Chapter 164 Don't Underestimate the Enemy

Faced with such a Tang Rou, Ye Xiu had no choice but to remind her, had no choice but to shout out words that shocked everyone who heard them.

"Hey, don't underestimate your opponent!" Ye Xiu shouted at Tang Rou, who had already walked a distance.

Underestimate?

Xiao Shiqin, who was walking towards the competition seat, almost stumbled when he heard this word. What kind of word was that? It sounded so foreign, how long had it been since he had heard it?

Steadying himself, Xiao Shiqin couldn't help but look back. After all, he didn't know much about Tang Rou's personality. Judging from her performance in the competition, Xiao Shiqin really couldn't see any reason why Tang Rou would underestimate him. Could it be that after leaving the Alliance for a year, he had been ignored to this extent?

The words "don't underestimate your opponent" made Xiao Shiqin stunned for a long time, until he saw Tang Rou almost reaching the competition seat, then he turned around and continued on his way.

By the time he entered the competition seat, Xiao Shiqin had adjusted his mentality. After all, he was an All-Star player who had seen many storms, and he wouldn't lose his composure because of a single sentence. However, he still had to be careful. He had a good understanding of Tang Rou's level from the recordings of the matches, but perhaps there were still some hidden strengths that he hadn't seen? Or perhaps they had some special tricks to deal with him?

Xiao Shiqin carefully considered every possibility. It was this personality that made him a tactical master who was particularly good at picking out details.

Ye Xiu reminded Tang Rou not to be careless, but the end result was that Xiao Shiqin was full of vigilance.

The competition began soon after, the map being Harbor Town, the final map announced at the start of the offline competition. There was no doubt that a team like Excellent Era had thoroughly studied it, and they certainly wouldn't doubt whether they would enter the finals. As for Happy, just from Qiao Yifan's use of the map in the match against Zhuxian, it could be seen that they did not dare to neglect the study of the map for any match. In this way, their energy was naturally not as focused as Excellent Era's. Although both were new maps, Excellent Era's understanding was probably deeper. This point was analyzed in the *Esports Weekly* published that day, and at this time, the broadcast commentator was also hurriedly analyzing it while the map was loading.

This Challenge League final was highly valued, and even the television broadcast was no exception. Previous television broadcasts had single commentators, but this match sent out the golden duo of commentators from the Glory Professional League, Pan Lin and Li Yibo.

After Pan Lin quickly introduced the advantages and disadvantages of both sides in terms of the map, Li Yibo immediately seized the opportunity to take over the conversation and commented on the competition map.

"This Harbor Town map follows the consistent characteristics of the Alliance's designated competition maps. The style is relatively comprehensive. Naval battles, street battles, indoor battles, and so on are all possible in this map. But having said that, I think this map would be more appropriately called Town Alleyway?" Li Yibo commented.

"Haha, Guide Li is right. This map should indeed be called Town Harbor. Okay, now everyone can see that the characters of both sides have been refreshed. Located in the upper left corner of the map is Happy team's player Tang Rou, character Soft Mist; located in the lower right corner of the map is Excellent Era team's player Xiao Shiqin, character Life Extinguisher, a very familiar player and character to us, but he has been out of our sight for almost a year! Seeing him now, I believe many viewers will feel a sense of intimacy, right?" commentator Pan Yi said.

"Unlike Excellent Era's other famous players, Xiao Shiqin transferred to Excellent Era after Excellent Era had indeed been eliminated. From this point, we can see the player's determination and vision to some extent," Li Yibo said.

"Yes, of course he didn't join Excellent Era to play in the Challenger League. What he is optimistic about is Excellent Era's next year," commentator Pan Yi said.

"It should be said the second half of this year now," Li Yibo said.

"But now he is helping Excellent Era win this match first. Now both characters have made their moves. Tang Rou is controlling Soft Mist straight to the center, while Xiao Shiqin has adopted a tactical movement," Pan Yi said.

"This is his consistent style," Li Yibo said knowingly.

"Well, I don't think it's necessary to introduce too much about Xiao Shiqin. So, what does Guide Li think of Happy's player Tang Rou?" Pan Yi said.

"Well, I have been following this player's matches recently. Her strength is quite good, and as far as I know, many teams are interested in her. She has a bright future!" Li Yibo said.

"Okay, now Tang Rou's Soft Mist has reached the central area of the map, but she hasn't found her opponent's trace."

"Well, it seems that she has realized that the other party is moving tactically. She is now also controlling Soft Mist to move," Pan Lin said, watching the match.

"As a tactical master, Xiao Shiqin's style is not limited to one pattern. The changeable fighting style is actually quite fatal for newcomers like Tang Rou who haven't been in Glory for long enough," Li Yibo interjected at this time, because from God's perspective, Xiao Shiqin should have discovered Soft Mist's trace and is currently detouring forward.

"It seems that our previous analysis was quite right. Excellent Era has a deep understanding of the map. It seems that they have regarded this final map as a key point for research from the very beginning." After seeing Xiao Shiqin's route selection, Li Yibo sighed even more, "On the other hand, Happy's players seem to be a little lost at this time! For a newcomer, the control of unfamiliar terrain is definitely not comparable to that of veteran players."

"Good! Now Xiao Shiqin's Life Extinguisher has successfully detoured to Soft Mist's side, but Tang Rou hasn't found it yet and is still moving the character forward. Oh, the terrain ahead is very open! Is she completely exposing herself to the opponent's attack range?" Pan Lin shouted.

"If this terrain is used well, I'm afraid the Mechanic will harass her to death!" Li Yibo predicted the development.

"So what will Xiao Shiqin do? Life Extinguisher quietly followed up. Is he going to harass her? Life Extinguisher laid a jump mine. He is going to harass her. Mechanical Tracker has been released. Then... Mechanical Air Drop! Life Extinguisher summoned Mechanical Air Drop. The offensive has begun!" Pan Lin shouted.

Two gadgets that players call "Helicopter Gourds" flew over Soft Mist's head in the blink of an eye. Their bellies opened, and bombs lined up and leaked out. Soft Mist rolled on the spot, got up and ran away. The two "Helicopter Gourds" chased after her, and the bombs that poured out almost landed at her feet, creating a long scenery behind her. The flames continued, and mud and rocks flew everywhere.

Mechanical Air Drop was thrown behind her in this way, until the skill disappeared. The moment the world was clear, Tang Rou heard a clicking sound. She lowered her head and swept her gaze, and the Mechanical Tracker robots had already run to her feet. She hurriedly jumped up, and Soft Mist's spear pointed, hitting the small robot squarely. With a bang, it exploded into pieces.

"Tang Rou's response was quick, but it's not over..."

Before Pan Lin could finish his sentence, he saw Soft Mist, who was in the air, suddenly lean to the side.

"Ah, dodged it?" Pan Lin shouted in surprise.

From God's perspective, he could see very clearly that after Mechanical Air Drop and Mechanical Tracker, Xiao Shiqin had Life Extinguisher throw out an Air Compressor. This thing attacks the target with air pressure, and there is no direct light or shadow effect when it is launched. The only obvious sign is the sound of "bang" like opening champagne when it is launched. And just now, this sound happened to be covered by the explosion of the Mechanical Tracker, but even in this case, Soft Mist still managed to avoid it.

"How did she find it? And how did she move in the air just now?" Pan Lin continued to shout in surprise. Usually at this time, the guest Li Yibo should follow up with an explanation. He was invited to be this guest to interpret some high-level scenes!

As a result, after Pan Lin finished shouting in surprise this time, there was silence on the side. Turning his head, he saw that Li Yibo was also frowning with a look of surprise. He also didn't know what was going on. The commentator can't see it and just shout it out, because this kind of complex situation is handed over to experts for interpretation, but if Li Yibo, as this expert, can't see it either, it would be a bit embarrassing!

Unfortunately, Pan Lin's question has already been thrown out, and he has to answer it even if he doesn't want to. Li Yibo first asked the director to cut to the replay just now and studied it carefully, while the battle didn't stop here. As soon as Soft Mist landed, she rushed towards the location of the Air Compressor.

Life Extinguisher's trace was exposed, and he turned around to leave. Soft Mist chased after him, and stepped right on the jump mine that Xiao Shiqin had buried in advance.

With a loud bang, the jump mine exploded. Soft Mist rolled again, unloading the impact of the explosion. Then Soft Mist straightened her body and ignored the damage from the fragments flying up from the jump mine explosion. She was about to continue chasing Life Extinguisher.

The broadcast also seized the time and quickly cut to a replay, which was the scene of Soft Mist jumping up to detonate the Mechanical Tracker and dodging the Air Compressor just now. The camera gave a close-up, zooming in on the moment when Soft Mist's spear pointed at the Mechanical Tracker robot, and then adding slow motion. Everyone clearly saw that after detonating the small robot, the spear that was about to be withdrawn suddenly stabbed towards the ground again. Soft Mist used the force of this stab to move out a section faster in the air, avoiding the Air Compression.

"At this moment, it is impossible for Tang Rou to have turned her view to see the Air Compressor over there, so there is only one possibility. From the explosion of the Mechanical Tracker, she distinguished the sound of the Air Compressor being activated," Li Yibo explained.

"This... is this possible?" Pan Lin asked.

"Uh, some experienced players may be able to distinguish the sound," Li Yibo said.

"But Tang Rou is just a rookie!" Pan Lin said.

"It seems that this rookie has extraordinary talent!" Li Yibo could only explain in this way, but this explanation was actually a lucky hit. Tang Rou does have an extraordinary ability to distinguish sounds.