Boom!
Falling Phoenix Slash's knockdown priority was really high. Deception fell from the sky, creating a small crater in the ground. The bright sword light had already caught up.
Falling Light Blade!
As if flying on a sword, Ice Rain and Troubling Rain arrived in front of Deception in the blink of an eye.
Deception's hands were rapidly forming seals.
Substitution Technique!
Huang Shaotian could guess. This was one of the most disgusting aspects of Ninjas. They had this escape technique that could forcefully interrupt the opponent's attack.
Fortunately, Ninja techniques required hand seals, which was the same as casting. Even though the casting speed of a Ninja was completely dependent on the user's hand speed, at least there was still room for the opponent to interrupt.
His hand seals were fast, but it wasn't enough!
Huang Shaotian's calculations were very precise. He had planned his attack beforehand, so he couldn't give Mo Fan any chance to use an escape technique. Falling Phoenix Slash had stunned the opponent after crashing into the ground, and then Troubling Rain's Falling Light Blade. It was enough to prevent Mo Fan from being able to complete the Substitution Technique. And this kind of precise calculation was probably the biggest difference between a top God and a rookie. No matter how talented a rookie was, because of the difference in experience, they probably couldn't calculate to this degree.
Hit!
As the Ice Rain Sword descended, Huang Shaotian had already planned out his next attack.
But in this instant, he saw Deception's hands forming seals.
This isn't a Substitution Technique!
Huang Shaotian's observation skills were very sharp. He was actually able to discern the small movements of a few quick fingers.
This was the Underground Tunneling Technique!
Mo Fan actually chose to forcefully counterattack at this time. This really surprised Huang Shaotian. He hadn't considered this possibility, because they were Happy preparing for the match. From his observation and understanding of Mo Fan, this rookie, he had discovered two very clear characteristics of his style.
Patience that didn't lose to anyone, and an absolute avoidance of risk.
Combined with this player's background, his style wasn't hard to understand.
Thus, this Underground Tunneling Technique was a reversal of his style. This was a very risky decision. Huang Shaotian hadn't expected Mo Fan to make this kind of decision.
However, it should still be possible to interrupt, right?
The Geocentric Tunneling Technique's hand seals were slightly more complicated than the Substitution Technique!
Huang Shaotian thought in his heart, but he already had a bad premonition.
The complexity of each skill differed, but the proficiency of each skill differed as well. Especially for newbies, this would be more obvious in this aspect. It was entirely possible for the more complicated Underground Tunneling Technique to be faster than the Substitution Technique.
Hit!
In the end, the Falling Light Blade still managed to hit Deception, but did it interrupt the hand seals?
It was only a split second of difference, so small that even Huang Shaotian couldn't see it. He could only watch as Deception was knocked to the ground by the Falling Light Blade and then suddenly disappeared into the ground.
The seal was complete!
Huang Shaotian immediately reacted. Troubling Rain, who had just landed on the ground, leaped into the air again without hesitation and slashed downwards.
But … Zhankong.
Deception actually didn't immediately attack. In this moment, he began to display his extraordinary patience.
What an annoying guy!
Huang Shaotian cursed in his heart. In reality, many of the players who played against him had cursed him who knew how many times. Part of it was because of his trash talk, and part of it was because of his fighting style. Extraordinary, and extremely annoying.
Huang Shaotian didn't know when Mo Fan was planning on attacking. The moment of landing was always the most dangerous, so when he landed, he also used a skill to attack his feet.
Deception still didn't attack. Huang Shaotian expressed his regret. This patience and forbearance were commendable, but in Huang Shaotian's eyes, this performance wasn't quite right. The best time to use the Geocentric Tunneling Technique was the instant it was used. In that moment, Huang Shaotian really had been a bit flustered. But now, he was completely calm, calmly waiting for the skill to come out. Now, he still wanted to succeed? Unless he disconnected.
"What a pity!" As a result, Huang Shaotian spoke in the chat. Even if he was underground, Mo Fan could still see the chat.
"You missed the best opportunity," Huang Shaotian said.
"Right now, I can even casually have my character walk out of your Geocentric Tunneling Technique's attack range," Huang Shaotian said.
Attack range?
After using this word, Huang Shaotian suddenly froze.
Then, he saw Deception's Geocentric Tunneling Technique activate.
It wasn't under Troubling Rain's feet, but at the place furthest away from Troubling Rain within his attack range. Just like that, Deception jumped out from the bottom of his heart and faced off against Troubling Rain.
Fuck!
Huang Shaotian knew he was wrong.
His opponent's Geocentric Tunneling Technique wasn't meant to be an attack. It was meant to be used as an escape skill. And now, hadn't his attack been interrupted? The two sides were face to face, fighting head on? With 10% health left, Troubling Rain would be killed in a few exchanges.
Seeing Deception's expressionless face, Huang Shaotian suddenly felt like he was looking at Mo Fan's expression. When he was blabbering on and on, he was probably expressionless like this, completely ignoring him!
Deception turned around and ran. Once again, he used his surroundings to hide himself. His opponent only had 10% health left, yet he still didn't attack head on.
But this time, he was very active. When he was hiding, he would often throw out a shuriken or something to harass Troubling Rain. Baiting his opponent to come forward.
Huang Shaotian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was a great God, and now … he was being teased by a rookie?
But he didn't have any good ideas. The rookie's strength wasn't bad, while his character only had 10% health left. It was just that he had fallen into such an awkward situation.
After patiently tormenting for a while, Mo Fan finally found an opportunity that satisfied him. Deception rushed out, unhesitatingly putting on an arrogant expression that said, "I'm bullying you for your low health."
What a bastard!
When Troubling Rain finally fell, Huang Shaotian was no longer able to send out any messages, so he could only smash the table and curse.
Mo Fan won!
Even though everyone had already expected this result when Troubling Rain was smashed down by a tree and had only 10% health left, when the result actually came out, the crowd couldn't help but go into a frenzy.
What was a comeback from the grassroots?
This was it!
And this wasn't the first time Mo Fan had done something like this. Last time, he had defeated Sun Xiang in the regular season, right?
But that time, his advantage had been very clear. This time, it was 100% health versus 80% health. A rookie versus a top God. Probably not many people would care about a 20% advantage! Everyone had clearly thought that Huang Shaotian would be the one to win.
Even though there had been a comical loss of 50% health from a falling tree, Huang Shaotian's loss seemed a bit unexpected. However, this sort of situation had been created by someone, so it wouldn't be good to ignore Mo Fan. Then again, in the direct confrontation between the two, Mo Fan hadn't shown that he was completely suppressed by Huang Shaotian. Compared to the last round, when Ye Xiu had lost 30% of his health to Huang Shaotian, Mo Fan hadn't been in such a miserable state. On the other hand, his sneak attack had succeeded, taking away 20% of Troubling Rain's health in one wave.
"A well-deserved victory!" Pan Lin said in the broadcast, consciously reminding everyone not to underestimate the importance of this victory just because of that 50%.
"After all, that tree was cut down by Huang Shaotian himself …" Pan Lin said as he laughed. No matter how he explained it, this match couldn't avoid this comical element.
Huang Shaotian left the stage amidst laughter. There was mockery, sympathy, joy, all sorts of emotions, accompanied by applause. There were even people calling him "Young Master Huang, Young Master Huang". It really was a treatment that made one's emotions very complicated.
When he returned to Blue Rain's player area, his teammates all came up to shake his hand or pat his shoulder to comfort him.
"What are you doing? What's with your expressions? If you want to laugh, then laugh!! "Huang Shaotian was indignant. These guys, each and every one of them was holding back their laughter and pretending to be serious to comfort him, but their acting was worse than the last. None of them could pretend to be serious.
"It really is difficult!" Song Xiao was the first to laugh.
"Right now, we're behind by a large margin. Everyone, be serious!" Huang Shaotian used the serious reality to warn everyone. In the group arena, three of Blue Rain's players had already left the stage, including their ace player Huang Shaotian. And Happy was only in second place. Deception still had 64% of his health left.
"Mm, the situation isn't good for us right now. We need to play more cautiously." Captain Yu Wenzhou instructed the next player to go on stage.
"Yes!" Li Yuan saluted to the captain.
Li Yuan was a new player in Team Blue Rain's eighth season. He was a Summoner player. Unlike the other new players who were cautious when they first joined the team, Li Yuan was very active. He was very warm to everyone and very quickly became familiar with Blue Rain's players and many of the staff members.
Although he got along well with others, Li Yuan wasn't the type of new player to show off. He didn't appear in the Season 8 Best Rookie selection at all. He didn't get many chances to compete that year. Then, in Season 9, the youngest player in Blue Rain's history, Lu Hanwen, appeared. He directly took over the position left behind by Yu Feng and completely overshadowed the second-year Li Yuan.
However, Li Yuan's mentality wasn't affected by this. He didn't feel any resentment over being overshadowed by a new player. He treated Lu Hanwen the same way he treated everyone else, taking care of him warmly. And in this year, Li Yuan also got more chances to compete and gradually gained a position in the team.
Until this season, when the Thief player Lin Feng transferred to Wind Howl, Li Yuan took another step forward and officially became a fixed member of the team. He had many chances to appear in the individual and team competitions, and his performance was very good. Finally, he was deployed on the important stage of the playoffs. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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