"Is Yi making his move now?"
The chubby Feng Sanyou looked at Lin Yiâs Guardian Puppet, which had an unhealthy amount of life value, and was holding a Healing Skill, thinking Lin Yi would use it soon.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yi let his Guardian Puppet at position three miss its attack.
Then it was the enemyâs Blinding Puppetâs turn, dealing another 300 points of damage to Lin Yiâs Guardian Puppet.
This left Lin Yiâs Guardian Puppet with just 100 points of life.
The moment Feng Sanyou said this, his face turned dark, wishing he could slap his jinxing mouth.
Could it be that Yi was being careless?
With the significant disparity in puppet attributes, losing one puppet under these conditions would be a huge disadvantage.
But right after the enemyâs Blinding Puppet finished its action, Lin Yiâs Healing Puppet had a skill icon light up above its head.
Dingâ
Two green beams fell on the heads of the Guardian Puppet and the Blinding Puppet.
Lin Yiâs Guardian Puppet, which had only 100 life and was under a blinding effect, instantly recovered 100% of its life and removed the blinding abnormal status.
Even the Blinding Puppet at the bottom left corner was successfully dispelled.
Then it was the Blinding Puppetâs turn; it went up to the NPCâs Healing Puppet and dealt a heavy blow, reducing its life to 1,200.
It was the NPCâs Healing Puppetâs turn, but in its chaotic state, it was merely a burden on its team.
When it acted, it mistakenly attacked its own front-line Guardian Puppet, bringing its life down to 2,400.
Thus, the second round ended!
The third round, begin!
At the start of this round, both sidesâ energy points reached 60.
This meant that both sides, with skills cooled down, could release three skills.
Unfortunately, neither Lin Yi nor the NPCâs puppets had more than one skill cooled down or ready to use.
On Lin Yiâs side, the protective skill had cooled down, and the blinding skill was ready to use.
On the NPCâs side, their protective skill still hadnât been used, and the charm skill had just cooled down.
Lin Yi knew that with NPCâs predictable actions, theyâd blindly throw out skills when having interrupting abilities.
Letting the Guardian Puppet release a skill to attract interruption with its focus state was the best choice.
So, Lin Yi also blindly released the Guardian Puppetâs skill.
As expected.
The moment the Guardian Puppetâs skill icon lit up, the NPCâs Chaos Puppet immediately used its chaos skill.
However, because the opponentâs Guardian Puppet was at position one, the NPCâs Guardian Puppet first executed its skill.
A repeat performance!
Just like last time.
The focus effect successfully nullified the control, allowing Lin Yiâs Guardian Puppet to successfully release the protective skill and enter a protective state.
Hence, all NPC side puppet skills went into cooldown.
Lin Yi, on the other hand, still had a blinding skill left.
Previously, when looking at the skill effects, Lin Yi learned that the Guardian Puppetâs protective effect could be influenced by abnormal states.
Meaning, even if the Guardian Puppet got blinded, it would lose its protective effect.
Lin Yi then used the blinding skill with his Blinding Puppet, randomly targeting two enemies.
But this time, luck didnât favor Lin Yi; the blinding effect did not target the NPCâs Guardian Puppet.
Yet, luck wasnât too terrible, as the chaos-affected Healing Puppet was blinded.
Of the enemyâs three puppets, two missed their attacks due to blinding, while another attacked a teammate due to being in chaos. If we donât consider the chaosâ aftermath caused by enemy puppets, Lin Yiâs release of the protective skill was indeed a waste.
Under the cover of their Guardian Puppet, the enemy passed a round safely.
But with the arrival of the fourth round, the entire battlefield began to change.
The NPCâs Healing Puppetâs skill was interrupted again, the effect of the NPCâs Blinding Puppet was dispelled again, and Lin Yiâs bottom puppet reduced the enemyâs Healing Puppetâs life to 300, simultaneously imposing a chaos effect on it.
Thus, Lin Yi used his control over the battlefield to drag both sides into a predictable closed loop, making the NPCâs puppets follow his lead throughout.
Such extraordinary operations left Nangong Ling and the other two utterly bewildered.
Several rounds passed like this, Lin Yi achieved victory in this Puppetry Drama, and at the final moment, restored his puppetsâ life value to 100%.
As the enemyâs Blinding Puppet was defeated, the instanceâs announcement rang out.
[Instance Clearance Announcement!]
[Congratulations to the Dragon God War God for successfully clearing the Descent Abyss 44th Floor Instance, Deadly Puppet Show!]
[Clearance Time: 0:13:23!]
[Clearance Rating: SSS!]
[This clearance record has refreshed the latest record for this instance, and will forever be engraved on the Blue Star global instance clearance record board, available for viewing at any time]
[Due to the 100% remaining life value of the puppets upon this instance clearance, the special clearance achievement: The Ultimate Layout is triggered!]
[Clearance Reward Distribution: Congratulations to the Dragon God War God on receiving Tara Stone *3, High-Grade Spirit Crystal Ore *10,000, S-Class Selectable Treasure Pearl *1, Enchantment Slot *1]
[Acquired qualification for the Descent Abyss 48th Floor Instance entry]
[Spectators receive rewards: Tara Stone *1, High-Grade Spirit Crystal Ore *5,000]
[Instance rewards have been distributed, the instance will close in one minute]
Listening to the instance announcement, Nangong Ling, and the others couldnât help but gasp.
In the professional circle on Blue Star, they say:
Follow Lin Yi, and even if youâre a dog tied to him, you can live prosperously.
This statement has been validated multiple times.
Before the three could recover, the scene in front of them changed again, and the four returned to the rundown pavilion.
"What, not satisfied yet? Do you want to give it a try yourselves?"
Though thereâs no lingering desire, all three gained a new understanding of Lin Yi.
In an overwhelming data disadvantage, crushing the NPCâs puppets with full victory and formulating a detailed strategic plan within thirty seconds, who wouldnât respect Lin Yi?
"Hehe, Iâll pass, buddy, go deeper into Descent Abyss. With my intelligence, I canât pass those hard levels."
"Yeah, Yi, I thought with such a big property gap, even with early start, it wouldnât be so easy, but unexpectedly, hehe, Yi is just awesome."
Their praise came from the heart. If not for those strategic card games heâd played before, Lin Yi might have wasted a lot of time in this instance due to his high standards for himself.
"Alright, this instance didnât mention difficulty, so with your smarts, you shouldnât need too much time to clear it."
Frankly speaking, this instance was a welfare instance, as long as you put some thought into it, youâll pass.
But completing it in thirty seconds with one go surely proved Lin Yiâs intelligence.