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Chapter 288 – The Double Taunting Lineup
Liu Chuan was a former e-sports king. He might"ve never played Miracle but he could still see the tactical ideas adopted by the Chinese team"s lineup.
The principle of the double taunting was actually very simple but it was hard to deal with.
After all, Spain"s Captain Rodriguez was a world-cla.s.s player. He quickly reacted to the strangeness of the Chinese team. Still, wouldn"t the combination of traps and kiting be chaotic?
Reality proved that Jiang Xu"s commanding ideas were very meticulous. There was no messiness despite the two styles combining and the rhythm of the team was very unified.
After updating their equipment, everyone gathered at the ice dragon"s refresh point. The six members of the Spanish team also came here. The blue field boss was quietly resting in its cave. This was different from the aggressiveness of the fire dragon. The ice dragon was relatively mild and wouldn"t actively attack the players.
Once the melee players of the Spanish team saw the six members of the Chinese team, they didn"t hesitate to rush over. The melee style under the leadership of Rodriguez was fierce and best at fighting hard against others.
Zhuo Hang and Jiang Xu had already placed a row of traps to prevent the opponent from approaching. However, the Spanish team"s paladin Sobrino suddenly released Steel Battle Soul!
The golden light spread out from the paladin and all members of the Spanish team got the "rebound" status. The damage of the traps were rebounded to the Chinese team.
The Spanish team"s melee started to sprint forward under the protection of this big move. The paladin was in front with the three swordsmen and berserker behind him. The priest was at the end and the group of people rushed towards the Chinese team like a tiger.
Meng Jie was in the front row and her pressure when facing the five melee cla.s.ses of Spain was huge. She cleverly avoided the giant axe aimed at her waist but the next swordsman used Spirit Lock to set her in place.
The domestic audience thought that the other side would gather to kill Meng Jie. As a result, the Spanish team bypa.s.sed Meng Jie and rushed towards the fragile hunter Jiang Xu in the back row. Rodriguez obviously chose the first target to be Jiang Xu because he guessed that Jiang Xu was the commander of the game.
Jiang Xu placed traps quickly but the map was too flat. He couldn"t use the terrain to arrange his traps and they were all destroyed by the paladin in the front row.
The paladin was thick-skinned and the damage from the traps only tickled him. Under the protection of the paladin, the melee in the back pressed hard and in the blink of an eye, Jiang Xu was forced to retreat.
—Breaking Bone Sword, Broken Sword, Light and Shadow Rotation!
The three swordsmen teamed up to open many explosive skills in order to kill Jiang Xu. Jiang Xu was beaten to 15% blood and was about to die. Fortunately, Liu Xiang reacted quickly. The moment Jiang Xu was attacked, the priest decisively used a big move.
—Desperate Prayer!
The soft light descended from the sky and Jiang Xu"s blood was instantly pulled back. At the same time, the whole group was immune to all control for three seconds and Jiang Xu was rescued.
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The moment that Liu Xiang was protecting Jiang Xu, the players Tan s.h.i.tian, Cheng Wei and Zhuo Hang were doing something else.
As early as when the Spanish team rushed to kill Jiang Xu, Zhuo Hang had wisely used Flying Feather Steps to fly around while Tan s.h.i.tian and Cheng Wei followed.
The three people joined forces to attack the healer.
Cheng Wei used G.o.d"s Seal to seal the other healer and Tan s.h.i.tian immediately followed up with Precise Shot and Shock Shot. Zhuo Hang used Flying Feather Steps to move around the healer at a very fast speed, putting down a Stop Trap and Death Trap.
There was a loud explosive sound and the hunter"s chain traps exploded. Combined with Tan s.h.i.tian"s arrows, the Spanish priest Brianna"s health dropped to 50%!
Brianna had to instantly use Purification to relieve the negative state on her body. Then she used Holy Light Surge to directly fill up her blood.
Then Zhuo Hang"s Silence Trap once again controlled her!
Cheng Wei followed up by casting G.o.d"s Light and Voice of Combat. Tan s.h.i.tian then fired Death Shot and the two people joined forces to once again press the priest"s blood to 50%.
Brianna wanted to cry and once the control skill was over, she was forced to use Desperate Prayer
The three seconds free of control gave her time to breath but it was also enough time for Zhuo Hang to once again set chain traps around her…
Tan, Cheng and Zhuo set fire to kill her and she simply couldn"t add blood.
Rodriguez noticed that the healer was being beaten and couldn"t help frowning. The Chinese team obviously wanted to kill the healer. If they gave up on killing Jiang Xu and returned to rescue the healer, it would just be wasting everything they did so far. It was better to quickly kill the hunter.
Rodriguez thought this and quickly ordered, "Kill the hunter!"
The members of the Spanish team joined up to kill the weak defense Jiang Xu. Rodriguez thought that the healer of the Chinese team would continue to protect the hunter. Unexpectedly, she decisively abandoned Jiang Xu and left the combat area.
Jiang Xu died.
Rodriguez didn"t have time to be happy because he received news that his healer had died.
Both sides exchanged one head and there wasn"t a numbers disadvantage.
However, Yu Bing quietly stated, "Rodriguez fell into the Chinese team"s trap. The real trap of the Chinese team isn"t the Stop Trap or the Death Trap. It is… Jiang Xu himself."
These words caused the domestic live broadcast room to explode.
Jiang Xu smiled after falling to the ground.
Yes, the real trap weren"t the taps laid on the ground. It was himself.
He was a weak defense hunter who relied on his flexible movements and cooperation with Liu Xiang to force out the other four melee. Next, Tan s.h.i.tian was in excellent condition and would complete the battlefield harvest.
This was the double taunting tactic.
The lineup had two core styles. No matter which side Spain killed first, the Chinese team"s tactics wouldn"t collapse.
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Chapter 289 -Broken Crystal
Jiang Xu and Brianna died in succession and the ground battle became a 5v5 situation.
At this time, the Spanish team"s disadvantage wasn"t obvious. Everyone"s blood was above 80%. As long as the paladin protected them well, the other four outputs would join forces to kill one person from the Chinese team.
Unfortunately, the ranged cla.s.ses of the Chinese team wouldn"t give them a chance to catch up!
While the Spanish players worked together to kill Jiang Xu, Liu Xiang managed to retreat. Then Meng Jie"s Mountain Chop created a huge pit in the ground that hindered displacement skills. Once they Spanish team bypa.s.sed the giant pit to chase the opponents, they found that the ground had already been filled with Zhuo Hang"s traps.
—Stop Trap!
This was a hunter"s basic skill but it was enough to set the short-legged melee in place.
Rodriguez just managed to break out of it when he stepped into the next trap, the Silence Trap!
The audience was a bit surprised. They didn"t expect that Zhuo Hang"s traps could play a role here.
Everyone knew that Zhuo Hang was good at using the terrain but the Spanish bullring was a map with very flat terrain. The advantage of Zhuo Hang"s terrain traps seemed to be greatly weakened.
However, everyone was ignoring Meng Jie"s berserker!
The berserker could use skills to divide the battlefield. The map might originally be flat but Meng Jie"s axe continued to smash down and created numerous obstacles.
Zhuo Hang wisely cooperated with Meng Jie to lay a variety of traps besides the big holes created by the axe.
The Spanish team might be fierce but facing the ground that was full of pits and traps, they were like a lion with one foot cut off. There was no way for them to catch up with the opponents!
Thus, Tan s.h.i.tian and Cheng Wei could comfortably cast their skills in the distance.
The moment Jiang Xu died, the Chinese team"s tactics shifted to the kite flow. Zhuo Hang and Meng Jie controlled the displacement of the other side while Tan Cheng were responsible for attacking. Gradually, they placed pressure on the Spanish team"s blood.
The Spanish team had no healer and could only be beaten. Due to the interference of the hunter"s traps, they couldn"t break through. Rodriguez was a bit annoyed. It felt like he was slamming his fists into a ma.s.s of cotton.
"Do a good job of protection and unleash a strong wave!" Rodriguez gave an order.
The paladin Sobrino immediately used Unbreakable to increase the defense of the whole group and then placed Guardian Shield on the captain to absorb the damage.
Rodriguez stormed towards Zhuo Hang and everyone gathered to kill Zhuo Hang. Then they encountered Tan s.h.i.tian"s Death Arrow Rain waiting for them. By the time the Spanish team exhausted their strength and killed Zhuo Hang, Tan s.h.i.tian had taken the heads of two swordsmen.
One for two, it was a big loss in this wave of combat!
Rodriguez had a headache and ordered, "Retreat!"
3v4 while the other side had a healer. They certainly couldn"t win and Rodriguez wisely gave up on the ice dragon.
Jiang Xu looked at the game time and said, "Go kill the ice dragon. I will go with Xiao Zhuo to the fire dragon."
Tan s.h.i.tian understood the meaning. "I understand."
This round of combat took too long and the fire dragon also refreshed in the top left of the map. Jiang Xu made a judgment and thought that the Spanish team might be desperate enough to steal the fire dragon after giving up on the ice dragon.
The Spanish team"s healer had just been resurrected and the two swordsmen would resurrect in 10 seconds.
Rodriguez returned to the resurrection point to refresh their resources and meet the resurrected teammates.
It would take at least half a minute for the Chinese team to kill the ice dragon. Spain could use this time difference to kill the fire dragon and then use the fire dragon"s bonuses to push towards the crystal.
—He was thinking too beautifully!
Jiang Xu"s eyes were cold. He waited for Zhuo Hang to resurrect and instantly used Flying Feather Steps to move to the refresh point of the fire dragon. The six members of the Spanish team were killing the dragon in the cave.
The fire dragon"s attack power was very fierce. It breathed out fire and the damage caused was amazing.
Nevertheless, Spain had a world-cla.s.s paladin. Under the protection of Sobrino"s Guardian Shield and the rapid healing from Brianna, the other people exploded their hand speed and things were smooth.
Jiang Xu lurked and waited for an opportunity.
Once the fire dragon was beaten to 30% blood and the healer"s big move was on cooldown, he jumped into the cave and laid a trap at a very fast speed.
Zhuo Hang followed and traps were set one after another.
—Jiang Xu"s Stop Trap!
—Zhuo Hang"s Silence Trap!
The hunter"s two simplest traps worked together and the result was that the six Spanish players were collective set in place and unable to use any skills from the silence.
At this time, the fire dragon breathed out blood and the blood volume of the Spanish players started to fall.
The initiators Jiang Xu and Zhuo Hang wisely used Flying Feather Steps to escape.
Rodriguez was frozen in the pit and wanted to cough up blood!
By the time the trap"s effect ended, the Spanish team had fallen to half blood. Brianna was frightened and rushed to fill up their blood. Rodriguez saw that the fire dragon only had 30% health left and said, "Quickly slay the dragon!"
If they gave up then they wouldn"t be able to reverse the situation!
Then Jiang Xu and Zhuo Hang returned, once again setting traps in the cave.
Why were these two hunters so annoying?
Rodriguez wanted to tear these two hunters to shreds but as the captain, he had to make a more rational decision. "The berserker will drive them away. Everyone else will continue to fight the dragon."
The berserker received the order and used Mountain Chop to separate Jiang Xu and Zhuo Hang from the surrounding area while the fire dragon"s blood was reduced to 10%. At this critical moment, a dense arrow rain fell from the sky.
Following the arrow rain was a pure white light—G.o.d"s Belief!
Tan Cheng had arrived!
The domestic audience started to cheer excitedly!
Tan s.h.i.tian and Cheng Wei rushed to the city to recover their blood and blue after killing the ice dragon. Then the headed towards the fire dragon at the fastest speed. They used two big moves to say h.e.l.lo to the residual blood Spanish members.
Rodriguez ordered, "Ignore them and kill the dragon!"
The dragon only had 10% blood left and it was impossible to give up at this time. The members released their skills and the dragon was killed.
[The Spanish team has killed the fire dragon.]
The prompt that appeared on the screen increased the morale of the Spanish team and the bonuses also made them confident. It seemed that victory was in sight.
However, once they came out of the dragon cave, they once again suffered from Jiang Xu and Zhuo Hang"s serial traps.
The Spanish team had just finished killing the boss and their blood was very low. Brianna was about to use a big skill but Cheng Wei quickly used G.o.d"s Seal to control her!
She resolved it using Purification and Tan s.h.i.tian followed with Quenching Arrow to trigger the freezing effect, turning her into an ice sculpture!
Zhuo Hang and Jiang Xu joined forces to control the berserker and paladin in the front row with the Stop Trap and Silence Trap.
Without the support of the paladin and healer, the residual blood Spanish swordsmen were in danger.
The female berserker Meng Jie rushed to the front and the axe in her hand waved aggressively—Cut Through Thorns, World Without Justice!
After controlling the healer, Cheng Wei cast Voice of Combat while Tan s.h.i.tian"s arrows followed closely with Barrage Shot and Rapid Shooting. Rodriguez"s life was directly taken away!
The Spanish captain was killed and Jiang Xu and Zhuo Hang"s traps exploded, killing the remaining two swordsmen.
The remaining three members collapsed and were destroyed in an instant!
Rodriguez looked at the grey screen and felt particularly heavy.
The game was very confusing and he suddenly had a sense of powerlessness. The two hunters of the Chinese team didn"t look great but they smashed the Spanish team"s plan to kill the dragon and break the crystal as soon as possible.
The Spanish team had still won the fire dragon in the end but… what was the use? The other Chinese members arrived and took advantage of the opportunity to kill the six residual blood Spanish players.
The second resurrection time was 20 seconds and it would take 10 seconds to reach the central crystal area…
This half a minute was enough for the Chinese team to break the crystal.
[Victory!]
Once this line popped up on the screen, all six Chinese players showed smiles on their faces.
Tan s.h.i.tian took the initiative to walk over and hug Jiang Xu. "Captain Jiang"s tactics are great."
Liu Xiang also smiled and said, "Yes, the Spanish team messed up by hitting the back row."
Jiang Xu"s actual game performance today wasn"t brilliant. He was killed by the other side just after starting but his tactical arrangement allowed the Chinese team to successfully win the economic war.
A precise layout and judgment, he wasn"t Chinese"s best hunter for nothing.
When necessary, he even used himself as a trap to successfully complete the tactical transfer of the Chinese team.
Jiang Xu wasn"t proud at receiving praise from great G.o.ds. He just felt relieved.
He could finally fulfill his tactical designers on the world stage and tell the people of the world that China"s hunters weren"t weak!
Perhaps the 16 year old Chen Anran would see this game in China and become more determined to play a hunter. Zhuo Hang, who had just won the rookie prize, would gain more insight and growth after this compet.i.tion.
Jiang Xu"s career wasn"t brilliant but in the future Miracle League, there would surely be a stronger hunter than him.
He always believed this.
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