Chapter 3 The Third Round Begins

At midnight on March 25th, the third round of the Peak Brawl S3 began.

A total of 6,677 teams participated in this round. Because the number of teams was still odd, one team would again advance by getting a bye this round. The remaining 6,676 teams would have to fight to decide who would stay and who would go.

[Hell Front]’s opponent this round was the [Fireball Cult] team, another team composed of casual players. Judging from the recordings of the first two rounds, [Fireball Cult]'s strength was actually not as strong as [Controversy Alliance]. Therefore, Feng Bujue arranged the same lineup as the previous match, once again quickly sweeping the opponent with a score of three to zero, and then he went back to the conference room with everyone to watch the live broadcast.

Jue-Ge and the others were quite interested in the two focus battles tonight, especially the [Red Cherry] vs [Gates of Heaven] match... For Xu Huai Shang, who had just left [Red Cherry] not long ago, there were many things worth observing.

However, they didn't expect that when they turned on the broadcast of the match, what they saw was…

"What? It's already two to zero?" Xu Huai Shang couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the score and the battle situation on the broadcast interface.

"Hmm… let me see…" Feng Bujue was also looking at the screen, muttering, "In the first match, [Iron Begonia]'s singles, lost in one minute and twelve seconds… The second match, [Blood Rose] and [Hyacinth]'s doubles, actually only lasted forty seconds…" He shrugged and gave a dry laugh. "Heh… looks like if we had come a few minutes later, we wouldn't have to watch the live broadcast, we could just watch the recording."

"If I remember correctly…" the next second, Ruo Yu thoughtfully interjected, "[Iron Begonia]'s main specialization is machinery and shooting. Under this rule with thirty seconds of preparation time, her specialization combination should have a significant advantage…"

"And the summoning-type [Blood Rose], plus [Hyacinth]'s support combination, shouldn't be so easy to kill either…" Xiao Ling also said.

"However…" Feng Bujue took over, "Regardless of how it is in theory, the actual situation now is… they have already lost, and they were both resolved in a very short time. Since you think their strength is not bad, then there is only one conclusion left—the opponent is too strong."

Just as they were talking, on the battlefield, the [Red Cherry] member who was fighting in the "Lieutenant General Battle" was already in a huge crisis.

Her ID was [Zhi Ziyi], and she was the new ace that Red Cherry Studio was focusing on cultivating, that is… the successor to Xu Huai Shang, as decided by Red Cherry.

Xu Huai Shang was quite familiar with this junior, and the two had worked together for quite a long time. Xu Huai Shang could be said to have watched this little junior sister grow from a novice who didn't understand anything to a main force in the studio.

However, not long after Zhi Ziyi became a main force, Xu Huai Shang was "snowed" by the studio due to some "mistakes" in the S2 competition. After that, the two did not team up for instances for a long time. Therefore, Xu Huai Shang's impression of this new ace still remained several months ago.

Now, watching the little junior sister on the field being gradually forced into a desperate situation by her opponent, Xu Huai Shang's assessment was: "Compared to when I left, Ziyi has obviously improved a lot and has grown into an expert who can stand alone." She paused for half a second. "The problem lies with her opponent…" At this point, the goddess Xu's expression became very solemn, "... This level of powerhouse, I have never encountered before, and I am seeing his ID for the first time today."

The "powerhouse" she was talking about, his ID was [Michael], and he was the captain of [Gates of Heaven].

This was a player who could be described as "mysterious." In the S1 and S2 competitions, there was no sign of him at all.

Not only him, but his six teammates: [Gabriel], [Uriel], [Raphael], [Raguel], [Saliel], and [Remiel], were all unknown before S3, just like him.

Even the most well-informed people could not find out any information about them… These seven guys with super-first-class strength were like they suddenly appeared before the start of the S3 competition, making them elusive.

"It's almost time to determine the outcome." After another moment, Ruo Yu suddenly spoke, as if predicting what was about to happen.

As a result, in less than five seconds, Zhi Ziyi, who was already at the end of her rope, was killed by Michael and turned into white light…

[Red Cherry], which had entered the top eight in S2, lost in the third round of S3 to a non-professional team that had never participated before and all of whose players were unfamiliar faces. And the most surprising and disturbing thing was… whether it was the final score or the course of the match, it showed that [Gates of Heaven]'s strength was far above [Red Cherry]'s.

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Let's talk about the other focus battle.

Unlike the [Red Cherry] match, the match between [Mountains and Rivers] and [Heaven and Earth], at least from the first match, was evenly matched.

After nearly twenty minutes of fierce fighting, [Mountains and Rivers]'s [Chen Wusuo Ying] defeated [Heaven and Earth]'s [Overlord Removes Armor] with a slight advantage, taking a one-to-zero lead.

At this time, the "mid-game battle" between the two sides had also begun.

[Mountains and Rivers]'s [Ma Guanhua] and [Yun Yun] were facing off against [Heaven and Earth]'s [Detective Buu] and [Old Military Doctor Oubu].

Let's put aside the former for the time being, and talk about Buu and Oubu… In the "Horror Nursery Rhymes" instance, they also teamed up with several members of Hell Front. If you remember, they were all fans of Feng Bujue, and their catchphrase was "As expected of Teacher Jue…"

Although Buu and Oubu were not professional players, but outer members recruited by [Heaven and Earth] in the game, they managed to obtain the opportunity to represent [Heaven and Earth] in the competition as non-professional players, which was enough to show that the strength of these two people… especially their doubles strength… was extraordinary.

At this time, the battle situation on the field was already under the control of these two.

The "fat and thin combination" turned into two phantoms, continuously moving around the enemy at super high speed. Their "charge" speed was extremely astonishing, but their movements were unpredictable. Looking down from the air, the figures of the two drew a series of chaotic geometric figures on the ground, constantly changing and shrinking… compressing the enemy's space.

Buu and Oubu had both played in the previous two rounds, and they used the same tactics.

Enemies who tried to directly break out of their "charge net" from the ground would suffer heavy continuous impacts. Enemies who tried to escape from the air, once they jumped up and became floating, would suffer a combined attack that was even worse than continuous impacts. And those who tried to "break the net" with ranged attacks, facing this seemingly irregular encirclement, often only hit the air… wasting their efforts.