translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
Shen He, who had been watching the match from the backstage lounge, almost stomped on the ground childishly. “Master only lost by a second! It’s such a pity, it was just a single second!”
Xiao Han’s expression was calm, and his reply was confident. “Why do we need to hurry? There’s still two more games. Your master lost the first game out of respect, we can give them one and pocket the other two.”
Shen He was instantly defeated by Xiao Han’s idioms. However, his heart believed that his master could win. Qiu Zongping had obviously taken great pains to select a map and secret book for the game, and only defeated Qin Mo by a narrow gap of one second. Since the next map would be selected by Qin Mo, there was no way he would give Qiu Zongping a chance to kite him.
Sure enough, Qin Mo selected ‘Mingzhou Square’ as the map for the second game.
This map was the simplest of all maps, with only an empty square. There wasn’t even a stone pillar in sight, making it a typical barrier-free map.
On such a map, it was impossible for Qiu Zongping to kite, even if he wanted to.
Qin Mo went on the offensive as soon as the match started, directly using his qinggong skill to leap in front of Qiu Zongping, opening the big move ‘Skyward Sword’!
Using a big move right at the beginning of the match; Qin Mo was clearly trying to force a fast game.
The big move ‘Skyward Sword’ reduced Qiu Zongping’s health by 30% instantly.
Qiu Zongping didn’t panic, immediately widening the distance between them with his qinggong skill, summoning mechanical chariots to block Qin Mo’s advance—— this trick of using four pets to block was something Qin Mo had taught him personally back then, and Qiu Zongping had practiced it well. However, this operation wasn’t enough to stop Qin Mo!
The moment his opponent’s pets surrounded him, Qin Mo leapt into the air, avoiding the blockage and the subsequent explosion of the chariots. The swordsman in white flew into the air like a bird spreading its wings, followed by—— Drifting Sword!
It was his trademark penetrating skill. This time, Ink Mark teleported behind Ordinary Person’s directly, stabbing his opponent in the chest with incomparable accuracy.
Qin Mo’s ability to deal a large wave of damage in close combat was astonishing. After using the penetration skill of ‘Drifting Sword’, he used the targeted skill ‘Unrivalled Sword’, directly cutting Qiu Zongping’s health to 40%!
It had only been ten seconds since the match started.
The rhythm was so fast that the audience couldn’t help but feel nervous for Qiu Zongping.
Everyone who had fought with Qin Mo shared a common understanding—— it was very uncomfortable to fight Ink Mark head on, because a single set of outburst could make you doubt life.
Knowing that he couldn’t do nothing and wait to be beaten up, Qiu Zongping summoned a mechanical blood cow to resist the damage, simultaneously trapping Ink Mark with two mechanical snakes.
Since the distance was too close, the mechanical snakes couldn’t be avoided, and Ink Mark was fixed in place.
After finding himself a few seconds to adjust, Qiu Zongping immediately made his summoner retreat until they were about 20 metres apart. This was followed up with a wave of mechanical rats to inflict three layers of weakness on Ink Mark, before hitting the swordsman with an aerial attack from the mechanical hawk.
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This wave of counterattacks was played calmly, and the skill sequence used was very reasonable. Qiu Zongping had tried his best to maximise the damage dealt in the short time available to him.
However, this was only possible because of the weakened status previously placed on Ink Mark. Without it, his explosive output could not match Qin Mo’s.
Qin Mo was very calm, and resisted this wave of damage. The instant the fear control had ended, his right hand quickly slid across the lightscreen. This incomparably precise operation made the white-clothed swordsman turn to face the summoner; his longsword sweeping forward in a curved arc before stabbing forward, signalling Qin Mo’s most commonly used ‘Heaven Sun’ combo!
Silenced, the summoner could no longer release any skills.
Qin Mo immediately launched a series of normal attacks, triggering his weapon’s deceleration effect!
Now that the summoner moved as slowly as a snail, and couldn’t release any skills, Qin Mo immediately burst out a wave of combos. The audience could only see the snow-white swordlights enveloping Qiu Zongping’s summoner—— Sword Rain Fragrance, Sword Spirit Heart, Sword Horizon, Unrivalled Sword!
A series of combos were laid down without hesitation, emptying the summoner’s health in one breath!
——[Ink Mark] has killed [Ordinary Person]!
The game had ended very quickly, and the audience wasn’t able to clearly see the final scene where Qin Mo had killed Qiu Zongping. It was only after the director had rewound the footage and played it back in slow motion that everyone realised: in just several seconds, Qin Mo had used four skills in a row!
The swordsman in white and the longsword in his hand seemed to have become one.
Qiu Zongping was also shocked. Unexpectedly, the god Mo’s instant outbreak was actually this powerful.
There was nowhere for him to hide on the map, and there were no obstacles for him to use. Qiu Zongping’s tactics of dragging the rhythm could not be played.
Both sides tied 1:1, and the final game would determine who qualified for the top 16.
***
The atmosphere gradually became tense, and the speed of the live commentary also accelerated.
“The winner of the final game will qualify for the top 16, and the loser will be eliminated,” Ye Chao rushed to speak. “It will depend who can seize the opportunity! Qiu Zongping has shown that he is very good at controlling a slow-paced war of attrition, while Qin Mo is better at killing his opponents in a fast-paced outbreak battle. Thus, the map of the third game is very critical.”
“The map is randomly selected by the system, so everything will depend on both players’ luck,” Liang Ru chimed in. “If the system selects barrier-free maps such as Mingzhou Square or Mingzhou Arena, there will be no hope for captain Qiu.”
In the end, the system wasn’t too cruel to Qiu Zongping, and randomly selected ‘Liushuang City’s Western Suburbs’ as the final map.
Liushuang City was a town located in the northern desert ice field, and several scenes from the city were used as competition maps in the official database. Among them was the snow scene of Western Suburbs, which featured heavy snowfall, fierce winds, and desolate towns. Many ruins were present, half-buried by the thick snow. Due to the knee-deep snow covering the ground, players would find their movement speeds greatly reduced. At the same time, the map had a complex terrain with many houses and streets, giving players the opportunity to hide in the houses or engage in aerial combat from the roofs, allowing for flexible gameplay.
As soon as the match began, Qin Mo immediately used his qinggong skill to fly into the attic in the middle of the map, which was the highest point of Liushuang City. Few players chose to go upstairs in a competition, with most preferring to stay on the ground. Thus, Ink Mark’s choice was one that puzzled the watching audience.
However, everyone soon realised the benefits to Qin Mo’s actions——
From this high vantage point, Ink Mark could clearly see his opponent’s position, but Qiu Zongping couldn’t see him at all.
Generally speaking, the range of vision for all players should be equal. If you could see me, then I should also be able to see you. There were also no obstacles between Qin Mo and Qiu Zongping, so nothing should be obstructing their vision. So why did Qiu Zongping fail to find Ink Mark despite having turned the camera to look up above?
Being able to see from both players’ point of view caused the audience to be very confused, assuming that the game might have a bug. However, the experienced commentator Ye Chao soon thought of an explanation. “This is a snow map, with heavy snowfall! Snow falls from a high place to a low place, and in real life, we are unable to clearly see a higher vantage point due to our vision being blocked by the falling snow. Peerless Jianghu is designed to be extremely similar to reality, thus, god Mo took advantage of the different field of vision caused by the snowfall, and went to check out Qiu Zongping’s next course of action!”
The audience: “…”
Was there actually a difference in vision when on a snowy day? No one had found out about it!
God Mo was indeed extraordinary, being able to take advantage of something like this!
On the ground, Qiu Zongping was unable to find god Mo’s whereabouts. Worried about being ambushed from a nearby house, he immediately summoned the mechanical blood cow to block the potential damage, hiding it in a house. At the same time, he also summoned the mechanical rats, which were also hidden in the house.
In this way, even if Qin Mo ambushed him with a series of moves, all his skills would be forced into cooldown—— all the damage would be forcibly absorbed by the blood cow.
Moreover, the rats lying in ambush could make use of the opportunity to inflict Ink Mark with several layers of weakness.
Qiu Zongping’s plan was indeed very good, but unfortunately, he wasn’t aware that all his actions had long since been discovered by Qin Mo.
Standing in the attic, Qin Mo observed Qiu Zongping’s every action. After the ambush was set, Qin Mo slid his fingers across the lightscreen, operating his swordsman to fly down from his vantage point to the roof behind Qiu Zongping.
Even if Qiu Zongping was unable to see, he could still hear the footsteps made when Ink Mark landed, and the slight rustling from the eaves behind him, causing him to turn around immediately—— but it was already too late!
Qin Mo’s actions were very fast. The moment Qiu Zongping turned around, he darted into the room in which Qiu Zongping set up his mechanical blood cow and mechanical rats, killing them with a few waves of his sword, before jumping out from the window.
Sensing that his pets had been attacked, Qiu Zongping immediately realised that Qin Mo had entered the house. He ran into the room, wanting to summon his mechanical chariots to besiege Qin Mo, but found only the bodies of his mechanical pets in the room. The window was wide open, almost cracked into pieces from the roaring gale. Obviously, god Mo had left from the window after killing his pets. Naturally, Qiu Zongping wouldn’t leave from that same direction, because god Mo was probably waiting to ambush him outside. He immediately returned to the open doorway, only to be greeted by a sharp sword!
It turned out that after Qin Mo jumped through the window, he leapt up onto the roof to wait. In this way, regardless of whether Qiu Zongping exited the house through the door or the window, Qin Mo could always find his position quickly and seize the opportunity for an ambush.
—— Sword Rain Fragrance!
Countless snow-white sword spirits fell from the sky alongside the snow, stunning Qiu Zongping’s summoner and immobilising him in place.
Qin Mo immediately flew down, the longsword in his hands carving out beautiful sword flowers, and the resultant outbreak cut his opponent’s health down to 50%!
The audience was almost struck dumb. Qin Mo’s guerrilla warfare tactics were executed smoothly, be it flying in the air to block his opponent’s vision, launching a sneak attack, or ambushing his opponent. Even the difference in the visual field due to the heavy snowfall was factored into his calculations; his tactics were truly quite refined.
Whoever said that melee professions would only fight with their opponents head-on?
This method of sneak attack employed by god Mo could cause his opponent to become confused.
Qiu Zongping also felt helpless. Qin Mo was appearing and disappearing like a ghost, hiding in the room, jumping to the roof. In this snowy map, the swordsman in white was almost like an unreachable phantom.
It was hard to resist a wave of damage after getting stunned, which would cause the blood volume gap to increase. Left with no other choice, Qiu Zongping could only fight back, using the secret book skill and the mechanical hawk’s air raids to close the blood gap a little—— only for Ink Mark to disappear a few moments later.
“This sort of ghost-like playstyle is not something most people can learn,” Ye Chao summarised. “It’s not Qin Mo’s usual playstyle; Xiao Han must have led him astray.”
“It should be called ‘learning from Xiao Han’, probably!” Liang Ru laughed.
Xiao Han, who was watching the match from the backstage lounge, smiled and thought to himself: my wife learnt how to sneak attack people from me, is there a need to make such a fuss?
Both commentators had guessed right. After becoming partners, Qin Mo and Xiao Han had teamed up to play every day, and Qin Mo had been influenced by Xiao Han to some extent. Previously, he hadn’t liked this sort of sneak attack, being more proficient in controlling the field upfront or bursting out a wave of damage. But the system-generated map today had many houses, and several lofts which could be used as a vantage point, which was well-suited for sneak attacks. In addition, he had specially researched the visual field distance on snow scene maps, so he claimed a spot on high ground at the beginning to check on Qiu Zongping’s plans, before conducting a tactical ambush and various sneak attacks against Qiu Zongping.
Qin Mo was very careful. After the first wave of sneak attacks, he completely controlled Qiu Zongping at his own rhythm.
Although Qiu Zongping fought back several times, Qin Mo relied on the impaired visual field to control the game, seizing the opportunity to use ‘Drifting Sword’ to penetrate through the wall, stabbing his opponent to death!
Watching the swordsman in white pass through the wall to kill his opponent caused the audience to burst into a deafening applause!
This was a play worthy of god Mo! Despite being in a disadvantageous situation, he could keep calm and continue looking for opportunities. He could also fight head-on against any player without fear, and could also use assassination techniques exquistely. His research on the map’s effects on the visual field were through and even more admirable. Mojue’s captaincy hadn’t been given to him in vain!
“And the final score is 2:1, with Qin Mo emerging victorious against Qiu Zongping,” Ye Chao exclaimed excitedly. “Let us all congratulate god Mo on making it into the top 16!”
“Congratulations to god Mo!” Liang Ru applauded. “I still remember the black fans jeering when he lost the first match of the group stage, but today, god Mo has proved his strength. He is worthy to be Mojue’s captain!”
The applause lasted for a long time. Many members of the audience expressed their admiration and respect for Qin Mo with their warm applause.
After three years of absence, he had once again returned to stand on stage. Even though he was now playing a melee swordsman, he was still sharp, still dazzling, and even calmer then the little prince of that year!
It wasn’t until this moment that Qin Mo’s fans really realised—— god Mo had really returned!
Xiao Han is a proud husband since the wife got influenced by his play style and used jr in a competition… 🤭
+1 he is proud, wife adapts his playstyle in competition 🙈
God Mo has returned after his pain in Miracle!! QwQ Where is the cute and tsun teen I saw in GLS ah….. My son so strong now, can easily win anytime anywhere~ Xiao Han’s so proud of wifey learning from him, its so cute ah!! Ah speaking of Qiu Zongping, when can I see my son of Wind Colour again…
Thank you for this chapter that fed me dog food so early in the morn!
He is still a tsun tsun in front of Xiao Han 😍
We will see him again soon lol, there’s still many competition to go~
You’re welcome~ ❤
Our little prince has become a king….. :’)
Thanks for the chapter!!
He really is ☺
You’re welcome~ ❤
A victory!~ ✧٩(•́⌄•́๑)و ✧
It’s really amazing how strong he is mentally! From now on they won’t see the Qin Mo from three years ago rather they will witness the new Qin Mo! I really look forward to it!~ Qin Mo using the playstyle of Xiao Han haha How proud Xiao Han is from that~ (ᗒᗜᗕ)՛̵̖Thank you for the chapter! ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎
+1
Learning hubby’s playstyle~ ❤ You’re welcome~!
Awww what a handsome performance. Cute hubsy proud moment too by Xiao Han
hubby is proud of his wifey 🙈
i imagine there will be a lot more advanced tactics in the next season when people study all the nuances with the maps and secret books (and also learn from mojue).