TL Note: Chapter 308 is just a data set chapter with stuff like character information and skill information. I"m skipping it and keeping the chapter numbering so it doesn"t mess up the rest of my chapter numbering.
Chapter 309 – China VS Italy (Cooperative Killing)
The Chinese team won the arena and economic war. The current score was ranked first in their group. Italy had previously lost one game to Spain and now lost two games to China. Meanwhile, the Chinese team had the record of all wins. In other words, even if the next game was lost, the Chinese team was already destined to qualify as first in the group.
Kou Hongyi excitedly exclaimed, "The Chinese team"s current score is 40 points and we will enter the quarter-finals as first in Group B! There is still the death racing game left. There will be no impact on the result, regardless of whether we win or lose! We can celebrate the Chinese team advancing as first in the group!"
The domestic live broadcast was immediately filled with flowers and many people"s computers froze.
In the soundproof room, Chu Yan returned with his teammates to the rest area. Li Cangyu stood up and patted Chu Yan"s shoulder. "You were great!"
Chu Yan smiled. "It is fortunate. At present, out team should be firmly first in the standings. What is Cat G.o.d"s plan next?"
"Since we have already taken first place, we can take the full victory."
Everyone, “…”
His words were like, "We should eat rice at noon today." Everyone around him looked at each other while Ling Xuefeng came to his side and whispered, "All wins? This is a good idea."
Li Cangyu readily smiled. "I also think it is better to win another game."
Everyone, “…”
Did the two of them want the Italian players to live? Wouldn"t they have a psychological shadow after this match?
However, the Chinese team"s leaders were decisive. Once the two men determined the goal of "full victory", Li Cangyu called the players who would be partic.i.p.ating in death racing.
In this death racing game, he brought four blood kin players with him. The Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui brothers, Xiao Han"s blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin and Qin Mo"s blood kin summoner.
The map for death racing was Venice. Before the start of the game, the league routinely broadcasted the map from the G.o.d"s perspective. Li Cangyu carefully examined the map and found some unique boats on the water that acted as footholds for the players. The buildings on the waterfront were transformed into the real scenery of Venice. It was beautiful and pleasant. However, according to the map, players couldn"t go a short and could only fight on the water.
In other words, this Venice map was a pure water battle map.
Water combat was much more difficult than land combat. The speed of players moving through the water were greatly slowed and the release of skills were naturally slower. Many newcomers couldn"t adapt to this sluggish rhythm and some people didn"t know about the breathing gauge in the water and directly drowned.
It was impossible for professional players to have these problems. Their daily training included practicing on water maps.
Li Cangyu carefully watched the map and had an idea. He took his teammates, "The blood kin players can become invisible. We will quickly gather in the water and them clear the field after gathering."
His words raised the morale of the team.
Qin Mo was very excited. He always had a hunch that by playing with Cat G.o.d, he just had to follow the powerful commands to crush the opponents.
***
In Italy"s soundproof room, Captain Alberto whispered, "This water map is submitted by our country and must be won!"
The commander responsible for death racing, Vice-Captain Villedo was also a very powerful psychic. He listened to the captain and nodded solemnly. "Captain, rest a.s.sured. I will definitely win this water battle!"
It was too shameful to lose three consecutive games.
The Italian players were provoked by their captain and wanted to take something back from the Chinese team. They put their hands together and shouted, "Come on! Win!"
***
The two sides were ready and the list of contestants appeared on the screen.
The Chinese side had Li Cangyu, Xiao Han, Li Cangyu, Zhang Shaohui and Qin Mo. Li Cangyu was obviously the commander.
The Italian lineup for death racing had the combination of two psychics, Villedo and Sandro. They were fixed partners in an Italian team. The other three included the archer Veneto, the white magician Angela and the black magician Monica.
This pure ranged team was the same as the economic war just now and also had the illusion flow core.
Kou Hongyi saw this lineup and couldn"t help worrying. "The Italian team is a pure remote illusion flow lineup. You must know that when fighting in the water, a ranged cla.s.s is superior to a melee. After all, a remote cla.s.s has a long range and attack the opponent across the water. The melee cla.s.s must swim over to make a move and the speed of movement in the water is very slow. If they want to swim then they will waste a lot of time."
Yu Bing added, "The fortunate thing is that the Chinese team"s melee players are blood kin a.s.sa.s.sins. Lou, Zhang and Xiao can hid in the water so the opponents can"t find them. If the underwater a.s.sa.s.sination can be matched well then it is actually a very scary strategic idea."
Kou Hongyi scratched his head and thought for a moment. "Based on this lineup, Cat G.o.d should be the commander. If the double summoners and triple blood kin a.s.sa.s.sins cooperate, they could like up destroy the other group in a matter of seconds."
Yu Bing covered her excitement and pretended in a quiet voice, "We can look forward to Cat G.o.d"s command. Since the start of the World Compet.i.tion, this is the first time our captain has appeared as the commander of a team battle!"
***
The lineup of both sides was introduced and the game finally started.
The players couldn"t go onto the sh.o.r.es of Venice and 90% of the map area was water. The boats on the water were the refresh points for the players.
Due to the large water surface area, the positions of players on both sides were relatively scattered and they couldn"t see the other side for the moment.
Li Cangyu was to the west of the map, Xiao Han was relatively close to him while the other three were in the east. Li Cangyu glanced at everyone"s position and made a decision. "Gather with Xiao Han as the centre."
The three people in the east entered stealth and jumped into the water, swimming towards Xiao Han"s position. Li Cangyu also travelled to Xiao Han"s location.
The speed underwater was very slow but Li Cangyu had full agility and he made an extreme choice. He actually used Flying Feather Steps underwater!
Compared to the relative slowness of other people, Li Cangyu swam through the water like a fish and arrived at his apprentice Xiao Han in the blink of an eye.
Many viewers were surprised by this. Kou Hongyi couldn"t help saying, "Cat G.o.d is very fast in the water. No wonder why he eats so many fish."
Yu Bing, "…"
Many viewers commented: [Cat G.o.d swims so fast!] [Should he change his name to Fish G.o.d?] [The man who loves to eat fish will be as flexible as a fish after entering the water!]
Someone asked curiously: [Can Cat G.o.d"s fire spirit be summoned in the water?] [Cat G.o.d"s power in the water definitely isn"t as good as it is on the ground!]
There was a time limit to how long they could spend underwater. Once the breathing gauge ran out, players would be drowned. Li Cangyu swiftly moved out of the water after arriving at his destination and jumped on Xiao Han"s boat.
Ripples formed on the surface of the water due to Li Cangyu"s actions. They subsided after a few seconds but then there were huge ripples, like an atomic bomb had been set off.
It was the Italian team!
According to the refresh coordinates, the audience saw that three Italian players were on a boat near Xiao Han and they happened to see Li Cangyu.
Since Xiao Han was invisible, the Italian players thought that only Li Cangyu was on the boat.
The Italian team"s commander, Villedo immediately issued an order. "Kill him!"
The teammates around him happened to be a black magician and white magician. Along with his psychic help, their explosive power was definitely sufficient. The lone Cat G.o.d wouldn"t be able to kill them and after killing him, they could increase the morale of the team. Three people could definitely resolve one opponent within 10 seconds.
The three Italians successfully landed on a nearby boat. Villedo used Six-Pointed Star Array and a soft green light drew a six-pointed star on the boat, setting Li Cangyu in place!
The black magician quickly released Shadow Winding while the white magician used G.o.d"s Light and Voice of Combat. Li Cangyu"s blood dropped to half blood in just three seconds!
The black magician was about to release h.e.l.l Flames when the control effect ended. Li Cangyu suddenly jumped directly into the water.
The three Italian players naturally wouldn"t let him go and followed.
The moment they jumped into the water, an a.s.sa.s.sin moved and a dagger aimed at Villedo"s back.
—Pain Blade!
It was Xiao Han hiding in the water!
The extremely accurate control skill stunned the other party. Xiao Han wasn"t satisfied with controlling him and released Back stab, Fatal Blow and Death Strangulation!
This combo caused Villedo"s blood to directly fall by 40%.
The black magician and white magician were shocked by the a.s.sa.s.sin lurking in the water but soon reacted. The white magician opened G.o.d"s Seal to control Xiao Han. Like a flexible fish, Xiao Han suddenly jumped onto the boat and hid from the control.
Li Cangyu summoned a white magician at this time and used the simplest freezing skill to freeze the white magician.
In fact, Xiao Han jumped out because his breathing gauge was nearing the end and he would"ve drowned. He didn"t expect this jump to allow him to escape from the other person"s control. Xiao Han was stunned and looked at the water. At first glance, his master had successfully controlled the other party"s white magician. Xiao Han waited until his breathing gauge was restored and jumped into the water without any hesitation.
Li Cangyu"s hand speed was extremely fast. He couldn"t summon the fire spirit in the water but he relied on the summoner"s ordinary attack and water elf"s attack skills to make Villedo"s blood fall to 15%.
Villedo was about to be killed when the other psychic and archer of Italy finally arrived as support.
The psychic Sandro used Chain Illusion to control Li Cangyu and Xiao Han while the archer released Death Arrow Rain.
The two of them stood on the boat and the archer fired into the water. It was just enough to cover the underwater Li Cangyu and Xiao Han.
The five Italians faced the two Chinese players and the situation was extraordinarily tense.
In a few more seconds, perhaps Cat G.o.d and Xiao Han would be killed by the five Italian players.
The Chinese audience held their breaths.
The next moment, there was a big cheer from the audience.
It was because the Chinese team"s reinforcements were here!
Zhang Shaohui, Lou Wushuang and Qin Mo had refreshed to the east of the map and rushed over at a very fast speed. They were invisible so the Italian commander didn"t notice the proximity of the Chinese player.
"Disperse the control!" Li Cangyu only gave this order.
The three people who just arrived immediately scattered. Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui jumped out of the water at the same time and their daggers cut at the backs of two people. Lou Wushuang"s sharp Pain Blade stunned the psychic while Zhang Shaohui also used Pain Blade to control the archer.
The two brothers were like twins. They acted at the same time and instantly neutralized the attack power of the two Italians.
Qin Mo stood on a distant boat and summoned a blood spider to hold the black magician in the water.
By the time the illusion effect on Li Cangyu and Xiao Han had ended, their teammates who came to support them had completed the counter control at an extremely fast speed.
Next was the moment when LI Cangyu broke out.
Cat G.o.d, who had been beaten into residual blood in the water, suddenly jumped onto the boat next to Qin Mo and summoned his thunder spirit at a dazzling speed.
—Thunder"s Wrath!
Purple thunder descended from the sky and the commander of the Italian team, Villedo was directly killed!
The range of this group attack covered several other people as well. The blood of the four Italians was reduced to 75%.
Since the fire spirit couldn"t be summoned underwater, Li Cangyu called it onto the boat. Then he quickly fired three fireb.a.l.l.s at the Italian psychic and archer at a very fast speed.
Meanwhile, Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui cooperated with each other to release an explosive set of skills towards the psychic and archer on the boat.
The big move Death Strangulation hit and the blood of the two Italians dropped to 30%. The control effect ended and they wanted to jump into the water. As a result, Li Cangyu quickly used the fire spirit"s explosive skill, Raging Prairie Fire.
The raging fire almost burned the boat to ashes and the blood of the two players was instantly emptied by this wave!
Kou Hongyi was excited. "Cat G.o.d completed three kills in one breath! This wave of underwater lurking is quite beautiful!"
In the soundproof room, Li Cangyu"s expression was composed despite the three kills.
Three people from Italy died while the remaining black and white magician were pursued by Qin Mo and Xiao Han.
The two teenagers had grown up together and had a tacit understanding. Xiao Han targeted the white magician while Qin Mo used the blood spider and blood snake to control the black magician.
Apart from the bats which had to fly in the sky, the rest of Qin Mo"s pets could swim in the water, giving him a big convenience. In the blink of an eye, his pets applied five layers of bleeding on the black magician.
Xiao Han wasn"t to be undone and his set of combos suppressed the blood of the white magician to 30%.
By the time Li Cangyu entered the water, the black and white magician were in a residual blood state. He summoned the water elf and threw water b.a.l.l.s at them.
Venice was a water map and the attack speed of Li Cangyu"s water spirit wasn"t affected by the water. His hand speed was extremely fast and his slender and beautiful fingers quickly tapped the keyboard. His fingers pressed one key after another and the water b.a.l.l.s flew again and again. In the blink of an eye, he reduced the blood of the two opponents.
The two Italian players wanted to escape when Li Cangyu used the water spirit"s big move, Frost Heart!
The two people were frozen in place and Li Cangyu followed with a summoner"s ordinary attack to empty the last of their blood.
—Five kills!
The domestic audience was boiling!
Yu Bing was also shaking with excitement. "Cat G.o.d took five kills in one breath! Really handsome! This is the captain of our national team!"
Kou Hongyi suddenly interjected, "In the last match, Captain Ling won the super G.o.d achievement with eight G.o.ds. Is Cat G.o.d playing with him? I have a hunch that Cat G.o.d will take eight kills and the achievement of super G.o.d. They are really good friends!"
The commentator inadvertently spoke the truth again.
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Chapter 310 – China VS Italy (The Power of Cat G.o.d)
The death racing speed mode was actually very unstable.
The positions where players refreshed at the beginning of the game were random and it was easy to get caught in a situation where there was a numbers disadvantage.In particular, the home team would take advantage of the familiar map to surrounded the other side.
Today, the Chinese team played a beautiful underwater sneak attack in an away position and eliminated the five players of Italy!
Li Cangyu didn"t have the idea of matching heads with Ling Xuefeng. He was just too good at grasping opportunities and his hand speed was fast. He naturally took the head of the b.l.o.o.d.y players and unexpectedly gained five kills.
Cheng Wei watched from the rest area and stood up. "Cat G.o.d is too handsome!"
The group around him looked at him strangely, as if to say, "We know you are Cat G.o.d"s brainless fan. There is no need to shout in a loud voice."
Cheng Wei couldn"t help blushing at their looks. He scratched his head, sat down and fixed his eyes on the screen again.
The perfect underwater lurking allowed the Chinese team to harvest five heads but death racing judged victory as gaining ten heads. The Chinese team must win another wave of team combat.
Li Cangyu thought this and immediately made a decision. "Gather at the blue resurrection point!"
The red and blue resurrection points weren"t far away. The blue recovery point was to the east side of Venice. The shape of the boat was more complicated than other boats and the area was larger than other boats. In order to distinguish it from other boats, even the deck was blue.
The five Chinese players came here to restore their blood and blue while waiting for their cooldown to end.
Unexpected, the five people from Italy were also here!
Death racing had two resurrection points, red or blue. The probability of the two sides meeting at the same resurrection point was 50% but they actually encountered the Italian team at the blue resurrection point. This was a relatively bad situation but the Chinese team had a five head advantage. Even if they were destroyed in this wave, they could quickly move back the situation.
Moreover, with the strength of the Lou Zhang brothers and the keen reaction speed of Qin Mo and Xiao Han, it was impossible for the entire group to be destroyed.
The Italian team had just resurrected and were about to rush to the middle of the map when they saw the Chinese team heading towards the resurrection point. As soon as both sides met, Commander Villedo quickly responded. "Set fire to the summoner!"
Previously, they had hit Li Cangyu to half blood but couldn"t kill him. Now the Italian players were full of blood and blue. The moment they heard the comment, everyone instantly used their strongest single target skill. The skills with a white, green or black light effect smashed towards Li Cangyu"s location. The moment, the big moves were about to hit him, Li Cangyu used Flying Feather Steps and moved like a gust of wind towards the blue resurrection point.
The elf summoner was instantly full of blood!
All five people from Italy wanted to vomit out blood.
Li Cangyu spoke in a low face, "Everyone go invisible first. Restore your resources and then fight!"
The four people quickly used Combat Stealth and ran as fast as they could towards the blue resurrection point.
The five Italian players looked slightly baffled.
The captain of the Chinese team was full of blood and they lost track of the four other blood kin players!
The Italian commander Villedo quickly judged that the other side had gone to the recovery point and used Illusion Maze!
The illusion was like white fog and spread rapidly within the range he specified. It had the negative effect of decreasing the defense of all opponents within range while also turning off stealth.
The array hit Xiao Han and Zhang Shaohui while Lou Wushuang and Qin Mo weren"t affected because of their remote position.
The Italian players let out a burst of skills to kill Xiao Han and Zhang Shaohui.
At this time, Villedo was surprised to find that he hadn"t seen the two remaining blood kin players of the Chinese team as well as losing the captain Li Cangyu. He searched the ship and didn"t see their traces. However, there were ripples in the water around the boat.
“They"re in the water!" The white magician Angela cautioned.
"I will force them out with Death Arrow Rain!" The archer Veneto cried out while drawing his bow. He wanted to use the big move to force the Chinese team out of the water. Meanwhile, the audience had a G.o.d"s perspective and knew that Lou Wushuang was actually hiding beneath the blue ship. The Italian player would be able to hit him at all unless they followed into the water.
Fortunately, the commander was relatively calm and quickly made a decision. "Don"t chase! Get rid of the two people who will resurrect first!"
The group listened to the order and returned to the ship.
According to the rules of the death compet.i.tive speed model, the first death of the choice of the time to live only five seconds, at this moment, the countdown is over, just hung up the Shohan and Zhang Hui has been resurrected.
Five against two, the Italian team had the absolute advantage. Especially when their auxiliaries, magicians and archer still had big moves left.
The moment the Chinese players were resurrected, Villedo cast the Six-Pointed Star Array that he had prepared.
The array happened to set Xiao Han and Zhang Shaohui in place.
Then the other psychic Sandro opened another auxiliary array— Maze, Poison Array!
Maze greatly reduced the opponent"s defense while Poison Array decreased blood and blue. The two auxiliary arrays were released and the three outputs of Italy unleashed their group attacks.
—h.e.l.l Flames!
—Tidal Surge!
—Death Arrow Rain!
The big moves of the black magician, white magician and archer combined along with the psychic"s decrease in defense. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Han and Zhang Shaohui"s blood fell below 40%.
After seeing that a few more group skills could take away their heads, the hiding Li Cangyu suddenly jumped onto the ship and did something unexpected.
—Wind Spirit Summoning, Wind and Clouds Destruction!
The two skills were linked smoothly. At almost the same moment that the wind spirit appeared, Wind and Clouds Destruction was used and the five people of the Italian team were blown into the water.
The Italian players, "…"
The wind spirit could be used like this!
Villedo was confused for a moment about being blown into the water but then he quickly reacted and became alert. "Beware the two underwater blood kin players!"
However, it was too late by the time he finished this sentence.
In the water, Qin Mo used a blood spider to control the black magician while Lou Wushuang rushed towards the white magician and used Pain Blade to make the other person dizzy.
Both magicians were controlled and the Italian team"s combat power decreased.
To make matters worse, Xiao Han and Zhang Shaohui also entered the water and quickly controlled the two psychics.
Li Cangyu stood on the boat and summoned his thunder spirit.
—Thunder"s Wrath!
Purple thunder fell from the sky and accurately covered the five Italian players in the water.
This was followed by Frost Heart and the Italian players were collectively frozen.
The other four players from China started to wildly attack in the water. In the blink of an eye, the five Italian players were beaten to 30% blood.
Villedo didn"t feel good and the moment the control ended, he didn"t hesitate to use Time and s.p.a.ce Illusion!
A vortex appeared in the water and the five Italian players teleported onto the boat behind Li Cangyu.
Villedo ordered excitedly, "Kill him!"
This instantaneous movement really surprised Li Cangyu.
The commander awareness of the Italian team"s psychic wasn"t bad but Li Cangyu"s reaction speed was faster than him. The moment the other party used teleport, Li Cangyu knew that the Italian players would definitely appear on the boat.
He instantly pressed the keyboard and summoned a pet that rarely appeared.
The Guardian!
This was a universal pet that could be summoned by the summoners of all races. The amount of blue consumed was large and the cooldown time was extremely long, but it was especially useful in critical moments.
It had only one skill: take damage for its master!
The moment that Li Cangyu summoned the Guardian, the players of the Italian team used various big moves—Seize Life Shot! —Death Mantra! —Voice of Combat! —Poison Array!
The black magic, white magician, sharp arrow and psychic array all hit the guardian.
Villedo, "…"
The Italian commander felt their hairs on his back rising.
The awareness of the Chinese captain was obviously far above him. All his actions seemed to have been guessed by the other party. The other party could always think about a strategy in advance and this feeling was really bad!
However, Villedo didn"t have a better method. This wave of attacks dropped the guardian but wanting to kill the other person wasn"t easy.
Sure enough, Li Cangyu used the guardian to block the opponents" attacks at a crucial moment and then summoned his fire spirit to use Raging Prairie Fire!
This group attack caused the five people of Italy to fall to residual blood!
Villedo"s heart jumped as he saw his blood gauge flashing red and he hurriedly ordered, "Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"
Unfortunately, the Italian players failed to withdraw despite it being repeated three times.
It was because Li Cangyu"s hand speed was faster than their retreat.
He used Flying Feather Steps to quickly chase the other side while using the water spirit"s Water Ball. In the blink of an eye, the archer was successfully killed by Li Cangyu.
—Six kills!
Li Cangyu once again took a head and was two kills away from the super G.o.d achievement!
The audience in the live broadcast room became excited. [Cat G.o.d, refuel! Kill two more and you"ll be a super G.o.d!] [Captain Ling has won the super G.o.d, how can the captain not take it as well?] [Yes, as Ling Xuefeng"s strongest opponent, you can"t lose to him!} [Is Cat G.o.d going to become super G.o.d as well? I always feel that he is playing against Ling Xuefeng instead of the Italian team…"
In fact, the Italian players in the death race were no match for the Chinese team. In addition, Li Cangyu had selected four blood kin players as his teammates. They a.s.sa.s.sinated the opponents underwater and the Italian team members were losing their temper.
After killing the archer, Li Cangyu used Flying Feather Steps and kept chasing.
The remaining four players of Italy fled in different directions after entering the water but they were the four Chinese players waiting for them.
Qin Mo set the black magician in place using the blood spider and Li Cangyu took his head with a Water Ball.
—Seven kills!
Li Cangyu used Flying Feather Steps to catch up to the nearby white magician and used another Water Ball to instantly empty the opponent"s 5% blood.
—Eight kills!
He got the heads of eight people and the "super G.o.d" achievement appeared on the big screen!
At the same time, the two brothers were chasing the two psychics and stabbed them, collecting the last two heads.
10 people died and the Chinese team won!
The domestic audience was so excited that they were tearful!
In the last death racing game, Ling Xuefeng led the team to win super G.o.d. In this death racing game, Li Cangyu didn"t lag behind and also took the super G.o.d!
The captain and vice-captain of the national team were so handsome!
The commentator Kou Hongyi said, "Audience friends, our Cat G.o.d has taken the super G.o.d achievement. The Chinese team has a shocking record of all wins in the Group B stage!"
Yu Bing"s voice was also shaking with excitement. "Yes, it is a complete victory! We entered the quarter-finals with a full victory!"
Many viewers wanted to cry when they saw this scene.
Li Cangyu in the soundproof room was very calm. The camera aimed at him and he seemed to know that the audience was watching the live broadcast. He waved at everyone and showed a smile to the camera.
The smile was very calm and handsome while his eyes were full of confidence. He seemed to be telling everyone, "There is me. What are you so worried about? Isn"t it natural for China to cleanly sweep through the group stage?"
The audience wanted to kneel before him and many people shouted in the comments, "Cat G.o.d, are you still lacking a faeces shoveller?] [Cat G.o.d, I will give you fish every day for free. Can I be your babysitter?] [Is Cat G.o.d still missing leg pendants? The waist is also fine!]
Ling Xuefeng saw this and couldn"t help smiling.
This was the person who stood side by side with him.
He took the super G.o.d achievement in death racing first and then Li Cangyu took it again today. He proved with his actions that the Chinese elf summoner was qualified to stand at the peak of the World Compet.i.tion.
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