Chapter 347 – China VS USA (Crucial Match Point)
Everyone returned to the rest area and Li Cangyu took the initiative to welcome them. Tan s.h.i.tian spoke seriously, "Sorry Captain, I failed to win this game. Now all the pressure is transferred to you."
Li Cangyu smiled and patted his shoulder. "It doesn"t matter. You tried your best. Take a break first."
Tan s.h.i.tian took his teammates to the side to rest and Li Cangyu turned back to Ling Xuefeng. "It seems we can only win the third game. We can"t lose."
Ling Xuefeng nodded. "It is the American team"s match point and we can"t let them do as they wish."
At this time, media reporters from all over the world were madly reporting on the finals.
[The US team took the home game and defeated the Chinese team in the away game. They are the first to get the match point!]
[The US team might beat China by 3:0 to become world champions?]
[The Chinese team"s always strong home game was actually countered by the US team!]
[The Chinese team that had a smooth journey in the World Compet.i.tion finally tasted bitterness from the host country!]
The reports from various countries obviously had some elements of "gloating". After all, teams like Australia, Spain and Italy were crushed 3:0 by the Chinese team while the South Korean team was eliminated 3:1. The Chinese team"s performance was too dazzling and long attracted the attention of everyone.
In particular, Li Cangyu, Bai Xuan and Tan s.h.i.tian had no fame in the world rankings and suddenly made a splash in the World Compet.i.tion. Many people were convinced about them.
The strong team finally collapsed and the reporters" gloating reports naturally attracted the attention of the audience.
In the domestic live broadcast room, many sunspots took the chance to splash dirty water. [They crushed all the way through the group stage only to become paralyzed in the finals!] [Li Cangyu played against weak trash in the group stage only to be completely abused by a strong team!]
Of course, these negative comments were quickly countered by the loyal Cat G.o.d fans. [It is only the second game. Why so anxious? Don"t you understand the concept of lose two, chase back three?] [The score is 0:2. Cat G.o.d, wake up. Are you still not going?] [Captain Ling hasn"t played yet!] [Captain Lou hasn"t played yet!] [There is still hope!]
The first two games were lost but fortunately, it wasn"t an ugly loss.
In the first game, Su Guangmo"s commanding didn"t have any problems and he played an excellent wave of combat between both sides. He finally lost because of the zombies on the Doomsday map.
In the second game, Tan s.h.i.tian"s play was also very stable. They defeated the US in the initial group combat and even had the deceleration weapon. However, Benjamin"s stealing of the fire dragon at a crucial moment caught the Chinese team off guard.
Even if the team lost, it wasn"t a dejected loss but a justified one.
Everyone on the national team played very well. The audience saw the first Miracle Chinese team as a vigorous, positive and cohesive team.
Therefore, some sensible audience members still had strong confidence in the national team. The first two games might"ve been lost but they were looking forward to pulling things back in the next three games.
In the international arena, the cla.s.sic sight of losing two and chasing back three hadn"t appeared. At this time, the mentality of the players was crucial. They must be steady and absolutely couldn"t be sloppy!
***
In the commentators" room, Kou Hongyi was anxious as he stared at the soundproof room. "Cat G.o.d should go on, he can no longer sit still! Nevertheless, we can"t guess what type of lineup he will send in the third game!"
"If Cat G.o.d is the commander, there is still a lot of room for choice. For example, there is Shu Bai and his familiar partner Xiao Han, etc." Yu Bing suddenly thought of something. "Of course, there is a possibility… he will go on with Captain Ling!"
Kou Hongyi made a surprised expression. "Is that possible? I"m guessing that Cat G.o.d will appear in the third game and Captain Ling will appear in the fourth game."
Yu Bing didn"t explain it. She just had a strong hunch.
The third game had to be foolproof!
If the third game was lost, the US team will win directly with 3:0 and the Chinese team would completely miss the championship.
Kou Hongyi"s mention of Cat G.o.d in the third game and Captain Ling in the fourth game was a double insurance arrangement. However, Li Cangyu alone was less insurance than Ling Cat together.
The third game was the home game of the US team. It could be seen from the Doomsday Crisis map that the maps the US team left for the finals were very difficult.
Yu Bing knew Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng for many years and understood the extent of their connection. At this moment, she hoped the two of them could join forces in the World Compet.i.tion!
***
The five minutes of intermission ended and the captains sat at the command post again. This was the US team"s home game and the mode submitted by Noah was still death racing. He didn"t hesitate when submitting the maps because he clearly had a plan.
Hollywood Universal Studios, New York Time Square, Frost Temple.
The three maps appeared on the big screen at the same time.
Times Square had appeared in the previous group stage. Li Cangyu had repeatedly practiced it during the last few days and it wasn"t difficult to fight. The problem was that when the Hollywood Universal Studios map appeared in the first game, LI Cangyu banned it and it could no longer be banned a second time.
Noah might"ve submitted three maps but according to the compet.i.tion rules of "two country submitted maps can"t be banned at the same time" and "the same map can"t be banned twice", Li Cangyu was forced to choose Universal Studios.
In other words, Noah was forcing Li Cangyu to choose the map he wanted the Chinese team to choose.
This meant the difficulty of Universal Studios didn"t lose to Doomsday Crisis!
It could be seen from this that the US team were well prepared for the finals. The pit left by the maps was much better than the previous Korean team.
In any case, he could only choose this. Li Cangyu didn"t hesitate and banned the other two.
Noah then submitted the lineup— Noah (black magician), Alyssa (white magician), Thomas (archer), Jack Josh (blood kin summoner), Edmund (blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin).
Among them, Edmund and Jack had played in the first game but could plan in this game due to the interval of one game.
Noah"s lineup could be called the American team"s all-star lineup. Every player had a high popularity and him sending them showed he obviously wanted to win match point without giving the Chinese team a chance for a comeback.
How would Li Cangyu respond?
The domestic audience was going crazy and many people were cheering for the national team.
[This match pint must be endured!] [Cat G.o.d, have strength!] [The lineup of the US team seems very complicated. In fact, it is comprehensive and every player is a world-cla.s.s master!] [This map definitely isn"t simple. Cat G.o.d, endure it!]
Everyone was anxious commenting while Li Cangyu finally submitted the Chinese team"s lineup.
—LI Cangyu, Ling Xuefeng, Qin Mo, Xiao Han and Bai Xuan.
Kou Hongyi was so excited he almost ate his microphone. "My G.o.d! Cat G.o.d and Captain Ling actually went out together!"
Yu Bing smiled. As she expected, the Ling Cat combination showed up in the key game!
There was an uproar in the domestic live broadcast room. [Ling Cat 6666!] [It is the combination of Wind Colour and Canglan!] [This is a biological weapon!] [Ling Cat is too handsome!] The video couldn"t be seen clearly due to the barrage of comments.
Canglan"s master and apprentice and Wind Colour"s master and apprentice. The three summoners were combined with a mobile a.s.sa.s.sin for a violent output. Then their survival ability was enhanced by the c.o.c.kroach G.o.d Milk Bai Xuan. LI Cangyu"s confident eyes seemed to be telling the US team, "Don"t be happy too soon!"
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Chapter 348 – China VS USA (Summoning Flow)
Li Cangyu submitted the lineup and the map of Universal Studios was shown on the screen. As he expected, this map wasn"t easier than Doomsday Crisis.
Universal Studios had three regions, all of which were themed areas styled after world-renowned Oscar winning movies. For example, the t.i.tanic theme area was a huge ship that sunk into the sea. Players could only stand on the submerged ship and it was a pure water combat area. The theme area of Inception was a large labyrinth mixed with illusions while the Lord of the Rings area was an elf forest and could be used as a venue for guerrilla warfare.
The Miracle League had certain restrictions on the size of the game map. The American designers made these three areas according to the specified map size. The complexity dazzled the audience and it could be seen that the American designers placed a lot of effort into the design of this map.
In fact, this map was similar to China"s Suzhou Gardens. The comprehensive map had many changing factors and the combat environment was complicated. The home team naturally had the advantage due to their comprehensive understanding of the map.
Fortunately, Li Cangyu"s ability to interpret the map was extremely strong. He watched the panoramic view of the map and had a clear impression of it in his mind.
He glanced over at Ling Xuefeng and saw him staring at the screen. After becoming aware of Li Cangyu"s gaze, LIng Xuefeng whispered, "Our lineup isn"t suitable for a pure water combat."
Li Cangyu nodded. "Yes."
Ordinary Miracle water maps had footholds for players to stand on to release their skills. However, the t.i.tanic shipwreck was at the bottom of the sea and players directly refreshed in the water. Li Cangyu"s fire spirit, Ling Xuefeng"s black crows and Qin Mo"s vampire bats couldn"t be summoned in the water. This greatly weakened the Chinese team"s combat effectiveness.
Kou Hongyi saw the map and couldn"t help saying, "I didn"t expect the US team to make a 100% pure water battle area. This is obviously aimed at our summoners, right? Everyone knows that Cat G.o.d"s most commonly used attack pet is the fire spirit and the fire spirit can"t survive in the water. This means that Cat G.o.d"s attack power will be greatly reduced."
"Captain Ling"s black crows and Qin Mo"s bats also can"t be summoned under the water." Yu Bing had some concerns. "It seems that the US team has investigated the situation of the Chinese players. When designing their maps, they targeted the more powerful summoners on our side."
The shipwreck battle was equivalent to abolishing Ling Xuefeng"s vision control, LI Cangyu"s fire spirit attacks and Qin Mo"s blood-sucking big move. However, the other two regions had little effect on the summoner.
Everyone could only silently pray that Captain Ling, Cat G.o.d or Qin Mo didn"t refresh on the sunken boat at the bottom of the water.
***
The map view was over and players of both sides sat in front of the computers.
The US team"s captain, Noah spoke firmly. "The third game is our match point. We must surely win it!"
The archer Thomas excitedly rubbed his hands together. "Captain, rest a.s.sured. We will surely win this game! They have sent three summoners but didn"t expect for our map to have a pure water combat area. This is simply sending us a chance!"
Jack was also confident. "The blood kin summoner is more capable of surviving underwater than the elf or demon summoner. As long as their summoners refresh at the bottom of the water, our advantage is very large."
The players of the US team were clearly full of confidence because it was their home map.
On the Chinese side, LI Cangyu didn"t talk too much about tactics. Instead, he joked, "If I send instructions at the same time as Xuefeng, who will you listen to? Vote quickly."
Bai Xuan laughed. "I will naturally listen to Cat G.o.d."
Xiao Han didn"t hesitate. "I will listen to Master."
Ling Xuefeng glanced at him and replied softly, "I"ll listen to you."
"I will listen to Master…" Qin Mo had just said this when he heard his master say he would listen to Li Cangyu. Qin Mo wittily changed his words. "Cough, I will also listen to Cat G.o.d!" The bottom of the food chain had no say. Since his master said this, how could he hesitate to listen to Cat G.o.d?
Li Cangyu won all votes and smiled with satisfaction. "That"s good. Let"s play it easily. If necessary, I will give orders on the voice channel. In order to avoid distraction, Xuefeng will make eye contact or mark it directly on the map."
Ling Xuefeng nodded. "I know."
The five players could smash the American team with their tacit understanding.
There was no need to talk about the tacit understanding between Ling Xuefeng and LI Cangyu. Bai Xuan had been partners with Li Cangyu for seven years while Xiao Han was Li Cangyu"s apprentice. Qin Mo had also grown up watching Li Cangyu. Playing with these four people, Li Cangyu was very relaxed despite it being the US team"s match point.
It was like he was traveling with friends and family and didn"t feel the "tremendous pressure" that reporters thought.
This game might be difficult but Li Cangyu was confident.
***
Today"s G.o.d of luck obviously didn"t take care of the Chinese team. After loading the map, the players of both sides appeared in Universal Studios at the same time and the audience almost vomited blood. LI Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng actually refreshed together on the t.i.tanic shipwreck, directly wasting their fire spirit and black crows!
Qin Mo and Xiao Han appeared in the Lord of the Rings forest area while Bai Xuan was alone in the Inception labyrinth.
The audience had the G.o.d"s perspective and could see that the black magician Noah and the white magician Alyssa refreshed in the water area battle like Ling Cat. The blood kin summoner Jack and the blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin Edmund appeared in the forest area with Xiao Han and Qin Mo while the archer Thomas was alone in the labyrinth.
In other words, there were four people in the water combat zone, four people in the forest area and two in the labyrinth.
This was clearly intentionally designed by the American designers.
The black and white magician"s ability to fight underwater was higher than the two summoners. The forest area had a combination of a.s.sa.s.sin and summoner. Edmund and Jack"s fame was much higher than Xiao Han and Qin Mo.
Fortunately, the Chinese team had the milk dad Bai Xuan refresh in the maze. Thomas might now the map but it was impossible to kill the healer through ambush in the maze. Bai Xuan"s survival ability had no problems but the labyrinth would greatly affect the speed of his support. It would be hard for him to leave the labyrinth to help his teammates.
Based on the refresh positions, the Chinese team was absolutely in the worst situation.
Kou Hongyi"s tone was a bit annoyed, "It seems that our team"s luck today is very poor. The refresh locations of the two death racing games are particularly bad. LIng Cat directly appeared in the water and abolished two pets. They can"t summon the fire spirit or black crows!"
Yu Bing frowned. "Noah and Alyssa are the captain and vice-captain of the American championship team. The combination of black and white magician is the cla.s.sic partnership of the US team. In a 2v2 situation where Captain Ling and Cat G.o.d have the disadvantage in skills, it will be difficult to win. We can only watch and see if they can think of another way."
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