translator: Ciel
All of the group matches in Group A were over, and the two pairs who qualified were Frost Moon’s Chen Jiang and He Yue, as well as Whisper’s Luo Yuan and Wei Guanghua. Up next were the matches from group B.
Liu Hong and Pei Yu won their match 2:0 on the first day of the group stage, but met the double summoner combination of Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi yesterday, and ended up losing 0:2.
Qiu Zongping stood in the distance, using various pets to control Pei Yu, leaving Yuan Xi responsible for the attack. The two teamed up to kill Pei Yu first, leaving Liu Hong alone, causing Mojue to lose the first game quickly. The second game was Mojue’s home map, and although Pei Yu used his sound wave skills to penetrate the obstacles and run interference, Qiu Zongping predicted Pei Yu’s operation in advance and summoned a mechanical blood cow to resist the damage. This provided Yuan Xi with the best available environment for output, allowing Yuan Xi to kill Pei Yu in seconds.
To put it simply, Qiu Zongping grasped the weak point of the Pei Hong combination, killing Pei Yu in two consecutive rounds to form a 2V1 situation, winning the match 2:0.
Qin Mo hadn’t said much after the game ended yesterday, instead letting Pei Yu sum up his experience and go over what he learnt, adjusting his mentality for the final match.
Pei Yu knew very well that in the partner competition, both people needed to be of similar levels and cooperate well in order to seize victory. However, when one person was obviously weaker than his teammate, he would become the weakness targeted the opponent—— and he, Pei Yu, was precisely this shortcoming.
He was dragging sister Hong’s back, which was a very uncomfortable feeling. Distressed, Pei Yu was unable to sleep, and stayed up till the wee hours of the morning.
Now, group A’s matches had ended, and group B’s matches would begin shortly.
The first match would be between Qiu Yuan and another group of players. Realising that the teenager’s face was pale, Liu Hong reached out to comfort him. “Xiao Pei, don’t think too much. Just relax.”
Pei Yu smiled. “En.”
Hearing the exchange between them, Qin Mo offered a reminder. “Your opponents are the output and healer combination from Interlude. Among them is Xuanbing Palace’s double ring flow player Li Mengjue; A-Hong should have fought against him before, and his strength is not too bad. Their healer, Fu Feng, is a newcomer with potential being trained by Su Cheng.”
Shen He wanted to vomit. “As expected of Interlude’s players, even their names sound very artistic!”
“The strength of this combination is not bad,” Liu Hong explained seriously. “In addition to Su Cheng’s and Xie Changming’s guqin and flute ensemble, these two people are also part of Interlude’s starting line-up.” After a pause, she added, “I’m confident of defeating Li Mengjue in an individual match, but with his healer, killing him will be very troublesome. I’m thinking of teaming up with Xiao Pei to control the healer seamlessly, before killing Li Mengjue as soon as possible. What does captain Qin think?”
“This is a good method,” Qin Mo agreed. Glancing at Pei Yu, he offered a piece of advice. “Xiao Pei, you must seize the opportunity to control the field from a distance, and predict the other party’s healing skills accurately. It is best if you can trick him into using his purification skill.”
Pei Yu nodded immediately. “I understand.”
In the first match, Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi won 2:0 without any suspense, and the double summoners entered the top 16 as first place in the group.
Up next will be Liu Hong and Pei Yu’s match. This game would determine whether or not they would qualify for the next round.
Just as the two were about to head for the stage, Qin Mo suddenly spoke. “Xiao Pei.”
Startled, Pei Yu turned around, only to see Qin Mo fish out a candy from his pocket and offer it to him. “Eat candy, and play this game well.”
The audience: “…”
The captain gave out candy before the game. Why did no one else get this sort of special treatment?
Shen He immediately called out. “Master, I also want candy.”
“I only prepared one for Xiao Pei,” Qin Mo replied evenly.
At this moment, Li Muran took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, passing it over to Shen He. “Brother Ran is still the best,” Shen He cheered, excitedly stuffing the chocolate into his mouth.
Li Muran nodded expressionlessly.
“With the captain’s candy of concern, will Xiao Pei perform super well after eating it?” He Beiguang joked.
“Naturally, I will do my best,” Pei Yu replied mechanically. He peeled off the wrapper, before popping the candy into his mouth.
To his surprise, the candy was not sweet, and a strange bitter taste coated his tongue. Faced with Qin Mo’s unfathomable gaze, Pei Yu could only conceal his doubts. “Thanks, captain Qin.”
After Pei Yi and Liu Hong left, Xiao Han inched over to Qin Mo, leaning in to ask. “Your offer of sweets; did it have a special meaning?”
“For him to wake up as soon as possible,” Qin Mo replied quietly.
Having seen all sorts of newcomers in the training camp, Qin Mo was soon able to identify their characteristics, and prescribe the right medicine.
Among Mojue’s four newcomers, Li Muran had a perpetually paralysed face. With his extraordinary calm and rationality, Qin Mo did not need to worry too much. With a little bit of guidance, Li Muran would naturally be able to infer the results, and his ability to comprehend complex tactics were the strongest among the four.
Shen He had a very fast hand speed, extraordinary talent, was quick to learn and was superb at imitating. The little monkey was a natural optimist, and could still laugh even after losing a game. Qin Mo didn’t have to worry about this little apprentice, because Shen He was very capable of adjusting his own mentality.
He Beiguang was a single-cell animal, with everything written plainly on his face. A few words of comfort were enough to revitalise him, once more returning him to his usual lively and vigorous manner.
Among the four, Pei Yu was the most complicated one.
Qin Mo remembered that when he first arrived at Dragon Song as the prospective captain, the various youths in the training camp showed him all kinds of attitudes—— hostility, fear, or closeness. Only Pei Yu remained calm from the beginning to the end, reporting on time every day and training very seriously, because he knew with just one glance that Qin Mo would be the future decision-maker of the Mojue team, and that he would only be selected if he gained enough goodwill from Qin Mo.
Facts proved that Pei Yu had been right, and Qin Mo had indeed chosen him.
But this little cleverness couldn’t hide him from Qin Mo’s eyes. On the contrary, the more he concealed himself, the more clearly Qin Mo saw through him.
The lights on the big stage were dazzling, and the bitter taste on his tongue constantly stimulated his taste buds. Gradually, Pei Yu’s mind calmed down.
Why did the captain give him a bitter-tasting candy?
Was it simply to encourage him? Of course not.
Thinking back to just now, Qin Mo’s clear and bright eyes had stared at him, as if he had understood everything—— Pei Yu’s heart lurched. Had the captain realised what was on his mind?
As early as half a year ago, when Xiao Han paid an extraordinary amount of attention to ‘Ink Mark’ in the new district, Pei Yu guessed that this person would likely become the vice-captain of the new team. Of course, Xiao Han giving up his captaincy was an unexpected move, but Pei Yu’s judgement had not been incorrect.
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As an existence that was dispensable and could be replaced at any time, he could only try his best to keep up the image of being sensible and obedient, leaving Qin Mo with a good impression of himself to ensure that he would not be replaced next season.
But Qin Mo’s actions today told Pei Yu the truth—— all his thoughts had already been seen through by Qin Mo.
Thinking about this, Pei Yu immediately felt a chill go down his spine.
It was useless to play petty tricks before Qin Mo, but too much speculation would be self-defeating. If he truly wanted to impress Qin Mo, there was only one way—— he had to rely on his strength.
Taking a deep breath, Pei Yu quickly logged into his account.
The game would begin shortly. As Liu Hong rolled a higher score, the first game would be Mojue’s home map.
According to the idea they discussed earlier, Liu Hong selected the obstacle map ‘Lantern Street’.
—— This map was a scene of a small town from the game, comprised of three long streets from the south to the north. Rows of lanterns were hung on the streets, three metres long and two metres high, and were connected to each other. Although the map environment was a night scene, the brightly coloured lanterns lit up the entire street.
The audience couldn’t stop praising the gorgeous lantern city scene. With the power of 3D technology, the players themselves could be dazzled by the various lights, and performing accurate operations were more difficult.
Liu Hong and Pei Yu loaded on the leftmost street, while the other two appeared on the opposite side.
At the beginning of the match, the opposing ‘Endless’ and ‘Boundless Romance’ immediately used qinggong to leap to the middle street, crossing over the two-meter-high row of lanterns. However, to their surprise, a soft white sound wave hit them the moment they jumped over the lanterns—— Cold River Snow.
This was a group control skill from Luoying Valley’s jade flute flow, which was capable of penetrating obstacles to reach the target, instantly freezing opponents on the other side of the obstacle.
Both opponents were frozen in place. At the same time, a female disciple dressed in the blue robes of Xuanbing Palace flew straight down from the air, using a group attack skill with her double rings—— Double Dragon Beads!
Seeing Liu Hong rush over with a fierce attack, Fu Feng immediately used his purification skill ‘Rectifying Evil’, reliving the immobilisation effect.
In the next moment, Liu Hong followed up with the skill ‘Twin Laurel Fragrance’. Her ring traps covered a wide area, preventing their opponents from moving away.
Fortunately, although the healer was immobilised, they could still add blood, and the amount of blood taken away by Liu Hong could be added back.
So, Liu Hong used the secret book skill ‘Song of Everlasting Regret’, causing the healer to fall asleep for 5 seconds.
Both players studied the double ring flow. Seeing Liu Hong release the wide-scale ring trap skill, Li Mengjue immediately teleported away with ‘Floating Light’.
Liu Hong immediately gave chase, exchanging another wave of skills with Li Mengjue.
For the next few minutes, gold and silver rings fell from the sky like rain. Both players fought hard, but Liu Hong relied on her meticulous positioning to occupy a small advantage. After the exchange, Li Mengjue’s blood volume had fallen to 55%, while Liu Hong had 60%.
This tiny gap was not important. Because the opponent had a healer on their team, after the 5-second sleep control ended, a few skills were all he needed to fill up his teammate’s blood.
Just as the sleep control ended, a pale green sound wave passed through the nearby lanterns, accurately landing on the healer—— Broken Bridge!
It was another control skill from Luoying Valley’s jade flute flow, and its soundwaves could pass through objects to stun the opponent for 3 seconds.
Pei Yu had been on the far left of Lantern Street. Due to the placement of the lanterns, the battle in the middle street was blocked from his field of vision. So, how did he accurately predict the position of the opposing healer?
Ye Chao offered an explanation. “He should have guessed the location of the healer from his teammate’s location. Liu Hong set a trap earlier and froze the healer in place, and her previous position could be observed through his minimap. Because of the trap’s existence, the healer’s position naturally did not change.”
Pei Yu had indeed inferred the location of the opposing healer based on Liu Hong’s position, and immediately followed up with a control skill the moment the 5-second sleep control ended.
While controlling the opposing healer with Broken Bridge, Pei Yu used another large-scale group attack skill—— Shadow Flock!
A crisp melody was played on the flute, summoning a large flock of birds to surround the opponents like a raging flood, inflicting a large amount of group damage.
Skills available to the jade flute flow were mainly long-ranged single-target skills. Among its various skills, Shadow Flock was its only group attack skill. The position of the birds that dive bombed the opponent from the skies was a clear sign, allowing Pei Yu to quickly determine the location of their opponents.
Pei Yu immediately moved two steps, before raising his green bamboo flute to his lips once more.
—— Gusu Trip, Mulberry Melody!
The combination of two flute skills, plus Liu Hong’s unstoppable attack, reduced their opponent’s blood volume to the dangerous state of 10%!
At this moment, the healer finally broke out of the control. However, Pei Yu, who was hidden behind the rows of lanterns, immediately released another highly disruptive control skill—— Flying Partridge!
Once again, the sound wave passed through the various lanterns to hit the healer accurately, summoning a partridge from the skies to peck him in the eyes, rendering him blind.
Once blinded, the healer was unable to locate their teammates, and single-target heals could not be used. They could only blindly add blood with a group healing skill. However, group healing skills consumed a lot of blue, and did not return as much as a single-target heal. With Liu Hong’s violent output, the blood returned by the group skill was instantly taken away!
The blindness control on the healer had ended. Just as they were about to read an array to quickly fill up their teammate’s blood volume, another green soundwave appeared through the walls—— Spring Lake!
This soundwave skill had the effect of inflicting a 3-second silence control on opponents. Pei Yu had once again interfered with the healer’s rhythm at a critical moment.
With that, Liu Hong used a single skill of ‘Cold Moon Flower Spirit’ to kill the opposing output.
At this time, Liu Hong’s blood volume had also been taken away by the opponent, and she was left with 15% of her blood. Still, Pei Hong was at full health. The moment the opposing output died, Pei Yu joined hands with Liu Hong to surround the healer, winning the game with no suspense.
This round was won quite quickly.
Pei Yu’s excellent interference of the opposing healer with his precise and accurate control skills amazed the watching audience.
Only now did everyone notice this teenager from Mojue—— compared to Shen He, he was really quite inconspicuous. Like a student wearing glasses, he looked obedient and quiet, and was easily overlooked.
But it was this easily-overlooked teenager who stood on this stage, standing behind a row of lanterns but yet controlled the field perfectly, giving Liu Hong the opportunity she needed to kill the opponent.
***
Watching from the backstage lounge, Qin Mo felt gratified. “Xiao Pei should have understood my intentions.”
“In fact, if he’s serious, his skills are actually not poor,” Xiao Han pointed out. “His judgement of locations is also very accurate.”
Qin Mo nodded in agreement. “He was just overthinking it.”
After constantly thinking about what was in the captain’s head, Pei Yu’s IQ was simply not being used where it should have been. Qin Mo had the impression that if Pei Yu was transported to ancient times, he would certainly be the longest-lasting among all civil and military officials—— because he was best at trying to figure out the emperor’s mind, and pretending to be gentle and harmless. Even if the emperor wanted to cut off someone’s head, it wouldn’t be Pei Yu on the chopping block.
But in fact, he had no need to do so in Mojue, because Qin Mo was not a bloodthirsty tyrant who killed innocents.
Perhaps it was Qin Mo’s aggressive elimination of five people in three days after arriving at Dragon Song, which left a dark shadow on little friend Pei Yu’s heart?
Tapping his chin, Qin Mo turned to look at Li Muran. “What is the key reason for the loss in this match?”
“They should have killed Pei Yu first, and brought secret books to resolve control,” Li Muran replied promptly.
Qiu Zongping was very clever in yesterday’s match. As soon as the match began, he joined forces with Yuan Xi to kill Pei Yu, before ganging up 2V1 on Liu Hong.
Pei Yu was indeed not on Liu Hong’s level, but the existence of his long-range interference would make the opponent quite uncomfortable.
The pair from Interlude were controlled from the start. Once the healer was controlled, they fell into a passive situation. Pei Yu hid behind rows of lanterns, using the penetrating soundwaves to control them from a distance. Once the pair were seamlessly controlled, they could only wait for death.
After winning the first match, Pei Yu’s mood improved.
The strange-tasting candy that Qin Mo had given him had been swallowed long ago. It tasted bitter at first, but somehow, Pei Yu’s heart was warm.
During this period of time, captain Qin had taught Shen He how to fight, taught Li Muran tactics, and even enlightened He Beiguang. Only he was left aside. He had assumed captain Qin did not like him, but perhaps… he had been thinking too much.
Seeing Pei Yu’s lowered head, Liu Hong laughed. “What are you thinking about this time? You’re still so young, but your head is filled with all sorts of strange ideas.”
Embarrassed, Pei Yu chuckled. “Nothing much.”
Liu Hong patted him on the shoulder. “We need to change a strategy for the next game. The opponent will definitely think of a way to target you. You should know what to do, right?”
Pei Yu nodded. “I do.”
***
The second match was the opponent’s home game, with the selected map being ‘Blood Mist Forest’.
—— Such a selection was definitely made under the guidance of captain Su Cheng.
A thick blood-coloured mist covered the entire forest, causing the negative state of ‘bleeding’ on all players, enforcing a loss of 1% blood every second.
The opponents have a healer, and the lost blood could be recovered. Liu Hong and Pei Yu had no healing skills, and would continue to lose more blood over time. However, thinking about it from another point of view, the blood mist would also increase the pressure on the opposing healer. If the healer was controlled, the opposing output players would join hands to kill your own output, and because of the map environment, the death would come even faster than on a normal map.
One side sought for a slow match, and the other side wanted a quick game. Whomever controlled the rhythm would earn themselves the victory; the key point was still their reactions when playing the game itself.
As soon as the match began, both groups were loaded onto the map.
Dragging the rhythm was a viable tactic, but deliberately procrastinating, avoiding confrontations with the opponent for long periods of time, and using the map to play a game of hide-and-seek were all behaviours prohibited by the rules. In such a situation, the referee would step in, and the match would be won by the opponent by default. Thus, Interlude’s players could not hide forever, and had to make contact with the opponent.
The instant both sides met in the middle of the map, Li Mengjue immediately used qinggong to fly to the back row, throwing his double rings at Pei Yu’s chest!
Seeing the opponent draw near, Pei Yu retreated quickly, appearing somewhat flustered.
Naturally, Li Mengjue wouldn’t let go of such a rare opportunity, immediately following up with a set of combos.
However, the moment he took a step forward, he realised that he had unknowingly stepped on a trap previously set by Liu Hong, and was now fixed in place.
—— Not good!
Determined to be vigilant, Li Mengjue immediately used the teleportation skill ‘Floating Light’ to retreat.
As a result, after retreating ten metres, he once again stepped on another ring trap laid out by Liu Hong!
—— This was a serial trap with Pei Yu as the bait!
Liu Hong’s approach was quite clever. Knowing that the opponents would target Pei Yu first in this round, she placed a row of traps around Pei Yu for Li Mengjue to step on. Pei Yu cooperated with his acting, and the opponent was successfully fooled.
With the damage from the trap blast as well as the blood mist from the environment, Li Mengjue’s blood volume fell to half in an instant, forcing the opposing healer to immediately restore his blood.
Pei Yu used this time to retreat to a safer distance. Now that he was no longer being interfered with, he could play his flute in peace—— Gusu Trip, Mulberry Melody, Shadow Flock!
Two single-target attack skills plus the shadow birds group attack skill, combined with Liu Hong’s mid-range trap blasts and double ring attacks dealt an impressive amount of damage. The opposing healer was extremely pressured, constantly staring at his teammate’s rapidly fluctuating blood volume bar!
One side attacked violently, while the other side added blood, causing the two to be in a stalemate for a little while.
Li Mengjue’s blood volume was constantly maintained at about 50%. However, the healer’s blue was steadily decreasing.
Just as the healer once again used a single-target healing skill, Liu Hong suddenly made her move, using Xuanbing Palace’s big moves ‘Cold Moon Flower Spirit’ and ‘Still Water Depths’. At the same time, Pei Yu used his group control skill ‘Cold River Snow’.
The gold and silver double rings came one after another. Li Mengjue’s blood volume fell to 20% immediately, and both opponents were also frozen by Pei Yu’s control skill.
Fu Feng resolutely used the purification skill ‘Rectifying Evil’, only for Pei Yu to use the silence control ‘Spring Lake’ on the healer. Fu Feng immediately responded with the secret book skill ‘Clear Heart Mantra’, but Pei Yu once again followed up with the dizzy control of ‘Broken Bridge’—— both purification skills had been used, and Fu Feng could only wait for 3 seconds to pass.
At this moment, Liu Hong used the secret book skill ‘Bloody Hand’, a highly explosive single-target skill, instantly taking away Li Mengjue’s head!
The pace of the battle was too fast, and the light effects of everyone’s skills were so dazzling!
Pei Yu’s continuous control created a break in the healer’s rhythm in which they could not add blood to their teammate, and Liu Hong seized the opportunity to kill the opposing output. The cooperation between the two was extremely tacit.
The moment Li Mengjue fell, Liu Hong only had 15% of her blood left, and would soon bleed to death by the map environment’s blood mist.
They needed to speed up. If Liu Hong died, Pei Yu alone would not have sufficient output, and it would be troublesome for the healer to drag the pace of the battle.
Thinking of this, Liu Hong immediately placed the signal for an all-out attack on the map. Pei Yu followed decisively, and both people joined hands to suppress the opposing healer. Liu Hong’s attack speed was extremely fast, and the healer’s reading was constantly being interrupted. With Pei Yu’s remote interference, the healer’s blood began to drop rapidly.
The moment Liu Hong’s blood volume fell to the dangerous state of 5%, Pei Yu opened the secret book ‘Questioning Heart Mantra’—— a team healing skill, allowing both people to regain 30% of their blood. Seeing this, the opposing healer who was about to run out of blue directly pressed the surrender button.
In this round, Liu Hong and Pei Yu’s fast break completely shattered the opponents’ dreams of delaying the battle.
The entire game took only two minutes, including the time taken for the selection of the map. From this, it could be seen just how fast Liu Hong’s output speed was, and the fact that Pei Yu could keep up with her rhythm and assist her in controlling the field was proof of their long hours of training together.
The score of 2:0 was shown on the broadcast screen, confirming that Liu Hong and Pei Yu of group B had qualified for the next round.
In this partners competition, among the four groups sent by Mojue, the combination of auxiliary Zhu Qingyue and meat shield He Beiguang had not aimed to qualify from the start, while the opponents faced by Shen He and Li Muran were just too strong. Having lost two games in a row, the summoner-healer combination had no hope of qualifying; only Pei Yu and Liu Hong, the double output lineup, had a chance.
Sister Hong was a very powerful offensive player. With Pei Yu controlling the field, he could provide her with the best environment for her to deal damage. If they had lost today, he would not have the face to meet his team. Thankfully, they won, causing Pei Yu to sigh in relief.
Once backstage, Shen He ran over to them in excitement. “This is great, sister Hong and Xiao Pei entered the top 16!”
He Beiguang also ran over to offer his well-wishes. “Congratulations!”
Liu Hong glanced at Qin Mo, her lips curving upwards to form a smile. “Captain, qualifying for the top 16 and earning these points should count as completing the task, right?”
Shen He was puzzled. “You’re both so strong, you might even make it to the top 8!”
“Looking at the groups, it doesn’t seem very possible,” Zhu Qingyue smiled gently.
Shen He was still at a loss. “Why?”
Qin Mo glanced at this silly apprentice of his. “Use your brain.”
Unable to understand, Shen He scratched his head, glancing at Li Muran for help.
“Because,” Li Muran replied calmly, “their opponents in the top 16 elimination match are the Twin Stars.”
Shen He: “…”
Liu Hong and Pei Yu qualified as the second group from group B, while Twin Stars were in group F. According to the rules of the upper and lower brackets, groups B and F would meet each other in the top 16.
Qin Mo and Xiao Han already won two matches, and their opponents this afternoon were newcomers without a reputation. They would definitely qualify as first in their group. Thus, in the next stage, Liu Hong + Pei Yu, who qualified as second from group B, would have to fight a civil war with the first place in group F, the Twin Stars.
The outcome was not difficult to predict.
Shen He, who had finally understood, was not reconciled. “This grouping is a little bit unlucky for us!”
“Luck will not always be on Mojue’s side,” Qin Mo replied calmly. “In the individual competition, Dynasty also fought a civil war in the knockout stage. This time, it’s our turn, which is a normal occurrence.”
Liu Hong smiled. “In any case, we have already obtained points, which is not a bad result.”
Qin Mo nodded, before turning to Pei Yu. “Xiao Pei, follow me.”
Finally, the captain was going to take him to the little black room to be taught. Pei Yu, who had been ignored for the past few days, inexplicably felt a little happy.
Closing the door to the meeting room, Qin Mo glanced at the teenager. “Do you understand what I mean?
Feeling awkward, Pei Yu lowered his head. “En.”
Qin Mo pat him on the shoulder. “You are very clever, but you’re not using your intelligence where it should be used. You think too much, but it’s about things that need not be considered. I hope that you will study the game more carefully in the future, and not always study me, alright?”
Pei Yu’s cheeks flushed red. Having been exposed by Qin Mo so suddenly was really embarrassing.
Shen He constantly proclaimed “my master is the best” every day, as if he couldn’t wait to tell the word that he was Qin Mo’s number one fan, but Pei Yu’s approach was much more restrained. He secretly tried to figure out Qin Mo’s ideas, constantly paying attention to his words and deeds to emulate, all for the sake of leaving a good impression on Qin Mo…
This sort of approach was precisely because his attitude towards Qin Mo was one of recognition and admiration, but also fear.
He was afraid that he would end up like the people ruthlessly eliminated by Qin Mo before, and so wore a smiling mask.
Seeing Pei Yu hang his head low with reddened cheeks, Qin Mo gently pat him on the head. “I’m not ignoring you. Because you are clever, you don’t need too much guidance from me. Letting Liu Hong bring you along is enough.”
Pei Yu, who was killed by having his head gently patted, immediately teared up. “En.”
“When you get back, write a detailed analysis of Mojue’s matchups in these battles. Cover the strengths and weaknesses of various lineups, and write to the best of your understanding. I’ll check it one week later,” Qin Mo instructed.
Having been assigned homework by captain Qin, Pei Yu was so excited that he wanted to go downstairs and run three laps. However, he had to remain calm on the surface, and nodded his head vigorously. “I understand, captain!”
After Pei Yu left, Qin Mo reluctantly wondered when the newcomers of Mojue became masochists. Did they like being assigned homework by the captain so much?
If they weren’t scolded, did they feel lost? Or did they feel unvalued by captain Qin?
Awww the newbies being taken cared of by the veterans so they can shine warms my heart
Agreed ❤
Shen He asking for a candy is such a mood haha
Lol, Shen He is such a kid, and he loves sweet~
[ Finally, the captain was going to take him to the little black room to be taught. Pei Yu, who had been ignored for the past few days, inexplicably felt a little happy. ]
They indeed have become masochists because of Qin Mo~ 🤣 His teachings are superb lol
It’s a pity that they are matched up against each other… This way only one team of Mojue can enter the top 8~? Well, I’m confident that the twin stars can win the partner competition~ (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑ I am looking forward to it~!
Thank you for the chapter! 💞💞💞
All of the newcomers become masochists, they all need scolding lol 🤣
Twin Stars can’t lose, they surely win!! 😘
You’re welcome~ ❤
lol the little ones in the team like to be guided by captain qin. That’s why it’s so important that he picked these kids and not that run away snot nosed brat that thought he was opinionated against him because of petty things. I’m impressed by Pei Yu’s accuracy and control. Can imagine what would happen if Zhu qinyue and him worked together.. the other side will be forced to stand there and be slaughtered.
Lol, all of them is like Qin Mo’s child, very obedient and listening to him 🤭
Agreed, Pei Yu actually a good remote attacker, but he always thinking too much and distracting his growth, but I think Qingyue will be partnered with He Beiguang 🤔
Little black room, puahahaha masochist newbies!
this is why it’s good that these four newcomers became part of mojue. qin mo’s strict guidance didn’t build resentment in their hearts, but rather more admiration, unlike that spoiled brat xu sizhen who hated qin mo just because he pointed out his flaws.
Pei Yu is like please scold me more, please give me more homework 😂