Chapter 142 – Seventh Season"s Opening Ceremony
On May 10th, the opening ceremony of the Miracle League"s first division was held at the venue in Beijing.
In accordance with the practice of previous years, all players of the major teams must attend. The sight of so many great G.o.ds gathering was rare. Many fans rushed to see the opening ceremony. The audience was enthusiastic and many people held fluorescent signs. The items such as light cards and big posters made it very lively.
The Canglan team members came backstage at 6 in the evening.
They were occasional deafening cheers from the venue. The big screen backstage showed the scenes happening at the venue. Xiao Han saw the frightening sea of audience members and couldn"t help saying, "It is more than the audience of the second division."
Gu Siming excitedly replied, "Of course! The first division has many great G.o.ds with high popularity. It can"t be compared to the second division."
Li Xiaojiang whispered, "The star"s performance, performance, performance…"
Zhuo Hang helped him finish the words. "Isn"t it more lively than a concert?"
Li Xiaojiang nodded seriously. "Yes!"
As everyone was chatting, the full team of Wind Colour came backstage under Ling Xuefeng"s leadership.
Ling Xuefeng saw the group of people and walked in a natural manner over Li Cangyu. He asked, "Are you prepared for the match?"
Li Cangyu laughed. "Pretty much."
Ling Xuefeng said, "Time isn"t good to fight. I"ll cheer for you."
Li Cangyu nodded. "Yes."
Beside Ling Xuefeng was Wind Colour"s little prince, Qin Mo. Li Cangyu"s apprentice Xiao Han was also next to him. The two masters walked together and the apprentices happened to face each other.
Qin Mo had sparred with Xiao Han for a long time and the two people gradually became familiar with each other. Recently, Xiao Han had been looking for Qin Mo to learn Chinese. They had never officially met but they had seen each other"s photos from the players data. The two people recognized each other at the same time and looked at each other curiously.
Xiao Han found that Qin Mo was handsome and young, his body not fully matured yet. There was a trace of youthfulness on his face and the corner of his eyes were slightly raised, giving him an air of pride. However, Xiao Han knew that Qin Mo wasn"t as arrogant as other people described. He was often too angry to speak and would type a line of ellipses before going offline…
Qin Mo also carefully looked at Xiao Han. He already knew that Xiao Han was a mixed-raced child and also saw his face when the Canglan team played. Now that he was directly facing Xiao Han, he found that this mixed-raced child looked very good. In particular, the blond hair that fell over his ears made people want to touch it and see if the hair was real.
The two people looked at each other for a moment. Then Qin Mo removed his gaze in an uncomfortable manner. Xiao Han didn"t feel embarra.s.sed and kept staring curiously at Qin Mo. Qin Mo"s cheeks became hot and he couldn"t help asking, "What are you looking at?"
Xiao Han replied earnestly, "You look better than your photo."
Qin Mo, "…"
Did people from the United States like to praise others so bluntly?
Qin Mo couldn"t help feeling happy at this praise and said, "Thank you."
Xiao Han was perplexed. "Chinese is subtle. Shouldn"t you be modest when being praised? Why did you just say thank you?"
Qin Mo, "…"
Li Cangyu heard the two apprentices talking and couldn"t help laughing. He touched Xiao Han"s head and explained, "When praised, many young people will say thank you, especially if they are confident. Qin Mo has grown well, right Qin Mo?"
Qin Mo"s face was slightly red. "Cat G.o.d is flattering me."
Xiao Han asked, "Why didn"t you say thank you again?"
Qin Mo glanced at him. "Conversations should be divided into contexts!"
Xiao Han was even more confused. "What is context?"
Qin Mo, "…"
Li Cangyu helplessly patted Xiao Han on the shoulder. "The domestic language habits are a bit complicated. You can slowly learn it."
Xiao Han muttered "Oh," and followed his master. He just walked two steps when he turned back and waved at Qin Mo, making a gesture that showed he wanted to continue discussing the problem of context later on.
Qin Mo felt like crying.
Ling Xuefeng suddenly turned around and asked, "Are you teaching Xiao Han Chinese?"
Qin Mo lowered his head and replied, "Yes, I didn"t want to teach me but he kept following me to learn…"
“Then teach him well.” Ling Xuefeng said.
The bottom of the food chain Qin Mo had to nod. "Yes, I know…"
He looked at Xiao Han"s back and couldn"t help feeling some curiosity. How many skills had this mixed-race child learnt from following his master? Shouldn"t he show them in today"s match? Then there would be a good show!
***
The major teams were ready backstage while the opening ceremony officially began.
First there was a speech from the league"s chairman, Nan Jiangang.
Chairman Nan walked onto the stage, picked up a microphone and said simply, "The seventh season is when there will be an overall reform of the compet.i.tion system. Together with the World Compet.i.tion, it will be a new starting point for our Miracle League. Whether it is an old contestant or new contestant, this season everyone stands at the same starting point. I hope that everyone takes the matches seriously and respects their opponent. Show the audience the wonders of the league"s professional players!"
The chairman never liked to talk. Once he finished, he decisively handed the microphone to the host.
The host smiled and said, "Thank the chairman for his message! I believe that the players won"t let down the audience supporting the league! Next up is the exciting entrance of the teams. First, there is the team that just returned to the league this season, the Canglan team!"
The eight contestants dressed in neat uniforms walked onto the big stage. The host read their names in turn and introduced the team. "This is a team made of four old players and four newcomers. It is led by Cat G.o.d, who has left Miracle for three years and finally returned with new teammates! Let us welcome the Canglan team with warm applause!"
There was deafening applause as Li Cangyu entered with his teammates. His face was very calm.
Next was the Flying Feathers team, the Ghost Spirits team, the Red Fox team, the Cheetah team, the Pure Cleansing team and the Time team. This was arranged according to the first letter in the pinyin spelling of their name. Finally, the winners of the last season, the Wind Colour appeared as the finale.
Once all contestants stood on the stage, the photos snapped a few photos. The audience cheered wildly and a number of people stood up, excitedly waving their light sticks.
Once the photo taking session was complete, the host allowed all players to walk down from the big stage. They sat on the pre-arranged VIP seats and watched the opening ceremony with everyone.
This year"s opening ceremony was much larger than usual. The venue had been expanded by a few times and the number of people who came to watch today exceeded 100,000. It was the more wonderful opening ceremony.
However, the players of the Canglan team weren"t in the mood to watch the opening show. It was because once the opening ceremony was over, the important opening match of the seventh season was waiting for them.
***
Halfway through the opening ceremony, Li Cangyu took his teammates backstage to prepare. At the same time, Tan s.h.i.tian and the Time members also headed backstage.
The backstage area had separate lounges for the teams in order to prevent tactical leaks before the match.
Li Cangyu closed the door and stated, "In the match that will take place later, there is no way to determine what mode Tan s.h.i.tian will select. Still, I can be sure that Time will definitely choose a team battle."
Bai Xuan nodded in agreement. "In order to deal with a new team, the team battle has a higher rate of winning then the arena. Time has always been strong in a team battle. I feel that Tan s.h.i.tian might choose to play two games as a team battle or perhaps even directly select three team battles."
Li Cangyu told them, "Our lineup will be the same as what was previously arranged. Everyone be sure to listen to the commander. Don"t feel pressure. Relax and play well. It doesn"t matter if we win or lose. This is the first game and it is enough if we play according to our level."
Then he reached out a hand and placed it in the middle. "Come on!"
The team immediately placed their hands together and shouted, "Come on!"
***
Next door, Tan s.h.i.tian"s expression was very relaxed. He smiled and said, "This is our home match. Not only do we have the advantage of selecting the map, we also have the freedom to choose between the team battle and arena. Cat G.o.d"s tactics are varied and we have to adapt." He turned to look at the person standing next to him and added, "Xiao Wei, you stare at Cat G.o.d. If you can control him then do so. Don"t let him use his wind spirit."
He had never played against Li Cangyu but Tan s.h.i.tian had seen many of the Canglan team"s battles. It was clear that the most difficult thing about Li Cangyu was the wind spirit. It could often reverse the situation with Storm Fury.
Cheng Wei nodded seriously at his captain"s order. "Rest a.s.sured, I will keep an eye on Cat G.o.d!"
Cat G.o.d might be his most adored idol but once they met on the field, Cheng Wei wouldn"t be polite to his opponent!
The opening ceremony finally came to an end. The theatre performance of the six Miracle races brought the atmosphere to the peak. The audience"s deafening screams and clapping could be clearly heard backstage.
The two hosts smiled and walked to the centre of the big stage. "The opening ceremony ends here. Thank you to all the performers for bringing us this wonderful evening."
“There is another important event that will be unveiled. I believe that the audience has been looking forward to it for a long time. The season"s opening battle will be between the new Canglan team and the host Time team. Both sides have great G.o.ds gathered and it will definitely be a great sight!"
"Let"s switch to the live room where Yu Bing and Kou Hongyi will be explaining this wonderful event for everyone!"
The camera switched to the commentators who were already ready.
Kou Hongyi saw the switch and immediately said, "Audience friends, good evening. Welcome to the first match of the first division of the Miracle League. The first match is Canglan VS Time. First, let"s take a look at the pre-match winning percentage prediction."
The winning rate predictions appeared on the big screen. 40% guessed that Canglan would win, 50% guessed that Time would win and the remaining 10% were unsure.
This type of support ratio was normal. After all, the Time team had always performed well in the Miracle League. The major media outlets had reported on Li Cangyu"s return but he had still left Miracle for many years. Many new fans didn"t know him.
Kou Hongyi turned back and asked, "Sister Bing, what do you think?"
Yu Bing said lightly, "Today is the home match of the Time team. It will be difficult for the away team, Canglan to take points. However, Canglan has several ace players, especially Cat G.o.d. His ability to respond on the spot is extremely fast and his tactical literacy is also high. He is good at dealing with various situations. It depends on the games."
Kou Hongyi nodded in agreement. "The strength of both sides are quite high and it is hard to predict before the match. Let"s take a look at the data for the players on both sides."
The big screen listened the data for both teams.
In the seventh season, the number of partic.i.p.ants was limited to six players in the team mode and two on the arena mode. However, the number of players in the team battle and the arena could be repeated.
In the seventh season, the Time team consisted of Captan Tan s.h.i.tian, Vice-Captain Cheng Wei, main elf archer Lu Xiao, a.s.sistant elf archers Liang Sejie and Liang Deyuan, elf hunter Zhou Yu, the paladin Chai Jun and the healer Xu Kai.
This was the exact same lineup of the Time team in the sixth season.
Time was a very young team and the average age of the players was less than 20 years old. There was no need to worry about the player retiring and they didn"t need to change people this season.
Compared to the young Time team, the Canglan team was scary. There was a 26 year old player!
Once Zhang Jueming"s data emerged, the audience members who hadn"t paid attention to the second division were surprised. People typed on the Internet broadcast room: [26! He is an antique in the World Compet.i.tion!] [Uncle has courage! I will praise Uncle!]
In addition to Zhang Jueming, Li Cangyu and Bai Xuan were 23 to 24 years old. They were considered old players in the e-sports circle.
It was the four teenagers who pulled down the average age of the team. The four of them were 17 or 18 years old and they looked quite young in their photos.
Once the list of players was revealed, Yu Bing said, "The players on both sides are ready. The match will start soon so let"s cut the camera back to the soundproof room."
The camera switched and the audience saw the players on the big screen. Two faces appeared on both sides of the screen. The captains of both teams were given a zoomed in shot. Tan s.h.i.tian smiled and looked relaxed while Li Cangyu"s expression was very calm. The two captains didn"t seem nervous at all.
Soon, the referee"s lights lit up and the match officially began.
The Time team"s home lights were on as the captain chose the match mode and maps.
Tan s.h.i.tian quickly submitted the match modes—team battle, team battle, arena.
Li Cangyu came to Bai Xuan and said, "Fortunately, Tan s.h.i.tian didn"t choose three team battles."
Bai Xuan looked at him helplessly. Captain Tan"s choices were actually very difficult for Canglan. Tan s.h.i.tian"s intentions were obvious. He planned to use the advantages of the Time team in the team battles to win some points. In the end, he and Cheng Wei would join hands to finish the match in the arena. The young captain"s ambition wasn"t small. He probably wanted to win all three games.
However… there was Cat G.o.d sitting here. Wanting to take a full score from underneath Cat G.o.d"s nose, Tan s.h.i.tian was thinking too simply!
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Chapter 143 – Canglan VS Time
The order of the Canglan team and Time team quickly filled the big screen. Two team battles plus one arena mode, along with the maps being selected by the Time team. The home advantage for the Time team was quite obvious.
Along with the mode confirmation, there would be 10 minutes for the Canglan team to make the corresponding deployment. Li Cangyu had already arranged the Canglan team and didn"t hesitate to submit the contestants list to the referee.
The match soon started and the list of players who would be partic.i.p.ating in the first round of the team battle was shown on the big screen.
The Time team"s lineup consisted of the front row paladin Chai Jun, the healing priest Xu Kai, the main output in Tan s.h.i.tian"s bard, the two elf bards Lu Xiao and Liang Deyuan a.s.sisting him plus white magician Cheng Wei who was responsible for controlling the field.
The Canglan team sent the most stable lineup in the second division: Li Cangyu, Bai Xuan, Xie Shurong, Zhang Jueming along with the two newcomers Gu Siming and Xiao Han.
The VIP seats under the stage.
Qin Mo saw this lineup and couldn"t help saying, "The Time team sent three bards. Are they using a lot of archers to dominate with the kiting tactics?"
Yan Ruiwen was sitting next to him and smiled. "Tan s.h.i.tian has always been confident in the kiting tactics of Time."
Xu Feifan also agreed. "The archers of the Time team are very strong. The three archers of Tan s.h.i.tian, Lu Xiao and Liang Deyuan can play the guerrilla warfare by relying on the attack distance advantage. It will be very difficult for Canglan to fight!"
Qin Mo asked curiously, "Brother Xu, what do you predict the score to be?"
Xu Feifan didn"t hesitate. "I think it will be 3:0. The possibility of Time winning all three games at home is great."
The teammates beside him were discussing the score. Ling Xuefeng said nothing but he thought, "Canglan has Cat G.o.d. A 3:0 score is impossible." Even in the case of an extremely unfavourable combat situation, Li Cangyu would find a way to reverse the situation and gain one point.
The home team of Time was really hard to play but Ling Xuefeng was confident in Li Cangyu.
***
In the commentary room, Yu Bing gave a brief review of the configuration of both teams and the match officially began.
The Time team selected the map and the map chosen by Tan s.h.i.tian was "Elf"s Fantasyland."
This map was a mysterious land in the depths of the elf forest. The scene of the map was dominated with green tones. There were many strange shapes in the elf trees and countless vines wrapped around the branches, blending into each other. Many rattan fell down and formed a huge umbrella of vines, blocking the sun above the forest.
Walking in the Elf Fantasyland was like walking in a flower pavilion. The scenery was beautiful.
The biggest feature of this map was that there were many obstacles. Some of the bard"s skills ignored obstacles and there were three elf bards in this team battle. It was very suitable to use the obstacles in this map for guerrilla warfare.
Tan s.h.i.tian"s tactical thinking was very clear. It all depended on how Li Cangyu responded.
The contestants soon refreshed in opposite corners of the map.
In the "田" type map, the Canglan team was born in the lower left corner and the Time team was born in the upper right corner.
Li Cangyu led his teammates forward and everyone divided into three groups at the fork. Li Cangyu took Xiao Han to the lower right corner, Zhang and Gu went to the upper left corner and the Shu Bai combination held the home base. This was the most common splitting up method and it was the most stable.
On the other side, Tan s.h.i.tian stayed at home with the healer. Cheng Wei and the paladin went to the upper left corner and Lu Xiao and Liang Deyuan went to the southeast corner in the lower right.
According to this splitting, Cheng Wei and the paladin Chai Jun should encounter Zhang Gu of the Canglan team. Coincidentally, both sides had the combination of white magician and paladin!
Yu Bing saw this scene and couldn"t help saying, "According to Cheng Wei"s personality, a fierce fight should start as soon as both sides encounter each other."
Kou Hongyi said, "The combination of Zhang and Gu isn"t very good. Old Zhang might be a white magician but he added all points into auxiliary skills. This is unlike Cheng Wei, who added them into control and attack skills.
Yu Bing agreed with this. "Cheng Wei is only 19 years old this year. His condition is at the peak. Old Zhang"s speed can"t keep up with Cheng Wei. If the two white magicians fight, the chances of Canglan winning isn"t high."
In the case where their teammates were also paladins, the auxiliary white magician had a low possibility of survival when encountering an output white magician. The audience had their hearts in their throats.
Both sides started to slowly make money by killing the mobs. Then 30 seconds after the match started, the combinations of paladin and white magician met in the northwest road!
Cheng Wei was usually emotional, especially when he swore. In fact, this temper was the same on the field. As long as he saw an opponent and Tan s.h.i.tian didn"t stop him, he would definitely rushed forward to kill or be killed by the opponents. In any case, someone would die.
Cheng Wei was straightforward and never calculated anything but this style attracted many fans. The league officials had once calculated it. Since the third season, the player who had been killed the most and who killed the most players was Cheng Wei. This showed how active he was on the field.
Today was Cheng Wei"s first time against Canglan and he was obviously more excited than usual. He saw the opposite side"s white magician and immediately used G.o.d"s Seal.
Zhang Jueming"s hand speed wasn"t high but his reaction rate was extremely fast. He saw Cheng Wei and felt that this person would use a white magician"s sealing skill to control him. Thus, he put his finger on the key in advance and cleverly moved to avoid Cheng Wei"s control.
Yu Bing couldn"t help exclaiming, "Beautiful! Old Zhang"s experience played a role in a critical moment. The level of Old Zhang is really first-rate."
Cheng Wei wasn"t willing to let his opponent escape from his control and followed up with G.o.d"s Light. A dazzling white beam of light hit Zhang Jueming"s chest, directly causing him to lose 20% blood.
G.o.d"s Light was called a fool"s technique by netizens but it was Cheng Wei"s favourite skill.
It was a targeted skill. No matter how fast the opponent was moving or how fast they hid, as long as they were within the attack range, G.o.d"s Light would automatically hit the opponent.
Cheng Wei particularly liked to hit people with G.o.d"s Light. The skill of automatically locking onto the target was easy to use but the cooldown was too long.
Zhang Jueming was. .h.i.t and immediately ran away. Xiao Gu hurriedly came up to protect Uncle Zhang. As a thick-skinned paladin, he couldn"t watch his teammate being hit.
However, the Time team also had an experienced paladin. Chai Jun knew that Cheng Wei wanted to kill the white magician and immediately stepped forward to entangle with XIao Gu.
Gu Siming shouted in the voice channel. "Uncle Zhang, you run! I can"t resist for long!"
Zhang Jueming was calm. "Don"t worry. I will delay as long as possible."
There was no other way. This white magician was a support and couldn"t face the aggressive Cheng Wei. He could only try to delay the time for his teammate to find an opportunity.
***
In the southeast corner, the combination of Li Cangyu and Xiao Han encountered the Time team"s Lu Xiao and Liang Deyuan.
All four of them were output type cla.s.ses and it was reasonable that the fight would be very quick. It was strange that they were no fierce fighting between them. They just cleaned up the mobs quickly.
Lu Xiao"s personality wasn"t like Cheng Wei. Cheng Wei might be the vice-captain of Time but Cheng Wei didn"t care about these matters. Tan s.h.i.tian was in charge of tactics and external affairs. The training of newcomers to the team was actually left to Lu Xiao. This man"s temper was better and he was always optimistic.
He and Tan s.h.i.tian were players who debuted at the same time. Since both of them were elf archers, Tan s.h.i.tian naturally covered up Lu Xiao"s light. Fortunately, Lu Xiao wasn"t so narrow-minded. He wasn"t jealous of Tan s.h.i.tian and felt relief at being the secondary output for the Time team.
A reporter once asked him, "You would be the lead if you go to another team. Why are you willing to stay in Time as the third-ranked person?" Lu Xiao"s answer was, "The pressure of a leader is very high. I am relaxed in Time. Even if we lose, everyone will bombard Tan s.h.i.tian. No one will blame me!"
The reason was really irrefutable.
Some people liked to lead a team to victory. For example, Li Cangyu, Ling Xuefeng and Tan s.h.i.tian were born to be captains. A player like Lu Xiao was more suitable for a supporting role. If he was in the protagonist"s role then he might feel too much pressure and not be able to play well.
Li Cangyu had long heard that there were a few good archers in Time apart from Tan s.h.i.tian. The most powerful one was Lu Xiao, who often appeared in the arena and team battles.
Today was their first encounter and Li Cangyu wanted to try a PK. He didn"t expect for this Lu Xiao to be particularly stable. He was clearly within range to attack Li Cangyu but he stood still.
The enemy didn"t move so he didn"t move. Li Cangyu also ignored him and focused on the small mobs.
***
The two wild areas in the middle were relatively calm. Bai Xuan held Xie Shurong and Xu Kai treated Tan s.h.i.tian.
Both sides focused on their economic development. However, Tan s.h.i.tian had a long range and would occasionally interfere with Xie Shurong"s killing. Xie Shurong just calmly moved to avoid it. If he couldn"t escape, he would run to Bai Xuan"s side and had Bai Xuan fill up his blood. It was good to bring a milk dad with him as all the lost blood was filled up.
Both sides tested each other for a while. By the time the wild mobs were cleared, Tan s.h.i.tian and Xie Shurong were still full of blood.
The audience was a bit cranky as they filled the screen of the live broadcast: [Captain Tan, destroy Tree!] [Ah Shu, kill that archer!] [d.a.m.n, the two of you are still full of blood after a long time. Hit each other!]
Yu Bing had a reasonable explanation for this. "It is a situation where the level of both players are the same and there is a healer. A 2v2 battle can"t finish in 10 minutes. Captain Tan and Ah Shu clearly know that they can"t kill the other person. Thus, they can only use some small skills to interfere and won"t really fight."
Kou Hongyi agreed. "This is a very sensible approach. It is impossible to kill each other in 10 minutes with a healer. The ice dragon will soon refresh. That"s why both sides are mainly focusing on their economic development, probably waiting for this ice dragon to appear."
Yu Bing added, "We will go back to the northwest area. Cheng Wei"s output ability is indeed strong. Zhang Jueming is already at 10% residual blood. Old Zhang is an auxiliary and it hasn"t been easy for him to persist under Cheng Wei"s pursuit for so long!"
At this time, Li Cangyu and Xiao Han had finished killing all the small mobs. Li Cangyu was about to return to the city when he saw the situation of Old Zhang being hunted by Cheng Wei and he couldn"t help saying, "Xiao Gu, go back and save him!"
Gu Siming was busy fighting the opposite paladin and completely forgot about protecting his teammate. Once he heard Cat G.o.d, he hurriedly looked around but then a message popped up on the screen.
[Only Dedication has killed Juemingzi, first kill!]
The audience cheered.
Gu Siming was stunned and wanted to apologize to Uncle Zhang. Unfortunately, the moment he was feeling stunned, a white beam flew towards him and a white circle appeared around him. It was G.o.d"s Seal.
Cheng Wei took this opportunity to seal him and then cooperated with his paladin teammate to quickly smash Gu Siming, who only had a small amount of blood left.
[Only Dedication has killed As the Name Suggests, double kill!]
Cheng Wei was ecstatic by the double kill. Tan s.h.i.tian smiled and said, "Don"t be happy. Hurry and return back to town."
Cheng Wei replied happily, "Yes, I"m coming!"
Thanks to the two heads, Cheng Wei"s economy took the lead. After returning to the store, he bought his favourite attack necklace, "Light G.o.d"s Blessing" and followed Tan s.h.i.tian to prepare for the next big group battle.
***
On the Canglan side, Li Cangyu didn"t say much.
Xiao Gu liked to rush forward and fight with people. It wasn"t surprising that he was caught up in the moment and didn"t take care of his teammate. Gu Siming"s foundation was solid but he was impulsive and lacked patience. This was related to his personality and it would be difficult to change quickly.
In addition, it was taboo to lecture people in the middle of the game. If there were any problems then it had to wait until the game was over.
Li Cangyu gathered his teammates together and spoke some precautions.
In the next ice dragon team fight, it would be a 6v6 matchup. Cheng Wei had a 10% attack bonus and necklace bonus. It was very hard for Canglan to reverse the situation.
Many viewers even lit a row of candles for Canglan in advance.
In the VIP seats, Qin Mo nervously stared at the screen and asked, "Will Xiao Han lose?"
Yan Ruiwen smiled and said, "Not necessarily. Cat G.o.d is the best at using strange tricks. It is possible for Canglan to reverse the disadvantageous situation."
Ling Xuefeng agreed with these words.
Canglan was indeed at a disadvantage. Xiao Gu and Old Zhang were chased by Cheng Wei and the money earned was so poor that they couldn"t afford the cheapest ring. Meanwhile, Time had Cheng Wei whose attack power was greatly improved by the double kills.
However, Li Cangyu didn"t feel that he would lost. It was because Ah Shu, Bai Xuan, Xiao Han and himself had played very stably in the early stages and their equipment didn"t fall behind the other four members of the Time team.
Once the six member teams fought against each other, there was still hope as long as they controlled Cheng Wei.
***
The two sides met at the ice dragon"s refresh point and Li Cangyu let the Zhang Gu combination expand the field of view.
Cheng Wei also came this way and responded quickly as soon as he saw the group. He didn"t hesitate to use G.o.d"s Seal to control Li Cangyu but Li Cangyu used the water spirit"s Water Ball to freeze Cheng Wei in place instead!
The two men fired at almost the same time but Cat G.o.d"s hand speed was faster than Cheng Wei. Cheng Wei was frozen first while Li Cangyu cleverly avoided Cheng Wei"s seal the moment he released the skill.
He released a skill while using positioning to hide from an opponent"s attack. This superb operation wasn"t just due to Li Cangyu"s strength but also his understanding of Cheng Wei. This player was a person he patiently taught in the past. He was clear about many of Cheng Wei"s habits.
After hiding from the skill, Li Cangyu immediately summoned his fire spirit and used Fireball one after another on Cheng Wei. This was followed by summoning a thunder spirit and the big move Thunder"s Wrath slammed into Cheng Wei!
He even used a big group attack to kill Cheng Wei. It was obviously that Cat G.o.d planned to kill Cheng Wei!
Tan s.h.i.tian immediately ordered, "The front row, quickly protect him! Healer, add blood!"
Cat G.o.d"s hand speed was very fast and he beat Cheng Wei to residual blood in just a few seconds. However, Cheng Wei had teammates around him. The front row paladin used Guardian"s Light Shield to reduce the damage that Cheng Wei received while the rear row healer used Holy Light Surge to fill Cheng Wei"s blood!
At this time, the freezing effect on Cheng Wei"s body finished. He immediately cast the white magic big move, World of Ice and Snow at Li Cangyu. This was a white magician"s most powerful group attack spell. Countless ice and snow fell from the sky, resulting in a large drop of blood as well as a deceleration effect.
Cheng Wei"s World of Ice and Snow finished and he followed up with the locking attack, G.o.d"s Light to force Li Cangyu"s blood to 50%.
At this time, the three archers in the back row fired at Li Cangyu, forcing Li Cangyu to a residual blood state!
Bai Xuan naturally wasn"t idle. He immediately gave Li Cangyu an injury reduction skill, filled the heal over time (HOT) blood buff to the full amount and then used a single blood increase skill to pull back Li Cangyu"s blood from the danger level.
Once the group battle started, the audience held their breaths. Cheng Wei and Cat G.o.d played fiercely. Cat G.o.d used his pets while Cheng Wei also used a big move…
The thing that made many viewers nervous was that Xiao Han and Xie Shurong of Canglan were going around to the rear of the Time team!
Yes, the audience was watching from a G.o.d"s perspective. They could see the positions of Xiao Han and Xie Shurong but Tan s.h.i.tian couldn"t see it!
Tan s.h.i.tian was focused on killing Old Cat and hadn"t noticed two team members were missing. He thought that these two people were in the dark area of his field of view and he just couldn"t see them. He didn"t expect that these two actually went around behind him!
At this moment, Xie Shurong typed a 1 on the team channel, indicating he was ready.
Li Cangyu smiled. His fingers quickly pressed the keyboard and he summoned the wind spirit. Storm Fury directly blew the Time team back two metres towards Xie Shurong and Xiao Han!
Xie Shurong first used Spirit Lock to seal the healer and then he used Light and Shadow Rotation to take care of the fragile archers!
Xiao Han had long placed Death Mark on Tan s.h.i.tian and he followed up with Backstab and Fatal Blow!
At the same time, Zhang Jueming unleashed his big moves, Song of Encouragement, Voice of Combat to greatly enhance their combat power!
The sudden attack shocked Tan s.h.i.tian. The healer was fixed in place while the opposite side"s melee struck. The fragile archers instantly fell to a residual blood state.
The control effect on the healer had just ended when Li Cangyu once again controlled him with the water spirit. At the same time, he used the fire spirit to attack Tan s.h.i.tian. He waited until Tan s.h.i.tian had one drop of blood left before letting Xiao Han accept the head.
[Frost Descends has killed Ten Days!]
The fans of the Time team were stunned when this popped up.
The fans of Canglan started to cheer. [Great!] [It is the threaten the east and strike in the west strategy again. Cat G.o.d is amazing!] [The mixed-race boy is powerful. He is worthy of being Cat G.o.d"s apprentice!] [Xiao Han, marry me!] [Touch Xiao Han, this golden head is good!]
Xie Shurong had used a big move to hit all three archers. The moment Xiao Han killed Tan s.h.i.tian, Xie Shurong also forcibly killed Lu Xiao using Breaking Bone Sword.
[Ah Shu has killed Unfettered!]
In the front row, Li Cangyu had initially acted like he wanted to kill Cheng Wei. Then he ignored Cheng Wei and changed targets to Time"s third archer.
[Old Cat has killed Xiao Liang!]
Cheng Wei was very sad. He felt that he had been deceived!
Cat G.o.d had clearly been aiming for him. Why did Cat G.o.d suddenly ignore him and instead killed the people behind him?
At this time, Li Cangyu turned back and used the help of Ah Shu and Xiao Han to smoothly take Cheng Wei"s head.
[Old Cat has killed Only Dedication, double kill!]
Canglan cleverly used the front and back tactic to surround the Time team and killed four people in one breath. The remaining paladin and priest quickly fled according to Tan s.h.i.tian"s instructions but it didn"t help.
The 4:0 heads in this wave of battle was a big victory and Canglan"s economy completely overtook the Time team.
Li Cangyu"s equipment became the best in the game while Ah Shu and Xiao Han"s attack power also improved. Under Li Cangyu"s steady command, everyone pushed through the defense towers, killed the phoenixes and arrived at the crystal.
The moment the crystal shattered, many viewers still hadn"t recovered.
This game was played very strangely. In the early stages, the two sides were slow-paced and people felt sleepy. Only Cheng Wei scored two heads, which seemed to indicate the Time team"s victory.
The surprising thing was that in the first wave of the big team fight, the winner was actually the Canglan team.
The early slow-paced game sped up the moment the ice dragon refreshed, like chicken blood was injected.
The Canglan team unexpectedly used the threaten the east to strike in the west tactic. Li Cangyu unleashed his big moves and attracted the full attention of the other side. The two melee used the opportunity to go to the rear. Li Cangyu"s acting skills and the control of his wind spirit at the crucial moment meant that the three archers of the Time team died in an instant.
The eyes of the audience members were about to fall out at the thrilling reversal of the Canglan team.
***
In the VIP seats, Ling Xuefeng looked at the score of 1:0 on the big screen and couldn"t help smiling slightly.
This was Cat G.o.d.
Unexpectedly reversing the situation was normal for Li Cangyu.
This witty cat, as long as a person was slightly careless, they would be beaten to death by his paws.
In order to deal with Li Cangyu, a person had to always be on guard against his unpredictable tactics. They had to pay attention to who was around him and who was missing. Daring to fight after seeing Canglan only having four people, Tan s.h.i.tian was still too young!
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Chapter 144 – Canglan VS Time (Second Team Battle)
In the first team battle, the Canglan team relied on Li Cangyu"s tactic of "threatening in the east while striking in the west" to reverse the situation at the crucial moment, scoring one point first. During the intermission, Cheng Wei stared blankly at Tan s.h.i.tian. "I thought he was desperately trying to kill me…"
The result was that Cat G.o.d killed the archers of the Time team before killing Cheng Wei last.
Cheng Wei felt very depressed. It was like the most basic trust between people was gone. Cat G.o.d"s acting was so superb that it was a pity he wasn"t an actor!
Tan s.h.i.tian saw Cheng Wei"s depressed expression and rubbed his head with a smile. "You thought Cat G.o.d was trying to kill you because he used a big move against you? You are thinking too simply of Cat G.o.d."
Cheng Wei wasn"t convinced. "Didn"t you react the same as me?"
Tan s.h.i.tian sighed helplessly. "I really underestimated him. We should"ve used the map advantage to slowly hit him. The result was that we hadn"t fully shown our tactics when we were interrupted by Cat G.o.d"s surprise."
Tan s.h.i.tian recognized his own carelessly. He bowed his head and touched his chin for a moment before saying to his teammates, "The second game will be played stably. In the early stages, don"t easily start a battle. For the lineup, we will make one change. Xiao Liang will step down while Zhou Yu will play. The hunter will be used to limit the opposite side"s swordsman and a.s.sa.s.sin. Xiao Liang, you will get ready for the arena in the third game. Are there any problems?"
Tan s.h.i.tian"s style had always been like this. He was calm and collected no matter the outcome. Captain Tan was always smiling and he would give a full explanation if he made a halftime subst.i.tution. The result was that people didn"t feel uncomfortable when exchanged and the unity of the Time team increased.
Zhou Yu was a hunter and he wasn"t as famous as the other archers of Time. His advantage was that he was very stable on the field and his character was sedate. He was the oldest player in the current Time team. He was only in his early 20s, showing how young the Time team was.
After hearing the captain"s arrangement, the two people to be swapped nodded and said there were no problems.
Tan s.h.i.tian continued, "In this game, we must make full use of the terrain advantages. Zhou Yu will do trap protection for the front row and middle rows. This is convenient for our back row which is full of outputs. Everyone listen to my command. Once I give an order, set fire to kill that person and gain the first head advantage…"
***
The Canglan team"s soundproof room.
The unexpected victory in the first game made everyone feel ecstatic, especially Xiao Gu. Uncle Zhang was killed in the beginning because of his mistake. He felt very guilty but it was fortunate that they won. Otherwise, he wouldn"t know how to face his teammates.
Li Cangyu was calm as he encouraged his teammates with a few words before starting the arrangement of the next game.
He had a hunch that Tan s.h.i.tian would make adjustments to deal with the Canglan team"s lineup. However, the quick Xie Shurong and Xiao Han were necessary to deal with the fast kiting tactics of Time. They could cut into the rear and interfere with the archers. It would be harder for Zhuo Hang and Li Xiaojiang, so the lineup of Canglan remained unchanged.
The 10 minutes intermission time ended and the second team battle began. The map chosen by Tan s.h.i.tian was still Elf Fantasyland.
Yu Bing said, "Tan s.h.i.tian should"ve specifically prepared for this map. The barrier of the forest is very suitable for guerrilla warfare. He wasn"t able to play out his tactics in the last game and was accidentally counterattacked. It is normal not to change the map. He should be trying to stabilize their play and will use the characteristic kiting tactics of Time."
Kou Hongyi saw the change in IDs in the team battle partic.i.p.ants list and couldn"t help adding, "The map remained the same but Time"s lineup has changed. The elf archer has come off and the elf hunter Zhou Yu is playing."
Yu Bing frowned slightly. "Zhou Yu"s presence in the Time team is very low. After all, the most famous players are the elf archers. He is a hunter and only players when necessary. In the a.n.a.lysis of last year"s players, he is the one when the lowest play rate in the Time team."
Yu Bing paused before adding, "Zhou Yu"s appearance rate isn"t high but once he partic.i.p.ates in the team battle, the Time team"s winning rate is very high."
Kou Hongyi nodded in agreement. "It is true that many players might have a weak personal strength but they can have a great impact on the team battle. Now let"s look at the Canglan side. The lineup hasn"t changed. It is still the same six people as the last game!"
On the big screen, the players were loaded onto the map.
The Canglan team were still at the bottom left while the Time team were at the top right.
Li Cangyu didn"t change the lineup but he changed the way they split up. This time, he asked Uncle Zhang to go to the southeast wilderness area with Xiao Han. He would go with Xiao Gu to the northwest area. He wanted to hit Cheng Wei and try to kill Cheng Wei"s economic development in the early stages.
Coincidentally, Tan s.h.i.tian also changed the way they split up and Cheng Wei headed to the southeast corner with the paladin Chai Jun. Meanwhile, the archer Lu Xiao and the elf hunter Zhou Yu took the road to the northwest area.
The result was that Cheng Wei and Zhang Jueming met again!
Cheng Wei saw the auxiliary white magician and immediately pressed the keyboard. This time he didn"t directly use G.o.d"s Seal to control Zhang Jueming. Instead, he used the group attack skill Tidal Surge!
Tidal Surge would cause the group to slow down. He used this skill to prevent Xiao Han from interfering.
Sure enough, the slow Xiao Han couldn"t catch up and Cheng Wei tried to kill Zhang Jueming.
Old Zhang was already prepared to be chased by Cheng Wei. Fortunately, this map had many obstacles. His hand speed wasn"t as good as Cheng Wei but his movements were flexible. He hid among the trees, forcing Cheng Wei to chase him for a long time. However, his field of view was blocked by the trees and he had no way to kill the opponent.
Tan s.h.i.tian saw this scene from down the road and immediately gave a reminded. "Xiao Wei, come back and kill the mobs first."
"Yes…" Cheng Wei had to come back and focus on killing the mobs to make money.
Zhang Jueming saw him going back and couldn"t help typing on the area channel: [You aren"t going to fight?]
Cheng Wei: […]
Zhang Jueming sent a row of laughing emojis. [Uncle"s legs aren"t good. Thank you for not chasing me.]
Cheng Wei: […]
d.a.m.n, he couldn"t bear it! He watched the b.l.o.o.d.y white magician moving in front of him and wanted to get rid of the opponent with G.o.d"s Light. Unfortunately, G.o.d"s Light had just been used and was on cooldown.
Tan s.h.i.tian said, "He is using the provoking method. Leave him alone."
"Yes."
Cheng Wei listened to the captain and hid behind the paladin to quickly take care of the mobs nearby.
***
Tan s.h.i.tian and Xie Shurong didn"t interfere with each other this time. The two people were too lazy to waste their skills. They walked in front of each other with an "I can"t see you, you don"t see me" att.i.tude.
Bai Xuan was always on guard against the possibility of Tan s.h.i.tian suddenly trying to kill Ah Shu. The result was that Tan s.h.i.tian ignored Xie Shurong from beginning to end. Bai Xuan followed next to Xie Shurong as a soy sauce until the mobs were cleared and they returned to the base.
***
In the northwest wilderness area, the combination of Li Cangyu and Gu Siming met Lu Xiao and Zhou Yu.
Lu Xiao was a relatively stable player. Like the last game, he didn"t rush when he encountered them in the wild area. Zhou Yu was even more stable. Apart from setting down traps to interfere with Gu Siming approaching, he didn"t even kill the mobs and gave all the resources to Lu Xiao.
Li Cangyu saw this and his heart was like a mirror. It was clear that Tan s.h.i.tian changed to the hunter Zhou Yu in order to have him play an interference role. That"s why Zhou Yu gave all the economy to Lu Xiao. Once the two teams met, Lu Xiao would a.s.sist Tan s.h.i.tian in unleashing attacks.
The presence of a hunter in Time would make the front row players of Canglan pause, which would affect the advance of the entire team.
The wild mobs were quickly cleared and Li Cangyu pressed the TAB key to view the game"s data.
Based on the list, Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao were currently leading with their economy. They both had 1,000 crystal coins, indicating that they didn"t miss a single mob in the early stages.
Cheng Wei and Zhang Jueming had tangled together. This affected the killing of mobs and no heads were won. Thus, they currently only had 500 coins like Xiao Han.
The difference lay in the healers and front row of both sides.
The Time team"s healer didn"t take a single coin and gave all the resources to Tan s.h.i.tian. On the other hand, Xie Shurong and Bai Xuan divided the resources and both of them had 500 crystal coins.
Time"s paladin Chai Jun didn"t have a single coin while Xiao Gu got 500 coins.
This way, the economy of the Canglan team was more average. Apart from Zhang Jueming who was slightly lower, the other five people had 500 coins. In the Time team, there was a clear split of the resources. Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao had 1,000 coins, Cheng Wei had 500 and the hunter, paladin and healer had 0 coins.
Yu Bing also discovered this point. She took advantage of the time when both teams were returning to the base to quickly explain to the audience, "We know that the number of mobs that will appear in the wild area is fixed. The Time team gave all the resources from the wild area to their main outputs. This will allow Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao to occupy the economic advantage in the early stages and facilitate their violent output in the next group encounter."
Kou Hongyi suddenly realized. "Yes, the new system is based on economic warfare. Even if the two sides didn"t break out fighting in the early stages, the division of resources will have a great impact on the group fights. Tan s.h.i.tian bought a necklace that affects crit rate. Lu Xiao also chose the same necklace. The two of them should be relying on the crit bonus to kill people."
Li Cangyu saw the economic gap and knew that Tan s.h.i.tian wanted to use violent kiting tactics in the first wave of group fighting. They would definitely unleash an onslaught but fortunately, the Canglan team"s paladin and healer had better equipment than the other side. They could withstand this output pressure.
Li Cangyu thought this and immediately ordered on the voice channel, "Tan s.h.i.tian will definitely launch a round of a.s.sault. We will try not to confront them head on. Xiao Gu and Xiao Bai, you have to endure it!"
Sure enough, once the ice dragon refreshed, the hunter Zhou Yu placed traps in front so that Xiao Han and Xie Shurong couldn"t get close. Cheng Wei used the group control skills to slow down the Canglan team while Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao relied on their range to quickly shoot at Xie Shurong!
The archers had the equipment bonus and Ah Shu was quickly beaten to residual blood. His life was about to disappear when Bai Xuan suddenly used Holy Light Surge to recover his blood.
Xie Shurong was excited. It was really great to have a strong milk dad!
Cheng Wei realized that the existence of the healer greatly restricted the plan of Tan and Lu. He immediately tried to use G.o.d"s Seal to control Bai Xuan. However, Xie Shurong moved sideways and quickly covered Bai Xuan. To everyone"s surprise, Bai Xuan saw Xie Shurong suddenly rush over and actually took a step to the side.
The audience, "…"
The two commentators were also dazed. Yu Bing couldn"t figure out why Bai Xuan was hiding. Only Xie Shurong knew that conditioning had kicked in at this key moment!
Xie Shurong endured the urge to swear and helplessly used Light and Shadow Rotation to forcibly protect his healer.
Bai Xuan found that Ah Shu had come to protect him and smiled slightly. He was sorry for his conditioned reflexes that made him hide and immediately put a full layer of blood buffs on Ah Shu.
The two sides fought fiercely for five minutes and couldn"t kill anyone.
Yu Bing couldn"t help sighing. "Player Bai Xuan"s healing ability is too powerful. He can instantly restore the blood of the teammate that the two Time archers are focused on. When fighting the Canglan team in the future, you will have to find a way to control the healer first. Otherwise, Bai Xuan will turn his teammates into undead blood cows!"
Kou Hongyi smiled. "Cheng Wei obviously realized this. Unfortunately, he failed in his attempt to control Bai Xuan. There is a super bodyguard by the vice-captain"s side."
The first wave of group fighting dragged out. Bai Xuan ran out of blue and Xie Shurong was killed. Without any blue, Bai Xuan was also quickly killed. On the Time side, the paladin Chai Jun and hunter Zhou Yu were killed by Li Cangyu. The two sides completed a 2:2 heads exchanged and there wasn"t a clear advantage.
Both teams gave up on the ice dragon and returned to their bases.
The audience thought that both sides would launch a second wave over the ice dragon. The result made the crowd stunned. Once the Canglan team recovered and rushed to the ice dragon"s refresh point in the southeast region, they found that the Time team wasn"t present!
Li Cangyu had a bad feeling and instantly ordered, "Quickly kill the ice dragon!"
Xiao Gu pulled the aggro while the other members attacked, causing the ice dragon"s blood to drop rapidly.
At this point, the Time team had gone to the northwest area under Tan s.h.i.tian"s leadership. The camera switched and it was discovered that the fire dragon had refreshed in the northwest area. The Time team immediately rushed up while Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao stayed in the back to kill the fire dragon from a distance!
This unexpected change made many viewers unable to react. Yu Bing excited exclaimed, "Tan s.h.i.tian actually went to steal the fire dragon! It is unexpected. The fire dragon is harder to kill then the ice dragon but once it is killed, the whole team will get a 10% attack bonus. This is more useful than the ice dragon"s money bonus!"
Kou Hongyi smiled. "Cat G.o.d probably didn"t expect Tan s.h.i.tian to be so brave."
The audience and professional players really didn"t expect Tan s.h.i.tian to be so daring. Generally speaking, teams would acc.u.mulate economy, kill the ice dragon to acc.u.mulate more money. Then they would buy enough equipment to hit the fire dragon. Tan s.h.i.tian directly skipped the second stage and went with his teammates to hit the fire dragon. The shocking thing was that the Time team killed the fire dragon in a thrilling manner!
This was because in the first wave of group fighting, Tan s.h.i.tian took the heads of Xie Shurong and Bai Xuan. The two heads plus the early resources that his teammate gave him allowed Tan s.h.i.tian to sell his necklace and immediately buy a weapon, the Recurve Bow!
This bow was surrounded with a blue light and increased attack speed by 20%. In Tan s.h.i.tian"s hands, the output was almost terrible. Arrows were continuously fired, like a rain of arrows falling from the sky. The fire dragon was soon killed.
The prompt "All stats +10%" appeared.
Tan s.h.i.tian immediately ordered, "Push to the tower first before returning to the city at full speed!"
Before the Canglan team rushed over, everyone pushed to the defense towers and then returned to the city to fill up their blood and blue.
The Time team"s stats bonus was too strong and their kiting tactics played a miraculous effect. Under the protection of his teammates, Tan s.h.i.tian boldly fired and each arrow dealt 30% damage to the fragile cla.s.ses. He literally became a terrible moving turret.
Once the crystal shattered and the word "failure" popped on the screen, Li Cangyu couldn"t help smiling. He felt very appreciative of the young captain Tan s.h.i.tian.
Tan s.h.i.tian abandoned the ice dragon and unexpectedly ran to steal the fire dragon. It was obvious that Tan s.h.i.tian"s tactical thinking was flexible but he also had great courage. It was no wonder that the Time team"s performance never slipped after the retirement of Xu Luo. There was such a young and promising captain to replace him, making Time worthy of being called a giant team.
The score on the big screen became 1:1.
It was the intermission again and Xie Shurong helplessly looked at Bai Xuan. "Vice-Captain Bai, when can you change your reflexes? I"m here to protect you. Can you stop hiding?"
Bai Xuan smiled with embarra.s.sment and said, "Next time, next time."
Li Cangyu saw the two of them chatting and couldn"t help coming after. "Xiao Bai"s psychological shadow of being chased and killed by Ah Shu 10 times hasn"t been cured. Therefore, the two of you will play in the arena."
Bai Xuan looked at Li Cangyu with a bitter expression. Xie Shurong laughed and wrapped an arm around Bai Xuan"s shoulder. "We will listen to Captain and form a team!"
"This time, I will definitely protect you," Xie Shurong declared in his heart.
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