Chapter 342 – China VS USA (Opening)
Edmund released a skill from behind. Pain Blade stunned Su Guangmo and the blood kin summoners Revis and Jack also appeared nearby, summoning their blood kin pets to bite quickly.
Su Guangmo still maintained his calm in front of the siege of the three people.
His blood fell quickly and it was almost impossible to escape the three masters. He could only delay the battle as much as possible and wait for his teammates to get together.
At this time, the dizziness effect of Pain Blade ended. The blood kin summoner Revis followed with his spider at almost the same time that Su Guangmo pressed a skill. The swordsman on the screen flashed and directly moved to the two summoners, opening the big move Light and Shadow Rotation!
The white sword light killed all of Jack and Revis" pets while knocking out 25% of their blood.
Jack reacted quickly and operated his summoner back. Su Guangmo"s Spirit Lock stunned the blood kin summoner Revis in front of him and he used the big move Breaking Bone Sword and Devouring Soul Sword, pressing Revis" blood to 30%.
Edmund followed by releasing the moves Back Stab, Fatal Blow and Death Strangulation!
Su Guangmo was. .h.i.t into residual blood and retreated into the distance while Jack finally opened his big move, Blood Bat Festival!
The United States won the first head and the audience present clapped.
Su Guangmo had to return to the resurrection point. He looked at the mini-map and found that the other four players of the Chinese team hadn"t yet smoothly met. They weren"t far away from each other so their lack of convergence showed they encountered too many obstacles on the road.
"What happened?" Su Guangmo asked.
"There are too many zombies here!" Jiang Xu replied helplessly.
At this point, Jiang Xu was detouring around the zombies in the parking lot. The zombies here were very dense. There was one almost every two metres apart and the zombies were active monsters. They would immediately surround a player if they smelt them.
From a G.o.d"s perspective, it could be seen that there were a large number of zombies to the front and rare of Jiang Xu that were slowly moving towards him. This visual effect was really like the protagonist of a doomsday movie straying into a zombie lair.
Jiang Xu had been turning his lens quickly to look at movements to the front, rear, left and right. Whenever the zombies were too much, he used the Stop Trap to set them in place and then used Flying Feather Steps to escape through the gap.
It was literally a maze.
In the collapsed building, Yu Pingsheng and Meng Jie had quickly met and then went to Liu Xiang together. The number of zombies in the building area wasn"t as many as the parking lots but they were relatively hidden. They would only expose themselves after players pa.s.sed by.
On the way down the stairs, they encountered a zombie blocking the way. Yu Pingsheng decisively used Mountain Chop on the zombies. The zombie that died blew itself up, releasing a wide range poison. Fortunately, both players had thick skin and the amount of blood loss wasn"t serious for a berserker.
Su Guangmo saw the negative status on both players on the players list and immediately said, "Everybody be careful! Don"t be infected by the poison! There are too many zombies here and the negative effects are likely to stack up."
There was nothing wrong with his guess.
Jiang Xu was surrounded by groups of zombies. He avoided the left by couldn"t avoid the right. As a result, the poison was stacked up to two layers and the blood lost every second doubled from 1,000 points to 2,000 points.
Most of the outputs in Miracle had around 40,000 health while a berserker had 80,000. According to the blood loss of 2,000 points per second, Jiang Xu would die in 20 seconds if he didn"t find a healer.
Liu Xiang took the initiative to head in Jiang Xu"s direction and Su Guangmo was relieved as he saw the two people getting closer and closer.
Yu Pingsheng and Meng Jie walked through the door on the first floor. Suddenly, a group of zombies emerged from the left and right rooms. Gu Siming watched from the stands and couldn"t help crying out, "My G.o.d, there are zombies blocking people and zombies blocking the door in front. This US map is really disgusting!"
Zhang Jueming added helplessly, "The home side advantage of this map is very large. You see, the US player who refreshed in this building didn"t go this way but headed towards the roof. There is a step on the roof that will allow you to directly jump towards the street."
The moment he finished speaking, he saw the two remaining players of the US team, the paladin Barrett and the blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin Abel suddenly jump from the rooftop of the building. The paladin used Fighting Howl to pull Liu Xiang over!
The invisible a.s.sa.s.sin Abel followed with a burst of skills, wanting to take advantage of the Chinese team"s absence to kill the healer. However, Liu Xiang wasn"t easy to kill. Her survival ability was tough and after seeing her blood fall below 50%, she used Holy Light Surge to fill up her blood.
Jiang Xu had broken out from the zombies and Yu Pingsheng and Meng Jie also rushed over after getting through the zombies blocking the door. The three people had more than two layers of poison on their body. Liu Xiang quickly used the group Purification to resolve the negative state and used a large healing array to return blood to her teammates. The four Chinese players finally broke through this shocking zombie siege.
***
In the commentators" room, Yu Bing couldn"t help praising, "It seems that Cat G.o.d is very prescient. If he hadn"t sent a healer in this game, the players of the Chinese team wouldn"t be able to fight back after being infected."
The USA team hadn"t brought a healer because they were so familiar with the map that they could detour around gaps in the zombies. They definitely knew some shortcuts that ensured they wouldn"t be affected by the poison.
The Chinese away team could only observe the map for one minute during the panoramic playback. The zombies hidden in the rooms and cars were invisible to everyone and the strangeness of the map made it easy for the Chinese team"s players to be surrounded when they moved forward.
Fortunately, there was Liu Xiang to help everyone.
At this time, the other three players of the US team rushed over to the group battle. Liu Xiang took a quick look and found that the blood kin summoner had only 30% blood left. It was obviously from Su Guangmo"s outbreak.
The other players also noticed this point. Jiang Xu moved forward with Flying Feather Steps and used the Stop Trap on all three blood kin summoners. The Chinese team"s three outputs joined hands to take care of the residual blood Revis.
Yu Pingsheng used Splitting Bone Chop to kill Revis but the other side"s awareness wasn"t bad. The moment he was targeted, he summoned the death knight to let the pet take the damage. Then he used the group attack skill Blood Bat Festival to suck back some blood!
The originally 30% blood returned to 40%.
However, the Chinese team"s players wouldn"t let him go.
Meng Jie used Meng Jie and then Jiang Xu used Trap Blast to kill the blood kin pet. Then Yu Pingsheng followed with Splitting Bone Chop to take away Revis!
"Beautiful! A head was gained in an instant! Captain Su"s attack on Revis created some advantages for this team battle. Kou Hongyi was excited. Then he said, "However, the situation of the Chinese team is still very serious. Everyone used too many skills to kill this summoner and the United States" remaining three blood kin players have once again entered stealth!"
The audience found that as the Chinese team were setting fire to kill the summoner Revis, the other three blood kin players on the US team used Combat Stealth. This was because the commander Edmund had ordered, "Control the healer and kill the hunter!"
The hunter"s traps had a great influence on their offensive rhythm. It was Edmund"s most sensible judgment to kill Jiang Xu first.
The three blood kin players went around to attack Jiang Xu while the task of controlling the healer was handed over to the paladin in the team.
The paladin used Fighting Howl to forcibly pull Liu Xiang. The skill of pulling a boss in the instance was quite useful in a group battle. After pulling Liu Xiang over, he followed with Steel Will. This skill enhanced the defense of his teammates for 10 seconds but also dealt five seconds of dizziness when aimed at an opponent!
The blood kin players all entered stealth, Liu Xiang was dizzy and Jiang Xu immediately became alert. He placed several Stop Traps around his body and sure enough, the three blood kin players were caught in the trap. It was a pity that it was too late for Jiang Xu to escape.
—Pain Blade!
The a.s.sa.s.sin Abel had been keeping his control skills and directly controlled Jiang Xu.
The a.s.sa.s.sin Edmund followed with Chain Strangulation while the blood kin summoner summoned the blood snake and blood spider to apply five layers of bleeding to Jiang Xu.
Jack"s style of play was quite violent and Qin Mo couldn"t help saying, "He has a strong ability to explode."
Xie Shurong nodded in agreement. "He is the ICE Club"s most talented player and his style has always been violent. No matter the situation, he will play particularly fiercely. Of course, sometimes this allows him to be targeted by the opponent."
Xie Shurong had been on a team with Jack Josh and knew this player very well. Jack"s hand speed didn"t lose to Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng. Combined with the blood sucking ability of the blood kin race, his survival ability was much stronger than the elf summoner Li Cangyu.
It was just that he wasn"t calm enough in big games. He was just like a little Tyrannosaurus that only knew how to rush forward.
Of course, his momentum could drive his teammates forward and his partner was the best a.s.sa.s.sin of the United States, Edmund. Edmund"s calm command allowed Jack to make the most accurate judgment in critical moments.
***
Jiang Xu was targeted and released many traps to deal a lot of damage to the three blood kin players of the United States. However, he didn"t survive the siege of the three people and soon fell to the ground.
Liu Xiang was controlled by the paladin throughout and the situation was very bad for the Chinese team.
At this moment, Yu Pingsheng suddenly opened the big move World Without Justice and Meng Jie followed with Cut Through Thorns. The two berserkers rushed directly to the blood kin players and a golden light enveloped the three players, forcing their blood below 30%!
Yu Pingsheng was also a fierce player but he was calmer than Jack. Liu Xiang was holding back the paladin so he took Meng Jie to fight 2v3 against the blood kin players. He wanted to resolve them as soon as possible to form a 2v2 situation.
Sure enough, the US team"s formation was swept away as soon as the berserker rushed over.
However, Jack Josh had a first-cla.s.s awareness. He saw them coming and summoned the death knight in front of himself. The paladin Barrett no longer hesitated and used the protection skill Steel Battle Soul!
The golden glow appeared and all teammates gained the effect of bouncing back all damage for three seconds.
The counterattack shield at a critical moment sc.r.a.pped Yu Pingsheng and Meng Jie"s idea of killing one person in seconds.
The damage reflection for three seconds meant Yu Pingsheng had to stop and the US team took this opportunity to disperse.
Once the rebound effect was over, Yu Pingsheng and Meng Jie pursued the a.s.sa.s.sin Abel and killed him. On the other hand, Edmund and Jack retreated quickly and avoided the wave of attack by relying on their superb movements.
Jack fixed Meng Jie in place with a spider and used the big move Blood Snake Winding. The bleeding states on the two Chinese players stacked to five layers and Jack also relied on this skill to absorb a lot of blood.
Meng Jie didn"t last long because Jack"s ability to explode was really too strong.
He remotely manipulated his pets and Yu Pingsheng had a heart time catching up with him. Thus, Yu Pingsheng had to aim for the a.s.sa.s.sin Edmund and the berserker killed the other person.
The moment Yu Pingsheng killed Edmund, he was killed by Jack in the distance.
In the other, only Liu Xiang survived. The paladin"s pulling skill was on cooldown so she turned to run into a zombie pile. Jack wanted to continue chasing but Edmund calmly told him, "Don"t chase. Gather at the resurrection point."
Jack stopped and turned away with the paladin.
The first wave of combat was 4:3 and the US team gained a narrow advantage.
However, everyone watching knew that the next wave of combat was very bad for the Chinese team. It was because the moment Su Guangmo resurrected, they found that the room near the red resurrection point was full of zombies.
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Chapter 343 – China VS USA (Zombie Tide)
Liu Xiang was chased by zombies and only had a trace of blood left when she arrived at the red resurrection point. Fortunately, the Healing Language buff on her body meant she wasn"t killed by the zombies.
The resurrection point on the American side was the same, with a large number of zombies around it. This was because death racing had two resurrection points. The Miracle League stipulated that the environmental gap shouldn"t be too large or it would be unfair to the away team.
However, the US team still had an advantage due to the presence of the paladin.
The paladin used Guardian"s Power to place defense shields on the five US players, meaning they wouldn"t be disturbed by the zombies. Moreover, the zombies moved slowly and it wasn"t difficult to bypa.s.s the zombie herd.
The two sides met in the middle of the street and large-scale combat broke out again.
Edmund and Jack were nowhere to be seen. The four blood kin players had dispersed while in stealth so Yu Pingsheng"s big move and Jiang Xu"s trap only revealed two of them.
Viewers found that the remaining two were walking in the room next to them and were coming to the rear of the Chinese team.
The paladin drove into the Chinese team"s lineup, the Indestructible move on his body to attrack firepower while placing the defensive shield Iron Will on his teammates.
Su Guangmo and Jiang Xu worked together to kill the revealed blood kin summoner.
Then Su Guangmo did an unexpected operation. He suddenly opened Light and Shadow Rotation and hit all the surrounding zombies.
The zombies exploded and released poison, affecting the three US players in front of them. Three layers of poison were applied and the US players lost 3,000 blood every second.
Su Guangmo and Jiang Xu were also poisoned by they had a healer to help take care of them.
The Chinese team actually used the doomsday environment to create advantages, the approach making Edmund somewhat unprepared. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and ordered, "Set fire to kill the healer!"
Both Jack and Edmund were world-cla.s.s players and didn"t panic.
The two people lurked behind Liu Xiang and Edmund used Pain Blade to make Liu Xiang dizzy. Jack followed with an outbreak and Liu Xiang had five layers of bleeding applied.
Liu Xiang"s Purification had just been used to save Su and Jiang and she couldn"t resolve her bleeding state. The five layers of bleeding were terrible and there was also the dizzy effect. She used the instant skill Holy Light Surge to fill up her blood but she couldn"t keep up with the output of the four US players.
Under Edmund"s command, the two a.s.sa.s.sins and two summoners of the US set fire to Liu Xiang and incredibly took away her life in one breath.
The situation was 4v5 and it seemed that the Chinese team had the disadvantage, but the US team was affected by the bleeding and three players had their health fall below 40%.
Su Guangmo worked with Yu Pingsheng, Meng Jie and Jiang Xu to release a fierce outbreak. The two sides collectively opened big moves and blood splashed on the doomsday map.
The paladin of the US relied on Steel Battle Soul to endure but eventually fell under Su Guangmo"s sword. Jiang Xu became the target of Jack and Edmund and soon fell down.
This wave of combat was extremely fast. The three poisoned US players were quickly taken down by Su Guangmo but they killed Yu Pingsheng before they died. Yu Pingsheng once again gave Jack a head.
The Chinese team was left with Meng Jie and Su Guangmo while the US had Edmund and Jack left. In this situation, it was hard for Su Guangmo to win because Jack and Edmund could rely on their blood-sucking. In addition, Edmund"s close interference and Jack"s output distance was very good. He could completely use his pets to attack Su Guangmo and Meng Jie.
The Chinese team couldn"t let them get any more heads!
Su Guangmo thought this and ordered on the voice channel, "Meng Jie, kill the zombies!"
Once the battle was delayed, the two of them were sure to fall into a disadvantage.
The blood kin players could slowly restore their blood by attacking. Since there were so many zombies around, it was better to die together!
Su Guangmo"s approach was simple and rough. Meng Jie was targeted by Jack and Edmund and couldn"t release any skills. Su Guangmo suddenly rushed forward and used Spirit Lock on Edmund to rescue Meng Jie. Meng Jie followed by using Cut Through Thorns!
The golden axe waved through the air and killed all the zombies around her in seconds!
The large range corpse poison affected the four people and even Jack in the distance didn"t survive. The rapidly stacked up poison caused the blood of the four people to die and their death news appeared on the big screen.
Both sides were wiped out!
The US audience members were very unhappy. After all, Jack had been full of blood just now.
Originally, it should be possible for Jack and Edmund to slowly grind Su Guangmo and Meng Jie to death. The result was that Su Guangmo directly killed them all and this wave of combat ended.
The thrilled Kou Hongyi"s voice was hoa.r.s.e. "This round of combat was too fast and many small skills couldn"t be seen clearly! Captain Su"s style at the last minute was really rough and handsome. He noticed that he and Meng Jie were in a disadvantageous situation and were directly killed by the zombies, not giving any side a head!"
"The battle between both sides was very fierce. This wave was 5:5 and the current heads ration is 9:8. The Chinese team has to kill two people if they want to win while the US team only needs to kill one." A bad feeling suddenly filled Yu Bing"s heart but she didn"t dare to speak. After all, it wasn"t good to have a crow"s mouth by saying the Chinese team would lose.
In fact, the current situation was really bad for the Chinese team.
One head was very simple for the American team because they had four blood kin players. As long as all four blood kin players went invisible and aimed at one person, their violent output could easily kill a person.
Sure enough, as she expected, the US team chose the red resurrection point this time. After the full resurrection, the four blood kin players entered stealth and disappeared from the red resurrection point.
The Chinese players were extra careful, especially Jiang Xu who always set traps every step of the way. However, one person"s defense ability was limited and he couldn"t set traps in every direction.
Just then, the US a.s.sa.s.sin Abel suddenly appeared at the rear of the Chinese team, apparently revealed by Jiang Xu"s trap. Su Guangmo turned with Yu Pingsheng and rushed to kill the blood kin a.s.sa.s.sin!
The paladin also appeared and used Steel Battle Soul to save his teammate.
The other three blood kin players of the US appeared at the same time. The paladin stunned Liu Xiang while the others tried their best to kill the weakest defense Jiang Xu. His blood fell to below 50% in the blink of an eye!
Liu Xiang used Purification to remove his dizziness and aimed a big move at Jiang Xu to restore his blood to more than 80%. The next moment, she was controlled by the a.s.sa.s.sin Edmund!
Chain Strangulation, Blood Bat Festival!
The American team"s double a.s.sa.s.sins and double summoners opened big at the same time. Jiang Xu was disabled and Jack stacked five layers of bleeding on him. The speed of his blood loss was fast enough to be dazzling.
Edmund took the opportunity to use Combat Stealth and everyone lost sight of him. He was behind Jiang Xu and the dagger in his hand fell to kill the residual blood Jiang Xu.
At almost the same time, Su Guangmo and Yu Pingsheng took the life of the a.s.sa.s.sin Abel. It was a pity that death racing judged victory as the team that won 10 heads first. The US team took the lead to win 10 heads and this game ended.
The applause at the scene was so warm that it almost overturned the roof. Jack"s face showed a confident smile and Edmund was calm, stating, "This is a lot harder to play than I expected."
Jack shrugged. "We won so they can only do so much."
Edmund was too lazy to talk to this single-celled animal. He just felt that if Su Guangmo hadn"t been unlucky enough to refresh alone at the upper part of the map, the result was likely to be different.
They killed the lone Su Guangmo at the beginning and gained the advantage of a head and in the group combat after that, both sides were extinguished. If they had given Su Guangmo some time, perhaps the situation would"ve reversed.
Edmund thought for a moment and took everyone back to the rest area, carefully explaining his thoughts to Captain Noah.
***
On the Chinese team, Jiang Xu stared at his grey screen and spoke helplessly. "Sorry."
Su Guangmo patted him on the shoulder and smiled. "Don"t blame yourself. It isn"t your fault."
They had lost the game but Su Guangmo was still stoic. This sentiment affected the teammates around him and everyone walked back in a calmer state.
After all, this game had two world-cla.s.s masters in Jack Josh and Edmund while it was their home doomsday map. The Chinese players did their best.
After seeing them come over, Li Cangyu stood up and comforted them. "Never mind, there is still a chance afterwards. We can"t win 3:0 against the US and there will always be a loss. We should still be relaxed."
"I hope it is 3:1 and we can win three games in a row," Cheng Wei laughed.
This was definitely the expectations of many people but it wasn"t easy to achieve.
It was because the captain of the US team and the world"s number one magician Noah, the vice-captain and G.o.ddess healer Winfrey, the talented swordsman Angus and the archer Thomas hadn"t yet appeared.
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Chapter 344 – China VS USA (Second Round)
Before the game, LI Cangyu and the other six commanders had carefully discussed possible situations in the finals and were prepared for a loss. Thus, the loss in the first game didn"t have much impact on his mood. It was just that there was only a five minute break between the two rounds and he had to think of a method as soon as possible.
Ling Xuefeng bowed his head and thought about it. A moment later, Li Cangyu turned to him and asked, "What do you think about the second game?"
"Have you thought of a way?"
The two men opened their mouths at almost the same time and then smiled.
Li Cangyu looked at him and said, "The thing I"m more worried about is the third game. The US team hid their maps too deeply in the previous rounds. There are actually two maps that haven"t been used. In the first game, I banned Universal Studios and if he releases it in the third game, I can no longer ban it."
According to the rules, the map of a country could only be banned once per match. The same map couldn"t be disabled twice, nor could it be selected twice.
In other words, Li Cangyu chose to ban Universal Studios in the first game and chose Doomsday Crisis. In the third game, the US team could no longer choose Doomsday Crisis because it had been used once. Li Cangyu also couldn"t ban Universal Studios because he banned it once before. This was the non-repeatable nature of maps in the same match.
According to the US team"s map tactics, Li Cangyu just banned Universal Studios so Noah would definitely release Universal Studios in the third game to force Li Cangyu to choose it.
The Doomsday Crisis map was too pitted and it was impossible for the Universal Studios map left behind by the US team to be simple.
This was what Li Cangyu was worried about. If too many G.o.ds played in the second round, it would be tough to deal with the US team at home in the third game. Regardless of the score of the first two games, the third game was crucial for both sides. Losing it would seriously affect the morale of the whole team.
Ling Xuefeng obviously knew this as well. There was a moment of silence before he said, "Why don"t you take the second game and I take the third game?"
Li Cangyu shook his head. "This tactical system might not necessarily win against the US team." He touched his chin and thought carefully before calling Tan s.h.i.tian over. "Captain Tan, how about you lead this game?"
Tan s.h.i.tian was startled. "Me?"
He was the youngest captain of the national team and Li Cangyu sending him despite the first loss was enough to prove Li Cangyu"s absolute trust in him. Tan s.h.i.tian couldn"t help feeling moved and he nodded seriously, "I will try my best."
"Yes, don"t think too much and play well." Li Cangyu patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him. "There are many opportunities for you to partic.i.p.ate in the World Compet.i.tion in the future. Just think of it as practice."
Tan s.h.i.tian immediately understood Li Cangyu"s meaning. As the youngest captain in the league, he had the opportunity to partic.i.p.ate in the World Compet.i.tion in the next few years. For Li Cangyu, the next season might not necessarily… Thoughts flashed in Tan s.h.i.tian"s head but it wasn"t appropriate to ask them at this time. He forced back his doubts and nodded with a smile. "I understand."
***
After the break, Li Cangyu got up and went to the command post.
This game was the Chinese team"s home game. They had the map advantage but the problem was that the US team could disable the Chinese team"s map. Four of the five Chinese maps had been revealed in the previous gap. The Eight-Trigram Array was the only one that hadn"t been revealed and it was likely to be directly banned by Noah. If this was the case, the advantage would be lost because the away team could send a targeted lineup.
Li Cangyu chose the economic warfare mode that Tan s.h.i.tian was excellent at. The maps shown were the Mechanical City, the Eight-Trigram Array and Frost Temple.
Noah didn"t hesitate to ban the Eight-Trigram Array that hadn"t appeared before, leaving the Mechanical City.
Kou Hongyi couldn"t help feeling some regret. "The new map was banned. It seems that the US team left a lot of trump cards to play in the finals, leaving two maps to force us to play both. It was truly far-sighted."
Yu Bing stated calmly, "This can"t be blamed on us. After all, we met the Korean team in the semi-finals. If we held back too many cards, it was likely that we would"ve been eliminated by the South Korean team."
"In other words, the US team"s opponents were much weaker so they could hide many maps. According to the rules, Cat G.o.d has to choose the previously banned Universal Studios in the third game. However, if Eight-Trigram Array appears in the fourth game, the US team can"t disable it anymore."
Kou Hongyi explained.
"The map is just one factor that affects the game but it isn"t the decisive factor. If you are lucky, you can win in away games. In the last game, our luck was really bad. Captain Su refreshed alone in the upper half and was killed by the other three. Otherwise, we could"ve fought the US team head on."
As Yu Bing spoke, Li Cangyu submitted the game"s lineup— Tan s.h.i.tian, Lu Xiao, Cheng Wei, Yang Muzi, Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan.
Many viewers couldn"t understand it but it wasn"t difficult when a.n.a.lyzing it carefully. Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao were the main output archers of the Time team, Yan Guo were black magician partners in the Wind Colour team while Cheng Wei and Yang Muzi were white magicians with different styles. In other words, this was a pure output lineup.
"It is an economic war without a healer?" Yu Bing frowned slightly.
“Even so, the explosive power of this lineup is very strong. The two white magicians can join hands to control the opponent while the double archers and black magicians can open up their attacks at the same time. If the opposite side doesn"t have a good defense, they might be destroyed." Kou Hongyi really liked this lineup. "There is no problem with the system. An economic war can also be quick and this system is suitable for a quick fight."
"The US team should send a targeted lineup." Yu Bing"s voice had just finished when the captain of the US team, Noah submitted the lineup. Sure enough, it targeted the Chinese team. There was one paladin, two berserkers, two swordsmen and one healer.
Noah"s intentions were obvious. "You want to kill us in seconds? Then I"ll send a pile of thick-skinned blood cows."
Li Cangyu saw this lineup and appreciated Noah"s layout. He hadn"t dealt head on with the US captain but this person had a deep heart and meticulous tactics.
After returning from the command post, Li Cangyu went to Xie Shurong and asked, "According to your opinion, how likely is it that Captain Tan will win?"
Xie Shurong thought about it before replying, "Around 5:5. The two swordsmen are fixed partners of the ICE team. Angus was the best newcomer last season and Benjamin"s level is similar to my brother. The two berserkers are old partners of the TP team. One is very fierce and the other is very stable. Winfrey"s healing level is also very high."
Li Cangyu did his homework before the game and naturally knew the strength of the players. He nodded and asked, "There are many captains in this game but the commander should be Benjamin, right?"
"Yes, after all, he was the captain of last year"s championship team."
After Xie Shurong left, the ICE team didn"t win the t.i.tle this year and the championship was taken away by the TP team led by Noah. However, Captain Benjamin of the ICE team, Vice-Captain Jack Josh and the best newcomer Angus, the strength of these three players couldn"t be underestimated.
China"s Mechanical City had already been revealed and must"ve been studied by the US team. The map advantage wasn"t great.
The Mechanical City had a structure of two floors and had been modified accordingly to suit the economic warfare. The lower level was the refresh points of the mobs and it was divided into the "田" four fields. There was a staircase leading to the upper floor protected by guardian beasts. After climbing up the stairs, there would be a high platform with the crystal in the middle.
In other words, the upper level was almost useless in the economic war. It was only at the end where they would climb up the stairs to hit the crystal. All previous battles would be on the lower floor.
According to the panoramic view of the map, it could be seen that the mobs on this map were all mechanisms that fired arrows to cause a lot of damage.
Noah saw this and spoke in a low voice, "Our lineup has many melee cla.s.ses. Be careful when facing the wild monsters. Even if you have to give up the money of a few mobs, don"t task risks for greed. Try not to be too greedy in the early stages. Don"t give the Chinese team any heads, especially Tan s.h.i.tian. You absolutely can"t let him get a head."
Perhaps Tan s.h.i.tian might be a bit happy if he heard this? After all, being warned by the captain of the US team showed that Noah was very certain of Tan s.h.i.tian"s personal level.
***
The map loading ended and the game officially began!
The players on both sides refreshed on the map. Tan s.h.i.tian immediately arranged the splitting method. He and Cheng Wei were in the middle road, Lu Xiao and Yang Muzi would go to the top while Yan Guo would go down.
The arrangement on the US side didn"t follow the fixed partners. The paladin took a swordsman to the top road, the healer took a swordsman in the middle and the remaining two berserkers went down.
In other words, the economy of the upper and middle roads would focus on the swordsman. The US team would obviously use the double swordsmen combination of the ICE team as the main attack point in the group battle.
In the domestic league, the most annoying thing for Tan s.h.i.tian was to meet the swordsman Su Guangmo. It was because the swordsman"s ability to advance was a great threat to the archers. The US team sent two swordsmen to clearly aim for him.
However, as Li Cangyu said, he didn"t need to think too much. He only needed to carefully command this game.
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Chapter 345 – China VS USA (Economic War)
The Mechanical City"s mobs were remote damage dealers and released arrows 360 degrees around them. The US players weren"t accustomed to such a rhythm and were injured by the arrows. Nevertheless, they were all first-cla.s.s professional players and quickly understood the rotation of the mechanisms. They rapidly moved around them and hitting the mechanisms wasn"t difficult.
Captain Noah had told them to be steady in the early stages and don"t let the Chinese team take any heads. Thus, the US team was very careful when playing against the mobs.
There was the protection of a paladin on the road and Angus was relatively safe. Lu Xiao and Yang Muzi failed to find a chance to kill the other side and both sides steadily killed the mobs to make money.
The two berserkers were thick-skinned. Yan Ruiwen took the initiative to hit them with black magic but only beat them to half blood. The output of the two black magicians wasn"t enough to kill the high defense berserker.
In the middle, the Tan s.h.i.tian and Cheng Wei combination faced the US team"s Benjamin and Winfrey. There was a healer and wanting to kill Benjamin was almost impossible. Tan s.h.i.tian was too lazy and concentrated on clearing the mobs.
After the first round of mobs was over, neither side had got a head and they calmly returned to the city to update their equipment. Yu Bing saw this and couldn"t help saying, "It seems that both sides are playing stably in the early stages. They will wait for the ice dragon before fighting."
This was a chance for both sides in a frontal confrontation. Kou Hongyi stated, "The output of the Chinese team is terrible but Winfrey of the US team is called a milk G.o.d. It will be difficult to kill the opponents with her presence. The key is how Captain Tan handles the healer."
Yu Bing agreed. "In my opinion, it is better for the Chinese team to send two people to interfere with the healer while the other four act as output. It isn"t easy to deal with a healer alone and there is also the protection of the paladin."
As Yu Bing stated, Tan s.h.i.tian definitely took this into consideration.
Once the two sides met at the ice dragon, he and Lu Xiao didn"t stand together as usual. They distance to the left and right with Cheng Wei and Yang Muzi standing next to them respectively. Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan stood in the middle and were prepared to use their black magic control at any time.
As soon as the American team appeared, Guo Xuan immediately used the big move Dark Fear!
This group control skill successfully hit but the other side"s paladin responded quickly. He used Iron Will to make his teammates immune to control and all attacks for five seconds.
The American team pounced like tigers towards Tan Cheng. Since the couldn"t be controlled, Tan s.h.i.tian and Cheng Wei had to quickly turn to escape. Benjamin used Soul Lock on Tan s.h.i.tian but at this moment, Cheng Wei came behind Tan s.h.i.tian and used his body to help Captain Tan block the skill!
Many viewers were surprised by Cheng Wei"s actions. Tan s.h.i.tian also didn"t expect it and he found that Cheng Wei looked very serious. Tan s.h.i.tian"s heart warmed and he instantly used Flying Feather Steps to run.
Cheng Wei used Purification to get rid of the control and placed a protection halo around himself.
Tan s.h.i.tian"s archer was a high damage cla.s.s and Flying Feather Steps allowed him to complete his flexible long-range kiting style. However, his shortcomings were also obvious. He had weak defense and no active control removal skills.
Compared to the archer, a white magician"s survival ability was much stronger. That"s why Cheng Wei ran to save Tan s.h.i.tian. He knew that once Tan s.h.i.tian was controlled by the swordsman, the combination of the two swordsmen and berserkers was likely to kill Tan s.h.i.tian in seconds.
The white magician wasn"t easily killed. At the very least, he could resolve the control and protect himself with white magic.
Cheng Wei"s support allowed Tan s.h.i.tian to run very far with Flying Feather Steps. The US team couldn"t catch up with him and everyone transferred targets to Cheng Wei. The US team had five seconds of damage immunity and Cheng Wei hitting them was useless. He had to find a way to escape.
The paladin used Fighting Howl to pull Cheng Wei to him while the other swordsman closely followed with Spirit Lock. Meanwhile, the berserker used Mountain Chop to create a deep gully that blocked Cheng Wei"s escape route.
The two swordsmen and berserkers unleashed a violent wave and in five seconds, Cheng Wei was beaten to 10% residual blood!
This was the case where the white magician"s guardian aura that increased defense existed. If the person had been Tan s.h.i.tian then he would"ve died a long time ago, Cheng Wei thankfully thought.
The ability of the American team to set fire to a person was really strong. After five seconds, Cheng Wei"s blood was in jeopardy but it was difficult for him to escape. Still, he made a fine operation. On the screen, the white magician suddenly jumped forward to the rear of a pillar and quickly cast G.o.d"s Seal!
It was the fastest control skill and accurately fell on the body of the healer Winfrey.
Cheng Wei followed up with Tidal Surge.
It dealt a large amount of group damage and had a deceleration effect.
After three seconds, the four outputs of the US team rushed to kill Cheng Wei and Benjamin got the head.
The domestic audience felt pained for Cheng Wei. They didn"t expect him to save Tan s.h.i.tian at the critical moment. Of course, his choice was undoubtedly sensible. Thanks to him, Tan s.h.i.tian could play his kite flow tactics.
Li Cangyu watched the game and gave a relieved smile. "Xiao Wei has become really smart and he isn"t as impulsive as before."
Ling Xuefeng nodded. "His sacrifice was worth it."
The key skill G.o.d"s Seal controlled the healer and then Tidal Surge decelerated the other side. Cheng Wei laid a great groundwork for the next kite flow before his death.
Previously, the US team had the immunity shield and Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan couldn"t attack. They quickly moved into position and waited for an opportunity. The moment they found an opportunity, Yan Ruiwen used the group control Dark Fear and Yang Muzi used Tidal Surge!
The Tidal Surge of the two white magicians overlapped to form a double deceleration effect.
At this time, Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao had met in the distance and they raised the bows in their hands. A large number of arrows fell towards the US team. It was Death Arrow Rain!
This wave of attacks caused the entire US team to lose a large amount of blood. Winfrey helplessly had to open the healing array and healing chain to return blood to her teammates while the paladin used Steel Battle Soul, which bounced back all damage for three seconds!
Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao immediately stopped and the US outputs took advantage of this opportunity to break through to Yang Muzi. They wanted to kill Yang Muzi but she ran while using G.o.d"s Light and Voice of Combat to attack
Unfortunately, the existence of Winfrey meant her attacks didn"t have much of an effect. The consecutive healing chain refilled blood and the US team were back to full blood.
Instead, Yang Muzi was chased by the other swordsman and soon killed.
Less than half a minute after the start of the battle, the two white magicians on the Chinese side had died. The situation was grim and many Chinese viewers were anxiously clenching their fists and writing comments.
Tan s.h.i.tian"s expression was very calm at this time. Once the three seconds of damage reflection was over, he and Lu Xiao once again opened a strong wave of attacks with Rapid Shot, Shock Shot, Barrage Shot and Seize Life Shot!
The archers were an extremely aggressive remote cla.s.s and the further away they were, the more likely it was for them to strike successfully.
Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao took advantage of Cheng Wei and Yang Muzi drawing the firepower to run to a distant place. The two people"s output environment was excellent and almost every shot was a critical hit!
The result was that the US team"s healer Winfrey was killed by the two of them in seconds!
The healer had died and Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan immediately used the advantages of black magic. They used Death Mantra and Shadow Winding to lay negative states on the enemies, causing the US players to lose blood every second.
Without a healer, the loss of blood couldn"t be stopped and the US team also had to face the remote archers…
Benjamin and Angus used their "Quick Pace" skill to catch up with the Yan Guo combination and killed Guo Xuan. However, before Guo Xuan"s death, he used the big move h.e.l.l Flames to hit them.
In the distance, Tan s.h.i.tian fired two arrows while Yan Ruiwen used the Shadow Wrath group attack. The result was that the moment Guo Xuan died, Yan Ruiwen directly took two kills!
The US team"s melee cla.s.ses were decelerated by Cheng Wei and Yang Muzi and couldn"t catch up with Tan s.h.i.tian. Thus, Tan s.h.i.tian"s kite flow was played to the fullest. The moment Yan Ruiwen killed the two swordsmen, Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao cooperated to wipe out the entire US team!
The Chinese viewers regained their strength and desperately filled the screen with flowers.
Even so, Tan s.h.i.tian didn"t forget to give credit to Cheng Wei. He gently touched the back of Cheng Wei"s hand and stated, "Your protection was excellent."
Cheng Wei smiled proudly, "Of course!"
The reason why Tan s.h.i.tian could freely chat with Cheng Wei was because he and Lu Xiao couldn"t kill the ice dragon. The high intensity guerrilla warfare had completely consumed their blue.
"Go back to the town." Tan s.h.i.tian helplessly headed back to the town with Lu Xiao.
The two archers lost all their blue in the first wave, showing how difficult it was to deal with the US team. The group of thick-skinned paladin and berserkers along with the healer was too difficult to kill.
The good thing was that the Chinese team gained the advantage in the first wave.
Tan s.h.i.tian had killed four people while Yan Ruiwen got the double kill. The two swordsmen of the US team also got two heads and would need to be carefully handed in the next wave of team combat.
The most comforting thing for Tan s.h.i.tian was that Cheng Wei had grown in this World Compet.i.tion. His reaction in the critical moment just now was particularly sensible.
He was no longer the impulsive fighting cat and now had the good sense to fight alongside Tan s.h.i.tian.
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Chapter 346 – China VS USA (Economic War)
After the first wave, Tan s.h.i.tian and Yan Ruiwen supplemented their equipment. Tan s.h.i.tian bought a weapon that slowed down the opponent by 50% for five seconds when the arrow hit the opponent.
This weapon with a deceleration effect would allow Tan s.h.i.tian to better play his kite flow. In particular, his Death Arrow Rain would cause all enemies in range to be decelerated. He could freely attack in the distance and the opponent could never catch up to him.
Yan Ruiwen bought a ring and necklace which both increased the crit rate of black magic. The two people replaced their equipment and the entire team"s output capacity improved by one grade.
In the same way, the US team"s Benjamin and Angus also gained a lot of money and changed their gear. They had a chance to go head on against the Chinese team.
Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao had run out of blue so the ice dragon hadn"t been killed. After seeing that everyone had resurrected, Tan s.h.i.tian made a mark on the mini-map and ordered, "Kill the ice dragon."
The group quickly followed him to the refresh point of the ice dragon.
To Tan s.h.i.tian"s surprise, he didn"t see the American team when he arrived at the ice dragon.
Yan Ruiwen asked doubtfully, "The US team didn"t come to play the ice dragon? Or are they lying in wait in the area?"
Tan s.h.i.tian thought for a moment before his expression suddenly changed, "Not good. They might"ve gone to kill the fire dragon!"
The ice dragon and fire dragon refreshed at fixed times. In past economic wars, they would first kill the ice dragon and then kill some small mobs to gain enough equipment to kill the dragon.
However, today"s economic war obviously wasn"t quite the same. The first wave of combat was too intense and Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao failed to kill the ice dragon because they ran out of blue. By the time everyone resurrected and rushed over to the ice dragon, the fire dragon had appeared in the upper half of the map.
At this time, the commander was faced with two choices. Continue to fight the ice dragon and win the economy. If they beat the other side here, it would lay the foundation to win the game. The second way was to risk killing the fire dragon with relatively poor equipment but the fire dragon would give an attack and defense buff.
The first choice was clearly more secure and was the choice that Tan s.h.i.tian had made.
The second approach was very risky. If it failed, it would be benevolent for the other side!
Tan s.h.i.tian ordered, "Kill the ice dragon as soon as possible!"
The location of the two bosses was very far away and it would be too late if they headed to the fire dragon. They could only kill the ice dragon at the fastest speed before heading to the crystal.
Benjamin"s bold decision was very unexpected for the two commentators. Kou Hongyi marvelled, "Fighting the fire dragon with poor equipment, he has too much courage! But… the US team has a paladin and this lineup can resist the dragon"s damage."
Yu Bing nodded. "Benjamin"s choice is very adventurous. However, if he doesn"t take the risk to kill the fire dragon and instead headed to the ice dragon, the US team wouldn"t have an advantage because Tan s.h.i.tian bought the deceleration weapon."
Xie Shurong sat with the rest of the team and couldn"t help saying, "Benjamin"s command level is excellent. He clearly saw Tan s.h.i.tian"s weapon and took the players to fight the fire dragon. If they win the fire dragon, the later wave of combat will be bad for the Chinese team."
The ICE team"s captain was truly worthy of his reputation. Li Cangyu thoughtfully touched his chin. "In fact, Benjamin"s strength isn"t worse than Jack Josh of the same team? Even so, his popularity isn"t very high."
"It is because he isn"t as handsome as Jack. The Americans look at the face and Jack"s popularity surpa.s.ses him by 10 times." Xie Shurong explained, "I spent 2.5 years in the ICE team and the core of this team has always been Benjamin. Jack is the most popular and he is hot-tempered, but he is a well-behaved sheep in front of the captain."
To be able to make Jack such a popular G.o.d, this handsome man must have a real ability. Based on today"s command, he was very decisive and simple in key moments.
The Chinese team all had ranged, weak defense cla.s.ses and they couldn"t endure the firepower of the fire dragon. There was a great possibility that Tan s.h.i.tian would go to the ice dragon so Benjamin diverted the team to kill the fire dragon. This made Li Cangyu feel admiration for his choice.
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The ice dragon didn"t have much attack power and its defense was also relatively weak. The Chinese team took half a minute to kill the ice dragon and received the economic bonus.
Tan s.h.i.tian ordered, "Go back to the city and then the fire dragon"s cave!"
The group immediately returned to the city to replace their equipment. At this time, the fire dragon had 30% blood left.
The paladin received the damage in the front row while the healer restored blood from the rear. The remaining two swordsmen and berserkers were releasing their highest hand speed to kill the dragon.
From time to time, the dragon would roar and breathe out fire. This dealt a lot of damage to the players but the paladin"s shield and the priest"s healing meant the blood of the US team remained above 80%.
Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao used Flying Feather Steps to quickly reach the fire dragon"s cave where they saw that the blood of the dragon was rapidly declining.
The game had reached a critical moment and the viewers stared anxiously at the big screen.
By the time Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao arrived, the US team"s Benjamin had just stabbed the dragon"s chest and it fell to the ground with a bang.
The paladin saw that the Chinese team had rushed over and opened Guardian"s Power and Iron Will to protect his teammates from damage and control.
Benjamin didn"t hesitate. "Go to the second floor!"
The rest of the American team followed him to the second floor where there were two guardian beasts on the stairs. Compared to the dragon, the guardian beasts were relatively easy to easy. The US team had two thick-skinned berserkers. They pulled a beast each and the swordsmen attacked to quickly kill the beasts.
"This attack power is too terrible!" Kou Hongyi was anxious. The US team has won an attack and defense buff from killing the fire dragon and this is more than the effect of equipment!"
"Yes, it usually takes at least 10 seconds to kill the beasts but the US team took only eight seconds." Yu Bing stared at the big screen and spoke quickly. "The fire dragon"s buff is only 30 seconds. The Chinese team must survive these 30 seconds and prevent the US team from destroying the crystal!"
"This is hard because the two berserkers of the US team are guarding the stairwell!" Kou Hongyi exclaimed.
On the screen, the two berserkers of the US team killed the guardian beasts and used their huge bodies to interfere with the Chinese team on the stairs. Winfrey hid behind them and gave them several layers of Healing Language.
Benjamin and Angus had gained an attack buff and quickly attacked the crystal, not hesitating to pour out all their skills.
People couldn"t help thinking of the previous game between China and South Korea.
In the same economic battle, the commander was Ling Xuefeng and he had Qin Mo, Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan stand at the entrance to the highlands to obstruct the Korean team. Bai Xuan was responsible for adding blood while Ling Xuefeng and Xie Shurong released the highest hand speed to attack the crystal.
By the time the South Korean team broke through the obstruction, they saw the image of the crystal being shattered.
Now the US team used a similar tactic. The two berserkers were on the stairs and the healer was behind them while the high output swordsmen attacked the crystal with the fastest speed.
Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao were blocked by the paladin. They didn"t pay attention to him and used Flying Feather Steps to circ.u.mvent around him. They came to the second floor stairwell only to see the two bersekers of the US team.
The stairwell was very narrow. If they wanted to pa.s.s, they had to kill the two berserkers.
However, the berserkers had thick skin and high defense. Combined with the defense bonus from the fire dragon, the berserkers were like a bronze wall. Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao fired consecutive Barrage Shots and Seize Life Shots and only knocked out 20% of their blood.
The hiding Winfrey used a healing chain and the other side"s blood was back to 100%.
Tan s.h.i.tian helplessly ordered, "Control them!"
The other players didn"t have the speed of the elf species and only just arrived at the scene. Cheng Wei immediately used the group control Holy Seal and made Winfrey temporarily unable to release blood. This was followed by Shadow Winding, h.e.l.l Flames, Tidal Surge and Death Arrow Rain!
The light effect of various skills shrouded the stairwell and the thick-skinned berserkers were finally suppressed to 30% blood!
At this time, the seal ended and the paladin came from behind. He used Steel Battle Soul to rebound any damage done to his teammates and Winfrey took the opportunity to cast the healer"s big move, Desperate Prayer!
A white glow fell from the sky and the blood of the berserkers was restored.
The audience, "…"
Kou Hongyi couldn"t help spitting out, "The berserkers and paladin are too thick-skinned. In addition, there is the defense bonus after killing the boss. We simply can"t kill them!"
Yu Bing frowned. "The 30 second bonus is ending soon but the crystal doesn"t have much blood left…"
The camera cut to the crystal and the crystal only had 15% blood left.
At this time, the bonus of the fire dragon finally ended. Cheng Wei used the single control skill on Winfrey and the Chinese team opened all types of big moves to hit the four US players blocking the road. The two berserkers finally fell to residual blood.
Winfrey"s sealing effect was ending and Yang Muzi immediately placed a seal on her so she couldn"t add blood. Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan placed five layers of Death Curse while Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao fired their arrows to finally kill a residual blood berserker!
The Chinese team quickly killed the other berserker but by the time Tan s.h.i.tian and Lu Xiao used Flying Feather Steps to move to the crystal, there was only 5% blood left on the crystal.
Benjamin and Angus both opened up Light and Shadow Rotation and a dazzling white light surrounded the crystal. Every ray of light directly smashed the middle of the crystal.
The release of the swordsman"s big move caused the sound of the crystal breaking to enter their ears.
—Winner!
The US team took the victory in a thrilling manner.
Tan s.h.i.tian helplessly removed his hands from the keyboard.
It was only a few seconds of blocking the other side but the game was too exciting. No one could tell what would happen until the last moment.
In this game, the Chinese team had the advantage in the early stages and were dominant with the economy. However, the US team"s killing of the fire dragon at a critical moment was perfect.
In a battle between the strong, there were always winners and losers. He was used to losing but once the grey screen appeared, Tan s.h.i.tian couldn"t help feeling a bit uncomfortable.
Cheng Wei"s expression was very depressed but he quickly adjusted. He gently patted Tan s.h.i.tian on the hand and said, "Don"t be sad. This isn"t your fault. No one couldn"t expected that to happen. We did the best we could."
Tan s.h.i.tian saw his earnest eyes and couldn"t help smiling. "Have you also learnt to comfort people?"
Cheng Wei scratched his head and whispered, "Cat G.o.d said to truly be strong psychologically, the first step is to calmly face failure." He paused and looked at Tan s.h.i.tian, asking seriously, "After this loss, my mood is actually calmer than the semi-finals. Is my psychological quality much better than before?"
This guy"s clumsy way of comforting caused Tan s.h.i.tian"s heart to soften. He gently held Cheng Wei"s hand and said, "We have done our best and have a clear conscience. Next, we will give it to Cat G.o.d."
Cheng Wei"s fists clenched and there was a hint of firmness in his eyes. "Yes! Cat G.o.d will surely win!"
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