From his discovery to his decision, this time Lu Hanwen was resolute, without the slightest hesitation. His Drifting Cloud abandoned his captain, Swoksaar, and charged towards Little Cold Hands.
Triple Slash!
Shadow Steps!
The two skills were used consecutively. Before the afterimages of Triple Slash disappeared from everyone's eyes, several of Flowing Cloud's doppelgangers had already spread out. Little Cold Hands was almost instantly surrounded.
"Oh oh oh oh!!" The crowd cried out in surprise.
Everyone was worried about Swoksaar's safety, but Lu Hanwen had decisively abandoned his captain and charged towards Happy's healer.
What would happen like this?
No one had time to think about it. It was just that, out of habit, when they saw a pro player make an unexpected move, they felt that it was especially brilliant, especially a stroke of genius.
Clatter clatter clatter …
And so, applause followed. Little Cold Hands, surrounded by Shadow Steps, was indeed at a loss for what to do. Seven. Lu Hanwen could perfectly control the number of clones. Even a Glory veteran might not be able to easily distinguish the real from the fake, let alone a rookie like An Wenyi.
Even so, Lu Hanwen was still completely focused on his actions. He didn't underestimate or underestimate this so-called "flaw" in Team Happy's plan.
Shadow Steps was just to make the opponent lose their judgment. The true goal was still to attack.
From Triple Slash to Shadow Steps spreading out to Drifting Cloud's actual attack, this entire process took only one or two seconds. When Drifting Cloud's greatsword, Flame Shadow, landed on Little Cold Hands, the series of afterimages he left behind hadn't even dissipated yet.
Little Cold Hands was knocked to the ground. The applause immediately became even louder.
The attack had succeeded. In the audience's eyes, Lu Hanwen's plan had been a great success!
But then, artillery fire came to support.
Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain had been wandering around the perimeter. Any point on the field would be included in her attack range. Lu Hanwen's decision had come so suddenly that Su Mucheng hadn't been able to react in time, which was why her harassment attacks had only come now.
Lu Hanwen wasn't too surprised. He had predicted that Su Mucheng's Launcher would come to harass him. Her Screen Cannon playstyle was one of Team Blue Rain's main points before the match.
However, at this distance …
Lu Hanwen was confident that he could deal with Dancing Rain's artillery fire while keeping an eye on Little Cold Hands. After all, the other party was just a Cleric who did not have any combat skills, so it was much easier to deal with him.
Dodging, evading. Flowing Cloud's sword continued to slash towards Little Cold Hands. Right now, Lu Hanwen's attention was more on Su Mucheng's attacks. As long as he wasn't distracted by her attacks, he could still kill Happy's healer. When that happened, Happy would need more people to come and save him, right?
This was Lu Hanwen's plan.
Even though their healer, Soul Speaker, had fallen into Happy's hands, Huang Shaotian's Zheng Xuan had already gone to rescue him. Happy wanted to make a healer swap, but he had to make some adjustments to the current situation. The simplest and most effective way was for Ye Xiu's Lord Grim to switch targets.
Lu Hanwen didn't miss out on Lord Grim. He had a hold on his opponent's weakness, so of course he had to make full use of it. Using this opportunity, Blue Rain would take the lead. That couldn't be better.
But …
There was no movement.
Lord Grim hadn't moved at all. He was still madly attacking Swoksaar.
Swoksaar was a Warlock. Compared to a healer, his strength was limited. Not to mention, with Yu Wenzhou's hand speed, facing Ye Xiu's unspecialized blitz … Lu Hanwen couldn't continue thinking. If he did, it would be disrespectful to his captain. But Ye Xiu completely ignored him. Did he think that relying on Su Mucheng's firepower would solve the problem?
It looked like he hadn't put enough pressure on Happy. He had to let Happy know that a Launcher's support wasn't enough to help their healer escape!
Fierce attack. He continued to attack. Compared to before, Lu Hanwen's attacks were more daring. He had a spirit that said he wouldn't let go even if he died.
But …
He still didn't move.
Lord Grim's attacks on Swoksaar were still as focused and meticulous. Lu Hanwen wanted to pay attention to whether Lord Grim was looking over here, but … the unspecialized blitz was too fast. His weapon, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, was constantly changing. His character's position, posture, and movements were constantly adjusted to match the weapon's shape and skills. There were times when he was looking over here, but was that because he was paying attention to the situation over here?
Lu Hanwen wasn't sure, but he had just learned his lesson. This time, he couldn't waver. If he put down Little Cold Hands to save his captain now, wouldn't all these attacks be a waste of time? In such an important high-level battle, how could he allow such a waste of time?
Now, even if he was wrong, he had to be resolutely wrong to the end. From this mistake, he had to carve out a bloody path!
Slash slash slash!
Blade Master Drifting Cloud went even crazier. Because of the greatsword in his hand, sometimes people even had the misconception that he was a Berserker and not a Blade Master.
"Coach Li, what do you think?" Pan Lin had no choice but to ask for advice from Li Yibo again.
"This … the exchanges on the field are multi-layered. It's hard to make a judgment right away," Li Yibo said.
"Are you talking about Blue Rain's healer, then Happy's healer, and then Yu Wenzhou's healer?" Pan Lin said.
"Yeah … at first glance, Blue Rain seems to be trading two for one, but they've already started to rescue their healer, and Happy's side is only relying on Su Mucheng's firepower. It's clearly not enough to restrict Lu Hanwen. With this, the situation seems to be leaning towards Blue Rain's side. As long as Huang Shaotian's side successfully rescues Soul Speaker, Blue Rain should have the upper hand, "Li Yibo analyzed.
"So, Huang Shaotian's and Zheng Xuan's performance will be the key," Pan Lin said.
"Yes, but Lu Hanwen's bold move brought about this turning point. Otherwise, even if Blue Rain saved Xu Jingxi, it would only be a situation where they could neither win nor lose. But now, they have the upper hand in one fell swoop, "Li Yibo said.
"Understood." Pan Lin nodded. It was impossible for the television broadcast to show the entire battle. The battle was split into many parts. As the two spoke, the camera cut to the key point defined by the two: in the wind, Blue Rain's rescue of Soul Speaker.
Soul Speaker had held on for a long time.
For one, the Paladin was a plate-armor class, so his defense was high. In addition, Xu Jingxi's performance was tenacious. Whenever there was an opening, he would immediately cast skills to heal himself. As a strong defensive team, Blue Rain's healer was good at saving others and saving themselves in a passive situation.
"This guy is really difficult to deal with." Seeing that Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain and Zheng Xuan's Bullet Rain had completed their detour and were cutting in from both sides of the wind zone, Fang Rui sighed.
"Don't worry, I'm here!" Baozi was still full of confidence. Whether it was because of confidence or because he didn't understand the severity of the situation, no one knew.
"Reinforcements are here," Fang Rui reminded Baozi.
"You're done?" Baozi asked casually.
"You're really easy to deal with." Fang Rui spat out a mouthful of blood. It was relatively easy for two people to bully a healer. The two still had the time to communicate in the channel. But next, the situation would be severe. Holding the healer hostage was the key to gaining the initiative. But if the hostage was successfully rescued, not only would they lose their leverage, the hostage would also become a powerful shield for the enemy. That would be difficult to fight.
"Pull him over here," Fang Rui called out to Baozi.
"I'll do as you say," Baozi replied.
"Don't let the enemy find out what we're doing!" Fang Rui said.
"Then, should we change the channel?" Baozi asked.
"Okay."
"11111." Baozi appeared in the Happy channel.
Blue Rain's viewers were furious! These two were bullying their healer and chatting in the public channel at the same time. What do you mean by don't let the enemy find out what we're doing? This must be a smokescreen, right? The Happy channel's viewers could see that after Baozi appeared in "11111," no one answered!
But at this moment, Happy's captain, the most terrifying Ye Xiu, suddenly said two words in the channel: "Steady."
Steady?
Stabilizing what? Stabilizing the current situation?
If they could steady the current situation, then Happy would be trading one for two. Of course, that wouldn't be a loss. But the problem was, could they steady it? With Huang Shaotian and Zheng Xuan attacking, it was equivalent to three against two with a healer. This didn't seem to be something that could be easily stabilized just by saying "steady," right?
These two words immediately caused a lot of suspicion. Pan Lin inevitably asked Li Yibo for advice again. This annoyed Li Yibo so much that he just wanted to kill him. Analyzing this match was already hard enough, but now he was actually asking him to analyze Ye Xiu's intentions. This was digging a hole for him!
Li Yibo cursed Pan Lin in his heart. But in the broadcast, he had no choice but to pretend to analyze.
"Ye Xiu probably has some other deployment to support Fang Rui and Baozi, right?" Li Yibo said a bunch of nonsense.
Would there be any support?
There were a total of five characters on the field.
You could count them with your fingers. Fang Rui and Baozi were targets for support, so he eliminated them. An Wenyi was also a target for urgent support, so he eliminated them. Ye Xiu was holding onto Blue Rain's Yu Wenzhou, so he could free himself. But by releasing Yu Wenzhou, he was giving more support to Blue Rain.
Then, there was only Su Mucheng …
The support expert, Su Mucheng, who was the best at providing support. What was Su Mucheng doing?
The broadcast director immediately looked for Dancing Rain. When he found her, he was shocked.
Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain was moving …
Dancing Rain was far away. There was no one fighting next to her, so she didn't get much of the screen. Instead, she was in many of the fighting locations, and her attacks could be seen. Previously, when Lu Hanwen was attacking Little Cold Hands, Dancing Rain had gotten some of the screen. Because her firepower wasn't able to restrict Drifting Cloud, Su Mucheng constantly adjusted Dancing Rain, trying to get closer. But now, when the camera turned to her, everyone looked again … was Dancing Rain really targeting Lu Hanwen's Drifting Cloud?
No! She … was going to provide support to the battle in the wind zone!
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