Zeng Xinran wasn't the first rookie to lose an embarrassing match because of nervousness, and he definitely wouldn't be the last. However, none of the newcomers would have thought that their first battle would end in such an awkward situation.
This was Happy's first point in his professional career, and it was taken by Ye Xiu in a very memorable manner. The story ended there. The process of taking the point wasn't very memorable. It wasn't a match to be proud of.
For some inexplicable reason, Happy won. If there was anyone who understood what was going on, it would be his teammates from Hundred Blossoms, apart from the referee, who had seen Zeng Xinran's nervousness.
Others didn't know Zeng Xinran's situation, but they understood his skill very well. He wasn't sent out to play in an official match for the sake of losing. It was because he had the skill, and he deserved to be looked forward to. But his performance didn't match his skill. Hundred Blossoms' players thought about it and knew that he had been too nervous.
Nervousness was very common, but to be nervous to this degree was a bit strange. But in this situation, it wasn't good to give the player any pressure. When Zeng Xinran came off the stage, Hundred Blossoms' players were all very amiable, trying their best to comfort him until the referee called for their second individual player to come up.
Zhang Wei.
A name that couldn't be any more ordinary, just like his professional career.
Zhang Wei was a veteran. He had debuted in Season 3 and had been with Team Hundred Blossoms ever since. He didn't have any outstanding talent, nor did he have any breakthroughs in his career. He had always been an ordinary member of Team Hundred Blossoms.
He had seen the madness of Blood and Blossoms sweeping through the Alliance. He had seen Sun Zheping's sadness when he retired due to injury. He had seen Zhang Jiale struggle on his own. He had also seen Tang Hao quickly grow from a bench player to a top God in the Alliance. All of this had happened by his side. He had experienced it, but it had never changed. In the end, he was just a very ordinary member of Hundred Blossoms. There were actually many players like this. They weren't very eye-catching and didn't appear in the media often. They weren't often mentioned by players, but they were still a very important part of the Alliance. It was just like how ordinary people were always the most common people in life. Pro players were an uncommon group of Glory players, while Zhang Wei and the others were the most common group of pro players.
Happy Hundred Blossoms' away game challenge. The second player to come out in the individual competition was the normal player, Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei entered the arena, entered the competition booth, swiped his card, logged into the game, and entered the competition room. He had repeated this for many years. He did not need to prepare anything. It was as simple as eating a bowl of rice. After entering the room, he soon saw his opponent enter: Baozi Invasion.
Oh, it's that strange contestant.
Zhang Wei immediately thought of their research before the competition. And this player called Bao Rongxing received such an evaluation. This guy! He definitely had a good foundation, but his performance in battle was sometimes good and sometimes bad. If that was the case, it would be better to just treat him as a player with an unstable condition. But this guy, sometimes good things would turn bad, and bad things would turn good again. There was no pattern to speak of. This really made people not know what kind of tactics to use to deal with it. In the end, they decided on a plan: Act according to the circumstances.
In the end, the task of acting according to circumstances fell on Zhang Wei's head.
Countdown, loading into the match.
Zhang Wei's character was a Witch, called Endless Forest. As a player who had been in Hundred Blossoms for many years, even though Zhang Wei was normal, his position was relatively stable. His character, Endless Forest, was also quite good. Of course, it definitely couldn't compare to Vaccaria. Zhang Wei and Wang Jiexi were players from the same generation and played the same class, but his name had never been mentioned together with Wang Jiexi. In people's eyes, these two players were incomparable.
The normal Zhang Wei was playing his decent Witch, Endless Forest. The strategy was to act according to the circumstances, so Zhang Wei's original plan was to move strategically. However, the map Happy had chosen had a simple terrain, a flat expanse of land. If he didn't hide his strategy, he wouldn't be able to catch his opponent off guard, so Zhang Wei could only have Endless Forest charge forward.
Baozi didn't hesitate either. As soon as Baozi Invasion started, he rushed forward and sent a message in the chat: "Let's decide the winner!"
"Okay." Zhang Wei saw the other side communicate with him and even replied.
Soon, the two, who didn't dodge, or rather, had nowhere to dodge, met in the center of the map.
Brawlers and Witches both had the ability to fight at short to mid-range, but in comparison, Witches had a wider range of control. As a Mage class, it was inexcusable if they didn't have some sort of AoE cannon.
Zhang Wei's opening was very simple. Endless Forest threw out a Lava Flask. This was a common opening for Witches when PvP. Don't throw a Lava Flask. Don't throw a Lava Flask. Whether it burned or not, first restrict the opponent's movement space. If the opponent didn't want to be hit by the lava, they could only circle around …
Okay, he jumped over!
The Lava Flask instantly spread out a pool of lava on the ground, but Baozi Invasion leapt up at this moment. With a Powerful Knee Strike, he jumped and crashed towards Endless Forest.
He actually dodged the Lava Flask, but wasn't this kind of attack too reckless?
Endless Forest moved to the side and flicked his sleeve. A dark purple shadow flew out. It was the Witch's grappling skill, Shadow Cloak. Powerful Knee Strike's priority couldn't be offset by this skill's grappling effect.
Baozi Invasion, who was in midair, looked as if he had directly crashed into Shadow Cloak. He was immediately entangled by the shadow and fell into the lava. But of course, this little bit of damage was too little. Endless Forest raised his broom and prepared to continue attacking, but who would've thought that an object would fly in front of him. From small to large, it instantly covered his vision. Endless Forest was hit by the Brick.
When did the Brick come out?
Zhang Wei didn't know, but it must've been before he activated Shadow Cloak. Otherwise, he would've definitely been interrupted by Shadow Cloak's grappling. And now, he was hit by the Brick. Endless Forest's attack was interrupted, and Baozi Invasion fell into the lava. Shadow Cloak's restraints had been removed. Although the lava dealt damage, it didn't affect Baozi Invasion's movements.
Tyrannical Chain Punch!
Zhang Wei hurriedly wanted Endless Forest to dodge, but it was already too late. Baozi Invasion was right in front of him. He directly got up and flipped over. Ignoring the lava damage, he fiercely hammered Endless Forest. In this exchange, Zhang Wei was obviously at a disadvantage. But he didn't understand why Baozi used Tyrannical Chain Punch. Although Tyrannical Chain Punch's attacks were fierce, after this skill ended, there were no follow-up skills. In this kind of opportunity, it was completely possible to first use small moves to set up the foundation, and then use Tyrannical Chain Punch to finish off the combo. But Baozi was decisive. He directly used the last step and left it at that.
Yes, left it at that.
After Tyrannical Chain Punch finished, the character rolled backwards. This was a system-mandated tidying up action. It couldn't be canceled. Of course, the character that had been hammered to the ground by Tyrannical Chain Punch couldn't get up so quickly to counterattack. Otherwise, wouldn't Tyrannical Chain Punch become a skill that had to be attacked after it was finished?
As a result, the two characters got up at about the same time and threw things at each other.
Baozi Invasion was a handful of Sand, while Endless Forest was a Disperse Powder. When the opponent had a buff, it would remove the buff. When there weren't any buffs, it would reduce the opponent's speed.
The two Disperse Powder collided in the air. Neither side affected the other. They both flew towards their targets. Because they were relatively close to each other and were both attacking, it was too late to dodge. The two were hit at the same time. Baozi Invasion's movements suddenly slowed down. As for Endless Forest, he was a bit slow to turn his view. He was hit by Sand Toss and his vision turned black.
Being Blind didn't mean he couldn't move. Zhang Wei immediately had Endless Forest jump backwards. Sand Toss' Blind didn't last long, but his Disperse Powder's effects lasted for a full ten seconds. After the Blind ended, he still had plenty of time to counterattack Baozi Invasion.
Zhang Wei jumped backwards in the dark. But as he jumped, he felt his character get hit again. When he saw the abnormal status, he was stunned. This … … wasn't this the Disperse Powder's Slow effect?
An eye for an eye!
Zhang Wei immediately knew that Baozi had activated this skill before he was hit by Disperse Powder, so he had secretly learned Disperse Powder. However, Zhang Wei really didn't know why he had to activate this status. Even though it had already happened and he had secretly learned the Disperse Powder, Zhang Wei still didn't know what exactly was going on. Using such a powerful skill and using Disperse Powder only pulled the two's speed to the same level. It didn't establish any sort of advantage!
While he was at a loss, Endless Forest's Blind ended. When his vision returned, he saw Baozi Invasion charging towards him.
This … … there was still quite a bit of distance! How could he let him succeed so easily? Just as Zhang Wei was thinking, he saw Baozi Invasion raise his hand. He was just about to dodge, when he saw that Baozi Invasion's hand was raised in the wrong direction.
Which way was that?
Zhang Wei turned his view towards Baozi Invasion's Poison Needle, which had been thrown too far off course. Suddenly, there was a bang behind his head. He was hit by a Brick and stunned!
Brick! Where did it come from?
Zhang Wei didn't know, but he was temporarily blinded. Clearly, Baozi Invasion had found an angle to throw it at him during that time. However, Baozi Invasion couldn't possibly run behind him and throw a brick back. He didn't know how to teleport.
The brick was thrown from the front, but Zhang Wei's blindness was quickly removed. While his vision was still blurry, this guy used a diversion tactic. The poisoned needle that was thrown crookedly caused Zhang Wei's vision to change. Thus, he did not see the brick and even had the back of his head exposed.
This, this, this … …
What kind of tactic was this? He had never heard of it before! Zhang Wei was about to faint. Furthermore, what was the meaning of 'Tit for Tat's Dispersal Powder? He didn't understand!
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