The broadcast, the pro players in the stadium, and the more skilled spectators were all focused on Fang Rui's suppression of Lu Boyuan and Fang Minghua. Only the spectators who weren't skilled enough and were more interested in the excitement than the skill level continued to lock their gazes on the battle in the junkyard.
Admittedly, the battle here was also very exciting, and there was a chance that it could end in a decisive battle. But looking at the overall situation, Fang Rui's suppression of Samsara's two players was the true match point. The outcome of this match would most likely depend on how well Fang Rui could perform.
And right now, his performance had already exceeded everyone's expectations. His 1v2 had lasted for so long. Samsara's two players had no way of getting past him.
Of course, if Lu Boyuan's Chaotic Cloudy Mountain wanted to leave, then Fang Rui wouldn't even bother with him. Fang Rui's goal was too simple. He wanted to stall Fang Minghua's Laughing Song. If Lu Boyuan gave him trouble, then he would deal with him. If Lu Boyuan wanted to leave, then he would welcome him.
Lu Boyuan had already abandoned Du Ming once. Whether it was in terms of mentality or strategy, there was no way he could abandon Fang Minghua again — — Samsara was already behind by one point in the team competition, and three points in the entire match.
This guy …
Lu Boyuan gritted his teeth. He wanted to catch Hai Wuliang. As long as he could catch him in one go, the current situation would be resolved. Fang Minghua understood this very well. He had to find a way to cooperate.
But Fang Rui was too crafty. He was playing dirty to the extreme. Hai Wuliang slipped around, brushing past Chaotic Cloudy Mountain's fingertips several times. The only difference between the two was a fist's distance.
This wasn't just a matter of luck anymore.
Fang Rui pushed his mechanics to the extreme. It wasn't that he couldn't dodge more safely, but that he intentionally controlled his movements to be small. He had been doing this from the very beginning, when he had dodged Chaotic Cloudy Mountain's obstruction. From beginning to end, he had been using the most efficient method to deal with Lu Boyuan's Chaotic Cloudy Mountain's obstruction, giving him more time to deal with Fang Minghua's Laughing Song. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been able to stall Samsara's two players for so long. This was what shocked the pro players. It wouldn't be a big deal if it happened once or twice, but Fang Rui was able to maintain it for so long. What kind of concentration did he have? How tired did he have to be?
Yes, very tired!
Fang Rui's fatigue quickly hit him. It hadn't even been a minute since he had started.
But he had been mentally prepared for this. He had known from the start how difficult the situation would be. Ye Xiu's 1v3 was a show of weakness, using the opponent's initiative to draw the opponent's attention. His 1v2 required him to use his own control to constantly restrict the opponent's movements. Only then could he completely contain the opponent.
He had done it.
Up to this point, it could be described as perfect.
But the fatigue was quickly invading his brain, robbing him of his control over his fingers.
After all, he had put in a lot of effort in the group arena. After a short rest, he had started the team competition again.
Persevere, persevere!
Fang Rui was well aware of the weight of what he was doing. If the initial tone of the match was set by Ye Xiu's 1v3, then the final direction of the match would be set by him.
He had never thought of himself as the core of this team. He had only wanted to play as well as he could. And now, he understood that this was a situation where he could truly set the stage for victory. All he had to do was persevere.
Don't set a lower limit, don't calculate so much. At this moment, Fang Rui only had one thought in his heart: Persevere, persevere endlessly, and keep these two people here. Until the moment of victory, he would never relax.
One minute …
One and a half minutes …
Two minutes …
Two and a half minutes …
Fang Rui was still persevering, perfectly persevering without showing any openings. More and more people turned their attention to this side. More and more people realized how inconceivable this situation was. The pro players had long since forgotten about their bets.
One minute. That was the maximum time they had placed their bets. Only one person had called out this time, Team Wind Howl's Ruan Yongbin. And under this one minute, the highest bet had only been 45 seconds. When Ruan Yongbin called out one minute, no one thought much of it. This was because everyone knew that Ruan Yongbin and Fang Rui were former teammates and had a good relationship. When he called out one minute, it was more of a show of support.
But now, one minute?
Wrong. Absolutely wrong. Even Ruan Yongbin, who had emotionally supported Fang Rui, had underestimated Fang Rui's ability.
Two and a half minutes. That was the current score. Fang Rui was still continuing, using his impeccable performance to prevent Fang Minghua's Laughing Song from escaping. Lu Boyuan's Chaotic Cloudy Mountain had no way of escaping by himself.
The battle in the trash room continued like this for two and a half minutes. The battle was no longer a two-pronged battle. Instead, it was a 3v4 situation.
Even though Samsara had fewer people, their three top-tier experts had incredible offensive power. From the looks of it, they were the ones doing the most damage. The three locked onto Little Cold Hands as an opening and continued to attack.
On Happy's side, Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had become Little Cold Hands' protector, sticking close to him. Su Mucheng and Qiao Yifan were on the side, constantly providing support.
Fang Rui had fought tooth and nail to get into a 4v3 situation. Happy hadn't engaged in an intense battle with the other side. Instead, they were on the defensive. It was hard not to feel that it was a pity. But the experts knew that even though Happy was on the defensive, they weren't passive at all. This type of defense was completely because they knew what the other side was trying to do.
Focusing on the healer was a very common strategy, but no team had ever been as crazy as Happy to focus on the healer. Happy had accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with this type of situation. Not to mention, they had been using this point to their advantage from the start.
If the other teams' reflexes when their healer was being attacked were to protect, then Happy 'reflexes when their healer was being attacked were: Here's the chance to kill the opponent.
This kind of awareness, this kind of playstyle had become Happy's style. Even if they hadn't made any preparations before the match, when faced with this type of situation, Happy's players would subconsciously look for ways to kill the opponent.
Any team would be completely defensive when it came to protecting their healer. Only Happy was extremely aggressive when it came to protecting their healer. This was originally their weak point, but after this season, while their weak point had improved, Happy had also planted all sorts of thorns on it. No one who tried to break through from this point could come out unscathed. More often than not, this weak point would become their guillotine.
It wasn't that Samsara didn't know this point. As their opponent in the finals, they had of course thoroughly studied Happy. But in the current situation, they had no other choice.
They attacked, Happy defended, but in the end, they didn't lose much health. In the end, Happy had a healer, while they had no reinforcements for two and a half minutes.
“！！！！”
This wasn't the first time the three had sent a message in the chat. They were very surprised that no reinforcements had come. Just like the audience, they never would have thought that Fang Rui could stall for so long. If they had known earlier, they definitely wouldn't have fought like this. They definitely would have found an opportunity to charge out of the trash room and establish contact with the two.
They kept waiting. Half a minute, half a minute, all the way until now, two and a half minutes … …
The inconceivable really did happen. Fang Rui had tied down Lu Boyuan and Fang Minghua for two and a half minutes.
At this point, they had already lost the possibility of changing the situation!
Let Lu Boyuan abandon Fang Minghua and go in to help, or let the three of them charge out of the trash room and establish contact with Lu Boyuan and Fang Minghua. These two choices were possible two and a half minutes ago. But the situation of the match changed rapidly. After two and a half minutes, the three in the trash room weren't as aggressive as before. They had no choice but to carefully plan their character's health. Who told them to be so unrestrained before? And they had attacked so unrestrainedly because they thought that reinforcements would arrive quickly. Who would have thought that at this point, there would still be no sign of reinforcements?
Charge out now?
The three looked at their characters' health. If they retreated even a little bit, Happy's group of four would definitely counterattack. Two and a half minutes ago, they could still force their way out. But now, if they tried to force their way out, one or two of them might really die here.
For Samsara, who had already lost one player and had lost three in the entire match, they really didn't want to take such a risk until the very last moment. No matter how they looked at it, hoping for a breakthrough in the 2v1 was much more reasonable than trying to force their way out.
The time was quickly approaching three minutes. In the end, Samsara's group of three chose to wait.
The spectating pro players didn't feel like there was anything wrong with Samsara's performance. Right now, the situation on the battlefield was completely because of Fang Rui. Because of his inconceivable actions, this situation had been created. In the beginning, everyone had only thought that this was a place where Happy could seize the initiative and gain an advantage. But now, Fang Rui had turned this into a true match point.
How much longer could Fang Rui stall his opponents? If Lu Boyuan and Fang Minghua broke through at this moment and succeeded in providing reinforcements, Happy would only gain an advantage and not a victory. Their persistence was truly a pity.
Time continued to pass.
Everyone's attention was still focused on the entanglement between Hai Wuliang and Samsara.
Angel's Might!
Suddenly, Laughing Song's cross blossomed with light again. Fang Rui had stalled these two until Laughing Song's Angel's Might came off cooldown.
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