Chapter 179 – Canglan VS Wind Colour
It was the weekend again and many Miracle fans got out of bed early to watch the matches. It was because this week was the final matches of the first round of the regular season. The compet.i.tion was fierce and this match was crucial. The team with a slightly higher rank at the end of the first round would naturally have less pressure in the second round. Meanwhile, the teams at the bottom were doing their best to compete for the playoffs.
In the current rankings, Wind Colour was first followed by Flying Feathers, Time, Ghost Spirits, Red Fox, Pure Cleansing, Canglan and Cheetah. The Canglan team was ranked second last and today"s match was against the strong Wind Colour team. It was also an away match. The situation wasn"t optimistic.
Before the match started, netizens voted on the predicted score and 70% guessed that Wind Colour would win 3:0. Many senior reporters also conducted a detailed a.n.a.lysis of the lineup for both teams before the match. The overall strength of Canglan truly wasn"t as good as Wind Colour. If Ling Xuefeng chose three team battles, the probability of Canglan winning was less than 20%.
Li Cangyu had long guessed the comments on this match. In order to avoid adding psychological pressure on the newcomers, Li Cangyu told them not to go to the forums before the game and to try and maintain a relaxed att.i.tude. Thus, the Canglan team"s expressions weren"t as serious and frustrated as the audience imagined when they arrived at the main stadium in Shanghai. Li Cangyu was relaxed every time but the newcomers were also smiling and didn"t look nervous.
It was just that the atmosphere of Wind Colour"s home made them marvel. This was a black ocean that made they feel like they had entered the demon"s territory!
The Wind Colour players consisted mainly of the demon and blood kin races. The design of the uniform was black with a simple red pattern. Now fans at the venue were dressed in the uniform and it really was like a wave of black pressure that headed to the stage.
Gu Siming was always outspoken and he couldn"t help saying, "I still like the uniform of the Time team. The white and green accents are refreshing. The style of Wind Colour is too depressing. The black is used to scare people!"
Zhuo Hang laughed. "Black gives more pressure but it is also consistent with the personality of the abstinent G.o.d Ling Xuefeng. Don"t you think?"
Xiao Han suddenly turned and asked Li Xiaojiang, "Xiaojiang, what does abstinent mean?"
Li Xiaojiang"s face turned red and he stuttered for a long time, "Yes, yes, it is…"
Zhuo Hang immediately placed a hand on Xiao Han"s shoulder. "This question is complicated. Go to Baidu and look it up. It is too hard for Xiaojiang to explain such an esoteric question."
Xiao Han nodded thoughtfully and decided to ask Qin Mo later. Li Xiaojiang looked at Zhuo Hang gratefully and the latter smiled in a handsome manner at him.
Li Cangyu saw the discussion between the four newcomers. Regardless of the outcome, the four people were relaxed in front of a strong enemy. This made him feel very relieved. After so many games, the four little cats had matured and weren"t as nervous as mice anymore.
***
Both teams quickly walked into their soundproof rooms and started debugging the equipment.
Both sides were wearing their uniforms. One was a red pattern on a black background and the other was a blue pattern on a white background. Kou Hongyi saw this and couldn"t help saying, "I suddenly found that the colours of both uniforms are the opposite of each other. One side is black red and the other side is white blue. It has been said since ancient times that blue and red are a pair and black and white are the best match. The team uniforms can be called couple outfits!"
The audience, "…"
The Wind Colour fans made angry expressions. Who wanted to be a couple with Canglan? In addition, red and blue and black and white matching? What nonsense was he saying?
Kou Hongyi was bored and just idly adjusted the atmosphere while Yu Bing sat next to him with an expressionless face.
Once the big screen showed the list of the players on both teams, Yu Bing immediately got back on topic. "Let"s take a look at the contestants of both teams. Wind Colour"s captain Ling Xuefeng is the strongest demon summoner in the Miracle League. The vice-captain Yan Ruiwen is the strongest black magician. The main players Xu Feifan and Guo Xuan are also famous G.o.ds."
“Among them, Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan"s double black magician combination have won the Best Partnership award before and they also created the cla.s.sic black magic status overlapping tactic. Qin Mo is 18 years old and he won the Best Newcomer Award last season. His blood kin summoner style is also remarkable. The healer He Qun is one of the few blood kin sacrifices in the league. Meanwhile, the front row berserker Liao Zhenyu is extremely fierce, using attack as a defense."
The seven players listed by Yu Bing were G.o.ds that the audience were familiar with.
Kou Hongyi added, "Wind Colour is truly a team of great G.o.ds. Everyone is strong individually. Aside from these seven people, Wind Colour also brought a small contestant to play this season. He is the 17 year old Lin Ke and he is a black magician. Captain Ling is clearly trying to train a strong black magician successor. This newcomer hasn"t played much this season and we don"t know how high his strength is. Perhaps he will get an opportunity to play today."
Yu Bing said, "The overall strength of Canglan is much weaker than Wind Colour. Li Cangyu, Bai Xuan and Xie Shurong are ace players and Zhang Jueming could be considered a stable auxiliary. The key is that there are too many newcomers in the team and they can"t compare to the experienced G.o.ds."
Kou Hongyi nodded in agreement. "The overall strength is truly as Sister Bing a.n.a.lyzed. Wind Colour is a lot stronger. After all, Wind Colour is the favourite to win this season! Many people who predicted the score guessed 3:0. However, I think that even if the overall Canglan isn"t as strong as Wind Colour, isn"t it impossible to get 3:0 considering Cat G.o.d"s flexible tactics?"
Many spectators held this and expressed doubts. [They lost 3:0 to Pure Cleansing not long ago? How is it impossible? Is Wind Colour not as good as Pure Cleansing?]
[Pure Cleansing was an accident. The commander Old Zhang was a bit stunned by the illusion array. If Cat G.o.d is personally commanding this match then I think Canglan will win at least one game.]
[There is a chance that it will be 3:0. Facing Wind Colour at their home is too hard!]
[I"m guessing 3:0, Canglan 3: Wind Colour 0! Cat G.o.d will be sure to counterattack and get rid of all doubts!]
[Vice-Captain Cheng, your ident.i.ty has been discovered again.]
The discussion in the live broadcast room was very lively because the match hadn"t started yet. The referee"s light didn"t turn on, indicating that a problem had been encountered.
Kou Hongyi found it hard to speak. "Cough, it seems that there are some faults with the players" computer network. The referee is solving it as a soon as possible. We are better off talking about Cat G.o.d and Captain Ling, who have known each other for many years. Sister Bing, you debuted in the second season and you should be very familiar with their past? I heard that Captain Ling once invited Old Cat to join as vice-captain of Wind Colour. Then the 18 year old Cat G.o.d rejected it?"
Yu Bing nodded. "Many people in the league knows about this because the former vice-captain, Yuan Shaozhe accidentally talked about it at a party. Cat G.o.d wanted to build his own team and didn"t join Wind Colour."
Kou Hongyi exclaimed, "It is thankful that he didn"t join Wind Colour that year…"
Yu Bing stared at him. "Why do you say this?"
Kou Hongyi explained, "If Li Cangyu joins Wind Colour then he will be vice-captain and team up with Captain Ling! The Miracle League would completely go sideways."
Yunyu was startled but soon reacted. She thought of the two summoners joining hands and couldn"t help smiling. "That is true. Both of them are the fast hand speed and high outbreak type player. If they join forces then it is estimated that no other teams would dare mix with them."
Her words contained a very high evaluation of Li Cangyu. There weren"t many people like him who could stand side by side with an old G.o.d like Ling Xuefeng. Li Cangyu was Ling Xuefeng"s strongest opponent and his personal strength had been confirmed by everyone.
However, the confrontation between the two teams wasn"t a solo fight between the two of them. It was based on the overall strength of the team. Yu Bing always admired Li Cangyu but she wasn"t very optimistic about today"s match.
***
The debugging in the soundproof room ended. It turned out that there was a small fault in the stadium"s network. After the inspection ended, the referee finally signaled the start of the match.
Ling Xuefeng soon submitted the mode of the games to the referee.
Three arena games!
The audience saw this scene and excitedly clapped.
Captain Ling was truly bold. He would definitely have a higher winning rate if he chose three team battles. Everyone knew that Canglan was stronger in the arena than team battles. Yet Ling Xuefeng dared to select their strength and it was for all three rounds.
This was obviously saying, "So what if Canglan is strong in the arena? I"m not afraid of you at all. Let"s fight!"
Ling Xuefeng"s fans excitedly filled the screen in the live broadcast room. Li Cangyu smiled slightly. He also admired Ling Xuefeng"s bold decision.
Since he wanted to fight in the ring then Li Cangyu would accompany him!
In the past, every time they faced each other, they would guess the other person"s thoughts so much that they never met directly in the arena during the six matches spread out over three years.
Could he guess right this time? Li Cangyu touched his chin and estimated that the first game wouldn"t be right. The first game"s lineup needed to be submitted before the match. Li Cangyu didn"t think that Ling Xuefeng would select three arena games and only submitted the most common lineup. Ling Xuefeng would definitely make arrangements for the normal lineup of the Canglan team.
The list of players on both sides soon fill the screen.
Wind Colour had the combination of Qin Mo and He Qun while Canglan had Xiao Han and Zhang Jueming!
Canglan fans silently mourned. The little prince of Wind Colour had a milk dad while the little prince of Canglan had an auxiliary. It was likely that Xiao Zhang would lose!
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Chapter 180 – Canglan VS Wind Colour (2)
Li Cangyu hadn"t expected for the first game to directly let Qin Mo and Xiao Han confront each other. He thought that Ling Xuefeng would have Qin Mo play in the middle. However, Xiao Han and Qin Mo happened to meet each other. This was a rare opportunity to let their apprentices fight.
When Xiao Han was a rookie, Qin Mo played with Xiao Han for half a month in the online game. At that time, Xiao Han had no resistance to Qin Mo and often died in less than a minute.
Later, they often went to the arena to spar together and their relationship became closer. Recently, Xiao Han had been learning Chinese from Qin Mo and the two princes became good friends.
This matchup caused Canglan and Wind Colour fans to excitedly fill the screen with comments cheering for their little prince. Even Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu were looking forward to it.
***
Qin Mo was very excited with he saw the partic.i.p.ants list. Xiao Han might use half-baked Chinese to make him speechless but he felt that Xiao Han was particularly interesting.
Xiao Han would send text messages to Qin Mo every day to learn new words. These days, the training tasks were probably too heavy and Xiao Han didn"t have time to look for Qin Mo to learn. There had been no contact for several days and this made Qin Mo actually feel a bit lost.
He had long wanted to play a good match with Xiao Han in the arena. Today, the match between Canglan and Wind Colour finally arrived!
Qin Mo"s state was a bit excited as his fingers tapped the keyboard to warm up.
Xiao Han was stoic. He always had a calm expression when playing the game and seemed a bit prideful and haughty. Only the Canglan members knew that Xiao Han looked like this because there were many things he couldn"t understand…
Compared to the two teenagers, their partners He Qun and Zhang Jueming were very relaxed. He Qun had debuted in the third season with the black magician Guo Xuan and blood kin summoner Xu Feifan. He followed Ling Xuefeng for many years and won many trophies. Old players had experienced more compet.i.tions and were naturally more stable in their mentality.
Ling Xuefeng submitted the map he selected for the first arena game—Dark Grotto.
Kou Hongyi immediately introduced it. "Dark Grotto, this is a secret environment in the demon realm. The Wind Colour team mainly consists of demon players and the map is also a demon map! Today the audience is dressed all in black and the map is also suitable. Black is the main colour."
Yu Bing followed up. "This is a typical cave map where the internal terrain is complicated. There are many paths. The difficult of this map is only six stars. It is better to play than some seven star kill maps. However, players need to adapt to the dark environment as soon as possible. The light effect will have a significant impact on the battle."
The players loaded into the game map and Yu Bing stopped explaining to focus on the performance of the four players on the big screen.
***
The Dark Grotto map was very dim and the entrance was extremely dark.
After walking inside the grotto, there were sporadic red crystal inlaid into the stone wall that served to illuminate the map. The shine of these crystals were very weak. The players would require a period of adjustment after entering. Due to the dark environment, many netizens dubbed this map as the "small black house."
There was a lively audience in the live broadcast room. [Captain Ling chose the small black house to face Cat G.o.d! He is the strongest opponent!] [Choosing this black house is also a test of vision!]
Li Cangyu had nothing to say about this map. Ling Xuefeng, this person chose the "small black house" to fight and it was actually very unfavorable to the Canglan team. It was because black magicians, demon summoners and blood kin summoners wore black or dark red clothing. They could easily hide in this cave and integrate with the surrounding stone walls.
Using the map environment to create advantages for oneself was a very common tactic on the field.
Ling Xuefeng obviously wouldn"t be polite just because his opponent was Li Cangyu. On the contrary, it was because his opponent was Li Cangyu that his att.i.tude was particularly serious. It could be seen from the map selection and the modes of the two games that he wouldn"t take it easy in this match. This had nothing to do with personal feelings but was out of respect for the opponent.
***
The players on both teams refreshed and the game officially began.
The blood kin summoner Qin Mo and blood kin sacrifice He Qun walked along the path in the grotto. On the other side, Xiao Han and Zhang Jueming were also rushing towards the middle of the map.
Yu Bing took advantage of this time and quickly a.n.a.lyzed, "Wind Colour has a slight advantage in this game. The healing ability of a blood kin sacrifice isn"t as strong as a priest but there are many protection skills. It will be hard for Xiao Han if he wants to kill Qin Mo in seconds."
"If Xiao Han can"t kill Qin Mo quickly, Qin Mo with a healer will become more and more difficult. Old Zhang can provide a.s.sistance to Xiao Han but Xiao Han"s blood can"t be restored. Meanwhile, Qin Mo can suck blood with his skills and there is the healing of the blood kin sacrifice. If a long time pa.s.ses then Xiao Han will fall into a disadvantage."
This week"s Canglan VS Wind Colour was the last match of the regular season"s first round. The captains of other teams had nothing to do after playing their matches and gathered in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast.
On the Flying Feathers side, Su Guangmo smiled and said, "This is interesting. Wind Colour also sent a combination with a healer. Captain Ling"s intention was probably to let them face Shu Bai but ended up missing. He really is connected to Cat G.o.d. Their guesses when facing each other are often wrong."
Yu Pingsheng didn"t like to talk. He just nodded in agreement.
In the Time dormitory, Cheng Wei watched the TV while eating watermelon. He swallowed the watermelon and said, "I think Xiao Han is going to lose since he has a auxiliary instead of a healer."
Tan s.h.i.tian looked at his red lips and smiled slightly. "The blood kin summoner is the more durable among the four racial summoners. Their attacks have a blood-sucking effect and Qin Mo also has a healer today. Once the battle is drawn out, he will become an undead blood cow… You can finish your watermelon first."
"That"s right!" Cheng Wei picked up the watermelon again and muttered while eating, "This combination is more shameless than the Shu Bai combination. The shameless blood cow combination, a blood kin summoner and blood kin sacrifice, they can keep sucking your blood!"
Theoretically speaking, the blood kin summoner with the blood kin sacrifice was more difficult than the Shu Bai combination of a swordsman and priest. It was because the blood kin summoner can suck blood while attacking and there was the sacrifice protecting him. In order to kill Qin Mo, the player had to be a fast attacker and control the blood kin summoner.
However, Xiao Han didn"t belong to the category of player with a strong output. He was best at looking for opportunities to sneak in and a.s.sa.s.sinate the target.
Xiao Han actually liked this dark map. At the start, he used the blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin"s latent skill to hide. Forget Qin Mo, even the audience watching the live broadcast had difficulty finding Xiao Han. The black map, the black clothes and the stealth was simply making it difficult for everyone"s eyes!
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