translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
After six weeks of competition, Mojue had temporarily returned to fourth place. Dynasty was still first, while Without Fire and Frost Moon were competing for second place.
Next week, Mojue would meet Frost Moon. The score gap between the two teams was 3 points; if Mojue could score points in this game and cause Frost Moon to be deducted points, Mojue would return to third, and Frost Moon would become fourth.
Chen Jiang had won the fourth place three times in the first half of the year, and the fans were worried about whether he would get fourth place again this time.
However, there were no guest commentators or trophies in the three players competition, and the ranking of a transitional event was actually not important. Many fans suggested that in the later professional league, captain Chen could invite his master to be a commentator. Perhaps there would even be a bonus halo, which would improve the luck of the Frost Moon team.
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The week passed by fairly quickly. Yuan Xi went back to the club to train in a wheelchair after he was discharged from hospital on Monday. The players in Sky were smart enough not to ask more questions. Everyone practiced the five-member team lineup with double summoners according to Qiu Zongping’s arrangement, to prepare for the later professional league.
On Dynasty’s side, Sang Jun and Chu Jianxin’s plan to bring newcomers was still in process. Aside from their four ace players, the other players were also making rapid progress. Sang Jun was very satisfied with the overall state of the team at present. Naturally, he would not break the paper-thin window between himself and Chu Jianxin—— Chu Jianxin continued to carelessly crack jokes with Sang Jun, and the players were very relaxed and happy every day, which was very good.
Without Fire’s Jing Yang, the talented 16-year-old, slowly stabilised his state under the guidance of captain Nie Yuzhu. He could now effectively use his extreme hand speed, and his cooperation with captain Nie was much more smooth.
After Qin Mo returned to the club, he divided the training schedule into two parts. In the morning, everyone was to practice for the three-player team competition, and in the afternoon, they would go to the area to practice for the five-player team competition.
Soon, the seventh round of the three-players competition began. Once again, the Mojue team went to Xi’an for the competition.
This week’s match between Mojue and Frost Moon was scheduled as the last game on Sunday. On Saturday, the team members were brought to the backstage area by Qin Mo to watch the match.
In the afternoon, there was a match between Without Fire and Sky. Yuan Xi was not present, and only seven people entered the soundproof room, which was noticed by the audience. Qiu Zongping already notified the alliance in advance, so Ye Chao took the initiative to offer an explanation before the start of the match. “I believe the audience has already noticed, but the Sky team is missing one person in today’s game. It’s said that Yuan Xi was in a car accident when he went out. His left leg was broken, and it is inconvenient to move.”
“We are very sympathetic, and we hope Yuan Xi can get well soon,” Liang Ru added.
“Sky is currently ranked sixth, which will no doubt disappoint many fans, but I don’t think it’s necessary to criticize the players too much. Instead, let’s give them more encouragement in the face of this difficulty,” Ye Chao continued. “I think, although Yuan Xi did not come to the scene, he should be watching the live broadcast to cheer on his teammates.”
At this time, Yuan Xi was indeed watching the live broadcast on a large screen in the training room. It was a bit strange to watch his team from a spectator’s point of view, but there were also many comments on the bullet screen, with most of the audience sending flowers to wish him good health, to get better soon, with many encouraging words being shown on-screen: “Xiao Yuan, fighting! Take care of your injury and then play again!”
“Xiao Yuan, get better soon, we are waiting for you!”
“Be sure to become a lively Yuan Xi as soon as possible!”
“Without you, the Sky team will be incomplete, waiting for you to come back!”
“Waiting for you to come back +1!”
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Looking at the screen full of ‘waiting for you to come back’ and ‘fighting’ comments, Yuan Xi’s heart was very warm.
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In this game, Sky lacked Yuan Xi, a core player. In addition, Nie Yuzhu took the initiative to go second in the first game, forcing forcing the Sky team into a very difficult position.
The audience couldn’t help but worry. “If captain Nie banned Qiu Zongping, will Sky surrender directly?”
“If neither summoners can play, the tactical flow of Sky can’t be used. No matter how fierce Xuewei is, the pressure of bringing two newcomers is very big!”
“Well, it’s estimated that Sky will lose 0-2.”
Yuan Xi, who was watching the game, was also anxious, but to everyone’s surprise …
Nie Yuzhu didn’t ban him, he actually let Qiu Zongping play.
Watching the game backstage, Shen He couldn’t help commenting. “By doing this, does captain Nie want to play himself?”
Banning was a double-edged sword. If he banned his opponent’s core player, the opponent could ban him in turn. If both sides played against each other peacefully, they could send out the strongest lineup at the same time. This required the captain to weigh the pros and cons, and analyse whether it was better to ban the opposite side, or send players peacefully. For example, when encountering the BUG combination of Qin Mo and Xiao Han, most of the captains would choose to ban one of them.
In this game, it was obvious that as long as Nie Yuzhu banned Qiu Zongping from playing, Without Fire could completely decimate the Sky team.
But Nie Yuzhu didn’t ban him. Shen He felt that he might want to use his strongest lineup, but Qin Mo replied, “He won’t play.”
“Why?” Shen He scratched his head, confused.
“Sky team is now facing difficulties, and news of Yuan Xi’s car accident has spread in the league,” Qin Mo explained. “Although he is sure to win if he bans Qiu Zongping, Old Nie will not take advantage of this. His character is very decent and he is a gentleman.”
Shen He was stunned for a few moments, before he finally reacted. “So, he’s not playing, and will let Jing Yang fight Qiu Zongping. Furthermore, he can train Jing Yang’s consciousness?”
Qin Mo nodded. “He has this idea.”
Sure enough, it was as Qin Mo said. Without Fire’s lineup comprised of Jing Yang, Zhou Yanbing, and Xu You; Jing Yang was a highly talented young player with a melee double-sword flow, Zhou Yanbing was a swordsman from the long sword flow who mainly controlled the field, while Xu You was the healer of Without Fire team. Sky’s lineup was Qiu Zongping and Zhou Xuewei, two ace players with a new swordsman, Qi Fei.
The lineups of both sides were a combination of two experts and one newcomer, and their overall strengths were similar.
Nie Yuzhu’s meaning was obvious—— he directly sent up a lineup of equal strength, and whomever won or lost would depend on ability.
Qin Mo greatly admired captain Nie’s actions. He didn’t take the opportunity to take points from the Sky team, indicating that he didn’t take the score very seriously—— a gentleman was a reasonable person. His opponent’s weapon was broken, so he also threw away his weapon. Nie Yuzhu’s behavior showed his respect for Qiu Zongping.
And Qiu Zongping did not disappoint the audience.
In the Sky’s home court of the first game, he selected a multi-obstacle map that could support the summoner’s control field. Qiu Zongping provided an excellent output environment for team member Qi Fei with a slow and steady control. Jing Yang was severely restricted, and he couldn’t play even half of his usual abilities, so he was killed by the other party, and the Without Fire team was helplessly defeated.
After losing the first game, Jing Yang scratched his head dejectedly. “He was constantly staring at me, to the point where I no longer have a temper!”
“Qiu Zongping has a sharp eye and can see through your weakness at a glance. When you meet such a strong player, you should pay more attention to your positioning.” Nie Yuzhu instructed him.
“En,” Jing Yang nodded earnestly. “Let’s try a flat map in the next game!”
The second round was an away game for Without Fire. Both sides once again entered the selection stage peacefully. Nie Yuzhu chose once again to abstain from playing, and without the help of obstacles, Qiu Zongping couldn’t control the field as easily. Jing Yang finally showed a strong explosive force, killing Sky team’s lineup in a thrilling manner to pull back the score.
It was time for the final tiebreaker, and the audience was curious as to whether Nie Yuzhu would play this time. Smiling, Shen He asked, “Master, do you think captain Nie will play in the final game?”
“He won’t go,” Qin Mo replied. “Perhaps even Jing Yang will not go.”
“Why would it be like this?” Shen He was surprised.
“At present, Without Fire ranks second, 3 points ahead of Frost Moon and 6 points ahead of our Mojue. Currently, they’re tied 1:1 with Sky. If they lose the third game, Without Fire will still be the second place after losing 2 points, and even if they win, they will not be able to surpass Dynasty to reach first place,” Qin Mo carefully analysed.
Shen He, a science student with good math grades, soon figured out the key to the game. “That is to say, no matter whether they win or lose, they can still hold onto second place after playing this game.”
Qin Mo nodded. “Similarly, Sky will still be sixth after playing this game.”
Shen He suddenly realised the importance of this. “The ranking of both teams will not change because of this game, so in the third round, the captains of the two teams may let their newcomers practice?”
“En,” Qin Mo replied. “This is a rarely-seen opportunity.”
Shen He wanted to prostrate in admiration. As a captain, one not only had to analyse his opponent’s lineup and tactics, but also pay close attention to the gaps in the scoreboard, and—— their math had to be good!
Shen He couldn’t help but choke. “If the captain is a math idiot, they won’t be able to count the points!”
Chu Jianxin, who was sitting in the front row, coughed fiercely, before turning around to smile at Shen He. “Is Xiao Shen talking about me? I scored 45 points in mathematics in the college entrance examination.”
Shen He: “…”
Then you are really amazing!
“But Sangsang scored 145 points.” Chu Jianxin immediately added.
Shen He: “…”
Is scoring a fraction of his grades something to be proud of?
Sang Jun smiled slightly. “Things like counting points have always been my duty. You don’t need to emphasize that you are a math slag.”
Chu Jianxin shrugged. “I want to let people know that you are very good at math and logical reasoning, and that you are the strongest brain of our Dynasty team.”
Helpless, Sang Jun could only turn to face Qin Mo. “Our family’s captain is not very good at Chinese, we’ve let god Mo see this joke.”
Qin Mo replied. “It doesn’t matter, there is also a person who is poor in Chinese in our team.”
“Are you talking about me?” Xiao Han asked knowingly.
Everyone couldn’t help laughing—— of course they were talking about you!
Backstage, everyone watched the battle while contributing to the discussion, and enjoyed themselves. On the stage, the atmosphere between the two sides relaxed. Both Qiu Zongping and Nie Yuzhu had sent newcomers to try. In order to avoid stage fright, the newcomers must have experience in formal games, and both people had undoubtedly reached a consensus on this point.
To the audience’s surprise, Sky’s newcomers lineup actually won in the third round…
Despite Yuan Xi’s absence, Sky was able to win against Without Fire. This result was too surprising, but it also showed that Qiu Zongping was really good at leading the team, and the overall strength of the newcomers he had trained was slightly stronger than those of Without Fire.
Nie Yuzhu was very calm about the result. After losing this game, Without Fire was still second place, and the impact was not large.
The two captains shook hands in the middle of the stage, “Thank you, captain Nie.” Qiu Zongping said.
“I didn’t deliberately lose,” Nie Yuzhu calmly replied. “Both sides sent the same lineup, and you won.”
Nie Yuzhu was referring to Sky’s lack of their main output Yuan Xi, and Without Fire’s lack of their main field controller Nie Yuzhu. However, Qiu Zongping was very clear that neither side had shown their strongest lineup in this game, and the results could not be used to evaluate the overall level of both teams.
“When Yuan Xi comes back, we’ll confront each other again in the team battles” Qiu Zongping replied frankly.
Nie Yuzhu nodded. “I look forward to that day.”
After both sides shook hands, they walked off the big stage. Qin Mo felt gratified to see this scene—— the professional league that had only just been established, and the players in the first league would become the veterans of the professional league in a few years. The atmosphere of the entire league would also be influenced by them.
At present, although the scale of the league was not huge, most of the captains in the league were good people and treated their opponents with respect and affirmation. The game was fair and square, and all the teams were fighting with tactics in a positive manner, without intrigue or interfering with private affairs.
This was a good beginning.
This was also the best gift that they, as the founders, could leave for the younger players.
Thank you for the chapter~~! 💜💜💜
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I had stopped reading novels for about more than a year now but now that am reading them again, I can’t help but get excited.
Wow, more than a year without reading novels, I can’t even imagine it 👀
Novel is like of my life lol
Btw, welcome back to novel world ❤
Why thank you. Am never leaving it ever again.
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Captain Nie is so honorable. I tip my hat off at him.
This chapter made me strangely emotional 🥺