Chapter 566 (2/2)
After the match format and partic.i.p.ants were confirmed, the player order of both sides were displayed on the screen—
Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls: Legendary Brave, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand, Beiming Xue, Chaos Moon, Gui Guzi
Warsky Alliance: Farewell Song, Lin Bing Dou Zhe, October Rain, Laughing At The Heavens, Warsky
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Li Chengfeng and I wrangled with each other for a long time before I finally relented and gave up the first slot. The dragon warrior was clearly angry as h.e.l.l and hoping to enact vengeance upon Warsky Alliance by defeating all five enemy players by himself. Should he fail, I would go next as the central pillar of the team. Gui Guzi was put at the last slot as our last bastion.
Warsky Alliance's player order was just as direct as ours. Farewell Song went first because he was their best player, and he had the skill to sweep five players by himself. Lin Bing Dou Zhe went next because he had unorthodox skills that gave him the ability to act as a sweeper. Warsky was their last bastion. Overall, it was a pretty logical order.
”Let go already!”
Still carrying his bag, Li Chengfeng went into the battle room like he couldn't wait to begin. The dragon warrior was so eager to redeem his team and guild that he couldn't even spare the effort to take a sip of water.
Farewell Song went into the battle room as well. Soon, both players appeared inside the arena.
Both Li Chengfeng and Farewell Song were super top-tier players. None of them had a clear advantage over the other, so victory could go either way. It all depended on who had the better mentality and state at the time.
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Agi couldn't help but smile as he watched Li Chengfeng's back. ”Haha, this Li Chengfeng is quite a hot-blooded guy, isn't he?”
I nodded in agreement. ”That is why I believe that your choice of signing Li Chengfeng is perfect!”
Agi chuckled. ”True, though to be honest you and Beiming Xue were the players we wanted to sign the most. Unfortunately Lenovo got to you first before we could do anything…”
I grinned. ”Let's watch. This one's guaranteed to be an intense and exciting fight.”
”Right!”
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Just as we predicted, Li Chengfeng and Farewell Song fought for five full minutes, pitting the full breadth of their equipment, skill and technique against each other. We saw all sorts of techniques such as aggressive defense, b.u.t.terfly maneuvers, helix maneuvers, combos, knockback-and-recovery and more, and they were all well-timed and controlled. Forget the others who looked like they were fighting the battle themselves, even I was fully engrossed with the match. Both players were incredibly skillful, and I noticed many minute details that I could use to improve my own skills. As a professional player, it was my habit, no, my duty to refine my existing combat skills and tactics and pick up new skills constantly. If I stopped trying, then it was only a matter of time before I rusted and fell behind my compet.i.tors one day.
In the end, Li Chengfeng was able to bait Farewell Song into a bad move and kill him with just 3% left in his health bar. The entire fight had been extremely precarious, but it was beautifully won nonetheless. When Farewell Song finally dropped to his knees, a thunderous applause and cheer erupted from below the stage. Most of the audiences here idolized Li Chengfeng and Gui Guzi, so of course they were pumped up by his amazing victory.
First blood was ours, and the score turned 1-0. Li Chengfeng's HP and MP automatically returned to full as he awaited his next challenger, Lin Bing Dou Zhe!
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Chaos Moon approached me suddenly and said worriedly, ”Lin Bing Dou Zhe's Berserk Fury Strike and Fire Prison of Heaven are incredibly powerful, and we forgot to tell Li Chengfeng about them. I'm worried that…”
I gave her a rea.s.suring smile and replied, ”Don't worry, Li Chengfeng is a top-cla.s.s player, so he has a well-honed sense of crisis. Just wait, Li Chengfeng will find out these skills even without our warning!”
”Mn!”
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The battle had already started while we were chatting with each other. Both players had been circling each other for half a minute and probing each other to find an opening. Li Chengfeng was in the zone right now, and he didn't seem to be in any hurry to rush down the enemy.
However, Lin Bing Dou Zhe couldn't quite suppress his patience. He abruptly charged toward the dragon warrior and kicked off with Barrier Break. He was planning to repeat the same move Chaos Moon had used on him previously!
Swhoos.h.!.+
Li Chengfeng slid to the side and dodged the attack with ease. When he looked back at his opponent, he noticed that flames were surrounding Lin Bing Dou Zhe's sword all of a sudden. The next moment, the flames were just inches away from Li Chengfeng's head. If the hot iron were to hit its target, Li Chengfeng would be shackled and immobilized where he was!
”Heh!”
However, Li Chengfeng saw this coming and rolled on the ground, somehow dodging the Fire Prison of Heaven perfectly. The move looked a bit ugly and hasty, sure, but overall speaking, it was a beautiful dodge!
”Fool!”
Lin Bing Dou Zhe turned pale as Li Chengfeng's voice came from beside him. Li Chengfeng hadn't underestimated his opponent, but Lin Bing Dou Zhe did!
Thud thud thud thud...
The sounds of metal hitting flesh resounded four times in a row. It was Barrier Break and Dragonbone Flurry.
Lin Bing Dou Zhe collapsed to the ground just like that. Just like that, Li Chengfeng had swept two of Warsky Alliance's best players, Farewell Song and Lin Bing Dou Zhe!
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A smile crossed my face as I said, ”Interesting. I wonder if Li Chengfeng will achieve a perfect sweep? If he does, I won't get to partic.i.p.ate again. Am I fated to be just a glorified spectator today?”
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