On the 18th of April, the matchups for the S3 Tournament for the Best were announced.
The matchups were as follows: [Trash Alliance] VS [Heaven's Door], [Frontline Hell] VS [Order].
As these four teams were all favorites to win the championship, there were not many complaints about the matchups … Anyway, no matter how they were matched, it would be a battle between the strong, so the audience had no reason to say that it was shady.
However, the introduction of the "Divine Artifacts" did make the situation more interesting.
The effects of these four Divine Artifacts were as follows:
[Crown]: Apply the special effect of "King's Deterrence" to all enemy units that enter the battlefield. The affected targets will have their Life Points reduced by a percentage until they die (Note: The damage of "King's Deterrence" cannot be blocked by effects other than the effects of the Divine Artifacts, including the battlefield barrier).
[Holy Grail]: All members of our team will receive the special effect of "Divine Blood" after entering the battlefield. If the affected targets do not receive any damage for ten consecutive seconds, a "Divine Blood Energy Shield" will automatically form around them. This shield can block and eliminate any special effect (including the effects of the Divine Artifacts) that the opponent applies to the party.
[Philosopher's Stone]: Periodically release the special effect of "Turn Stone into Gold" to all enemy units that enter the battlefield. Once every thirty seconds, the affected targets, equipment, skills, and items will have a layer of "Value Increase" buff. This buff will increase the "Quality" and "Equipment Requirement" of the item's skill, but the special effect will not change (this effect can only be eliminated by the effects of the Divine Artifacts). When the equipment requirement of the item's skill exceeds the wielder's ability, it will be ineffective or unable to be activated.
[Protection Talisman]: All members of our team will receive the special effect of "Divine Protection" after entering the battlefield. When our team members are affected by the opponent's continuous ability (including the effects of the Divine Artifacts), the debuff and damage will be reflected, and the buff will be retained and strengthened.
From the information given by the officials, the effect of the Divine Artifacts was quite obvious.
[Crown] definitely countered [Holy Grail] because "King's Deterrence" could start to reduce the opponent's HP through the barrier from the very first second the enemy entered the battlefield. This kind of continuous "continuous damage" that could not be blocked by the player's own means was equivalent to nullifying "Divine Blood Gift".
The [Holy Grail] countered the [Philosopher's Stone] because the [Divine Blood Energy Shield] could eliminate the [Philosopher's Stone]'s [Value Increase], and the [Holy Grail]'s [Holy Grail]'s [Divine Blood Energy Shield] could eliminate the [Value Increase]'s [Value Increase].
Next, [Philosopher's Stone] countered [Amulet] because [Divine Right Protection] not only couldn't negate the pseudo-buff effect of [Value Increase], but it would also make it stronger.
However, because the Divine Right Protection could reflect debuffs and damage, [Amulet] was able to suppress [Crown] when it encountered [Crown].
Lastly, looking at the cross comparison, [Crown] and [Philosopher's Stone], [Holy Grail] and [Talisman], there wasn't any obvious restraining relationship between them. It was a situation where they could work together.
That was the information regarding the Divine Weapon. Although it was not certain that the one who could counter the Divine Weapon would win, the advantage would be huge … At least, it would make up for the difference in strength to a great extent.
Therefore, in this round of battle between the strong, the choice of Divine Artifact had become the key to determining the outcome of the battle.
According to the rules, [Gate of Heaven], which had been switched to the "empty slot" in the previous round, had no right to participate in the distribution of the divine artifacts in this round.
Let's talk about the other three teams …
First of all, [Trash Alliance] had obtained the right to be the first to distribute the Divine Weapon in the semi-finals because they had finished the second fastest in the previous round.
This kind of brainstorming work was naturally left to Hong Hu to do. After he thought carefully … he finally chose [Philosopher's Stone] for his team, [Talisman] for [Gate of Heaven], and [Holy Grail] for [Order].
Hong Hu's thinking was very clear. He would do his best to reduce the possibility of his team being "countered" (no matter what, it was impossible to completely eliminate it theoretically. Therefore, he could only reduce it).
How could he reduce it? The allocation that he made was the best answer ….
Hong Hu not only calculated the account of his team, he also calculated the account of [Order].
After [Trash Alliance] had made their selection, the initiative would fall into the hands of [Order]. Although [Order] could choose whether to change the Divine Weapon [Gate of Heaven], this exchange would not change their fate of being "countered". This was because [Frontline Hell], who had finished the previous round first, would (according to logic) obtain a Divine Weapon that countered [Order] in the end.
Therefore, [Order]'s choice this time was actually to decide whether they would be countered with [Holy Grail] or [Talisman].
If they kept [Holy Grail], the whole field would be affected by the continuous HP loss; if they changed to [Talisman] … in the battle, as time passed, all the items and special effects would gradually become useless. Moreover, due to the effects of the Divine Weapon itself, the process of being useless would be accelerated.
Comparing the two, in this kind of evenly matched battle, it was obviously better to keep [Holy Grail].
With this calculation … [Order] naturally chose not to change it.
Of course, [Order] could also forcefully choose to change it … After the exchange, they would obtain [Talisman], and [Gate of Heaven] would obtain [Holy Grail]. In order to counter [Order], [Frontline Hell] would definitely use [Crown] to exchange [Sage Stone] from [Trash Alliance]. In this way, the final situation would still become … [Trash Alliance] would use [Crown] to counter [Gate of Heaven]'s [Holy Grail], and [Frontline Hell] would use [Sage Stone] to counter [Order]'s [Talisman].
In other words, no matter how they changed, [Trash Alliance] and [Frontline Hell] would be countered, and the other two teams would be countered.
If they wanted [Trash Alliance] to be countered, there was only one possibility, and that was … regardless of whether [Order] changed it or not, [Frontline Hell] would force themselves to be countered and drag [Trash Alliance] down with them.
No matter how crazy Feng Bujue was, there was no reason for him to do such a thing …
It was one thing to use madness to cover up reasonable wisdom or some kind of belief or intention, but it was another thing to do something illogical or even stupid in order to appear crazy.
Therefore, the final situation was the same as Hong Hu's arrangement.
The top four battle would begin with [Trash Alliance] – [Sage Stone], [Gate of Heaven] – [Talisman], [Frontline Hell] – [Crown], [Order] – [Holy Grail], [Frontline Hell] – [Crown] …
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