translator: Oyen
Mojue won the first game, and the pressure naturally shifted to Without Fire team. Moreover, this game was Qin Mo’s home, and Qin Mo was likely to skip the banned stage directly and come up with Twin Stars with Liu Hong’s full output lineup.
During a few minutes of intermission, Nie Yuzhu’s mind quickly went through the lineup formation of Without Fire team. Finally, he found that it was difficult to win the three outputs of Mojue. Only by taking out Without Fire’s three strongest melee fighters could there be hope. If they went with a healer or dragged the rhythm with a meat shield, it was not wise at all—— with the breakthrough ability of the three people, Han, Mo and Hong, maybe they could win if they borrowed the meat shield from Dynasty, Chu Jianxin; and Sky’s healer, Zhou Xuewei. Without Fire’s own team members were not strong enough to stop the other three breakthroughs.
It seemed that they could only fight head-on. Nie Yuzhu made up his mind, called Jing Yang and Zhou Yanbing. “In the second game, Mojue will send Han-Mo-Hong’s output lineup, and we will also used the output lineup to fight. Xiao Jing tries to hold Xiao Han, Yanbing keeps an eye at Qin Mo, and I will go to find an opportunity to kill Liu Hong first.”
His train of thought was a bit like the game tactics of ‘Tianji Horse Racing’, which allowed the most unstable Jing Yang to interfere with Xiao Han, who had the strongest output strength on the opposite side, and made Zhou Yanbing and Qin Mo, who belong to the same sect to fight. Relying on his output experience superior to Liu Hong, he took the lead in making a breakthrough and establishing a head advantage. This strategy was good, but whether it could be realised depends on everyone’s on-the-spot adaptability, especially Jing Yang, a 16-year-old boy, who made Nie Yuzhu uneasy.
Captain Nie was worried, but Jing Yang himself was excited and smiled. “Understood captain!”
After agreeing on the strategy, Nie Yuzhu returned to the command seat again, and Qin Mo in the soundproof room opposite also sat back as captain at the same time. With deafening applause at the scene, the second game finally began.
It was Nie Yuzhu’s upper hand, he selected three trap maps, with a little difference. Qin Mo banned two of them, leaving ‘Maple Forest Secret Territory’. This map was located in the depths of the forest, with tall and dense maple branches and leaves blending. The map scene was autumn dusk, and the ground was covered with red maple leaves. The golden light of the sunset in the sky was sprinkled into the forest through the gap between the branches and leaves, and the forest was coated with a golden color.
The scene was very beautiful, almost comparable to the tourist resort, but a large number of traps under the cover of red maple leaves had created a lot of trouble for the players to move. After falling into the trap, besides losing blood, the player would be silenced for 2 seconds. Nie Yuzhu’s profession was trap related, releasing such a trap map, he obviously had confidence in his ability to control the field.
After the map selection, followed by the banned stage, as Nie Yuzhu expected, Qin Mo directly skipped the ban and sent Han-Mo-Hong’s pure output lineup, Nie Yuzhu also sent Nie-Jing-Zhou’s pure output lineup in accordance with the strategy drawn up in advance.
Seeing this scene, Ye Chao couldn’t help commenting. “Both sides use a close combat lineup, the rhythm of this game will be very fast!”
“It took 15 minutes to get the result in the first game. It seems that the second game should not exceed five minutes.” Liang Ru added.
Ye Chao smiled. “Both sides don’t have healer and auxiliary, they fight with speed and output only, this kind of game will be exciting and hot blooded! As we all know, Without Fire team comes from Guangzhou’s Bronze Sparrow club, and the style of that club has always been based on the hot blooded close combat profession as the core. Shao-Lu combination at that time was one of the most classic melee combinations in the esports circle, sweeping the field and was quite hot blooded. Nie Yuzhu is captain Shao’s apprentice, inheriting the melee violent quick push style with the characteristics of Bronze Sparrow. It can be said that Without Fire’s Nie-Jing-Zhou’s lineup is their strongest trio at present.”
“Mojue’s Han-Mo-Hong lineup is also their strongest trio in terms of pure output.” Liang Ru added.
Ye Chao nodded. “That’s right, both sides have come up with the strongest trio to play head-on. Whether Without Fire can maintain the king’s position in the melee combat depends on Jing Yang’s performance.”
Nie Yuzhu, the old captain, had been in a stable state, and Zhou Yanbing was also an old player who had played with him for several years. Without Fire team’s melee combat sometimes played very smoothly, leaving the opponent with no power to fight back, but sometimes it collapsed very fast, and the team was destroyed inexplicably. The key reason was Jing Yang.
In the VIP room, Lu Xiang, who was eating biscuits while watching the game, could not help saying. “Xiao Jing’s control rhythm is still not mature enough. I feel that they will lose this game!”
“You’re also the same as him when you’re 16 years old.” Shao Zehang replied calmly. “Your hand speed was too fast and sometimes you were out of touch, but you quickly found the adjustment skills and won the annual newcomer award…”
Lu Xiang scratched his head and smiled. “That’s because my master taught me well…Although I hate Liu Chuan’s cheap mouth, but to be honest, he has laid a solid foundation for me, allowing me to quickly break through the newcomers’ bottleneck, in addition… there’s also you! Your hand speed was about the same as mine at the time. When I was playing fast break, you could immediately keep up with my rhythm. The key to our partnership becoming so powerful is you, your overall view is better, I don’t need to think about it, I just need to follow you!”
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Xiao Lu’s unintentional praise made the calm man curved his lip slightly. “Thanks for your compliment.”
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Lu Xiang swallowed the biscuits in his mouth, seemingly understanding. “It means that we were able to run-in so quickly back then because we were both fast output players, our speed and frequency were on the same line, so we could cooperate very well and fight smoothly. But now, Nie Yuzhu and Jing Yang’s speeds are not at the same frequency, and Xiao Jing can’t play freely, he can’t hold his horse, and only knows how to sprint. It will be very difficult.”
“That’s the truth,” Shao Zehang nodded admiringly. “Jing Yang can’t adjust his speed at free will. A truly outstanding player can take advantage of a set of outbreaks when attacking quickly; When it’s time to slow down, you can also cooperate with your teammates to find opportunities. For example, Xiao Han is the master in adjusting his speed. When he is fast, he can kill one person in one breath. When he is slow, he can also play steadily without revealing any flaws, he will cooperate with his teammates to adjust the pace of attack at any time. Jing Yang is far worse than him.”
Lu Xiang scratched his head. “It seems that there is little chance of winning this game. I haven’t been back to the club for a long time. I will treat them to a meal and encourage a few children.”
Little Lu Xiang, who was only as tall as his chest, had a very tender face, and was constantly eating snacks, actually called Jing Yang and the others ‘some children’. It felt a bit strange. Shao Zehang couldn’t help but smiled and stretched out his hand to rub his head. “I’ll treat you for a meal, and save your money for snacks.”
Lu Xiang immediately smiled. “Okay, I’m waiting for you to say that!”
Shao Zehang: “…”
***
At the end of their chat, the players of both sides on the big stage had been loaded on the map.
The realistic 3D picture of Maple Forest Secret Territory was put on the big screen, and the audience felt as if they were there. From the god perspective, they could overlook the whole map, and the team members of both sides had loaded in the wooden cabin in the corner and rushed towards the middle of the maple forest.
As there were many traps on the ground, if they distinguished them carefully, they could see the slight difference between the trap and the surrounding maple leaves. Everyone was professional and familiar with all the maps. Of course there would be no carelessness. In order to avoid a large number of traps, the players had to make a detour constantly, but even if they made a detour, they always maintained a distance that they could support each other at any time.
Soon, the players from both sides met in the middle of the map. Nie Yuzhu gave an order, and Jing Yang decisively raised the double knife in his hand and hit Xiao Han——
Bloodsucking Sword, Violent Sword, Endless Light Sword!
This teenager really had a very fast hand speed, Xiao Han started without invisibility, was caught off guard by him, and his health also plummeted.
However, Xiao Han had a first-class reaction ability after all. After being rushed over by Jing Yang suddenly, he immediately became invisible and used qinggong to retreat. Jing Yang’s output was interrupted. Naturally, he would not be willing and also use qinggong to catch up, followed up with ‘Extremely Danger Sword’ to attack Xiao Han again, and both of them began to hit each other at hand speed. At that time, all kinds of skills were dazzling and the battle scene was extremely fierce.
The audience held their breath nervously. Unexpectedly, Without Fire’s teenager fighting with god Han head on, he could grab the initiative and still not fall into the disadvantage. This speed really did not fall through!
Xiao Han confronted Jing Yang head-on, while Qin Mo was disturbed by Zhou Yanbing, a swordsman from the same sect. Qin Mo once beat Zhou Yanbing in the all-sect challenge arena, but Qin Mo was also recognised Zhou’s strength, he was a mature and stable player, his tactical consciousness was slightly inferior to Qin Mo, but the output ability and field control ability was not much worse than Qin Mo. Entangled by him, Qin Mo consciousness could not get out of the difficulty, but his corner of the eyes caught Nie Yuzhu suddenly qinggong around and started to fight with Liu Hong.
—— Accepting one lost to ensure two wins, he used this tactic and attacked them separately!
Seeing Nie Yuzhu’s intention, “A-Hong be careful!” Qin Mo immediately reminded her.
Liu Hong knew that her strength in Mojue’s trio was weaker than Han-Mo, and it was normal to be selected as a breakthrough by Nie Yuzhu. After all, she had only played output for half a year’s competition after turning from a healer. Nie Yuzhu was a veteran with three years’ experience in leading the team. In addition, she was fighting the same sect of Xuanbing Palace’s double ring, and she couldn’t get any advantages from Nie Yuzhu’s hand.
But she would not sit back and wait for death. After carefully observing the situation on the field, she found that although god Han was temporarily tied with Jing Yang, god Han kept many big moves and did not fully explode at the beginning. On the contrary, Jing Yang hit the highest attack speed from the very beginning. As long as god Han dragged Jing Yang for a period of time, he could seize the opportunity to fight back. And Qin Mo with Zhou Yanbing was also a temporary 50-50 game, Qin Mo passively faced the other party, but he retained all his control skills.
Liu Hong immediately made a decision and suggested. “Why don’t I act on a wave of attacks?”
“Okay,” Qin Mo agreed. “Be careful and survive!”
“Don’t worry, my acting skills have been greatly improved after following you two for so long!” Liu Hong replied frankly.
Qin Mo: “…”
She was one of the few people who knew about their relationship but didn’t disclose it. This sentence was somewhat meaningful, but Qin Mo had no time to think about it. He continued to keep the fight with Zhou Yanbing equally, but the corner of his eye kept staring at Liu Hong’s side.
Sure enough, Liu Hong began to act. It was not the first time that she played against Nie Yuzhu, and she knew better about Nie Yuzhu’s style of play. She fell back one after another along the pace of the other party’s attack. It seemed that she had been completely suppressed by Nie Yuzhu. The audience also knew that Liu Hong really could not beat captain Nie alone, and had no doubts about this development.
In a twinkling of an eye, Liu Hong and Nie Yuzhu burst into each other’s trap. Liu Hong’s blood volume had reached a dangerous stage of 30%, and captain Nie’s blood remained at about 50%.
Qin Mo and Xiao Han were entangled by their opponents, and Liu Hong had no chance as she was alone. If she was killed by captain Nie, Mojue’s side would probably be beaten and enter the disadvantage two against three situation.
Just at this time, Nie Yuzhu suddenly used ‘Twin Laurel Fragrance’ skill to lay a large series of traps on the ground. After the traps were laid, his teammates could see it, but the opponent couldn’t see it. There were environmental traps on the ground, Liu Hong accidentally stepped into Nie Yuzhu’s serial traps in order to avoid the environmental traps under the cover of maple leaves.
With a loud bang and the explosion of a series of traps, Liu Hong’s blood volume was reduced to 10% in one breath!
But at this moment, Liu Hong suddenly stepped on the air and fell into the environmental trap. Nie Yuzhu’s ‘Interlocking Rings’ skills were just about to hit her, trying to kill her, only to watch her fall into the big pit on the ground.
Falling into the big pit of the map would drop blood and be silenced. Liu Hong’s blood volume drops to 5%, not far from death. But because she fell, if Nie Yuzhu wanted to kill her, he had to take a long way to the trap.
When Nie Yuzhu finally came to the trap to kill her, he suddenly saw that Jing Yang’s health started to plummet like an avalanche from the team list!
——Not good, this was the tactic of luring the tiger away from his territory!
Nie Yuzhu wanted to go back to help, but Liu Hong fought, retreated and led him to the position which happened to be the most densely trapped place. If he wanted to go back to Jing Yang, he needed to use a lot of qinggong to move, so it was already too late!
Qin Mo and Liu Hong obviously had long talked about this tactic. At the moment when Liu Hong distracted Nie Yuzhu and was killed, he suddenly used ‘Heaven Sun Combo’ to silence Zhou Yanbing, and at the same time, Xiao Han used the big move ‘Shadowless Dragon’ and entered stealth state. He followed the shadow pursuit of ‘Thousand Lights Ghost Walk’ and teleported to Qin Mo’s side——
Qin Mo and Xiao Han had been controlling the opponent’s blood volume before, and had kept a lot of key skills. At this moment, both of them worked together tacitly, and they used their big moves to kill Zhou Yanbing in one breath!
Jing Yang failed to react, god Han before him suddenly disappear. Turning back, his teammate Zhou Yanbing died…
It was only at this moment that Jing Yang realised the huge gap between him and Xiao Han. While Xiao Han kept a tie with him, he continued to pay attention to the situation on the field, and decisively abandoned him at critical moments and cooperated with Qin Mo to shift the target… The ability to switch attack style quickly and the grasp of the current situation was simply beyond comparison.
After Zhou Yanbing’s death, Qin Mo turned around and used ‘Sword Spirit Heart’ to Jing Yang, both of them joined hands to outburst and killed Jing Yang in residual blood in one breath.
—— This was Twin Stars’ power.
Seemingly tied in one-on-one fight, but once they joined hands to fight one, they could knock the opposite side in an instant!
Jing Yang couldn’t help thinking, what if he and Zhou Yanbing joined forces to fight Qin Mo or Xiao Han? He would not necessarily be able to kill him, because his reaction was not fast enough, and his understanding of the overall situation was not accurate enough. He only stared at the enemy in front of him, but didn’t know when to support his teammates.
Ah… It seemed that he still had a lot to learn!
At the moment when Xiao Han was invisible, if he could immediately use the group control skills to hold Xiao Han, Xiao Han would not be able to support Qin Mo smoothly, and kill Zhou Yanbing directly in two against one. It was true that he had not been able to anticipate Xiao Han’s operation. In retrospect, when Xiao Han fought with him, he kept the key skills all the time, obviously the target was not him, and he should have guarded against this trick long ago…
Both Zhou-Jing died, it became the situation where Nie Yuzhu fought two against one, and he already consumed too many skills fighting against Liu Hong. Naturally, he had no chance of winning and was quickly killed by the other two.
The word ‘failure’ popped up on the screen. Jing Yang scratched his head. “Sorry captain, I didn’t react…”
He couldn’t blame Jing Yang for losing this game, and he also couldn’t blame himself for underestimating the enemy. He didn’t expect Liu Hong to be so good at acting, she always led him into the trap with the strategy of luring him. He looked down on this girl too much, because he always won against Liu Hong before, and this time he took it for granted that he really had the upper hand, but he didn’t expect to fall into their trap.
Liu Hong traded her own death for Twin Stars to kill two players together, one for two, which was a good bargain.
Seeing Jing Yang’s serious introspection, Nie Yuzhu patted his shoulder lightly and encouraged. “It doesn’t matter, you are only sixteen years old, and there is still a lot of room for improvement. Besides…the biggest mistake in this game is me.” He took a breath and added. “It’s alright, we can still maintain the top three rankings after Mojue. Let’s work hard for the next event.”
“Captain Nie has been working hard this time. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.” Zhou Yanbing encouraged him
Nie Yuzhu smiled slightly and said nothing more.
In fact, as an esports player, he was really not young anymore. Originally, he had made the decision to retire a long time ago. It was his master’s encouragement and his team members’ support that enabled him to go to the present day, to be able to return to the esports field, and he was very satisfied that there were so many teammates who understood him and respected him.
Achievements and so on… just doing his best already was good enough.
Cherishing his little remaining career’s time and trying to train these newcomers from Without Fire as much as possible was the most important thing for him.
no secret books are being used in these mini team battles, will there be secret books in the 5v5?
100 for you~ secret books will be used in 5v5 competition lol. At first, I think the author forgot about the existence of these secret books 🤣
So she did know about their relationship?
Thank you for the chapter~~! 💜💜💜
I think she already guessed it after the husband-wife undercover accident 🤔
You’re welcome~ ❤
Though at that time they weren’t together xD
Yes, they weren’t together at that time 🤣