From that point on, Yu Meiling was completely left behind in terms of distance.
Although she was still a top streamer in the league, ranked fifteenth on the Global Ladder and highly popular, people rarely compared her with Zhao Manying anymore.
In terms of strength, Zhao Manying was the first on the ladder.
In terms of looks, Zhao Manying was a global goddess.
In terms of honor, Zhao Manying achieved five consecutive championships in two years.
Once hailed as the unmatched pair of beauties, many fans at the time thought Zhao Manying was overrated, but looking back now, it seems like a joke.
Now when people mention the two, they often sigh and recite the old saying: "When Yu is born, why need Liang!"
Yu Meiling’s popularity and income were greatly affected.
Although the two were still friends on the surface.
But in recent years, there had been rumors that Yu Meiling had made some passive-aggressive comments in private and at certain events.
Zhao Manying never responded.
However, her relationship with Yu Meiling had indeed cooled over the past two years, only meeting when they attended events together.
At this moment on the battlefield, the two were about to confront each other directly again.
"Sword Immortal is going to face off against the Ice and Fire Queen!"
"In the last two seasons, Sword Immortal maintained a complete victory over the Ice and Fire Queen! How will their battle turn out this time?"
The commentator’s voice rose excitedly.
In the footage, Zhao Manying had spotted two enemies on the street hundreds of meters away, one was Yu Meiling, and the other was her teammate.
Zhao Manying accelerated without hesitation, rushing toward the two.
Yu Meiling sensed the danger, whispered something to her teammate, and jumped onto the top of a collapsed building to take a vantage point.
Her class was "Ice and Fire Singer," an advanced class of Bing Feng and Thermal Stringer.
This class was competent in melee but was even better at inflicting damage!
And her teammate was a Halo Fighter, also a formidable player ranked in the top two thousand of the ladder.
The Halo Fighter’s body lit up with light, his bald head shining like a light bulb.
The audience let out a burst of laughter.
The Halo Fighter ran towards Zhao Manying with bare fists, intending to grapple her at close quarters, using his strong Defense to withstand Zhao Manying’s attacks, and create opportunities for Yu Meiling to strike down the enemy.
The distance of several hundred meters was crossed in a flash.
Zhao Manying held a Longsword, and although it wasn’t her usual stunning weapon, just a Superpower One Star weapon, it was just as formidable in her hands.
The Longsword struck the Halo Fighter’s fist and instantly separated.
Cannon Force burst from the sword.
The Halo Fighter also unleashed a "Blast Punch," his whole body shimmering, having activated "Pulse Burst," frantically consuming Light Energy to burst out immense Strength in pulse form for a short period, yet he was sent reeling uncontrollably backward as if struck by a Heavy Hammer.
Zhao Manying only took two steps back to offset the force and turn toward the enemy.
Her sword tip chased like a venomous snake, precisely piercing through the Halo Fighter’s arms shielding his body, finding the gap and stabbing into his heart.
The Halo Fighter’s Light Energy Defense was punctured instantly, the sword’s Tidal Force bursting, and the heart burst open.
Zhao Manying killed her opponent in a single encounter and then quickly Flash Stepped forward, almost at the same moment her figure vanished, a straight and thick Yang Flame Beam descended from the sky, striking where she had been. With a thunderous crash, a hole several meters in diameter was blasted into the street.
This "Yang Flame Beam" came from Yu Meiling.
If Zhao Manying were even a fraction of a second slower, she would have been hit by the beam and would certainly have been severely injured.
The billions of viewers who saw this couldn’t help but express their admiration. Zhao Manying’s reaction was too quick; she risked a light injury to instantly kill her frontal opponent and then avoided Yu Meiling’s Yang Flame Beam, her timing was just too clever.
The commentator switched to fast-talking mode, speaking as if they were scalding their mouth, extremely impassioned.
Zhao Manying didn’t stop her steps, pressing closer to Yu Meiling on the building top.
Yu Meiling wasn’t flustered by missing the opportunity. She focused intensely as high-temperature flames burst around her, turning a hundred-meter radius into a sea of fire.
She formed a set of Ice Armor around herself, and at the same time, hundreds of icicles began to form in the sky.
Fire and ice alternated, generating vast steam, thick as fog.
Yu Meiling hid within the steam.
Zhao Manying charged into the sea of fire, pushing away the flames with an invisible force field around her body, deflecting raining icicles which were then suspended by kinetic Control, turning them into a blizzard that swept through the sea of fire, revealing Yu Meiling’s position.
A huge Fireball lobbed at Zhao Manying halted mid-air.
Two Spiritual Energies clashed fiercely.
Zhao Manying multitasked, her Longsword flying up and turning into a flash of light that skimmed the ground towards the enemy.
Yu Meiling noticed the sword light, raised her hand and hailstones began to fuse together, bombarding the approaching Longsword, but her ice was always just a bit off. The Longsword, as agile as a fish, dodged left and right, closing in rapidly to just a few meters away from her.
A thick wall of ice surged upward.
Because she was concentrating on forming the ice wall, her focus on the Fireball in the air dropped slightly. Zhao Manying immediately seized the opportunity, a glint of light flashing in her eyes as she suddenly took control of the Fireball.
The high-temperature Fireball instantly compressed to the size of a fist, swiftly flying back to strike the ice wall.
The collision of ice and fire unleashed a fierce shockwave.
Yu Meiling, being closer to the ice wall, was forced to retreat, but as her concentration waned, a sword light flew through the fire and ice shockwave at high speed and pierced her body.