translator: Oyen editor: Ciel
After their loss in the first round, Mojue’s planned lineup for the second round became the focus of discussion among the players watching the game from the backstage.
Chu Jianxin was unable to guess Qin Mo’s ideas, so he simply gave up and turned to Sang Jun. “Sangsang, do you think Qin Mo will let Liu Hong play in the second game? If the three outputs of Han, Mo and Hong competed against the three outputs of Chen, He and Rong of Frost Moon, will Mojue stand a better chance of winning?”
“Not necessarily,” Sang Jun denied. “The second game is Mojue’s home court. Qin Mo should not use the three output lineup.”
“You mean, he will use the map to counter, and continue to bring the newcomers?” Chu Jianxin was somewhat confused.
“En,” Sang Jun nodded. “Li Muran is not at a level where Qin Mo does not need to worry about him. In the later team battlers, a healer will be very important to the team. If it were me, I would continue to let Li Muran play.” Pausing for a moment, he turned to look at Chu Jianxin. “Besides, the tactical style of the Frost Moon team is too limited, and relies heavily on the map. If Chen Jiang and He Yue’s combination cannot be played, their strength will be greatly reduced.”
“Sangsang, your analysis skills are so good,” Chu Jianxin praised. “After retiring, you might be able to become a commentator.”
“Then, do you want to be my partner?” Sang Jun smiled slightly.
“No problem,” Chu Jianxin replied readily. “You can analyse, and I’ll just change the topic.”
Seeing Chu Jianxin’s smile, Sang Jun realised that he was just joking. He felt quite helpless; even knowing that Chu Jianxin wasn’t serious, he couldn’t help but take it seriously. In fact, no matter what he did after retiring in the future, what he wanted most was just to be with this person.
Sang Jun chose not to continue talking about this. Just then, Qiu Zongping brought a cup of coffee from the pantry and took a seat next to them. Chu Jianxin casually spoke up, “Captain Qiu, is your family’s Yuan Xi feeling better?”
Qiu Zongping looked a little embarrassed. Chu Sang had personally heard Yuan Xi confess to him in the hospital that day, and obviously knew what had happened between himself and Yuan Xi.
Coughing, Sang Jun leaned in, whispering in Chu Jianxin’s ear. “Mind your words.”
Chu Jianxin was just asking casually. He often said phrases like ‘my family’s Sangsang’ and ‘my family’s Lin Yao’, especially when conversing with other people. However, from the situation that day, Yuan Xi liked Qiu Zongping, while Qiu Zongping did not return those feelings, making it very inappropriate to say ‘your family’s Yuan Xi’ to Qiu Zongping. Realising this, Chu Jianxin immediately changed his tune. “Hahahaha, I was just asking casually.”
“Thank you for your concern.” Qiu Zongping replied. “He will be visiting the hospital next week to remove the plaster cast. For now, he is training in the club every day.”
Chu Jianxin “Oh”ed, immediately turning back to look at the screen the moment the second round started, pretending that nothing had happened.
***
Indeed as expected, as Sang Jun guessed, Qin Mo selected the three maps Stone Forest, Mechanical Array and Dragon Gate Maze for the second round—— all of which were all multi-obstacle maps that hindered the double long whip’s field control. The Stone Forest was full of stone pillars, and the Mechanical Array contained many mechanical puppets made by the Zhuge family sect. In comparison, the Dragon Gate Maze was full of broken walls. No matter which map Chen Jiang left behind, it would not be easy for him to swing his whip around.
After thinking about it for a few moments, Chen Jiang selected the ‘Dragon Gate Maze’.
Both sides once again chose not to ban during the player selection stage. The lineup on Mojue’s side was the same as the first round, with Han and Mo bringing the healer Li Muran. Much to Qin Mo’s surprise, the martial siblings Chen and He did not play together in this round. Instead, Chen Jiang and Rong Haibin brought with them a Kuangdao Gate player. It was likely that Chen Jiang realised their double long whip flow would not be easily played on this map, so he allowed his martial sister to rest, and brought a melee meat shield along with him instead.
This melee player had the ID ‘Jiaxing Intoxicated Immortal House’, a five-character pattern unique to the Frost Moon team.
Watching from the bench outside, Shen He was very excited. “This was a place in the Legend of Condor Heroes; this person should be a fan of martial arts. But he doesn’t seem to have played before?”
“Aside from the powerful captain of Dynasty, most of the other teams don’t seem to have sent out meat shields in the three-member teams,” Zhu Qingyue smiled. “Xiao He, do you have an impression of this person?”
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Looking at the large screen, Xiao Han saw that the information of the player ‘Jiaxing Intoxicated Immortal House’ was shown. He was a teenager of 16 years, and his real name was Pang Jia. A thought suddenly made itself though, but the captains of both sides had confirmed their lineup, and the game was about to begin. Xiao Han said nothing, and simply pressed the button to show that he was ready.
The second round began shortly.
Many audiences think that there was no suspense in the second round. First, the map was Qin Mo’s choice. Frost Moon team’s most powerful double long whip field control method couldn’t be used in the multi obstacle map. As a result, captain Chen had to let his martial sister rest, instead, he sent a meat shield, which was a disadvantage in the lineup. Second, the output ability of Twin Stars was slightly better than that of Chen Jiang and Rong Haibin’s, plus Twin Stars also brought a milk dad, endurance was also better than the combination with meat shield.
No matter from which aspect, Mojue would have an absolute advantage in this round.
“It should be no problem for Mojue to win back this round.” Ye Chao commented. “If it is 1:1, they will have to enter the tiebreaker game to determine the outcome.”
Liang Ru agreed. “The map will be chosen randomly by the system in the tiebreaker game, and in fact, it also has a certain element of luck…”
However, as soon as both commentators mentioned this, an unexpected scene happened on the field.
Seeing Xiao Han and Qin Mo outburst their attacks, only to be bounced back by the meat shield player, Pang Jia, with Kuangdao Gate’s skill ‘Only Me’ at the right time!
Han and Mo broke out and crippled themselves, and Li Muran was silenced by the opponent’s bone fan at close range, failing to add blood.
The audience exclaimed. Fortunately, Xiao Han and Qin Mo reacted swiftly. At the moment when the opponent’s Kuangdao Gate swordsman bounced back the damage, Xiao Han used ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ and teleported behind the wall. Qin Mo cooperated with him, directly using the ‘Drifting Sword’ . With the penetration skills, both of them temporarily avoided the other side, waiting for Muran’s support.
Li Muran immediately used the group healing after the silence was lifted, and restored Twin Stars’ health thrillingly.
Ye Chao couldn’t help commenting. “Pang Jia’s performance in the critical moment is very good!”
“Under the situation of being surpassed by the Twin Stars, he can rebound the damage very timely. This is not an ordinary level newcomer!” Liang Ru added.
“However, I never saw him appear in the previous matches,” Ye Chao wondered. “This is his first debut in Peerless Jianghu. In the first game, it’s not easy for him to adjust his mentality and play at a normal level, not to mention that he played well.”
Qin Mo was also aware of this, the other side’s front row meat shield was not simple. Obviously, Chen Jiang was also forced to finally come up with a trump card.
——This player was not a newcomer, but the secret weapon of the Frost Moon team.
As the same Kuangdao Gate’s player, Mojue’s Xiao He was far worse than him. After a period of tempering, this person’s strength wouldn’t even be inferior to the Dynasty captain Chu Jianxin. Just now, Qin Mo and Xiao Han had played a close perfect match. Qin Mo started the group control silence, and Xiao Han opened the shadow to kill him, but they were successfully predicted by the other party. Qin Mo’s control was avoided, and Xiao Han’s outbreak was rebounded back. This kind of consciousness was not something a newcomer could have.
Thinking of this, Qin Mo said seriously. “Xiao Han, kill the other side’s meat shield first! Muran, protect yourself and go around the obstacles to add blood, don’t be controlled by the other side!”
Both of them nodded to show their understanding.
After bypassing the wall barrier in the desert, Xiao Han went into invisibility, teamed up with Qin Mo, and quickly came to the opponent’s Kuangdao Gate player.
According to Qin Mo’s instructions, Li Muran stood behind the obstacles and added blood buffs to both great gods from a distance. The skill cooldown reduction made his blood add rhythm extremely fast. He had high hand speed, and the critical hit rate of equipment was more than 80%. Almost every healing would produce a critical hit.
“The psychological quality of Mojue’s healer is very good.” Ye Chao smiled. “They lost the first game because of him, but he quickly adjusted his state back at the second game.”
Liang Ru: “There are many healer players in the league who have higher basic healing than him. However, if Li Muran’s blood adding has always triggered crit, the blood adding in a period of time can surpass many healers, and his blood adding speed is really too fast.”
In a blink of an eye, Li Muran returned Qin Mo and Xiao Han’s health to full, both Han-Mo also began to jointly attack Frost Moon’s meat shield player Pang Jia.
Originally, if Xiao Han and Qin Mo joined hands to attack, killing a crispy skin would not be more than half a minute, even if killing a high defense meat shield player, it was rarely more than a minute. However, after both of them joined hands to kill Pang Jia today, they only beat half of his blood in a minute. Coupled with Chen Jiang’s interference at the back, they were unable to kill this person for a while.
This player’s movement skill was very flexible. As long as it was not a targeted attack, he would successfully predict many skills and quickly dodge. Even if Xiao Han was such a first-class output assassin, many skills were dodged by him.
“How does I feel that this person is thicker than Chu Jianxin,” Xiao Han wondered. “It seems that I need to use a big move.”
“Okay,” Qin Mo nodded. “I’ll be the cover.”
They acted at the same time with tacit understanding. Qin Mo pretended to shift his target. Suddenly, he used qinggong skill and flew in front of Chen Jiang, making a series of attacks with his sword. Xiao Han followed him and used ‘Thousand Lights Ghost Walk’ to surround Chen Jiang!
Thinking that they were going to bypass him and kill Chen Jiang, Pang Jia immediately rushed forward to protect him and put the defensive shield on Chen Jiang’s body. However, the next moment, Qin Mo and Xiao Han made a big move at the same time—— Skyward Sword, Shadowless Dragon!
Qin Mo’s big move blasted all the surrounding obstacles in range into fragments. Xiao Han opened ‘Shadowless Dragon’ invisibility, followed by breaking out, and the five shadows that drove out suddenly moved towards Pang Jia, everyone saw the black-clothed assassin like a gust of wind, instantly circling behind Pang Jia, continuously hitting ‘Ice Silkworm’ and the burst damage of ‘Rainbow Through The Sun’!
Both of them joined hands to make a big move, beating Pang Jia to 15% of the residual blood in one breath!
Then, Qin Mo also opened a targeted attack skill ‘Unrivalled Sword’, cooperating with Xiao Han’s continuous normal attack to suppress, and simply emptied Pang Jia’s residual blood.
——[Ink Mark] has killed [Jiaxing Intoxicated Immortal House]!
Seeing the killing message on the screen, Mojue’s fans were relieved.
However, Qin Mo and Xiao Han spent a lot of skills in order to kill the other side’s meat shield. They did not fight, but retreated at the same time and returned to Li Muran for some replenishment.
Mojue’s three players temporarily withdrew from the battlefield under the cover of the obstacle map, and after Li Muran returned their blood and blue, they went to three against two, and finally won the second game in a thrilling way.
However, it was not an easy win.
Thinking of Xiao Han’s thoughtful appearance before the start of the game, Qin Mo asked. “Do you think of anything about Pang Jia?”
Xiao Han nodded. “Do you know the founder of the Seven Star Grass Club, Xiao Sijing? The player who was as famous as Liu Chuan was called Emperor Xiao by his fans.”
Qin Mo replied. “I have heard that it is said to be Liu Chuan’s most respected opponent. After retiring, he was invited to join the CEL esports Alliance as the executive director like Liu Chuan.”
Xiao Han replied. “Because we have the same surname, when he first came to Dragon Song Club, god Chuan introduced me to him. When they chatted, I heard him joke, ‘Old Xiao, you are really old. You have become a grandmaster and have a grand apprentice so soon…’”
“You mean, Pang Jia is related to Emperor Xiao?” Qin Mo was a little surprised.
Xiao Han nodded. “En, the Seven Star Grass club sent Frost Moon team to the Peerless Jianghu project, the martial siblings, and Chen Jiang and He Yue, played the long whip, were all inherited from the god Lun. Emperor Xiao is god Lun’s partner. If I guess correctly, this Pang Jia probably inherits Emperor Xiao’s playing style. It is said that although Xiao Sijing served as the executive director of the esports alliance after retiring, like Liu Chuan, he will often return to the headquarters of Seven Star Grass club and take time to guide some newcomers.”
“No wonder,” Qin Mo understood clearly. “I always think Pang Jia is not simple, and his ability to predict is too strong. He hasn’t played before, but his strength is not much different from Chu Jianxin who played for three years. It seems that he is the secret weapon of the Frost Moon team?”
Xiao Han smiled. “Captain Chen is quite restrained, he hasn’t sent out the trump card player until now.”
Liu Hong interrupted. “Perhaps the previous event was not suitable for meat shield players?”
Thinking for a moment, Qin Mo looked back at her. “A-Hong, you can play in the final. It will be easier for us to break down his defense if we work together to output.”
Liu Hong simply nodded. “No problem!”
***
In the VIP auditorium on scene, a man in a black shirt said faintly. “Xiao Pang did a good job just now.”
The man next to him curved his lip. “Don’t always call him Xiao Pang, or he will talk about losing weight again later on.”
“Shilun, you spoil Xiao Chen too much. He said that he won three fourth places in a row and asked the grand master to come and help, so you came to Xi’an to watch the game and called me over.”
“It’s not easy for Xiao Chen.” Su Shilun smiled. “Now there are too many strong teams in the league, he is under great pressure. When we started out, there weren’t so many strong teams, right? Now, there are more large-scale giant clubs, and each club has sent teams here, and the players of this generation are really struggling to survive.”
Xiao Sijing calmly replied. “In our time, the esports game had just started, and there were few people playing the game, so it would be relatively easy to get ahead, but at that time the environment was difficult and there were not many players who could persist in playing. Now, the competition is becoming more fierce, but the conditions offered by the clubs to the players are getting better, and the league is becoming more formal. In this aspect, this generation of players are luckier than us.”
Su Shilun supported his forehead. “Are you used to run around in meetings with Liu Chuan? How can you speak with an official tone!”
“You don’t like it?” Xiao Sijing smiled slightly.
Su Shilun: “…”
Too lazy to bicker with him, Su Shilun turned to look at the big stage. “Peerless Jianghu’s alliance sent me an invitation letter a few days ago, and made an appointment with me. They want me to be a commentator in the league stage. I am still considering whether to go.”
Xiao Sijing replied. “Didn’t Qin Ye go? The foodie Lu Xiang also earns money to buy snacks. You can make money and buy more clothes.”
Su Shilun nodded in agreement. “Good idea.”
At the same time, Chen Jiang looked excited on the stage. “Xiao Pang, you have to be strong! Both Emperor Xiao and god Lun should watch your debut off the stage!”
The chubby teenager scratched his head in confusion. “But don’t you lose a lot when you debut?”
Everyone: “……”
He Yue couldn’t help pinching his fat face hard. “Can you stop your black-crow-mouth?”
Pang Jia immediately changed his words. “I think I will definitely win in my first debut, otherwise I will lose twenty pounds.”
This sentence was really technical. He had benefited greatly from the choice of either winning or losing twenty pounds.
Chen Jiang smiled and patted Xiao Pang’s shoulder. “If they guess your origin, they may use a strong output lineup, and it will be difficult to fight in the tiebreaker game, so cheer up and do your best.”
[ Qiu Zongping chose not to continue talking about this. Just then, Qiu Zongping brought a cup of coffee from the pantry and took a seat next to them. Chu Jianxin casually spoke up, “Captain Qiu, is your family’s Yuan Xi feeling better?” ]
A typo? Shouldn’t there be Sang Jun?
Ahhh, too bad… 😓 I don’t know the old characters from the first book. Or it would have been more exciting when they made an appearance…
Thank you for the chapter~~! 💜💜💜
Ah, I’m wrong lol, already fix it. It’s Sang Jun not Qiu Zongping 🤣
Same, I just read the first book a little, so I’m not as excited when GLS’s characters made an appearance 🤭
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I think it should be psychological quality.
[ Emperor Huang is god Lun’s partner. If I guess correctly, this Pang Jia probably inherits Emperor Huang’s playing style.]
Correct me if I’m wrong. They were talking about Xiao Sijing and referred to him as Emperor Xiao. Then the next sentence mentioned an Emperor Huang , and I’m confused as to who that is. Maybe it’s a typo? Shouldn’t it be Emperor Xiao ?
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I give up fixing this (۶ૈ ᵒ̌ Дᵒ̌)۶ૈ=͟͟͞͞ ⌨
Thank you!
Already fix it, thanks~ ❤
Lol, why I type emperor Huang, while Huang is literally emperor 🤣
Is you keyboard error??? 👀
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Hehe… Great!
I’m not too sure. I typed the Enter key so that it would skip a few lines for better reading, but I don’t know why it came out differently after posting. 😰
I normally post my comments using mobile as it is what I use to read online novels. I only used the PC because I wanted the option to use Bold, Italics, Underline, etc… 😂
Thank you! 😁
Naming the chubby character xiao pang… is kind of distasteful but making him the meat shield kind of makes sense.
yes, xiao sijing and su shilun is here!!! the CP that has an aura of an old couple!!! so thay pang jia is xiao sijing grand apprentice??? i remember that sijing was the best shaolin player in wulin (meat shield) and no wonder pang jia inherited his style of play!! but I hope shilun would accept the invitation. just like qin ye, he also has a sharp tongue and very good at analyzing, though qin ye’s poisonous mouth is a level higher than shilun. i want to see him commentating!!!