Lin Yifan had no choice but to defend, blocking the attacks.

Afterwards, Qin Zikang continued to use "Three Sunflowers," keeping Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori under pressure.

Lin Yifan felt that this couldn't go on, so when Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori was in the second part of "Sunflowers," he immediately launched an attack; but because of this error, he was knocked down by Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori.

Thus, Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori started another round of suppression.

Eventually, he cornered Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori against the wall.

After being attacked for a while, Lin Yifan seized the opportunity and used "Dream Bullet," hoping to use the opponent's tactics against them.

Unfortunately, he was not successful, Qin Zikang dodged his move, and immediately attacked again, forcing Lin Yifan to defend.

Regarding health, he still had more than Qin Zikang which wasn't a concern, the concern was being unable to retaliate.

However, the turnaround appeared soon. After Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori used "Three Sunflowers," he paused for quite a while due to muddled thoughts; seizing this opportunity, Lin Yifan immediately controlled Yagami Iori to leap up and attack Qin Zikang's Yagami Iori.

Qin Zikang reacted, immediately leaping back to dodge the attack.

Subsequently, both crouched down and launched Light Foot attacks, but Qin Zikang took a gamble, stood up, letting Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori hit him twice.

After all, Light Foot was hard to knock down an opponent, but by standing up, he could carry out other continuous attacks.

After standing up, he immediately used "Three Sunflowers" to attack Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori, but unfortunately, the combinations didn't connect, and the now-standing Lin Yifan crouched down and kicked him down with a Heavy Punch.

Nevertheless, Qin Zikang didn't give up, got up and immediately leaped over to kick Lin Yifan.

At this moment, Lin Yifan met him with a Heavy Punch upwards, interrupting his Leap Attack.

Qin Zikang retreated, while Lin Yifan leaped forward, choosing to launch "Three Sunflowers" to attack.

Note, at this point, Qin Zikang's health was only one-ninth remaining, critically endangered, while Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori still had half a health bar.

The next moment, when Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori finished "Three Sunflowers," Qin Zikang tried to seize the opportunity, jumping over to attack Lin Yifan.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yifan leaped first and attacked him in mid-air, striking him down.

But it has to be said, a champion is a champion, incredibly tenacious.

When Lin Yifan attempted to further suppress, Qin Zikang got up and launched a "Dream Bullet," hitting Lin Yifan to one side, then followed up with a "Hundred And Eight Form—Dark Brush" aiming to connect the moves.

However, Lin Yifan used "Ghost Step," dodging the purple energy attack.

Afterwards, Qin Zikang leaped over, wanting to use "Three Sunflowers" to attack.

This time, Lin Yifan used "Chaff Wind," tossing him aside, then followed it up with a "Double Dream Bullet," taking away the remnant health of Qin Zikang.

"KO!"

This round was decisively concluded.

The two fighters were fiercely matched, the intensity unmatched.

This match lasted fifty seconds, longer than any previous one. This is what happens in a high-level duel; it's not easy to determine the winner until the very end.

The spectators got their eyes full, watching such a spectacular match.

This could certainly be considered a clash of top-tier experts, Lin Yifan had showcased the level of a top-tier expert in just three rounds, which was truly inconceivable.

"Impressive, my idol, really talks the talk and walks the walk!"

"No ordinary person, definitely no ordinary person!"

In such a short time, he had mastered all the moves of Yagami Iori and adapted them to different scenarios, which was incredibly skillful. For an average person, it would take months, or even years, to achieve that.

That was also why they had always believed that Lin Yifan couldn't beat Qin Zikang in such a short time.

"Four rounds! It only took four rounds to defeat the champion, Young Master Qin, extraordinary, truly extraordinary."

However, some were worried, "Young Master Qin just lost one hero, and he still has two heroes left. With the idol's remaining health, things look a bit dire!"

"True, but if the idol plays well, taking down Qin Zikang's remaining two heroes shouldn't be a problem."

On the other hand, losing the most crucial round had dealt a significant blow to Qin Zikang's confidence.

The person he had just scorned had actually defeated his strongest hero, which was laughable.

"Damn!"

Qin Zikang fiercely pounded the arcade machine, venting his rage.

That brief pause really had killed him; he had had the chance to crush Lin Yifan but ended up losing nonetheless.

"Hey! You lost, so what? It's no big deal. I've lost three rounds and haven't made a peep. You lose one round and here you are, damaging public property, really lacks manners," Lin Yifan indirectly mocked Qin Zikang.

Listening, Qin Zikang felt bitter and then retorted, "You're great! You have high standards! Enough already! Bragging after winning one round, the game isn't over yet. Whose deer is dead, it's still uncertain!"

"Hehe! After winning this round, do you think I can't take the remaining two rounds?" Lin Yifan asked with a smile.

Qin Zikang, left speechless by the rebuttal, indeed, Lin Yifan had defeated his Yagami Iori; the other two heroes naturally wouldn't pose a problem. He only prayed that his second hero could drain more than seventy percent of Lin Yifan's health; only then might he stand a chance to win the final victory.

The fourth round quickly began, Yagami Iori versus Kagura Chizuru.

Since Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori had lost a lot of health in the previous round; he started the fourth round with just a bit more than half of his health, which was a bit disadvantageous in terms of health.

Qin Zikang seized this point and dragged out the time with Lin Yifan. He chose not to attack, quietly waiting for Lin Yifan to attack and reveal vulnerabilities.

Trying to win the game with this strategy was really underestimating Yagami Iori, who after all was one of the strongest heroes in The King of Fighters '97; he wouldn't let him get away with it so easily.

So right from the start, Lin Yifan chose to attack conservatively.

Attacking conservatively meant seizing opportunities to attack, not attacking blindly.

If Qin Zikang chose not to initiate, he would definitely have to keep retreating, maintaining a safe distance to avoid being hit by Lin Yifan's Yagami Iori.

However, this had a drawback, as he would easily be backed into a corner; and Yagami Iori was specialized in cornering opponents; once his Kagura Chizuru was pressured into the corner, turning the tables and swapping health would be very difficult; hence, he momentarily didn't know what to do.

Seeing that he was about to be pressured into a corner by Lin Yifan, Qin Zikang couldn't just give in; he immediately made Kagura Chizuru attack; and at that moment, Lin Yifan also seized the opportunity, commanding Yagami Iori to attack.

Once they started fighting, Yagami Iori had a chance to finish off his opponent.

Thus, after losing two-fifths of his health, Lin Yifan defeated Qin Zikang's second hero.

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