Chapter 322 – China VS France (Fast Support)
Ku Hongyi"s statement was also the audience"s biggest concern. It was easy to lose when there were less players. The double hunter"s output ability was also inferior to the double archers. In addition, the French side had an a.s.sa.s.sin and black magician so the Chinese team"s north battle wasn"t optimistic.
In the south, the Lou Zhang brothers" output was extremely fierce. They opened their skills and the black magician Fernando fell to 30% blood in the blink of an eye.
Fernando faced the Lou Zhang brothers and could barely fight back. He finally found the opportunity to use the map to move behind a statue and hide from Fatal Blow. He cast Dark Fear to counter the opponent. As a result, Lou Wushuang unceremoniously used Combat Stealth to go invisible, bypa.s.sing the statue at a very fast speed and using Fatal Blow!
Fatal Blow dealt a critical hit and Fernando"s blood dropped directly to 5%. Lou Wushuang"s nect move was a simple attack and he decisively took Fernando"s head.
Fernando was killed and Captain Lou successfully won the first person!
The French captain Stein saw the death prompt on the big screen and couldn"t help feeling surprised. He instantly ordered, "Quickly kill the healer."
The set fire to the healer and Liu Xiang"s skills were repeatedly interrupted. The face that it was four outputs meant Liu Xiang"s blood was instantly damaged.
Fortunately, Zhuo Hang and Jiang Xu reacted quickly enough. They used Flying Feather Steps to quickly set up traps in the maze. The narrow corridors provided them with great convenience. Zhuo Hang"s four Silence Traps blasted the French team and they fell into a state there they couldn"t use skills!
The teenager"s ability to use the terrain seemed to have improved again. This burst of traps was just "like the wind."
Liu Xiang got a chance to take a breath and immediately cast a "big healing skill." Her blood was restored to 60% and the addition of the five layered Healing Language meant she was temporarily out of danger.
Jiang Xu wasn"t idle while Zhuo Hang controlled the opponent. He placed a row of Death Traps and exploded them, forcing the blood of the four opponents to 80%.
However, the silence control couldn"t last long. The moment it ended, the French team"s black magician Florent used Dark Fear.
This narrow corridor meant the group control skill accurately hit the three Chinese players. For a time, Zhuo Hang, Jiang Xu and Liu Xiang were affected by the fear state and couldn"t release skills.
Stein instantly ordered, "Open big!"
He used Death Arrow Rain as he spoke and his old partner cooperated with him by also using Death Arrow Rain. The black magician Florent released the group attack skill, h.e.l.l Flames!
The three group attacks pushed the blood of the Chinese team to 30%.
Meanwhile, the a.s.sa.s.sin took advantage of this opportunity to move behind Liu Xiang and a simple Back Stab forced Liu Xiang to a 5% b.l.o.o.d.y state.
The hearts of the audience members were in their throats as the three Chinese players were about to die. At this moment, Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui"s reinforcements finally arrived!
Lou Wushuang chose the best angle to enter the battle. He used Pain Blade to control the French captain Stein while Zhang Shaohui used a skill to decrease the black magician"s blood by 20% while interrupting his big move at the same time!
"Kill the healer, quickly kill the healer!" Stein anxiously pressed on his keyboard.
Fortunately, Ono wasn"t controlled and fired a simple arrow to successfully kill the 5% health Liu Xiang.
However, Liu Xiang"s death didn"t have much impact on the situation. It became a 4v4 team battle and the brothers who just arrived were full of blood!
Zhuo Hang and Jiang Xu"s control effect finally ended. Once the Lou Zhang brothers came over, the two of them joined forces to place a row of Death Traps under the feet of the three ranged French players. The great damage caused by Trap Blast forced the three ranged players to fall below 30% blood.
Lou Wushuang decisively used Chain Strangulation and Zhang Shaohui followed with the same move.
Chain Strangulation was on of the few group attack skills for an a.s.sa.s.sin. The dagger would form a chain effect on the surrounding enemies. The first one to be attacked received the most damage while the damage gradually decreased as the number of targets increased.
However, the Lou Zhang brothers had extremely tacit cooperation. Lou Wushuang aimed for the left side Stein as the first target while Zhang Shaohui aimed for the right side Florent as the first target. One Chain Strangulation moved from the left to right while the other moved from right to left. The result of the double damage meant the four players of the French team directly fell to 5% blood!
Lou Wushuang"s eyes were cold and sharp. Once all four players were caught, his fingers quickly tapped the keyboard and he used the simplest dagger strike to kill the French players one by one!
France was extinguished in the first wave of combat!
Lou Wushuang"s extreme speed meant the audience"s spirit didn"t return until the death prompts for the French team popped up. Kou Hongyi excitedly exclaimed, "Truly worthy of Lou Wushuang! His support speed is too fast while the Chinese trio successfully delayed the French team"s four players. Once the Lou Zhang brothers came, the situation instantly reversed!"
Yu Bing also praised them. "Liu Xiang withstood the firepower of the other side and sacrificed himself for the Chinese team"s five heads. Originally it was an absolute disadvantage but the Chinese team showed extreme tenacity!"
This wave of five kills boosted the Chinese team"s morale. Liu Xiang might"ve died but she delayed things until the Lou Zhang brothers came as support. As a healer, she accomplished her task well.
Zhuo Hang and Jiang Xu also performed well. Their various trap layouts meant the French team couldn"t kill the three people quickly.
Five heads, this was already halfway to victory.
Of course, they couldn"t be relaxed because the other side had the map advantage. Lou Wushuang looked at the game time and calmly asked, "Captain Liu, is there anyone at the resurrection point?"
Liu Xiang replied, "There is no one at the blue resurrection point. They should"ve chosen the red point."
Lou Wushuang ordered, "Go to the blue point to restore out status. We will play as you did just now. The three of you go forward and delay the battle while Ah Hui and I will follow to harvest the heads."
Jiang Xu smiled. "Understood."
Lou Wushuang was worthy of the Ghost Spirits" a.s.sa.s.sination characteristics. In the opening, he used the advantage of the a.s.sa.s.sin"s stealth to split the French team into two small battles and directly took five kills!
The next tactical arrangement was for his teammates to make the first wave while the a.s.sa.s.sins would enter later to harvest the remnants.
The Lou Zhang brother"s ability to harvest heads was quite good. The a.s.sa.s.sins were flexible with positioning and a few blows could definitely kill the French team!
The facts proved Jiang Xu correct.
The Lou Zhang brothers first sneaked behind while the other three took the lead. Once they encountered the five players of the French team, the battle ignited and the two sides had an exchange of skills.
Liu Xiang was in a perfect state after resurrecting and tenaciously resisted the pressure, opening the big move Desperate Prayer!
This skill restored a large amount of blood while allowing her teammates to be immune to any control for a certain period of time. Being free of control for a few seconds gave Zhuo Hang and Jiang Xu the best s.p.a.ce for output. The two hunters used the terrain to lay a dense series of traps before exploding them to collectively reduce the blood of the five French players.
Once the effect of the control immunity ended, the French players set fire to kill the healer, followed by killing Jiang Xu. However, the wave of Silence Traps Jiang Xu set before he died meant they couldn"t use any skills!
At this time, Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui finally appeared.
They were "reapers" and directly cut into the battle from the sides.
The Lou Zhang brothers broke out and used Back Stab and Fatal Blow to quickly kill the French team"s archers. Then they used Pain Blade to control the two black magicians.
The French team was silenced and couldn"t release skills. In addition, they were in a state of residual blood from the battle. In no more than 10 seconds, Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui were like the wind blowing the leaves as they killed all five people!
—Winner!
The prompt appeared on the screen and the audience stood up to clap excitedly. The domestic live broadcast room was also full of flowers and applause.
Kou Hongyi"s mood was excellent as he smiled brightly at the camera. "The Chinese team won again! Today"s match was played beautifully and we won 3:0!"
Yu Bing added, "Congratulations to the national team for successfully advancing to the semi-finals of the World Compet.i.tion."
Kou Hongyi continued, "We will briefly review this map. The first game was a four against six victory in the arena. It was simply crushing the opponents! In the second arena game, Tan Cheng, Su Yu and Qin Mo played well. Of course, Captain Ling played as a domineering soy sauce. In the third game of death racing, Captain Lou"s command was very flexible. The small battles and a.s.sa.s.sins" explosive power prove that Lou Wushuang is still the strongest a.s.sa.s.sin in our Miracle League!"
Yu Bing agreed. "Today the players of the national team seemed to be injected with chicken blood but this is also related to Cat G.o.d"s arrangements. He sent a lot of ace players and obviously didn"t want to play with the French team. He directly won the match with a score of 3:0 so they can go back earlier to rest."
Kou Hongyi smiled. "Yes, I heard that today"s Miracle Village"s restaurant has Cat G.o.d"s favourite fish dish!"
As the two commentators spoke, the big screen replayed great shots. In the soundproof room, Lou Wushuang calmly stood up with Zhang Shaohui draped over his shoulder. "Brother, you are too handsome!"
Lou Wushuang glanced at him. "You say this every time. Can"t you change the adjective?"
Zhang Shaohui laughed. "You are really very good."
Lou Wushuang, "…"
Idiot! Who told you to learn Xiao Han"s half Chinese? Xiao Han sounded cute when he said it but this person just sounded idiotic!
Still, he saw his younger brother"s bright smile and couldn"t help his lips curving. "It is just the top four, don"t be too excited. If we couldn"t take this game, we wouldn"t be able to explain it."
Zhang Shaohui nodded in agreement. "It makes sense!"
They returned to the rest area and Li Cangyu smiled at Lou Wushuang. "Captain Lou, you were calm and played excellently! Everyone worked hard!" There was excited applause. Li Cangyu waited a moment before speaking seriously, "We smoothly entered the semi-finals but don"t be too excited. For our team, now is the real start."
Everyone, “…”
Cat G.o.d, if you say this then Australia, Spain, Italy and France will be mad enough to vomit blood! It seemed like Cat G.o.d wasn"t taking their teams seriously at all.
However, on reflection, the strength of the Chinese team meant they really didn"t need to fear those countries.
Three wins in the group stage and the 3:0 sweep of France in the quarter-finals was a natural result.
The goal of the Chinese team had always been one thing—the world champions!
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Chapter 323 – Post-Match Interview
Stein spoke harshly to the Chinese team before the game but was thoroughly hit in the face by Li Cangyu with a score of 3:0. In the post-match interview, France"s captain was surrounded by reporters.
"Before the start of the match, you said you were very confident. The French team"s hopes of entering the semi-finals were very big but today we saw a complete rout! What is Mr. Stein"s explanation for this?"
"The French team sent six people to the arena but couldn"t beat China"s four people. Does this mean the overall level of the French Miracle League is far worse than China"s league?"
"You lost this match 0:3. What do you have to say to the audience members at home?"
Stein led the national team and lost. In the group stage of the World Compet.i.tion, France qualified but accidentally lost the last match against the United Kingdom. He also didn"t expect to encounter China in the quarter-finals and to lose so badly.
After hearing the reporters" questions, the always graceful smile on Stein"s face couldn"t be maintained.
Fortunately, Vice-Captain Lemande took the initiative to come forward. "Cough, our team members tried their best in today"s match but the Chinese team has many excellent players. Their tactical arrangements are also worthy of studying. We will learn from this failure and strive for better results in next year"s World Compet.i.tion."
Stein finally calmed down and barely squeezed out a smile. "Yes, we will continue to work hard."
Stein"s expression was very ugly in the interview. To make matters worse, he happened to meet the Chinese team"s Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng in the corridor.
The last time they met backstage, Stein had arrogantly told Li Cangyu that they shouldn"t meet in the knockouts. Now he saw Li Cangyu and couldn"t wait to dig a hole to bury himself in.
This was simply a strong punch in the face and his face would become swollen!
Li Cangyu smiled gracefully at him. Of course, it was filled with naked ridicule from Stein"s point of view.
Ling Xuefeng nodded to him as a greeting before saying in French, "Have strength."
Stein, "…"
The French team had lost and could only roll home, what was the point of strength? Ling Xuefeng"s words were simply sprinkling salt on the wound and Stein suddenly felt a pain in his chest.
The two people, Ling Li left side by side. Stein watched their backs and couldn"t help frowning. He had a hunch that the Chinese team"s Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu would bring the Miracle fans more surprises in the next match.
The semi-finals and finals would definitely have a good show.
***
The reporters gave Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng a standing ovation when they entered the interview room.
The national team"s reporter Zhao Yue, who was always very positive in each interview, once again stood up and said, "Congratulations to the national team for smoothly entering the top four! Cat G.o.d, are you satisfied with the performance of the players in this game?"
"I am very satisfied and I believe the audience members watching were also satisfied." Li Cangyu replied without any modesty. "Winning 3:0 is enough to prove the strength of our national team."
This sentence caused everyone to clap. They liked the unpretentious Cat G.o.d since he was refreshing.
Another reporter stood up and asked, "We found that in this game, Cat G.o.d sent almost all the ace partners. Is there a special reason for doing this?"
Li Cangyu looked at Ling Xuefeng and smiled. "There is no special reason. I arranged it like this because I wanted to come with our highest strength."
The latter part of the sentence was omitted by him— in order to kill the French team.
A male reporter suddenly stood up excitedly. "Cat G.o.d, I just received news that South Korea advanced with a score of 3:0. According to the schedule, China"s opponents in the semi-finals will be the strong Korean team. Does Cat G.o.d have the confidence in defeating the South Korean team?"
Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng couldn"t help glancing at each other.
After the quarter-finals, the team that could enter the semi-finals was definitely a team with a very strong overall strength. Li Cangyu hadn"t wanted to meet South Korea in the semi-finals. China and South Korea had been competing in many e-sports projects. The Chinese team partic.i.p.ated in international compet.i.tions many times and also lost to South Korea many times.
South Korea started a Miracle League for a full seven years and the Korean Miracle League was very mature. In the major clubs, many outstanding players had emerged.
Objectively speaking, the level of the Korean players wasn"t weaker than China.
Li Cangyu wasn"t confident about winning this match but it wasn"t good to say this to the reporters. He thought for a moment before simply replying, "I can"t guarantee the results of the semi-finals but I can guarantee that we will try our best to fight for victory."
Ling Xuefeng nodded in agreement and spoke softly, "There are many unexpected factors on the field. It is difficult to predict the results before the game but rest a.s.sured, since we have reached this stage, we won"t give up easily."
The two of them didn"t say "we will definitely win" or "we will kill South Korea." These words sounded hot but were actually quite exaggerated. No one could guarantee victory in a match. The captain and vice-captain of the national team were very calm when facing the enemy, which in turn made the domestic e-sports reporters feel at ease.
It was better to face the match in a stable state of mind than be full of words before the match, only to be punched in the face.
***
In order to save time, Li Cangyu only attended the interview with Ling Xuefeng. The other great G.o.ds didn"t come and the reporters ended the interview as soon as possible.
After returning to the Miracle Village, Li Cangyu strode straight to the restaurant. The reason was simple: there was fish to eat today.
The Miracle Village released the daily dinner menu in advance. Li Cangyu had long known there would be fish tonight and was eager to go to the restaurant. Everyone understood very well. After all, Cat hadn"t eaten fish for a long time after coming to the United States. It was normal to feel greedy.
Ling Xuefeng looked somewhat helpless but consciously helped Li Cangyu get two more plates of grilled fish. Li Cangyu ended up eating three in a row.
It was obvious that fish was a staple food for him after seeing him quickly eat three plates of grilled fish. Everyone was full of admiration.
Cheng Wei couldn"t help wondering, "If the Miracle Village has fish every day, will Cat G.o.d"s fighting power double?"
Su Guangmo also joked, "Cat G.o.d must be really hungry after going abroad, right?"
Li Cangyu wiped his mouth and smiled with satisfaction. "Okay, I have fully recovered after eating three fish. It is better to strike while the iron is hot. Everyone, let"s go to the conference room for a meeting.
Everyone, “…”
After his vitality was restored, Cat G.o.d"s combat power was really tough!
***
At 8 o"clock in the evening, the national team gathered in the meeting room. Li Cangyu first replayed the wonderful scenes of the match between China and France. He briefly summed it up before switching to the video of South Korea"s quarter-finals match.
This afternoon, South Korea and Sweden of Group C faced j.a.pan and the United States of Group A. The US team swept up the Swedish team 3:0 while the South Korean team swept up j.a.pan 3:0. From this score, it was obvious that the level of j.a.pan"s e-sports had many gaps compared to South Korea.
The South Korean team drew the first hand and chose the arena. In the second game, j.a.pan chose the economic war to reverse the situation but were defeated by the Korean kite flow tactics. In the third game, South Korea chose death racing and relied on the home map advantage to quickly win and seal the victory.
After seriously watching the complete match, LI Cangyu stated, "It can be seen that the overall level of the South Korean team is very strong. Regardless of whether it is the arena, the economic war or death racing, they all have masters available. The next match will certainly be very difficult to play.
This was the difference between a strong team and a weak team. The teams they met in the group stage were only strong in one mode and would easily collapse in the other modes without a great G.o.d partic.i.p.ating. However, the South Korean team was different. The overall strength of their players was very high and they had core G.o.ds in death racing, the economic war and the arena. They had the possibility of winning every mode. Such opponents were really difficult to face.
Ling Xuefeng plugged in a USB drive and opened a PPT. This PPT was obviously made by Ling Xuefeng and had the information of the 22 South Korean players in great detail.
Li Cangyu looked at the big screen and pointed to the man standing in the middle with a laser pen. "This is South Korea"s captain, Park Joonseo, who ranks in the top three of the world"s summoners list along with Xuefeng and Jack Josh of the United States. Park Joonseo is very famous, his personal strength is strong and his tactical literacy is very high. The angel summoner can be played to the highest level in his hands."
The angel summoner, this was as rare as the elf summoner.
In the World Miracle Professional League, the most common summoners were the demon and blood kin summoners. It was because they had strong survivability, attack and control. They were suitable for cooperating with teammates in group battles.
The elf summoner required Li Cangyu"s extreme speed and flexibility movements to play a role. Thus, not many players could control the elf summoner and it was naturally rare.
Similarly, the angel summoner prevented many players from picking it due to the particularity of the pets.
The Miracle summoners had three public pets. The departed spirit which slowed down the opponent after possession, the guardian which took damage for the owner and the destruction demon that destroyed the environment.
These three public pets consumed a lot of blue and had a long cooldown. It wasn"t cost-effective to summon them for high-intensity games. Therefore, in most cases, the summoners would rely on their racial pets to fight.
For example, the elf summoner"s fire, water, thunder and wind spirits, the demon summoner"s demon G.o.d, banshee, black crows and skeleton infantry and the blood kin summoner"s blood snake, blood spider, death knight and vampire bats. Most of these pets had the ability to attack and control.
However, the angel summoner was very different.
The angels were a peace-loving race. Therefore, the pets summoned by the angel summoner weren"t aggressive and acted as support—the ice woman, the snow bird, the light G.o.d and the six-winged angel.
Li Cangyu looked at the man on the big screen. "Park Joonseo players a summoner but he isn"t aggressive. On the contrary, he is the strongest aid in the Miracle Professional League.
The ice woman"s control, the snow bird"s healing, the light G.o.d"s strengthening of the team and the status release of the six-winged angel. It could be said that the angel summoner was a very strong auxiliary profession but due to the large number of pets and the complicated operations, it was difficult to play well.
Park Joonseo was very familiar with the angel summoner.
In the World Miracle League, he was a talented player who chose a rare cla.s.s like Li Cangyu and could reach the top.
The man in the image was very handsome with a slight leaning towards femininity. It was the pretty face type of appearance that some girls preferred. Don"t think that he was weak. Anyone who watched the Korean Miracle League knew how terrible Park Joonseo"s a.s.sistance was. As long as he was there, the attack power of his teammates could double in an instant.
It could be imagined that such a great auxiliary would greatly improve the overall combat effectiveness of the team.
"In order to win against the Korean team, we must first recognize their strength." Li Cangyu glanced at the audience and stated calmly. "The semi-finals will be cruller and more difficult than the previous matches. Everyone needs to be well prepared. Don"t think about winning or losing. Face this game with a normal heart and play to your own standards. Don"t leave any regrets."
He paused and glanced after at Ling Xuefeng before continuing with firm eyes, "Tonight, everyone will take a closer look at the Korean team"s video. Tomorrow, Ling Xuefeng and I will reconvene everyone to discuss the tactical arrangements."
Ling Xuefeng saw Li Cangyu"s firm eyes and also nodded decisively. "Please be a.s.sured that we will make every effort to find a solution to deal with South Korea."
The next match might be extremely difficult but Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng"s confidence and decisiveness instilled confidence in the national team.
South Korea might be strong but their Chinese players were never weak!
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