The match officially began.
Mo Fan was naturally familiar with the home map. After the start, he quickly and skillfully detoured from the side, choosing the right route just like Ye Xiu in the previous round.
Huang Shaotian also took the central route directly, just like in the previous round. The difference was that this time Huang Shaotian was far less silent than in the previous round. Right from the start of the match, he cheerfully chatted with Mo Fan. *Shua shua shua shua*, he spammed a full page, but didn't even receive a single punctuation mark or emotional response from Mo Fan.
"Aiya, so silent, why don't you say a word? Don't be nervous, newbie, just treat this as a normal match, chatting appropriately can relax you!" Huang Shaotian acted like a kind senior, earnestly coaxing the newbie, but the sharp edge of Ice Rain in Night Rain Sound's hand flashed from time to time. On the electronic screen, Huang Shaotian's perspective was constantly adjusting, paying special attention to both sides of the road. Everyone had no doubt that when he encountered Mo Fan's Deception, he would immediately put away all his kindness.
After a few rounds, everyone had a certain understanding of the style of this Happy home map.
The map structure was relatively simple. A main road ran directly between the two teams' spawn points, and also served as a dividing line on the map. The left and right sides, that is, the east and west ends, each had two types of terrain structure, but at the same time, the north and south were somewhat symmetrical.
For someone like Huang Shaotian, who let his character walk directly through the main road, there were many ambush points to choose from on both sides. Ye Xiu had been using this, and Mo Fan was also using this terrain in this match.
"The two sides are approaching!" Pan Lin said, and in this situation, they would give a bird's-eye view of the small map, where you could clearly see the two characters constantly getting closer.
"Where will Mo Fan choose as an ambush point? To be honest, I think Huang Shaotian has basically mastered this map. No matter which end, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find an ambush point that will surprise him," Pan Lin said.
"Yes, Huang Shaotian still chooses the central route, probably based on this point. Because he is familiar enough with both ends of this avenue. On the other hand, if he enters and fights his opponent from the east and west wings, there may be some omissions in the terrain. Rather than that, it is better to choose to fight in a place he is familiar with," Li Yibo said.
"So, Mo Fan, who is trying to sneak attack from both ends, is actually in a disadvantageous situation?" Pan Lin said.
"If he insists on doing this... but we don't think he would be unaware of this point. Even if he is a rookie with insufficient experience, I think Happy should have given him enough reminders," Li Yibo said.
No one knew Mo Fan's personality except his Happy teammates. Judging from the matches, he was not a person who liked to talk. Who knew that this silent person was even more extreme than Zhou Zekai? It was simply a rhythm of refusing to communicate.
Regarding the issue mentioned by Li Yibo and the others, someone from Happy certainly reminded him. Fang Rui, Su Mucheng, and others all took turns, and in the end, they only got one word from Mo Fan: "Mm."
But now, at the beginning of the match, Mo Fan was still in the rhythm of detouring through both paths to find ambush points. Fang Rui on Happy's side had already jumped up in anger.
"This kid only knows how to act cool and aloof. Is he not listening to what we're saying at all!" Fang Rui shouted.
"Maybe he has his own ideas!" Su Mucheng said. It was true that Mo Fan didn't like to communicate with people, but he wouldn't refuse other people's opinions. He used to be a little awkward with Ye Xiu, but now his attitude towards Ye Xiu had gradually changed, let alone others. If he didn't want to pay attention to the problems that she and Fang Rui reminded him of, he might not even pay attention to Su Mucheng and Fang Rui's words and just do his own thing. Since he had listened and said "Mm," he must have taken it to heart. Would Mo Fan have the mind to do something perfunctory?
"That brat, I want to see what he's thinking," Fang Rui said.
The characters of both sides were getting closer and closer, but Mo Fan didn't seem to have chosen a location yet.
"What's wrong, is Mo Fan a little nervous, so he can't choose a good position?" Pan Lin said.
"I think, we should say that he is not in a hurry to choose a position, right?" Li Yibo said. "It seems that he is aware that the ambush points on the left and right ends have probably been seen through by his opponent, so he doesn't plan to do this kind of ambush again."
"Then what's the point of him detouring?" Pan Lin said.
"At least it's not a direct confrontation with the other side!" Li Yibo said.
"Okay... let's continue watching," Pan Lin said.
As a result, the topic had only stopped for five seconds when Pan Lin suddenly remembered something: "Eh! That's right, let's take a look at Mo Fan's equipment first!"
"Oh!" Li Yibo slapped his forehead, he had forgotten about this. Everyone was completely immersed in the rhythm of the match that Ye Xiu had brought them, and they had forgotten about Happy's big equipment upgrade.君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao) had replaced a lot of equipment, what about Mo Fan's Deception? They had forgotten to pay attention when the character loaded onto the stage just now.
"Level 80!" In coordination with the two characters, the director cut to Deception's equipment list.
As for Silver equipment, there was no need to click in to see more. Anyway, the other attributes were hidden. The name and level were directly displayed in the list.
The weapon was of course the most watched, so it was also in the first place in the equipment list.
Ninja Blade: Sixteen Leaves.
"Sixteen Leaves, what a strange name!" Pan Lin muttered. The names of Silver equipment were generated by the Glory system. Sometimes they would be particularly consistent with the equipment's attributes or temperament, but sometimes they would be so meaningful that people would have to work hard to think about the logic behind them. From the name, it was really impossible to guess anything. However, this was another Level 80 equipment, there was no doubt about that.
Then, Mo Fan also had three more pieces of Level 80 Silver equipment on his body: shoes, badges, and cloaks. Compared to 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao), he was a little inferior, but as a rotation character, it was not uncommon for him to have this kind of gap with the core character in any team.
"Speaking of which, we haven't felt much of 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao)'s equipment yet!" Pan Lin suddenly thought of the previous round. At the beginning, everyone wanted to know how much stronger 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao)'s Level 80 equipment would make him, but after three matches, they really didn't see how much of an advantage the equipment gave Ye Xiu. Everyone had a feeling that even if 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao) didn't have such an upgrade, it wouldn't be too surprising to achieve this kind of situation.
"It's obvious that 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao)'s attack power has been improved. The subtle changes in other attributes are not obvious at the moment. It has not been revealed whether the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella has any additional attributes in various weapon forms. Apart from the initial-level skills, only the laser cannon that can be fired from the gun form and the Holy Orders' Prayer of Hope have been seen," Li Yibo said.
"Ye Xiu... could he be holding back?" Pan Lin suddenly had this feeling. "The big skills on the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella are the key to influencing his fighting style. I think the Blue Rain team must have wanted to see clearly what big skills are on the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella this time in the individual competition, but in the end, Ye Xiu only used two. He hid it too deeply, and Blue Rain can only be wary of it with unknowns in the team competition," Pan Lin said.
"That's right," Li Yibo nodded. "Ye Xiu won very beautifully in the individual competition, but he sent out very little information. I don't know how much Blue Rain saw. But they must have a headache about the weapon skills of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella."
"Ah! Now Huang Shaotian's Night Rain Sound and Mo Fan's Deception have brushed past each other. As expected, Mo Fan did not create an ambush," Pan Lin returned to the match.
"Night Rain Sound's movement has become more cautious. It seems that Huang Shaotian is very clear that the following range will be possible ambush points. Eh, Instructor Li, in that case, a considerable part of the distance at the beginning should be impossible to be ambushed, but I remember that Huang Shaotian was also carefully guarding the left and right sides of that section!" Pan Lin suddenly had some doubts.
"That's not guarding, that's using his own match perspective to present more map information to the teammates below!" Li Yibo said.
"Oh, so that's how it is. It really feels like a very reassuring and attentive team!" Pan Lin exclaimed.
"Yes," Li Yibo said.
On the field, Night Rain Sound had already passed Deception's horizontal coordinate and was continuing to move forward. Deception, on the other hand, was quietly moving towards the edge of the avenue, seemingly wanting to choose a location for an ambush.
"Is he planning to wait for Huang Shaotian to go there and not find anyone, and then attack when he returns?" Pan Lin guessed.
Li Yibo shook his head and didn't say anything. He couldn't figure out what Mo Fan was planning.
"What exactly does this kid want to do?" Not to mention Li Yibo, even Mo Fan's teammates, how many of them understood his thoughts? They were also trying to figure it out on the field!
But then, Mo Fan still didn't choose a location for Deception. After moving to the edge of the map, he began to rush in the direction that Night Rain Sound was heading.
"Is he going to sneak attack from behind?" Pan Lin continued to guess.
The back is the biggest blind spot, and there is also a damage bonus for back attacks. Sneak attacking from behind is of course the most practical. But because of this, as a professional player, you will never neglect your defense against your back, especially in this one-on-one situation where you have no teammates to rely on and you don't know the other person's location.
"I hope he won't rashly go up like that... Huang Shaotian is defending against it," Ye Xiu said.
"Yes, his peripheral vision often scans the left, right, and behind when he turns around. Although he doesn't look carefully, it's enough to guard against being flanked," Fang Rui said.
Hearing the two's concerns, Chen Guo immediately became nervous, watching Deception chase after him step by step, and really wanted to jump up and shout into his ear, "Be careful, don't go up like that."
"Where are you hiding, kid? You're so patient, why don't you show your face yet?" Huang Shaotian said.
"How long has it been? Do you want to get a yellow card? Referee, give him a yellow card!" Huang Shaotian continued to spam.
A yellow card immediately came, given to Huang Shaotian.
"Uh..." Huang Shaotian did not refute, did not defend himself, obviously he had known it for a long time.
This was the playoffs, not the All-Star Game. Even if the referee knew that this guy was just saying a few words unintentionally, this kind of language that guides the referee to make a judgment is absolutely not tolerated. As long as you dare to say it, you will definitely get a card.