“Don’t be discouraged, we’ll win it back.” When Shen Changyu returned to the contestants’ bench, before he could speak, Chen Anqi had already walked up to him and stood up on tiptoes, patting his head.
“…” The mood that was pretty depressed a moment ago was completely disrupted by this action. Shen Changyu noticed that although everyone turned around, they still couldn’t restrain their shoulders from shaking, as if they couldn’t bear to look directly at this unexpected “care”.
Chen Anqi turned around and glanced at Lin Xiao.
She just did what he said, so why didn’t her comforting act have the desired effect?
Lin Xiao could barely hide his smile and stood up: “Ahem, cough, cough, watch me now.”
He has always been happy to play in the last game of the individual competitions, not to mention that his opponent now was such an exciting presence.
At this time, the names of both players were displayed on the big screen. For the Korean team, the name ‘Sung Yuri’ came out, which immediately caused waves of cheers in the stadium.
If Yan Duzhou was the number one in domestic e-sports, in the Korean e-sports circle, apart from Devin who retired to the second line, Sung Yuri was the next to deserve the title of e-sports overlord. Whether in terms of personal strength or team organization, there was no doubt that he was an excellent player in all the world’s e-sports circles.
Now Lin Xiao has long become very popular in the minds of domestic fans, under the banner of “the Old Ghost‘s successor”. Except for some anti-fans who were stubborn to the end, almost everyone else has completely acquiesced. Seeing that he was facing the man who was currently at the top of Korean e-sports, compared to the shouts and cheers of the Korean fans, they could not stay behind and became even more enthusiastic.
“Kill the god! Kill the god! Kill the god!” Once the unified slogan sounded in the stadium, it immediately spread in all directions like a wave.
What did it mean to be the Old Ghost‘s successor? Naturally, it was to lead the domestic e-sports to the World’s Championship podium once again, and only then would he be truly worthy of this title.
Remembering Lin Xiao’s victory over Yan Duzhou at that time, even those with slightly calmer blood were boiling as well.
So what if he was a rookie who only showed his talent in this season? If he could even defeat Captain Yan, what about a Sung Yuri? In the minds of the domestic fans, no matter how powerful Sung Yuri was, he could never compare to the man they had looked up to for years.
With all eyes on him, Lin Xiao walked onto the stage in the center of the arena, turned to the left, and entered the battle room.
The equipment adjusting was carried out methodically, and when everything was ready, he leaned on the chair and slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he could not hide his eagerness to fight.
Sung Yuri was by all means a player to be taken seriously, and he was also the most acknowledged player in all the years that he had been absent from the e-sports arena. The match at hand was undoubtedly a brand new page for him, and the videos he had watched could be considered as a study of the strategy for this page. However, what exactly would happen, remained to be seen for when he stepped on this field and felt the power of his opponent.
Devin’s protégé, South Korea’s most valuable e-sports player in the past three years, no matter the label, was a brilliant presence, which made people extremely excited about this duel.
Apart from Lin Xiao and the audience, the ones who were most excited about this showdown were naturally the three commentators. Whether it was a national or international competition, one of the most critical factors needed to mobilize the atmosphere was the stratagems in the game.
Looking at the players starting the map selection process, Xiao Wu’s voice sounded extremely excited, “The competition will start soon. I wonder what kind of unexpected performance player Lin Xiao will bring us in this individual match?”
What she was referring to was naturally the surprises that Lin Xiao had brought to people in so many games so far. Although there was sometimes an indescribable and subtle excitement when watching live, videos of the battles were widely shared online after each match and became the most talked about topic. Over time, everyone had also begun to habitually look forward to it.
After Xiao Wu said this, Mao Dou picked up the topic: “Now that the map has been selected, both sides are entering the map import. Let’s take a look at the outfits of both players.”
He wanted to find out what kind of tactical adjustments Lin Xiao was going to make in this game, but after looking at the specifics he was a little disappointed to find that it was a very common extreme cool-down outfit.
Um… Please don’t ask him when the “extreme cooling flow” has become a “very common” outfit in the public mind.
Xiao Wu was also a little surprised at this, but quickly adjusted her emotions and said very officially: “Then, let us look forward to the wonderful performance of the players in this game!”
Lin Xiao, who was in the battle room, of course, couldn’t hear the people outside. As he waited for the character to fully load, he thought about the plan to be adopted for this round. Although his reasoning told him that it would be better to use more tricks to avoid the front line, the temptation of a strong player was too much to resist, and in the end, he didn’t bother to weigh it up and decided to go head to head with Sung Yuri in a serious battle.
The commentators and fans outside were looking forward to a shocking battle ahead. If they knew what Lin Xiao had decided at this time, I’m afraid they would be annoyed to death again.
The battle map for this match was the Wild Forest. After the players were resurrected at their respective spawn points, they ran straight to the opposite sides, and their figures darted into the rainforest.
Fans of the Black Rose team held their breath and waited quietly for their Lin Xiao to start his wonderful performance.
Time passed by minute by second, waiting, waiting, and waiting. However, in the end, there were still no unexpected cute or scandalous actions. The two people bumped into each other head-on in the center of the map.
Audience: “…?!”
The expected script was not supposed to go like this! Where were those despicable skills that attracted so much attention? Where was the teasing and mocking? Such a serious approach actually appeared in Lin Xiao’s individual match… the player Lin in the battle room must be a fake!
Bad review, give us refunds! Countless people were silently indignant in their hearts while still sitting in place without moving their butts even half an inch, watching the further development of the game with great anticipation.
Hmph… So what if our words are tough? Our love for Black Rose is willful like that!
On the field, Lin Xiao decisively started chanting as soon as the figure of Sung Yuri’s shadow swordsman appeared in his field of vision.
One after another, the abilities hit at the opponent’s feet like artillery fire, and the calculated landing points effectively restricted Sung Yuri’s approach. However, even in this situation, he was very agile. After dodging the Ghost Fire with a cartwheel, he sprinted directly toward him, shortening the distance between them.
A highly efficient melee profession like shadow swordsmen could be a nightmare for a weak defense. But the game’s design team was obviously aware of this early on, so they didn’t design any strong control techniques for him. They also greatly improved the technical skills required for close-range ops of this profession.
Although Lin Xiao’s crazy skills were giving him a headache, he soon found the fall frequency of this extremely fast rain of skills. Once the rhythm was confirmed, he took advantage of several gaps to perform consecutive sprints, and the ghost priest was soon caught in his attack range.
What a beautiful operation! Lin Xiao saw the figure of the shadow swordsman suddenly appearing in front of him. Instead of panicking, his eyes suddenly lit up. He seemed very satisfied with his choice of frontal confrontation. At least it was very exciting now, and the feeling was really enjoyable.
Still maintaining control, the ghost priest scanned his surroundings, and took a very decisive leap to the side, thus avoiding the shadow swordsman‘s combo attack at the critical moment. Immediately afterward, he activated the Ghost Sprint, and without any hesitation, he escaped backward, widening the distance again.
Sung Yuri, after finally getting close, naturally would not let this golden opportunity escape and immediately operated the shadow swordsman to catch up without hesitation.
The jousting between the two figures in the middle of the forest tensed the atmosphere, making the audience subconsciously hold their breath and stare with wide eyes.
“Get him, kill him!” Korean fans began to shout uncontrollably. Although they subconsciously believed that LovelyGhost had not cheated previously, the resentment toward this guy named Lin Xiao, was still strong in their hearts. After all, they still wanted revenge for losing two Korean teams in a row.
Seeing that Ghost Sprint‘s buff time expired, Sung Yuri’s shadow swordsman prepared one direct strike. Then everyone saw the short ghost priest wearing a little red hood stop without any panic. The raised staff emitted a strange luster during the chanting process, and the dark light somehow gave people a bad premonition.
It was as if Lin Xiao turned a blind eye to the opponent’s relentless pursuit and chose to use the ghost priest‘s ultimate move – Myriad Ghosts Void.
