translator: xiin
editor: apricot
Playing in the global semi-finals meant that they were fighting for a place in the finals. Both Y1 and Pro took out all their cards for the battle of freedom.
Y1 took the soul warlock, death knight, immortal warlock, and gold hunter.
Pro didn’t back down at all and took the elemental shaman and gold hunter to hold down the fort, followed by the hidden thief and zither warlock. They also took a berserker warrior who could start up team fights, which was a proper marksman system.
The audience burst out into applause when the line-ups came out. Little Ning, who was watching the live broadcast, couldn’t help cheering with the audience as well.
After having played in the globals for so long, these big fellows had all come to understand the reason behind the competition committee’s ‘good intentions’.
If it hadn’t been for this new competition system, how else would they have been able to see such a fierce collision in the first match?
Although there had been a battle of freedom in the past, having it as the first match was very different from having it at the end.
The first match would definitely happen, but they might never reach the last match. There were too many games that ended at 3:0 or 3:1; 3:2 was rare.
And by putting the battle of freedom as the first match, it sounded a siren’s song in everyone’s hearts and gave them a desire for the first point in a way they’d never experienced before.
An explosive start naturally left the audience in such a state of excitement that they went around sharing the news with everyone!
No one had any doubts about Yan Jiang’s soul warlock. Even if it was a new talent, even if this was the first time Y1 had taken out this line-up, there was no need to question it!
Yan Jiang had already shown the correct way to use this talent as early as during the performance game. Of course, not everyone could use it. But Y1 had always been a team with godly cooperation. Under Yan Jiang’s powerful ability to turn them into a cohesive unit, the five players’ tacit understanding allowed them to adapt quickly to brand new line-ups. It was normal for them to bring out surprises during the competition, to the point where it was one of their tactics.
Changing generals (systems) was something that other teams wouldn’t dare to think of, but Y1 had used this trick to win against countless numbers of strong teams.
The match began!
Was Y1’s in-your-face line-up with the soul warlock stronger, or was Pro’s marksman system in its full glory stronger?
The commentator: “…… This is a bit like pitting a spear against a shield. Let’s wait to see whether the spear pierces the shield, or the shield bars the spear away from the championship!”
Brother Cai was still obsessing over money when they entered the canyon, “Let’s make bets.”
He didn’t dare to provoke the great and little demon kings, so he went to ask Little Ning and Lele instead.
Little Ning hesitated. “Y1?”
Yue Wenle waved his hand, then placed his potato chips on the table. “Pro!”
Brother Cai’s lips twitched. “Bet money! Who wants your potato chips!”
Yue Wenle stared at him.
Ultimately, Brother Cai still understood him. He glanced at the potato chip flavor and was left delighted. “Okay, okay, okay, you can use potato chips.” In any case, he could just sell it back to God Le at a high price if he won!
Wei Xiao couldn’t bear to watch Brother Cai’s scheming anymore and exposed him. “What about you?”
Bai Caicai, who’d originally wanted to play the fool: “!” Little Lunatic Wei, would you die if you spoke a little less!
Wei Xiao narrowed his eyes at him.
Brother Cai was very clever and immediately went to ask him questions instead: “Who are you betting on?”
How could Wei Xiao not understand his careful scheming? He didn’t have any clear idea about how things would go, and he was scared of losing, so he was trying to set him up.
When it came to money, Brother Cai’s potential was about the size of a sesame seed.
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Wei Xiao explained, “It’ll take a few minutes to understand both sides’ states.”
“Pro.”
A low voice suddenly spoke up.
Wei Xiao and Bai Cai both turned their heads at the same time to look at Lu Feng in surprise.
Lu Feng had been the one to speak, and he’d given Bai Cai an answer.
Brother Cai was stunned for a moment, and then he soon became happy. He quickly took off his Omega watch that cost 60-70,000 and smacked it down on the table. “I bet on Pro!”
Would the great demon king be wrong when he spoke up?
Pro was set to win this match, and so was Brother Cai!
Wei Xiao blinked at Lu Feng.
Lu Feng’s eyes didn’t shift at all.
Wei Xiao ultimately couldn’t help himself and quietly hooked his fingers around his boyfriend’s under the table. “Captain, Brother Cai was asking who would win.”
Lu Feng: “Mm.”
Wei Xiao: “Pro is more likely to win?”
Lu Feng didn’t reply.
Wei Xiao understood him well, and switched to a different question. “Turns out that you don’t like Y1 still?”
Lu Feng still didn’t answer.
Wei Xiao realized something and asked, “Is it that you don’t like Captain Yan?”
At this, Lu Feng opened his mouth and a gentle ‘Mm’ floated out.
Wei Xiao was amused. “Why?”
It was rare for him to see the captain like this. Wei Xiao just felt that it was cute and wanted to give him a kiss, but unfortunately, he could only remain secretly amused in his heart while they were in front of so many people.
Lu Feng: “No reason.”
Wei Xiao’s eyes curved as he thought out loud. “Is it because of the performance game?”
Lu Feng, who’d just said that there was no reason for it, helped Wei Xiao out by adding another sentence: “There was also the singles opening game.”
What was there left for Wei Xiao to not understand at this point? It turned out that the vinegar jar had flipped over.
But the question was, what kind of flying vinegar was this? Captain Yan had really been treated unfairly!
However, Wei Xiao’s heart felt sweet as he continued to scratch at his boyfriend’s palm. “In that case, we’ll bet on Pro.”
Lu Feng: “Mm.”
“We’ll play against Pro in the finals.”
“……”
“Beat up God Kim!”
Lu Feng hesitated. It seemed that he was thinking about whether to hope that Y1 would win so that he could beat up Captain Yan in the finals, or if he should hope that Y1 lost, so that he could beat up the innocent Proud Flower Kim in the finals.
Wei Xiao couldn’t help himself and burst out laughing, rocking back and forth.
It turned out that Close had really been this awkward, and it wasn’t something that Scum Man Yuan had made up!
One could imagine how likeable the seventeen year old Lulu had been!
How could Brother Cai, who was listening to the side, not understand? He snuck his hand out, wanting to take back the Omega watch.
Wei Xiao pressed a hand down on his watch. “No takebacks.”
Brother Cai tried to get out of it. “This isn’t chess. They’re betting a keyboard and some potato chips, why do I have to bet an Omega watch!”
The great demon king was out to get him ahhhhh, Laozi’s watch QAQ!
Wei Xiao snarked at him. “It’s because you’re so greedy, like a snake wanting to swallow up an elephant.” It was time he learned a lesson.
They stopped chatting as the game officially began. The first match between Pro and Y1 commenced!
The audience was very supportive. Even if it was a game that didn’t involve teams from their own competition zone, they were still very eager to watch it.
The main reason for this was that FTW was expected to reach the finals, so it was very important for them to see who their opponents in the finals would be.
In terms of playstyles, they wanted it to be Pro; and in terms of strength, they still wanted it to be Pro.
They always had a feeling that many things had to come together favorably if FTW was to win the global championship this year!
Having Pro turn the tables on Y1 was no different from ‘things coming together favorably’!
It wasn’t that Pro was weaker than Y1, but from a system perspective, the jungler core system had a higher chance of tearing down the marksman system.
Even if Proud flower Kim was an absolute big daddy in the later stages and had the protection of his teammates, FTW’s double jungler wasn’t an empty title. It wouldn’t be difficult for the husband and husband pair to take away the proud flower’s life when they worked together.
So…
Go, Pro! Take down Y1!
Who would’ve dared to think…
… That a purely foreign team would be so sincerely blessed by the China competition zone.
Although the blessing would be followed by a violent beating, the proud flower accepted this kind of blessing that would only last for a second!
The game was off to a restless start!
Everyone in the audience who were cheering for Pro felt their hearts rise up to their throats.
Oh god, Y1 was so fierce!
FTW had used the soul warlock system before, so everyone felt particularly great watching it, but this great feeling was on hold prior to level 6.
Before level 6, everyone was worried and afraid that FTW would mess up, and they hadn’t even dared to breathe until they reached level 6 and started flying all over the canyon. Only then did everyone get excited and fly up to the skies in enjoyment along with the team.
Due to this preconceived notion they had, they all thought that Y1 would only focus on survival and development at the start. Even the analysis emperors’ general consensus was: “It feels like Pro has a good chance of winning this match. It’s well known that it’s very important for a marksman system to be reckless in the early stages, while the soul warlock system is a later stage system. After level six…”
The analysis emperor was slapped in the face even before he finished talking.
Was the soul warlock a late stage system? That was FTW’s soul warlock!
It wasn’t the case with Y1.
Their soul warlock was a proper support talent.
As a support talent, it didn’t matter what level they were as long as one could provide accurate enough control.
He started off directly with a soul blade. Just based on the attack range and attack pathing, it wasn’t a problem for Yan Jiang even if it took a bit of time; he could control whoever he wanted to. The world’s number one support player was just that unreasonable.
But Pro hadn’t been caught off guard. It was obvious that both sides had played training matches together before, and they had a certain level of understanding towards Y1’s soul warlock.
Yan Jiang went to invade the jungle zone with Hai, while Park Guizhi dodged left and right, holding onto his jungler skill in the hopes of stealing back the blue buff.
Kim Sung-hyun moved the minimap around and said simply, “Let them have it.”
They couldn’t take it. Park Guizhi would be sending out First Blood as soon as he entered the range of Yan Jiang’s soul blade.
Losing the blue buff was painful, but it was better than gifting out First Blood and losing half of their jungle zone.
Park Guizhi could only take advantage of his stealth to circle around into Y1’s top jungle zone, but Yan Jiang was like a mobile plug-in. A real, expensive vision trap was placed on the path that the hidden thief would have to take, and his position was exposed!
What made him feel even more suffocated was that the hidden thief couldn’t find the position of the trap and couldn’t dismantle it, so…
Hai cleaned up the whole of the Pro jungle zone on his own, while the soul warlock turned back to their own jungle zone. Their mid-laner, Quas, ran over as well to surround him, and Park Guizhi was caught with no way to escape.
Wei Xiao tsked. “Old Park’s ventured too far.”
Even if he was a hidden thief, he wouldn’t be able to go back into stealth and slip away this time.
Y1’s momentum snowballed off their First Blood, and they became even more unbridled in the early stages.
The soul warlock line-up was an early stage system?
The soul warlock was useless before level six?
The soul warlock needed to develop conservatively?
Yan Jiang used six minutes to show the whole world how the soul warlock was really meant to be played!
After all, based on the official definition of the talent, the soul warlock was absolutely a support talent. Y1’s current line-up was what it should be like, and it was the ‘proper’ way that not many teams in the world could do!
Brother Cai, who’d still been chattering and complaining all this time now started to behave.
He didn’t want the Omega watch anymore, and he forgot all about the gambling. He stared at the projection without blinking, and for once, his expression was serious.
The gap couldn’t be known without seeing it with his own eyes, but it became obvious with just a glance now that he had.
Who said that a support player can’t make amazing plays?
Who said that a support player couldn’t be the core of a team?
Who said that a support player couldn’t lead their team to victory?
Yan Jiang’s support was so cool that it made everyone marvel.
Sharp, precise and oppressive.
They didn’t have to be in the canyon to clearly feel this sense of oppression.
xiin: i’m… back? at least, i’m going to *try* to be back. TIHC and RMLE will resume soon, and it looks like TRASH has been picked up by another translator @__@; sorry.
I’m just so glad you’re back! Welcome back!
Thanks for your hardwork!
Hope you are doing well!
An update!!!! Yey!!
Thank you thank you!! ❤️
Aaaahhhh!!!!WELCOME BAACKKKK!!!Been waiting for soo long for the updates🤩🤩🙌!!!Thanks for the chpt!💗
Thanks for the chapter. I have been waiting for this novel’s resumption. Thanks again.
WELCOME XIIN! 🎆🎇✨🎉🎊 THANK YOU!
haven’t read yet! just so happy for the update! 😘😘😘
ooopppss! I mean WELCOME BACK XIIN! 🤭😂✌
Yay welcome back.. we missed you and our chatterbox Xiao Xiao🤩 … And it’s too bad trash was picked up but the translation isn’t that good as yours ..they don’t have editors 😔
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
Welcome back~
Aaaahhh welcome back!!! Thank you for the update and I hope everything is going well for you ❤️
thank you very much for the update !!!
Welcome back Xiin! 🎉🎉
Welcome back!
Welcome back! Ahh I forgot how sticky these two are. Y1 can take battle of freedom but pro still has a chance in later matches… right?? Ha ha.. ha
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Welcome back!!! Welcome back!!! Welcome back!!! 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗
reading this after knowing that ohmyv33nus exist is like wow.