Chapter 566 (1/2)
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I rubbed my eyes in disbelief as I stared at the score on the screen. A bit of bitterness leaked into my voice as I muttered, ”Is it over…”
To think that I didn't even get the chance to fight my match...
Gui Guzi clenched his fists tightly. High Fighting Spirits punched the wall beside him. Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun was clenching his teeth in hatred, but couldn't find a place to vent his emotions.
I could see the deep regret etched onto Chaos Moon's features as she walked out of the battle room. Before she could say anything, I said, ”It's not your fault. Lin Bing Dou Zhe was far stronger than we thought, and we had all underestimated him. It wasn't an undeserved loss…”
”Mn.”
Chaos Moon nodded, but her eyes were full of sadness.
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It was at this moment Warsky walked up the stage with a mic and a hearty chuckle, ”Thank you for cheering for us, everyone. This friendly match had been most interesting, and on behalf of the Pepsi e-sports club I would like to thank everyone for your support. Besides that…”
He looked at me and said, ”I hope that the vice leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand will honor his promise. If a new territory appears in Sky City, they must stay away from it and not contest for it!”
I replied solemnly, ”Don't worry. My word is my bond!”
”Good, you really are the 7th-place CGL Hall of Famer, hahaha! Thank you for your generosity; the third territory of Sky City is ours for sure!”
I gritted my teeth, but didn't know what to say.
It was at this moment Laughing At The Heavens chuckled. ”You have Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand and Beiming Xue, but you still lost. Is this all Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls got? Candle Dragon must've been dreaming when they lost to you at the Nine Lost Dragon Domains. What a joke…”
”Shut up, Heavens!” Warsky abruptly looked back and growled at his player.
Our nerves were already fragile in the first place, and the provocation snapped it completely. Gui Guzi pointed straight at Laughing At The Heavens and shouted, ”Who do you think you are, Laughing At The Heavens? You have no right to talk down on Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls! The CGL Hall of Fame committee must be blind to include trash like you in their ranking when there are at least seventy people at your level in Sky City!”
I hurriedly stopped him. ”Are you trying to kill your own reputation, Little Gui? There are a ton of media people here!”
Gui Guzi clenched his fists and forcefully swallowed his anger.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Some of the cameras had to have captured the hostile exchange. In the end, the ”friendly” match had become decidedly unfriendly.
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Suddenly, a man with a dirty face and a bag behind his back burst through the entrance. He looked at us and shouted from afar, ”How did it go? What is the result?”
The man was none other than Li Chengfeng. Heaven knows how many red lights he ran through to get here this quickly. When he saw the score on the screen, he let out a shout of anger and disbelief, ”We lost? How is this possible?”
I gave him a nod. ”We lost.”
Li Chengfeng ran up the stage. ”But you and Beiming Xue are here. How on earth did we lose this?”
I replied, ”We lost a lot of rounds at the beginning, so the match was over before I even got to partic.i.p.ate…”
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It was at this moment Warsky said with a smile, ”You are too late, dragon warrior. The match is over. That being said, it was still a pleasant spar, wasn't it? Hehe!”
”Pleasant your sister!”
Li Chengfeng abruptly turned toward Warsky and pointed a finger at him. ”Warsky, I challenge your guild to a KOTH match right now! Do you dare to accept my challenge? If you don't then f.u.c.k off back to where you came from! This isn't the place for second-rate guilds like you to embarra.s.s yourselves!”
Caught off-guard and angered by Li Chengfeng's provocation, Warsky retorted, ”Li Chengfeng, that is uncalled for! If you want a KOTH, then a KOTH is what you'll get! Warsky Alliance isn't afraid of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls! We will both send five players to battle, but if you lose I want you to kneel on the ground and apologize to my guild! Do you dare to accept this?”
Li Chengfeng raised his eyebrows and replied arrogantly, ”Why would I not?”
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Most of the audience thought that the match was over, and they were about to withdraw from the venue after getting their free mineral water bottle. No one was expecting Li Chengfeng to start a bloodbath the moment he arrived.
The KOTH match format was a pretty cla.s.sic PvP format. Each side sends one player to the stage, and the winner of the fight stays behind to fight the next challenger. The team of the last man standing would become the winner of the match. Unlike most match formats, the KOTH match format was way more biased toward an individual's strength. It was entirely possible for an ace player to solo the entire enemy team by themselves!
It was why people said that KOTH matches were where heroes were born. It was always exciting to watch a single player sweeping the entire team by themselves!
The reason Warsky requested a five-player limit was to remove their weakest player, Hundred Battler, from the equation. Everyone else in the team was an incredible player in their own right, not to mention that Lin Bing Dou Zhe's strength was mostly a mystery to all of us. He was probably the main reason why Warsky had dared to answer the challenge.
Li Chengfeng said with a growl, ”Warsky, as mentioned earlier, I will kneel to you and say 'I'm sorry, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is inferior to Warsky Alliance' if we lose. But if you lose, I want you to kneel on the ground and say, 'I'm sorry, Warsky Alliance is inferior to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' as well! You're not going to chicken out, are you?”
Warsky replied with explosive anger, ”Like h.e.l.l! If you want a fight, I'll give you one!”
Beneath the stage, the crowd was positively exploding with excitement. Well, it was understandable. The friendly match had turned into personal attacks after all.
Warsky was counting on Farewell Song and Lin Bing Dou Zhe to carry his guild to victory, whereas Li Chengfeng was counting on me.