The third game in the morning was the duel between Xiao Han in Group B and Xu Lang in Group F.
Xu Lang, a player who has attracted widespread attention from e-sports journalists in the early stages of the group stage, is the only player who has advanced from the folks to the group stage in this individual competition, and is also known as the "strongest dark horse".
He became even more proud after winning two consecutive professional players in the group stage of Group F, and even said on Weibo that "pro players are nothing more than that". The first two rounds were tied 1:1, and it was a thrilling victory for Lu Boyu in the third round. In the end, there was only a gap of about 5% in blood volume. Therefore, Xu Lang thought that if he played another round, he would definitely win against Lu Boyu. He even felt that his level was not good enough. Stronger than Lu Boyu, Lu Boyu won him only because the system random map in the third round had an advantage in long-range, which is enough to show that this person is extremely arrogant and conceited, and he raised his tail to the sky after winning two games.
He qualified as the second place in Group F, and happened to meet Xiao Han who was the first in Group B.
Qin Mo watched all the previous group matches. Xu Lang was able to win so easily in Group F, which has a lot to do with the grouping—Group F is the weakest group in all groups. Although Lu Boyu is the vice-captain of Qingyu team , but Qingyu is also a non-official promotion team. Lu Boyu has not received formal professional training from e-sports clubs; the other two players are Liu Xi from Jinghong Team and Li Mengjue from Yulou Chunxiao Team. The advanced players had no competition experience. Xu Lang's victory against these two players did not prove that he was better than most professional players.
According to Qin Mo's judgment, Xu Lang will definitely lose against professional players like Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi, and Lin Yao who have played for several years. Even if he fights against Shen He, he won't have much chance of winning.
And he said on Weibo that "professional players are nothing more than that", which won the praise of many "fans". Those black fans who don't like professional players said that Xu Lang is a "true temperament" folk master who came to the professional league to beat his face. But from Qin Mo's point of view, this is an extremely arrogant and self-righteous bastard.
Today, when he meets Xiao Han, he will definitely be beaten to the ground, Qin Mo is very happy to watch a good show.
***
During the intermission, Ye Chao took the initiative to find a topic and said, "Only God, the next match is Xu Lang, the strongest dark horse in this league, against Xiao Han, the professional god. Who do you think will win?"
Cheng Wei said: "A lot of viewers in the barrage said I was poisonous milk, so I guess Xu Lang won!"
The audience immediately cheered: "Xiao Wei started to use his big move again! This is called poisonous milk big move, Xu Lang has already been cursed!" "He said whoever wins will definitely lose. Hanshen has won this game for sure!" "Xiao Wei's curse is very powerful, Xu Lang is going to be miserable!" "Wei Shen, your apprentice was poisoned by your poisonous milk big move, how did you become a master?!"
Just when the director played the pre-match prediction map, Ye Chao sighed: "The pre-match predictions support Xiao Han to 90%, and only 10% support Xu Lang. Such a huge disparity in support is the first time in this league. .”
Liang Ru followed up and said: "After all, Hanshen's popularity is one of the best in the e-sports circle, and he has participated in several world competitions."
Cheng Wei smiled and said, "Xiao Han is a very good professional player."
Xiao Han: "..."
Cheng Wei was trying to imitate Xiao Han's language on purpose. Xiao Han's Chinese level was very poor when he just returned to China. When interviewing him, the reporter asked him, "How do you think this game was played?" Xiao Han answered seriously: "Very good", later this sentence became a famous saying in the e-sports circle, and was imitated by fans. Every time everyone mentioned Xiao Han, they would say "very good", "very handsome" and "very like it very much". .
Ye Chao couldn't help smiling when he heard it, and said, "Our very handsome Hanshen hasn't said the word very good for a long time!"
Liang Ru said: "I still miss that little Xiao Han who was full of nonsense back then, but now the God of Han is so cool, and the reporter speaks impeccably during interviews!"
Cheng Wei: "That's because Teacher Qin Mo taught well!"
Ye Chao smiled and said, "The contestants are still preparing backstage. Let's insert a commercial first."
The commercial this time is finally no longer the LCD panel endorsed by Zhu Qingyue, the king of soy sauce, but the new VR glasses jointly endorsed by Xiao Han and Qin Mo. This commercial is only a dozen seconds long, and it has a sci-fi feel. The two walk side by side In a time tunnel, surrounded by extremely realistic 3D images, the fans immediately became excited: "Oh my God Gemini!" , I'll go buy it now!"
After the advertisement ended, Cheng Wei couldn't help but said: "The advertiser is very discerning, Xiao Han and Qin Mo are really a good match when they walk together."
Qin Mo: "..."
Cheng Wei, stop making trouble, Team Tan calls you home for dinner!
In order to prevent Cheng Wei's topic from going off track, Ye Chao immediately coughed and brought the topic back to the point: "Xu Lang is a player of the Zhuge family's bone fan stream. This genre does not have any group attack skills, but the single-point output is the highest among all professions." Yes, the explosive ability is also very strong, this style of heads-up will have an advantage. Xu Lang's performance in the group stage is indeed remarkable, he is very good at close combat and violent suppression, and he looks more passionate and exciting."
Liang Ru smiled and said, "Wei Shen knows Xiao Han better, why don't we analyze his characteristics?"
The unreliable Cheng Wei didn't know what the guest commentator should do, but he was very familiar with Xiao Han, and immediately analyzed after hearing this: "Xiao Han's whereabouts are erratic on the field, and his playing style is unpredictable. The explosive ability is amazing, and he is a very calm and sharp assassin."
Cheng Wei completely copied Xiao Han's master Li Cangyu's evaluation of Xiao Han, not a single word is bad.
Ye Chao had no choice but to say: "The competition is about to start, let's turn our attention to the big stage!"
As the passionate background music sounded, the lights on the big stage were turned on again.
Xiao Han and Xu Lang stepped onto the stage respectively. Xiao Han walked up to Xu Lang in a graceful manner, shook hands with him, and said, "Accept."
Xu Lang: "..."
The game hasn't been played yet, so what does he mean by saying this all of a sudden
Confused, Xu Lang frowned and returned to his seat, thinking excitedly, if he could win against Xiao Han today, he would become famous in the entire e-sports circle.
The two started to vote, Xiao Han voted 88 points, Xu Lang voted 22 points, which made many viewers find it funny.
However, Qin Mo thinks that the difference in points can truly reflect the difference in strength between two people. If it is said that Xiao Han has an 80% chance of winning, Xu Lang has only a 20% chance of winning—this 20% chance also includes Xiao Han's computer suddenly crashing , The network is suddenly interrupted, or Xiao Han slipped his hand and fell off the cliff and other unexpected factors.
Qin Mo has great confidence in Xiao Han, he knows that Xiao Han will definitely win, he just wants to see how Xiao Han wins simply and neatly.
***
The first game started soon, and Xiao Han, who had a big shot, gave priority to the map.
Xiao Han chose the Excalibur Altar, an air battle lore map that appeared a lot in this league.
On such a map, skills such as the summoner's chariot crash, the swordsman's knock-up, and the throwing of the Xuanbing Palace's whip can directly kick the opponent off the pumice, but Xiao Han's assassin does not have this kind of displacement control skills. Lang's bone fan genre also doesn't have this kind of skill, and it's not feasible to rely on strong control to kick the opponent off the pumice stone and win the victory.
Liang Ru wondered: "Assassins don't have movement control skills, why do you think Hanshen chose this map?"
Cheng Wei said bluntly: "It is difficult to move in the air combat map, and he can rely on flexible moves to make the opponent lose his way!"
Ye Chao also thinks Cheng Wei's words are very reasonable: "Yes, Hanshen's positioning technology is world-class. Under the premise that neither side has strong displacement control skills, he chooses the air combat lore map, which can obviously be relied on. The skill of positioning puts strong pressure on the opponent."
After the game started, Xiao Han and Xu Lang refreshed on the pumice stones in the northeast and southwest directions at the same time.
The pumice stone began to move rapidly, and Xiao Han also immediately started the martial arts "Misty Valley" to enter the invisible state.
The audience from God's perspective saw the invisible assassin in black jumping between the pumice stones at a dizzying speed. Even if the pumice stones were moving at this time, Xiao Han could still land on the pumice stones steadily.
Xu Lang judged that Xiao Han was going to attack stealthily, so he had to stare at the big screen intently, quickly turned the camera, and was ready to fight back at any time.
Xiao Han quickly jumped over ten pumice stones in a row without any pause in between. He came to Xu Lang's back without a sound. At the moment Xu Lang adjusted the camera to his back, the dagger in Xiao Han's hand suddenly shot out—Liu Yue Flying Stars, Flying Moon Flying Stars, Ice Silkworm Killer, Mirage Light Like a Dream!
In an instant, the blood splattered, the two combos of the flying moon and flying stars, coupled with the super powerful single-target attack of the ice silkworm lore, the critical strike effect on Xiao Han's weapon was triggered, and the opponent was beaten to half blood in one breath!
A set of combo moves directly knocked out half of the blood, this output is really terrible!
Seeing his half of his health bar cut off in an instant, Xu Lang also felt the hairs on his back. What was even more disgusting was that after hitting him with a set of combos, Xiao Han immediately used the skill "Light like a dream" to control him, Let him enter a state of hallucinations, all the blooming flowers appeared on his computer screen, and he couldn't see the pumice stone under his feet clearly.
If it was a flat ground, he could use the light skill to jump back to distance himself from the opponent, but now it is an air combat map, and with no vision at all, if he jumps randomly to avoid it, he might step on the air and fall off the pumice stone. Be pierced into a hedgehog by the barbs on the ground!
Xu Lang didn't dare to move, but he couldn't sit still, so he had to use the bone fan trick - Dongpo painting fan!
This is a very powerful locking skill, which can automatically lock the hostile target within the range, launch a huge bone fan to hit the opponent's door directly, and cause a stun state.
The locking technique couldn't be dodged, and Qianli Frozen was stunned as expected, unable to make subsequent attacks.
But at the same time, because Xu Lang is also in a state of hallucinations, he can't continue to attack the opponent. This control skill is equivalent to wasting in vain, but he can't do it if he doesn't use the control, because Xiao Han still has the dragon's big move, which is useless. If he doesn't use the control If the skill saves his life, Xiao Han might have another set of explosions and kill him directly.
The time of 3 seconds became extremely long, and the flowers in full bloom made Xu Lang's mood extremely anxious. Finally, the hallucination ended in 3 seconds, and the clarity in front of his eyes finally returned. A combo of "Fan Flying Spin"!
The speed of his shots is indeed very fast. The tip of the bone fan made of keel in his hand is as sharp as the fangs of a wild beast. I saw him decisively throwing the bone fan in his hand, making continuous combos within 3 seconds, interrupting all opponents. At the same time as the skill, it caused continuous damage, and in the blink of an eye, Qianli Frozen's HP also dropped to 70%!
Then Xu Lang followed up with a "throat lock", and the bone fan in his hand suddenly spread out. The edge of the fan was like a sharp knife, cutting directly at the opponent's throat!
This skill has huge damage, and will cause the negative state of "bleeding" on the opponent. As long as this skill hits Qianli Frozen, the blood volume of both parties can be evened out. Zong" flew straight upside down for ten meters, avoiding the choke attack just right!
Xu Lang was shocked when he saw this scene.
Without seeing the position of the pumice stone behind him, Xiao Han actually dared to fly backwards, isn't he afraid of falling and dying? !
But the facts proved that Xiao Han would not fall to his death, he landed steadily on another moving pumice, as if laughing at Xu Lang's stupidity just now.
Xiao Han's exquisite operation made Xu Lang blush - the other party dared to fly backwards when he couldn't see the pumice stone, but he just stayed where he was because of the hallucination effect and dared not move. This is the gap!
Cheng Wei couldn't help but said: "Xu Lang's positioning skills are far behind Xiao Han's."
The audience also saw this, Hanshen jumped up and down on the pumice easily, without stopping at all, the air combat map was almost as flat as walking on the ground for him.
But Xu Lang couldn't do it anymore, he didn't dare to fly backward, and he didn't dare to fly forward when he couldn't see it, because the pumice stone was in a moving state, not static, and he didn't clearly remember the law of pumice stone movement in his mind And the route, there is no way to judge the next foothold in the shortest time...
If you play guerrilla warfare with a gap in position, you will only suffer a big loss. After Xiao Han moved away with Qinggong, Xu Lang had no choice but to catch up, wanting to fight the opponent head-on.
Zhuge Shijia Bone Fan Liu has an advantage in close combat, because he has four single-target attack skills. If he can chain up his moves, the output will definitely explode.
Xu Lang chased Xiao Han quickly with his lightness kung fu, and started with the move "Painting water with a feather fan!"
Spread out the bone fan in his hand, and slap the opponent's face, chest, and abdomen directly like a painting, another set of beautiful three-stroke combo!
I have to say that Xu Lang's combos are still very smooth.
However, when he had just finished his combo and managed to hit his opponent to half health, he found that there was no black-clothed assassin in front of him, but only a black afterimage.
-not good!
Alarm bells rang in Xu Lang's heart, and he immediately turned around and wanted to fly away, but Xiao Han didn't give him this chance.
The five afterimages split by Qiandeng Ghost Step surrounded him instantly like a ghost, and the bloody dagger in each afterimage stabbed at his chest at the same time!
The effect of this scene was extremely shocking, and the critical damage dealt by the five afterimages at the same time was also very impressive. Xu Lang's original 50% health bar dropped by half in an instant.
——Xiao Han directly cut off half of his blood in the first shot; in the second shot, he cut off half of his existing blood bar, and the third time he will be killed in seconds
Realizing this, Xu Lang immediately jumped between the pumice stones to avoid it with light work.
However, his jumping speed is far inferior to Xiao Han's. Often, as soon as he jumps over a pumice stone, Xiao Han has already jumped twice to catch up behind him.
Changhong Guanri, Changhong Guanri, Changhong Guanri!
What's even more frightening is that Xiao Han can still attack while jumping!
The most basic long-range attack skill of a dagger-style assassin, Changhong Guanri hits three times in a row. The dagger in his hand is thrown out by the master as a hidden weapon, drawing a bloody arc in the air, and stabbing the opponent's back with incomparable precision!
—[Thousands of miles of ice] killed [Lang Taosha]!
Xiao Han actually made a quick move in the process of moving and chasing, and a set of combos directly emptied the opponent's blood bar.
Looking at the grayed out screen, Xu Lang felt his scalp go numb for a while.
What made him uncomfortable was not losing the first game, but the frustration of being "powerless to resist" - he was completely suppressed by Xiao Han from the beginning, playing very passively, and Xiao Han was so flexible that he walked frightfully. This position also allowed Xu Lang to truly see the level of a professional player. Compared with the opponents in Group F, the strength of the Hanshen he met in the knockout round today was so terrifying that he almost lost the confidence to continue fighting!
***
After the first game, Ye Chao immediately turned his head to look at Cheng Wei: "God, your tainted milk is really good. You said that Xu Lang might win, but Xu Lang really lost."
Cheng Wei scratched his head with a smile and said, "Then let me predict that Xiao Han will win the second round, let's see if it works?"
Liang Rudao: "I think Xu Lang was stunned by Hanshen in the first game just now. Whether he can adjust his mentality in time is the key."
Ye Chao also said: "The more experienced players are, the more they can stabilize their mentality and perform at a normal level in important competitions, but often those rookies who think highly of themselves think that they are great after winning a few games, and the results are important. In such competitions, if the mentality is not well adjusted, it is easy to be defeated by the opponent."
Liang Ru echoed, "Han Shen's oppressive style of play just now is really easy to break the opponent's mind."
Xu Lang's mind was in a mess at the moment. In the round just now, he was completely disrupted by Xiao Han, his control skills were wasted, his attack skills were dodged by Xiao Han, and he couldn't escape even if he escaped. It's uncomfortable, he originally wanted to take advantage of the strong output of a single sect to fight Xiao Han head-on, but... the combo was interrupted by the opponent before the end of the combo.
Xiao Han was completely different from the assassins he had encountered in the arena before, and Xu Lang didn't even know how to fight in the second round.
Before the start of the game, Xu Lang actually planned to use the map of Hongfeng Villa for his home court. The terrain of the map of the villa is complex, so he can hide in the house and launch a sneak attack on Xiao Han. However, after the first round, he suddenly doubted whether his tactics were feasible? Xiao Han can be invisible. If he chooses a map like a villa, will he turn invisible and attack him in the dark? His attack power is so fierce, if he is stealthily attacked by him, will the result be the same as the first round, and he will be killed by him again
The second game started soon, and it was Xu Lang's turn to choose the map.
There are a lot of maps in the official map library, and Red Maple Villa is on the fourth line of the third page. He has long remembered this, but... Do you want to choose this map
The more Xu Lang thought about it, the more entangled he became. When the 30-second countdown was about to end, he hurriedly chose Red Maple Villa.
Liang Ru wondered, "It's the first time I saw that you can choose a map for 30 seconds. Didn't he think about it before the game?"
Ye Chao said very bluntly: "He must have thought about it before the game, but he was hesitant when choosing the map. Obviously, the first game hit him too hard."
Cheng Wei said helplessly: "Hesitation before the game is a big taboo during the game. If he starts to doubt himself, then the second game will be even more difficult, because he is facing the world-class master Xiao Han!"
——Xiao Han never hesitates on the field.
***
There are red maple leaves everywhere in the Red Maple Villa. When the sun sets, under the sunlight, those maple leaves seem to be stained with blood donation.
There are houses surrounded by four directions in the villa, and each room can be entered. After the game starts, the two contestants will refresh in the maple forest in the southeast and northwest directions, and they can come to the interior of the villa from the path.
Xu Lang walked through the maple forest path, dodged to the east room to ambush, planning to launch a surprise attack when the opponent came over.
This is an excellent ambush location, and the opponent's course of action can be clearly seen through the window, and this round Xiao Han did not start stealthy, so Xu Lang naturally saw the black-clothed assassin "Thousand Miles of Frozen" walking towards this side.
It's now!
At the moment when Qianli Bingfeng passed by the door, Lang Taosha suddenly stepped out, and the bone fan in his hand spread out with a "wow", and suddenly attacked Qianli Bingfeng's face!
This is Gu Fanliu's big move "Dongpo Painting Fan", which locks skills, cannot dodge, causes a lot of damage and stuns the opponent!
Seeing that Qianli Bingfeng was stunned, Xu Lang was overjoyed, and immediately unleashed a set of explosive combo moves—Bai Gu Ai, Fan Feixuan, and Throat Lock!
Xu Lang finally regained some confidence after four consecutive single-body skills reduced the blood volume of Qianli Frozen to half blood in one breath.
It's a pity that the stun control is only for 3 seconds. After the stun is over, Xiao Han immediately uses the "Gone Lost Track" skill to become invisible!
After finally gaining the first-hand advantage, the opponent suddenly disappeared, which made Xu Lang even more anxious, and the hand holding the mouse began to sweat. Xu Lang quickly left the room and came to the open space outside. However, the moment he stepped out of the room, a sharp dagger stabbed neatly in the middle of his back!
Flying Moon Flying Star, Flying Moon Flying Star, Ice Silkworm lore!
The terrifying damage dealt by the assassin's three consecutive strikes once again reduced his blood volume to below half blood!
Xu Lang immediately turned his head back, but at the moment when he turned his head, Xiao Han repeated his old trick and once again controlled his vision with the trick "Light Like a Dream".
The screen full of blooming flowers made Xu Lang almost vomit blood. Since Qianli Frozen was in an invisible state just now, he didn't see where the other party was at all. As a result, not to mention a wave of sneak attacks from behind, his vision was also affected by the hallucination effect...
When Qin Mo saw this, he knew that Xiao Han had won.
If you are a high-level professional player, first of all, you should not play ambush with Xiao Han in the selection map. You must know that Xiao Han’s strongest is sneak attack and anti-sneak attack tactics. collapse, and others want to sneak attack him, as long as he doesn't beat him to death, he can always find the most appropriate time to forcibly disappear, and then attack the opponent instead.
Xu Lang has done enough negative teaching materials today. He succeeded in sneak attacking Xiao Han at the beginning of the game, and was attacked by Xiao Han just after a wave of damage.
Now, Xiao Han has controlled the rhythm.
Once the game is controlled by Xiao Han, it is impossible to win.
Shen He couldn't help but said: "This Xu Lang is directly confused! By the way, master, if you were controlled by the cold god with hallucinations, how would you fight?"
Qin Mo said: "Continuous light work to open the distance, let's wait for these three seconds of hallucination control."
If it were Qin Mo, he would definitely retreat back without hesitation at this time. Even if he exhausted his lightness kung fu bars, he would not be able to stand within Xiao Han's attack range.
But Xu Lang didn't do that. First, he didn't know where Qianli Bingfeng was standing at the moment, so he didn't dare to fly around casually; He couldn't escape, which made him hesitate at the critical moment.
Cheng Wei is right - hesitation is a big taboo in competitions!
Even if he hesitated for only 0.5 seconds, it was enough for Xiao Han to find a chance!
Xiao Han shot very decisively. After Shenlong Wuying's big move was pressed, the assassin entered a state of invisibility, and then immediately broke out of hiding. The dagger in his hand was aimed at his back, which was a three-stroke combo of "Changhong Piercing the Sun" !
Xu Lang only started to distance himself lightly at this time, but it was too late!
After Xiao Han hit the beautiful Changhong Guanri three-hit combo, he decisively followed Qiandengguibu!
So the audience saw a very ridiculous picture, Xu Lang moved blindly and wanted to distance himself when his vision was controlled, but Xiao Han's afterimage followed him every step of the way. He flew all the way, and the afterimage killed him. Follow him all the way!
As a result, at the moment when the 3-second hallucination control ended, Xu Lang found that the flowers in front of him were gone, replaced by gray that represented death.
—[Thousands of miles of ice] killed [Lang Taosha]!
When this news popped up, Xu Lang deeply felt the fear of being dominated by an invisible assassin.
—The most terrifying gap is not that he lost to someone, but that he doesn't know how he died!
—The most shocking thing was not that he failed to avoid the hallucination control, but that when he was controlled by the hallucination effect, the flowers bloomed in front of his eyes. As a result, as soon as the hallucination effect ended, his eyes were gray and white with death!
Xu Lang didn't know what to say, he was really dissatisfied with today's two rounds, he couldn't find any excuse to explain, the strength gap between him and Xiao Han was really too big, it was too big for him to fight Jealousy or hatred of each other, only deep fear, and admiration.
Ants may be jealous of bees that are slightly bigger than themselves, but they dare not be jealous of elephants.
He suddenly felt that in front of Xiao Han, he was really just an insignificant little ant.
After Xiao Han decisively won two consecutive victories, he took the initiative to send a sentence on the public screen: "Concession [smile]."
This is what he would post almost every time he wins, and it is said that Qin Mo taught it.
He didn't take the opportunity to mock Xu Lang, but showed the demeanor that a professional player should have, and even came over to shake Xu Lang's hand.
Xu Lang said awkwardly: "Han Shen, you are really amazing."
Xiao Han smiled slightly and said, "I'm overwhelmed. There are still many great professional players, and I'm just one of them."
His words were full of confidence, and at the same time, he told Xu Lang that a frog in a well should not sit and watch the sky. There are many professional players, and Hanshen is just one of them!
There are also masters like Qin Mo, Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi, Chu Jianxin, Lin Shuangcheng, Su Cheng, etc. Xu Lang obviously has no chance of winning against them.
Xu Lang, who was slapped in the face, walked off the big stage disheartened. When interviewed by reporters, he pretended to be calm and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose. I am here to participate this time just to join in the fun. Cough, next year I should not Will come again."
The audience began to swipe the screen unceremoniously: "Pro players are nothing more than that, but they were beaten to death by a set of combos!" I don’t know how to move!” “Are you admitting to being cowardly? Xu Lang, don’t be cowardly, you should say, I, Hu Hansan, will come back next year!” “Being beaten by Hanshen has lost confidence, it’s great! !"
There were a lot of spectators watching the excitement, and the fact that Xu Lang blatantly mocked the professional players before was obviously remembered by many netizens.
In fact, professional players are far from as simple as he thought. Behind the victory or failure, they do boring daily training every day. The hard work involved can only be experienced by those who have been e-sports players.