translator: Oyen
In the second round, Sang Jun had a priority to choose maps, and he simply took out three air combat maps, but none of the three maps were insta-death map—— the player would not die directly if they fell, but fell to the lower level or flat ground, and the upper and lower level were connected by a ladder. This kind of map with strong three-dimensional sense had very changeable tactics, which could block the opponent’s position and play a fast break, and could also move repeatedly between the upper and lower level to play slow guerrilla warfare. From the map alone, Qin Mo couldn’t guess Sang Jun’s next arrangement yet.
The nature of the three maps were similar, so Qin Mo was not too tangled. He quickly banned two of them, leaving a relatively bright ‘Ice Cave’
Soon afterwards, Sang Jun submitted the list of players, including meat shield, healer and three outputs.
In Qin Mo thought, Sang Jun wouldn’t use the poison killing lineup because the three outputs didn’t do well in the first round. He was likely to use a late game lineup of meat shield + output + healer in the second round. There was no need to ban players, so he could take the three outputs lineup to play fast. However, the ice cave was a spatial map structure of the upper and lower level, and the vertical distance between the upper and lower level was more than 20 meters, so it couldn’t be leaped directly with qinggong, the ice crystals in the upper level were disorderly, and the standing area was relatively small. This map was not suitable for Liu Hong——her trap must be laid on the ground and couldn’t be thrown in the air.
Since Liu Hong didn’t play much role in the spatial map, he could only let Shen He play.
Qin Mo made up his mind to skip the ban stage, and submitted a list of five players.
A moment later, the final lineup determined by the captains of both sides displayed on the big screen—— Mojue team’s lineup Shen He long range control field with Han-Mo double melee output, while Dynasty team’s lineup consisted of double assassins Sang Jun and Wen Hua with Lin Yao’s long range poison attack.
Seeing this scene, Qin Mo couldn’t help but admire him. He didn’t expect Sang Jun to be so courageous. After losing the first round, he continued on the same lineup in the second round.
“Dynasty team is still using the poison killing lineup. It seems that vice captain Sang has great confidence in this lineup!” Ye Chao exclaimed.
“Mojue’s lineup has not changed much. Twin Stars is still the main output. Shen He plays and replaces Liu Hong, the control in the back row will be stronger.” Liang Ru added.
***
Backstage lounge, Song Changdong couldn’t help asking. “Captain Lin, with the similar lineup but different map, do you think Mojue has a big chance to win?”
Lin Shuangcheng touched his chin, looking confident. “Do you want to make a bet?”
Song Changdong was stunned and thought that captain Lin’s prophecy had always been accurate. Every time he watched the game, he would bet with himself that he would lose every time, and it was not clear how many times he had lost. If the bet went on, Song Changdong would be carried with debts that could not be repaid. Maybe even his underwear would lose.
“No… no more bet.” Song Changdong looked at captain Lin nervously.
Looking at his worried expression, Lin Shuangcheng couldn’t help laughing. “You’ve lost so many bets and I haven’t settled accounts with you. Are you worried that you won’t be able to afford it if you lose again?”
Song Changdong blushed slightly, lowering his head. “I have nothing to compensate you for, or I’ll make some meatballs for you?”
Lin Shuangcheng was in a good mood. “Recently, I don’t want to eat meatballs. I haven’t thought of how to settle accounts yet, let’s wait until I think of it.”
“Okay.” Song Changdong nodded honestly.
Looking at the obedient teenager by his side, Lin Shuangcheng’s lip curved. “In this game, your beloved god Mo may be pitted.”
“Really?” Song Changdong widened his eyes.
Lin Shuangcheng explained. “He didn’t guess Sang Jun’s arrangement, but Sang Jun guessed his lineup. In this game, Dynasty will play fast attack.”
Song Changdong’s ability to interpret the game was far inferior to Lin Shuangcheng, but he believed captain Lin’s judgment—— Lin Shuangcheng’s judgment was rarely wrong.
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Lin Shuangcheng saw through Xiao Song’s thoughts at a glance, and couldn’t help sighing. “Cough, are you a typical ‘live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp’? You have already transferred to Sword Song, why do you always think about your parents’ home Mojue?”
Hearing the words ‘parents’ home’, Song Changdong blushed even more, he replied. “Captain Lin, don’t joke with me, I just think it’s not easy for god Mo, so I hope he can win first place.”
This guy was so simple, maybe he could compete with Shen He for the position of Qin Mo’s number one fans.
“Don’t worry.” Lin Shuangcheng rubbed Xiao Song’s head gently. “Even if god Mo loses in the second round, there’s still a third round!”
Song Changdong calmed down, nodded seriously and looked back at the big screen.
***
Finally, the game began, the players of both sides respawned on the ice of the lower level.
Because this map was a spatial structure of the upper and lower levels, looking at the coordinates from the thumbnails couldn’t accurately determine the opponent’s location. According to time estimates, both sides should have reached the middle area of the map at this time, but Qin Mo did not see anyone in his field of vision, so there was only one possibility—— all Dynasty’s players were on the upper level!
Qin Mo: “They might be above our head, be careful!”
Shen He immediately summoned a mechanical blood cow cautiously, trying to prevent a wave of damage.
Sure enough, Dynasty players were all on the second level ice crystals, and Sang Jun chose a very advantageous height. Looking down from the top, one could just observe the movement of the Mojue’s three players. In the lower left corner of the live broadcast sharing screen, the director played Sang Jun and Qin Mo’s first perspective respectively. The audience was surprised to find that Qin Mo could not see Sang Jun, but Sang Jun could see Qin Mo.
“He is taking the advantage of the reflection of the ice map!” Ye Chao praised. “Even the light factor is taken into account, vice captain Sang is really careful!”
“There’s indeed a profound theory in this map.” Liang Ru added. “When Mojue’s three players raised their heads, they were affected by the dazzling light. They couldn’t see the upper level. Sang Jun started directly up the stairs to occupy the upper level… Qin Mo should be able to think of this, why didn’t he go up the stairs at the beginning?”
“Because he guessed that Sang Jun would definitely go to the second level first.” Ye Chao replied. “If both sides reach the second level, they will really fight. Dynasty’s two assassins have a long-range, and the advantage of this lineup is big! Although Mojue’s Twin Stars is not afraid to fight head-on, The ice in the upper level is very small, and it’s hard for Shen He to place his summoned pet.”
Liang Ru suddenly realised. “It turns out, Sang Jun already aimed this from the map selection stage. Looking back on the three maps just now, all of them are very narrow spatial maps with two-level standing areas. No matter Liu Hong or Shen He, they will suffer a lot if they stand on the second level in such a map!”
Ye Chao smiled. “So, Qin Mo simply stayed on the first level without changing the situation, letting Shen He protect him, and waiting for Sang Jun and others to come and attack.”
Qin Mo was really thinking like this. This map was not very friendly to Mojue’s current lineup. He didn’t need to play too actively, it was better to stay below and seize the opportunity to counterattack.
A moment later, seeing Qin Mo and Shen He’s pets appeared in his field of vision, Sang Jun decisively hit an attack signal on the map, and Wen Hua understood it. At the same time, both of them jumped in stealth from a height and lurked behind Shen He, and Lin Yao walked to the edge of the second level of ice crystals, throwing poison powder of various colors in his hand downwards suddenly——
Red Crane’s Crown, Mandala Petals!
The poisonous powder was mixed together and scattered in the air, like a colorful rain!
——Not good!
“Retreat!” Qin Mo realised that something was wrong, and he quickly retreated with qinggong while warning his teammates on the voice channel.
However, Lin Yao stood at the top after all and he could see Qin Mo’s position very clearly. In addition, he suddenly made a move, and Qin Mo was caught off guard. When Qin Mo wanted to retreat, his poison had already fallen to Mojue’s three players. The mixed combo of poisonous powder caused mass blindness, and their sight suddenly became dark.
——Very good, Sang Jun still had this kind of trick!
Among all the long-range professions in Peerless Jianghu, the farthest distance was the sound wave attack of the guqin players, which could reach 20 meters. Like Su Cheng, his weapon had a distance bonus, and the attack distance could reach 22 meters. The attack distance of other long-range professions was generally between 15 and 18 meters.
On this map, the vertical distance between the upper and lower levels was 20 meters. In the normal situation, Lin Yao’s usual attack distance was 18 meters, he couldn’t reach them by standing at the top.
But Qin Mo ignored one characteristic—— the attack method of Fangcao Hall’s poison master, which was the poisonous powder made by all kinds of highly poisonous plants!
Poisonous powder was a kind of material object, which could be dispersed with the wind, and it could also land from the high altitude!
In other words, according to official data, the long-range attack distance of Fangcao Hall’s poison master was 18 meters. However, in a specific environment, the attack distance of the poison master was far more than 18 meters, and even exceeds the sound wave attack of the guqin players, reaching an unprecedented length and breadth.
For example, on a windy map, if Lin Yao threw out the poisonous powder with the help of the wind, it could spread to a very distant position. And in this kind of multi-layer spatial map, he could also make use of the gravity characteristic, sprinkle poison powder in the high altitude, let the poison powder land, and create a large area of poison attack control field!
Lin Yao’s high-altitude poison control field was really beautiful, but the premise was that Sang Jun’s map was well selected. Obviously, every step of Sang Jun’s second round, from selecting maps to players lineup, was carefully calculated. He even counted the idea that Qin Mo might stay on the first level to fight a counterattack.
He was careless and got caught in his trap!
Qin Mo’s reaction was also fast. While flying back with qinggong, he quickly issued instructions. “After Xiao He broke out with a mechanical blood cow and mechanical chariots, we will retreat ten meters!”
Although it was dark before him, he remembered the location of the map. As long as he retreated 10 meters, there would be a relatively large ice crystal overhead. Standing directly under the ice crystal, it could abolish Lin Yao’s control field in the high air, so that Lin Yao could not play the role of a long-range poisoning fort.
Fearing that Shen He would become the attack target, Qin Mo asked him to protect himself with mechanical chariots and a mechanical blood cow. Shen He also resolutely summoned his pets according to his master’s instructions, and quickly withdrew.
However…
The target of Sang Jun and Wen Hua’s attack was not Shen He, but Xiao Han.
He probably suffered a loss from Xiao Han in the last round, knowing that it would be difficult to deal with a BOSS like Xiao Han until the end of the game, so Sang Jun gave priority to attack and kill Xiao Han in this game.
The poisonous powder that Lin Yao continuously tossed in the sky covered Xiao Han’s body with five layers of poisoning. As long as he used another poison explosion skill ‘Arsenic Frost’, the poisoning effect would be triggered, and Xiao Han’s blood would be greatly reduced.
Xiao Han’s vision was dark at this time, and he couldn’t see the poisoned state on his body. However, after playing for so many years, his keen sense of smell on the field had made him aware that he had become the target of attack!
Because his step was put to a stop when retreated, it was caused by Sang Jun’s paralysed skill ‘Ashura Claw’!
Sang Jun was hindering his retreat from behind, so it was conceivable that Wen Hua and Lin Yao would also target him. Realising this, Xiao Han did not hesitate to release the control skill with ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ and instantly flew out, while splitting to several shadows with ‘Thousand Lights Ghost Walk’, continuously moving away from the Sang Jun and Wen Hua’s attack range.
The audience cheered!
In particular, when Xiao Han’s first perspective was projected onto the big screen, the audience found that he had made such an exquisite prediction operation under the circumstances of ‘total darkness before his eyes’, so that Lin Yao’s poisonous explosive skills did not hit, and instantly got rid of the joint assassination of the other two assassins.
Mojue’s three players relied on the powerful blind operation skill, and got rid of the disadvantage of the start in a thrilling way.
“Wonderful!” Ye Chao never hesitated to praise the players. “Worthy of being a great god, although caught by Sang Jun’s trap in the beginning, the response speed is also top-notch!”
Liang Ru added. “The first wave of high-altitude control of Dynasty team is indeed a great strategy, but it is a pity that Qin Mo and the others are not slow to respond, so that Sang Jun’s strategy failed.”
The audience of the live broadcast channel typed a row of 6666, and Song Changdong backstage couldn’t help but be excited. “They reacted so quickly! if it is me, I guess I can only stay where I am and get beaten…”
“Don’t be happy too soon.” Lin Shuangcheng gave him a blow without hesitation.
Song Changdong immediately retracted his smile. “God Mo has avoided the first wave of sneak attacks by Sang Jun. Isn’t it worth being happy?”
“You are a professional player, don’t just look at the results like the audience, pay attention to the process and see the skill consumption.” Lin Shuangcheng replied helplessly.
Song Changdong was stunned and looked back at the screen—— as captain Lin said, in order to avoid Sang Jun’s first wave of sneak attacks, Mojue’s consumption could be said huge, Shen He’s chariot and blood cow was equivalent wasted, Xiao Han had continuously used the two key skills of ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ and ‘Thousand Lights Ghost Walk’. Moreover, Lin Yao’s poisonous powder thrown from high altitude also caused the Mojue’s three players to stack up to five layers of poisoned state, showing a disadvantage in terms of blood volume.
Smiled, Lin Shuangcheng looked at him. “Do you understand?”
Song Changdong nodded earnestly. “En, although this wave of sneak attacks did not succeed, it consumed the opponent’s fighting power and blood, and Dynasty made a very good start.”
“Good understanding.” Lin Shuangcheng patted his head appreciatively. “Sometimes, it is not necessary to kill a player in the team battle to count as an advantage, especially an expert’s duel, deceiving several key skills or consuming some blood on the opposite side, which is also an advantage. Next, Sang Jun just needs to play steadily and look for opportunities.”
Song Changdong scratched his head. “Can’t Mojue counterattack?”
Lin Shuangcheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the big screen. Lin Yao was jumping fast in the air. In a twinkling of an eye, he came to the top of the ice crystal where Qin Mo and the others were located, and continued to sprinkle poison powder downwards. Unknowingly, a gust of wind blew up in the cave. The poisonous powder he dropped was scattered in the air along the wind, so that Qin Mo and Shen He who were standing under the ice crystals were not spared either.
“Can it still be like this?!” Song Changdong’s eyes widened, disbelieving.
Lin Shuangcheng smiled. “En, although Qin Mo has chosen the best countermeasure, but… I told you, he stepped into Sang Jun’s pit and it was not so easy to climb up. Lin Yao will continue to throw poison and interference in the air. Qin Mo is at the lower level, and they can’t fly up to interrupt Lin Yao. It can be said that Lin Yao on this map is a super mobile long-range that can move at any time. If the poisoning effect is stacked higher, it will be more and more difficult to fight.”
As Lin Shuangcheng expected, Lin Yao constantly threw poison from above, creating a huge amount of pressure on the Mojue three players’ blood. Qin Mo realised that dragging was not the way, combined with Shen He and Xiao Han to kill assassin Wen Hua first, but Mojue three players’ blood volume was getting lower and lower, Sang Jun broke out, and finally emptied Xiao Han’s residual blood.
It looked like 2V2’s game on the scene, but the situation had gradually entered the rhythm controlled by Sang Jun.
It didn’t take long for both Mojue’s master and apprentice to be poisoned into a residual blood. After both of them teamed up to kill Sang Jun, Lin Yao simply jumped down from the upper level. At this time, Lin Yao cut into the battlefield in full blood state, and directly used the group attack poison explosive skill ‘Ten Thousand Heart Devouring Poisons’ to complete the battlefield harvest.
——[Flower Blooming Like Red Clouds] has killed [Ink Mark]!
——[Flower Blooming Like Red Clouds] has killed [Drunken River]!
Lin Yao almost jumped up with excitement after two consecutive killing messages. Yuan Xi, who watched the live broadcast in front of TV, was also very happy for his best friend.
He had been silent for so many years since the transfer, but now he finally shone.
Qin Mo, who lost the second round, graciously gave a thumbs-up expression on the public screen and expressed his appreciation to Dynasty’s three players.
Although he lost, he felt that this game was very meaningful. Only stronger opponents would allow him to grow faster. Sang Jun’s tactical and logical abilities were indeed top-notch, and he could bring Qin Mo a new feeling in every game.
For example, this game would open up new tactical ideas for many players. In particular, it was a new way of thinking to use the wind direction and high-altitude environment to expand the damage range of poison powder and catch the opposite side by surprise.
It was naturally a lucky thing to have good teammates.
Wasn’t it lucky to have such a serious and excellent opponent?
ahh if only god han went into stealth and followed them to the 2nd level in the beginning and dealt with lin yao. Although he probably wouldn’t make it out of there with the other 2 assassins’ against his one. Well map selection goes back to Qin mo next round so there will probably be another surprise~
It’s Qin Mo’s misjudgement for Dynasty’s lineup at the beginning, Sang Jun is really worthy for being a tacticians, he can even make Qin Mo go into his trap😣
Wonder who’s gonna win in the end? 👀
Thank you for the chapter 💜💜💜
See the next chapter then :p
You’re welcome~ 😍