She won her first qualifying match very easily, but Ruo Manni did not feel any joy.
Because she knew that she won by luck, she just caught the opponent off guard. She was busy dealing with the opponent's fast and frequent killing moves just now. She was a little powerless when she used telekinesis to attack at the beginning, and she could only "use" a flying knife.
Fortunately, the girl fighting against Ruomanni was not a power-type warrior, so she couldn't suppress her absolutely. She also didn't know Ruomanni's skills, so she was able to end the battle quickly. Otherwise, she would have had a hard time fighting without being able to use her trump card.
Only after playing it did Ruo Manni know that in this one-on-one qualifying match, the consumption of physical and mental energy in close combat is greater than that in the map PK match. No wonder the candidates have a fifteen-minute break between each game.
After Manni was sure that her opponent was out and she had won, she immediately sat in the center of the stage to meditate and recover.
Before yesterday, Ruo Manni had never appeared in any Skynet event. Yesterday, she was like a dark horse that suddenly emerged and made a stunning debut. As soon as she appeared, she achieved a good result of sixth place in the overall ranking, making her famous overnight throughout the Gus Empire.
People in Skynet who have watched Ruo Manni’s battle videos know her as follows: First, she can use leaves and fruits as hidden weapons, which have high damage value. Second, her telekinesis level is very high, which can slightly affect the opponent’s speed.
Everyone thought that she would use hidden weapons to directly attack her opponent during a fight, so no one expected that she could use telekinesis to "command" flying knives to attack from behind. As a result, the female candidate lost without even realizing it.
In the first qualifying match, even though Ruoman was inexperienced in her first fight and had trouble using the Willow Leaf Flying Knife at first because of the close combat with her opponent, her opponent did not know her well, allowing her to succeed unexpectedly.
The first battle ended quickly. Ruo Manni was not exhausted and was not injured. It can be said that she was in good condition.
Ruo Manni did not relax because of the fast pace of the first qualifying round, but instead took the time to recover so that she could get back to her best condition.
Because her next opponent might have watched her match live, and even if she didn’t, she might have heard from the audience in the stands that she could use the Willow Leaf Flying Knife.
As long as her opponent is prepared, the effectiveness of her sneak attack with the Willow Leaf Flying Dagger will be greatly reduced. As she is not as good as others in physical skills, she will inevitably be trapped in a close combat and will definitely not be able to beat her opponent in the end.
Ruo Manni's opponent in the second qualifying match was also a warrior at the early stage of level 4, ranked 1,500th. It was said that this ranking was already a master. The boy was holding a big knife, and his aura was much stronger than that of the girl just now.
At the beginning, the boy's sword swept over with great force, and Ruo Manni used a soft-to-hard move to barely resolve it. But the boy backhanded and hit Ruo Manni's sword hard with the back of the sword. Ruo Manni's hand was numb and she could hardly hold the hilt tightly, and her health bar dropped by ten points.
Ruo Manni did not dare to be careless. When her sword was almost on the ground, two willow-leaf flying knives had already attacked the boy's vital points one after another.
The boy swung his sword and deflected the knife that was flying towards his throat, but he noticed the knife behind his head too late. He only had time to deflect his body and the knife stabbed into his arm.
Although the willow leaf flying knife stabbed the boy, it did not hit the vital point, so it could not be a fatal blow. Ruo Manni saw that his health bar dropped by 120 points.
However, the boy was injured on his right shoulder, which was holding the knife. This reduced his fighting power by half. The boy's attacks were slower in both strength and speed, allowing Ruo Manni to deal with his moves calmly.
In this kind of evenly matched combat opportunity, Romanni no longer used the willow leaf flying knife, but only used the long sword to fight with the boy.
Although this boy's strength was reduced due to his injury, he still had much more practical experience than the rookie Ruo Manni. Therefore, during the battle, Ruo Manni was hit by the blade twice, and her health bar lost more than 50 points.
Before they knew it, 20 minutes had passed. Because the boy lost more health than Ruomanni, Ruomanni won the qualifying match.
“Thank you.” The boy bowed to Ruo Manni and apologized.
Given the boy's injuries, if Ruo Manni used the willow leaf flying knife against him again, the boy would definitely not be able to dodge it, but Ruo Manni did not use any brutal force.
You should know that according to the rules of the qualifying competition, the candidate who loses in the end will only have 1% of the total points deducted, while the candidate who is eliminated before the end of the competition will have 10% of the total points deducted.
The gap between them can be said to be huge. Ruo Manni sacrificed her own interests to help that boy succeed.
"You are a master and deserve respect." Ruo Manni said seriously, which moved the boy beyond words.
In fact, Ruo Manni was just pretending, but in her heart she was crying and wishing that time could go back. Because of the excitement of the game just now, she completely forgot that the losing candidate would deduct points from the winning candidate, and only thought that this was a rare opportunity, so she took the opportunity to hone her fighting ability.
And this was not the worst. When the third game was about to begin, Ruo Manni saw that her health bar had decreased by 60 points and was only left with 940 points. She was biting her handkerchief in her heart and wished she could turn back time. She really didn't know where her brain went at that time.
Ruo Manni's opponent in the third match was ranked 17,342, a warrior in the early stage of level 4. This boy also used a broadsword, but when they faced each other, Ruo Manni knew why this boy was ranked over 10,000, while the previous boy was ranked over 1,000, despite being of the same level and with the same weapon.
This boy's attack was only slightly stronger than the previous boy's attack after he was injured, but Ruo Manni was able to take it.
Because of the lesson from the previous battle, fearing that she would be careless and lose the battle, and her health bar would be reduced again, Ruo Manni fought with the boy for only a few minutes before sending him off the field with her Willow Leaf Flying Knife.
In the following fourth, fifth and sixth games, Ruo Manni's opponents were all players ranked after 8,000th.
In these three matches, Ruo Manni fought without any effort, and her health bar was not damaged at all. Even though those players knew that Ruo Manni could use the willow leaf throwing knife, most of them could only dodge one throwing knife, but not the second one.
In the seventh game, when Ruo Manni saw that her opponent was the 18th-ranked player, her expression immediately became serious.
This was the opponent with the highest level of cultivation that Ruo Manni had encountered in the seven qualifying matches. He was a male contestant with speed and strength in the middle stage of the fourth level of martial arts. Moreover, the boy's body was almost twice that of Ruo Manni. What was even more terrifying was that his weapon was actually a spear.
Needless to say, Ruo Manni knew that it would be a fierce battle and she would most likely be defeated.
Ruo Manni did not dare to be careless and replaced the sword in her hand with a whip.
Seeing Ruo Manni change weapons at the last minute, the spectators in the audience were suddenly surprised and started whispering to each other.
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