Yes, in this situation, no matter which controller button Allen presses, it will be useless, because he now has a significant gap, enough for Feng Yi to prepare any move.

As expected, the chubby character who performed the empty ultimate move is already running in the opposite direction of Feng Yi.

Feng Yi then controls Baozi from China to burst his energy at the same time. Bursting energy refers to the boosting of personal attack attributes at the cost of wasting an energy ball. After bursting energy, there is a gauge bar below the character, which takes about ten seconds to fill. During this time, Feng Yi's character's attack attributes will be significantly enhanced and a Super Ultimate Move can be triggered within the countdown time, which is the most powerful move.

At this moment, after bursting his energy, Feng Yi controls the joystick to charge and jump towards the chubby character, determined to strike first and inflict maximum damage.

The reason why charging and jumping can inflict enough damage is not because Feng Yi can perform continuous combos and ultimate moves in the air; there is only one reason. If he charges at the chubby character on the ground and uses punches and kicks to deplete health and finally link up with a special move, then the role of the jump is to strike once in the air and still trigger the previous combo the moment he lands. In other words, this operation can deplete a little more of the chubby character's health during the falling stage.

Just as Feng Yi controls Baozi to jump, suddenly, there's another pause on the screen.

Feng Yi was completely on guard now, and he couldn't fathom why Allen would press the pause button at this moment. Almost reflexively, Feng Yi released the joystick and looked at Allen, "Is this part of your tactics too?"

"Tactics succeeded."

The reply to Feng Yi was Allen's simple four words.

"Hmm? Tactics succeeded, leaving my mind in confusion."

The next second, he quickly realized why Allen pressed pause during this time interval; the Baozi on the screen only made a small jump and hadn't jumped far enough to reach the chubby character.

"Ah? This..."

Feng Yi slapped the nonexistent position of his thigh hard, suddenly realizing it! He had just missed an opportunity to deplete the opponent's health bar for nothing.

In fact, with Baozi's current energy, it wasn't enough to deplete the chubby character's health because that character inherently had thick skin and sturdy defenses. Since Baozi burst energy, he no longer had enough energy to perform a Super Ultimate Move, but this does not mean he couldn't. Feng Yi, after a soaring attack and landing combo, could just accumulate enough energy for the next energy ball, and that was his plan in mind.

Unexpectedly, it was at this jumping stage that Allen pressed the pause button.

At this moment, Feng Yi almost instinctively released the joystick, because his character had already started jumping, with no effect on the upcoming leap.

Indeed, Allen's deviousness lay in this jump. When Feng Yi released the joystick, the system had already determined his character to jump, but there are many kinds of jumps.

Shadow Jump, High Jump, Small Jump, Charge Jump all comprise the various types. What Feng Yi just used was clearly the Charge Shadow Jump. This indicated the character had the maximum jump reach.

However, this game has a mechanism wherein when jumping, you have to keep the joystick pressed up to reach the highest and farthest point. If the joystick is released during the jump, the system would classify it as a small jump, whose most obvious feature is the rapid movement with an after-image but without far-reaching distance.

Allen caught Feng Yi's psychological state at that critical moment and pressed pause unexpectedly. Even though Feng Yi was on guard, he couldn't predict Allen's level of cunning deceit, showing its extreme malevolence as surpassing his own.

"So insidious, so malicious."

"Hahaha," Allen chuckled leisurely, "Young man, you have much to learn."

The battle continued, resulting in Feng Yi missing the chubby character due to his jump, perfectly at the moment he was landing. The chubby character had already stood back up, simultaneously executing a shadow jump, opting to attack Feng Yi at the moment of his body's temporary immobile landing phase, catching him off guard.

Riiiiing riiiiing...

Unbeknownst to anyone, at this crucial juncture, another pause prompt rang. Before the chubby character had a chance to jump at Baozi, Feng Yi pressed pause.

Allen's heart skipped a beat; he knew exactly what this kid was up to. Clearly, his hands mustn't move or the well-calculated distance he adjusted to would veer off, either too much or too little.

If overjumped, he would leap over Feng Yi's head, leaving himself open, but if it's a bit too short, he still wouldn't reach Feng Yi, returning the opportunity to his opponent.

Currently, Allen's situation was somewhat distressing; his hand controlling the joystick could not move and lingered in a half-jumping phase. If he let go, the character could not jump; if he pushed fully, the jump distance would become exceedingly long. Yet, his hand could not move a muscle; any slight shift would disrupt the distance measurement.

This situation might seem abstract, yet if one were to use a term to describe it, it would be as though manipulating a spring, both unsatisfactory and painfully stuck, yet the difficulty far exceeds operating a spring, as it tests micro-control, influencing subsequent battles if there's any variance in the press force, more or less.

"How long are you planning to hold this?" Allen, not releasing his hand, spoke while concentrating meticulously to steady the joystick, without a slight movement of his arm, perfectly balanced to prevent any shifting.

"Wait a minute."

"What? Do you expect me to maintain this state for a whole minute!?"

Unnoticed, what once was an enjoyable duel game had degenerated into a revolting, tortuous match, driving them further down the path of a battle of wits and strategy.

Allen decided to endure it. A minute; he could not afford to squander such a precious chance, as valuable as the opportunity was, he couldn't let Feng Yi's tactics succeed.

Every passing second felt unbearably torturous to Allen, Mo Ying had to keep Allen's body controlled, harnessing neural reflexes to ensure no deviation occurred. Indeed, this posed a challenge to anyone, assessing not just one's grasp over force, but also a test of patience.

Allen didn't even realize how he endured this minute. Just as the clock ticked its way to 59 seconds, Feng Yi hit resume, continuing the fight.

Allen let out a long breath; he was determined to execute a combo to mercilessly defeat this wretched trickster, just settling in when another pause prompt sounded… Feng Yi had utilized his final pause chance.

"Ah! Again!?" Allen was astonished, realizing he would have to sustain this stance for another minute, dismayed that Feng Yi would stoop this low.

Feng Yi remarked simultaneously, that while the opportunity vanished, it didn't matter. Using tactics that discomforted the enemy more often promised results, and proverbially, more is better when it comes to vexing others, ensuring they're distracted enough from getting to him.

Indeed, Allen was nauseated by Feng Yi's repeated pausing strategy. Frankly speaking, a fight typically never lasted more than a minute as the timer capped at 60 seconds. Yet, this first-round match dragged on for a full three minutes, a claim few would dare believe, as they both were engrossed and entertained by abusing tactics against each other, in a cycle of deceit against deception.

Since he endured for a minute, he deemed two shouldn't be unfeasible, clenching his teeth and letting rage morph into fiery resolve on how he could counter Feng Yi in return.

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