Chapter 657: This Matter Is Settled

Each arrow that lands explodes at that spot into a ring of green wind-element aura.

Three seconds later!

That spot is already fully suffused with green wind aura.

In the fourth second, Du Juan, looking pale, is struck by a wind element, a modest amount of damage pops up over his head, and his form also becomes visible.

At this stage, assassins do not have Invisibility; the strong Invisibility effect is just stealth! Being attacked makes them appear.

Invisibility is a passive skill unlocked after Third Rebirth at level 60, and it simply enhances stealth.

Although the effects are the same, stealth forces you to appear when hit, whereas Invisibility only reveals you when you actively break it; taking damage does not make you appear unless you attack to break the Invisibility.

Du Juan looks frustrated, "What the heck is this?"

You tell me you're an archer? It's a blanket AOE coverage!

It's not that Du Juan's positioning is bad, nor his skill lacking; this area is completely without blind spots!

As Du Juan appears, Lin Huan instantly switches target, and a hail of green wind-element arrows barrage Du Juan.

In the fifth second, the wind element on Lin Huan's hand vanishes, and his bow-drawing speed finally slows; this skill lasts only five seconds, its damage ratio isn't high, its hallmark is speed and large area… and it also applies a slow!

The wind element now encircles Du Juan; seeing a wind‑resistance debuff on himself, Du Juan looks annoyed: "Fifty percent slow! That's excessive!"

The speed‑proud Chasing Wind Thief has turned into a turtle!

Du Juan grits his teeth; there's only one option now!

Leap Attack!

Even though the golden rhinoceros beside Lin Huan could entangle him if he jumps, there's no choice.

But the moment Du Juan leaps, Lin Huan flashes a smile!

"I've been waiting for you to jump!"

Then Lin Huan immediately activates his newly acquired skill.

Swish~

A blue and a red elemental sprite appear beside Lin Huan.

As Lin Huan draws his bow, the blue and red sprites transform into two streams of elemental aura that gather on his longbow.

Red fire‑element arrows and blue ice‑element arrows materialize simultaneously.

Swish~

Shoot!

One to the left, one to the right, the two arrows trace arcing paths toward the airborne Du Juan!

Leap Attack Skill is a great dash, but it can't move while airborne; against someone with good Prediction, it's easily intercepted in mid‑air.

Su Ba's Prediction was honed during this period.

Lin Huan's own Prediction isn't lacking either.

But not everyone can intercept a Leap Attack; foreseeing it and having the skill to precisely block are two different things.

Du Juan's expression turns sour.

The intersection point of the two arrows lies directly ahead; at this speed, he would collide head‑on.

But…

I'm not helpless! Don't lump me in with that Cotton Guard!

Swish~

At the crucial moment, Du Xue's figure suddenly drops downward!

Drop Attack!

It brutally interrupts the Leap Attack, forcing a fall back to the ground.

Su Sheng raises an eyebrow; Drop Attack Hidden Skill is a warrior's ability—can an assassin learn it?

Seems Du Juan has a bit of luck, after all.

Did he dodge?

Lin Huan watches Du Juan's move without disappointment; instead, the corner of his mouth lifts into a faint smile.

Glug~

He drinks a bottle of Monkey Wine.

Boom!

At that moment, the two arrows collide mid‑air!

This skill is currently Lin Huan's most lethal ability!

Not even a Falling Star Arrow can compare!

Ice and Fire Dual Heaven!

What result comes from two completely opposite forces colliding?

Naturally… an explosion.

Blue and red ice‑fire elemental energy blend together, covering an area of over 10×10.

Although Du Juan forcibly aborts the Leap Attack to evade the arrow intersection, he remains within the explosion's radius.

When the red and blue magical elements dissipate, there's no sign of Du Juan left on the field.

Du Juan is merely an ordinary Chasing Wind Thief, perhaps a bit lucky, but ultimately just a Leather Armor frail.

He already lost a lot of HP to wind‑element arrows earlier; though their damage is low, the Chasing Wind Thief is inherently fragile.

Now hit by Lin Huan's big move again, he's instantly drained of health.

As for why the Protective Gear didn't trigger… who knows? The lone‑horned Du Juan did have Protective Gear before.

Anyway, this isn't something they think about.

"Huan Jie, impressive~" Su Sheng said with a grin as he walked over.

Lin Huan rolled his eyes and said, "Teach me!"

"Huh?" Su Sheng was taken aback.

"I know that this Du Xue was taught by you," Lin Huan stared at Su Sheng.

"Uhh..." Su Sheng's expression stalled as he glanced at the other Ten Court Yanluo.

Then Su Sheng noticed Dong Jiaojiao and Liu Xuezhen, two girls, whispering to each other and completely ignoring this side.

Su Sheng felt a wave of frustration; he also knew that Huan Jie had been probing the Ten Court Yanluo girls about his earlier 'Heroes of the Horde' affairs.

"In terms of consciousness and technique, I'm indeed not her match. If it weren't for Sister Fengwu's Holy Words and a slight professional edge, I couldn't beat her."

Lin Huan was speaking honestly; without the Holy Words' boost, whether he could create distance at the start remained an unknown.

"So, teach me how to PK until I can defeat her."

Lin Huan stared at Su Sheng for an instant that felt endless.

To that, Su Sheng naturally had no reason to refuse.

…

With Du Juan also slain, this round of the Universe Base defense finally drew to a close.

With matters here settled, the Yan Huang people mostly returned, but Su Sheng hadn't left yet…

"Congratulations, Shen Wang boss, your Universe Base has been held," Su Sheng said, looking at the repairing Universe Base.

"Ha, it's still thanks to your help," Shen Wang waved his hand.

"With Shen Wang boss's bottom‑up plan, we Yan Huang can only call it icing on the cake," Su Sheng said, looking toward Xingchen.

"Chairman Mo Wen is joking. If it weren't for Yan Huang, even combined, Morning Star and Universe wouldn't be fearless, but whether we could hold it remains unknown, since the scale of the Universe Base can't match your Yan Huang Base," Xingchen said with a grin.

This time's assistance yielded a decent gain for Morning Star, and he was naturally pleased.

Su Sheng glanced at Shen Wang, then at Xingchen, and said little.

For Universe to persuade Morning Star to pull off such a move, the price paid might not be low.

But that's not something he needed to worry about.

"Shen Wang boss, your catapult's good; later, sell me a few?" Su Sheng said with a grin.

"Easy enough, easy enough."

Shen Wang naturally wouldn't refuse outright; after all, Yan Huang was here to help.

Su Sheng looked at those catapults and chuckled.

Actually, Yan Huang doesn't lack catapults, but more is better; the main issue is that the magic rune cannons deal magical damage, which is a bit one‑dimensional.

Catapults can supplement some physical output.

Although they aren't currently so desperate as to attack Yanhuang Town, this contraption isn't for Su Sheng to use in defense…