"Shadow Leaf Dance!"
The cooldown on Hayashi Ren's Shadow Leaf Dance had just refreshed. Without a moment's hesitation, he launched forward, kicking Gaara into the air once again, suspending him midair.
"I'm going to kill you!" Gaara roared from above, his voice full of rage.
"If you want to kill me, you'd better bring your friends," Hayashi Ren replied coldly, hammering him with basic attacks—one after another. By now, Gaara's health had dropped to nearly half.
As Gaara began to fall, his HP finally dipped just below fifty percent.
Gaara glared furiously at Hayashi Ren and growled through gritted teeth:"Your crowd control over me is ending. When it does—you're dead!"
Fwoosh—Hayashi Ren activated Shadow Clone Jutsu, his voice calm and chilling:"The road to your downfall… is shorter than you think."
Immediately after, both the real Hayashi Ren and his clone launched Leaf Whirlwind in perfect sync, striking Gaara hard and reducing his HP to a quarter. A few more precise basic attacks followed, and Gaara was hanging by a thread.
Now grounded, Gaara stood there, face twisted in rage.
Without a hint of fear, Hayashi Ren turned around as if to leave.
"Trying to run? You won't get away!"Gaara shouted, extending his hand to activate Sand Coffin.
But just then, Hayashi Ren spun back and cast a Deep Blue Smite, a powerful ability that struck Gaara hard and slowed him. His health plummeted to critical. A few more basic attacks followed—and Gaara fell.
To the very end, he never activated his second skill, Sand Shield or Armor of Sand.Had he used them, he might not have died—and perhaps he would have even killed Hayashi Ren.
[Hayashi Ren has slain Gaara.][Double Kill!]
"Don't bother using skills. I always win anyway."
As the system's voice echoed across the battle space, Hayashi Ren left behind a cold statement and vanished into the river area.
The majority of players in the MOBA arena were stunned. They stared at Hayashi Ren in silence, their faces filled with disbelief.
[This kid's combat IQ is insanely high.]Senju Tobirama commented through a live-stream comment bubble.
[Absolutely. Even with all his skills on cooldown, he didn't panic one bit. He baited the panda-eyed kid into thinking he was fleeing, so the kid gave up using his second skill. Then, to keep Hayashi Ren locked down, he activated his third skill instead. But what he didn't realize was—Hayashi Ren never intended to run. He was baiting him in for the kill! At the exact moment the third skill was activated, Hayashi Ren turned and cast Deep Blue Smite, slowing him. During the delay before Sand Coffin could trigger, Ren finished him off with a few basic attacks. Brilliant.]
[This kid's combat IQ is off the charts!]
Minato Namikaze, watching the match closely, had sensed Gaara's doom the moment Hayashi Ren used Deep Blue Smite.
[You've got pretty good combat instincts yourself—figuring all that out so fast. No wonder you became the Fourth Hokage… such a shame you died too early.]
Senju Tobirama sighed and sent another comment.
He knew full well that if Minato were still Hokage, the Hidden Leaf Village would've continued growing stronger and more prosperous.
[Whoa, that little guy is actually that good? I didn't even notice…]Hashirama Senju blinked in surprise, reacting to Minato's entire analysis. Though he hadn't followed all the logic, it sure sounded impressive.
[Big Brother, with your intelligence, there's no way you could've noticed.]Tobirama fired back with a dry jab.
[Hehe, Tobirama~ don't say it like that, there are a lot of people watching…]Hashirama chuckled sheepishly, feeling a bit awkward.
[Ah, well… it's not a big deal. I'm sure our other senior predecessors all saw what was happening too—they just didn't say anything.]