The second round of the group arena finally came to an end. Just as Li Yibo expected, Song Xiao won.
Ye Xiu was limited by his mana. After seven minutes, he jumped out of the water and taught Song Xiao's Receding Tides a lesson. Even after exhausting all of his mana, he still lost.
Song Xiao won, but even Blue Rain's diehard fans couldn't be happy. If this was an individual competition, then the result would be worth celebrating. However, this was a group arena. After Ye Xiu defeated Yu Wenzhou, he had beaten Song Xiao's Receding Tides down to 28% health. What was there to be happy about?
After Ye Xiu left the stage, the Blue Rain fans didn't know how to react. Clap? Of course, that was impossible. He really couldn't bring himself to say 'hush'. The reason the match had ended like this was mainly because of Blue Rain's strategy. In the end, not only had they failed to achieve their goal, they had been played around with. If they booed Ye Xiu, then Blue Rain would lose even more face.
"This round lasted 19 minutes and 21 seconds. This is probably a new record for a 1v1 match in the pro circle," Pan Lin said.
"Probably." Li Yibo nodded.
Regarding this record, it was obvious that everyone was just casually mentioning it and did not pay much attention to it. They didn't really care about it because it wasn't a record to be proud of. In a 1v1 match, the faster the match ended, the more impressive it would be. Only this kind of record was worth remembering.
"However, I feel like Ye Xiu still had a big advantage in the end. I feel like he could have controlled his mana better and saved enough mana to defeat Song Xiao," Pan Lin said.
"Uh … I think he was saving his mana on purpose. He didn't want to use up too much of his mana in this round!" Li Yibo said.
"Such precise control?" Pan Lin muttered in his heart, somewhat in disbelief.
"Not bad." After Ye Xiu came down, the Happy players came up to greet him.
"Quick, take a seat. You must be tired, right?" Chen Guo looked worried. Everyone knew what Blue Rain was up to this round. Even though Ye Xiu had only skated for seven minutes, the two matches had taken almost half an hour to complete. That was a solid amount of time.
"Not bad." Ye Xiu smiled.
"Don't worry about him. He's definitely fine," Wei Chen said.
"How did you know?" Chen Guo asked.
"He's been playing online games day and night for more than a year, and he's still able to maintain his competitive state to this level. Do we even need to talk about his ability to adjust and maintain his state of mind? Blue Rain's brats actually want to use this kind of tactic to wear him down. They've got it all wrong. If they want to wear him down, they should fight him head-on, "Wei Chen said.
"Seems like … it makes sense!" Chen Guo suddenly remembered. In the regular season, in the match against Wind Howl, Tang Hao had been the first to go up in the individual competition against Ye Xiu. The two sides had fought head-on. That duel hadn't lasted long, but after Ye Xiu had defeated Tang Hao, he had clearly looked tired. Using such a forceful method was indeed easier to wear down Ye Xiu.
"If I had known that those brats would make such an arrangement, I would've been the one to play in the group arena today," Wei Chen said resentfully.
Everyone laughed. After knowing that Ye Xiu wasn't tired, everyone felt more relaxed. Happy's second player was Mo Fan. Blue Rain's map choice was clearly more suited for him. From the moment they saw the map choice, everyone had high hopes for Mo Fan. However, this guy didn't show any enthusiasm towards everyone's expectations. He just grunted and went up on stage.
The third round of the group arena began. When they saw that it was Mo Fan, Pan Lin and Li Yibo also pointed out that this map suited Mo Fan's style. Sure enough, after the match began, Mo Fan didn't hesitate to take a roundabout route. However, he took the west road, while Song Xiao's Receding Tides took the east road. The two characters missed each other just like that. When they were close to the center, they didn't see each other. Song Xiao was able to say a few words in the chat, but Mo Fan didn't say a word. He didn't see Receding Tides on the west road, so he directly cut across the east road.
Song Xiao's Receding Tides only had 28% of his health left. He didn't dare to be as bold as Mo Fan. Receding Tides went around in a circle and cut toward the center. Thus, from the spectators' omniscient view, Song Xiao's Receding Tides might have accidentally gone around Mo Fan's back!
"Ah, this … should we say that Song Xiao's luck is better, or that Mo Fan is too careless!" Pan Lin said.
"Careless? Look carefully. Mo Fan is very careful, "Li Yibo laughed.
"Oh?" After receiving Li Yibo's hint, Pan Lin carefully looked at Deception's movements. Indeed, he was able to see some clues. Mo Fan's Deception wasn't just blindly charging forward. Along the way, he was using the trees as cover to sneak in.
"Why is Mo Fan so familiar with the map?" Pan Lin exclaimed as he stared at the map.
"I remember you saying before that Ye Xiu lifted a rock only to smash his own foot, right?" Li Yibo laughed. "I think it's more appropriate for you to say that to Blue Rain now!"
"Oh? Oh … "Pan Lin suddenly understood." Blue Rain wanted to wear down Ye Xiu, but after fighting for so long, not only did they fail to wear him down, but because it took too long, Happy was able to sit down and familiarize himself with this map from an omniscient view. "
"That's right. Mo Fan is only a first-year rookie. How could he be so familiar with Blue Rain's map? It's all thanks to the nearly thirty minutes he spent in the previous two matches!" Li Yibo said.
"Blue Rain really … miscalculated today," Pan Lin sighed again and again.
"Looking at it now, I think Ye Xiu might have had a way to end the battle quickly. Maybe he was purposely wasting time with Blue Rain and taking the opportunity to give information on this difficult map to Happy," Li Yibo said.
"Is … is he really that devious?" Pan Lin was shocked.
"Isn't it his style to beat them at their own game?" Li Yibo said.
"But when he was still One Leaf Of Autumn, I didn't think he was that bad either!" Pan Lin said.
"That's probably because he didn't have such a huge burden in the past!" Li Yibo said.
Pan Lin was startled. After thinking about it, he realized that it was true. Ye Xiu wasn't young anymore. Blue Rain had purposely designed a strategy to wear him down. The current him probably couldn't use Evil Annihilation as he could when he was younger. He needed to use his brain more than his hands to compete. In addition, his team, Happy, wasn't something the Excellent Era of the past could compare to. In the first round, Happy's character suddenly had a pile of Level 80 Silver equipment and gave everyone a fright. But after observing the actual battle, the pro teams could see that Happy's Level 80 Silver equipment was a bit weak. The character he equipped didn't reach the level of power they had theorized.
At most, it was Level 75 Silver equipment.
The pro teams participating in the playoffs all had capable people in their R&D departments. Even before the first round between Happy and Blue Rain had finished, some people had already come to this conclusion after observing the match.
Happy was just someone trying to catch up. The level of their equipment was only close to the level of these pro teams. Level 80 Silver equipment was not a miracle. It was just a trick. What it could achieve was only to get close to it, not surpass it.
Happy had reached this point. It really wasn't easy. Perhaps people were already used to Happy's outstanding performance this season, so much so that they forgot how Happy had managed to achieve such an outstanding result under such circumstances.
And in these hardships, how much effort had Ye Xiu put in?
Leading a powerhouse or leading a new team, which was more difficult? It didn't need to be explained, right?
Leading this new team, Ye Xiu had defeated Excellent Era in the Challenger League, won all 37 individual battles in the regular season, entered the playoffs in sixth place in the regular season, and was temporarily in the lead against Team Blue Rain in the first round.
Ye Xiu really wasn't as good as he was in the past?
How did you see that?!
The current Ye Xiu was probably the strongest player in history, right?
He was doing everything he could, releasing all of his talent in Glory. Only like this could he lead a new team like Happy to this point! A lot of people should open their eyes wide and look carefully.
Li Yibo's careless words made Pan Lin suddenly excited. He was immersed in the process of Happy leading this team from nothing, from that Internet cafe all the way to the playoffs stage. Every step was difficult, but wonderful.
"Sure enough, he circled around!" At this moment, Li Yibo shouted, calling Pan Lin back to the match. Looking at the battlefield, Song Xiao's Receding Tides had made a roundabout cut. Sure enough, he had drawn an arc along Deception's path and circled behind him. But …
"He didn't notice!"
Song Xiao kept looking around, but he didn't notice Deception's existence at all.
"How unfortunate." Pan Lin said. Even though his heart was swaying with Happy, his attitude was still professional.
But at this moment, Mo Fan's Deception suddenly stopped moving.
"Did Mo Fan notice something? What sharp intuition! "Pan Lin exclaimed.
"It's probably because he hasn't met an opponent after circling around for more than half the distance, so he deduced that the opponent's choice was different from his. So what will he do next?" Li Yibo said.
"Turn around, he's going back along his original path!" Pan Lin was excited.
"If Song Xiao doesn't make too big of an adjustment, then they'll meet very quickly," Li Yibo said.
"But Song Xiao needs to pay attention to his angle of view! If he doesn't find the key point, he'll be on the defensive if he misses even a little bit, "Pan Lin said.
"That'll depend on how he judges Mo Fan's movements," Li Yibo said.
At this time, the two of them were obviously speaking faster. Obviously, they were very nervous about the situation on the field.
"He's close, he's close, he's close!" Pan Lin kept yelling.
"Song Xiao … ah!" Li Yibo sighed because Song Xiao's angle of view wasn't looking in Deception's direction. And when Mo Fan discovered Receding Tides, the first thing he did was have Deception hide behind a tree. When Song Xiao's angle of view turned towards him, there was only a dense fog.
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My writing hasn't been good recently, but my work and rest have been good. I don't have to stay up all night for many days now. I'm very happy. At the same time, I'm very confused. Is it because I don't stay up all night that I can't write well?
On a bad day, I'll advertise.
"Mechanism Master in Another World", book number 2608854. It tells a magical story that happened in a mechanism world. The author is Butterfly's good friend. He works every month. I envy him to death! If you like reading Perfect Attendance, go take a look here?
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