Glory [e-sports]

Wei Xiao glanced at Bai Cai out of the corner of his eyes and the corners of his lips curved up slightly.

Y1 had indeed shown FTW a new way of playing that was different from their own, but FTW might not necessarily be able to emulate it.

There was no need to avoid fighting as a support soul warlock. It could still be played well before level 6 when paired with a full on assault line-up.

This was especially the case when they were against Pro, who needed to develop in the early stages. They became even more unscrupulous as they took control of the jungle zones, the lane soldiers, the dragon… their rhythm was steady, and they took full advantage, snowballing their momentum.

Pro had already retreated again and again, and they had no other way to go.

However, they continued to endure it. Li Heran said, “Wait.”

They could only wait, and they had to wait. This was only the beginning, and they still hadn’t reached level six yet. Y1 was bound to become even fiercer in the mid-stage of the game after level six.

While Pro was only a late stage line-up.

This one-sided situation made the audience anxious, and the audience in the live broadcast studio who were looking forward to Pro winning the match started to curse and swear. “Pro, are you guys capable or not?! Even if you can’t win, don’t lose so miserably!”

“Getting crappier year by year. Just retire when you get old. Don’t just occupy the toilet without taking a crap.”

“Pro’s ending is already set in stone. Just wait and watch them try to act miserable.”

“If you have a wrist injury, then switch out. Does Pro only have one support player?”

There were always malicious people who didn’t know anything but would still recklessly spread their hate across the internet.

After level 6 came Y1’s true period of strength. Let alone the audience at the scene; even Wei Xiao, who was watching the live broadcast, forgot to blink as he watched.

For Y1 to dare to take this line-up meant that Yan Jiang was able to use all the talents present with skill.

But they were still left shocked and speechless when they actually saw it for themselves.

The death knight, immortal warlock, berserker thief, storm hunter.

Four positions, four sets of skills. Not to mention the ‘special skills’ that came with combos.

Yan Jiang had always been the support player in a team, and he showed this point vividly and in full during this match.

The domestic fans had all been shouting in excitement after watching Wei Xiao’s soul warlock: The game developers were amazing, and they’d developed a wonderful talent for their little lunatic!

Now, the fans understood: The game developers were really amazing, but this talent might not have been tailor-made for Wei Xiao…

The audience at the scene was dazzled and overwhelmed. They’d long forgotten about winning or losing or which one would be the best outcome for their local competition zone. They only had time to watch the special effects and scream, and they only wanted to see all the ways in which the soul warlock could be played.

Thousand layers of clouds, stepping on raindrops, two scythes, operations completed with care and accuracy…

The soul warlock played out lane control to the extreme, and Pro was gradually pushed back. After the outer towers were all broken down, their entire jungle zone also became fully occupied by the enemy.

Those who understood more about the game could see that although Pro was losing ground, the gold hunter’s farm wasn’t low at all!

Regardless of how they had to give up defense towers and the ancient creature, and how their jungle zones were invaded again and again, Pro was still able to distribute their economy in a reasonable manner and maximize their interests.

As long as Kim Sung-hyun’s farm and equipment was able to keep up, they would still be able to fight.

The game progressed to the 27th, 28th minute. At a time when many people were yelling for Y1 to hurry up and finish the game, Pro decided to fight back!

It was a round of direct confrontation. Everyone had originally thought that it was the final battle, but unexpectedly, Kim Sung-hyun stood back up again after dying once, stepping on his teammate’s bodies as he slaughtered out a path of blood.

Double kill.

Triple kill.

Quadrakill!

Of the ten people in the arena, eight of them fell, leaving only Kim Sung-hyun and Y1’s mid-lane Quas alive.

Quas had used up all his skills and only had a sliver of health left. He naturally didn’t dare to come forward and confront Kim Sung-hyun.

Kim Sung-hyun also wasn’t obsessed with killing; he immediately turned to start snatching up resources without saying a word, taking as much as he could and starting with the resources that belonged to the other side. He would move on to take his own side’s resources after his team revived.

After dismantling the vision traps, there was only about thirty to forty seconds before everyone resurrected. He really wanted to use it to make up for the previous thirty minutes.

Of course, this was very difficult…

The gap in farm was still there, and it was impossible to make up for it all through a single wave of group fights.

However, Pro’s indomitable spirit inspired the audience. They had such disadvantages and were faced with such adversity, but they were still able to play out a glimmer of hope!

The voices scolding them died out, and those who wanted to see Pro turn the tables began to wave their flags and shout.

Pro was really trying hard. They had gritted their teeth and held on against the strong winds that buffeted them in the early stages because as long as Kim Sung-hyun could stay alive in the later stage group fights, he definitely wouldn’t leave anyone disappointed.

There would always be a chance to deal out DPS, and there would always be an opportunity to deal the most explosive damage. It was at this moment that the spear and shield reversed their trends.

The attackers were forced into defending.

The defenders began to attack.

Everyone watched as the gap in farm began to even out, and the battles became increasingly intense!

This was the kind of scene that should appear when strong teams fought against each other, and this was the style that the world’s top giants should have. This was a life and death duel between the Team of Gods.

There was no absolute strength, only a continuous upward climb!

There were peaks above the peaks.

The climb upwards never stopped!

Wei Xiao’s expression grew even more eager as he watched Pro fight back.

Brother Cai’s eyes were huge. “Pro might really win…”

If Pro could win this match, it would definitely boost their momentum and they might even be able to win the second match.

Not only was being able to reverse the game situation when faced with adversity a great inspiration to the victorious side, it was also a terrible blow to the losing team.

The mentality of losing in a match where they were at a disadvantage was very different from winning a game where things were going smoothly.

It was normal for continuous losses to happen once a team’s mentality collapsed.

Could it be that Y1…

Lu Feng: “This is the drawback to a soul warlock system.”

Wei Xiao nodded repeatedly. “Right!”

When FTW had played against IN previously, the other side had been too crappy. Although they’d sensed the problems inherent in this line-up system, they hadn’t been exposed so clearly.

In this match, Y1 was fighting Pro, and everything was completely laid out in the open.

If they’d been up against a weak team, or even any team that wasn’t as tough as Pro, then Y1 would’ve ended the match a long time ago.

But when faced with Pro, a team who was used to playing in the late stages of the game and who were also used to winning as long as they played stably and dragged the match to the late stage group fights, then Y1 would be left in an awkward situation.

The game developers would never make a talent that couldn’t be countered.

The soul warlock’s advantages and disadvantages were obvious.

As a support talent, it could infinitely improve the team’s DPS ability, but it had almost no ability that assisted in group fights.

It was an average tank and had no heals. The shield that it could give was limited to the player, and its control skill could only be used on a single player. Even when it came to improving DPS, it could only improve the DPS of one other player at a time.

It was a lane bully in the early stages, and could play out crushing advantages in 2v2 or even 3v3 fights, but it was unable to hold up when faced with a 5v5 fight.

So how exactly could they compensate for this shortcoming?

Wei Xiao waited to see Y1’s answer.

There was no doubting that Pro had caught up!

Taking advantage of the indestructible elemental shaman, the gold hunter led Pro to win two waves of group fights, pushing down Y1’s second mid lane tower and snatching up farm until they pulled even.

Pro could beat Y1 in team fights even if their farm was at a disadvantage; afterall, if they managed to attain the same farm, there would have been no way that Pro could be destroyed by Y1 in team fights?

Brother Cai was excited. “Laozi’s going to win!”

He’d even gotten this bet right; he really lived up to his name as a lucky vegetable!

Unfortunately, both the audience and Brother Vegetable had started celebrating too early.

Yan Jiang showed Wei Xiao the answer.

When dealing with the soul warlock who was unable to start up group fights in the later stages, what needed to be done wasn’t to retreat, but to strike with precision.

Two scythe’s waved out of the crowd of players and hit Kim Sung-hyun!

Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran reacted very quickly. One used flash while the other created an acceleration totem while simultaneously setting up a shield over the gold hunter.

However, the double scythes were only a cover. The immortal warlock that had been blocked towards the rear had already risked his life to charge into the enemy camp. Thousand layers of clouds fell from the sky, and Kim Sung-hyun sucked in a breath, then took advantage of both the shield and having his teammates there to share the damage to take down the immortal warlock with two arrows.

Y1 was one man down. Were they going to lose the team fight?

The soul warlock had already switched its attachment to another player. The storm hunter stepped on raindrops and shot out rain arrows. Two consecutive critical hits pierced through two raindrops, strengthening the attack value again and turning the arrow into a dazzling dark blue color.

The darker the color of the rain arrow, the higher the damage it would deal. Kim Sung-hyun wouldn’t be able to live on for long if he was hit by this double strengthened arrow!

Li Heran used up all of his health to create a resurrection totem, placing it over Kim Sung-hyun’s head.

Kim Sung-hyun held still and didn’t move, making use of the time to deal DPS.

The rain arrow landed and emptied out Kim Sung-hyun’s health. Two seconds later, the resurrection totem kicked in and he stood back up again.

Golden light arrows flew out, and the storm hunter watched as he was about to die in mid air. Just then, the soul warlock’s shield lit up and took most of the damage, allowing the storm hunter’s skills to fill up the canyon once again.

It was exactly the same without any difference at all. The deadly arrow from before was on its way again!

Stepping on raindrops was an extreme play, and piercing raindrops was the extreme limit of this extreme play.

However, the soul warlock that was attached to the storm hunter managed to achieve all of it, maximizing the damage and creating an attack with a 100% critical hit chance. If this landed on Kim Sung-hyun’s head, what would he have left to use to prolong his life?

The resurrection armor had been used up.

His invincibility skill was on cooldown.

Kim Sung-hyun bit down on his thin lips and executed an extreme positioning movement, causing the angle of the rain arrow to deviate by a quarter.

This micro operation made those who had sharp eyes feel their scalps go numb, but there was no way for him to turn the tables.

Even with this angle deviation, the rain arrow was enough to take down half of the gold hunter’s health.

The spillover damage landed in the canyon, leaving behind a pool of bright red blood.

The gold hunter turned into a streak of golden light, and the mourning phoenix announced Pro’s defeat.