Mo Fan had previously been playing extremely slow, taking nearly three minutes to close the distance . But suddenly, he sped up . Step back and turn around in one fluid motion . A new offense had begun practically the instant the several shadow clones disappeared .
As for Song Xiao?
Song Xiao was still whirling around looking for traces of Deception . By the time he turned backwards, Deception had reached him .
Flame Slash!
The dense fog seemed to boil as flames leapt into the air . The fiery attack was incomparably fast, slashing Receding Tides directly in the face .
Boom!
The flames clung onto Receding Tides and burned him .
One, two, three, four, five . . .
Five consecutive hits and then Deception vanished into the fog .
The excitement had just reached a peak, but all of it just collapsed in an instant . . .
This again! Those familiar with Mo Fan's style collectively gave out a sigh . The fast-paced burst had revealed his skillfulness, but the display always went away immediately afterwards . Beautiful but brief like fireworks .
"Fireworks Style," Pan Lin said . He wasn't the one who came up with this name, but rather a nickname people in the forums had given Mo Fan's weird playstyle . When Pan Lin found it, he felt that it was a very suitable name, and so when Mo Fan showed it off, he called it out .
"Oh, I've heard of this name before, too . It paints a pretty picture," Li Yibo chuckled .
Two consecutive offensives . The first Shadow Dance had been beautiful, but Song Xiao's timely response to deal with it had been outstanding as well . But Mo Fan's sudden change in pace had caught Song Xiao off guard . The five-hit combo performed from five skills had been perfect . By the time Song Xiao readjusted himself, Mo Fan's Deception went into hiding .
Song Xiao wasn't going to sit and wait for his death to come . He had Receding Tides chase in the direction that Deception had disappeared into .
Mo Fan simply hid behind a tree and went in a circle around Song Xiao . Deception was behind Receding Tides again . This time, Mo Fan didn't wait too long before launching his next wave of attacks . The sudden sneak attack from behind had caught Song Xiao in a fluster . But this time, Mo Fan's combo had been stopped . Receding Tides was able to escape the third wave of attacks from Mo Fan .
Not waiting for the counterattack, Mo Fan had Deception immediately retreat after seeing the attack miss .
"Speaking of which, Mo Fan is much more familiar with this playstyle than Song Xiao is . . . " Pan Lin said .
"I think it's quite clear who's going to win this round . I'm a bit worried for Song Xiao though . He had fought against Ye Xiu for a long time, and he must be quite tired . Now, he's against Mo Fan, who's playing this sort of grind game that won't let him ease up . Song Xiao . . . will he have spent too much energy in today's group arena?" Li Yibo said .
"Ah . . . this is truly . . . " Pan Lin wasn't able to find the right words . Blue Rain had tried to tire out Happy's Ye Xiu . Not only did they fail, Song Xiao had a rough time while trying to exhaust Ye Xiu . And now, he was up against another tiresome opponent, Mo Fan . Not only did it look like he was going to lose, he would most likely be affected in the following team competition by the fatigue from his group arena matches .
"Perhaps Song Xiao should give up," Pan Lin said .
"But do you think he will, with his personality?" Li Yibo said .
Pan Lin fell silent .
Although Song Xiao wasn't a God, with the nickname Mr . Clutch, he would often shine in important matches . As such, Song Xiao's pride was no lesser than that of a God's .
Facing against a rookie, Mo Fan, and against a grind strategy that Happy was using against them, Song Xiao shrinking back would be admitting that Blue Rain's strategy today was an utter failure . It would mean that he had given up to a certain extent .
Song Xiao would not give up . It was because he never gave up that he made plays at critical moments and became known as Mr . Clutch .
Shrink back, give up? Never!
Receding Tides traversed through the thicket . After experiencing such a long battle, Song Xiao could still muster up another burst of energy . Receding Tides looked to be even nimbler than before .
Poof! Bang!
Deception launched another sneak attack, which brought upon a powerful counter from Song Xiao . On this fourth wave of attacks from Mo Fan, Receding Tides surged with qi . With a Flash Burst, he completely toppled Mo Fan's wave of attacks .
"Where are you running!"
Song Xiao would not let this opportunity go and had Receding Tides chase after him . As long as he could stick close to him, he would have the chance to stop Mo Fan from disappearing and attempting another sneak attack .
Despite only having 3% health, he wouldn't cower . He would continue forward!
This Mo Fan player didn't seem to like trades . With only 3% health left, Song Xiao felt like he could take advantage of this habit . He couldn't miss this final opportunity . He had to stick close!
Spiral Qi Kill!
Receding Tides whirled his arms, spinning qi in the air . Because of this map's dense fog, the traces left behind from this skill was very clear . A spiralling white dragon flew forward .
Boom!
The qi exploded, but it was just a straw dummy that was torn to pieces .
Substitution Technique!
Song Xiao immediately looked around, trying to find Deception . But he didn't think that it would come from below . . .
Underground Tunneling Technique!
Deception tunneled out of the ground . The ninjato in his hands, Sixteen Leaves, looked like tree leaves again . But this time, the leaves weren't floating down . Rather, they seemed to dance with the wind, sending a ribbon of blood into the dense fog .
Dead!
Receding Tide's health finally hit zero . Song Xiao hadn't been able to bite at Mo Fan one last time .
Scrap picker . . .
Song Xiao thought of Mo Fan's background . In terms of running for his life, Mo Fan was a master . Song Xiao couldn't help but think of their match against Happy during the regular season . Team Happy's defeat had been certain, yet Ye Xiu and Mo Fan had frantically played hide-and-seek with them (TLN: Chapter 1314-1315) .
What a troublesome kid!
Song Xiao shook his head . He stood up and then left the player booth .
Right now, only the Happy fans on the west platform were cheering excitedly . The rest of the stadium filled with Blue Rain fans had worry and gloominess written all over their faces .
The home team had the advantage of picking the map and should be trying to take the initiative . But this match? Blue Rain's plans for this map completely failed . Instead, Happy's Mo Fan was like a fish in the water as he handled Song Xiao like a worm .
84% .
Deception still had this much health left . Would Blue Rain's next player be able to deal with him?
It was just a rookie, bur Team Blue Rain's fans were worried for their team . Mo Fan's skill was unquestionable, perhaps even feared .
"Who is Blue Rain sending up next?" Pan Lin said .
Song Xiao went back to Blue Rain's player bench with his head down . Mr . Clutch wasn't able to clutch it out today .
"You did well . Take a rest!" Yu Wenzhou did not scold him . Instead, he took the initiative to console him .
The Blue Rain fans watching with an omniscient view could grasp the true situation faster than the players playing on the stage .
Song Xiao had fallen for Ye Xiu's trap . While Ye Xiu was sandbagging, he had been completely focused on defending and tiring out Ye Xiu . During that time, he was no longer tiring out Ye Xiu, but rather, it was Ye Xiu tiring out him .
Afterwards, he was stuck in Mo Fan's slow and dragged out pace . Song Xiao was truly exhausted . But he could not relax . The more crucial team competition still needed him . He could only follow his captain's words . He hurried to the sidelines to rest as much as possible before the team competition began .
"Go!" At this moment, Yu Wenzhou called out to Blue Rain's third player .
Li Yuan, Summoner Eight Notes .
Last round, he had encountered Mo Fan in the group arena, but had lost miserably . He met him again in their game . Li Yuan was pleased . He needed to take revenge for last time .
"Good luck, Li Yuan!" The entire stadium stood up and cheered for him . Their opening wasn't good, making everyone nervous and worried .
"Watch me," Li Yuan waved his hands to his teammates and to the crowd as he walked onto the stage .
The match soon began .
Li Yuan finally switched up Blue Rain's initial strategy and went along the central path .
Mo Fan still took the roundabout route, but he took a rather strange path . He first had Deception move west . Once he moved far enough, he took a path north and slightly to the east .
"What is Mo Fan thinking?" Pan Lin wondered .
"This . . . it looks like he's planning on cutting off Li Yuan after calculating his movement speed," Li Yibo said .
"Cut off?"
"The choices at the start of the match are the central path, the path slightly to the west, and the path slightly to the east . Because of the dense fog, you can't deviate too far east or west from the central path, otherwise it's pointless . That's why Mo Fan is having his character move tangentially . If the opponent takes the central path, the opponent will be moving towards the southern end . If the opponent takes the west or east path, the opponent will move slower south than if the opponent took the central path . If Mo Fan continues along his current route, he'll come across two intersections on either the central or eastern path . Three possibilities . He's covering three possibilities before he tries anything else," Li Yibo said .
"In that case, he's already succeeded! Will they meet on the central path?" Pan Lin looked at their movements .
"That'll depend on what Li Yuan does," Li Yibo said .
Li Yuan's Eight Notes quickly reached the center of the map . He had Eight Notes stop and look at his surroundings .
"If Eight Notes doesn't move, Deception might not run into him," Pan Lin said .
"He'll probably move!" Li Yibo said .
"Not only does he need to move, he needs to move forward," Pan Lin said .
Just as he said this, Li Yuan's Eight Notes continued forward towards the south . In Pan Lin's eyes, Eight Notes was already doomed .
Chapter end
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