Chapter 63 Sixty-three Percent

Sixty-three percent.

That was the remaining health of Huang Shaotian's Yu Ye Sheng Fan. Tang Rou, with her Han Yan Rou's sixty-nine percent, ultimately took down thirty-seven percent of Yu Ye Sheng Fan's health.

This wasn't an equal exchange, but if the match had continued according to the rhythm established by Huang Shaotian, perhaps even this exchange wouldn't have been possible. But in the end, Tang Rou used her habitual style to break through Huang Shaotian's rhythm.

Tang Rou was still that Tang Rou—competitive and unwilling to back down.

*You* want to guide me to speed up the rhythm? Very well, I'll show you.

*You* don't want me to speed up the rhythm anymore? Sorry, I'm still going to show you.

Brash, forceful, unreasonable.

From the first day Tang Rou entered the professional circle, everyone saw this kind of fighting style from this girl. Countless people who hated her were hoping she would suffer a crushing defeat, but no, throughout the entire season, she remained the same. Facing Huang Shaotian, although she lost, she still managed to achieve the result she wanted.

However, would that alone be enough for Xing Xin to avoid defeat?

Tang Rou's final words still left many people with doubts.

Yu Ye Sheng Fan still had more than half of his health remaining. With Huang Shaotian's skill, he might very well be able to win under these circumstances.

More importantly, who would Xing Xin send out next?

Su Mucheng? Qiao Yifan? Bao Rongxing? Wei Chen?

Pan Lin and Li Yibo quickly analyzed all the possible choices for Xing Xin.

Su Mucheng seemed to be the most reliable of the four, but the problem was that this map was very unfavorable to Gunners. The advantage of ultra-long range was completely impossible to utilize on this map.

"If Xing Xin knew beforehand that Blue Rain would choose this kind of map, I think Su Mucheng definitely wouldn't have been included in the individual competition lineup," Li Yibo said, implying that he favored Su Mucheng as Xing Xin's final player. This was indeed the most appropriate arrangement, but Blue Rain's map selection today essentially erased the stability of this arrangement.

"This should be another intention behind Blue Rain's map selection today: to cripple Su Mucheng!" Li Yibo said.

Who would it be?

The audience at the venue and those watching on television were all nervous at this moment, as if the outcome of the next match would be immediately known once the choice was revealed.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a member of Xing Xin's player booth stood up and walked toward the arena, her long hair fluttering with each step.

Those who supported Blue Rain were overjoyed at this moment, while those who supported Xing Xin felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

Su Mucheng.

It was indeed Su Mucheng.

The venue instantly became lively. Blue Rain's fans, who had been somewhat suppressed due to their lagging performance, seemed to see an incredibly clear light of victory at this moment.

"It really is Su Mucheng!" Pan Lin said with a hint of regret.

"Indeed!" Li Yibo also said with a myriad of emotions.

Blue Rain's map selection today could be considered setting up obstacle after obstacle for Xing Xin. Xing Xin overcame all the difficulties and managed to take the lead until the final battle, only to find that the biggest pitfall was still ahead.

Gunner.

A Gunner with an attack range of at least forty body lengths. Of course, this map wouldn't change the Gunner's range, but with visibility limited to 20-25 body lengths, the ultra-long range became meaningless.

20-25 body lengths was certainly considered a long-range attack, but for Gunners, it was a bit too close. Gunners' attacks dealt high damage and covered a wide area, so they weren't very quick to launch. At such a close distance, there was a very high chance of the attack being interrupted before the shells could even be fired. Moreover, their opponent was the King of Opportunity, Huang Shaotian.

Thinking of this, Blue Rain's fans were as happy as if they had already won the victory. The repression caused by the previous rounds had been completely swept away.

"We didn't know that Xing Xin's final player would be Su Mucheng, but Tang Rou had no reason not to know! Is it a bit inappropriate to entrust victory to Su Mucheng on this map?" Pan Lin said at this moment.

"What else could she do?" Li Yibo said. "If she had the opportunity to defeat Huang Shaotian, do you think she would intentionally miss it? It's precisely because she couldn't find such an opportunity that she could only fight like this. This map is a bit difficult for Su Mucheng, but Su Mucheng is a professional player. I think she will treat Tang Rou's trust as motivation rather than pressure."

"Let's hope so!" Pan Lin replied.

At this moment, Xing Xin's two female players, one leaving and one entering, met on the way.

*Pa!*

The two girls didn't say anything. They simply passed each other and crisply high-fived in the air, as if completing some kind of handover ceremony. Neither of them looked back, and they continued to move forward in their respective directions.

Tang Rou returned to her seat.

Su Mucheng entered the competition booth.

Chen Guo was extremely anxious. Her concern for Su Mucheng was extraordinary. The adoration of an idol and the concern for a friend were all mixed together, incredibly intense.

"Hey!" she called to Ye Xiu.

"Hmm?" Ye Xiu turned his head.

"How is it?" Chen Guo asked.

Ye Xiu understood her meaning, but his expression wasn't too relaxed either. "Of course, it's not easy to fight for Gunners."

"What should we do?" Chen Guo said.

"It's not easy, but we still have to fight," Ye Xiu said.

"Nonsense," Chen Guo rolled her eyes. But nonsense was also the truth. In professional matches, there were countless situations that were difficult, impossible, or very difficult to win that needed people to face. Abandoning, giving up, or being anxious didn't seem to be solutions to the problem.

We will win!

Chen Guo could only tell herself this in her heart, and the match officially began at this moment.

"Oh, what bad luck, you actually ran into this map too." As soon as it started, Huang Shaotian's chatterbox opened up. He was talkative, but he also hoped that someone would respond to what he said, right? If he encountered a player like Mo Fan, Huang Shaotian's screen spamming would sometimes feel a bit pointless. So, he was happier to encounter a familiar player. If they were familiar enough, he could chat for a few sentences instead of just spamming by himself!

However, pointing out Su Mucheng's weakness right away didn't get any response.

"Why aren't you talking? Are you feeling a lot of pressure? Hahahaha," Huang Shaotian continued to spam.

"How will you move? Will you try to flank left and right with a distance of 20-25 body lengths?" Huang Shaotian guessed.

"But I don't think you're naive enough to think that you can lay down a line of fire at that distance, right?"

"If you can't, I think you should know that it's easy for me to break through that distance."

Huang Shaotian chattered on and on. As for the line of fire, everyone knew that the closer the distance, the harder it was to establish. This was because Gunners' skill rhythm was slow, requiring a certain distance to have room for casting. To lay down a line of fire at a distance of 20-25 body lengths, the attacks had to be extremely precise. Only with such continuous hits could the offensive be maintained.

But facing an opponent like Huang Shaotian, probably no one dared to guarantee that their attacks wouldn't miss even once.

Huang Shaotian also had that confidence.

In the previous round, Tang Rou had taken down thirty-seven percent of Yu Ye Sheng Fan's health, which didn't meet his expectations and gave him a somewhat ominous premonition.

No one had a win rate of one hundred percent, especially not when their health wasn't full. Huang Shaotian was still a little uneasy about this final battle. But when he saw that his opponent was really Su Mucheng, Huang Shaotian's mood eased a lot.

Li Yibo's analysis was completely correct. The map selection of Jungle Mist was intended to seal off Su Mucheng. It was clear that Blue Rain was well-prepared for Su Mucheng's appearance. They didn't underestimate Su Mucheng just because Gunners were restricted in this map. Su Mucheng was experienced, had excellent skills, and her character, Mu Yu Cheng Feng, was quite powerful. Compared to the rookies in Xing Xin's lineup, she was naturally more reliable. Xing Xin wouldn't know Blue Rain's map selection beforehand, so the chance of them hiding Su Mucheng was extremely small.

Now Su Mucheng had really entered the battle, and in the final decisive game. Although Huang Shaotian's Yu Ye Sheng Fan only had sixty-three percent of his health, everyone thought he had a higher chance of winning. He didn't avoid this point either, acting as if he was going to take advantage of the map to bully Su Mucheng. Yu Ye Sheng Fan didn't make a detour but directly cut to the middle, and as the messages scrolled by, Yu Ye Sheng Fan actually met Mu Yu Cheng Feng head-on in the center of the map.

"You bastard!"

Huang Shaotian was a little surprised. The audience had seen it earlier, but he only found out now that Su Mucheng had also directly cut to the middle. This was a head-on confrontation, and the Gunner's advantage had been eliminated from the start due to the map.

23 body lengths.

This was the distance between the two characters when they discovered each other's figures in the mist. Under normal circumstances, Gunners would feel a bit tight at this distance and need to increase it. But now, Su Mucheng could only fight her opponent at this distance.

Huang Shaotian was slightly surprised, but he didn't think too much about it.

The map was to seal off Su Mucheng, which showed that Blue Rain was well-prepared for Su Mucheng's appearance. They didn't underestimate Su Mucheng just because Gunners were restricted in this map. They had also studied how Su Mucheng would fight in a restricted situation. At this moment, meeting at 23 body lengths, Huang Shaotian didn't think that Su Mucheng could use any means that would make him feel difficult. On the contrary, his aggressive approach would only make her more uncomfortable.

Gunners were very afraid of close combat. The heavy armor and hand cannons made their movements not very quick or agile, and they didn't have close-combat skills like Snipers. If a Gunner was stuck in close combat, they had to find a way to break free. Staying stuck was impossible to fight.

"Here comes the sword!" Huang Shaotian continued to spam messages. After discovering Mu Yu Cheng Feng, he didn't stop at all. Yu Ye Sheng Fan had already charged up, and the sword light left a faint blue trace in the mist. The intense light was already wiping towards Mu Yu Cheng Feng.

Boom boom boom!

Flashes of fire, three shells flew out.

Anti-Tank Missiles, this low-level skill was launched very quickly. But the opponent was Huang Shaotian, how could he be stopped with just one Anti-Tank Missile?

A flash of blue in the mist, Yu Ye Sheng Fan's figure slightly shifted, dodging the flying shells, and continued to rush forward at an undiminished speed.

Mu Yu Cheng Feng also used the recoil of the Anti-Tank Missiles to fly backwards. In any case, the distance had to be maintained.

"Can you run?" Huang Shaotian was still spamming messages. But at this moment, a rumbling sound suddenly rang out in the sky.