Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1442 The Value of Desperation
No one had even noticed what had happened.
After all, even from the audience's God's-eye view, it was impossible to clearly show every detail when zooming in. Although everyone generally knew the rhythm of Wei Chen's overall operation, no one really noticed that Lord Grim's sneaky crouching was to cast a spell to summon the magic mirror.
The magic mirror was controlled by the caster and could float in the air.
If the magic mirror accurately blocked some single-target attack skills, it would not only reflect the attack but also protect the caster from harm. However, the magic mirror could not completely defend against area-of-effect attacks like Rain of Chaos. But it would still exert its main reflective effect. As a result, both Suo Ke Sa Er and Lord Grim entered a state of chaos.
Yu Wenzhou, with his meticulous mind, had once again been tricked by Wei Chen. While people were amazed, they were also examining the value of this success.
Under the Rain of Chaos, Lord Grim and Suo Ke Sa Er were temporarily useless.
But what about Lu Hanwen's Flowing Cloud?
He would not be affected by his teammates' skills, and the Trap Net that was immobilizing him was just a low-level thief trap. He would definitely be the first to break free from this control skill.
And then, wouldn't Lord Grim, still in a chaotic state, be completely vulnerable to attack? At this time, Lu Hanwen would probably temporarily put aside the instruction to support Huang Shaotian and take the opportunity to slash Lord Grim wildly.
Wei Chen's response was indeed unexpected, but unexpected did not necessarily mean a perfect result.
"He didn't have any better choices." Li Yibo sighed. "He can only do his best, use every method he can think of to entangle Blue Rain's two players."
Pan Lin was silent. Faced with a veteran who was working so hard, who could bear to comment on his decisions?
If he had faster reactions and faster hand speed, perhaps there would be other, better methods.
Pan Lin and Li Yibo were both very clear about this, but they both tacitly avoided discussing it.
This "if" was too cruel, especially for a veteran. These were things he once possessed, but he gradually lost them, and tragically, he could never get them back.
This kind of scar from the passage of time should not be counted as a failure.
Wei Chen had done his best within his ability, absolutely.
As a Warlock, the very class Yu Wenzhou himself specialized in, he had managed to scheme against Yu Wenzhou twice in the match. No Warlock player had ever done that before. Never in Yu Wenzhou's career. And now, this old general whom everyone might look down on had done it!
For this alone, he had the right to stand on this stage.
For this alone, everyone should understand why Happy had sent him to play.
The smoke quickly dissipated.
Flowing Cloud, locked in by the Trap Net, and Lord Grim and Suo Ke Sa Er, whose operations appeared nonsensical due to the confusion, were still maintaining the effects of the skills on them, like a scene from a stage play.
But this play would eventually end.
As expected, Lu Hanwen's Flowing Cloud was the first to break free from the state, and he immediately rushed towards Lord Grim.
The heavy sword Flame Shadow rose, swung, and fell, drawing a scorching trail.
Lord Grim was still moving randomly. Compared to Suo Ke Sa Er, who stood quietly after realizing he was in a state of chaos, he looked like a ridiculous monkey.
But no one could laugh.
In this state, did he still want to do something?
Seeing this scene, many viewers felt a lump in their throats. Because they knew that Wei Chen could not do anything. Lord Grim would only be cut down by Flowing Cloud's heavy sword, and then, with the support of Yu Wenzhou's Suo Ke Sa Er, without any support, perhaps this wave would directly take him away.
Would the old general, who had finally returned to the field, complete his curtain call in this way?
As the heavy sword Flame Shadow fell, many people didn't want to watch anymore. Just then, a crack suddenly opened in mid-air. In the chaotic nothingness, a black claw quickly stretched out and, with a single grab, actually captured Flowing Cloud, who was using Mountain Crash, into the air.
This was…
Warlock skill: Dark Grasp!
Everyone was stunned.
He had actually used a skill while in a state of chaos?
And the first to react was Yu Wenzhou. He suddenly understood why Lord Grim was still restlessly moving around after being hit by the Arrow of Chaos. Because Wei Chen had been trying all along. He was probably using fixed operations to gamble on whether he could trigger this skill.
Dark Grasp…
Yu Wenzhou carefully thought about the operation format of this skill. Indeed, in a chaotic state, this skill had a relatively high chance of being triggered.
But it was only "relatively high." Yu Wenzhou couldn't calculate the exact probability for a moment. He only knew that it was still a very slim chance.
But Wei Chen did not give up. From that moment on, he had been trying repeatedly, starting over whenever he was disrupted by the chaos. No one knew how many times he had repeated it in this short period of time. All they knew was that he had succeeded. At this most critical moment, Lord Grim chanted and cast Dark Grasp.
Dark Grasp, a forced grab skill. Even a forced skill like Mountain Crash could not resist its judgment. Flowing Cloud was thus snatched away in mid-air by Dark Grasp.
When the audience realized that Wei Chen had used such determination to force out a skill in a state of chaos, tears instantly flew out.
Happy fans knew about Wei Chen's past. But to be honest, no one felt that this guy had the temperament of a captain of a top team. In their opinion, this guy was more like the boss of a small team in an online game.
Having spent those two years in the most rough-and-tumble professional circle, and never abandoning online games afterward, Wei Chen, to be honest, didn't have much of the temperament of a professional player today, let alone the distant aura of a top team.
As an old player who didn't get much playing time, Happy fans liked him very much because he was down-to-earth, like someone who had just disbanded a dungeon team in an online game, taken a few pieces of equipment, and then happily ran to the professional arena to mess around.
Everyone also felt that Happy had recruited Wei Chen just to have an elder at home, to let him pass on his experience to the other rookies. No one thought that he would make any real contribution in the actual matches. On the rare occasions he appeared, everyone felt that this was just Happy giving him a perk, letting him play around, and then everyone would laugh it off.
But now, everyone understood.
No matter how old Wei Chen was, no matter how little professional player temperament he had, he still had the heart of a professional player.
The heart to compete for victory, the heart to win the championship.
He was using his way to convey this to everyone.
Yu Wenzhou, Lu Hanwen.
Did they really think that two All-Star-level players could just casually take him down?
Not at all!
Up to now, Lord Grim was indeed very embarrassed, and he had indeed lost more health. He always made people feel like he was about to fail, that it was the end.
But time and time again, the situation was dragged out by him, and the scene was delayed by him.
When was this old guy going to stop?
Even the Blue Rain team players, the Blue Rain fans, couldn't help but be moved.
Was this their old captain?
Was this the senior who, in some rumors, was particularly wretched and had no bottom line?
Although he was now an opponent, in the hearts of the Blue Rain players and Blue Rain fans, a sense of pride secretly rose.
Wei Chen now represented Happy, but the deeper traces on him were still those of their Blue Rain's founding captain, the person who laid the foundation for Blue Rain!
Applause.
Applause from the entire stadium.
From every corner of the stadium, from every corner of everyone's heart, applause from the bottom of their hearts.
Flowing Cloud was slammed to the side by Dark Grasp. Lord Grim and Suo Ke Sa Er were both released from the chaotic state. Wei Chen continued his tenacious, struggling-like delay.
Not good, very bad.
Yu Wenzhou was not someone who relied on intuition. He made inferences entirely based on the other party's actions and gestures.
Wei Chen was desperately entangling the two of them, but this could not be the place where the outcome was decided. The ultimate determining factor would be the three-on-three battle on the other side!
In the three-on-three, Blue Rain's confident charge stemmed from the fact that Happy had no healer, so they could be as uninhibited as possible, trading blood for blood, and taking down the opponent as quickly as possible. But he and Lu Hanwen had been held back, and they had been unable to join the battle on the other side. So in the end, this attack might be somewhat inefficient.
And Happy had three attackers on that end, and they were above Blue Rain in terms of output. In a three-on-two, trading blood for blood, Blue Rain would inevitably suffer more casualties. Even if they had a healer to replenish them, because there were only two attackers, the explosive power of the attack would always be somewhat lacking, so the battle would only last longer.
The longer it lasted, the more health they consumed. With a healer to replenish them, it would be like trading blood for mana, exchanging blood for the healer's mana.
If Happy's healer were to successfully join at this time, and the two sides were to engage in a sustained confrontation…
Disadvantageous, very disadvantageous for Blue Rain.
If the healer was short on mana, they would need to fight a quick battle, but Blue Rain was not a team that was good at quick attacks. They were good at defensive counterattacks, reacting after the opponent made the first move. And the importance of the healer was obvious on the defensive end. Happy's goal was to target Blue Rain's healer. Trading blood for mana, depleting Blue Rain's healer until he was half-crippled, forcing Blue Rain to be unable to play out their rhythm.
Targeting the healer.
In the Glory circle, from the professional circle to the player arena, this was the most used strategic idea in team battles.
Not surprising at all, but always effective.