MMORPG: Martial Gamer

As everyone knows, a priest's self-explosion deals true damage.

What is true damage? True damage is damage that is unaffected by your defense, invincibility skills, or anything else—it's all ineffective in the face of true damage.

Apollo is merely a fragile archer, with a relatively pitiful amount of health, yet he survived a self-explosion from Fearless without dying, which is simply unbelievable.

"He dodged it!"

Just as everyone was astonished, Wang Yu stroked his chin and said casually.

"Dodged it? What do you mean?"

Upon hearing Wang Yu's words, everyone was momentarily taken aback.

"The archer's skill, isn't it called Evade?" Wang Yu turned to Yang Nuo and asked.

"Yes! It is!" Yang Nuo nodded.

"Evade? Could it be?"

This time, everyone understood.

While the self-explosion skill can't be blocked, it can be evaded.

The archer's Evade skill is a form of invincibility that allows the user to dodge attacks.

At the moment Fearless self-exploded, Apollo used Evade just in time to avoid Fearless's skill...

Before they figured out what was going on, everyone was puzzled; now that they understood, their faces showed expressions of astonishment.

"Are you kidding me?"

Self-explosion isn't like a timed bomb; at such close range, it happens in an instant. To evade a self-explosion at the moment it occurs is a challenge that is no less difficult than dodging a bullet coming straight at you.

Although Apollo is an agile class, this kind of maneuver primarily tests one's reflexes.

What kind of incredible reflexes does one need to pull that off?

Truly, the Pantheon lives up to its name; aside from Wang Yu and a few practiced players, none of the experts present could achieve such a feat.

...

Self-explosion consumes health, and after the explosion, Fearless was left with barely any health remaining.

Apollo smiled slightly and waved his hand.

"Thud!"

Before Fearless could regain his composure, a throwing knife had already lodged itself in Fearless's throat.

Fearless's health bar on his head was instantly cleared.

"Humph!"

Seeing Fearless fall, Apollo couldn't help but snort, "Is this what they call the self-explosion style? A trivial skill! If I had known it was this easy, I wouldn't have been so tense."

However, before Apollo could finish his sentence, a violent explosion suddenly rang out nearby... At the same time, Apollo felt as if his body had been emptied, and the scene before him flickered before he found himself outside the arena.

Only Fearless, with empty health, remained in the arena, sporting a cunning smile.

"???!!!"

"What the hell just happened?"

This time, the audience was even more astonished.

Everyone clearly saw Fearless being taken down by a single knife; how did he suddenly unleash another self-explosion that killed Apollo? This doesn't make sense; could it be a system bug?

The system, naturally unwilling to be wrongfully accused, kindly replayed the kill footage.

On the big screen, in slow motion, the slain Fearless was enveloped in a flash of white light, and his health bar instantly refilled, followed by him executing a second self-explosion.

"This... this is resurrection?!"

Seeing the footage on the big screen, everyone's mouths dropped open, their expressions blank.

Who would have thought that this shameless guy had such a trick up his sleeve?

At the moment of his death, Fearless had already cast a resurrection mark on himself.

When a player respawns, all states are refreshed.

In the instant of his death, Fearless fully revived and immediately unleashed a second self-explosion.

No matter how much Apollo prepared, he never expected that the self-explosion skill had a double explosive setup.

After realizing how he had fallen, Apollo felt utterly frustrated!

Unavoidable! Why the hell does this bastard have such a fondness for self-explosion damage?

After Martyrdom and Reckoning, the priest class had a skill that Fearless had tarnished.

We're all clerics here; can't we have a bit of compassion for saving lives? To turn all redemption skills into harmful skills, a person like this has no integrity to be a priest at all.

"How shady, truly shady!"

After a while, the audience regained their composure, and their evaluation of Fearless completely changed.

Initially, they thought Fearless was merely a shameless self-explosion priest, but now they realized that this guy was shameless to the core.

With the fifth round concluded, the Crowd of the Unruly team gained another point, ultimately winning the first match by three to one.

Fearless even maintained his undefeated record in one-on-one battles.

"Truly shameless!"

Having exited the game pod, Apollo was still feeling frustrated about the recent battle.

They say that experts won't be defeated by the same trick twice, but as a seasoned expert, being blown up by such tactics twice has left Apollo's mood easy to imagine.

"Calm down, calm down!"

Uranus waved his hand to console Apollo, saying, "Everyone has their moments of failure. Just be more careful next time. Such tactics are used just once in a surprise attack; you were lucky to be blasted away."

"What kind of talk is that?" Upon hearing Uranus, Apollo looked displeased.

Is this even consolation? This is just adding fuel to the fire; I've never seen someone so unhelpful in comforting others.

"Think about it", Uranus explained slowly, "the first match was a one-on-one duel; if someone had to die, it was only you. If this had been the final match and he pulled this stunt... what do you think would happen?"

"This..."

Apollo fell silent.

Indeed, the priest's self-explosion has a considerable range, and Fearless has particularly high health. If he unleashed a series of self-explosions in the final match, probably no one but the front-line classes would survive.

So, while Fearless appeared to win this round, he actually exposed his trump cards.

It was just a two-point difference, yet it forced the opponent to reveal their hand, so this exchange was certainly not a loss.

...

In the lounge of the Crowd of the Unruly team, everyone was feeling quite good.

As an amateur team, achieving such results in the first match against the Pantheon was enough to brag about for a lifetime.

Especially Fearless's final surprise attack, which was revered by all the sly and shameless members as a classic move.

"Fearless truly is something else; this level of shamelessness is definitely a model for us."

"Yeah, I thought I was shameless enough, but Fearless is even more shameless."

"Absolutely! When it comes to being despicable and shameless, Fearless is second to none."

The members of the Crowd of the Unruly team all gave Fearless a thumbs up, genuinely praising him without reservation.

Wang Yu and his brother sat aside, staring in disbelief...

"You guys from the Quan Zhen Sect really know how to flatter..."

"Just get used to it, just get used to it!" Wang Yu wiped his sweat.

"By the way!"

At that moment, Wang Yu seemed to remember something and asked curiously, "Fearless, didn't you say you wanted to hide your strength? Why did you throw out your trump card so early?"