Because the battle situation between the two sides was currently quite calm, the director replayed the fight in the top lane from just now.

It was only one minute and 30 seconds into the game. Both sides finished off a wave of lane soldiers and reached level two, then actually fought so fiercely!

Close’s death knight usually started with its heavy form, which was a standard operation. After all, while the light form had high mobility, it had relatively low damage and wasn’t conducive to early lane farming. The hero had to reach level six before it could switch forms and use the light form’s high movement speed and support the team.

The death knight’s heavy form had high defense, and it also had a 5% immunity to all physical damage. It could also purify itself if it could brush up its magic marks, but of course, there had to be enough skill points to play out this effect. This wasn’t a problem of player operations, but a limit that came from the game mechanics.

In contrast, Xuan Long’s berserker warrior was very domineering in the early stages. Its first skill, Bold and Resolute, dealt a good amount of damage. Its second skill, Axe Shakes the Earth, had the added effect of sending its target flying. In a situation where both sides were only level three or four, he didn’t need to be afraid of anyone.

It was precisely this confidence that had made Xuan Long dare to compete against Lu Feng in a solo fight!

From the god’s perspective, the audience could see that neither team had gone up to provide support. They’d naturally communicated over their team chats.

Cong Yi had asked Xuan Long, “Can you do it?”

Xuan Long was determined. “I can run away even if I can’t win.”

Cong Yi: “Okay.”

Although Asleep hadn’t said anything, he and Cong Yi’s tacit understanding was invincible. Cong Yi asked what he wanted to ask, and Xuan Long’s reply was also for Asleep. Since Xuan Long didn’t need support, Asleep sped up his pace as he cleared out the jungle, trying to reach the mid-lane before Wei Xiao did.

FTW’s communication was even more simple and rough. Wei Xiao: “Captain! Kill him!”

Lu Feng’s voice was very calm. “Mm.”

Brother Cai’s teeth felt sour; he’d eaten too much dog food. Even the great demon king’s monosyllable sounded inexplicable doting.

Xuan Long made use of his talent advantage and began to bully the death knight after he’d cleared the lane soldiers. In the first clash, the berserker warrior was obviously dominant; Bold and Resolute had a wide range, and a close combat warrior like the death knight couldn’t avoid it just by adjusting its positioning. He watched as Close’s health dropped halfway, and Xuan Long started feeling a little bold.

“Fellow brothers, I may actually be able to kill the great demon king.”

Li Chun waved a flag to cheer him on from the mid lane, yelling, “Go for it, Brother Long! You deserve to get First Blood in the semi-finals.”

Wen Wei fired a shot for him from afar. “Kill Close in a solo fight? Brother Long, we’ll be able to boast about it for a whole year!”

Xuan Long’s attention focused. “Okay!”

Cong Yi didn’t say anything, and Asleep was even less likely to speak up.

Based on their understanding of Close, it was very difficult for Xuan Long to kill him.

But they’d already reached this point, and saying anything would be like pouring cold water over his enthusiasm. They couldn’t stop it in any case, and their team momentum was obviously more important than First Blood.

Xuan Long kept an eye on the death knight’s position. He used Axe Shakes the Earth and watched, waiting to send the death knight flying.

As long as he could control him for 0.5 seconds, his next enhanced attack would definitely send Close to his death.

Alright!

Xuan Long’s eyes were bright, and he waited for the death knight to be sent up into the air by the axe slamming into the ground…

“He dodged it! In this wave, the death knight moved like a snake, using an extremely small margin to avoid the berserker warrior’s double axe earthquake!”

The audience could see it too, and they saw it even more clearly than the commentators. This was the advantage of the holographic projection––the director focused the camera on the fight, and the audience could clearly see the fighting between both sides. It turned out that Glory’s skills were as subtle and accurate as the game officials claimed, and it turned out that professional players’ operations were really this perfect. It was really possible to avoid a skill by a margin as thin as a hair!

The double axe earthquake missed!

Not only did it fail to control the death knight, Xuan Long’s enhanced basic attack was also gone!

Now…

The death knight started fighting back. He also had a skill that could send his opponent flying, and they watched as his heavy sword swept up, accurately slamming into the berserker warrior.

The berserker warrior soared up into the air. Xuan Long was unable to operate the character before it landed, and the 0.5 second gap was enough for the death knight to brush up his magic seals.

The commentator’s voice went up subconsciously, “If the death knight was level six, the berserker warrior would’ve already died a hundred times!”

“Close’s magic mark efficiency is comparable to Marshal’s!”

“Of course. In the past, during the singles competition, Close was able to win the world championship with the death knight.”

“It seems that in this round, Xuan Long…”

Their skills were all used in the blink of an eye. Just now, the death knight had been under half health and was seriously injured. Now, Xuan Long was the one in that state.

Of course, the berserker warrior wouldn’t just wait to die. Even if his health plummeted, he still tried to fight back.

The health bars on both sides dropped down to a quarter each!

Both sides were seriously injured at the same time!

“The berserker warrior’s backing down!”

“The death knight doesn’t intend to retreat at all!”

“The berserker warrior used flash! Unfortunately, it’s too late. The death knight’s heavy sword cleaves outwards, and his skill has locked in. It will definitely hit him.”

“Congratulations to Close on taking down First Blood!”

This final half a second was the most action packed.

They were both at critical health, and both left with a sliver of health, but Xuan Long and Close had made very different choices.

One was afraid and attempted to escape, while the other was determined to fight to the end.

It was a choice that determined the outcome of the fight.

“Damn it.” Xuan Long cursed, “If I’d known, I would’ve traded my life with his!”

Cong Yi: “It’s okay.”

The game had just started, and it wasn’t a big problem. Xuan Long had already left Close at critical health, and although he’d given out a First Blood, at least he hadn’t lost any lane soldiers or the tower. This loss was within a controllable range.

Besides, everyone, including the fans in the live broadcast, all understood:

“How many players has the great demon king left a psychological shadow on?!”

“Yes. As long as the person he was up against wasn’t Close, Xuan Long wouldn’t have retreated at that last moment.”

“Don’t blame Brother Long. He was already very brave to dare to go up and fight against Close in this wave!”

“It can be predicted that the top-lane players in the league will suffer a lot when they go up against the great demon king when he’s in his peak state…”

At such a wonderful moment, Little Lunatic Wei naturally wanted to blow rainbow farts. He really wished he could praise his own captain so much that flowers started blooming.

After that, he also offered himself up to help Glory’s Mic Explosion King by adding a sentence, “Please create a clip of this segment. You’re welcome to use it to make a cell phone ring tone so that you can listen to it ten times a day, or eight times a day. I can guarantee it’ll leave you feeling great and refreshed, and you’ll be able to go up in ranks and make it into the national rankings!”

The three little ones: “……………………”

FTW’s reputation…

Oh, ever since Quiet joined the team, FTW’s reputation had long been lost!

His mouth was chattering on, but Wei Xiao’s eyes were sharp. He caught a glimpse of the light priest’s figure.

Bai Cai saw it too. “I’ll head over?” He was currently following Yue Wenle in the bottom lane, but if Asleep and Cong Yi were attempting to surround Wei Xiao and he didn’t go support him, Wei Xiao would get bullied.

Wei Xiao: “No need. Asleep isn’t here.”

Bai Cai was a little stunned.

Wei Xiao explained, “Are you silly? Asleep is using the hidden thief. How could Cong Yi expose himself?”

A hidden thief could enter stealth right from the start of the game. In general, he would maintain a certain distance from his teammates so as to achieve the effect of launching a sneak attack.

In fact, Bai Cai had thought of that too, but he was just a little bit slower. He disdained him, “What if Cong Yi predicted your prediction?”

Wei Xiao: “Then I’ll have predicted that he predicted my prediction.”

Bai Cai: “……”

Yue Wenle: “Russian doll talking is banned.”

Ning Zhehan burst out laughing.

As Wei Xiao had expected, although Cong Yi showed himself, he didn’t actually come to the jungle zone to engage in a fight with Wei Xiao. Instead, he went around to the bottom lane.

Wei Xiao had speculations in his heart about what was going on. He instructed Ning Zhehan, “Be careful when you walk along the river. Cong Yi’s put vision there.”

Ning Zhehan: “Got it!”

The director shifted the camera towards the bottom lane, where FTW and 3U’s 2v2 had left the audience unwilling to even blink.

“What’s going on? How could my God Yi have separated from Sleep-sleep!”

“What is 3U trying to do? Are the vice-captain and captain fighting?”

“The conjoined twins have split up? Mommy, is the Pajamas CP about to collapse?”

The optimistic, but slightly anxious fans explained, “3U has to grow, too! Their tactics can’t always be the same. They… they must have come up with a new idea!”

The commentators were also very surprised, and carefully analyzed this wave of changes in 3U.

For the past two seasons, ever since Asleep and Cong Yi had joined 3U, this team had become an absolute jungle core system.

To some extent, they placed even more importance on their jungler than FTW did.

When Close was playing jungler, Bai Cai didn’t need to follow Close. Firstly, Close was used to going it alone, and Brother Cai was barely able to keep up anyway, so they were unable to play out the effect where one plus one was greater than two; secondly, Yue Wenle’s marksman wasn’t bad at all, and FTW had always had the intention of training him up, so they preferred to have Bai Cai support Yue Wenle.

3U was different.

Cong Yi first belonged to Asleep, and then to the team.

3U’s haters really detested this point, and felt that the team indulged Asleep too much. They didn’t treat Cong Yi like a person, and they didn’t pay enough attention to the other teammates.

Although these two players had achieved considerable results in the doubles competition, China already had a daddy of the singles competition, and they really didn’t want to set up a daddy for the doubles. They were more interested in building up their strength in the team competition!

In the first game of the semi-finals, Cong Yi and Asleep had changed their previous conjoined twins state and had separated for once.

The commentator spoke, “In this game, Sleep God took the hidden thief. When it comes to the hidden thief, it’s indeed better to act alone.”

“Speaking of which, 3U rarely uses the hidden thief. They must have already been prepared to take it out today.”

“Wen Wei’s launcher is pretty good, and his cooperation with Cong Yi is also very tacit.”

“FTW’s choice of marksman in this game is also relatively novel. The night druid is a talent that was just developed at the beginning of the year. It was very strong when it first went live, but after being adjusted by the game planners, it ended up on the cold bench for half the season.”

“I wonder if God Le can show me a new way of playing the night druid in this game.”

The commentators chattered on while the director kept the camera fixed on the bottom lane.

xiin: sorry, late chapter. computer problems, but it should be fixed now.