Chapter 155: Reaching the Absolute Pinnacle at Number One

Facing them were Jinchan and Charlotte.

The Bull Demon decisively flashed to initiate the team fight!

Shattering Earth!

The opposing Jinchan reacted in time. The moment he saw the Bull Demon's reverse ultimate, he knew the Bull Demon intended to use the ultimate-flash combo. He shifted sideways just in time to evade it.

However, the ultimate still successfully blocked Jinchan's path. Seeing the initial attack miss, the Bull Demon immediately followed up with his second skill, a charge that knocked Jinchan airborne.

"The enemies have no skills left, none at all!"

Lin Hao was currently positioned inside the lizard pit, triggering a mark as he spoke.

In the front line, Master Lao followed closely, initiating immediately with an ultimate-flash. With unstoppable momentum, he successfully tethered Jinchan.

The Primeval Fathom's ultimate pulled enemies back in counter, all of Xishi's skills were deployed to restrict Di Renjie's output window, and Gongsun Li entered the fray to deal damage...

The frontline presented an overwhelming, crushing offensive.

Meanwhile, slightly further back in the space behind, Weiliang found himself in a rather awkward position.

In the heat of the moment, to pin down Luna, his previous ultimate had to be released straight ahead without any chance to adjust the direction.

Now, not only had his ultimate failed to lock down Lin Hao, but the mirror field was also placed vertically. The circular edges of the mirror were pressed against the edge of the canyon and the location of the lizards in the blue buff area.

To participate in the frontline team fight now, he had to step out of the circle; flying straight across was simply impossible. After a brief moment of hesitation, Weiliang made a decisive choice.

He acutely noticed that the mirror field intersected with the lizard pit.

In that case, he would stall Luna!

With a quick position swap, flying to the three-quarters mark, Mirror immediately pre-inputted her first skill. She then brushed past the edge of the mirror field, rushed right in front of Luna, dealt a basic attack to refresh the mirror field's switching cooldown, and flew away again...

Luna's health bar dropped by a noticeable chunk.

Lin Hao used his third skill to fly across the wall, stepping out to find Mirror's location.

However, by this time, Mirror was already starting to flex.

Her second skill was cast mid-air, followed immediately by another second skill, and in an instant, Weiliang's Mirror completed a rapid backtracking maneuver!

Weiliang continued his operations, weaving in skills and intermediate basic attacks to stack up the damage continuously.

Luna's health was steadily dropping.

In the current version, playing Mirror basically just required mastering the standard combo and having decent game sense and pacing; that alone wouldn't put you far behind those flashy, highly skilled Mirror players. As for those gravity-defying, dazzling combo tutorials found online, they were rarely applicable during actual team fights. It wasn't because they were too difficult or lacked utility, but primarily because their damage output was simply too low.

However, if you actually wanted to perform the Flying Thunder God maneuver with Mirror and dash through the mirror field smoothly without any post-action delay, there were countless intricate details to master.

Depending on where the enemy was positioned within the mirror field, the frequency of skill casts during flight had to vary—especially now, given that Lin Hao's Luna was located right in the middle of the mirror half-field.

Yet Weiliang's Mirror was still able to pull off flashy plays, which was a true testament to his solid fundamental skills!

Lin Hao let her shave away at his health for about two seconds. By this time, at the far end of the mirror field, those two lizards had served as sacrificial pawns for the two of them and had already been farmed to death.

Now, Luna was in a rather tough spot.

There were no nearby targets to serve as stepping stones for refreshing his ultimate, and even when Weiliang's Mirror briefly paused her skills, her landing spot was right on the edge, leaving no opportunity to punish her recovery frames!

Lin Hao narrowed his eyes. At that moment, Weiliang's Mirror started up again; following a brief recovery frame, the Flying Thunder God sequence resumed.

3-2-3-A...

At a precise fraction of a second, Lin Hao directly pressed his second skill!

Luna's sword qi pierced the ground, and Mirror—right in the middle of her flight—was actually anticipated by Lin Hao! Her flight was cut short, and she was pulled right to Luna's side!

Even that was possible?

Weiliang's previously fluid combo instantly stuttered.

He anticipated it!

A smile crossed the corner of Lin Hao's lips. Sure enough, the oracle-tier prediction perk from his personal skill tree had paid off; he could literally snatch a Mirror flying at such blistering speeds right out of the air!

Of course, credit for this play was split—the game balance designers deserved thirty percent of it!

Removing the damage immunity state mid-flight was a ruthless nerf recently dealt to Mirror by the developers, and Lin Hao was naturally well aware of it.

Luna landed a basic attack, followed by his third skill to create distance.

Mirror tried to land another basic attack to trigger the mirror field, but Lin Hao didn't give her the chance!

Luna turned back to cast his first skill, immediately followed by his third skill to close the gap, and chained it with another third skill and a basic attack.

At that moment, Mirror finally managed to tap her basic attack and released her ultimate. However, making yet another prediction, Lin Hao immediately used his third skill to fly to the opposite side of the mirror field!

He struck Mirror's main body once more!

The damage outputs of Luna and Mirror intertwined. Luna, with his lower margin of error, landed all his damage, while Mirror, with her higher margin of error, flubbed her crucial first skill followed by a basic attack burst, as well as the crowd control from her ultimate.

After a final exchange of mechanical operations, Weiliang's Mirror was directly executed by Lin Hao.

Meanwhile, Lin Hao was left with only about a sliver of health.

It was an absolute limit-test state.

In her final moments, Mirror managed a slight 1-A burst that almost killed Luna, falling just a hair short of the necessary damage.

Mirror's strength lay in her ability to unleash a full burst combo in a very short window, but if the opponent survived that initial burst, she was left with no choice but to rely on the Flying Thunder God to chip away at them.

After finishing off Mirror, Lin Hao turned back to contribute to the remaining damage, only to be traded by Di Renjie in a desperate final counterattack.

However, the frontline engagement had already concluded. Thanks to Lin Hao's initial damage consumption and baiting of enemy skills, the team fight went remarkably well, ultimately resulting in a two-for-five trade.

Xishi, Master Lao, and Gongsun Li were all left with mere threads of health, but ultimately, they survived.

"Master Lao and the Bull Demon initiated first this wave, forcing them to become the primary focus of enemy fire, and with Xishi peeling on the side, Gongsun Li had an absolute dream of an output environment for that team fight," Lin Hao remarked with a sigh.

Glancing at the live chat, many viewers were already stunned by his mechanics.

"You can pull Mirror out of the Flying Thunder God with the second skill?"

"Damn, was that luck or pure skill?"

"I honestly can't comprehend Haozi's Luna anymore."h

"Weiliang got outplayed again!"

"We can end! We can end!"

"It actually looks like a win condition!"

The mid-lane minion wave was still pushing. While Xishi and the others had cleared the previous wave, Weiliang's team had chosen to gank the side lanes collectively, turning the mid-lane wave into one of the decisive turning points.

His teammates pushed up the high ground lane and immediately began attacking the enemy crystal.

A wipeout at the twenty-minute mark came with an exceptionally heavy price.

"Haoran," Xinhran called out to him.

Following his death, Lin Hao had muted his mic to explain things to the viewers. Of course, after trading with Di Renjie just before dying, his teammates were basically just mopping up the rest.

"Hmm?"

"My chat is saying that once this game ends, you'll be ranked number one on the Peak Tournament ladder?"

Lin Hao paused for a moment before processing the statement.

It seemed he actually would.

At that moment, the enemy crystal exploded, and the word "VICTORY" lit up across Lin Hao's screen.

Immediately afterward, the post-match settlement screen appeared, showing his ranking rising from second to first.