Chapter 665 – Semifinals (2/2)
Ruthlessly denying him even the time to use a potion, the sword penetrated through his body for a successful long range kill.
1:0! Even without Fang Ge Que, the two of them are no threat before Enchanted Painting. In order to chase him down, the duo basically burned through all of their important skills’ cooldowns.And after being baptized by a rotation of spells in exchange, they had to pop their potions as well. In a situation where both skills and potions were on cooldown, the almost crippled duo were just sitting ducks for her who was still in excellent condition
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Still, Q-Sword and Tang Qi’s co-operative strategy has left the viewers delighted. The general gamer populace rarely ever get to see the godlike Fang Ge Que get wasted like this. Outside of major competitions like this [Hero’s Wings Cup], where all the best players congregated to duke it out, scenarios where Fang Ge Que loses almost never happen. Furthermore, when the top tier experts compete, their extraordinary ability to predict and calculate the battle flow are a sight for sore eyes. This type of combat was simply just too uncommon.
2V2 Round 2! The Q-Sword pair changed their strategy once more. Tang Qi used [Hexagram] to force Fang Ge Que into retreating to a distance before quickly using [Perspective] and [Bloom Again] to aid Q-Sword against Enchanted Painting. They managed to take her down but only while under Fang Ge Que’s unceasing attacks. The instant she died, Q-Sword found himself locked down by a [Spiral Ice Dance] and subsequently, a rotation of spells takes him out. Fang Ge Que immediately used 2 [Dimension Leap] in succession to evade Tang Qi. After 12 seconds for his cooldowns, he effortlessly dispatched Tang Qi. Even though Tang Qi was an acknowledged ‘dark horse’ with a degree of reputation in the last hottest VMMO ‘Conquest’, pitting him against Fang Ge Que certainly put all that in suspicions.
2:2, Team [Legend] evened it out once more. The last match will determine who will advance.
Final match: 5V5. Team [Hero's Mound], through a brilliant display of Q-Sword’s skill, snatched one round but ultimately lost to Team [Legend] in a 1:2 reversal. With a 2:3 result, [Legend] moves on to the finals. [Hero's Mound]’s run ends here with this unfortunately matchup.
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“It’s finally over……”
Mu Xuan took a drink from her coffee, and turned with a grim look towards the screen: “[Legend]’s lineup is just ridiculous. For [Hero's Mound] to push them this far is already incredible enough….. Any other team would probably just get 5:0’d……”
I stood up: “Well, there’s still us……”
“Mm-hmm” Wan Er and Qing Qian also stood up, backpacks in hand.
Soon, Q-Sword and Fang Ge Que and the rest came out of their booths. And the [Zhan Long] and [Vanguard] teams took their place onstage. I consulted with Wan Er a bit over our lineup. A few minutes later, both team’ formations are displayed on the wide-screen broadcast.
1V1：Cang Yue LV-117 Mage VS Jian Feng Han LV-117 Swordsman
1V1：Cang Tong LV-117 Ascended Hermit VS Simple is Best LV-117 Mage
1V1：Xiao Yao Zi Zai LV-119 Dragon City Knight VS Fallen Wolf LV-115 Berserker
2V2： Cang Tong LV-117 Ascended Hermit VS Simple is Best LV-117 Mage
Xiao Yao Zi Zai LV-119 Dragon City Knight Jian Feng Han LV-117 Swordsman
5V5：ALL VS ALL
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Seeing the matchup, I felt a disappointed glumness: “I...missed Jian Feng Han… Wonder if Dong Cheng can handle him…?”
Dong Cheng slightly smiled: “Don’t worry, I’ll give it my all!”
“Mm-hmm”
We headed into the booth and before long, all of us appeared in the arena grounds.
Whoosh!
At the stageside, we could see Dong Cheng and Jian Feng Han already facing off against each other, waiting on the countdown.
3!
2!
1!
Right at the start, Jian Feng Han rushed straight ahead. The Wings of Freedom suddenly spread out behind him as he leapt at Dong Cheng. This is what worried me most. The current him could simply ignore the limits that the game placed on melee class positioning mechanics. As Dong Cheng watched his incoming aerial attack, a brief killing intent glimmered in her eyes. Raising her arm, she simultaneously cast [Thunderbolt Finger]+[Pillars of Fire and Ice]!
Bang!Bang!
Met with an attack while airborne, Jian Feng Han immediately starts falling and switches to use [Through the Cloud Slash] for a ranged assault!
Whoosh!
Dong Cheng dodged with her first [Dimension Leap] and, her staff in action, greeted him with a [Magma Lance]. Jian Feng Han’s hp was being consumed at a rather quick pace.
Just as his hp dropped to to about 25%, the bottom of her staff slammed the ground. Large scale spell - [Flame Beast Burstraid]!
While she’s working on setting him as the target, Jian Feng Han does a sudden [Assault] towards her. When the distance shortened to around 7 meters, he let out a deep howl that immediately expands outward like a shockwave.
[Force of the Primordial Spirit]! SS-rank skill - Impacts and stuns targets within 10 meters.
It’s already bad enough that Dong Cheng got stunned but her opponent is Jian Feng Han, known for his vicious techniques. [Corrupt Wolf Edge]+[Combo]+S-rank combo! A string of skills dispatched our best mage in an instant.