translator: Oyen
The game between Sky team and Mojue team started at 8pm on Sunday night. This was the last game of the regular season. Therefore, the players from other teams who finished the game all sat in front of the computer and watched the live broadcast. .
In Dynasty team’s dormitory, Chu Jianxin and Sang Jun sat in the living room and opened the esports channel. The warm-up session of the pre-match lottery was broadcast on the screen. Chu Jianxin touched his chin and analysed. “Sky must win Mojue if they want to qualify. It is estimated that Qiu Zongping knows that this is a difficult task in his heart. Sangsang, what do you think is the chance of winning with Sky’s current strength?”
“40%.” Sang Jun replied calmly. “The key also depends on whether the cooperation of Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi can control Mojue’s core.”
Hearing Qiu and Yan’s name, Chu Jianxin had a strange expression on his face, remembering what he heard and saw in the hospital late that night. He endured it for a moment, but he couldn’t help it. He leaned over and asked. “Do you think Yuan Xi is still in love with Qiu Zongping? He obviously seems to be a thick skinned person. How could he like Qiu Zongping, that hard as stone person?”
“He has a heavy taste.” Sang Jun seemed to smile.
Heavy taste, which was exactly what Chu Jianxin once said.
Chu Jianxin looked embarrassed. “Cough, I can’t understand it anyway. What do big men like? No chest, no waist, very hard to hug…”
Looking back at him, Sang Jun asked. “Doesn’t your master like big men, too?”
Chu Jianxin replied. “My master is a single-celled animal. Besides, captain Tan is really kind to him, spoils him, protects him, cooks delicious food for him, and takes him everywhere to play. I feel that he is more dependent on captain Tan… Anyway, I can’t understand it, but I won’t object to it.” Chu Jianxin brazenly waved his hand. “Other people’s private affairs have nothing to do with me, as long as it doesn’t involve me.”
In Sang Jun’s heart: I am afraid your wish can’t come true, because someone has already like you, sooner or later, this kind of thing will still come to you.
Not wanting to discuss this topic with Chu Jianxin anymore, Sang Jun turned and handed him a cup of strawberry juice and said. “The game is about to begin. Let’s watch it slowly.”
Chu Jianxin was moved. “Sangsang, you are so considerate. You still remember that I like to drink this.”
Sang Jun smiled, walked back to him, sat down and set his gaze on the screen.
*
At the same time, Frost Moon’s training room.
While holding a plate of cut watermelon and distributing it to everyone, Chen Jiang smiled. “It’s really not good to let others decide whether we can make the playoffs or not. But there’s no way, it’s our own lack of ability. I couldn’t get the points in the early stage, and now I can only serve as a ‘watermelon eater’ and wait for the results.”
Pang Jia took a bite of the watermelon and replied. “Captain Chen, after playing this season, why don’t we burn incense together to part away from bad luck? We can’t always take fourth place next season, right?”
Rong Haibin also nodded and echoed. “What Xiao Pang said is reasonable. Is there a more effective temple nearby?”
Just then, a familiar cold and stern voice suddenly came from the door. “If the grades are not good, burn incense and worship Buddha. When did the people of Seven Star Grass become superstitious?”
Hearing this voice, they immediately straightened their backs and stood up seriously, just like a military training student inspected by an instructor.
——It was Emperor Xiao who spoke, accompanied by the smiling Su Shilun.
Chen Jiang was unprepared for the sudden arrival of both grandmasters. He hurried over and said. “Emperor Xiao, god Lun, why are you two here?”
Xiao Sijing replied. “I happen to be in Qingdao these days. I heard that this is the last game of the regular season. I come with Shilun to have a look.”
Smiling, Su Shilun gave a more detailed explanation. “The league invited us to be the commentator of the playoffs, Old Xiao and I wanted to take the opportunity to familiarise ourselves with the rules of the game. We didn’t watch much of the competition in the team stage, and we were afraid that the comment would not be to the point at that time.” He glanced across the audience and found that everyone had a piece of watermelon in their hand. He couldn’t help laughing. “Xiao Chen, are you really the ‘watermelon eater’?”
Chen Jiang scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled. “There is no way, our game has been finished, we can only wait for the result of this game, and we can do nothing but eat watermelons and watch the game.”
The fate of his team would be determined by the game of the other two teams. As captain, Chen Jiang must be in a bad mood at the moment, but Xiao Chen was always optimistic and open-minded. He bought watermelons to comfort his teammates and laughed at himself on Weibo. His mentality was quite good.
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Su Shilun patted his little grand apprentice’s shoulder and encouraged. “Although it’s a little bit unsightly to take fourth place all the time, but from another angle, you can keep the top four in the league of experts, which also proves the strength of Frost Moon team. You should know the key why you can’t go any further.”
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Xiao Sijing frowned. “Swallow the thing in your mouth before talking, look at your appearance, where’s your manner?”
Xiao Pang immediately swallowed the watermelon in his mouth and looked at Xiao Sijing innocently with a pair of big eyes.
Xiao Sijing sighed helplessly, thinking that when the Seven Star Grass was vigorous and resolute, playing the game was like marching armies; In this generation, Chen Jiang had led the team astray. A group of people were laughing, watching on the sidelines while eating watermelons. When it came to tactics, they also had a lively discussion with everybody talking at once, and their style was not rigorous at all.
Seeing his dislike, Su Shilun smiled gently, and leaned in. “This is also quite good, at least the atmosphere of the team is very harmonious. Xiao Chen has his own style of leading the team, and we don’t have to interfere.”
Xiao Sijing nodded, took two watermelons, handed one to Su Shilun, and replied faintly. “Then let’s do as the natives do, and watch while eating.”
*
Bronze Sparrow club, Without Fire team’s training room.
Nie Yuzhu was very calm and called all the players together in the training room to watch the game.
Seeing that the game was about to begin, he whispered. “No matter who loses or wins this game, Mojue will definitely be in third place, and our opponent in the knockout stage is Mojue.”
Jing Yang scratched his head and interrupted. “Captain Nie, I don’t think there is any hope for Sky, right?”
Nie Yuzhu replied. “Don’t forget that Qiu Zongping came from predicament and has a strong ability to resist pressure. At the beginning, Yuan Xi was not in the good condition and Sky team was short of manpower. He sent newcomers and beat us. After all, this team comes from Wind Colour club, and its strength cannot be underestimated.”
Zhou Yanbing touched his nose and replied. “Captain Nie is right. Although Qiu Zongping’s command style is steady and strikes hard, today’s situation is special. He may try his best and use some extreme tactics. Sky won several games in the second half of the regular season. The morale of the team is not bad. The game is not over, and it is still impossible to make a direct conclusion.”
“This is the truth.” Nie Yuzhu nodded appreciatively. “Anyway, the result of this game has no impact on us. Let’s watch it carefully.”
*
The last game of the regular season, together with this game, it would decide whether Sky or Frost Moon would stay or not, and the live broadcast ratings also hit a high record.
Changsha stadium was full, even if Mojue won or lost, they would definitely qualify, fans were also very enthusiastic to the scene to support.
At the beginning of the first game, Qin Mo and Qiu Zongping respectively sat on the command seat.
After many years, the former vice captain and his chosen successor were now each leading Mojue and Sky to sit in hostile positions. Qin Mo’s fans were in a mixed mood. Although they wanted to cheer for Qin Mo, they couldn’t bear to see Qiu Zongping lost.
——Escort mode, map Qingfeng Canyon, the lineup was Xiao He, Muran, Qingyue plus Han Mo.
Qin Mo quickly submitted the information of the first round of the game. Mojue used the iron triangle defensive lineup in escort mode. When he fought Without Fire two weeks ago, Qingyue didn’t play because of illness. But now Qingyue had recovered and was in good condition, so Qin Mo sent him out again without hesitation.
The biggest difference between Qingfeng Canyon and other canyon maps was that the horizontal distance was wide enough for ten people to pass side by side, unlike other canyons. The distance of the escort route was shorter, and there was always a northwest wind in the canyon. The escort team would follow the wind, the speed would be accelerated, and the escort time would be shortened. If the offensive side wanted to win, they must make a quick decision.
Qin Mo’s goal of choosing this map was clear, to shorten the match time and put more pressure on Sky team.
Qiu Zongping quickly dispatched a lineup for Sky team—— in addition to his dual summoner combination with Yuan Xi, the other three, including Li Dongqing’s dagger assassin ‘At Green Hills’, and Qi Fei’s swordsman ‘Qingping Swordsman’, and Lin Ye’s double-sword assassin ‘Jungle Hunter’.
Among the three players, Li Dongqing had always been Qiu Zongping’s focus on training, and his strength was enough to compare with the seed players of various major teams such as Shen He and Jing Yang; Qi Fei had played against Qin Mo, although he lost to Qin Mo, but his strength had also been recognised by Qin Mo; the last one named Lin Ye didn’t make many appearances—— there were relatively few double-sword players themselves. The most famous was Jing Yang, a 16-year-old boy from Without Fire team, but Jing Yang was too young, and his performance had been both good and bad. At present, the league hadn’t been able to stabilize the front line great god of this flow.
Qiu Zongping sent this player in an important game, which showed that he had absolute confidence in the strength of this player.
Then there was the stage of banning and selection of secret books. Qiu Zongping’s thinking was clear and decisive, banning three defensive and healing secret books, and first robbing the healing abolishment secret book ‘Pivoting Heart Sutra’, which could abolish the healing effect. The latter secret books were also focused on output, and it was obvious that they wanted to take a fast break route. Qin Mo took the group control script and wanted to delay the rhythm by controlling the field.
In the end, the secret books brought into the field by both sides also take this idea as the core. Four people on Sky’s side took all the output in order to maximize the output, while Qiu Zongping brought the ‘Pivoting Heart Sutra’ that could abolish the healing effect. On Mojue’s side was dominated by field control.
Liang Ru was a little worried. “Sky doesn’t have a control secret book, they can only rely on the sect skills to control the field. Yuan Xi is the main output, so the task of controlling the field will fall on captain Qiu—— If he controls the field alone, will the pressure be great?”
“Don’t underestimate Qiu Zongping.” Ye Chao smiled. “He is the captain who led the team all the way back to the top from the downturn of Wind Colour club. Moreover, he has always been the default Qin Mo’s successor. Although Shen He is Qin Mo’s apprentice, but in terms of play style, the one that most resembles Qin Mo back then is still Qiu Zongping. His sense of field control is definitely one of the best in the current league.”
“But in this way, doesn’t Qin Mo know Qiu Zongping better?” Liang Ru asked.
Ye Chao replied. “It is of course a good thing to know your opponent, but this subconscious understanding is also likely to be used by your opponent.”
In many competitions, the subconscious reaction made out of understanding was a trap set by opponents. No one could guarantee that if ‘you know your opponent, you will win.’
*
As the map loaded, the game officially began.
On Qingfeng Canyon map, the respawn points of the players on both sides were very close to the starting point of the escort team. When Qiu Zongping and his teammates rushed to the starting point quickly, all the members of Mojue also rushed over. He Beiguang was at the forefront, followed by Han-Mo, with the healer and auxiliary standing at the end. Everyone surrounded the escort team at an extremely fast speed, and the defense was impenetrable.
If they wanted to break through Mojue’s iron triangle defense, they must first pass He Beiguang.
By standing there, a meat shield with 100,000 more health was already a huge threat, he had more health than the escorts, killing him would waste too much time, so the best way was to bypass him directly to the back row.
However, He Beiguang was not so easy to bypass. When he saw the opposite player, he immediately used ‘Bloody Scent’ damage absorption skill and put an anti-damage shield on himself.
It was a common routine for meat shield players to absorb damage and bounce it back. As long as he put an anti damage shield on himself, it meant that Sky team’s players couldn’t beat him at all.
He Beiguang’s play style was different from Chu Jianxin. Captain Chu used the anti-damage shield to bounce off the opponent’s big move by seizing the right time in the team battle. While defending, he was also terribly offensive; but He Beiguang was currently unable to achieve such precise prediction, Qingyue asked him to use shield skills as defensive skills to ensure the survival of teammates and escorts.
With the other side’s shields, Qiu Zongping had no choice but to say. “Stop and follow them!”
For a time being, Sky’s players were unable to attack. They can only follow closely behind the escort team and look for suitable opportunities.
The escort team set off toward the finish line in the southeast corner, and Mojue’s five players followed to protect from the outside.
He Beiguang’s shield would disappear in 3 seconds. Zhu Qingyue would surely follow him to open the invincible array. Qingyue’s weapons had a time bonus, and the invincible array would last for 5 seconds; 3 seconds counter damage + 5 seconds invincible. In the whole 8 seconds, if Sky team couldn’t attack, the escort team would go far away. Qingfeng Canyon’s terrain left the attackers a very short time. They had to race against the time.
——Therefore, they couldn’t let Zhu Qingyue’s invisible array to be opened!
Qiu Zongping fixed his eyes on He Beiguang’s shield and whispered. “Yuan Xi, connect seamless…”
Before he had finished, Yuan Xi nodded and replied. “I understand!”
After all, both of them were partners for more than three years, and Yuan Xi’s consciousness was not bad. As soon as Qiu Zongping said, he knew what the other party meant.
As a summoner, both of them had the fear control field of the mechanical horse and the group weakness of the mechanical rat. The first fear would definitely be released by the opposite healer or auxiliary. As long as they kept up with the second fear, and didn’t let the other party release it, Sky team had a chance to attack.
Seeing that Yuan Xi understood that Qiu Zongping didn’t have time to talk more nonsense, he directly put an offensive sign on the map. “Prepare to start the team battle!”
He Beiguang’s shield finally disappeared, and Zhu Qingyue was standing in the back row casting the skill. At this time, Qiu Zongping suddenly summoned a huge mechanical horse, which was right in the middle of the escort team. The fear’s range suddenly affected the whole team!
Qiu Zongping was worthy of a professional control field, and the position of summoning pets was simply a classic tutorial for summoners.
The sudden fear interrupted Qingyue’s invincible array casting. The fear effect would make it impossible for the player to release the skill, but it did not include the release control skill. Li Muran quickly opened the skill to release control, almost achieving a release in second. However, as soon as he was released from the control, he saw another huge mechanical horse appear beside him.
Yuan Xi had been with Qiu Zongping for so many years, and he was already familiar with the angle of his skills, and he knew where Qiu Zongping would summon his pets with his eyes closed, so this time he cooperated seamlessly and tacitly. Almost the moment Qiu Zongping’s mechanical horse was released, Yuan Xi’s mechanical horse appeared in the same position!
If it weren’t for the owner’s name on the top of the pet’s head, the audience with bad eyes thought that the mechanical horse had always been Qiu Zongping’s.
What was seamless control?
There was no gap between the two skills, and the time gap between Qiu and Yuan in summoning pets was less than 0.2 seconds, which made Li Muran just release control, and before Zhu Qingyue could solve it, the whole team once again fell into fear control.
This would do!
Yuan Xi was excited, and his fingers pressed to the keyboard faster!
Qiu Zongping seemed to have long expected him to be able to continue control. When Yuan Xi summoned a mechanical horse, Qiu Zongping had already started to cast the mechanical rat. Yuan Xi successfully controlled the other party, Qiu Zongping’s wave of mechanical rats also appeared, crazily gnawing at the enemy targets around, and in a moment, he put three layers of weakness on the opposite side.
“Hit!” Qiu Zongping gave a command.
Fear lasted only 3 seconds, which meant that the players couldn’t release their skills for the time being, and the defense ability of the escorts after being weakened was greatly reduced, which was an excellent opportunity for Sky.
Li Dongqing was the first one to move stealthily to the back row and was responsible for interrupting Zhu Qingyue’s release or opening the array. Qi Fei used ‘Drifting Sword’ to penetrate and blink. Together with Lin Ye, who rushed over with his qinggong skill, he went to kill an escort marked by captain Qiu. Yuan Xi, on the other hand, quickly summoned two mechanical snakes to kill another escort.
This arrangement, precisely because Yuan Xi’s output capacity was the strongest, coupled with the furthest attack distance. Killing an escort alone would not overflow the damage.
Qiu Zongping took command in the rear and looked at the overall situation. At the same time, he released an air raid by a mechanical hawk to assist Yuan Xi in his output.
Yuan Xi’s hand speed was super fast, and his explosive power was also very strong. Especially, all his pets had added output ability. When they were surrounded and bitten by two mechanical snakes, the escort that had been weakened almost lost half of his health! What’s more, Yuan Xi summoned four mechanical chariots in a row and exploded in place, causing a lot of damage——
As a result, at the end of the 3-second fear, two of the four escorts were unexpectedly killed in a second.
The audience was stunned, and Sky team’s fans who watched the live broadcast excitedly threw flowers. “Xiao Yuan is amazing! Actually killing an escort in a critical strike?”
“Xiao Yuan, who is assisted by captain Qiu, is simply a fighter Yuan!”
“Yuan Xi is awesome, although he has lost a lot of weight recently, his explosive power has not decreased at all!”
This wave of team battle was really beautiful, and even Qin Mo had to admit that Qiu Zongping’s decisive attack impressed him. Moreover, Qiu-Yuan’s tacit understanding in cooperation was no less than a partner like Han-Mo—— the seamless connection was so smooth that even Qingyue had no time to cast a skill, which showed how connected they were at that moment.
Seeing this, Chu Jianxin couldn’t help saying. “Yuan Xi can cooperate with a person who has rejected him to this degree. I admire him.”
Sang Jun smiled with a trace of admiration in his gaze. “He is a professional player, not a rookie in love. He knows very well what to do when playing a game.”
This sentence was actually Sang Jun’s own feelings.
The feeling couldn’t be brought into the field, all of the thoughts had to be suppressed and they needed to be absolutely sober and calm, which was not easy to do.
It took Sang Jun a long time to keep all his emotions in his heart, and put on a thick mask to deceive everyone and even himself.
Yuan Xi experienced much more embarrassment than he did. At least he didn’t confess to Chu Jianxin yet. He could pretend to get along with his teammates as if nothing had happened, but Yuan Xi’s confession was rejected… To be able to cooperate with Qiu Zongping calmly required a strong psychological quality.
He had grown and matured during this period of time.
Probably because of the transformation, Yuan Xi’s performance in this game was quite dazzling, and his shots were simply and neat. The first wave of team battles caused explosive damage.
Even Qin Mo gave him a thumbs up in his heart.
Poor Yuan Xi and Sang Jun. It must be hard to be in an unrequited love… 😕
Thank you for the chapter 💜💜💜
Unrequited love is reallyyyy hard, especially when they have to meet them everyday 😩
You’re welcome~ ❤