Chapter 1557 Did He Have Enough Mana?

"Uh, if he takes him out in one go, does Dancing Rain have enough mana?" Pan Lin asked, a question almost everyone was concerned about. Dancing Rain's mana was running low, especially after the earlier expenditure to escape the Door of Death's control. It seemed like it could run out at any moment.

Li Yibo didn't answer immediately. After observing carefully for a while, he finally said, "Xiao Shiqin is now using a large number of ordinary attacks to connect and suppress, playing very cautiously."

"In terms of the current mana consumption ratio…" Pan Lin looked at Dancing Rain's mana consumption and Wind Howl’s health loss, and for a moment he couldn't quite figure it out.

Li Yibo didn't answer again, but this time he observed even more carefully, but he still couldn't figure out the problem. In his opinion, the mana definitely wasn't enough, but Dancing Rain's attack rhythm was very complete. Suddenly stopping because of running out of mana didn't seem like it should happen to a top professional player.

Li Yibo had dug holes and fallen into them himself many times, but he always tried to avoid them when he could. He didn't dare to jump to conclusions at this moment, because he knew very well that a player of Xiao Shiqin's level wasn't someone he could fully understand today.

Dancing Rain's attacks continued, but many people had even forgotten to look at the battle screen, simply staring at Dancing Rain's mana bar, wanting to see when the faint blue mana, containing the character's combat power, would reach its end.

No, it never did!

Dancing Rain miraculously continued its attacks. His attacks were very economical, no longer the large-scale extravagance of the previous two battles, especially the battle with Deception. If the battle with Deception was a frenzy of bombing, then Dancing Rain's attacks were more like a train, section by section, clearly passing in front of you, each section completing its due mission, without a single miss.

"Very efficient attack…" Pan Lin, who had been silent for a long time, finally blurted out such a sentence.

"Yes," Li Yibo nodded. Up to now, every attack that Dancing Rain had completed had not missed, and every attack had achieved the effect it should have. This was almost unimaginable in a professional match, and the opponent wasn't a dead person.

But at this moment, Wind Howl was being controlled as if he were a dead person.

"Wei Chen… has fallen into a trap," Li Yibo suddenly said.

"Ah?"

"Xiao Shiqin is now using the terrain in reverse. What Wei Chen relied on before has now become a trap. Look…" Li Yibo said, pointing to the just-concluded battle screen. Wind Howl tried to绕绕 (rao rao, circumvent) a corner to avoid an attack, but as soon as he turned, a 跳雷 (tiao lei, bouncing mine) suddenly popped up and exploded. Receiving attacks from both front and back, Wind Howl couldn't dodge either side in the end.

"When was this bouncing mine placed?" Pan Lin suddenly shouted, "Dancing Rain hasn't been to this location since Xiao Shiqin launched his attack."

"Before then?" Li Yibo said.

"Before…" Pan Lin suddenly had a vague impression, "It seems like he was there, but at that time…"

"It was when he was being suppressed by Wind Howl's terrain-based attacks," Li Yibo said.

Pan Lin was shocked, completely and genuinely shocked. He even forgot that he was doing a live broadcast. He couldn't describe the shock in his heart at this moment. Xiao Shiqin had actually placed a bouncing mine in this position at that time, which meant that he had already planned this attack from that moment on.

Xiao Shiqin hadn't failed to notice Wei Chen's deep use of the terrain. He had simply used a ploy, tested it with his own body, and figured out all of Wei Chen's tricks. And he had made a counterattack plan at that time. Every attack at this moment was precisely calculated. That was where the high efficiency of the attack came from.

The tactical master Xiao Shiqin, his glory foundation was only truly revealed at this moment. He turned Wei Chen's reliance back on him, playing this cunning old general in the palm of his hand. The following attacks almost all followed a set routine. Each attack forced Wei Chen to make a response with no other choice, and in such a response, there was even more connection that made him uncomfortable, so that ordinary attacks had become the main output method for consuming Wind Howl, which could be clearly seen in the technical statistics given by the system.

In the effective damage to Wind Howl, the proportion of ordinary attacks in the total output had reached a staggering 41.12% at this time. This was an extremely unusual situation, so the broadcast also made a special close-up of this statistics list for the players to see.

There were no more bursts, and no more mistakes.

Xiao Shiqin's operation was really like a mechanic, accurate and efficient.

Team Excellent Era won, Xiao Shiqin completed a one-versus-three, winning Team Excellent Era a perfect opening in the team competition. The Excellent Era fans in the audience were so excited that they couldn't control themselves. The noise they created covered everything. Even mouth-to-ear communication had to be done by shouting.

It was easy to imagine what kind of treatment Wei Chen would receive when he stepped down in this situation. But he couldn't care about these things. Back in Team Happy's preparation seat, his face was quite solemn, so solemn that Chen Guo couldn't recognize him. His face was full of disappointment and worry, disappointment with this result, worry about the trend of the next game. Where was the shameless Wei Chen that everyone was familiar with on weekdays?

"Xiao Shiqin won a one-versus-three. We can almost say that Team Excellent Era has secured a victory in the team competition. The next question is how many points they will get."

"Yes, because of the algorithm for the points per head introduced by the new competition system, even with such a great lead, the leading side will not relax in the slightest. Of course, Team Happy, which is behind, will not relax even more. So next, who will Team Happy send out?"

The camera pointed to Team Happy's preparation seat. The person who stood up was extremely unfamiliar to the camera, because before this, he would never let himself be on camera and refused any interviews. But this time, after his comeback, he didn't seem to be so resistant to all of this.

"It's Ye Qiu!!" Even if Pan Lin didn't recognize the person, he would always know who it was from the list of players sent by the event organizer. "Now he should be called Ye Xiu, but just changing his name can't erase anything. The fourth player to appear for Team Happy is the former captain of Team Excellent Era, the creator of the first dynasty team in Glory history, the great god Ye Qiu. After announcing his retirement, he suddenly formed such a Team Happy and returned to the Glory circle, starting the battle from the Challenger League, bringing us countless surprises. And now, he and his team have reached the end of the Challenger League, and standing in front of him is precisely his former team, the team that won him countless honors and cheers. Now Ye Xiu is about to play on behalf of Team Happy. Team Happy's start in the team competition is extremely unfavorable. The great god Xiao Shiqin, who Team Excellent Era resolutely introduced in the case of relegation, has fully demonstrated his value in the team competition. Now his character's mana has basically been exhausted, but I don't think he will simply withdraw from the competition. In the previous match, Xiao Shiqin used his limited mana to output nearly 50% of his damage with ordinary attacks and won the final victory. In this match, against Ye Xiu, what kind of performance will he have?" As soon as Ye Xiu appeared, the commentator Pan Lin was instantly excited. Why was this Challenger League final so popular? Wasn't it because of this moment?

"Ye Xiu walked to the competition seat. It is now very difficult to communicate at the scene. If I take off my headphones, all I hear is boos, yes, boos. The audience at the scene booed Ye Xiu a lot. In fact, many people don't want to see the next duel, especially Team Excellent Era fans. This booing represents their protest. The hero of the past has now become an enemy on the field. This is a kind of cruelty that professional competitions have always had. And Ye Qiu, he once carried too many things for Team Excellent Era. His opposition inevitably makes many players unable to accept it. We also understand this mood. But, the game is the game. In any case, we still look forward to the next game being exciting."

"Okay, now Ye Xiu has entered the competition seat. The characters of both sides are loading, and the game is about to begin. From the character information on the screen, we can see that Dancing Rain really doesn't have much mana left now. If he can still kill his opponent in this way, I think his ordinary attacks should account for more than 95% of the output, right?"

From the moment Ye Xiu got up, Pan Lin had been highly excited. Ye Xiu walked all the way to the competition seat, and he kept talking all the way until now, finally letting Li Yibo say something.

"Hehe, it doesn't make sense to calculate this. Dancing Rain's remaining mana is really not enough to continue any offensive. Even the attack like the last one, although ordinary output accounted for a large proportion, the main thing that really completed the suppression and control of Wind Howl was still skills. Dancing Rain's existing mana, the outcome of this game is no suspense. Let's look forward to what kind of dialogue these two will leave on the field!" Li Yibo said.

Dialogue?

No dialogue.

The fourth round of the team competition began. Xiao Shiqin finally didn't start with a tactical walk, but directly drove the character Dancing Rain to the center of the map, facing Lord Grim who was also coming straight. The two sides exchanged hands directly without any hesitation. Dancing Rain's mana was indeed not enough to support him in any battle. After a few quick rounds, Dancing Rain's mana was exhausted, and then he ended this round in the most straightforward way: after saying "gg" (gg is an esports polite term, meaning good game, I'll popularize it for those who don't know) in the public channel, he directly quit the game.

Exiting and admitting defeat has always been a permitted method in esports, and Glory is of course no exception. When Dancing Rain's mana was exhausted, but he still had some health left, Xiao Shiqin decisively quit in this way. No one at the scene expressed any regret about this, but gave him extremely warm applause.

In response, Team Excellent Era's boss Tao Xuan showed a satisfied smile. He stood up and applauded, even extremely supporting Xiao Shiqin's final direct withdrawal.

Continuing to entangle and consume the opponent was certainly possible, but in such a leading advantage, to still be so calculating was really not the style that a former dynasty team should have. Tao Xuan was very pleased that Xiao Shiqin did not bring his habits from his previous team to Team Excellent Era. That kind of penny-pinching calculation was really not suitable for Team Excellent Era, and even more unsuitable to use on such an opponent. Tao Xuan was really too satisfied with Xiao Shiqin's performance. He had integrated into this team, and also fully possessed the style he should have in this team.

At this time, the second player to appear for Team Excellent Era also stood up, a young man who many people felt unfamiliar with, and silently walked to Team Excellent Era's competition seat in the cheers for Xiao Shiqin.