Chapter 1 The Climax

The five-second countdown passed quickly. This would undoubtedly be the first climax of today's match. Two All-Star players, two All-Star characters. Although Zou Yuan's All-Star halo had a certain element of emotional support from Hundred Blossoms fans, after the previous season, his abilities had begun to gain attention and recognition, and he himself had become more and more confident.

At the start, Zou Yuan controlled his Sharpshooter, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, and rushed to the center of the map.

Flowering Blood Scene.

The Hundred Blossoms team said they wanted to recreate this combination, but unfortunately, there was only one Zhang Jiale in this world, and only one Sun Zheping, so there was only one Flowering Blood Scene.

Recreation was a beautiful vision for Hundred Blossoms, or rather, a blueprint drawn for the fans. But in fact, Zou Yuan had his own style, and Yu Feng was also very different from Sun Zheping. No matter what, the two of them could not completely reproduce the cooperation of Zhang Jiale and Sun Zheping. But so what? What cannot be copied is not necessarily the strongest. Yu Feng, from the very beginning, was not very interested in the so-called recreation. He transferred from the more championship-caliber Blue Rain to create a completely new era that belonged to him, not to be a copy of anyone.

In the first half of last season, they勉强 (mianqiang - barely) recreated the so-called Flowering Blood Scene, but the Hundred Blossoms team's performance was not very good. Until later, Yu Feng and Zou Yuan made adjustments, cooperating and fighting in a way that was more comfortable and accustomed to them, and the Hundred Blossoms team's performance immediately improved.

Now, neither of them would be confused again. They wanted to surpass their predecessors and create a combination that belonged to them in their own way. Although the outside world still generally referred to their partnership as Flowering Blood Scene, they believed that there would definitely be a name that belonged exclusively to them.

With this belief, Zou Yuan and Hundred Blossoms ushered in a new season together.

In the first match, they met Yizhan and Sun Zheping, one of the creators of the former Flowering Blood Scene. In that match, Sun Zheping took one point in the individual competition. Although his opponent was not Zou Yuan or Yu Feng, the outside world just made this comparison between seniors and juniors. Yizhan's overall defeat made Sun Zheping's one point stand out, and the public opinion described him as if he was a victor.

This kind of irresponsible remark made Zou Yuan very helpless, and all he could do was to play the game seriously.

He must win this point beautifully. This was the goal Zou Yuan set for himself in secret. Although he knew that the opponent in front of him was not easy to deal with, the more this was the case, the more valuable this point would be.

Dazzling Hundred Blossoms quickly approached the center of the map, and Zou Yuan immediately saw Dancing Rain coming from the opposite direction.

Dancing Rain was originally an absolute All-Star character, but after returning to the league this time, everyone found that Dancing Rain's growth did not match the level that an All-Star character should have. All-Star-level characters were undoubtedly the focus of each team's strategy after the level cap was raised. After Happy obtained Boundless Sea and immediately upgraded its Silver weapon Mirror Moon to level 75, the weapons of all All-Star characters were finally fully evolved to level 75. As for other Silver equipment, it varied according to the situation of each team.

But Dancing Rain, this Sharpshooter who was also quite experienced as an All-Star, was somewhat aggrieved at this time in terms of equipment. Devouring Sun, the weapon, was the only level 75 Silver equipment on her. Obviously, in Excellent Era, after the level 75 update, Dancing Rain was not regarded as the focus of their strategy. Of course, there was another reason: Excellent Era's material contention during that period was indeed not smooth.

At this time, if the two All-Star characters were compared solely in terms of equipment level, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms was much more glamorous. The configuration of five level 75 Silver equipment was quite luxurious at the moment.

In terms of characters, Hundred Blossoms had the upper hand.

What about the state? Su Mucheng had not played professional games for a year, while Zou Yuan had experienced a comprehensive improvement in his skills, awareness, and even temperament in the past year. This ebbed and flowed, and the players' state seemed to be in Hundred Blossoms' favor as well.

This was the analysis that Hundred Blossoms had already made about Su Mucheng and Dancing Rain before the game. At this time, facing off against her, Zou Yuan was full of confidence and did not make any evasive movements, meeting her head-on.

He did not make tactical movements, but Su Mucheng changed direction the moment she saw Dazzling Hundred Blossoms.

Zou Yuan was confident, but not arrogant. Seeing Su Mucheng cautiously dodging, he did not rashly step forward. The map used in this match was a narrow street map, which in theory was not suitable for ranged classes to play, because there were too many choices for cover and movement. However, now that both of them were gun-based classes, it could not be said that anyone had the advantage. But it could not be ignored that this was Happy's home court, and the map was chosen by Happy. Su Mucheng was not a novice, and her experience was even richer than Zou Yuan's. She chose this map, so naturally she had her own plans. At this time, suddenly making tactical movements was undoubtedly to take advantage of the map's characteristics. Zou Yuan did not rashly chase after her, but carefully observed the situation in front of him. After seeing the several routes clearly, he chose to go around and intercept her.

As a result, just as Dazzling Hundred Blossoms also changed direction, a small commotion suddenly appeared at the match site. From God's perspective, the audience at the scene could see it clearly. After Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain made a slight change in direction, she did not advance in a roundabout way, but chose to squat in that position. But now that Dazzling Hundred Blossoms had made this detour, Dancing Rain suddenly came out again, circling behind Dazzling Hundred Blossoms.

Glory was not CS; there was no possibility of a one-shot headshot for an instant kill. But in a duel between experts, seizing the first move was very likely to take the initiative for the entire match. From the current point of view, there was no doubt that Su Mucheng had the advantage. Dancing Rain would quietly move behind Dazzling Hundred Blossoms and launch an attack starting with a backstab.

Who knew that at this time, Zou Yuan's Dazzling Hundred Blossoms suddenly stopped, standing in that narrow alley as if he had begun to think. The audience could not see anything from the holographic projection, but from the first-person perspective of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms given on the electronic screen, everyone suddenly saw that at this time, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms' slightly sideways posture just allowed his field of vision to span both sides. Zou Yuan had not neglected his back; he had prepared himself and was waiting for two possibilities.

With this kind of technique, he did not gain any advantage, but at least he would not let the other party take any advantage. The situation would be pulled back to a face-to-face situation, which was also a reflection of Zou Yuan's confidence.

Of course, Su Mucheng could not fully guess Zou Yuan's thoughts. Dancing Rain circled to this side, and as soon as she appeared, she was immediately caught by Zou Yuan from the edge of his vision. When Su Mucheng saw Dazzling Hundred Blossoms standing there as if he had lost connection, she did not dodge any more and launched an attack without hesitation.

The sneak attack failed, and both sides turned into a frontal firepower collision. The match was moving in the direction that Zou Yuan had expected. He cheered up, ready to have a good duel with Su Mucheng, but just as Dazzling Hundred Blossoms took two steps forward, before the first shot was fired, Dancing Rain's heavy firepower suppression had arrived, and Zou Yuan had to retreat first to avoid her sharp edge. As a result, this retreat immediately put him in a passive position.

The Sharpshooter was a class that had a range effect even with ordinary attacks. None of the skills were single-point attacks. All attack methods were map cannons, the only difference being the size of the map.

So Zou Yuan realized that he had made a mistake. This position, he could see both ends with a slight slant of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms' body. One could imagine how narrow it was. When the Sharpshooter's firepower covered this area, Zou Yuan immediately realized that he had nowhere to dodge.

This position...

Zou Yuan only now realized how unfavorable this position was for him. This was simply closing the door to beat the dog for the Sharpshooter.

Moving forward was impossible. Zou Yuan had no choice but to control Dazzling Hundred Blossoms to retreat quickly. This decision was undoubtedly very difficult. The Sharpshooter's attack range was the longest of the 24 classes, and Dancing Rain was an All-Star-level character. In Excellent Era, she often had to use the screen cannon tactic, and her equipment attributes were further enhanced to increase her range. At this time, trying to escape from her attack coverage was easier said than done.

Of course, Zou Yuan could not rely solely on movement to escape. Under the firepower coverage, enduring the damage, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms threw out two grenades.

One of them exploded in an instant, and several screens on the electronic display at the match site were immediately white and flashing.

It was a flashbang. Dancing Rain was obviously affected. Those white and flashing screens were her first-person perspective.

But the attack did not stop...

In this kind of situation, Dancing Rain was still carrying a heavy cannon on her shoulder, throwing dense firepower forward. The other grenade thrown by Dazzling Hundred Blossoms was a smoke grenade. At this time, thick smoke was rolling in the alley, but even the flashbang could not stop Su Mucheng from continuing to attack. Was the visual barrier created by the smoke an obstacle to her?

It didn't seem like it...

Dancing Rain was completely surrounded by thick smoke, but her footsteps still did not stop, and her attack did not stop at all. Attacking here, she didn't seem to need to watch at all. Flashbangs and smoke grenades suddenly became useless.

The audience was stunned. How skilled would her attack techniques have to be to be able to blindly attack like this?

In an instant, a round of applause rang out at the match site. Of course, Zou Yuan couldn't hear it. Entering this match full of confidence, he was now a little flustered. From the audience's point of view, the flashbang and smoke grenade did not change Dancing Rain's offensive, but Zou Yuan, who was in the game, knew better that the offensive had changed. Su Mucheng's attack became fiercer and more violent the moment her vision was flashed. The range of firepower coverage suddenly became larger. In this case, she was actually playing more proactively.

But Zou Yuan was not prepared to admit defeat. Since his confidence had slowly built up, his playing style had become more and more tough. Flashbangs and smoke grenades were all skills that could create match points, and Zou Yuan did not want to waste them like this. If Su Mucheng was not affected by the vision problem, then he could only add some more attacks to disrupt her.

Dazzling Hundred Blossoms did not retreat but advanced.