Chasing wasn't an option, but neither was not chasing.
Yang Cong, with his many years of professional experience, was no stranger to the awkward situation of being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Was there a third option? Yang Cong didn't know. Perhaps there was, but he couldn't see it. So he could only choose one of the two, even if both options were bad. He had to make a choice. Any more hesitation would only make the situation worse.
Chase!
In the end, Yang Cong chose to chase. Allowing Happy to occupy the high ground would be an even more disadvantageous situation. That's why the members of 301 felt a sinking feeling in their hearts when they saw this map at the start of the match. That's why Yang Cong came to scout without hesitation. Yang Cong now realized that they had already made a mistake when they started focusing on the high ground of this map and letting their thinking get stuck in that step. As for not realizing that blocking Su Mucheng like this wouldn't work, that could only be considered a small, detailed mistake. If he hadn't made this mistake, he would have simply turned around and tried to pressure Mu Yu Chengfeng. Then Su Mucheng would have controlled Mu Yu Chengfeng to kite him, and might even have chosen to rush into the paulownia building and circle around with him.
So, they were the ones who hadn't considered things thoroughly from the beginning, and had overlooked the possibility that Happy could use this high ground to carry out a reverse operation.
What should they do next time they encounter this kind of situation?
This thought flashed through Yang Cong's mind for a moment, but he immediately deleted it.
Now wasn't the time to think about this. He needed to concentrate on dealing with the situation at hand first. If they could get into the playoffs, it wouldn't be too late to carefully solve this problem.
Scenery Killer sprinted, rushing to the top of the building. He clearly heard the roar of artillery shells flying past his ears. Mu Yu Chengfeng didn't know how much firepower she had provided in support from below. Her vision was also constantly focused on the exit of the building. As soon as Scenery Killer came up, Su Mucheng immediately saw him. Then, without any voice communication, Yang Cong felt as if he heard Su Mucheng's laughter. Although the character had no expression, he felt as if he saw Mu Yu Chengfeng smile at him slightly.
Without the slightest hesitation, Mu Yu Chengfeng jumped off the roof.
Yang Cong didn't hesitate either. This was what he had expected. Without hesitation, he also jumped out of the building.
Swift Sky Kick!
Anti-Tank Gun!
Scenery Killer, who had jumped out, stepped on Mu Yu Chengfeng in mid-air, but at the same time, he was once again hit by Mu Yu Chengfeng's artillery fire at close range.
Flames exploded brilliantly in the sky. Below, the eight members of Happy and 301 were fiercely fighting together, without time to take another look.
They knew what was happening at the other end. In comparison, the 301 team was more anxious. Without Yang Cong, their tactics lacked a very important link. Sacrifice Strike, they didn't necessarily have to use it, but after successfully using this skill several times and showing everyone this kind of tactic, the existence of Yang Cong's Scenery Killer itself had become a kind of restraint. With him in the formation, the opponent had to pay attention to his every move at all times, paying attention to whether he was planning to do such a strike.
The 301 team would then use this restraint to further expand their attack. The goal of the match was ultimately to win. Using Sacrifice Strike was just one way to win, not the only way. It was just that this method had too much influence, so it was inevitably highly valued. This made it easier for 301's other attacks to unfold. But this time, Yang Cong and Scenery Killer simply weren't there. The tactics that 301 had been using throughout the second half of the season completely lost their foundation. The remaining four were fighting against Happy here, and their tactics had no subtlety at all. However, Bai Shu's performance in the team was indeed much more noticeable than when he was fighting one-on-one. Protection, cooperation, and even charging in front were all done very well. He was an indispensable part of the team's operation, and there was no doubt about that.
It was just a pity that 301, with only this part of him, was ultimately just a sword that had lost its edge. They could only maneuver and entangle, but couldn't find a way to win.
What about the four members of Happy? In the offensive and defensive interweaving of Ye Xiu's Lord Grim and Fang Rui's Boundless Sea, Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash laid down ghost arrays one after another.
Ghost arrays were dead, but people were alive. If it were a rookie, they would probably think that ghost arrays were easy to deal with: I'll stay far away from it and not go over, won't the other party be helpless?
This kind of thinking couldn't be said to be wrong, but for a professional-level ghost swordsman, when his ghost array began to be laid down, it was the beginning of weaving a tight net. Wanting to break free or penetrate it couldn't be done simply by saying "I'll stay far away from it." Especially in team battles.
Ghost arrays were dead, but people were alive. And these living people also included the people on the ghost swordsman's side!
In team battles, cooperating with a ghost swordsman made use of this point. There was no need to restrict all of the opponent's characters. As long as they left one of them behind, it was the same as leaving their entire team behind. The opponent couldn't just watch one of their own members fall into a trap like this.
Big trouble!
Seeing the ghost arrays densely surrounding them one after another, the members of 301 all knew that the situation was getting worse and worse. They needed Yang Cong's support, but Yang Cong couldn't get away right now.
What to do?
"Attention!" two big words suddenly popped up in the channel. It was Bai Shu.
Attention? Attention to what?
The members of 301 knew that now wasn't the time to ask questions. They all adjusted their vision and paid attention to Bai Shu's Tide.
Knight Spirit!
Bai Shu's Tide activated the knight's awakening skill, and then roared while waving the sword and shield in his hand.
Sacrifice Roar!
Bai Shu finally waited for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to control all four of Happy's characters at once. He seized this point in an instant, and then released this Sacrifice Roar. The range of the skill just happened to include all four members of Happy.
He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. From the beginning, he had noticed that Happy was very careful to defend against his hatred control skills. There were occasional opportunities, but they were all traps.
As expected of Ye Xiu!
Bai Shu now had a new level of respect for Ye Xiu. Not only did he have skills that were a level higher than his own, but the team he led was also very tacit and skillful. But Bai Shu believed that there would definitely be opportunities. No one could operate as precisely as a machine, so he patiently persisted, patiently waited, observed carefully, and prepared to capture this glimmer of opportunity.
Now he had waited for it.
After Sacrifice Roar, all of Happy's attacks were forcibly concentrated on him. However, Roar was different from Taunt. Taunt transferred the target's hatred in units of time, and could only target one target at a time; Roar could target all targets within the range, but it was in units of attack times, and the number of times was only one.
For ranged classes, it was very easy to get rid of the state of being roared at. They just needed to quickly make an attack on the target. But for melee classes, it was troublesome. If there was a distance, they had to get close first. The system would determine whether a skill released in the air before getting close counted as an attack on the target. Currently, it seemed that the system wasn't so easy to fool. It would accurately judge whether this attack posed a threat to the knight based on the attack distance of this skill.
Ye Xiu and Fang Rui, both of their classes had ranged attack methods. Lord Grim and Boundless Sea immediately attacked Tide to get rid of the state in the next second after being Sacrifice Roared. But even so, the offensive they were originally carrying out was ultimately interrupted. The other three members of 301 could do whatever they wanted without any restraint at this moment.
And the most difficult thing for Happy at this time was Qiao Yifan. Ghost swordsmen could use the power of ghosts and gods to make attacks that were much farther than those of swordsmen and the like, but at this time, they couldn't just stand in place and raise their hands to make an effective attack on Tide. Qiao Yifan could only control One Inch Ash to move forward faster. It was just a pity that Bai Shu's main target was this ghost swordsman. He wanted to drag out this distance so that One Inch Ash couldn't attack, thereby disrupting his control over the chain ghost arrays.
From this point of view, the effect of Roar was really a bit perverted. The opponent couldn't make an effective attack, and this effect of forcibly dragging the opponent to attack would always exist.
But at this time, it wasn't so easy to maintain this perverted effect on the field, because there were two characters in Happy's formation who could解除get rid of this state.
The Qigong Master's Tranquility.
The Priest's Focus.
Both of these could解除 get rid of the Taunted state, and Happy happened to have both of these classes.
And at this point, if the players of 301 didn't know to cooperate with Bai Shu, then they would really be unworthy of being called professional players.
Triple Slash!
The moment Gao Jie released the Sacrifice Roar of Tide, he understood Bai Shu's intention. Star Sword danced the white light sword in his hand, and streaks of pale sword light swept out, immediately killing towards Fang Rui's Boundless Sea, not giving him a chance to use Tranquility.
Bai Shu, on the other hand, used Knight Spirit to personally attack An Wenyi's Little Cold Hands with a Heroic Charge.
Li Yihui's Judo Bān Shān charged towards Ye Xiu's Lord Grim.
A散人Sanren under the normal skill tree wouldn't have skills to eliminate the Taunted state, but Lord Grim's Myriad Manifestations Umbrella could have skills attached to each form, so they had to be on guard against him preparing such a skill.
As expected!
The moment the members of 301 saw Lord Grim's actions, they immediately panicked.
They saw that the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella in his hand had been split into two sections, forming eastern sticks held in his left and right hands. His two palms were combined in the air, gathering energy, clearly in the chanting posture of a Qigong Master's Tranquility.
Don't even think about it!
Li Yihui was really anxious. The attack range of his Judo was really short to the point of being unable to be shorter. It seemed a bit too late at this time. But a former All-Star level Judo player wouldn't give up so easily.
Whirlwind Leg!
Li Yihui's Bān Shān directly flew up, quickly drawing out, his legs standing in the air seeming to be about to sandwich someone, but there were no targets in the sandwich range at this time. But with this jump, he just happened to keep up with One Inch Ash's movement. Lord Grim wanted to cast this Tranquility, but was blocked by the target and couldn't select One Inch Ash at all.
This was also a skill outside the field, but it was very effective.
Lord Grim's Tranquility ultimately couldn't be cast, not wanting to waste it, he hit himself in the end. Li Yihui breathed a sigh of relief, but then he saw the two sections of the eastern stick in Lord Grim's hand reconnect, flip over with a click, and instantly expand into a scythe.
Clerical weapon!
Li Yihui's face immediately changed back again.
The Clerical class had too many skills that could 解除get rid of the Taunted state. The Priest's Focus, the Knight's Immovable as a Mountain, the Exorcist's Tranquil Talisman, the Guardian Angel's Purification. All four classes had these kinds of skills, except that the Knight could only buff themselves, the other three could cast on targets.
This Ye Xiu, after already attaching Tranquility to the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, was actually repeatedly adding skills with the same effect?
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