Chapter 185 – Canglan VS Wind Colour (7)
Li Cangyu moved around the cave for a while and Ling Xuefeng chased him. Soon, the cooldown of his skills was over and Li Cangyu suddenly stopped. He summoned the water spirit and used its control skill!
However, Ling Xuefeng seemed to have long guessed this and cleverly slipped to the side to avoid it.
Li Cangyu suddenly turned back to attack and the result was that Ling Xuefeng could still avoid it…
Did they share one brain?
The more the audience looked, the stranger they felt this game was. It felt like a confrontation between two people with tacit understanding. The Ling Cat combination didn"t even lose to the brothers of the Ghost Spirits team!
Li Cangyu"s water spirit control skill was wasted but he wasn"t in a hurry. He wandered around the back of a stone pillar and summoned the fire spirit and thunder spirit. His movement speed was affected by Demon Possession but his attack speed wasn"t. The speed of his pets summoning was still dazzling.
By the time Ling Xuefeng found him being the stone pillar, he faced the fire spirit"s Fireball and the thunder spirit"s Thunder"s Wrath!
This time, Ling Xuefeng only escaped Fireball. The range of Thunder"s Wrath meant he was. .h.i.t hard and his blood volume fell from 50% to 25%.
This blood volume was very dangerous. The explosion of many great G.o.ds in the league could take his life with one wave. The Wind Colour fans were a bit anxious…
On the other hand, Ling Xuefeng was calm despite his residual blood state. After being hit by Li Cangyu"s group attack skill, he immediately retaliated by summoned his skeleton infantry and using Skeleton Explosion!
The two demon skeletons surrounded Li Cangyu on the left and right and exploded, also forcing Li Cangyu"s blood volume to 25%!
The two people"s blood volume levelled out again.
At this time, Demon Possession came to an end. Li Cangyu resumed his previous movement speed and used Flying Feather Steps to disappear from Ling Xuefeng"s field of view.
The audience couldn"t help feeling nervous. The two G.o.ds were bloodied and anyone could seize the opportunity to kill the other person.
The even more worrying thing was that the two small apprentices had fought alone and also beat each other into residual blood.
Xiao Han actually played well in the game. At least, he didn"t make the mistake of being accidentally injured by the sacrifice"s rebound shield.
He cleverly used his stealth skill to delay Qin Mo and went around him, using a beautiful set of a.s.sa.s.sin combos. However, Qin Mo"s game experience was richer. Immediately after being hit, he summoned the spider to set Xiao Han in place.
Qin Mo was very familiar with quickly summoning pets. The blood snake"s bite added several layers of blood loss effects on Xiao Han and the blood kin race had the special feature of sucking up blood while attacking. Qin Mo and Xiao Han"s blood volume were originally even but this set of attacks restored Qin Mo"s health.
Xiao Han was also a blood kin but his skill in sucking blood while attacking wasn"t as sophisticated as Qin Mo. After a long time, the amount of blood that Qin Mo absorbed from attacking surpa.s.sed Xiao Han.
Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng both had 25% blood left, Xiao Han had only 10% and Qin Mo had 15%.
Xiao Han"s blood strip was flashing red and he immediately hid in stealth. In this state, he was likely to be directly killed if Qin Mo used the vampire bat"s big move!
However, Xiao Han underestimated Qin Mo"s sharp insight. The moment he used combat stealth, Qin Mo already opened the vampire bats" big move. The black bats flew and decisively took away Xiao Han"s blood!
[Shepherd has killed Frost Descends!]
The Wind Colour fans cheered excitedly the moment this popped out.
Xiao Han had died, Qin Mo had 15% blood and Ling Xuefeng had 25% blood left. If the two people stably played Cat G.o.d then they would win. Many people wanted to celebrate in advance.
Still, Li Cangyu wouldn"t admit defeat so easily. The moment Xiao Han died, he already rushed to the battlefield on the other side of the map. He saw the b.l.o.o.d.y Qin Mo from behind a pillar and summoned his wind spirit to blow Ling Xuefeng away and prevent him from interfering. Then he used the fire spirit"s attack skill to empty Qin Mo"s blood!
[Old Cat has killed Shepherd!]
This instantaneous explosive force made Qin Mo feel admiration. When he saw Cat G.o.d coming, he wanted to summon the death knight to protect himself. The result was that while reading the skill, he was interrupted by Cat G.o.d"s fireball and it was cancelled.
In other words, Cat G.o.d"s reaction speed was at least 0.5 seconds faster than him. This was the gap in awareness between him and a great G.o.d.
Qin Mo was convinced and after dying, he continued to stare seriously at the computer screen to watch his master and Cat G.o.d fight.
The fans of Wind Colour were once again nervous. They thought 2v1 had ensured victory. Who would"ve expected Cat G.o.d to use the simplest fireball combo to kill Qin Mo?
In the commentators" room, the battle situation was too fierce and the two commentators didn"t dare say too much to interrupt the audience watching the game. After killing Qin Mo, Li Cangyu once again used Flying Feather Steps to escape from Ling Xuefeng. Yu Bing found a gap and immediately said, "It seems that Cat G.o.d"s idea today is very clear. He wants to rely on the advantage of his agility to deal with Ling Xuefeng, slowly finding opportunities to attack."
The audience could also see this point. From the opening, Li Cangyu had been detouring the grotto and looking for a chance to shoot. He didn"t fight Ling Xuefeng head on because while he and Ling Xuefeng were fighting, Xiao Han wouldn"t be able to win against Qin Mo. Then Li Cangyu would definitely lose.
Thus, while facing Ling Xuefeng, he had to carefully observe Qin Mo"s situation. That"s how he took the opportunity to successfully kill Qin Mo. Now that he was left with Ling Xuefeng, he started to rely on the advantage of agility to play a guerrilla style.
Li Cangyu"s skills had less attack power than the other side and he must be careful. If Ling Xuefeng caught an opportunity then Li Cangyu would be the one to die.
The audience held their breaths as they watched the big screen. They saw Li Cangyu, wearing the white elf uniform, move quickly in the grotto. Ling Xuefeng pursued behind him. After bypa.s.sing a complex group of stone pillars, they met in an open s.p.a.ce!
Li Cangyu started to use the thunder spirit"s big move!
The reason he took a detour was to wait for the cooldown of this move to finish. He didn"t have much blue yet and it was just enough to use this skill. As long as it hit, he would be able to take away the residual blood Ling Xuefeng.
However, Li Cangyu was halfway through the casting when he was forcibly interrupted by Ling Xuefeng!
Qin Mo"s reaction speed was slower than Li Cangyu but Ling Xuefeng"s reaction speed didn"t lose to Li Cangyu. The moment they met each other, Ling Xuefeng summoned the demon banshee and used the skill with the shortest casting time, Charm!
The banshee"s Charm was released quickly, much faster than Li Cangyu"s Thunder"s Wrath. It interrupted Li Cangyu"s skill and also pulled him to Ling Xuefeng"s side.
The strong pull of Charm not only brought Li Cangyu over but also interrupted his skill casting. This showed that Ling Xuefeng"s grasp of the timing of skills release was also quite accurate.
After pulling the other party over, Ling Xuefeng also used a big move—Demon G.o.d"s Descent.
He obviously wanted to kill Li Cangyu but was interrupted by Li Cangyu"s water spirit!
You interrupted me once so I interrupted you. This is quite fair.
The audience were speechless. The two of them played at 25% blood for a long time and the interruption of skills was like showing love. Couldn"t they finish it quickly? The audience"s hearts couldn"t bear it.
Ling Xuefeng seemed aware of the audience"s complaints and directly summoned his demon crows!
The overwhelming black crows surrounded Li Cangyu and instantly blocked his vision. This was the skill that Li Cangyu hated the most.
Li Cangyu had his vision blocked and naturally couldn"t use any skills. Ling Xuefeng took advantage of this short control time to quickly summon the skeleton infantry and had them surround Li Cangyu…
***
[Undead Demon has killed Old Cat!]
The Wind Colour fans were finally relieved the moment this news popped up on the big screen.
The Canglan fans were a bit depressed but they thought about how they won the two previous games and the score was 2:1. Then their moods improved.
The dead Li Cangyu didn"t show a disappointed or frustrated expression. Instead, he showed a handsome smile and quickly typed on the public chat: [Your consciousness is good. Have you been holding back the black crows all this time?]
Ling Xuefeng looked serious. [I can"t let you play 3:0.]
Li Cangyu"s smile became happier. [I was prepared to lose 3:0 to you. The result of 2:1 is really cheap. Aren"t you afraid of the reporters saying that you are throwing the match?]
The reporters in front of the computer who were prepared to write about Captain Ling throwing the match couldn"t help feeling a bit dull…
Ling Xuefeng replied calmly: [I never throw a match. The fact that you can take two points is due to your ability.]
Li Cangyu felt very proud. [Captain Ling, thank you for the compliment!]
Ling Xuefeng asked: [You played three games in a row, are you tired?]
Li Cangyu replied: [Fortunately, there is more time to rest in the middle of the games. I would"ve died from three team battles.]
Ling Xuefeng: [Then go back and sleep early.]
The players, "…"
The audience, "…"
The referee stared blankly at them chatting before he couldn"t stand it anymore. He coughed twice and reminded them on the voice channel, "The captains of both sides, please go back to chat. First confirm the score and sign the form. Thank you."
The referee"s a.s.sistant took the game form to both people for their signatures. Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng walked down from the players" seats and signed their names on the results confirmation form.
***
At the end of the match, the big screen scored the score of Canglan 2: Wind Colour 1.
However, the Wind Colour fans were still immersed in their shock.
This was the first time in seven years that Ling Xuefeng competed with an opponent in the beginning of the match with his big move and then chatted with the opponent on the public chat once it ended.
What was wrong with today"s Captain Ling?
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Chapter 186 – Post-Match Interview (1)
According to the rules, the winner of the match must take the initiative to shake hands. After signing the confirmation form, Li Cangyu took the players to the soundproof room of the Wind Colour team.
Li Cangyu walked towards Ling Xuefeng and smiled. "I didn"t expect to win this time."
Ling Xuefeng stood up and gently pulled Li Cangyu into his arms, whispering, "Congratulations."
The Wind Colour fans were gobsmacked.
Captain Ling really wasn"t right today!
The Miracle Professional League had been running for seven seasons and for the past seven years, the Wind Colour team had faced many opponents. They won and lost but when had Ling Xuefeng ever hugged his opponent after the game?
The always serious and cold Captain Ling would usually shake hands with the opposing team"s captain. If they hadn"t seen it with their own eyes then no one would believe that he could actually hug someone!
[Cat G.o.d, let go of our Captain Ling!] [Captain Ling"s first hug is actually given to Old Cat. This world isn"t real!] The Wind Colour fans who saw this image on the live broadcast couldn"t remain still.
Li Cangyu was very calm when he was hugged and just hugged Ling Xuefeng back. Then the two of them separated.
This might seem like a simple hug to express friendliness after a game but Ling Xuefeng had never held anyone, only Li Cangyu. This was enough for the reporters to gossip about for a while.
The players following behind Li Cangyu shook hands with the members of Wind Colour in turn. Xiao Han shook hands with people but once he reached Qin Mo, he extended his arms and hugged Qin Mo.
Qin Mo, "…"
The little prince made a dull expression and the Wind Colour fans turned it into an emoji pack.
After a moment, Qin Mo"s spirit returned and he smiled. "Why are you holding onto me?"
Xiao Han earnestly replied, "I learnt it from master. This expresses that you are a very special and very good friend in my heart."
Qin Mo felt like laughing when he heard the strange description. However, he felt the warm and soft body of the mixed-race youth and Qin Mo"s heart inexplicably softened. He gently touched Xiao Han"s blond hair and said, "Ah, then you can get rid of good friend. Use very special or very good, one is enough. Don"t use both."
Xiao Han let him go and nodded. "Yes."
Qin Mo was just going back to clean up his keyboard and mouse when Xiao Han whispered in his ear, "What does abstinent mean?"
Qin Mo, "…"
Xiao Han asked with a serious expression, "They all describe Captain Ling as an abstinent male G.o.d. What does this mean? What is the difference with other male G.o.ds?"
Qin Mo also choked. He coughed twice and touched his nose with embarra.s.sment. "Cough…it means… uh… it means to be relatively cold."
Xiao Han wondered, "Is that right?"
Qin Mo nodded. "Yes."
Xiao Han thought about it and said, "I understand."
Then he turned away with a thoughtful expression.
Qin Mo watched his back and felt like crying. This guy didn"t understand the meaning of many words and it was really unknown what jokes he would make in the future. Xiao Han, don"t talk nonsense in front of the reporters!
***
In the commentators" room, Kou Hongyi saw the players of both sides packing up their things and smiled. "Audience members, this match has ended and the final score is 2:1 with Canglan as the winner. The first round of the regular season is completely over. Let"s take a look at the current rankings."
The screen pulled up the league"s official website leaderboard. Kou Hongyi briefly explained, "At present, Wind Colour is still in first place. The loss in this match doesn"t have much impact on their rankings. Of course, their gap with the second ranked Flying Feathers had shrunk."
"The third is Ghost Spirits, fourth is Time, fifth is Red Fox and sixth is Canglan." Kou Hongyi paused before saying, "You should remember that Canglan was ranked seventh last week. This 2:1 win against Wind Colour allowed the Canglan team"s ranking to rise to sixth place. Pure Cleansing is seventh and the Cheetah team is still at the bottom."
Yu Bing said, "The second round of the regular season will exchange the home and away games. Only the top four can enter the playoffs and the compet.i.tion is still fierce. With the exception of Wind Colour, who are expected to steadily make it into the playoffs, the second to sixth place results are sure to change."
Kou Hongyi nodded. "Next, the league will give all teams a seven days holiday as a mid-season adjustment period. The good news is that the Chinese Miracle Carnival will be held during this week. In previous years, it was held before the start of the playoffs. However, in order to give sufficient preparation time for the World Compet.i.tion, the schedule has been adjusted this year."
Yu Bing had the camera director show the official website"s page on the big screen and explained, "This year"s Chinese Carnival still uses the form of voting to decide. There are a total of 12 places and each place is very precious. Members registered on the official MIracle forum can log into the account and will automatically get three Carnival votes. You can vote for your favourite players."
Kou Hongyi added, "The deadline for the voting is next Tuesday. The Carnival will begin at 2:30 p.m. next Sat.u.r.day. I hope you don"t miss out on this opportunity to vote for the players you like!"
The two people cooperated to explain the league"s official announcement.
The Miracle Chinese Carnival usually occurred a week after the regular season was over. This year, due to the World Compet.i.tion in October, the league"s top executives decided to finish the seventh season in September and select the national team before training them. Thus, the Carnival had been adjusted to the small vacation period after the first round of the regular season, which would save a week on the schedule.
The 12 Carnival players would be divided into two teams to play against each other. Winning or losing was irrelevant. This was actually an entertainment project for the G.o.ds and fans so the partic.i.p.ants were decided by voting.
The fans were instantly excited by the news. Once the voting channel was open, the popular trio Ling Xuefeng, Tan s.h.i.tian and Su Guangmo immediately reached more than 5,000 votes. The fans of other players weren"t far behind. The compet.i.tion over the rankings was particularly fierce…
At this time, Ling Xuefeng was preparing to partic.i.p.ate in the post-match interview.
This time he took only Qin Mo with him. A bold reporter politely asked, "Captain Ling, today Canglan beat Wind Colour with a score of 2:1. Many people said that you threw the game. Do you have an explanation for this?"
Ling Xuefeng glanced at her and replied lightly, "There is nothing to explain."
The reporter, "…"
The temperature of the on-site air conditioner seemed to be lower. Many reporters felt that their backs were cold. Captain Ling was always concise when answering questions but… there really was nothing for him to explain! It was impossible for him to threw the game. Today he sent the newcomers to practice. It was normal for a captain to make such a decision when they were in the lead by many points.
After a few minutes of the cold field, another reporter stood up and asked, "I want to ask Captain Ling a question. How do you evaluate Old Cat? It is said that you have known each other for many years. You are opponents so your relationship must not be very good? However, it seems to be a good relationship based on your hug after the match today."
Ling Xuefeng thought, "Isn"t the personal relationship between us more than good? It is so good that we have become a couple."
In the face of the reporter"s doubts, he calmly replied, "In my opinion, Li Cangyu is an excellent player. His level is very high and the even rarer thing is that he has never given up despite all the setbacks he suffered in the past few years. His character is very determined and hardships only make him stronger. This is where I admire him the most."
The reporters were stunned. It was really hard to hear Ling Xuefeng praise a player like this…
Still, his words were right. Li Cangyu had experienced many things over the years and never gave up. From the disbandment of the FTD team to the disbandment of the team in Wulin, he had no gains for six years. An ordinary person would"ve long given up but Li Cangyu never forgot his heart and dared to return to Miracle.
This man had a perseverance that wasn"t afraid of death or losing. He just bravely kept going forward. As Ling Xuefeng said, setbacks and hardships only made him stronger.
Ling Xuefeng saw the reporters listening carefully and continued, "Li Cangyu isn"t just an opponent but also my friend. We have known each other for many years. Since he is also a summoner, we often exchanged ideas. He is like a mirror that lights up my weaknesses and inspires me to progress. I"m very lucky to have such a well-matched opponent. I"m happy that he has returned to Miracle."
Ling Xuefeng"s expression expression was still serious and cold but his eyes had obviously softened.
Many reporters were moved by their friendship and couldn"t help clapping.
A reporter suddenly stood up. "Captain Ling, there will be the World Compet.i.tion after the end of the seventh season. Have you thought about one day fighting alongside the strongest opponent, Cat G.o.d?"
This was also a concern for many reporters and they couldn"t help p.r.i.c.king their ears.
Ling Xuefeng"s lips slightly curved as he firmly replied, "Of course, this is my biggest expectation."
The applause of the reporters was even more enthusiastic!
Through today"s compet.i.tion, everyone could see how excellent Li Cangyu"s level was. There weren"t many G.o.ds in the Miracle League who could almost tie with Ling Xuefeng. What"s more, Li Cangyu had the same explosive hand speed as Ling Xuefeng and this was comparable to internationally renowned players!
The image would definitely be gorgeous if one day they could fight side by side!
Many reporters started to look forward to it. Li Cangyu saw the interview backstage and couldn"t help smiling. Ling Xuefeng"s compliments made him feel really good. His wife worked hard to boast about him in front of reporters! How should Li Cangyu reward him later? Was a kiss enough?
A reporter aimed a question at Qin Mo. "Today you won the confrontation against the mixed-race Xiao Han. Then he said that he will one day surpa.s.s you. What is your opinion on this public challenge?"
Qin Mo picked up the microphone and replied earnestly, "Xiao Han is still young but he is very talented. I believe that he will soon grow into an outstanding professional player. As for being better than me…" Qin Mo smiled slightly, his young face full of confidence. "That depends on me. While he is making progress, I am also improving!"
The reporters immediately clapped. Xiao Han stared at the screen and declared seriously, "I will progress faster than you so won"t I surpa.s.s you?"
Li Cangyu rubbed his apprentice"s head with satisfaction. "You have ambition!"
***
It was unknown if this was done intentionally or not but in the Canglan interview, Li Cangyu also brought his apprentice Xiao Han.
The reporters saw the pair of mentor and apprentice and felt speechless. Had they discussed this?
A reporter immediately stood up and asked, "Cat G.o.d, did you hear Captain Ling"s evaluation of you just now? How are you feeling?"
Li Cangyu smiled. "Of course I am very happy. Ling Xuefeng rarely gives compliments. The lines used to praise me today are probably the longest sentences in his interview, right?"
The reporters, "…"
What was with his smug expression? Did he have to look so smug after being praised by Ling Xuefeng?
A reporter wondered, "Cat G.o.d, do you also want to praise Captain Ling?"
Li Cangyu paused before stating seriously, "Ling Xuefeng is so good that poor words can"t be used to describe him."
The reporters, "…"
This level of exaggeration was worth more than a thousand words!
A reporter asked Xiao Han, "Xiao Han, how do you think you did today?"
Xiao Han replied, "Very bad."
He didn"t say that he was very, very bad. The reporter was pleased with his progress in Chinese and asked again, "What are you plans for next time?"
"Go back and practice well. Next time I will perform better."
The reporters, "…"
This little guy, he was really straightforward when answering questions. So cute!
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