On the stage, Happy and Blue Rain's team players lined up and quickly began shaking hands.
"You're still not scared?" Ye Xiu asked with a smile as he shook Yu Wenzhou's hand.
"Why should I be scared?" Huang Shaotian shouted from the side. He seemed to be in high spirits. It was clear that he hadn't been affected by the previous loss.
"Why do you always have to answer first!" Ye Xiu had a helpless expression as he walked over to shake hands with Huang Shaotian.
"You'll soon know how strong I am." Huang Shaotian said.
"You didn't know how strong I was before?" Su Mucheng, who had followed behind Ye Xiu and shook hands with Huang Shaotian, spoke up. She had a sly smile on her face. She clearly had the right to say this after defeating Huang Shaotian, even if they hadn't fought with the same amount of health.
"Today's chance for revenge came really quickly!" Huang Shaotian sighed.
"Aren't all matches like this? It's so sensitive. Do you often take revenge?" Happy and Huang Shaotian's third player, Fang Rui, spoke up.
"What's going on? Taking turns to fight me? "Huang Shaotian was furious. What kind of rhythm was this? Happy's players were pushing him around one after another! In the end, Blue Rain's players only snickered on the side. They didn't seem to have any intentions of helping out.
"He's still so irritable! He was already like this when we were setting dungeon records. As expected of a Leo. "Happy's fourth player, Bao Zi, said. When they were setting dungeon records, he didn't have any understanding of the pro scene. Naturally, he didn't know how frightening Flowing Tree's background was. But when he heard the others talk about it, he understood. Now that he was shaking hands with Huang Shaotian, he even connected with their old relationship. Blue Rain's players all raised their eyebrows.
Setting dungeon records? What was going on? The eyes of the Blue Rain players were filled with doubt.
"F * ck, you brat, I'll kill you in a moment!" Huang Shaotian shouted.
"You'll have to kill me first." Happy was the fifth person to shake hands with Huang Shaotian. It just so happened that An Wenyi was the healer, so his words couldn't be more appropriate. If the healer didn't fall, it wouldn't be easy to kill a player in the team competition.
"Even if he falls, there's still me!" This time, before Huang Shaotian could even talk back, Happy had already stabbed him in the back. It was none other than Tang Rou, the girl who liked to charge forward bravely and end things quickly.
"Damn you!" After Tang Rou, Happy was finally alone. Huang Shaotian reacted and cursed at the backs of the six people who had already walked past him. The other members of Blue Rain were all laughing like idiots.
"Even I wouldn't be able to take this lying down, Young Master Huang!" Zheng Xuan, the extremely unmotivated player, stepped in and added insult to injury.
Huang Shaotian clenched his teeth.
"Let's get ready for the match!" Yu Wenzhou said with a smile. He had only been watching without saying anything. Naturally, he knew that these taunts weren't enough to provoke Huang Shaotian. In the realm of trash talk, Huang Shaotian often got angry, but he had never lost his judgment because of the provocation of trash talk. Even if he did take action, he would always take advantage of the situation. The opportunities he chose were always accurate and appropriate.
"I look forward to your performance!" Seeing that Team Blue Rain was about to leave, Ye Xiu shouted. Huang Shaotian quickly turned around and gave him the middle finger.
The two teams entered the player booths. Not long after, the referee announced the start of the match and the loading of the map and characters.
Map: Green Field Windtrack
This was a comprehensive map with north, south, east, and west forming a diamond shape. The unique feature of the map was that there were a total of nine Wind Eyes evenly distributed across the map. The Wind Eyes would randomly generate different winds, such as whirlwinds, gales, cold winds, and so on. They would have different effects on the characters caught in the wind, enough to tip the scales of a battle.
These kinds of maps with additional effects were more interesting for normal players, but more difficult and complicated for pro players. And for maps that could be used as home maps, the home team would often practice special playstyles that couldn't be used on other maps. For the away team, these playstyles were naturally more difficult to deal with.
Pan Lin and guest Li Yibo quickly analyzed the situation of Green Field Windtrack. The loading finished and the map refreshed in the same way. Happy was in the north and Blue Rain was in the south. As soon as the loading finished, Team Blue Rain immediately set out. As for Happy? As the away team, they were clearly much more hesitant.
"Blue Rain doesn't need to say much. If Team Happy isn't familiar with this map, then it's necessary to find out the location of the nine Wind Eyes. If I remember correctly, Green Field Windtrack should be a new map from last year. Even someone as experienced as Ye Xiu probably doesn't have much experience with this map, "guest Li Yibo said in the broadcast.
"Blue Rain might have chosen this map to avoid Ye Xiu's terrifying experience," Pan Lin said.
"Yes, even though Blue Rain lost the group arena, they really did use their home team's map advantage to its fullest. I'm sure they'll have considered many factors before choosing the map for the team competition, "Li Yibo said.
"Right now, Blue Rain is cutting straight down from the center. Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain is in the team and isn't moving alone. Happy's direction is taking a roundabout route in the northeast. It seems like they really want to find the Wind Eyes first, "Pan Lin said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the broadcast showed a thumbnail simulation of the map. The locations of the nine Wind Eyes were clearly marked on it. Then, Team Happy's position was drawn in.
"Happy's direction of movement … seems very clear!" Pan Lin said as he looked at the thumbnail simulation of Happy's movement.
"It seems like he knows the location of the nine Wind Eyes. This isn't too strange. Maybe Happy noticed this map and remembered this key point, "Li Yibo said.
"Could it be that Happy is familiar with this map?" Pan Lin said.
"This …" Li Yibo wasn't sure. Blue Rain dared to choose this map because Happy definitely hadn't used this map in the known information. Could it be that this was one of the alternative maps that Happy had been preparing to use in practice? The probability of this kind of collision was extremely low. If they really did, Blue Rain's bad luck would be worth writing about.
Happy's team moved forward. Not long after, the sound of the wind started up ahead. After the holographic projection located this area, the entire stadium was filled with the sound of the wind, suppressing all other sounds.
However, only the sound of the wind could be heard. Only the characters' hair would flutter slightly in the wind.
This was one of the Nine Strange Winds, the Giant Wind. The effect of the wind was sound. In this environment of the Giant Wind, one couldn't rely on hearing to make any judgments.
Right now, it was impossible for the two sides to come into contact, so Happy naturally didn't have to worry about the Giant Wind's influence. It was as if he was taking a stroll in the breeze. However, Happy had already turned around and walked in another direction.
This proved one hundred percent that Happy really did know the location of the wind eye. What they needed to do now was to figure out the wind that came from each Wind Eye, because it was completely random. Just like Blue Rain, their first direct cut wasn't to find an opponent to decide the victor. Their direct cut was also towards a Wind Eye. After figuring out what kind of wind it was, they immediately ran in another direction.
Both sides had the same goal, but their paths were different. However, they both used the two spawn points as their starting point. It was the simplest and most efficient path.
Pan Lin and Li Yibo also found a lot of information. On the Green Field Windy Map, the efficient path to explore the Wind Eyes from the north and south spawn points could be found by normal players. Happy's and Blue Rain's paths weren't anything new. It was the most common and most practical path.
However, if both sides were to use this method ….
The simulation showed the paths of the north and south ends of the two strategies. It could be clearly seen that after each side explored four Wind Eyes, they would meet in the center of the map.
The development of the match really did go in this direction.
After Blue Rain explored the eye of the storm in the south, southwest, west, and northwest, they cut towards the center. As for Happy, after exploring the eye of the storm in the northeast, east, southeast, and south, they cut towards the center …
Because both sides knew the exact location of the Wind Eyes, they would change directions after seeing what kind of wind it was. In the end, the two paths met in the center …
"Could it be that the two teams didn't expect this?" Pan Lin guessed. Since they used a common strategy, then they should have expected the other side to be as simple, right?
As soon as Pan Lin finished speaking, Team Blue Rain began to make changes. As they gradually approached the center Wind Eye, the characters' positioning gradually changed, forming an offensive and defensive formation. At the same time, Happy also made adjustments. From the direction of their formation, it was clear that they were facing Team Blue Rain's encroachment.
"Even though we've reached this point, the two sides might not necessarily come into contact," Li Yibo suddenly said.
"Oh?"
"The simulation's path connects the Wind Eyes together, but in reality, neither side has reached the Wind Eyes. They've only reached the edge of the Wind Eyes. After figuring out what kind of wind it is, they'll head in the next direction. Because of this, Happy cut towards the center after reaching the South Wind Eye because it's faster this way. Otherwise, if they set off from the South Wind Eye, after finding out where the wind is, they'll head towards the Southwest. "
"Oh, oh …" Pan Lin thought for a moment before understanding Li Yibo's meaning.
"However, it's also possible that the wind in the center Wind Eye will cause more changes," Li Yibo said.
"Oh?" Pan Lin was startled again, but he quickly understood.
At this moment, the two teams each explored four Wind Eyes, and five were unknown. But as a spectator, they got double the results, so there were already seven known Wind Eyes. Then, by using the method of elimination, they could deduce that the wind in the center Wind Eye could cause Li Yibo to estimate the possible changes based on these two possibilities.
At this moment, the wind in the center Wind Eye was also explored by the two teams.
Violent Wind!
Violent Wind was the strongest of the nine types of wind. It was strong enough to create resistance to a character's movement in the wind. On the other hand, if a character was following the wind, it would create a pushing force.
And now? Blue Rain, coming from the Northwest, was following the wind.
Following the wind!
Team Blue Rain didn't change directions. They suddenly rushed into the wind, borrowing the wind's momentum to rush out at a speed impossible on a normal map.
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