translator: Oyen
Both semi-finals to be held on Saturday were 19:00pm, Mojue VS Without Fire, 20:30pm, Frost Moon VS Dynasty. The schedule had already been released on the official website.
At the press conference in the morning, the four playoff teams entertained reporters in order, and Mojue was scheduled for 11:00.
Qin Mo attended with all the team members wearing their uniform. The press conference was packed with reporters from all over the country, several times more than in the regular season.
As soon as Mojue’s team members sat down, reporters scrambled to stand up and ask questions. Sure enough, most of the questions were related to the recent Weibo incident. “God Mo, many great gods stood up for you in this Weibo incident. I didn’t expect that you are so popular in the circle. Can you tell us how you know the great gods of other leagues?”
Standing up and supporting when someone was blackened, and onlookers would naturally feel that the other person had a good relationship in private.
But this was not the case, Qin Mo also had no need to hide, calmly replied. “This public voice encouraged my seniors, many of whom I am not familiar with, and some of whom I haven’t even met. I am very grateful to them for encouraging me. In fact, they are not supporting me, but supporting my courage and determination to return to the league.”
“In this circle, some people retire in a low profile after playing without any reputation for a few years, while others have made achievements and are brilliant. But no matter what kind of people, our philosophy is the same—— fair competition, relying on strength to speak. This is not the entertainment industry, those so-called unspoken rules, hugging thighs, touched our bottom line. When people stand up for me, it’s not that how popular I am, but that everyone wants to keep this circle clean.”
“Esports players’ careers are very short. The people who work hard in the esports circle are all young people in their twenties. We all have passion in our bones, and our ideas are relatively pure—— to play the game seriously and not to waste this period of youth. No matter what you do in the future, or continue to develop in the esports circle, at least, this period of time is clean, and it is worth remembering over and over again with a clear conscience. You can scold us for being poor and not playing well, but you can’t insult our beliefs and personalities.”
Qin Mo’s voice was very calm, but word by word, speaking to the hearts of many people.
Many people who watched the live broadcast praised him and called him ‘teacher Qin’ by commenting on the screen. The reporters at the scene were also touched, and there was a warm applause in the room.
In the hotel room, Su Shilun couldn’t help but sigh. “This child is really sensible and strong, and I didn’t support him in vain.”
Xiao Sijing nodded. “At a young age, it is rare to understand the general situation, speak in an orderly manner, not arrogant and impetuous. The future will have boundless prospects.”
Su Shilun had some doubts. “It’s a pity that even if his hand… recovered from the fracture, his hand speed cannot recover.”
“It’s not all a pity.” Xiao Sijing smiled. “Everyone has his own chance. The car accident hurt his hand, but now he experiences more.”
Qin Mo was also thinking the same way, which was why he was so calm in front of reporters.
——He lost a lot, but he gained more.
*
Regarding the topic of Weibo, Qin Mo directly elevated the original gossip to the level of the entire circle environment. It would be very unlikely for the reporters to ask about the gossip again…
So the topic shifted to the game tactics and Qin Mo’s command ability. “It is said on the Internet that god Mo is a 1:1 professional, does god Mo have anything to refute?”
Qin Mo replied frankly. “I accept all the criticisms from netizens. In the regular season, there were a few games, and I did not command very well. I have also reflected on this time, and I hope that I can bring you more exciting games next.”
There was nothing wrong with this answer, and reporters also admired it. Qin Mo’s speech skill was so strong that it was no wonder he was called ‘Teacher Qin’ by netizens.
Everyone had to hand the microphone to the other Mojue’s players. Xiao Han, Qingyue and Liu Hong all answered one or two questions. Several teenagers were also full of confidence, saying that they would do their best.
Xiao Han was asked if he had been reading Meng Zi recently because the last sentence he posted on Weibo came from Meng Zi.
Xiao Han replied seriously. “Yes, I don’t understand the meaning of many sentences, but they are catchy and charming.”
“Did god Mo ask you to read it?” The reporter smiled.
Xiao Han replied. “After teacher Qin asked me to recite Xinhua dictionary, I already read it, I will look for it myself.”
“After reading Tang and Song poems, you begin to look for Meng Zi, and you are also leaping enough.” Qin Mo added.
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, the topic became more and more crooked, and the atmosphere was very lively. The expected tension was easily resolved, and the press conference ended in a lot of fun, and the reporters took the initiative to stand up and cheer. “Good luck, everyone. We will go to the scene to watch the game.”
Mojue team members bowed to express their gratitude, then followed Qin Mo back to the hotel.
*
In the afternoon, everyone was refreshed and set off for the venue after dinner.
This venue was countless times larger than the previous small event venue and could accommodate tens of thousands of audiences. Today’s venue was also crowded with people. Fans were holding support signboards from different teams to cheer their favourite players.
Qin Mo saw Mojue team’s fans at a glance, the white uniform was very bright, aThe big poster with the Q-like game image of all Mojue’s players occupied a large area on the east side of the venue, and it was hard not to pay attention to it—— judging from the huge posters, they were fans of the Mojue official support club.
Beijing was Dynasty team’s home court, and 80% of the scene in the regular season was Dynasty’s fans. However, because the semifinals was such an important event, fans of the four teams were scrambling for tickets, and the scene was no longer dominated by Dynasty team. The black uniform of the Dynasty, the white colour of Mojue, the red and yellow from Without Fire the blue colour of Frost Moon each had an area, and the official fans all booked tickets collectively and sat separately, so the scene would not be messed up. However, there were also many neutral fans, and a large number of clothes of the same colour support club were mixed with free-colored clothes, which looked particularly spectacular.
The first game was a battle between Mojue and Without Fire, so Dynasty and Frost Moon went to the backstage watching area, while Mojue and Without Fire’s players stood by in the preparation area.
18:30, the picture of the big screen was switched to the commentary room, and there was a deafening scream at the scene——
Ye Chao still sat on the commentator’s seat. On his right hand side was a row of warm-colored sofas, which looked very soft and comfortable. On the sofa sat two people, one of whom had a serious face, handsome and stiff facial features, and a kind of convincing domineering in his calm eyes; the other was smiling, fashionable but not gaudy, with exquisite facial features and a great beauty.
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“There is nothing wrong with it. After all, Frost Moon’s captain Chen and Xiao Pang are their grand apprentices. It’s more objective and fair for them to comment on Mojue!”
“Your majesty Emperor Xiao, long time no see. I’m waiting to kneel down~”
“God Lun is still so beautiful, seeking similar clothes!”
After hearing the deafening applause at the scene, Ye Chao was obviously also very satisfied with the effect, then he smiled. “I think everyone has already discovered who today’s guest commentators are. Let us welcome Xiao Sijing and Su Shilun, both giant gods with warm applause!”
“Hello everyone.” Xiao Sijing and Su Shilun gave their greeting to the camera.
Su Shilun followed up and complained. “What is the description of a giant god? When being called this, I feel that I suddenly become a burly muscular man 2.8 meters tall.”
Xiao Sijing smiled .”Your association ability is still rich.”
“It’s a little embarrassing to be called a giant god.” Su Shilun replied helplessly.
“God Lun, no need to be polite. I don’t know who put forward the name of giant god in the first place. Anyway, the first-generation players have a profound influence on the esports industry and can afford this name. Why don’t you learn from Liu Chuan? He was very happy when he was called so. He also added adjectives in front of the word ‘giant god’.” Ye Chao joked.
“What adjective?” Su Shilun asked.
“Handsome giant god.” Ye Chao replied.
Su Shilun: “…”
Xiao Sijing: “…”
“Let’s pay attention to today’s game.” Su Shilun immediately changed the topic.
“Both of you have been very low-key since retiring. The last time you bubbled on Weibo, it seems that Qin Mo was blackened?” Ye Chao asked. “You two don’t seem to know him well, so why did you not hesitate to stand up for him?”
“I think Qin Mo is worthy of respect, it has nothing to do with age, seniority and so on.” Xiao Sijing replied. “I’m glad that there is such a young man with firm belief and clear goals among the younger players. I have also seen his interview today, which is very good. He already said it well, so I won’t repeat it.”
Su Shilun smiled. “Qin Mo is very attractive regardless of his appearance and personality. There are so many thick-faced people in the Dragon Song club, and Qin Mo is really a rare clear stream. We also encourage him from a senior’s standpoint.”
“What do you two think of today’s game?” Ye Chao asked. “Which side do you think has a better chance of winning?”
Xiao and Su glanced at each other, and Xiao Sijing took the lead to reply. “Without Fire’s style is very clear, and the frontal melee lineup is very impactful. I also watched all the Mojue’s team battles in recent days, either on defense or on a fast break, and played in a very organized way. Recently, Qin Mo’s command level was blackened, and he himself said that he didn’t play well, so I would like to look forward to his performance today.”
Su Shilun followed. “I’m more familiar with captain Nie, he is Shao Zehang’s apprentice, who continued the Bronze Sparrow’s tactics and has been doing well in Wulin for several years. The key issue now lies in Jing Yang, the 16-year-old player who is the core of their output lineup. If he can completely stimulate his potential, Without Fire is likely to reproduce the style of the Shao-Lu combination sweeping the league in those years.”
Xiao Sijing nodded in agreement. “In the season when Xiao Lu broke out, Shao-Lu swept down all the long-distance teams and won the championship in one fell swoop. It is the consistent style of the Bronze Sparrow club to play close combat with the swords, and it must also be strong to stand in the league for so many years. In this game today, I think it may be very difficult for Qin Mo to defend.”
Su Shilun added. “Defense against the impact, but it is not without a chance of winning. After all, Zhu Qingyue is there.”
Both Xiao and Su had a tacit understanding. Ye Chao really had the impulse to make himself invisible.
But as the host, he had to continue to bring the topic. “Cough, I will tell great gods that the rules of the playoffs are different from those of the regular season. In the regular season, the home team should choose the mode, map and lineup first, and then the away team should ban the secret books. However, in the playoff stage, the mode and map are still submitted by the home team first, and the secret books are still banned by the away team first, but the lineup is submitted at the same time in the final stage. In this way, it is impossible to target the lineup in advance, which further tests the adaptability of the captains of both sides.”
“Submitted the lineup at the same time, it really is difficult to target the lineup in advance.” Xiao Sijing looked pensive.
Su Shilun nodded and replied. “It depends on how the commander arranges his lineup. If the lineup he sends out happens to be targeted by the opposite side, his mind should be more flexible and try to find a way to fight against the wind.”
Ye Chao smiled. “Both of you have a more professional understanding of this aspect than I do. The time is coming. Let’s welcome the players from both sides to enter the competition.”
*
The lights came on on the big stage. Mojue and Without Fire’s player came up from the backstage passageway on the left and right respectively, and stood in the middle of the stage.
The on-site host gave a simple interview and asked. “God Mo, the semi-final is coming soon. Are you nervous?”
“Not nervous.” Qin Mo replied.
“Do you have the confidence to defeat Without Fire?” The host smiled.
Qin Mo: “I have.”
His voice was calm and he didn’t sound nervous at all. Mojue’s fans at the scene immediately began to cheer, and the huge light signboard was held up with all its strength.
The host asked Nie Yuzhu the same question, and captain Nie also replied. “have confidence.”
Without Fire’s fans set off another wave of crowds, and the atmosphere of the scene was brought to the peak, then the host smiled. “Please enter the soundproof room. The competition is about to start. The audience on the scene and in front of the TV can log on to the official channel to predict the result of the game and participate in the official Weibo lottery…”
Of course, advertisements should be inserted at the critical moment. During the commercial time of dozens of seconds, the players of both sides quickly adjusted the equipment in the soundproof room. At 19:00pm in the evening, the competition room was finally cut out on the big screen, and the images of three people in the commentary room were reduced to the lower left corner of the live broadcast screen.
“Good evening everyone,” Ye Chao greeted. “The semi-final of the first professional tournament of the Peerless Jianghu league, the match between Mojue VS Without Fire officially begins. Let’s pay attention to the point draw of the captains of both sides first.”
With two bamboo sticks, 50% chance, Qin Mo drew the home court.
“At home in the first game, I don’t know what mode will god Mo choose?” Ye Chao pondered. “In fact, Mojue’s treasure hunt is very powerful. In the regular season, they never lost in treasure hunt mode. It seems that the secret letter mode has not been lost too… They lost the most in escort mode, so I don’t think he will choose escort mode.”
As a result, Qin Mo slapped his face directly as if he had heard his words—— Escort Mode.
Ye Chao was embarrassed. “Cough, it seems that Qin Mo wants to wash away the black history of often losing in the escort mode, and chose the escort mode again in the playoffs. This is called… advancing in the face of difficulties!”
The audience did not like his cover and gloated one after another: “Don’t guess, just be a quiet commentator!”
“Being slapped in the face again, your mouth, every time you say something must comply with another!”
“Don’t speak, be a quiet and beautiful man!”
Seeing the barrage of comments, Ye Chao didn’t speak anymore and concentrated on watching the game.
Qin Mo followed by submitting the map, which was a map that had not been used in the regular season—— Qingzhou Grand Canal.
As soon as the map came out, netizens immediately excited like being injected by chicken blood:
‘Waterway!”
“Isn’t waterway fight difficult in the escort mode?”
“The waterway is not good to protect escorts, it is convenient to rob escorts, what does Qin Mo think?”
“Sure enough, Qin Mo’s command level is a mystery…”
“A mysterious god Mo!”
The netizens didn’t understand it.
Most of the escort mode was a field path, and most of the maps were mountain forests, plains and canyons, but there were also waterways. After all, a wagon was not necessarily used to transport goods, but ships could also be used.
But the escort transport ship itself was not large in size. It had four escorts and a chief escort. After it was loaded with goods, there was not much space left. If the team members were also squeezed on this ship, it was simply waiting for the rhythm of being put into a pot. The offensive side could choose to lie underwater and intercept halfway, and the play was much more flexible…
Why didn’t the team choose a waterway to protect escorts? It was because the waterway was not easy to play in home games, but it was beneficial to the escort’s robber, so who would choose stupidly?
But, Qin Mo chose this map.
And in the crucial semi-finals!
It could be understood for the audience to be confused. Xiao Sijing and Su Shilun looked at each other and saw a trace of doubt in each other’s eyes at the same time.
Qin Mo was not stupid. It was impossible for him to deliberately choose this kind of map to play or practice tactics. If it was the regular season, it could also be said that it was a fresh map to test the water, but this was the playoffs! If they lost a game, they would be very passive and might be eliminated. No one dared like this in the playoffs, could be abused to death.
So, Qin Mo’s choice of this map must have something to do with his next tactical layout.
Seeing this map appear, Nie Yuzhu was also lost in thought.
Soon it came to the stage of banning secret books, and it was Nie Yuzhu’s turn to choose. Nie Yuzhu routinely banned the three secret books, ‘Vajra Sutra’ for defense, ‘Not Broken Deity’ for rebound damage, and the team healing ‘Questioning Heart Sutra’. There was nothing wrong with this. The routine ban was also the most stable method when the opponent’s routine couldn’t be understood.
Nie Yuzhu took ‘Pivoting Heart Sutra’, a healing abolishment secret book first, which was also a routine method.
With so many secret books, he needed to look at Qin Mo’s next actions in order to analyse the other’s ideas.
But then, Qin Mo once again went against common sense—— he took two qinggong secret books, namely ‘North Goose Flying South’ and ‘As Light As A Swallow’.
Ye Chao was also a little confused at this time. “Is he playing qinggong flow in a waterway escort? This is indeed an idea, qinggong skills can increase flexibility. It’s better to use qinggong skills to fight in team battles and take more angles into account than to be confined to the escort ship.”
Seeing this, Nie Yuzhu decisively snatched away ‘Scattered Chessboard’ and ‘Sword Remnant’ secret books. The former was Shen He’s best secret book, which could cooperate with Han-Mo’s qinggong, while the latter was taken by Nie Yuzhu’s teammate Zhou Yanbing. It was a group attack with a high damage secret book that swordsmen could easily use.
At first, he thought Qin Mo would then take the secret books for Mojue’s qinggong flow combination, but then Qin Mo calmly took two other secret books, ‘Waning Lights’ and ‘Moonlight Illuminate Water’.
This time, not only the audience, but Nie Yuzhu was also completely confused.
——Teleportation flow? Was this Su Cheng’s tactic?
Would Mojue use the teleportation flow? Why did he take teleportation secret books in the waterway map?
After a little distraction, the countdown had already begun. Nie Yuzhu calmed his mind and directly grabbed two group attack secret books.
Then, Qin Mo took two strange secret books, one was the invisibility secret book ‘Shadowless Scroll’, which Xiao Han once used, and the other was ‘Song of Everlasting Regret’, a single control secret book.
Nie Yuzhu had no idea what tactics he was going to use.
Since he couldn’t see what kind of routines he wanted to play, simply ignored his deliberately complicated trick. Nie Yuzhu walked decisively according to Without Fire’s idea, continuously taking out secret books.
After both sides had grabbed the secret book, both captains would have three minutes to submit the lineup list and decide on the secret book to be carried by each player.
Nie Yuzhu quickly submitted it to the referee, and Qin Mo was also very fast.
So the countdown only lasted 30 seconds, and the lineups of both sides appeared on the big screen at the same time.
Without Fire: Nie Yuzhu, Jing Yang and Zhou Yanbing’s three melee attacks, plus two long-range outputs of the guqin player and the poison master. In the regular season, in the flat escort mode, Li Huo sent five extremely violent melee formations many times, but now it was a water battle, so it was more flexible to fight with two long-range players.
In terms of secret books, guqin player and poison master already had some long distance field control skills, so Nie Yuzhu brought all the output secret books, obviously in order to maximize the output.
However, Mojue’s lineup had made the audience confused again …
He Beiguang, Li Muran, Shen He, Pei Yu, Qin Mo.
Xiaohan didn’t go up, Zhu Qingyue didn’t go up, Liu Hong was also just watched on the sidelines, and Qin Mo went up alone with four newcomers!
Who gave him the courage?!!
Netizens immediately began to ridicule: “God Mo is fearless in the playoffs!”
“This lineup, used once in the regular season, lost to Without Fire, and dared to use it again in the playoffs!”
“The lineup that has lost once continues to be used in the playoffs, and the courage is commendable!”
“Playing mysteriously and waiting to be beaten.”
However, there were also a lot of Qin Mo’s fans on the screen: “Don’t judge in a hurry, Momo won’t make jokes about important events, let’s talk about it later!”
“If he really loses, Mo’s fans will lie flat! But now it has just begun, and it is not necessary to rush to conclusions!”
There was a heated quarrel in the live rooms, but Qin Mo’s expression was calm as usual.
The moment Nie Yuzhu saw the secret book, he was shocked——
‘Shadowless Scroll’, a secret book that he didn’t pay attention to at first, was carried by Shen He—— invisible for 10 seconds.
‘Hidden Dragon Into The Water’, which he didn’t care about at all, and thought that Qin Mo chose this secret book at will, was carried by Pei Yu—— diving into the water increased the breath bar for 30 seconds.
‘Song of Everlasting Regret’, this was the only secret that Nie Yuzhu guessed. This secret book had the longest control time, actually being brought by Qin Mo himself—— single target 5 seconds sleep control.
What Li Muran brought was the release control of ‘Clear Heart Mantra’. He Beiguang brought ‘Return Of The Prodigal Son’, a secret book to knock up the enemy.
At first glance, Qin Mo’s idea of selecting secret books was very messy, and the secret books brought into the venue were also irrelevant.
But, with this water battle map…
Was he going to fight a deep-water lurking battle?!
Xiao Sijing and Su Shilun glanced at each other and saw a touch of surprise in each other’s eyes at the same time.
Qin Mo deliberately used qinggong flow and teleportation flow to create tactical confusion for Nie Yuzhu during the secret books selection stage, so that the opponent couldn’t guess what line-up he was going to send, nowhere to start, naturally there was no way to target.
And this kind of deep-water ambush guerilla warfare, once successfully used, was extremely difficult for Without Fire to turn the tide.
Regardless of the fact that Mojue’s lineup was Qin Mo with four newcomers, the overall strength seemed to be weak, but as long as they cooperated well, the young teenagers also could beat the airplane and cannon as long as they cooperated well and fought underwater!
*
Seeing this scene in the backstage watching area, Ling Xuefeng smiled with relief: Xiao Mo, you finally got out of your master’s influence.
Your master had never played such complicated but clever tactics, including psychological warfare that disrupted the opponent’s mind.
From this moment on, you are no longer ‘Ling Xuefeng’s apprentice’, you are god Mo.
Can’t wait for the game~~
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He is God Mo. Beautifully dramatic. ❤❤❤ lets go Mojue 🔥🔥🔥.
Mojue, Fighting!!! 💪
You are no longer Ling Xuefeng’s apprentice. You are god Mo
Yas, let’s do this!! So excited!!!