The Great Thief

If there was any defect with the way a Mage casted Polymorph, the target would receive a HP Regeneration buff. This actually made the skill quite difficult to use.

Picking the right timing when using this skill was one of the most hotly-discussed topics among Mages.

Once Lucky Southern Persian used Polymorph on Lu Li, his HP would quickly start to regenerate. He would reach full HP in a matter of minutes.

However, Lucky Southern Persian obviously wasn’t arrogant enough to presume that he had already won.

He wanted to make the most of the advantage that his teammate had created for him, and planned to take Lu Li down as quickly as possible.

Lu Li tried to hide as best as he could to refresh his cooldowns, but Lucky Southern Persian had high Detection. The most important advantage that he had was that he was experienced. Within three casts of Cone of Cold, he had caught Lu Li.

The moment Lu Li appeared, Lucky Southern Persian closed the gap with Blink. He had already started attacking before he even got within range.

At that moment, he was even more aggressive than Fat Monkey which forced Lu Li to retaliate. One of them was at full HP while the other was at critical HP with no skills. The result could easily be imagined.

However, Lu Li was not defeated for nothing. He managed to take some of Lucky Southern Persian’s HP and forced him to use several of his skills.

The one-on-one rounds were just like a relay race; each match played an important role.

However, the strange thing was that Ruling Sword’s next player was not Moonlight, but Kitty Likes Meat. Once again, she had to face a star player in the first few matches of her career.

Many players envied this girl.

They felt like she had just gotten lucky. How else could she have earned Lu Li’s recognition among so many other players who were looking for it?

Others envied her talent, and the opportunity she had to receive teaching from a great expert like Lu Li.

Lu Li didn’t have much to say about Kitty Likes Meat’s talent, and as for his teaching ability…

He was also just a player who found a bit of luck and had never taught anyone in the past or present life. The most he had done was to give some tips to March Rain. If he really tried to train someone to be a professional player, that player wouldn’t make it far.

The fact that Kitty Likes Meat was such a talented professional player had nothing to do with him. It was really to the credit of Cat Dad, who recognized her talent when she was young and had been training her ever since.

In the face of Lucky Southern Persian, Kitty Likes Meat clenched the borrowed Epic Magic Staff in her hand. She was filled with excitement because she had been training for so long and finally had to chance to taste the fruits of her efforts.

However, Lucky Southern Persian was no pushover.

He had become famous very early in the game, and had been in the professional gaming circle for many years. A newcomer like Kitty Likes Meat would be honored to be able to fight a match with him. Even if she lost, everyone felt like that was the appropriate outcome.

But what if Lucky Southern Persian lost?? That would make headlines on tomorrow’s entertainment news.

As such, Lucky Southern Persian fought with everything he had. Both the commentators and audience were influenced by this atmosphere, and they became cautious with their words.

This was a battle between the old and the new, the veterans and the newcomers. It was a battle of dignity.

“Are you anxious?” Lu Li asked Cat Dad in the lounged with a smile. The ordinarily confident coach seemed to be unable to hide his nervousness.

“Maybe I’m too anxious, and gave Kitty too much pressure,” Cat Dad said as he lit a cigarette.

Being unable to reach the highest level, he had pinned his hopes on the next generation. This was the norm for Chinese parents and it seemed like the game industry was not immune to that culture.

“Kitty is playing very well,” Lu Li commented as he watched the game.

“She still has a long way to go. She shouldn’t have used that skill so soon and she is standing too far forward. She needs to keep her distance when fighting a Mage. Kitty has taken a few too many continuous damage skills. She’s fighting purely on impulse; there is no strategy to it,” Cat Dad said, listing a number of criticisms for his daughter, while withholding all the compliments he had.

Perhaps it was too much pressure – after all, it was important that Kitty Likes Meat defeated Lucky Southern Persian.

If she won this fight, then everything would be fine. However, if Lucky Southern Persian won, no matter how much HP he had left, he would definitely turn his next opponent into a sheep. That way, he would have time to regenerate his HP.

This was Lucky Southern Persian’s greatest strength. If he didn’t die, he could easily regenerate himself back into a healthy state.

Another part of Ruling Sword’s strategy was not to expose the secret of Myzrael’s gems until the team match.

When Kitty Likes Meat reached half HP, her opponent still had more than half of his HP bar. However, this was because Lu Li had already dealt some damage to Lucky Southern Persian beforehand. In that sense, Kitty Likes Meat was actually losing the fight.

Regardless, there were still countless players cheering for her.

Lu Li and Cat Dad, who probably understood her the most, had not given up on her. Kitty Likes Meat’s strongest feature was her tenacity and her stubbornness when it came to giving up.

She shouldn’t be underestimated just because things looked bad from the outside, as this created the ideal conditions for a counterattack.

Lucky Southern Persian was a little depressed. This was the first time he had encountered a younger player who was difficult to fight. He used to be able to easily defeat these rookies as long as he kept up his rhythm.

But now, he had no choice but just to keep fighting.

When they both reached 20%HP at the same time, Lucky Southern Persian was faced with a dilemma. If he Polymorphed his opponent to heal, then they would both be regenerating HP at the same time. What would be the point of that?

He soon began to suspect that this situation had been intentionally caused by the newcomer.

That was a very bold move considering that she was still a rookie.

Even Lu Li and Cat Dad couldn’t believe that she had reached this point. Taking control of the rhythm like this required astute observation of the overall situation, which was generally lacking in female players.

No matter how this happened, it was clear that Lucky Southern Persian had fallen into a trap.

If Kitty Likes Meat had much higher HP than him, Lucky Southern Persian would definitely turn her into a sheep and both parties would return to full health. However, if she was at much lower HP than him, he obviously didn’t need to do that.

In the moment that Lucky Southern Persian was lost, Kitty Likes Meat began her transformation. She let out a cry and her whole body became covered in smoke.

Lu Li stared at the dumbfounded Lucky Southern Persian, and really felt like he had acquired a treasure in Kitty Likes Meat.