For Love of the Game

Chapter 117: a step far

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At this time, Jin An still has 5% of his health, and all the machines are in CD state. Although he resisted, he was still defeated by Zhou Ning's two general attacks.

Tang Wenlang took off the watch from his hand, took out a tissue and wiped his glasses.

His movements were methodical, and his tone was somewhat casual, "Wait for my good news."

"It's a must!" An Lu sat on the table and swayed his legs. "The deputy team will definitely kill them without leaving behind! How could Zhou Ning be the opponent of the deputy team?"

Wu Sheng coughed and glanced at Guan He.

Only then did An Lu remember that the relationship between her captain and Feng Yue's deputy team was not bad, and she immediately shut up.

Guan He glanced at him, stepped forward and patted Tang Wenlang on the shoulder, "Come on, Xiaolang's three consecutive championships depend on you."

Tang Wenlang teased, "I thought you wouldn't say 'Come on' to me."

Guan He withdrew his hand and put it in his pocket, "Let's not talk about personal affairs on the field, we can't lose a game that we should win."

Tang Wenlang smiled, "Okay."

The door of the soundproof room opened and closed, Guan He looked up at the big screen, Zhou Ning was sitting in front of the camera seat and waited carefully, his eyes were solemn that can only be shown on the field, and his long hair was rolled up to reveal his slenderness. His neck, the tiny ear studs on the earlobes glowed a little under the light.

Guan He looked deeply.

He thought that he should be happy today whether he wins or loses, but he won't be so happy either.

Tang Wenlang was still in the preparation stage, and the atmosphere at the scene became more and more enthusiastic.

Niu Niu said, "It's finally the last game of the tiebreaker. Coincidentally, the two sides sent their vice-captains respectively. This is a battle between the vice-captains. The faces of the two players are calm, and I'm already getting nervous."

Yao Jun laughed twice, "Today's 1v1 battle situation has been very stalemate, the first fight against Feather Shensixue defeated Team Guan, the second fight, Sea Wolf defeated Shiyi with 5% HP, until the third fight. There is no obvious advantage. Now Zhou Ning and Tang Wenlang are in full condition, the result of their solo will determine which side can take away the trophy of the S6 season, the pressure on the players' hearts is definitely not small. "

Ju Zi looked anxious. She really hoped that Fengyue would win. Zhou Ning has been gone for too long. Finally, Fengyue's lineup this year is stronger than every year, and she has successfully reached the finals. She hopes more than anyone else. See Zhou Ning win this fight.

"Vice Team Zhou has always been Fengyue's defender, and his performance is very stable. I believe this pressure will not affect him."

Yao Jun and Niu Niu looked at Juzi at the same time. She was sitting upright, her eyes fixed on the viewing screen, and it seemed that she was the most nervous person.

Yao Jun smiled and said, "Indeed, Vice Team Zhou's field level has been very stable. He has almost never seen him make a mistake in so many years. Vice team Tang is also an epee swordsman, and the style of play is similar to that of Vice Team Zhou, both of which are skill-connected and normal attack to refresh passive fast-break style of play, I believe this game will be very exciting."

He said so, but he couldn't help worrying about Zhou Ning.

Tang Wenlang ranks second in the domestic swordsman profession and fifth in the world. For so many years, he has only been concerned about how he can stabilize his head. Not to mention, the name of the three swordsmen of the Snapdragon, which shocked the world, is enough to despise him. All swordsmen in the country.

Last year, Bailang, one of the Three Swordsmen of Xiaolang, retired, and An Lu took his place to form a new Three Swordsmen. This little thing has good talent, but the heat is a little worse, but Guan He and Tang Wenlang are still young swordsmen. The heavy sword has no front, and both of them are the top gods in the first echelon of the circle.

But Zhou Ning, it's still a long way off.

In this 1v1 first match, Shen Huai and Guan He are both top gods standing on the cloud, and their strength levels are almost the same. In the second match, Shiyi and Jin An are both talented quasi-T1 players. The fateful showdown, but in this third fight, one is a T1 great god, and the other is barely a top T2 player, the difference in strength is a bit bigger.

But after thinking about it, he didn't say it.

The situation in the arena is changing rapidly, and anything can happen. Just the calmness of mind is enough to make Zhou Ning stand out among the T2 players.

With a beep of "di", the third match officially started with the voices of the audience.

Zhou Ning manipulated the swordsman to jump into the pool, ambush at the birth point and did not move.

He knows that he is not Tang Wenlang's opponent. In terms of hand speed, he is not a leader in the circle. In terms of experience, he is not as rich as Tang Wenlang, but the fast-break style of play was pioneered by the Three Swordsmen of the Wolf. A little advantage.

But even so, he has to find a way, strength is not everything, so many years of career have taught him this truth, the one who can win may not be the strongest, but it must be the one who persists to the end.

He was lurking at the bottom of the water, and soon, Tang Wenlang's shadow appeared in his field of vision. He didn't find himself at the birth point. Drunk Singing Sword!

There were exclamations one after another from the audience, Zhou Ning had already swung his heavy sword and slashed at the back of Tang Wenlang's neck.

Tang Wenlang heard the sound of the sword at the first time. Years of experience in the arena had cultivated his extraordinary reaction ability. In just an instant, his character rolled on the spot, and the huge epee slammed from his side!

- Drunken Song Sword!

Both of them started with the same skill, but Tang Wenlang shot more quickly and accurately, and hit Zhou Ning with one blow.

The Drunken Song Sword will silence the enemy, he immediately raises the heavy sword Haoyue Zhan, the sword points to the end of the world, and then releases the ultimate move Sword Dance Qiankun!

Under the mark of Haoyue Slash, all damage effects will be enhanced, and a set of skills will instantly destroy Zhou Ning's HP by 30%!

Zhou Ning couldn't let go of his skills, so he had to run away. He knew too much about the epee continuous control style of play. Once his silence was over, Tang Wenlang's next move would definitely be slashing the mountain!

The ground under his feet suddenly arched. Zhou Ning had been prepared for a long time, but he couldn't use his acceleration skills and ran slowly. He couldn't avoid such a short distance just by walking, and he watched as he was knocked into the air.

Tang Wenlang's attacks were followed by Angry Dragon Slash, Epee Slash, and two normal attacks connected between the two skills. The speed was so fast that people couldn't believe that this was a thick benzene epee swordsman.

Zhou Ning was beaten twice, and he controlled it with his backhand - splitting the mountain!

The distance between the two was too close, even Tang Wenlang couldn't dodge. He immediately fired Haoyue Slash, but Tang Wenlang took the opportunity to fire two more normal attacks. Zhou Ning was about to hit a heavy sword blow when he found himself silenced.

Niu Niu exclaimed, "The epee swordsman's basic attack four times triggers silence. Deputy Tang's sword move is as fast as a gust of wind, and Ning Shen has a single skill, and he hits two basic attacks! The fast attack flow style really deserves its reputation !"

While he was talking, Zhou Ning was hit two more moves, and his health had dropped to 50%, while Tang Wenlang still had 90% of his health, almost full of blood!

Zhou Ning is getting tired. In the duel between epee swordsmen, it is very important to play the control first, but his hand speed is not as fast as Tang Wenlang, and the control has been cracked twice. .

He decisively turned on Yufengxing, turned around and ran. Tang Wenlang immediately followed with his sword. Both of them were heavy swords, with similar points, and they ran at the same speed. Naturally, whoever turned the corner first would lose.

Zhou Ning ran in front and came to the edge of the ring. He pretended to turn around and Tang Wenlang immediately caught up - Haoyue Slash, Angry Dragon Slash, and the sword pointed to the horizon!

Zhou Ning hurriedly used the sword qi to protect his body, and followed it with a set of identical combos.

Tang Wenlang was not in a hurry. He and Zhou Ning had just played the Drunken Song Sword at the same time. At this time, his CD had turned good. When Zhou Ning raised his hand, he immediately played the control - Drunk Song Sword.

Zhou Ning stared at the screen closely. He took a step back from this position and was the pool. If Tang Wenlang opened it up, he could avoid it by jumping into the water. The effect of the Drunken Song Sword was only silence and no fixation. He could still move around. arrived.

However, Tang Wenlang seemed to have seen through his thoughts, turned around and stunned him with a sword qi move and knocked him back to the stone pillar!

Orange exclaimed, but didn't say a word.

Niu Niu said nervously, "It's over, this is definitely the best opportunity to open up the big game, Ning Shen's blood is not much, I'm afraid it will bottom out now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Wenlang unleashed his ultimate move—kill the Quartet!

The timing of his skill release was too good, Zhou Ning's sword qi body protection state was over and he was full, and his blood volume was only 10% in an instant, and Tang Wenlang only lost 25% at this time. Blood, the huge gap in blood volume makes it impossible to see the hope of reversal.

The audience screamed one after another, as if the birth of the champion had been foreseen!

Zhou Ning couldn't hear this, and he was relieved to see that he didn't die. After so long, the damage calculation practice was not in vain. He knew that this set of tricks would not kill him.

He quickly tapped the keyboard, and finally played two skills that had just been transferred from CDs - Drunken Song Sword, Mountain Slash!

Yao Jun said loudly, "The two of them are too close, and Vice-Team Tang will be recruited! The Drunken Song Sword and the Mountain Splitting Slash have one silence and one blow-off. In order to achieve longer control, they are usually used in conjunction. This time, Vice-Team Zhou actually released them at the same time. out!"

If you want to defeat an enemy who is more powerful by yourself, you must come up with more chips than usual. Since one cannot be controlled, then two!

Tang Wenlang hit two moves at the same time. He could neither move nor use skills. Zhou Ning cut up and raised his heavy sword suddenly, Haoyue Slash and Sword Dance!

After the big move, he immediately attacked twice, rolled forward and jumped behind Tang Wenlang, and with a backhand sword qi shock, knocked him back to the pillar!

The situation of the two reversed in an instant. Zhou Ning Guo cut out the ultimate ultimate move and killed the Quartet. After the skill was finished, he quickly attacked twice. Tang Wenlang's dizziness was just over when he found himself silenced again!

However, Zhou Ning's counterattack is not over yet, with Angry Dragon Slash, Sword Pointing to the End of the World, and Heavy Sword Slash!

Tang Wenlang's HP dropped to 20% in an instant!

Niu Niu was too surprised to speak, Yao Jun said excitedly, "Deputy Zhou's counterattack is too fierce! He first used the Drunken Song Sword and the Mountain Cleaver to double control, and then used the big move Sword Dance Qiankun, and then used the terrain to do the same, Deputy Tang collided with the pillar, and then started to kill the Quartet. A set of combos was orderly, fast and stable, and the gap in blood volume was instantly recovered!"

Ju Zi was so happy that his eyes curled up, "Ning Shen has always played a stable game, no matter how big the disadvantage is, he can launch a counterattack! Now it seems that it was not Vice Team Tang who succeeded just now, but Ning Shen deliberately led him to this position!"

Niu Niu still didn't understand, the plot was reversed too fast, how could such a big gap in blood volume be chased back in the blink of an eye? Don't they both have the same skills? I've never seen Vice Team Tang's outbreak so high!

He asked the doubts in his heart, Yao Jun explained, "Because Ning Shen was prepared, he used the sword qi to protect his body in advance, and the Tang deputy was caught off guard by Ning Shen's counterattack and did not have time to reduce the injury, so the same set In a combo, the Tang deputy team who shot first did not have the high damage of Ning Shen who hit the backhand!"

The fans of Fengyue cheered, and Haixing was excited to cheer Zhou Ning, and the live broadcast room also brushed 666.

Tang Wenlang was surprised. He never expected that Zhou Ning could still fight back so violently after reaching this point. Doesn't he know what despair is? Could it be that 65% of the blood volume difference can't affect his state

What surprised him even more was the speed of Zhou Ning's progress. Last year, he watched Fengyue's game video, and Zhou Ning's damage calculation and burst damage were not as high as they are now. He is 24 years old, and everything should go downhill. , how could there be so much room for improvement

Ah…

Instead of worrying, Tang Wenlang laughed softly.

Since the opponent is more tenacious than he imagined, he has to show some real skills.

After the dizziness was over, Zhou Ning immediately rolled back and dodged. He knew that although the difference in blood between the two had caught up, his blood was still very dangerous, and Tang Wenlang's sword qi body protection was useless. Hard to beat.

But, he can win, he told himself.

As long as you stay steady and get through this skill vacuum period...

"choke!"

The crisp sound of the sword suddenly sounded, and the rustling sound of the epee behind him rolled up. Before Zhou Ning could react, Tang Wenlang had already cut it up—cutting the mountain!

He shot too fast, knocking Zhou Ning into the air in an instant, just listening to the sound of a few swords, the light and shadow on the screen turned around, Zhou Ning's knock-up state just ended and he hit four normal attacks in a row!

In the silent state, he couldn't even use a single skill, and he watched helplessly as the huge epee slashed to the head - the Drunken Song Sword!

- Night Wolf killed Tranquility!

Everyone didn't react, and the field was silent for two seconds, and then there was a burst of shouting like a drum!

Niu Niu shouted excitedly, "With the 1.5-second control of Split Mountain Slash, he actually made four basic attacks! Never expected Ye Shen to have such strength at the last moment, and the fast attack style is even more dazzling! He used 20% of the blood The quantity advantage is the victory for Xiaolang, let us congratulate Xiaolang for becoming the first three consecutive champions in history!"

The screams came in layers like the tide, surging and surging for a long time.

Orange sat on the commentary stand dumbfounded, watching Zhou Ning's sluggish appearance on the big screen, tears could not stop pouring up.

Yao Jun sighed in his heart.

A pity, a pity indeed.

But what can be done

Tang Wenlang's last combo was his highest level. If he started with this level, Zhou Ning would only lose more ugly.

That set of counterattacks is beautiful enough, but in the face of absolute strength, it is still like an owl shaking a tree, and it is impossible to save the defeat.

Zhou Ning sat in front of the camera for a long time. He raised his head and his eyes fell on the S6 season championship trophy in the center of the stage.

He remembered how excited everyone was when they saw the trophy. He remembered that before the game, everyone went to the hot spring together to win the game. He also remembered that he was confident that he could win before the game.

But in the end he couldn't do anything.

As always, he has lost too many games and won pitifully few.

Opposite the stage, everyone in the Xiaolang waiting room was beaming with joy, and An Lu happily shouted for three consecutive championships.

Guan He raised his head and saw Zhou Ning's hand on the doorknob. He seemed to pause for a second before opening the door.

The teammates were waiting for him, Zhou Ning bumped into Shen Huai as soon as he raised his head, he smiled, "I'm sorry, if only I were as good as you."

Shen Huai's throat moved. Usually, he could easily deal with any tricky questions he faced with reporters, but this time, he couldn't take what Zhou Ning said anyway.

Song Xueyang patted him on the shoulder, "I don't blame you, you have played very well, and the runner-up is nothing. You can still participate in the World Championship without any accident. There is still a long way to go."

Zhou Ning looked at him, Song Xueyang looked as usual, as if he lost the game was just a trivial matter, and as if this game was not the national finals, but an ordinary group match.

Hai Xing also quickly squeezed out a smile, "Yes, yes, Ning Ge, you played very well, the last wave of counterattacks was so beautiful! I didn't expect it!"

Shi nodded, "Yeah, that's great."

Fan Jingming said with a smile, "I'm quite content to have come this far, and didn't the captain say so? If I'm lucky, I can still play in the World Championships. I haven't played abroad before!"

Zhou Jing didn't say anything, and silently took Zhou Ning's hand.

At the end of the game, the players from both sides shook hands, and the audience at the scene frantically shouted "Xiaolang, Xiaolang".

Three consecutive championships, this is the best record since the City of Despair Professional Tournament started, and fans are naturally excited.

Niu Niu said loudly, "Also let us congratulate the Maple Moon team for winning the team's best result and winning the runner-up in the national finals of the S6 season "City of Despair"!"

The fans at the scene applauded one after another, and everyone in Fengyue bowed again before leaving the stage.

"Thank you to the audience for witnessing the birth of this year's champion and runner-up with us. At 7 o'clock tomorrow night, the WG team and the Ares team will compete for the third runner-up. We will see you!"

Because the award ceremony will be held one day after the third runner-up game, and there will be an interview with reporters at that time, Song Xueyang refused tonight's interview and walked out with the players.

Brother Kun called to say it was raining outside and asked them to wait until he drove the car to the door before coming over.

Shen Huai turned on his mobile phone and immediately received a lot of messages, most of which were from his former friends in the entertainment industry who had a good relationship. Congratulations to him for winning the runner-up.

Shen Huai stared at the word "runner-up" for a long time before replying thank you one by one.

One of them was sent by his father. The time was a few minutes before the game. At that time, he had turned off the phone and did not receive it. The content was only a short sentence - Come on, son!

He put away his mobile phone, looked at the rain outside the door, and didn't speak for a long time.

The nanny's car drove to the door. Brother Kun was afraid that they would be too lost, so he specially played a cross talk, but everyone seemed to be okay, but they seemed to be making a big fuss.

He thought about it too. Although they didn't win the championship, this was the first time they won the trophy, and the runner-up was not bad.

Back at the hotel, Song Xueyang did not ask them to have a meeting for the first time, but let them relax and have a good rest. Anyway, the national competition is over, so relax and watch the third place competition tomorrow night.

Everyone agreed and went back to their rooms.

Just before Fan Jingming closed the door, Shi Yi suddenly took his hand, tears streaming down his face, his eyes turned red in the blink of an eye, "Brother Xiao Ming, I'm sorry, you are going to retire this year, but I couldn't let him go. You win the championship, and if I beat Jin An, we win."

Fan Jingming hurriedly wiped away his tears, "I don't blame you, I'm also at fault. I didn't play a role in the two team battles.

Shi shook his head again and again, crying so hard, "I'm also sorry for Master, he's so good, I could have won the championship, but I was the one who held him back."

Fan Jingming hugged him and coaxed, "Shen Huai wouldn't think so, he's not that kind of person, you've played well tonight, really."

But he coaxed and coaxed, his throat was sore, and he couldn't say a word.

If so, who wouldn't want to win the championship

Hai Xing packed his peripheral bag and asked, "Brother Ning, are you taking a shower?"

Zhou Ning smiled, "I'm a little hungry, I want to go out and buy some supper, you should wash first."

"Oh," he nodded, "then remember to bring an umbrella, it's still raining heavily outside."

"Uh-huh."

Starfish whistled into the bathroom, the sound of the water in the shower sounded, and he couldn't control himself to cry lowly.

He tightly covered his mouth with a towel, for fear of being heard by Zhou Ning outside the house. He didn't want Zhou Ning to feel that he was blaming him. Guarding was the most stressful task. He didn't blame Zhou Ning, but himself.

In the second game of the team battle, only him and Zhou Jing were left. If he could hold on for one more second, the captain could kill Tang Wenlang, and they would win.

It's because he didn't protect Zhou Jing well, because he was too stupid to run to that library.

What is the runner-up? He really wants to win a championship!

There was a sound of closing the door outside the house. It should be Zhou Ning who went out to buy a late-night snack, and Hai Xing threw away the towel and burst into tears.

Zhou Ning walked forward with an umbrella. It was late at night and it was raining heavily. His trouser legs were wet after walking a short distance. The cold wind blew his fingers cold. It was raining and gloomy.

He shivered but didn't stop.

The phone rang. It was his mother who called. He turned into a dark alley and answered the phone.

"mom… "

Zhou's mother's voice was very excited, "Xiao Ning, I watched the game, and you actually won the runner-up, it's really not easy! When will you come over after the game? Mom will treat you with delicious treats, by the way, Let Xiaojing come back too!"

Zhou Ning barely pulled the corner of his mouth, and a gust of cold wind blew his voice shivering, "I see."

Mother Zhou immediately heard something wrong, "Hey, Xiao Ning, why are you outside? Isn't it raining outside?"

"No, I opened the window and my roommate rested."

"Have you rested so early? I thought you were going to celebrate when you got the runner-up, okay, then I won't tell you, don't make people say that you are not, remember to bring Xiaojing back."

"it is good."

Zhou Ning answered and hung up the phone. In that instant, several tweets popped up on Weibo.

#National Finals is over! Xiaolang team three consecutive championships! #

#Congratulations to Fengyue for winning the runner-up! #

Zhou Ning could see that, if he didn't pay attention, the umbrella was blown away by the wind, and the heavy rain instantly wet his shirt. He quickly trotted two steps, but one hand grabbed the handle of the umbrella one step ahead of him.

He raised his head, Guan He helped him hold the umbrella.

Zhou Ning laughed, "Are you here to congratulate me too?"