Chapter 1320 A Climax Right from the Start

While Pan Lin and Li Yibo were discussing, Su Mucheng and Zhou Zekai's characters were about to meet. Zhou Zekai's momentum hadn't diminished, but Su Mucheng's wasn't weak either. Mu Yu Chengfeng, this super long-range Launcher, was taking a stance like a close-combat Swordsman charging forward.

But just before the two characters were about to meet, Mu Yu Chengfeng suddenly stopped moving.

What was this?

The audience was puzzled, but the pro players reacted quickly! Especially those watching from the sidelines with a God's-eye view, they immediately realized Su Mucheng's intentions.

The canyon wasn't a straight line; it had some twists and turns. If Su Mucheng's Mu Yu Chengfeng continued charging forward as before, the final scene would be the same as the previous match: the two characters would meet just outside their maximum attack range. Even though Mu Yu Chengfeng had a longer range than Lord Grim and One Autumn Leaf, it would still be the same situation.

But now, Su Mucheng stopped Mu Yu Chengfeng a moment earlier. If she waited here for One Autumn Leaf to arrive, he would have to navigate some of the twists and turns. When their lines of sight finally met, the distance between them would be much closer than the maximum range.

The pro players quickly saw this distance. It was a distance that allowed ranged attackers to better showcase their offensive power. Su Mucheng's choice meant she directly abandoned a gradual approach. Her head-on attack against Zhou Zekai would be a climax with top-tier explosive power right from the start.

No!

Not just that!

Given Su Mucheng's excellent performance in recent matches with the Launcher's "firepower line," the pro players from various teams had already started studying this aspect of her gameplay. At this moment, looking at this distance, they quickly realized that it wasn't just a distance where two ranged characters could fully display their firepower. This distance was also the range of Su Mucheng's firepower line, meaning that for her, this distance wasn't just sufficient, but: it was the limit!

Steady Firing Stance!

Calculating the time it would take for One Autumn Leaf to advance, Su Mucheng suddenly had Mu Yu Chengfeng set up a steady firing stance at this moment. The next second, One Autumn Leaf appeared.

Boom boom boom boom!!

Mu Yu Chengfeng instantly unleashed her full firepower. Everyone could barely discern the order of her skills. In an instant, the area where One Autumn Leaf had just appeared was filled with explosive flames and rolling smoke. This climax came more intensely than anyone had expected, and Mu Yu Chengfeng's output burst was instantly elevated to its peak.

One Autumn Leaf's situation was, of course, not good. No one could easily face Su Mucheng's firepower line with ease.

But right now, if One Autumn Leaf really wanted to avoid Mu Yu Chengfeng's attack firepower line, it wouldn't be difficult at all. He just needed to take a step back and turn.

One Autumn Leaf turned at the bend in the canyon, appearing in Mu Yu Chengfeng's line of sight, and was immediately attacked. In other words, at this moment, if he just took a slight step back, he could immediately disappear from Mu Yu Chengfeng's line of sight, and then even the strongest firepower line would collapse on its own.

But all the pro players knew that Zhou Zekai wouldn't do that, even though this method was simple and effective.

Because he wasn't just pursuing the result, but also the scene. If he took a step back at this moment to avoid Su Mucheng's momentum, his own momentum would weaken by a fraction, and the momentum of Team Samsara would weaken by two or three fractions.

It was like a race car speeding at high speed. Regardless of what kind of obstacles were seen ahead, people would feel very excited if it bypassed, flew over, or crashed through without slowing down. But if it suddenly braked and slowed down, everyone would feel disappointed. Not to mention that if One Autumn Leaf retreated, it would be like slamming on the brakes and then reversing to start over. This wouldn't just be disappointing; it would be extremely anticlimactic!

Zhou Zekai wouldn't do that. Even if it was safer, what he was pursuing at this moment, what Samsara hoped to establish, was to advance courageously and be invincible. As the captain and core of the team, Zhou Zekai had to persevere and implement this. He would never drop the ball at a crucial moment, because he always acted and never spoke, conveying his voice to his teammates through his actions.

Charge!

One Autumn Leaf continued to charge forward, engaging in a head-on confrontation with a Launcher within their firepower line. This choice was extremely unwise. In online games, someone who acted like this would definitely be regarded as a noob and scorned and lectured by veteran players.

But now, Glory's number one player made this choice in the decisive round of the finals, which confirmed the saying: on the field of play, there is no absolute right or wrong.

A noob's actions would be despised and lectured, but Zhou Zekai? Who would dare to casually criticize him? Seeing Zhou Zekai play like this, ordinary players could only show fearful expressions. In their eyes, this was something that only a capable person could do. As expected of Glory's number one player, as expected of a peerless master!

The audience burst into applause.

Just as the pro players had predicted, this style of play was unwise, but absolutely thrilling. What the audience loved to see most was turning the impossible into the possible!

Boom boom boom boom!

Bang bang…

With the addition of Steady Firing Stance, Mu Yu Chengfeng's firepower surpassed even her usual level. One Autumn Leaf occasionally retaliated amidst this intense attack, but the gunshots sounded so weak.

But Zhou Zekai didn't retreat.

From the moment he appeared in this match, the word "retreat" never existed in his mind. Regardless of the situation, regardless of whether it was rational, he would go forward despite thousands of people. That was his spirit.

Clearly, he was a Sharpshooter, clearly, his class didn't have the ability to charge into traps like this, but he was able to display such momentum. This couldn't help but remind people that before Sun Xiang and One Autumn Leaf joined Samsara, Team Samsara always lacked a front-line attacker like this.

But even with this lineup, Samsara had won two championships in a row.

In the finals, they had defeated Team Blue Rain, whose members each had unique characteristics but were combined in the most harmonious way. They had defeated Team Tyranny, who were extremely experienced and fighting for the championship.

At that time, who was their team's attacker?

Zhou Zekai!

Omnipotent except for healing.

This wasn't just an empty phrase; this wasn't an exaggerated description. Zhou Zekai really had this ability; he really had a performance that was second to none.

Attack!

At this moment, he was like a close-combat warrior. Facing a Launcher, it seemed like he had no other choice but to move forward.

One Autumn Leaf charged forward.

One step, two steps, three steps. His body was left with countless burns from the explosions. No one could break through a Launcher's firepower line unharmed. Every close-combat class had to find a way to break through this barrier when fighting a Launcher. Most of them would choose to circle around, approaching the opponent in an unpredictable way, getting as close as possible. But on this map, there was no way to circle around; they could only charge straight ahead. Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf was relentlessly approaching Mu Yu Chengfeng, using a method that even close-combat classes would try to avoid.

He was approaching; he was attacking.

This was the difference between him and a true close-combat class. He didn't need to be completely close to launch an attack. As he gradually escaped the firepower line, One Autumn Leaf's attacks increased and the threat grew greater.

But Su Mucheng didn't retreat either. For every step One Autumn Leaf took backward, she would shrink Mu Yu Chengfeng's firepower line backward. She had the ability to keep the firepower line at its peak for quite a distance.

But peak explosive power couldn't last; it couldn't continue indefinitely. Even an ordinary player understood this.

Because the most powerful burst of power inevitably involved stacking a large number of skills, inevitably unleashing an offensive without considering skill cycles or subsequent situations, could be called a peak burst.

Su Mucheng had a peak burst from the very first second. Facing an opponent like Zhou Zekai, why hold back if such a burst couldn't completely suppress him and destroy him?

Su Mucheng didn't think too much.

She was certain that Zhou Zekai would only move forward in today's match, never retreat, so she chose such a flawed play style, just to make Zhou Zekai meet the challenge head-on.

But even so, she still hadn't completely blocked Zhou Zekai, and victory wasn't decided so easily. Zhou Zekai's reckless charge wasn't just blindly relying on technique. He was also assessing the situation; he was also observing the firepower line that Mu Yu Chengfeng was bombarding. Of course, he was also very clear that such a burst couldn't last, and Su Mucheng would always have to adjust her rhythm, unless she was confident that she could defeat Zhou Zekai in such a burst.

But based on the current situation, that was already impossible. Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf was stubbornly surviving in this burst. His health was being blasted away bit by bit, but it wasn't easy to make him fall. And his counterattacks, because Mu Yu Chengfeng had set up a steady firing stance, he didn't have to worry about accuracy, although the damage he dealt was far less than his opponent's firepower line. But he knew that the turning point was coming soon, very soon.

Boom boom boom boom.

The cannon fire continued, but even an ordinary player could see that Mu Yu Chengfeng's firepower was declining. The live electronic screens and television broadcasts now showed Mu Yu Chengfeng's skill tree, allowing everyone to see a large number of skills on cooldown.

The audience erupted in cheers, and the Samsara fans knew that their chance had come.

"What a pity…" the pro players discussed.

In this round, Su Mucheng had carefully calculated her opponent's situation, setting a major problem for her opponent, a problem that her opponent couldn't avoid or bypass. Could there be a better solution than this? No, everyone racked their brains, but couldn't think of a better method than this. This leverage had fully exploited her opponent's situation and the characteristics of her own class.

If there was anything lacking, it was perhaps that Su Mucheng had done too much. If she didn't succeed, she would die trying.

In the end, she didn't leave herself any room for retreat.