Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1558 No Chance to Capture
"Han Wenqing is in a bad situation!" exclaimed commentator Pan Lin when he saw Desert Dust closing the distance several times, only to be pulled away again by Lord Grim's skill movement.
"But he hasn't been shaken off yet," Li Yibo said calmly from the side.
This exciting duel had Pan Lin in a state of high excitement, commentating almost incessantly. But Li Yibo, in such a heated match, was surprisingly quiet.
This duel was full of memories for him!
As a first-generation player, the duel between Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing was a symbol of their era. At that time, the professional alliance was just starting, and many Glory tactics were still being explored and formed. In this context, individual combat power would have a decisive impact on the game. As a member of the Tyranny team, Li Yibo could be said to have personally experienced this era. He still remembered the depression and helplessness that the powerful Ye Xiu brought to them when Excellent Era won three consecutive championships.
Not everyone in the team felt discouraged and frustrated, but their captain, Han Wenqing, had never bowed his head or surrendered. He was the kind of person who would fight to the end, even with a single drop of blood left.
Scene after scene from past matches flashed through Li Yibo's mind. In comparison, he didn't think it was a problem that Desert Dust was always getting close and then pulled away. There had been more desperate situations, but Han Wenqing had never wavered.
Just like Li Yibo's calm response to Pan Lin: he hasn't been shaken off yet!
"Oh, a chance!" Pan Lin suddenly shouted.
The lava on the right side of the two characters was coming to an end, suddenly becoming narrow. Lord Grim was walking along the edge, looking like he was going to change direction to the right. If Desert Dust used a jumping skill at this time, he should be able to jump over the lava and intercept Lord Grim.
It was indeed a chance! Li Yibo's eyes lit up as well.
Who would have thought that Lord Grim, who seemed to be heading to the right, would take a step and dash to the left instead?
"Ah!" Pan Lin exclaimed. If Desert Dust jumped over as he had imagined, he would not only fail to intercept Lord Grim, but would also be completely off target.
Desert Dust didn't move. Han Wenqing didn't seem to notice this opportunity.
"Hehe, it was a feint, but unfortunately it didn't fool Han Wenqing," Li Yibo said nonchalantly. When it came to this match, his position couldn't be clearer: he firmly supported Tyranny and Han Wenqing! But he couldn't show it too obviously, so he pretended to be calm and collected.
"Now Lord Grim is moving to the left, and Desert Dust continues to chase closely. But Li Yibo, since Han Wenqing saw through Ye Xiu's feint, shouldn't he have also seen that Ye Xiu was preparing to move Lord Grim to the left? Then why didn't he make a prediction and move accordingly? If he had, he should have been able to intercept him, right?" Pan Lin asked.
Li Yibo was stunned.
Yes, why not? Desert Dust also had several means to create explosive movement. Han Wenqing had been holding back, but the moment just now was indeed a good opportunity. Why didn't he use it?
"It's an opportunity, but it's not good enough..." Yu Wenzhou was also replying to Huang Shaotian's text message at this time.
"This isn't good enough? It's perfect!" Huang Shaotian didn't agree with Yu Wenzhou's judgment this time. He had been texting just like Pan Lin, talking about the opportunity to predict the movement at that moment.
"It might be enough for you, but it's probably not enough for him," Yu Wenzhou replied.
Huang Shaotian was taken aback and understood what Yu Wenzhou meant.
Huang Shaotian didn't have complete confidence in that opportunity, but a 50% chance was enough for him to act. In critical situations, even a 10% chance was enough.
But what about Han Wenqing? His state was no longer at its peak, and his attitude and choices in many instances this season showed that he was facing this fact. A few years ago, Han Wenqing would have probably charged Desert Dust forward without a second thought, and might have even been fooled by Ye Xiu's feint. But now, a feint, or even an uncertain opportunity, wouldn't easily move him.
He had changed, but in fact, he wasn't really starting to back down or anything. He was just cherishing his momentum and vigor more, because he knew he couldn't repeatedly perform high-level bursts of energy.
Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian discussed Han Wenqing's choice in terms of opportunity, but in different team player areas, there were even further discussions.
"He didn't seize the opportunity, but he created a stronger sense of oppression," said Jiang Botao of Team Samsara.
Samsara had already advanced to the finals. The result of this match would reveal their opponent in the finals. No one in the team was not curious about this result. At this time, they were all sitting in front of the TV watching the match.
"On the surface, it looks like Ye Xiu has the advantage, but he's actually passive, oh?" Jiang Botao said, soliciting the opinions of his teammates around him.
"Yes," Zhou Zekai nodded.
"If this goes on..." Because he didn't know the map well, Sun Xiang couldn't make a particularly clear judgment.
"Which side do you like?" Jiang Botao suddenly asked Sun Xiang with a smile.
Sun Xiang was silent for a moment before opening his mouth, "I hope Ye Xiu wins."
"Understood," Jiang Botao still smiled. After being teammates for a year, he naturally understood Sun Xiang's personality. He hoped Ye Xiu would win, and he also hoped that Happy would win, but this was definitely not because Excellent Era or One Autumn Leaf had created some kind of bond in his heart. The reason he hoped so was simply because of the failure in last year's Challenger League.
He took One Autumn Leaf from Ye Xiu, but Ye Xiu turned around, switched to another character, and pulled a team to defeat him severely. Not to mention such a proud and energetic young man, but anyone else would probably be depressed to death from such an encounter.
Although Samsara won against Happy twice in the regular season, one or two matches in the regular season did not have the decisiveness of the Challenger League finals or the playoffs. The frustration and depression in Sun Xiang's heart were not enough to be swept away by these two victories. He needed a more decisive stage.
The playoffs!
Seeing that Happy had the opportunity to enter the playoffs, Sun Xiang was sincerely happy. The reason was naturally to meet on this stage. As a result, after the final rankings came out, looking at the system, there was only one possibility for the two teams to meet, and that was in the finals.
This stage was even more perfect for Sun Xiang, and the decisive power was a hundred times stronger than the Challenger League back then. However, Sun Xiang felt troubled. He was worried about Happy, fearing that Happy would not be able to enter the finals.
As a result, now, Happy and Tyranny, a match to determine the winner, whoever wins will meet Samsara in the finals. Sun Xiang was the most concerned about this matter within Team Samsara, and he had been waiting in front of the TV half an hour before the match started.
"Turn around and meet him! Why keep running!" Sun Xiang was more into the play than anyone else.
But Ye Xiu's Lord Grim just wouldn't turn around.
They chased each other and ran for another section, and another fork appeared at the front. This was the end of the map. Directly ahead was a rock wall, and there was no way to go straight. There was only left or right.
Desert Dust, who had always seemed to only respond to the kiting attacks against Lord Grim, suddenly made a move before the attack came.
Desert Dust suddenly moved diagonally to the left.
Just when everyone hadn't reacted to what this meant, Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had already changed direction and went to the right.
Misjudgment?
Just as everyone had this thought, Desert Dust had already changed direction to the right very neatly, but the route he was moving on was not directly towards Lord Grim, but seemed to be a diagonal line with a certain amount of leeway.
Positioning to force Lord Grim to the right!
The experts all saw it.
Moving diagonally to the left was a blocking prediction that completely assumed the opponent would go to the left. Of course, Ye Xiu could easily not go to the left, and Han Wenqing didn't care if the prediction was wrong, because his purpose was just to force Ye Xiu to the right.
What's the trick to going to the right?
Going to the right here, sticking to the southernmost end of the map, not far in front, was where Desert Dust spawned. In other words, that area was observed and noted by Han Wenqing at the beginning of the match, before the two sides encountered each other. But for Ye Xiu, that was an unfamiliar area he had just stepped into.
The difference was just having seen it once and just starting to see it.
Would the victory or defeat be produced in this slight difference?
Everyone watched as Ye Xiu's Lord Grim walked towards the route leading to the area that Han Wenqing had seen, and then he moved sideways to the right, rushing straight towards the lava!
What was he doing?
Everyone was just asking, but Han Wenqing's actions were faster than their questions.
Desert Dust immediately cut sideways towards the lava as well.
Lord Grim jumped up…
Suicide? Of course not. In mid-air, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella opened, the umbrella surface retracted, and the umbrella bones elongated: Mechanical Rotor!
Lord Grim flew directly over the lava and landed on the way he came.
What about Han Wenqing? On the right side of the view, you could see the way you came, but the distance of this lava in the middle couldn't be crossed by jumping. Ye Xiu was obviously waiting for him to reach this position before starting this action.
What was even more embarrassing was that Han Wenqing couldn't immediately let Desert Dust turn around and run. Lord Grim's Mechanical Rotor could come and go freely. If he ran too fast and went to grab the position first, it wasn't impossible for someone to turn around in mid-air and fly back. Lord Grim jumped out first, then activated the skill, and added the selected position, leaving himself such a gap.
Just a little positioning, but there were too many things hidden inside. The audience couldn't understand it for a while, but all the experts realized what kind of dilemma Han Wenqing was in at this time.
But the more difficult it was to make a decision, the faster Han Wenqing's decision came. Desert Dust resolutely rushed forward.
Was this because he was sure that Ye Xiu's Lord Grim would fly back again? But after seeing your actions, Ye Xiu could completely make Lord Grim not fly back! Just then, Desert Dust's feet left the ground and he jumped up...
Crazy?
Everyone was shocked. Han Wenqing probably wanted to snipe Lord Grim directly in the air, but no matter what, there was no way a Striker could jump such a distance, right?
And this jump was too short, right? It wasn't even the limit...
Wait, what was that little piece that rolled out in the lava?