The second round, Monkey against Ryuji Yamazaki.
As soon as he entered the arena, Lin Yifan executed the classic combo "Feather Skill with Vacuum Single-Hand Steed," attacking Qin Zikang's Monkey.
However, Qin Zikang had already controlled the Monkey to jump backwards, evading the attack.
So, when Lin Yifan's Ryuji Yamazaki performed the "Vacuum Single-Hand Steed" skill, he immediately manipulated the Monkey to execute "Flying Sky Split Slash," flying parallel to attack Lin Yifan's Ryuji Yamazaki.
Since Lin Yifan was in the midst of releasing a skill, he was unable to defend, and was quickly hit.
After that, Qin Zikang executed the "Whirlwind Swallow Thrust" skill in combination with the "Flying Sky Split Slash" skill, attacking Lin Yifan's Ryuji Yamazaki from different positions.
Lin Yifan really got annoyed by this troublesome Monkey and seized the opportunity to give it a "** Punch," waking it up.
"Zzzzzt!"
Electrocuted for a moment, Qin Zikang no longer dared to be mischievous.
Although the Monkey could attack the enemy from different positions, sometimes it was too chaotic and easy for an opponent to find an opportunity to attack. This was also one of the reasons the Monkey couldn't rank first.
More standardized control of the Monkey was needed to win the match; simply flying around carelessly made it easy to be attacked.
After battling for a while, Lin Yifan finally accumulated one bar of energy, now he could perform a finishing move.
Then, seizing the opportunity, he executed a "Super ** Punch," showing Qin Zikang how formidable he was.
"Zzzzzt!"
After being electrocuted by such a large energy orb, the Monkey was visibly shaken and faltered.
But in the end, it managed to turn defeat into victory with a combo.
The Monkey didn't have much health left, likely posing little threat to Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori.
In the third round, with superb control, Lin Yifan easily took down the Monkey with its depleted health.
No matter how much Qin Zikang jumped, it was futile.
The fourth round, Chen Guohan against Yagami Iori.
Facing this massive opponent, Lin Yifan was somewhat at a loss for how to proceed, and lacked experience in what to do.
So, after advancing and retreating, and pondering for quite a while, he figured out how to deal with this behemoth.
For this, he had already lost half a bar of health.
With a strategy in place, it was easier to fight.
Against Chen Guohan, the key was to keep jumping and chaining combos, overwhelming this large adversary who couldn't react in time.
Finally, after cornering Chen Guohan, he finished him off with a combo of "Leap Attack, Light Leg, Light Fist, Light Leg, Dream Bullet second phase, Three Sunflowers, Light Ghost Burn, Outer Hang Style."
To deplete half a bar of Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori's health was already a respectable achievement, and Qin Zikang was very satisfied.
The next match was a clash of the titans; he needed to perform well and strive to defeat Lin Yifan's weakened Yagami Iori.
In the fifth round, Qin Zikang, haunted by his psychological shadow, did not dare to attack first; he kept jumping, trying to probe what Lin Yifan would do next.
Lin Yifan responded with very direct actions, showing what he would do next.
Lin Yifan controlled Yagami Iori, sprinted over, ready to release a skill to attack Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori.
At that moment, Qin Zikang immediately jumped back, then took the initiative to attack Lin Yifan.
Lin Yifan went on the defensive and then unleashed "Dream Bullet" to break the deadlock, following up with "Three Sunflowers" to suppress Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori.
Qin Zikang countered in kind, deploying "Dream Bullet" to break the stalemate, and then turned the tables to suppress Lin Yifan.
The two fought fiercely, neither willing to easily expose any flaws.
Forty seconds later, due to an improperly executed attack by Qin Zikang, Lin Yifan seized the opportunity and took him down in a few seconds.
At that moment, Lin Yifan had just a tenth of his health left, hanging by a thread; it was precisely because of this that Qin Zikang, eager for victory, made his ill-timed mistake.
Having won another round, Lin Yifan's victories were now equal to Qin Zikang's, meaning Lin Yifan had made up for the three rounds he had lost.
Qin Zikang felt very frustrated at being so close to winning; he believed his skills were not inferior to Lin Yifan's, it was just his mentality that had been a bit of an issue, so he wanted another match to win back his lost honor.
But his desperation to win, lack of self-confidence, and anger consuming his heart spelled inevitable defeat.
Thus, he lost the seventh, eighth, and ninth rounds.
Changng lineups to beat Lin Yifan was no longer a viable strategy, as Lin Yifan had developed an immunity and was no longer intimidated by him.
Continuous failure was really demoralizing, and Qin Zikang didn't know whether he should even continue or not.
Of all the arcade games, The King of Fighters was what he was best at, and now that he had lost at his strongest game, he didn't know what game he could play to beat his opponent.
However, when he thought about it from another angle, he realized that such thoughts betrayed a lack of self-confidence. Maybe Lin Yifan was terrible at other games besides The King of Fighters?
Thus, to test Lin Yifan, he asked, "Dare you race me in a car race?"
"The same, ten billion for one round?" Lin Yifan asked curiously.
"Right! Ten billion for one round." Qin Zikang replied.
"OK! Let's do it," Lin Yifan agreed readily.
He was quite the race car expert, and although he hadn't competed in any major races, his strength was beyond doubt.
With the new event decided upon, Lin Yifan left his seat, took his car keys, and walked toward the exit.
At this point, Qin Zikang called out from behind, "Hey! Where are you going?"
"Going racing, where else?" Lin Yifan responded irritably.
"I meant video game racing, not real-life racing!" Qin Zikang was amused to death, having not expected Lin Yifan to be so naive.
"Then you should have made it clearer," Lin Yifan rolled his eyes somewhat angrily.
Honestly, he felt a bit foolish, and it was all thanks to Qin Zikang, so he was now angry with Qin Zikang.
Seeing Lin Yifan's irritated face, Qin Zikang, afraid Lin Yifan might not race him, apologized in a low voice, "Bro Lin! Sorry, it's my fault for not making it clear, I apologize to you here."
Now he owed Lin Yifan a hundred and thirty billion, which was thirty billion more than at the start; so, to climb out of this hole, he had to swallow his pride.
"Humph! That's more like it!" Lin Yifan snorted coldly, feeling somewhat placated.
With the initiative in his hands, he wasn't worried about Qin Zikang disobeying.
The two went to the racing game area to start the match.
The audience also moved there to continue watching the competition.
Just now, seeing Qin Zikang lose six rounds consecutively, they were astounded. Lin Yifan had gone from being instantly defeated at the start to an unbeatable position in just three rounds, a level of prowess too terrifying to imagine.
Lin Yifan was truly a gaming genius; they admitted defeat wholeheartedly, utterly awestruck by his skill.
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