to kill Leng Yihan at all, and Leng Yihan felt bad about just finishing him off like that, especially since he was having a lot of fun fighting him. (Even though it was a one-sided beating.)

“You did very well. You couldn’t force an ordinary person to use that move just now… I can let you go, but that guy has to stay.” The old man pointed to Ruoyi not far away. “I need someone to take care of my daily needs.”

"Okay." Leng Yihan agreed without even thinking.

"Hey! He said he was leaving me behind, right? It was me, right!" Ruoyi said, on the verge of tears. She was watching their fight so intensely when suddenly they betrayed her.

"Otherwise what? In a way, taking care of his daily needs is also giving yourself a place to live on the border battlefield. Isn't it the most suitable place for you, since you can't go to the invaders' territory or the defenders' territory?" Leng Yihan's words left Ruoyi speechless. Indeed, she couldn't go to either place right now, and she couldn't survive alone on the border battlefield. She had just witnessed the old man's strength...

"Alright, it's settled then. Young man, here's this thing for you. It can help you find a way out." The old man took out something that looked like a compass and handed it to him.

Side quest completed.

Even though this kind of prompt has appeared... oh well, I don't have time to do the mission to investigate what the border battlefield is anyway, I guess I'll never know what this place is in my lifetime.

Leng Yihan sighed inwardly and took the compass-like device. "You can find it by following the direction the pointer is pointing. Go."

"Farewell." Although she didn't understand why the old man's attitude changed so quickly, Leng Yihan didn't want to worry about the things on the map anymore. At this moment, she should focus on clearing the level as quickly as possible.

[Item: Male Needle]

[Type: Tool]

[Effect: For males]

[Usage Requirements: Female]

[Note: There's only one man on the field. Who do you think it is?]

"The notes and usage requirements of Qiaoli Ma." Leng Yihan almost wanted to throw this thing away immediately, but considering that it was one of the quick ways to pass the level, he finally humiliatingly took the thing in his hand.

Following the pointer, Leng Yihan walked for half a day before finally seeing Hammer, who seemed to be resting and recuperating in place.

Leng Yihan didn't bother with a direct confrontation; she activated her hidden Qi Blade Slash and began to strike.

"Hey, your approach is wrong! Shouldn't you just come out and fight openly?!" Hammer suddenly opened his eyes after finishing, rolled away from the sword energy, and didn't forget to say this.

"Who wants to fight you? What are you daydreaming about, Hammer Bro? By the way, why didn't you sleep a little deeper just now? It would be best if I could chop you to death and you wouldn't wake up." Leng Yihan naturally started with a verbal exchange with Hammer Bro, but their physical actions didn't stop either. Hammer Bro immediately stood up, wanting to rush at Leng Yihan and fight her in close combat.

Leng Yihan naturally wouldn't risk engaging in close combat with someone so strong, especially the top melee priest in the Chinese server. When retreating, as long as the sword energy hits the hammer, it's a critical hit. Even with all her equipment, Leng Yihan only has about a 10% critical hit rate.

"Hey Xiaohan, your critical hit rate is too much!" Hammer finished complaining. At this moment, his two shields were about to be knocked off, but he still couldn't catch up with Leng Yihan. After all, he had a speed boost, and Leng Yihan also had a speed boost skill.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!" Leng Yihan shouted in an exaggerated, terrified, and frightened tone, but his expression remained unchanged, and he even seemed to want to laugh. The current scene... looked more like walking a dog.

"Come here! Come here!" Hammer finished, holding the stick in his right hand and beckoning Leng Yihan with his left index finger. The two of them circled the field like this, one saying "Come here" and the other saying "Don't come here."

Leng Yihan also knew why Hammer was finished and had been waiting for him here. Undoubtedly, it was because this place would be advantageous to him if a fight broke out.

Unlike Leng Yihan, his side quest wasn't "Investigate the secrets of the border battlefield," but rather a simple task: "Wait for the extreme cold to arrive."

When Leng Yihan arrived, Hammer was finished with his mission. At the same time, he also received two buffs: one was a 30% increase in his own damage, and the other was a buff that lasted on the field, increasing Hammer's movement speed, defense, health regeneration, and damage by 20%, while weakening Jihan's movement speed, defense, health regeneration, and damage by 20%. This shows that this was the 'system's' malicious targeting.

maybe.

Leng Yihan had no intention of leaving. This buff had narrowed the gap between them, allowing them to fight in a fairer environment. Leng Yihan was happy with this, otherwise, every battle would be a one-sided massacre by him, which would be meaningless.

The duration of the Blade Slash finally ended, and Leng Yihan stopped retreating. She suddenly stopped and immediately followed up with a Rising Dragon Slash. She just had to finish him off. As expected of the number one melee priest in the Chinese server, she reacted quickly and used a Holy Light Shield to ignore Leng Yihan's knockback. With a swift movement, she smashed her staff straight at Leng Yihan's head.

"Falling Star!" Hammer finished using Falling Star, trying to stun Leng Yihan, but Leng Yihan was not someone who could be so easily stunned by Hammer. She activated her super armor and slammed Hammer down on Leng Yihan's head, instantly reducing her health by half, but without causing any damage. Moreover, if it weren't for the debuff from the arena, Leng Yihan's health would have almost been fully restored in the next second.

The first blow was just the beginning; the blows rained down, one after another. Leng Yihan simply activated her sword and shield, letting the hammer blow at her without retaliating.

"Why didn't he fight back when he could have..." The hammer was finished, and he became wary. Although he didn't stop using the stick, he had already reduced his strength a bit, wary of what moves Leng Yihan might use.

"Why is Hammer Bro suddenly not using his full strength... Well, that's my turn now." Leng Yihan sheathed her katana, drew her greatsword, and started hammering. Seeing this, Hammer Bro stopped standing still and started hammering randomly. Instead, he began to move around in a very basic way. His attack frequency became slower and slower, but his defense became more and more difficult.

After holding his greatsword and guarding for a while, Leng Yihan decided not to continue taking the beating. The main reason was that he suddenly realized that he had wasted too much time in this round, so he decided to end it quickly.

With a single, all-powerful slash, he aimed precisely at Hammer's position and delivered a clean, decisive blow, sending him flying and instantly reducing his health by about 80%. Hammer rolled to his feet, used his level 70 Soul Healing skill to restore his health to full, and then unleashed his level 50 Frenzy skill, charging forward to fight Leng Yihan to the death.

[Skill: Desperate Berserk]

[Learning Level: 50]

[Cooldown: 500 seconds]

[Skill Effect: After use, attack power, defense, movement speed, health regeneration, and attack speed are increased by 300% for 30 seconds. After the skill ends, health and stamina will be reduced to 1% and reset to zero.]

[Next level: After use, attack power, defense, movement speed, health regeneration effect, and attack speed are increased by 310% for 30 seconds. After the effect ends, health and stamina will be reduced to 1% and reset to zero.]

If we were to pinpoint the weakness of melee priests, it would be their lack of agility. They lack any unique skills and can only rely on running, making it difficult to launch frontal attacks and evade attacks. This is a significant disadvantage for melee priests.

"Desperate Berserk... Should I stall for time? But I can't outrun him... I guess I'll just have to fight him head-on." Leng Yihan hesitated for a moment before choosing to fight head-on instead of running away. In this situation, only a fight between the two of them would be fair.

Leng Yihan activated the active skill of her katana, Snowfall, and a snowflake fell, quickly turning into a blizzard. She didn't care about the snowflakes; she was at full health anyway, and her goal was to crush Leng Yihan as quickly as possible.

He used all his buff skills on himself (and could only use them on himself), then swung his hammer at Leng Yihan, who immediately parried with her greatsword.

"Ping—" A very crisp metallic clang rang out, followed by countless similar sounds.

Leng Yihan didn't have time to complain about why the sound was like that. His health was also in a bad state, dropping continuously. The attack from "Hammer It Out" became even more violent. Leng Yihan immediately abandoned his defense and used an uppercut to easily dodge the attack from "Hammer It Out." But that one hit was enough time for him to finish the job.

Leng Yihan unleashed the Void, a technique she had never used before. The world darkened, and Leng Yihan was covered by an unknown substance. Her hammer attack was no longer effective, so she immediately switched to the katana, Xueyi. It was still usable, so Leng Yihan used the Big Dipper technique, and at the same time, the Six-Pointed Star's luck-boosting effect was triggered! 100% freeze!

Hammer was finished, and he instantly turned into an ice sculpture. He slashed seven times, freezing Leng Yihan every time. When the seventh slash ended, Hammer was finished and he immediately used his crowd control removal skill, hoping to render Leng Yihan powerless to fight back. However, Leng Yihan completely ignored his attack and slashed back again, freezing Leng Yihan once more.

The Phantom Sword was unleashed, but under Leng Yihan's high damage output, the hammer was all that was left, and in the end, he could only fall in defeat. It can only be said that he was unlucky to encounter Leng Yihan when the number of people was reduced from 25 to 13...

[Test complete, winner of round four: Extreme Cold]

[Matchmaking has begun; waiting for other players to finish their matches...]

"Sigh... I suddenly feel like I've lost my purpose in life. I'm so invincible." Leng Yihan slumped onto the sofa, opening the spectator room to check who hadn't finished yet, and sighed.

Indeed, currently, the only one who can possibly defeat him in the game is probably Leng Binglan. Since their powers originate from the same source, it's safe to say that only Leng Binglan has the potential to defeat Leng Yihan.

Only one spectator room remained, and it turned out to be Leng Binglan vs. Lin Yin...

"Holy crap, they're already turning on each other?!" Leng Yihan exclaimed, naturally not forgetting to enter the spectator room to check on the current battle situation...

78. Regarding elimination and the start of the fifth round

"Huff... huff..." Leng Binglan hid behind the rock, panting heavily, her physical strength was already running out.

The direct confrontation between the two had been going on for a long time. Even the cold, blue, desolate dragon had been summoned twice, but without exception, Lin Yin had saved her skills for the summoned dragon, which was killed by Lin Yin in less than ten seconds.

The map the two were randomly assigned was a snowy, icy place. This vast snowfield was divided into three factions: the Yeti, the Snow Ape, and the Snow Fox.

Among them, the Yeti and the Snow Fox are hostile forces, while the Snow Ape is a neutral force that is friendly to outsiders. Contrary to what outsiders might think, they are not muscular and simple-minded. On the contrary, they can easily tell whether a person has any ill intentions towards them and decide their attitude towards that person accordingly.

Leng Binglan spawned in the Snow Fox territory, while Lin Yin spawned in the Snow Ape territory. After quickly completing the side quest, Lin Yin used some tricks to successfully make the Snow Fox clan believe that Leng Binglan was a spy and drove her out. Subsequently, due to the side quest, the Snow Ape clan also agreed to help Lin Yin kill Leng Binglan.

In other words, Lin Yin is the only player so far in the competition to have successfully leveraged the power of NPCs, that is, to get help from them to participate in the battle.

The current situation is that Leng Binglan has to face a near-perfect lineup of four people: Snow Ape Warrior, Snow Ape Mage, Snow Ape Priest, and Lin Yin.

Leng Binglan stumbled and bumped her way to the rocky hill on this map, using the wild dragon and the few cover points on the map. The terrain here was rugged, making it very difficult for the three snow apes with their huge size to move around. Only Lin Yin could move through it nimbly and freely.

If it weren't for the rocky terrain, Leng Binglan would have been killed when the four of them went out to surround and kill her.

"What should I do, what should I do..." Leng Binglan frowned, dodging the skills of mages, priests and hunters while constantly thinking of countermeasures.

The momentum Lin Yin borrowed was simply too powerful. The Snow Ape Warrior alone could fight the Desolate Dragon, and the Snow Ape Mage's spellcasting power was comparable to that of three Dragon Spirits. Moreover, thanks to the priest, they completely ignored the damage caused by Leng Binglan. They recovered instantly when injured, and when they were debuffed, a holy light fell and removed the debuff.

The situation on the scene was so desperate that it was almost unbelievable that Leng Binglan could turn the tide. Everyone agreed that Leng Binglan would be eliminated in this round, including Leng Yihan.

"Not enough damage to kill instantly... Control is completely ineffective... Can't withstand the Snow Ape Mage's burst damage... The Wild Dragon can't beat the Snow Ape Warrior, and the Dragon Spirit can't defeat the Snow Ape Mage... Desperate situation... Absolutely desperate situation..." Leng Binglan bit her lip tightly, her eyes revealing a trace of unwillingness, unwilling to lose to Lin Yin.

“I would win in a one-on-one fight without a doubt… The wild woman knew that too, so she never intended to fight me one-on-one from the beginning. Instead, she tried her best to use the power of the NPCs to deal with me in this new mode for us… Obviously, she succeeded, and then she successfully prevented me from gaining the support of the NPCs…” Leng Binglan’s mind was working at lightning speed, and her agile figure darted through the rocky hills. Several times, the attacks from the Snow Ape Mage and Lin Yin almost hit her.

“Lost…lost? No…there must still be a chance. The 'system' never leaves anyone with a dead end…there must still be one!” Leng Binglan gritted her teeth, mustered all her strength, and tried to find the last glimmer of hope.

That glimmer of hope is time itself.

"...Oh no, Sound, we have to return to the tribe immediately! Our tribe has been attacked by snow foxes and snowmen!" the snow ape mage said in a slightly panicked tone, it was unclear how it had obtained the information.

"What?!" Lin Yin's eyes widened. "To have trouble at such a crucial moment..."

"We must go back," the snow ape warrior said firmly in its deep and powerful voice.

"...You all go back, I have to deal with her." After hesitating for a while, Lin Yin decided to part ways with the snow ape.

"Alright, here you go. You... take care of yourself." The Snow Ape Mage handed a crystal to Lin Yin, then used a flight spell to take the Snow Ape Warrior and Snow Ape Priest away from the rocky hill.

"Okay... I'm not confident I can beat Leng Binglan one-on-one in this situation..." Lin Yin licked her dry lips, her eyes fixed intently on Leng Binglan jumping around in the rocky area.

"Let's start with an explosive arrow... mixed with frost arrows..." Lin Yin raised her hand, and seven arrows flew out. Under the reflection of the sunlight, Leng Binglan couldn't see what kind of arrows they were, but she still cautiously dodged and kept a short distance away.

"The opportunity... has come..." The departure of the Snow Ape Trio gave Leng Binglan a glimmer of hope. Without the restraint of melee combat, the suppression of ranged attacks, and the health bar that doesn't lose health when it deals damage, Leng Binglan had a real chance to kill Lin Yin.

All she needed to pay attention to now was the bow's special effect: a single fatal attack summoned a swordsman. Aside from that, Lin Yin seemed to have no way to retaliate. (Lin Yin hadn't shown anyone the bow's effects or attributes until now.)

"Phew... The fox spirit's mana regeneration and sword shield are still intact. I definitely won't be able to kill her when she activates her mana regeneration, and she might even use it to get close... Although Frost Arrow combined with the weapon's special effects can achieve a high probability of freezing, she is in a super armor state when her mana regeneration is activated... If there are no obstacles on the plains, even if I try my best to interfere with her, it will be very easy for her to get close to me..."

"I absolutely cannot let the wild woman hit me with an arrow. If I can't dodge, I must activate my recovery skill. The flat terrain that she used to have under the protection of the snow apes has become the end of her life when she is unprotected. I can get close to her in ten seconds at most, and then take her life in another ten seconds... The only thing I need to watch out for is the swordsman she summons when she takes a fatal blow... As long as I can get through that time, I will definitely win this battle!"

Both women had their own thoughts. The terrain that Lin Yin had originally had an advantage over her had now become extremely dangerous. After sorting out her thoughts, Leng Binglan stopped traversing through the rocky hills and smoothly switched from a defensive to an offensive stance, without revealing a single flaw, and quickly rushed towards Lin Yin.

"As expected of Binglan..." Lin Yin raised her bow and aimed, firing the Gravity Arrow in an attempt to slow Leng Binglan down. She then fired a charged shot with a blasting arrow, which did indeed slow Leng Binglan down a bit. However, a flash of light appeared on her body, and the Gravity Arrow's control over her became ineffective again. Undoubtedly, Leng Binglan had activated her energy recovery skill and, combined with her equipment's special effects, had gained a state of invincibility.

"..." Their eyes met briefly, but the contact was short-lived. As they drew closer, Lin Yin released the arrow she had been charging up. In the blink of an eye, the arrow reached Leng Binglan's eyes, but ultimately it hit nothing.

"The Big Dipper..." Lin Yin smiled bitterly, naturally recognizing the move. When a hunter is brought close by a swordsman, he has basically lost all hope of victory. His last chance lies in the swordsman summoned when he suffers fatal damage.

Before the Big Dipper was fully unleashed, Leng Binglan forcibly interrupted the skill after only two or three strikes. Lin Yin had no time to resist, as Leng Binglan had also released a Blade Storm when she stopped the Big Dipper, and Lin Yin's body was immediately sent flying into the sky.

Lin Yin took most of the damage that followed. If she had been hit by the full combo, she would have been dead by now. But Leng Binglan was more focused on controlling the enemy. After the combo, Lin Yin's health was down to almost nothing.

The final, decisive strike was blocked by a katana that appeared out of nowhere. Leng Binglan was forced to break her infinite control over Lin Yin. Lin Yin adjusted her posture in mid-air and landed safely on the snow. The moment she landed, Lin Yin stopped holding back her skills and unleashed a burst combo of stationary shooting, phantom arrow dance, and berserk mode. Arrows rained down. Leng Binglan tried to dodge, but the swordsmen summoned by Lin Yin had already moved in to hold her back. A massive number of arrows shot towards Leng Binglan, and the outcome seemed to have already arrived.

Ordinary viewers already thought Lin Yin had won, won without any major incident, but how could those on the God Ranking forget that Leng Binglan hadn't used a single skill from the start until now, except for the teleportation skill Leap Three Feet?

Leng Binglan's figure vanished from the spot, and in an instant, he used the Triple Leap to appear behind Lin Yin.

"Carry my hope... and win." Lin Yin's voice reached her ears as the cold, blue longsword slashed down.

The longsword pierced through Lin Yin's body, taking away her last drop of blood, before turning into a white light and disappearing into the snowfield...