translator: Ciel
After the morning’s matches, Mojue went for lunch at a restaurant according to Liu Xiang’s reservations. Backstage, Qin Mo took the initiative to invite Wu Zewen along.
“Did you come to Beijing alone?” Qin Mo questioned once the food was served.
“En,” Wu Zewen replied, “I’ll only be in Beijing for one day, as the guest commentator for the semifinals. Tomorrow, I will return to Changsha with everyone.”
“Is god Chuan not coming?” Qin Mo blinked.
“A problem has appeared in his mother’s company,” Wu Zewen explained. “He went back to help, and will only be back next month. Thus, the club’s affairs will be handled by me for the time being.”
Hearing this, Qin Mo didn’t continue to pry, instead changing the subject. “How goes the progress for the matters I sought your help on previously? Hearing your commentary today, it seems some statistics were mentioned.”
“Everything has been neatly sorted,” Wu Zewen nodded. “I will pass the information to you after returning to Changsha.”
Hearing this, Xiao Han couldn’t help butting in. “I heard that in the past, the leagues would make comprehensive evaluations of players based on various bits of data. In the Peerless Jianghu alliance, who’s the player with the highest score?”
Wu Zewen stared at him unblinkingly. “It’s you.”
Qin Mo wasn’t surprised at this revelation. In terms of personal strength, Xiao Han was indeed the strongest among all the professional players in the alliance at present. However, this data did not not represent victory or defeat; the key was still their performance on-the-spot, as well as the occasional bit of luck. Thinking of this, Qin Mo asked once more, “Among the melee players, who has the strongest output if you exclude Xiao Han?”
Wu Zewen thought about it for a few moments. “Dynasty’s Sang Jun.”
Qin Mo and Xiao Han exchanged, noting the surprise in each other’s eyes.
Among the Peerless Jianghu alliance, Without Fire and Sword Song were centered around melee combat. Without Fire’s Jing Yang and Nie Yuzhu, as well as Sword Song’s Lin Shuangcheng, were all very strong players. Qin Mo had thought that aside from Xiao Han, the second most powerful melee player would have been one the three. Unexpectedly, the results of the data analysis was Dynasty’s vice-captain, the low-key Sang Jun.
“Sang Jun’s hand speed is not inferior to Xiao Han’s, and his ability for instantaneous explosive output is also comparable,” Wu Zewen explained. “In the partner competition, with Chu Jianxin’s protection, he can play more actively, showing off his strong explosive power. In terms of statistics, the person behind Xiao Han is him.”
“What about the remote outputs?” Qin Mo wondered.
“The strongest remote output is Chen Jiang,” Wu Zewen concluded. “The long whip flow does not require casts, and his attack speed is very fast. Furthermore, his weapon is poisonous.”
Xiao Han glanced at Qin Mo. “In the afternoon, Sang Jun and Chen Jiang will compete to make it into the finals. I wonder who our opponents will be?”
Hearing this, Qin Mo turned around. “What does Muran think?”
Li Muran, who had been mentioned out of the blue, was taken aback. Still, he thought about the question very seriously before offering an answer. “Fifty-fifty odds of winning, but I’m personally leaning towards Sang Jun’s pair.”
“Oh?” Qin Mo was puzzled. “Why?”
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“And?” Qin Mo turned towards Pei Yu. “What does Xiao Pei think?”
Suddenly, the question had been tossed to him. Pei Yu was both flattered and flustered, but managed to speak calmly. “I prefer captain Chen’s team. The double long whip’s control has an edge over the double melee when using the terrain. The combined defensive ability of Chu Jianxin and Sang Jun is strong, but their output cannot be compared to the martial siblings Chen He.”
“You both make valid points,” Qin Mo nodded. “After watching the match in the afternoon, write me a report analysing how the game went.”
“Understood, captain Qin.” Both Li Muran and Pei Yu immediately agreed.
Shen He inexplicably felt a little distressed. “Master, you haven’t assigned me homework for a long time…”
He Beiguang scratched his head. “I don’t have homework either?”
“We’ll speak about your homework again after returning to the club,” Qin Mo replied coolly.
Seeing this, Wu Zewen felt a deep appreciation and admiration. Qin Mo was indeed a fantastic captain; the youngsters on Mojue had been tamed well, and were eagerly begging him to assign homework. It seemed like Liu Chuan’s original decision was very wise—— only by not interfering with Mojue’s internal affairs, and completely handing the team over to Qin Mo and Xiao Han, could Mojue be developed into a strong team that protected its players’ freedom.
***
After lunch, everyone returned to the stadium to watch the second half of the semifinals.
The guest commentator for this match was still Wu Zewen. Before the commencement of the game, Ye Chao asked him to briefly analyse the data of the four players. “Chu Jianxin is extremely resilient and his average survival time is about five minutes,” Wu Zewen conscientiously explained. “Sang Jun’s damage dealt per second can reach up to 15,000 units, and Chen Jiang is about the same. He Yue’s output is a little lower, at around 14,000 units of damage per second.”
“From this point of view, the combined output of martial siblings Chen He is far higher than Sang Jun’s alone,” Ye Chao concluded. “Captain Chen might opt to play fast.”
“However, captain Chu has a strong survivability,” Liang Ru objected. “Wanting to kill him in seconds is no easy feat. Trying to bypass him to get to Sang Jun is also difficult, because he has many skills that can protect his teammate.”
“Yes,” Ye Chao nodded. “So whether the unstoppable spear will break through the immovable shield will depend on how both sides grasp the opportunity.”
The match started not long after, and the professional players seated in the lounge backstage turned their attention onto the live broadcast.
Suddenly, Lin Shuangcheng leaned in, whispering into Song Changdong’s ear with a smile. “Let’s make a bet, Xiao Song. Will Chu Jianxin win, or will Chen Jiang win?”
Startled, Song Changdong turned around to stare at him blankly. “Why does captain Lin always want to bet when the game starts?”
Lin Shuangcheng rubbed his chin with a sly smile. “Because it’s more interesting this way! Who do you bet will win?”
“Then…” Song Changdong thought about it for a few moments, before offering an honest reply. “I’ll bet that Frost Moon’s captain Chen will win.”
“It seems like your debt is going to be increased again,” Lin Shuangcheng laughed.
Song Changdong scratched his head, confused. “Captain Lin, you’re sure that Dynasty will win?”
“Many people don’t understand Sang Jun, but I’m very clear about the strength of his ability.” Lin Shuangcheng nodded.
“Does captain Lin know him?” Song Changdong wondered.
“En,” Lin Shuangcheng smiled wryly. “He was part of the first group to test Peerless Jianghu’s internal test service. However, he did not enter with his teammates, and instead came in alone. Once, he challenged several experts and guild masters in the internal test service, and killed every single one of them.”
Song Changdong stared dumbly. “That powerful? Are you sure it was him?”
“But of course.” Lin Shuangcheng was extremely certain. “That player was an assassin from Yongye City, and played the iron claw flow. Besides him, I can think of no other. His ID in the internal test was ‘Feelings Mistaken As None’, which is different from his alliance-registered name ‘End Of The World’, but their playstyle is similar.”
Back in the internal test, the black-clothed assassin who had defeated the various guilds’ experts alone was extremely mysterious.
From the start, he had single-handedly wiped out the various masters on his lonesome, solely by relying on tactics that made use of the terrain—— he led those experts into the desert, using the secret book ‘Tall Mountains Flowing Waters’ to cause the thirty over experts gathered to fight each other. He lurked around, waiting for the moment they struck each other to residual blood, before attacking them from behind. Each swipe of his claw killed one person, until all thirty had fallen.
Lin Shuangcheng had witnessed this crazy battle with his own eyes, terrified at how the assassin wandered through the maze easily, harvesting heads as if he were chopping vegetables. His impression of ‘Feelings Mistaken As None’ was extremely deep, however, any attempts to talk to the other party were always met with an immediate rejection. Afterwards, this person no longer appeared in the game. Only after ‘End Of The World’ won the all-sect challenge arena Yongye City iron claw flow championship, did Lin Shuangcheng start to doubt his identity.
In fact, the first person to use the secret book ‘Tall Mountains Flowing Waters’ was not Lin Shuangcheng, but Sang Jun—— as early as one year ago, Sang Jun had already tested out the effects of various secret books in the game.
If Lin Shuangcheng’s speculations were true, then it was proof that Sang Jun’s personal strength was far beyond everyone’s expectations.
Lin Shuangcheng had the strangest feeling that Chen Jiang was likely to suffer a big loss today.
***
Facts proved that Lin Shuangcheng’s intuition was correct.
The first game was Chen Jiang’s home game. He decisively selected an aerial combat map, ‘Moon Viewing Cliff’, to fight on the cliff’s edge. The movements of Dynasty’s melee players were greatly restricted, and they were quickly controlled by the martial siblings from Frost Moon. After the five-minute mark, Chu Jianxin was caught by Chen Jiang’s whip and tossed off the cliff, ending the game.
The second game was Dynasty’s home game, and Sang Jun’s selected map was ‘Desert Maze’.
This familiar scene evoked familiar memories. Sang Jun had brought the secret book ‘Tall Mountains Flowing Waters’ once again, allowing Chen Jiang and He Yue to consume each other’s blood and blue, after which he sneaked into the maze completely unharmed—— the assassin wandered the maze like an elusive ghost, vanishing immediately after landing a wave of damage, before circling around to fight and vanish again. This sort of erratic playstyle seemed extremely chaotic, but it prevented the opponent from predicting their plans, and gave the opponent a huge headache.
Chu Jianxin took the lead to protect his teammate, drawing the opponents’ firepower, and giving Sang Jun the room he needed to play to his fullest. Sang Jun seized the opportunity to kill He Yue in seconds, forcing a 2V1 confrontation, quickly earning Dynasty a victory.
As the tiebreaker, the third game was the most important. Once again, the system randomly selected an empty square map.
The square map offered a slight opportunity to Chen Jiang. After all, the combination of Chen Jiang and He Yue had many high-damage group attacks with their whips, while Sang Jun had no obstacles he could hide behind, restricting his ambush tactics.
However, Sang Jun completely abandoned ambush tactics in this round, instead cooperating with Chu Jianxin’s frontal onslaught.
Chu Jianxin used a shield to help Sang Jun resist the damage, and at the same time, used the secret book ‘Grafting Flowers’ to transfer the damage inflicted by He Yue onto Chen Jiang. Sang Jun thus confronted Chen Jiang directly, and the moment Chen Jiang fell into a residual blood state, used the big move ‘Purgatory Claw’ to kill Chen Jiang immediately.
Although Chen Jiang and He Yue’s combined output also left Chu Jianxin almost dead, Chu Jianxin’s survival had bought Sang Jun enough time.
After Chu Jianxin was killed, Sang Jun and He Yue faced each other 1V1. At this time, Sang Jun used his ambush tactics to completely disrupt He Yue’s rhythm.
The final score was 2:1. Excited, Chu Jianxin stood up and pulled Sang Jun into a hug. “Sangsang, we won!”
Sang Jun patted Chu Jianxin on the shoulder gently. This time, he said nothing about Chu Jianxin’s nickname for him. “En, we won. Get ready to face the BOSS in the next round.”
***
Qin Mo, who was watching the game backstage, frowned. “Our opponents in the finals are Chu Jianxin and Sng Jun.”
“Sang Jun… I’ve faced him back in the Miracle alliance,” Xiao Han mused thoughtfully. “He gives me a very strange feeling.”
“What sort of feeling?” Qin Mo questioned.
“I can’t figure it out,” Xiao Han shrugged. “That sort of feeling.”
“It’s normal,” Qin Mo nodded in understanding.
“Oh?” Xiao Han furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. “How so?”
“Because,” Qin Mo explained indifferently, “he is Huaxia’s next-generation captain.”
Hearing this, the players around them showed varying expressions of shock and surprise.
Zhu Qingyue blinked, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. “Then, why make Chu Jianxin the captain of the new team?”
“That’s a question about Huaxia’s internal affairs,” Qin Mo shook his head. “I don’t know the answer. I can only speculate that Sang Jun is the real core of Dynasty.” Here, he paused for a few moments. “Lin Shuangcheng told me a story. Back in the game’s closed beta, there was an assassin who single-handedly killed thirty experts from three different guilds in the wilderness. If my guess is correct, the assassin Lin Shuangcheng spoke of should be Sang Jun.”
“It seems like the club sent him to the closed beta to test things out in advance?” Xiao Han frowned.
Qin Mo nodded. “If that is indeed the case, his research about Peerless Jianghu is not worse than mine.” That being said, he turned to face Xiao Han. “We have to prepare well for tonight’s finals. If need be, you don’t have to adjust to match my rhythm; just go all out.”
Xiao Han’s expression was serious as he held Qin Mo’s hands. “Relax. I know what to do.”
Since they were already at the final hurdle, they absolutely could not throw away this championship.
…single-handedly killed thirty experts from three different guilds… Sang Jun hid himself really well! I want to know the reason why he didn’t become the captain… Is it because he likes Chu Jianxin? 🤔 Furthermore his ID ‘Feelings Mistaken As None’… Does it hint on something? I’m so curious~ Now having such a mysterious person as an opponent makes the final match harder for Qin Mo and Xiao Han though i believe that they will definitely win! I am looking forward to an exciting match! ✨
Thank you for the chapter 🌷🌷🌷
They story will be long in the extras, just stay tune~ 😏
Yess, their match will be very exciting!!
You’re welcome~ ❤
Oh… so we have to wait until the extras~ 👀
It’s more fun when there are worthy opponents and when han mo wins they can attribute it to them having better tacit understanding since they’re boyfriends :3
Yes, Dynasty is really worthy of their opponent~ 😍