translator: Ciel
After losing the game, Shen He didn’t show any frustration, and his expression was instead very happy. Even after returning to the backstage lounge, he continued to praise Chen Jiang. “Captain Chen is very powerful! Even more powerful then junior sister He Yue! When I fought against him, it constantly felt like he was capable of guessing my every move, and it was so frustrating to fight!”
“That’s because Chen Jiang is more conscious then you,” Qin Mo explained. “He also has more experience in competitions, so he can easily predict how your skills will be used.”
Shen He nodded. “En, while they are both long whip players, I should use different tactics to deal with different opponents. It really was a mistake to use the same strategy I fought He Yue with against her senior brother!”
Qin Mo pat his apprentice on the shoulder. “You’ve already done well, considering that you’re still a newcomer. Take it one step at a time.”
Receiving his master’s encouragement caused Shen He to perk up immediately. Pulling out his mobile phone, he sent a text to Li Muran: “I lost~~”
—— Li Muran has sent a red packet worth 100 yuan.
Shen He was shocked. “Why is there a red packet for losing?!”
Li Muran: “A consolation prize.”
Shen He: “…”
***
The second match between group C and group G was Nie Yuzhu VS Xie Changming. As the apprentice of Bronze Sparrow’s captain, Nie Yuzhu’s strength was unquestionable. He had also inherited the cool yet sharp melee style of the Bronze Sparrow team.
They played the same Xuanbing Palace double ring flow, but Liu Hong had a violent and bloody playstyle, while Nie Yuzhu was extremely calm, to the point where it raised goosebumps on his opponents’ skins. He was like a hunter watching his prey step into his traps. The moment his opponent was caught, he could immediately unleash a wave of explosive outbreaks, dealing extreme amounts of damage!
Although Xie Changming was a great god of Luoying Valley, he was very popular among netizens. However, he had to face captain Nie, and in the end, lost by a small margin.
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With that, the matches between group C and group G ended, leaving the contestants from the final two groups, Sang Jun VS Li Junru, and Liu Hong VS Yuan Xi.
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In the past, Xiao Han and Sang Jun crossed blades many times in the Miracle league, and Xiao Han’s win rate was 60%. From this, it was clear that Sang Jun was indeed a strong player, who could score four hits out of ten against the world-class assassin, god Han. However, the quota for assassins on the national team was limited, and there were other assassins in the Miracle league. Sang Jun had never been selected for the national team, but it couldn’t be denied that he had personal strength.
Similarly, Li Junru was also an excellent player. While Liu Hong defeated her 2:0 in the group stage, in addition to Liu Hong’s own strength, another contributing factor was her lack of understanding towards Liu Hong.
But Li Junru was extremely familiar with Sang Jun.
Both players were from the Miracle league; Sang Jun and Li Junru had fought in competitions before. In this game, both sides fought their hardest to reach the quarterfinals, pulling out all the stops to make it there. On his home map, Sang Jun fought a fast game to snatch the first victory, only for Li Junru to use her poison attacks to win the next game. After drawing 1:1, the final map randomly generated by the system was a mountain map with a complex terrain. Li Junru used her long-ranged attacks to slowly consume Sang Jun’s health, while Sang Jun made use of the terrain to use guerilla warfare tactics, dragging the battle on for a long ten minutes. In the end, Li Junru saved her big move for the last moment, using ‘Arsenic Frost’ to empty the health bar of her poisoned opponent.
Li Junru defeated Sang Jun, which was a result that surprised many netizens. After all, among Dynasty’s members, Sang Jun could be considered the strongest in a one-on-one battle.
In the end, the unseen Lin Yao qualified for the quarterfinals, while Sang Jun failed to get in.
Sang Jun behaved gracefully, walking across the stage to shake hands with Li Junru. “Junru,” he smiled, “you’re getting fiercer and fiercer.”
“Overwhelming,” Li Junru corrected calmly.
Seeing the girl’s straightened back as she walked off the stage with steady steps, and her sharp ponytail as she turned around, Sang Jun had the strangest feeling—— the female player Li Junru might be more terrifying than anyone had ever predicted.
From the beginning of her debut, she had been silently following her captain Liu Xiang, quiet and very well-behaved. Rumours said that Liu Xiang wanted to pass the captaincy to her, and it was manager Xu who refused. A person whom Liu Xiang was optimistic about was definitely not a poor player—— and could definitely not be as obedient and docile as she seemed.
Perhaps, under Liu Junru’s quiet and docile appearance, was the heart of a king who dared to clash head-on with the male players.
The incident regarding the National Grace club had been quite strange, with the news spread by ‘Insider’ on Weibo being just enough to pull manager Xu to the bottom, blackening her with stains that could never be whitewashed. In his fight against Li Junru today, he clearly felt the terrible explosive power under Li Junru’s unwavering appearance. Sang Jun suddenly had a guess, would the ‘Insider’ who pushed manager Xu into deep waters have something to do with Li Junru?
Returning to the backstage lounge, Sang Jun took a seat by his captain. “Captain, I have a feeling that National Grace is going to undergo a huge change.”
“What sort of change?” Chu Jianxin asked doubtfully.
Sang Jun touched his chin, contemplating. “I’ve always felt that there were people behind controlling the scene, quietly amping up the rhythm. If my guess is correct, manager Xu may be forced to step down, and the club will have a new boss…”
Chu Jianxin frowned. “For businesswoman Xu to leave the esports circle is a good thing. The sisters at National Grace have suffered too much.”
“But as a result, National Grace may become an enemy in the future,” Sang Jun smiled bitterly.
Patting him on the shoulder, Chu Jianxin sighed. “Relax, National Grace and Sky are at best a pair of small BOSSes. The big BOSS is Mojue.”
Sang Jun sighed. “… that’s true!”
***
The last match was between Yuan Xi and Liu Hong.
Liu Hong previously defeated Li Junru in the group match with two beautiful wins, but today’s match against Yuan Xi was difficult.
Yuan Xi had been playing a summoner ever since he debuted, and had accumulated three years of experience in competitions, as well as participated in two world competitions. Liu Hong had never fought against him, and didn’t know much about him. Ever since Yuan Xi had been persuaded by Qiu Zongping ever since his attempt to flee, he had given up on his plans of taking captaincy, and concentrated on his summoner playstyle. In that time, he had improved a lot. He also had a different playstyle from Qin Mo, choosing to increase the attacking power of his pets to the highest level and focusing on critical hits to suppress the opponent, instead of using pets to control the field.
Summoning pets to lay siege to his opponents, and exploding pets were also ways of causing damage to his opponents. To Yuan Xi, his pets were not partners to assist him in combat—— instead, they were his weapons!
This sort of brutal playstyle gave Liu Hong a headache.
The flow of the first match was disrupted by Yuan Xi’s continuous pet explosions. Liu Hong immediately adjusted her mentality, pulling the score back to 1:1 in the second game. In the third game, the map randomly chosen by the system was Mingzhou Square. This sort of empty map was not an advantage for the general summoner, because there were no obstacles to be used in tandem with their pets to control the opponent. However, this empty map was exactly what Yuan Xi wanted.
There was no need to run around the map, and both people naturally started fighting a fierce match. Yuan Xi’s equipment added a lot to his critical hit damage and critical hit chance, causing him to deal more damage than Liu Hong. Although Liu Hong used her traps to pit him a few times, because her output was worse, she unfortunately lost by a small gap of 5% health.
Liu Hong was able to accept this result calmly. After all, it hadn’t been long since she switched to playing an output. She was only able to win against Li Junru because she spent three years with her, and understood Li Junru very well. Yuan Xi has played for so many years. After correcting his mentality and diligently studying, his strength was improved by leaps and bounds. Now, Yuan Xi was even better than Qiu Zongping in a head-on confrontation, and Liu Hong felt that his win was deserved.
As they shook hands onstage, Liu Hong smiled gracefully. “Congratulations.”
Yuan Xi scratched his head, replying happily, “Thanks, you also fought really well!”
After returning to the backstage lounge, Liu Hong took the initiative to offer her teammates a smile, seeming not minding her loss.
“It’s okay,” Qin Mo comforted her. “Winning and losing is commonplace among soldiers. Doing your best is good enough.”
Liu Hong nodded. “En.”
In fact, netizens realised that there were too many unexpected results in this league. Liu Hong defeated Li Junru. As a result, Liu Hong failed to make it to the quarterfinals, but Li Junru managed to climb back. Sang Jun, whom everyone was optimistic about, also failed to qualify, but Lin Yao managed to make it instead. What made fans even more puzzled was that Lin Shuangcheng, the captain of the popular Sword Song team, actually lost in the group stage. What exactly happened to him caused his fans endless confusion.
Therefore, it was unreasonable to judge the strength of professional players based on one or two wins or losses. Plenty of data was required to comprehensively analyse just who was stronger or weaker.
“God Wei has been spewing poisonous milk the whole day, and now, our quarterfinalists have finally been decided.” Ye Chao joked.
Cheng Wei was depressed. “Fortunately, I only need to comment on today’s games. Hopefully, the guest you invite tomorrow doesn’t have a crow’s mouth.”
“The guest for tomorrow can’t be announced yet, but they will definitely surprise everyone,” Liang Ru smiled. “For now, let’s take a look at the list of our top eight players.”
The quarterfinalists’ names were displayed on the large screen.
Lin Yao, Qin Mo, Xiao Han, Su Cheng, Chen Jiang, Nie Yuzhu, Li Junru, Yuan Xi.
Mojue took up two slots, once again becoming a winner in life.
Yoo, Liu Hong lost against my XiXi? Heh, don’t know whether to congratulate XiXi or feel a bit surprised that Mojue, our big unkillable BOSS, doesn’t occupy three seats. Hmm, but Sang Jun’s analysis of Li Junru… I like! QwQ if there was fanart of Junru, I might really be gay for her ah qwqwq
Thank you for this deciding chapter! //also who is Chen Jiang omg I only rmb Chu Jianxin
Lol, Shen He is easygoing boy, he will work harder after losing 🤭
Only Twin Stars advance to the next stage, and Yuan Xi.. it’s good for him to qualify lol~
Li Junru is so handsome lol, she is fierce!
You’re welcome~
Lol Chen Jiang is Frost Moon captain, He Yue’s senior brother 😆
Winners in life 😎 Mojue team is greatttt, both gods qualified, I wanted Liu Hong to also win but not everything is perfect in this sad life hahaha
Thanks for the chapter! 💖
Its time for Yuan Xi to shine first, so Liu Hong is lost 🤭You’re welcome~ ❤
I wonder who the new guest commentator is going to be?~ It can’t be Catgod or LXF right!?
Thank you for the chapter! 🌹
You actually guess right 😱
You’re welcome~ ❤
Really!!? 😍 Looking forward to the next chapters~~
oh my.. i hope the guests aren’t the grand masters. for the sake of momo’s peace of mind. Let no one publicly interview them about qinmo jumping ship.