Chapter 260 – Death Racing
Li Cangyu sent a message to the national team. [@all members, please pay attention. The South Korean team"s vice-captain came to our door and said they wanted to play a friendly match with us. The time is 3 in the afternoon. Anyone interested can sign up.]
The news immediately blew up the group.
Cheng Wei was the most lively one and he actively asked: [Is the vice-captain of the South Korean team the archer called Kim Yoonhee?]
He had teamed up with Kim Yoonhee at the Carnival for a game of beach volleyball and was very impressed with this short-haired girl.
Li Cangyu replied: [It is her.]
Zhang Shaohui jumped forward and said: [Is there a conspiracy behind the Korean team suddenly finding us?]
This guess was quietly denied by Lou Wushuang. [Don"t talk about a conspiracy. In the group stage, they are in Group C and we are in Group B. We won"t meet at all. Even if we enter the quarter-finals, it will be the first place team of Group A fighting the second place team of Group C, the first place team of Group B fighting the second place team of Group D and so on. Thus, it isn"t possible to meet until the semi-finals.]
Zhang Shaohui thought about it and changed his words: [Is it a pure friendly match?]
Su Guangmo also came out. [It is estimated that they want to practice the mode and explore our strength.]
Tan s.h.i.tian agreed with this. [Captain Su"s a.n.a.lysis is reasonable. At present, they don"t need to worry about meeting the Chinese team. It is no problem finding a similar opponent to play a practice game. It will also help familiarize them with the rules of the World Compet.i.tion.]
Cheng Wei asked: [Do they want an economic battle or fight in the pairs arena?]
Ling Xuefeng replied: [Death racing.]
People were surprised but soon understood. The death racing mode was only available on the web server of the Miracle Village. This was a new mode for the World Compet.i.tion and everyone wasn"t very familiar with it. This was different from the pairs arena and economic war that they had been studying for a whole season.
Chu Yan said: [A psychic isn"t very useful in the death racing mode. I won"t partic.i.p.ate.]
Zhu Qingyue also typed: [+1, I will watch the fun with Master.]
[Since the Korean team is trying to test our standards, let"s send a few juniors to fight with them.] Li Cangyu typed a few names on the keyboard. [Zhuo Hang, Qin Mo, Xiao Han should go. For the other two names, who is interested?]
Cheng Wei immediately raised a hand. [Me, me, me!]
Zhang Shaohui also volunteered. [Me as well!]
Li Cangyu smiled. [Very good, this is it! The five of you will play and everyone else will watch from the sidelines.]
Letting the two "silly" people of the league bring three newcomers to test the level of the Korean team, this wasn"t bad!
***
3 o"clock soon arrived. All the members of the Chinese team and the Korean team gathered in the 11th room of the network server. It was a group of messy English and digital IDs. Apart from a few well-known names, the others were completely confused about who was who.
On the Chinese side, Zhang Shaohui, Cheng Wei, Qin Mo, Xiao Han and Zhuo Hang entered the room and pressed the ready b.u.t.ton.
The Korean side"s lineup was an archer, a black magician, a white magician, an a.s.sa.s.sin and a swordsman. As for the IDs that were a string of letters and numbers, Li Cangyu couldn"t match them at all.
It could only be a.n.a.lyzed according to the operation of the character and the cla.s.s. Li Cangyu looked down and thought about it while Ling Xuefeng said, "This archer might be Kim Yoonhee. We have to pay attention."
Ling Xuefeng nodded. "Yes."
The game soon began. The system randomly selected a map while the five players on both sides waited.
The random map was Dark Reef. This was a very difficult obstacles map. Based on the map name, there was obviously a beach with countless reefs to block people"s vision.
The map could be used for both death racing and the pairs arena. It was abandoned for the economic league because there was no way to split it into wilderness areas. The tactics of lurking and sneak attacks made this map very interesting to play for death racing and the arena.
The two sides appeared at 10 refresh points on the map after 10 seconds.
This was the interesting part about death racing. At the beginning, the mini-map was covered in fog. Players could see their position and the position of their teammates, but they couldn"t see where the opponents were.
Of course, a strong commander would find the best meeting place based on the players" positions.
During this period of training, the Chinese team members had also practiced the death racing mode. Generally, the key point of death racing was to gather together at the fastest speed.
It was because in a situation where a smaller group encountered a larger group, it was easy to die and give a head to the other side. The death racing mode was based on who won the most heads. It was safer to gather as five and act together.
How to gather together was the biggest problem.
At this time, LI Cangyu adjusted his view to Cheng Wei"s main view and temporarily served as the commander on the Chinese team"s voice channel. "Everyone, quickly gather at the southeast corner of the dark reef map!"
This was the fastest a.s.sembly point based on where everyone refreshed.
The group immediately rushed to the southeast corner. Fortunately, there were no road idiots here or they wouldn"t be able to tell where the southeast corner was.
***
Cheng Wei had just walked a few metres when he suddenly saw a black magician in the corner. He reflexively used G.o.d"s Seal to fix them in place and then typed at an extremely fast speed: [1 black demon!]
He meant that he had discovered a black magician. However, at this time, his teammates were too far away to help him.
Still, Cheng Wei wasn"t afraid. Who would be afraid of meeting a single opponent in the wild?
After the sealing skill controlled the opponent, he followed with two single target skills—G.o.d"s Light and Voice of Combat!
The two moves decreased the opponent"s blood to 60%. Then the black magician was released from the seal and Cheng Wei immediately hid behind a reef.
The black magician pursued decisively and Cheng Wei emerged from the other side of the reef. He used Voice of Combat and decreased the other person"s blood by another 20%!
He quickly reduced the person"s blood to below 50%. Cheng Wei didn"t have time to feel happy when there was a cold flash behind him—Pain Blade!
The Korean team happened to have two players refresh in the vicinity and Cheng Wei was unlucky enough to encounter them!
The trapped Cheng Wei"s blood volume quickly fell as he was brutally beaten.
In the death racing mode, once you fell into a disadvantageous situation, the most important thing was survival!
It was because the number of heads was the key to determining the outcome. As long as they survived and didn"t give points to the other side, they could wait for the rest of the team and fight back.
Cheng Wei thought this and immediately used a key white magician skill, Purification!
This was a long cooldown skill that allowed him to be free from control for three seconds. After Cheng Wei resolved the dizziness of Pain Blade, he immediately walked around the reef. This technique while moving was quite slippery and was worthy of being the handed-down teachings of his idol cat G.o.d.
Li Cangyu was just watching from Cheng Wei"s perspective and couldn"t help feeling admiration. "Xiao Wei is good. Run!"
Cheng Wei ran really quickly and suddenly encountered a person. It was his team"s QIn Mo. They had a companion and the two people acted more boldly. Qin Mo consciously protected the residual blood Cheng Wei.
The distribution of the reef was extremely chaotic. They just turned a corner when they encountered the two men of the Korean team, a swordsman and white magician!
2v2 met on a narrow road. After seeing Cheng Wei"s blood, the two of them ran over to kill Cheng Wei. The opposite side"s white magician used Voice of Combat on Cheng Wei, causing poor Cheng Wei to fall to 5% blood.
Li Cangyu said, "Zhuo Hang, save them!"
He had a grasp of the positions of the five players and had the nearby Zhuo Hang go to save them.
[I understand.] Zhuo Hang hurriedly typed.
The South Korean team was attacking Cheng Wei with full force. At this moment, an elf hunter appeared behind them and placed a row of traps at a very fast speed. The Stop Trap!
It was the most elementary trap but it played a key role!
At the same time, Xiao Han and Zhang Shaohui heard the sound of combat and rushed over. Li Cangyu saw the five people run over and immediately ordered, "Fight!"
The five people combined. Cheng Wei remained in the back and used a white magic spell!
The others also released their output at the fastest speed. By the time two more players of the Korean team caught up, the 5v2 situation had already collected two heads.
On the data panel showing the Chinese team VS the Korean team, the score was 2:0.
Kim Yoonhee frowned.
The strength of the Chinese team was more than she imagined. She just observed this white magician called ChengWei. If she remembered correctly, this should be Cheng Wei who fought at the Carnival. In a 1v2 situation, he quickly used Purification and then movements skills to escape. Both his awareness and positioning were up to standards.
It seemed that the Chinese team didn"t only have Li Cangyu. They also needed a good understanding of the strength of the other players.
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Chapter 261 – Death Racing (2)
After two people in the Korean team accidentally died, the five players on the Chinese team had already gathered at the seaside on the southeast corner of the map. Apart from Cheng Wei, the others were full of blood. If the South Korean team came at this time, three against five naturally wouldn"t be an advantage. Kim Yoonhee made a rational decision. "Everyone gather at the red resurrection point."
There was a red and blue resurrection point in the death racing mode. The swordsman and white magician who just died in the Korean team chose the red resurrection point. The other players rushed to meet them according to the command.
In the training room, a handsome young man suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Yoocheol, you didn"t try your best just now."
The named swordsman shrugged helplessly. "Captain, aren"t we just testing them. I just casually hit and didn"t expect the opposite side to gather so fast…"
Kim Yoonhee looked over at the man and asked, "Captain, do you want to command? I think there must be a master sitting there, otherwise they couldn"t gather so quickly. The hunter saved them too quickly…"
“Don"t worry.” The handsome man smiled slightly. "It doesn"t matter if we win or lose. It is just training."
He stood in a position where he could see the computer screens of the five members in the team. However, it was led by Vice-Captain Kim Yoonhee and he never spoke a word until the two Korean members died.
The man standing next to him touched his chin and muttered, "On the Chinese side, the terran emperor Su Guangmo, the famous killer Lou Wushuang and the super popular summoner Ling Xuefeng isn"t present. They sent a bunch of unknown names. Are they looking down on us?"
The captain shook his head and smiled. "It is training, just like us. There is no need to think too much."
South Korea"s captain Park Joonseo looked rather feminine but he was the well-deserved king of Korean tactics. Otherwise, he wouldn"t be captain of the national team at such a young age.
He played the summoner cla.s.s and was in the World Miracle rankings along with Jack Josh, Ling Xuefeng and others. His registration ID in the Korean League and World Compet.i.tion was Austra, the G.o.ddess of light. This was consistent with his cla.s.s.
He played the rare angel summoner!
***
In the Chinese team"s training room, Zhang Shaohui asked, "The South Korean team suddenly disappeared. Is it to the resurrection point?"
Lou Wushuang spoke calmly, "The possibility of the red resurrection point is greater."
Zhang Shaohui saw the location of the red resurrection point on the small map and agreed. "Yes, the distance is relatively close and it is more convenient to a.s.semble."
The watching Chu Yan couldn"t help saying, "It would be good if we could discuss like this in an official game!"
At this time, the 22 members of the national team were gathered in the training room. Apart from the five people sitting in front of the computer, the other 17 people stood behind them.
Cheng Wei heard Chu Yan say this and wanted to turn around to chat with him. As a result, Cheng Wei saw Yu Pingsheng silently standing behind him, staring seriously at the computer screen…
Cheng Wei was frightened. "Vice-Captain Yu, how can you not even breathe! You scared me!"
Yu Pingsheng glanced at him innocently. "I am breathing."
Everyone, “…”
Su Guangmo pulled his younger brother to his side and whispered, "Don"t get so close. Come here and watch. It has a better view."
"Oh." Yu Pingsheng walked over and stood with his brother. He found that this angle allowed him to see the screens of the five people at the same time and nodded with satisfaction.
The atmosphere of this game was relatively relaxed and everyone chatted while playing.
Li Cangyu"s judgment was the same as Lou Wushuang. The five people of the South Korean team should be gathered at the red resurrection point. He thought about it and made a decision. "Go to the red resurrection point and hit them."
Cheng Wei might have only 5% blood left but under the command of Cat G.o.d, he was a brave fighting cat. He closely followed the footsteps of his team members and didn"t show any obvious cowardice.
Li Cangyu glanced at Cheng Wei"s blood volume and said, "After meeting, they will definitely try to kill the residual blood Cheng Wei. We will use Cheng Wei as bait to lay an ambush. Xiao Zhuo will lay traps while Xiao Han and Vice-Captain Zhang investigate in stealth. Qin Mo, be ready with your big moves. Wait for them to come over and immediately try to kill them. We will also look at their level."
As it happened, none of the five people sent from the Chinese team were commanders. Li Cangyu had to help them from the sidelines. In any case, this was a friendly game and the South Korean side must also have many people gathered together.
Sure enough, the five people arrived near the red resurrection point and Xiao Han discovered the large South Korean group. He immediately typed a "1" on the team channel.
Zhuo Hang reacted extremely quickly, placing a circle of traps around Cheng Wei. Qin Mo summoned the blood spider and blood snake, ready to control the key figures on the other side.
The first one to appear was the Korean team"s melee swordsman. He stepped into Zhuo Hang"s trap and was set in place! The blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin hiding nearby also stepped into Zhuo Hang"s trap. This was because Zhuo Hang skillfully used the terrain when laying traps. All the traps cleverly surrounded the reefs, meaning they would be fixed in place no matter where they walked.
The moment the two melees were set in place, Kim Yoonhee immediately responded, "There is an ambush! Hold the front row and kill the hunter first!"
She didn"t choose to kill the b.l.o.o.d.y Cheng Wei because she judged that the other side had formed a circle with Cheng Wei in the centre. They would step into traps if they wanted to kill Cheng Wei.
On the contrary, Zhuo Hang"s hunter must be removed because he had the strongest interference ability!
The three ranged players of the Korean team fired at the same time. The white magician used G.o.d"s Seal to fix Zhuo Hang in place while the black magician and archer attacked. For a time, lights from various skill effects surrounded Zhuo Hang. Zhuo Hang"s blood fell to 50% in three seconds!
It could be seen that the Korean team"s instantaneous explosive ability was also quite strong, especially Kim Yoonhee. She was one of the most popular bard players in the world. She debuted earlier than Tan s.h.i.tian and became more famous than him.
This girl was different from the cute and lively girls in Korean drama. She was very handsome and her control was skillful. She could accurately target the opponent on a map with many obstacles. Now she used Precise Aim and Shock Shot!
The sharp arrows piercing through the air made a sharp scream. The two moves were crits and Zhuo Hang"s blood directly fell to 20%!
After seeing that Zhuo Hang was about to die, the invisible Xiao Han and Zhuo Hang moved to support. The two people scattered to the left and right, Zhang Shaohui using Pain Blade to control the black magician and Xiao Han controlled the archer with the same Pain Blade!
The outbreak of the South Korean team was interrupted. Zhuo Hang"s life was saved in a thrilling manner and he immediately used Flying Feather Steps to retreat. At the same time, he exploded all his traps. The serial traps exploded together, causing the blood of the two Korean melees to drop.
Qin Mo didn"t hesitate to open the big move, Blood Bat Festival!
Cheng Wei also used G.o.d"s Belief.
The two group attacks pressed the Korean team"s melee swordsman and a.s.sa.s.sin to 30% of their blood. Qin Mo also used the blood spider and blood snake to add five layers of bleeding.
Then the Korean team"s terran swordsman suddenly moved. He instantly leapt behind Cheng Wei and used the most labour-saving attack skill to accurately stab Cheng Wei"s chest, taking the head of the 5% blood Cheng Wei!
Then he used the big move Light and Shadow Rotation to hit Zhuo Hang and Qin Mo!
This response was quite sharp and the operation extremely smooth. The movements of Light and Shadow Rotation were quite accurate. Xie Shurong instantly said, "It is a master. This should be Shim Yoocheol, the ace of the Korean team."
“Shim Yoocheol?" Bai Xuan hadn"t heard of this name before and asked, "Do you know him?"
Xie Shurong explained, "When I used to play at the American ICE Club, I saw Jack fighting against a Korean in the singles world arena. The opponent was the Korean swordsman, Shim Yoocheol."
Su Guangmo asked curiously, "Who finally won?"
"They each won one game and halfway through the third game, Shim Yoocheol suddenly said he was going to eat cold noodles. Then he went offline. Jack was furious and since that day, he hates the Korean cold noodles."
Everyone, “…”
Jack"s hot temper gave him the nickname of "Little Tyrannosaurus". He had been playing against Shim Yoocheol, only for the opponent to suddenly leave the computer and run to eat cold noodles. It could be seen that this person was very arbitrary and freely did whatever he wanted, not taking the American master seriously.
Su Guangmo touched his chin with interest. "This swordsman was a bit interesting. In the Miracle circle, one of the swordsmen mentioned most is him. His popularity is barely able to keep up with me."
Xie Shurong glanced at him. "Should you be speaking like this? Don"t you understand humility?"
Su Guangmo looked at him with amazement. "You are mentioning humility to me?"
The two brothers started to argue. Yu Pingsheng looked silently at Bai Xuan and Bai Xuan helplessly smiled. The two of them suddenly felt like powerless parents watching their children argue…
As they discussed Shim Yoocheol, the situation on the field had changed. Shim Yoocheol saw that Cheng Wei was killed and turned to crush Qin Mo and Zhuo Hang. Qin Mo used Combat Stealth at the critical moment but the originally controlled Zhuo Hang was killed by Shim Yoocheol.
This wave of double kills by Shim Yoocheol turned the heads ratio on the data panel to 2:2.
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