Chapter 151 of 379

Chapter 152.2 - Drunken River VS What Year Is It Today

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translator: Oyen editor: Ciel

Once the break was over, the second match officially began.

In this match, it was Shen He’s turn to choose a map. Surprisingly, he chose the air combat map used in the all-sect challenge arena—— Sword Altar!

The unpredictability factor of this map was very high. Even first-class players might lose the match if they were accidentally knocked off the pumice by their opponent.

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In the match before, the swamp’s poisonous miasma would inflict a poisoned state on the players, but they could rescue themselves by jumping out. However, in an air combat map, falling meant an instant death.

The moment the match began, the stones rapidly moved in the air, closing the gap between the two players.

Shen He silently calculated the distance in his heart. When the distance had closed to 20 meters, he immediately summoned two mechanical chariots to surround He Yue. As long as the chariots hit, He Yue would be knocked off of the pumice.

However, He Yue wouldn’t simply sit still and wait for death. She had also been paying attention to the distance between both of them, and as soon as the 20-meter distance arrived, she pressed the qinggong skill key in advance, jumping up lightly the moment Shen He summoned the chariots. She jumped to another pumice exactly, cutting off the chariot’s impact perfectly!

“Beautiful!” Ye Chao couldn’t help praising. “He Yue is very calm in the arena, and has obviously predicted her opponent’s operation in advance.”

“Her senior brother’s playstyle is more aggressive, but her operations are more meticulous.” Liang Ru commented.

Ye Chao nodded in agreement. “He Yue is indeed more careful. This time she successfully predicted Shen He’s attack, and used her qinggong skill to avoid the first wave of chariots. She doesn’t need to worry too much after this, because the summoner’s only pet with a displacement effect is the chariot, and the other pets have no such effect. Now that the chariot has been used, she no longer needs to be afraid, and can slowly pester Shen He. Her own displacement skills can also throw Shen He off the pumice.”

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“This kind of air combat map is exciting, because even a simple skill can determine the outcome of the game.” Liang Ru sighed.

On the field, Shen He and He Yue kept a distance from each other. As Shen He’s chariot pet was in cooldown, whenever He Yue got close to the attack range of 18 meters, Shen He immediately jumped away with his qinggong skill. He Yue would chase, Shen He would run, and because the sect qinggong skills of both sides were about the same speed, He Yue had no way to catch up with him.

At this moment, the pumice began to merge.

If the pumice merged, Shen He would no longer have anywhere to run. He Yue stared closely at his standing position, and immediately threw out the whip in her hand the moment the pumice merged.

She planned to use the most powerful displacement control skill of Xuanbing Palace, which could tangle and throw the target to a designated position. As long as Shen He was thrown off the pumice, victory was hers for the taking.

With her right hand, He Yue suddenly swung the mouse. ‘Drunken River’ was caught by her whip and thrown off of the pumice!

However, to He Yue’s surprise, there was no prompt of Drunken River being killed on the screen.

What’s happening?

——Not good!

She reacted quickly, but it was obviously too late!

Shen He’s body, the mechanical chariot that finished its cooldown, and the mechanical horse appeared on He Yue’s left!

The inflicted fear effect from the mechanical horse prevented He Yue from releasing any skills, and the violent impact of four mechanical chariots knocked her off the pumice in one breath!

Only a loud ‘bang’ was heard. Both the chariots and He Yue fell to the thorn-riddled ground, and a prompt popped up on the screen——

[Drunken River] has killed [What Year Is It Today]!

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“Although Shen He is a newcomer who has never played in a competition, he has a very strong ability to adapt to the circumstances.” Ye Chao praised him without hesitation.

“That’s right.” Liang Ru chimed in. “I thought he would be hit hard after losing the first match, and wouldn’t play well in the second. I didn’t expect him to adjust so quickly.”

“First, he patiently kept his distance and delayed the time,” Ye Chao analysed. “At the moment the distance closed, he immediately seized the opportunity, released the mechanical puppet to confuse his opponent, and at the same time summoned the mechanical horse and mechanical chariot combination, pushing his opponent off the pumice in an instant!”

Liang Ru sighed. “He is worthy of being god Mo’s apprentice, this little guy is really clever.”

Both of the commentators praised Shen He, causing Xiao Han to feel very relieved. “Xiao He is indeed very clever.”

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Qin Mo also showed a rare smile—— sure enough, he was right about this little apprentice. Shen He’s strongest talent was not imitating others, but his rare intelligence.

Although some players had a good foundation and a good consciousness, their way of thinking was rigid, and they were unable to adapt to the different circumstances during competition. However, Shen He’s playing style had never been monotonous. He could adjust his play at any time, and occasionally, strange ideas came out of his mind for no reason, allowing him to confuse his opponent at a critical moment. Such a clever little apprentice really made Qin Mo feel very happy as his master.

***

Despite being at full health, He Yue was pushed off the pumice to her death. This could be considered the exciting point of an air combat map.

Many viewers felt that the battle ended too quickly, and many complaints flooded the screen: “Shen He took advantage of the terrain, this win is a disgrace!”

“There are too many unexpected factors in the air combat map. Sister He Yue was pitted by Shen He’s puppet!”

“Shen He is only opportunistic. He definitely can’t beat He Yue in direct combat!”

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Seeing these comments, Ye Chao snorted, retaliating with his poisonous tongue. “Isn’t it interesting for the newcomer to defeat the expert? The main draw of the competition lies in its uncertain ending. Otherwise, the league would just rank players by strength and send out trophies. Why host a competition otherwise?”

The audience sent a row of ellipses.

Liang Ru was forced to mediate. “Everyone has a point. He Yue has played for several years, and she is Frost Moon’s vice captain. With her rich experience, He Yue is indeed stronger than the newcomer Shen He, but in a competition, the expert may lose, and the weak may rely on skills to win. This is the highlight of competitive events. Anything can happen in the arena.”

“Well said,” Ye Chao agreed. “To all you male otakus out there, don’t scold Shen He any more. Even if you send ten thousand angry comments, goddess He Yue won’t notice you.”

Male otakus: “…” This explanation was really annoying. Why did he have to say it so bluntly?

Liang Ru smiled and changed the topic. “Today’s match might only be the first group match between Shen He and He Yue, but it could very well determine the group qualifying list. After all, this group also has Nie Yuzhu, a high-level BOSS. The winner of this match will qualify if they win another match. If they lose this match, even if they beat Cheng Yuqing, a loss against Nie Yuzhu means being unable to get into the top two, so they still can’t qualify.”

“Yes,” Ye Chao agreed, “the third match will be very important. I hope both players can play at their own level. Let’s continue to watch the game.”

***

The third match would begin shortly. Because the score was tied at 1:1, the map for the third game would be randomly chosen by the system.

All the maps available in the competition began to scroll rapidly across the big screen. After the referee called for a stop, the chosen map was displayed to everyone—— Bamboo Forest Trail.

The moment the map appeared, Qin Mo felt a little relieved, and couldn’t help but lean over to whisper in Xiao Han’s ear. “This map is advantageous for Xiao He.”

Xiao Han nodded in agreement. “Xuanbing Palace’s whip can’t roll over obstacles, so He Yue’s ‘Cloud-Destroying Wind’ skill will be ineffective on this map.”

The skill Cloud-Destroying Wind involved throwing the long whip out, tangling up the target and throwing them to a designated position. The map Bamboo Forest Trail was filled with many bamboo trees, however, the long whip couldn’t penetrate the bamboo, preventing the target from being thrown. Thus, the random map chosen by the system could be regarded as a map that disabled He Yue’s skill.

But in fact, as long as it was not a swamp map, an air combat map, a water combat map or some other terrain that seriously impacted the results, He Yue didn’t need to roll people with her whip, and could still deal high damage with other skills.

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The third game began shortly. Both players were loaded onto the map, each in their own corner of the bamboo forest.

Shen He summoned a mechanical blood cow at the beginning of the game to run with him, wanting to let the blood cow block a wave of injury. Moreover, he was smart enough to make the blood cow trot after him. This way, if she met him head on, He Yue might not be able to see the pet hidden behind his summoner.

Seeing this scene, the audience could not help but to send many laughing comments. “This Q version of Xiao He’s blood cow is so good, hahaha!”

“The pet summoned by little shota is also a smaller version of the regular summoner’s pet!”

“This is the mini version of the cow! He also has a mini version of a rat, a snake and a pony!”

Neither commentator could bear to look at the calf obediently following behind its master… This Shen He was simply here to make people laugh.

The laughter stopped soon enough. Shen He and He Yue began to fight fiercely the moment they met in the middle of the bamboo forest. The white whip in He Yue’s hand was immediately thrown out in a straight line, hitting Drunken River’s throat with all the force of an arrow, triggering the ‘Ice Soul’ freezing effect that only had a 30% probability of activation!

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The summoner was frozen in place, unable to move for a single second.

He Yue immediately detoured to the side, waving the whip in her hand continuously—— Gale Whip, Shadowless Whip!

This set of combo skills killed the summoner’s blood cow directly!

The freezing effect on Drunken River ended, and Shen He immediately controlled his summoner to jump away quickly with qinggong!

Sure enough, the whip in the hands of What Year Is It Today was decisively swung again, flying straight forward like a snake spirit aimed for the summoner’s back. Just as the audience thought Shen He would be frozen again, a chariot suddenly appeared behind him, causing the whip to hit the mechanical chariot!

As a result, the chariot withstood this wave of freezing for its master, buying Shen He time to run away.

“Beautiful!” Ye Chao praised. “Using a pet to dodge the opponent’s directional control skills was god Mo’s most frequently used operation back then! Shen He has learned 80% of his master’s skills!”