translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
In the backstage watching area, Chu Jianxin gave a thumbs up. “Sangsang, your eyesight really is good. How did you know that Qiu-Yuan’s cooperation isn’t as good as before?”
Sang Jun replied faintly. “When they played against the Dynasty last week, they didn’t play with the double summoner lineup. Qiu Zongping is not stupid. If it wasn’t for their lack of cooperation, he would not have wasted the opportunity to take points from us. You should have discovered it in their fight against Mojue, right? At the critical moment, both of them had different ideas. Yuan Xi obviously wanted to kill Qin Mo, but Qiu Zongping did not agree.”
Chu Jianxin did notice that Yuan Xi’s target suddenly shifted from Qin Mo to Shen He, but he hadn’t thought about it too deeply. Sure enough, only a tactical player like Sang Jun was able to speculate the story behind it given a few details. Chu Jianxin looked at Sang Jun in admiration. “Sangsang, do you have a pair of all-seeing eyes?”
He deliberately leaned close to take a closer look at Sang Jun’s eyes, but Sang Jun frowned and pushed away his head. “Sky team is still hanging on for the second game. The problem is probably more serious than I first imagined.”
“Did they quarrel? They’re both men, what is there that can’t be said?” Chu Jianxin wondered.
Sang Jun: “…”
It was because they were both men that some things were really difficult to say.
Sang Jun concealed a sigh inside his heart. He admired his own self-control, as well as Chu Jianxin’s heartlessness. The reason there were no internal problems in the Dynasty team was because he was too good at hiding his emotions. Mocking himself, Sang Jun felt that perhaps he could evolve into a ‘ninja turtle’ after this season.
***
After a short break, the second round officially began.
In this round, Qin Mo would choose the map, and Sky team’s side had the option to ban players.
Qin Mo directly selected three air combat maps, which were often very fast paced. The setting of an instant kill after getting shot down also made aerial combat extremely thrilling. Because the possibility of unexpected events occurring was very high, few people chose air combat maps in important competitions, unless they had absolute confidence in their movement skills and reaction ability.
Qiu Zongping banned Sword Altar and Tingyu Pavillion, leaving the Sky Plank Road.
Up next was Qin Mo’s turn to submit a list. This time, the list was comprised of Twin Stars Han and Mo, Shen He, Pei Yu, and Liu Hong.
Qiu Zongping decisively put a cross over Ink Mark’s avatar.
Ye Chao smiled. “It seems as though the threat of Twin Stars is too great, and captain Qiu decided to ban one of them. God Mo will not be able to command personally in this round.
Hearing this, it was fairly obvious that Ye Chao seemed to be gloating.
“I realised that Qin Mo’s list of players has no healer and auxiliary. Everyone seems to be an output player?” Liang Ru wondered.
Ye Chao also realised this point. “It is very possible that Qin Mo will ban Zhou Xuewei, preventing the opponent from bringing their healer to force a head-on confrontation.”
A moment later, the ban option appeared on Qin Mo’s screen. Qiu Zongping’s proposed list included the double summoners, Zhou Xuewei, and two newcomers nurtured by the team, Qi Fei and Li Dongqing.
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In the end, the final lineups were Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi, and the assassin Li Dongqing for the Sky team against Mojue’s Xiao Han, Liu Hong, and Pei Yu.
From a general point of view, the Sky team’s double summoners when paired with an assassin had defense, field control, and output in one lineup, while Mojue has the strongest explosive player Xiao Han, fast-paced output Liu Hong, and back row support Pei Yu. Both lineups were comprehensive. From the perspective of strength, Qiu and Yuan are both first-class players. Although Li Dongqing is a newcomer, as someone trained by Qiu Zongping, his strength was definitely not poor. On the other hand, Xiao Han’s strength was self-explanatory; Liu Hong’s output was quite remarkable, and Pei Yu was also a clever newcomer.
“In terms of the players’ strength and the lineups, the chances for either side to win this game ought to be 50-50,” Ye Chao concluded.
“However, the double summoners Qiu Yuan have been partners for many years,” Liang Ru replied. “They should share a more tacit coordination than god Han and Liu Hong. I am more inclined towards Sky team. They should be able to pull back the second game.”
“In addition, the summoner’s chariot can knock people off platforms on an air combat map,” Ye Chao agreed. “Sky team does have an advantage in this regard.”
Many members of the audience wondered why Liu Hong and Pei Yu were sent to fight on this air combat map. Why not Shen He? Didn’t Shen He also have the mechanical chariot skill?
Seeing the barrage of comments on the live broadcast platform, Ye Chao offered an explanation. “Because Qin Mo has been banned, Mojue needs another strong output to supplement their lineup. Liu Hong is the best choice. Liu Hong and Pei Yu have a strong cooperation, and matching her with Shen He may not be as good. Furthermore, an air combat map does not necessarily mean you have to knock opposing players down. Most first-class players will avoid being hit by their opponents. Another way of playing on an air combat map is to control the positions, and Liu Hong’s traps can do this.”
After all, Ye Chao was a professional commentator. Even though his abilities were not on the same level as Qin Mo or Sang Jun’s tactical commands, he could still analyse their basic train of thought.
In this round, Qin Mo wanted Liu Hong to smash the opponent’s double summoner combination by using traps to limit their movement. Xiao Han would play a fast break, and Pei Yu would assist them by controlling the field.
***
The map of Sky Plank Road was not complicated. Underneath the crisscrossing plank road was a bottomless cliff, and the plank road was only wide enough to allow three players to walk side-by-side.
After the start of the game, both sides soon met in the middle of the map.
Xiao Han had entered stealth from the beginning. Liu Hong walked in front of him, placing a series of traps on the ground, greatly hindering the opponent’s progress.
Qiu Zongping directly summoned a wave of mechanical rats to step on the trap, while Yuan Xi summoned the second wave of mechanical rats, the two swarms working together to explore the way. After the first wave of mechanical rats was killed by the trap, the second wave finally succeeded in passing through. However, just as the mechanical rats crossed the corner of the plank road, Pei Yu’s long-distance sound waves crashed over them like a tide—— Cold River Snow!
The swirling snowflakes fell, and both Yuan Xi’s mechanical rats and the assassin Li Dongqing were all frozen!
Li Dongqing decisively used Golden Cicada Shell to retreat, but Liu Hong had placed her traps skillfully. While the other party was exploring the way with mechanical rats, she had already placed down serial traps in the position of their retreat. Li Dongqing’s backwards movement had just sent him into the trap, detonating it and causing him to lose 20% of his health, as well as immobilising him in place!
Xiao Han and Liu Hong shot forward at the same time, bypassing Li Dongqing and teleporting to Yuan Xi directly!
They fought head-on with Yuan Xi, who decisively summoned his mechanical chariot to hit them, but both Xiao Han and Liu Hong reacted very quickly. The moment Yuan Xi’s chariot appeared, they immediately jumped up to avoid the chariot’s impact. Liu Hong threw out the gold and silver rings in her hands like a rainstorm, setting up a series of arrays to blow up Yuan Xi’s chariot!
If Qiu Zongping kept up with the chariot control field at this time, he might have been able to force Liu Hong off the plank road.
However, Yuan Xi turned around to find that Qiu Zongping did not summon his mechanical chariot, but instead summoned the mechanical blood cow to help Yuan Xi resist the next wave of damage.
Perhaps he was afraid that both Han and Hong would join hands to kill him? But he couldn’t be killed so easily, right?. And there was still a mechanical puppet to be used.
Qiu Zongping’s choice was not wrong, but Yuan Xi still felt a little uncomfortable, because at a critical moment, their choices had once again diverged.
This was obviously not the case before. In the past, they had a tacit understanding, and could always predict each other’s operations in advance…
Having missed a good opportunity, it was very difficult to hit Liu Hong, who had just landed. Yuan Xi was depressed, but he quickly adjusted his mood.
With Xiao Han and Liu Hong’s output, although it wasn’t as terrible as the combination of Han and Mo, it still created a lot of trouble for Yuan Xi. Qiu Zongping was beside him to help out, but in the distance, Pei Yu played his flute at a critical moment—— Broken Bridge!
This was a stun skill that sent sound waves travelling in a straight line, and at this time, the three players of Sky team just happened to be in a straight line.
Pei Yu’s control gave Xiao Han and Liu Hong an excellent chance. They quickly killed Qiu Zongping’s blood cow, before throwing all their big moves at Yuan Xi.
At the end of 3 seconds, Yuan Xi had about 30% of his blood left. Fortunately, all his pet skills were available, allowing him to immediately summon the mechanical horse to control the opponent with fear, wanting to fight back. However, Qiu Zongping summoned a mechanical chariot at this moment to impede the opponent, intending for Yuan Xi to retreat temporarily to preserve his life.
Both their thoughts were difference once again, which was equivalent to wasting two skills at the same time.
Watching the game from the bench., Zhou Xuewei frowned, having discovered that this game was even more chaotic than the previous one.
In the last game, she supported Yuan Xi from the rear. She cooperated with Yuan Xi fairly well, and successfully killed Shen He. Although they failed to win after being dragged into a 1V1, overall, she had played fairly well. However, in this game, Li Dongqing and Pei Yu were restraining each other. Xiao Han and Liu Hong rushed into the back row to kill Qiu and Yuan. This 2V2 matchup, which was originally equal, had resulted in Qiu Yuan being beaten by the opponent because they had many mistakes in their cooperation.
If Qiu Zongping had trusted Yuan Xi and fought back immediately when Yuan Xi’s chariot had controlled the field, eight chariots would have hit continuously, and Liu Hong would probably have been forced off the plank road!
As long as Liu Hong was gone, the odds of both of them winning against god Han was fairly large.
But while Yuan Xi played very actively, Qiu Zongping was very conservative, and their chariots did not form a continuous control field. The chariots that Qiu Zongping summoned later clashed with Yuan Xi’s mechanical horse, and their efforts at cooperation clashed many times.
But Xiao Han and Liu Hong did not conflict. Xiao Han’s handspeed was very fast, and Liu Hong’s weapons were also fast. They fought quickly, and Yuan Xi’s blood volume was getting lower, and was eventually the first to be killed.
Although Li Dongqing also worked very hard to kill Pei Yu, he did not have much blood left. Qiu Zongping and Li Dongqing, who were in a residual blood state, were quickly defeated by Xiao Han and Liu Hong.
In the second round, the winner was decided after only five minutes. Pei Yu’s remote sound wave control field, Han and Hong’s main output rhythm was indeed very fast.
When the 2:0 score popped up on the big screen, Ye Chao and Liang Ru fell silent—— they had both assumed that Sky could win the second round, but were slapped in the face on the spot.
After a few seconds of silence, Ye Chao coughed quietly. “There are always accidents in the game, and the team that seems to have the advantage may not win for sure. Sky team seems to have a few minor mistakes in their cooperation. I hope they can adjust as soon as possible.”
“Yes, it’s normal to make some small mistakes on the spot.” Liang Ru added.
However, the audience was very dissatisfied, especially Sky’s fans. Many people complained that Yuan Xi was dragging everyone down, while others mocked that he really was inferior to god Han.
***
Yuan Xi walked back to his seat, silently packing his things with his head lowered.
Seeing him like this, Zhou Xuewei couldn’t help but feel distressed—— she knew that the fans preferred and trusted the calm and rational captain Qiu. People who didn’t know the truth would surely blame Yuan Xi; after all, on the surface, it really was Yuan Xi who lost both games.
But in fact, the key reason for both losses today was Qiu Zongping.
Balling her hands into fists, Zhou Xuewei went to Yuan Xi, patting him gently on the shoulder. “Don’t be sad, it’s not your fault.”
Taking a deep breath, Yuan Xi forced himself to smile. “It’s alright, it’s not like I haven’t lost before.”
But it was the first time he had lost so badly.
The once-proud double summoners combination had conflicted with each other many times today. With Yuan Xi’s character, he would definitely not blame Qiu Zongping. He would only blame himself, feeling that he had not cooperated well with captain Qiu…
Knowing his thoughts, Zhou Xuewei tried to convince him in earnest. Yuan Xi, it’s not that you didn’t cooperate with him, it’s that he didn’t cooperate with you. You have done what you ought to do; it is Qiu Zongping who should reflect on his mistakes. Liking him is not your fault. Don’t blame yourself.”
Yuan Xi’s face suddenly turned red. “Xuewei, what did you say, what like, like him…”
This silly guy. Obviously, all their teammates had already realised, but he still thought he had covered it up well. Just like the time when he left the team, everyone knew that he was leaving and that it was captain Qiu who persuaded him to return, but he still made up an excuse about going to the supermarket to buy things and met captain Qiu on the way back.
While undercover, he had been exposed by Qin Mo at a glance; he planned to kill Han and Mo in the game, but was killed by them instead. His strategies were like a child’s, and his acting skills were extremely poor, with his emotions all shown clearly on his face… how silly was he?
But he was foolishly in love with Qiu Zongping, who was so calm that he was basically heartless.
And now, he was even distrusted by Qiu Zongping…
He hadn’t done anything wrong. He had tried his best.
Zhou Xuewei sighed softly. “Yuan Xi, don’t keep everything in your heart. It will grow and fester over time. In fact, I think you can talk it out with him.”
Yuan Xi lowered his head, his eyes turning red.
He had never known that liking someone was such a sad thing.
Huh? So fast, I reached the end of the chapter. Hehe
I hope that YX will have someone he can talk to.
Lol, i broke the chapter into 2 parts, that’s why it’s short 😈
He has Lin Yao~ poor baby Yuan Xi 😣
That’s okay. Normally, wheb reading, I would take my time. I read too fast when this released😅
Ugh, I’m so mad at Qiu Zongping. 😤
…I just hope he will take the responsibility and say to the fans that it was his fault that they lost and not Yuan Xi‘s! I don’t want Yuan Xi to suffer more. Poor baby. ಥ _ ಥ
Thank you for the chapter~~! 💜💜💜
I really hate Qiu Zongping here 😡
He really should do that, the clarify it’s not Yuan Xi’s fault!
You’re welcome~ ❤
Ah.. so he’s to carry the pot for the loses even though he was the one that was able to pull it together and play the game at his normal level. Qiu Zongping.. maybe you should pass the leader position to Zhou Xuewei, she seems more reliable..
tiny grammatical mistake, probably autocorrect. “Both their thoughts were difference once again” different not difference.