Chapter 194 - Transition Chapter

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“Everyone already knows this,” Chu Jianxin sighed. “What else is there?”

“Why don’t we wait for Su Cheng’s tactics first?” Sang Jun smiled. “As Ye Chenxi’s apprentice, captain Su is no doubt a blackened character, and will certainly come up with a surprising new countermeasure.” ZBhzFr

“Do you think that Twin Stars’ next match will be against Su Xie?” Chu Jianxin asked.

Sang Jun shrugged. “I hope that that the Twin Stars will fight against Su Xie.”

Chu Jianxin: “Why?”

Sang Jun: “So that we will have more references for future competitions.” Ikb0li

Chu Jianxin was stunned for a few moments, before he burst into laughter. “You’re willing to sacrifice a friend for your own interests. If Su Cheng and Xie Changming test the BOSS first, you can come up with a better method later, right? You’re quite quick-witted.”

Sang Jun: “You really are like a roundworm in my stomach.”

Chu Jianxin: “Don’t be so disgusting, alright? In fact, you should have said that I am your soulmate.”

Sang Jun: “Don’t you feel sick calling me ‘Sangsang’ all day?” 8eYRhV

Chu Jianxin: “But it shows how close we are!”

Sang Jun: “Hearing you address me like that every day really makes me lose my appetite.”

Chu Jianxin was surprised. “Decreased appetite? It shouldn’t be- do you actually have one?”

Sang Jun smiled. “It’s a son. Are you willing to recognise him?” KIsTqk

Chu Jianxin: “Oh, I’m so happy to be a father so quickly! Let’s give our son a name. How about Chu Xiaosang?”

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The name ‘Dynasty’ had a domineering air, but captain Chu Jianxin did not have the same style. Perhaps it was because of his unreliable master that he developed such a humourous, easy-going character over the years. Lin Yao constantly felt that their team shouldn’t be called ‘Dynasty team’, but instead ‘Kindergarten team’.

Compared with their silly captain Chu, vice-captain Sang was a lot more reliable.

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Lin Yao changed the topic boldly. “Vice-captain, in this match between Qiu Yuan and Lin Song, who do you think will win?”

Sang Jun’s reply was confident. “Qiu Yuan.” UkZrAB

Lin Yao nodded. “Understood. I can be at ease about my bet now.”

Facts proved that Sang Jun’s prediction was not incorrect. Lin Shuangcheng was a strong player, but Song Changdong’s personal strength could not be compared to the league’s top players for now. Their cooperation, when compared with Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi who were able to cooperate with each other very well, was still lacking. In the end, the short sword-longsword combination fell under the dual summoners.

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After the match between group B and group F was the match between group C and group G. cpX3CM

The two newcomers, Su Cheng and Xie Changming, faced the professional players from Frost Moon, Pang Jia and Rong Haibin. While Su Xie lacked competition experience when compared to their opponents, the combination of Pang Rong was a double melee combination with a meat shield and an assassin. Being forcibly controlled by Su Xie from the start, Frost Moon’s pair played very passively, and were defeated with a score of 1:2 in the end.

In the other group, Li Junru and An Ling’s double long-ranged poisoner faced off against Whisper’s black umbrella pair, winning with a score of 2:1.

The results of both games were as Li Muran predicted.

Seeing this, Qin Mo couldn’t help but offer praise. “Muran, your analysis was completely correct.” 6jpmJ8

“That’s because there weren’t many accidents in these two games,” Li Muran replied calmly. “Both sides played normally.”

Qin Mo nodded. “Up next will be the lottery results.”

According to the rules, the winner of the match between group B and group F would meet the winner of group C and group G. In other words, Qiu Yuan and Han Mo from the upper bracket would meet Su Xie and Li An from the lower bracket, with the specific matchups being determined by a lottery.

“Xiao Mo, who do you want to face?” Xiao Han questioned. TPhzsE

“I hope it’s Su Cheng,” Qin Mo mused. “I don’t want to face the girls from National Grace.”

After all, the bosses of the National Grace club were their masters. In addition, Qin Mo didn’t have the chance to face Su Cheng in the individual competition, and he very much wanted to find out the true tactical strength of Ye Chenxi’s successor.

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The day’s matches ended relatively quickly. With the conclusion of the match between group D and group H, the list of the top 8 pairs were released. GC596s

Chen Jiang + He Yue, Chu Jianxin + Sang Jun, Qiu Zongping + Yuan Xi, Qin Mo + Xiao Han, Su Cheng + Xie Changming, An Ling + Li Junru, Nie Yuzhu + Jing Yang, Lin Yao + Wen Hua.

The fact that Dynasty were able to occupy two slots in the top 8 pairs proved their overall strength. After Lin Yao’s true potential was developed, his strength was comparable to several of the league’s first-class players, which proved his worth as the player Qin Mo had been the most optimistic about before his retirement. Without Fire had been as unlucky as Mojue, and in the top 16, Nie Yuzhu and Jing Yang had to face Zhou Yanbing and Xu You. As a result, one pair had to be eliminated, and only one pair could enter the top 8.

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The system randomised the matchups between the top 8 according to the rules, and the pairings were soon displayed on the screen.

For the eight-to-four matches tomorrow, Chen Jiang and He Yue would face Lin Yao and Wen Hua in the morning, followed by Xiao Han and Qin Mo against Su Cheng and Xie Changming. In the afternoon would be Chu Jianxin and Sang Jun against Nie Yuzhu and Jing Yang, followed by Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi against Li Junru and An Ling. 7Ds 31

After everyone returned to the hotel, Qin Mo and Xiao Han holed up in their room to study possible countermeasures.

In order to understand Su Cheng’s tactical ideas, one must first understand his master, Ye Chenxi—— Qin Mo’s understanding of this expert senior was very shallow, but ever since Su Cheng’s identity was exposed, Qin Mo had devoted some time to finding information about his master in preparation for this day.

As the apprentice of one of Dragon Song’s first founders, Lan Weiran, Ye Chenxi and the Dragon Song club had a close relationship. Although they were master and apprentice, their styles could not be more different.

Back then, the players of the Falling Flowers team led by Ye Chenxi were not strong, but they were able to repeatedly repel stronger enemies. The Shanghai stage which was Falling Flower’s home court became a nightmare for many. Falling Flowers reigned at home, raising rumours of a “home court curse”, and even the vigorous Dragon Song led by Liu Chuan had to admit defeat at the hands of Ye Chenxi. Z Dyc4

Since Ye Chenxi taught Su Cheng tactics, Qin Mo had to prepare for the worst when it came to Su Cheng’s home game.

Ye Chenxi’s signature skill was to control the enemy in a roundabout manner. He rarely confronted people head on, because his personality did not conform with such a style—— he prefered to control the field from a distance, taking over the rhythm of the game, before slowly closing the trap around his opponents. This was the basic idea of his tactical layout.

Stepping into his home court was like stepping into a field of cotton; it was extremely difficult to move. However, within the cotton were countless needles. He followed the principle of using ‘soft’ to overcome ‘hard’; no matter how strong the opponent, in this sort of long protracted war of attrition, they would eventually get tired and reveal some flaws, allowing Ye Chenxi to seize the opportunity.

How much had Su Cheng learnt from Ye Chenxi? This was what Qin Mo had been unable to determine. DIPMhE

In the individual competition, Xiao Han won all the way to the finals, except for one game on Su Cheng’s home map in the group stage. Qin Mo was extremely wary about this.

If it weren’t for guest commentator Qin Ye who accidentally identified Su Cheng’s origins, Su Cheng would have been the darkest horse in the Peerless Jianghu professional alliance. Because his Interlude team was comprised of folk experts, who did not have a career or background with a club, everyone would affirm Su Cheng’s personal strength, but not set up a defense against him. This would make it convenient for him to keep a low profile with a gentle and harmless image, learning from the other expert teams as they clashed with one another, which was a good way to improve his tactical literacy.

Qin Mo was still unable to figure out much about Su Cheng.

Just as he was thinking about countermeasures for tomorrow’s game, the screen of his mobile phone suddenly lit up—— there was a new message in the group Lin Shuangcheng had built before. I79lfX

Xie Changming: “@everyone We’ll be facing the big BOSS Twin Stars tomorrow, asking everyone for a strategy~”

Xie Changming has sent a red packet.

Lin Shuangcheng: “The chaos secret book Tall Mountains Flowing Waters can cause the two BOSSes to fight each other, take it away!”

Chu Jianxin: “You can try the anti-injury secret book ‘Immovable Mountain’.” w XHWB

Nie Yuzhu: “‘Pivoting Heart Mantra’ is a team heal, after being beaten, you can add blood to yourself.”

Chen Jiang: “When BOSS Qin tries to control the field, remember to solve his control. ‘Clear Heart Mantra’ is a suitable option.”

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Sang Jun: “If both BOSSes have been aggroed and the firepower is too strong, there is only one way.”

Xie Changming: “What is it?” JwiqTZ

Sang Jun: “Run away ^_^”

Xie Changming: “Teach me!”

Qin Mo: “…”

Openly discussing ways to deal with Twin Stars in a group chat; this group of people really were bored. WarVbF

Qin Mo decided to grab a red packet before muting the group, once again concentrating on the game footage.

After carefully watching the match between Su Cheng and Xiao Han in the group stage of the individual competition, an idea seemed to come to him. Thus, he called Xiao Han over to discuss possible countermeasures for tomorrow.

No matter what, with him and Xiao Han joining forces, this game had to be won.

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