April nineteenth, zero o'clock.
The top four battle for hegemony S3 starts on time.
Because it is already the semi-finals, out of consideration for ratings and respect for advertisers, the time of the two games has been staggered; [Hell Front] and [Order] can take an extra day off in this round. Call again in the early morning of the tenth. Tonight's duel will be between [Waste Wood Alliance] and [Heaven's Gate].
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[Peak Contest S3, Semi-Finals]
[Venue: Cangyun Mountain]
When the players of the two teams entered the spectating space, this system voice rang in their ears.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sentence [the game will start in thirty seconds].
In the vanguard battle, the two people who were introduced to the battlefield were [Tian Ma Xing Kong] and [Sariel].
Everyone is familiar with Brother Xiao Ma, as for Suriel... From the outside, his face is the same as most casual players, it is an ordinary person's face that has been adjusted and modified to look a little more handsome ;He was wearing a black and white outfit, and he didn't reveal any weapons and equipment. It was difficult to judge what type of player he was.
Since this match was conducted under the influence of the "artifact", from the moment of entering the battlefield, the special effect of the [Philosopher's Stone] on the side of the [Waste Wood Alliance] "turning stones into gold"... is already the beginning Countdown to take effect.
It was exactly thirty seconds until the barrier disappeared, that is to say, at the moment when the fight officially started, the equipment and skills of Sariel's whole body would undergo a "value increase"; moreover, in the [Gate of Heaven] [ With the addition of the amulet], the degree of improvement will be strengthened, and it is very likely that more than half of the skills and equipment on Sariel's body will immediately lose their effect.
Of course, according to Honghu’s analysis, there are countermeasures in the face of this kind of restraint; the opponent only needs to adjust their items and skills before the game, and bring some equipment/things with low learning requirements to fight... Although doing that The power will drop a lot, but it's better than carrying a whole body of things that can't be used.
[... Two... One... Fight!]
The countdown ended soon, and the barrier disappeared.
In this kind of single challenge, Tian Ma Xing Kong usually would not retreat in the preparation stage; and Sariel did not seem to retreat half a step.
As soon as the battle started, the two fought hand to hand.
The audience thought that what followed would be an earth-shattering and hearty fight...
However, the reality is...
buzz—
With a strange cry of surging energy, Sariel's eyes emitted a strange light.
And Tian Ma Xing Kong, who was stared at by him, was like a still frame in a film—maintaining a half-done forward movement, and did not move at all.
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"As expected... Is this kind of development again..." At this moment, Gui Xiao, who was watching the game in the conference room, muttered with a rather solemn expression. Judging from his tone, the scene in front of him did not surprise him very much.
"Still can't see anything?" Sashimi asked beside him.
Obviously, this is not the first time they have discussed the topic of [Heaven's Gate].
"Ah..." Gui Xiao nodded, "I can't observe it at all, I can only roughly guess their abilities through the performance of the third party..." He paused, looked up at Tianma Xingkong in the live broadcast screen, "For example, now, from Tianma According to the data over there, his physical activity has been suppressed by a certain ability, and even his energy activity has been restricted. However, for Sariel who activated this ability, the price for activating it seems to be "keep looking at the opponent." ' That's all."
"Hmm..." Sashimi pondered, "Judging from the game records so far, seven members of their team have demonstrated such 'unreasonable' skills; Both are reusable permanent skills…”
"The point... is not how strong their abilities are." Meng Jingchan interrupted at this time, "It's 'where did these guys come from'."
He paused for a few seconds, took a puff of cigarette, and said, "It's actually understandable to block Ghost Xiao's 'data perspective'... After all, Thriller Paradise has a huge player base. There are all kinds of guys who can copy other people's skills, and it's normal to have a few players who can 'anti-data perspective'.
"It's just... In a team, seven players with related IDs all have this ability, and they all have super-class combat power, so the probability of this happening is terribly low.
"What's even more weird is that these seven masters seem to be OSSs created out of thin air. With our contacts in [Order], we can't find any players who have had contact with them in the script... I can't find them on the game forum either. To the posting or reply records of their several IDs... This is almost impossible among non-professional players."
"Then what do you mean..." Ye Zhi heard something in his words, so she asked.
"Fu—" Meng Jingchan took a breath, "This team probably has something to do with Dream Company."
"You mean, they colluded with people inside Dream Company?" Ye Zhi asked again, "Used some kind of cheat developed by the game company itself? Or directly modified the data?"
"No, that's not what I meant." Brother Chan corrected, "Over the past year, Dream Company's style and execution ability are obvious to all... If some of their internal employees colluded with outsiders to cheat, then this team would have They were found out and disqualified, and none of the internal responders should even think about running away; right now, since this team has advanced all the way to the semi-finals without being investigated, it means that Dream Company thinks they have no problem, and it is even possible... This team is actually supported by the officials behind the scenes."
Hearing this, Wu Shi Shenxuan turned his head and asked suspiciously: "Your explanation makes sense from the existing results, but what is the 'motivation' behind it? Why did Dream Company place such a A team? Does it do them any good?"
"This is what I have been unable to figure out." Brother Chan replied, "You say they are 'making stars'... The seven members of the Paradise team are all low-key like absconders. Looks famous; say they're 'selling champions' for money... How much would it cost Dream Corp to do something like this? To be honest, I personally feel... Dream Corp is not a company that treats gamers like their sons They are a company that treats players as grandchildren and capital as grandsons..." He shrugged, and then said, "The only hypothesis I can think of now is...Dream Company has placed such a powerful team The team in the game is to use their hands to eliminate some specific teams or players... "
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While they were talking, on the battlefield, the "Pioneer War" was over.
Tianma Xingkong, who was pinned down from the first second of the game, although he has been trying to break free from the shackles, he still failed in the end.
After a while, Sariel, who felt that he had "observed enough", could only sigh softly, and said, "You do have some unique charisma, and you also have certain potential and talent in certain aspects, but in this final In the screening, those alone are not enough for you to pass the level... The inability to escape from the imprisonment of the 'evil eye' means that you have not been able to find the way to escape from the 'creature' on the two roads of 'strength' and 'spiritual knowledge'. First-class means, so the result is obvious... "
As he spoke, he raised his head slowly, looked at the sky, and said to whom he didn't know: "Sorry, I'm not qualified."
After all, his pupils reappeared with different lights, and just "looking" at the unconstrained style, he turned it into white light.
This victory or defeat ended in this confrontation that was like hanging up and the inexplicable lines.
The audience, the commentators, and even those players who were eliminated in the previous ten rounds... basically looked dumbfounded; only a very small number of people, and some inhuman, higher-ranking existences, understood Sariel's words. said.
In any case, the score became one to zero.
Next, is the "battle of the backbone".
After a short rest period, [Raphael] and [Gabriel] from [Heaven's Gate], [Honghu] and [Seven Kills] from [Waste Wood Alliance] appeared on the field.
If the unrestrained "elimination" seems a bit inexplicable and aggrieved, then these two are more "submissive" lying down.
Under the premise of being restrained by the artifact, Raphael and Gabriel stood there for a full minute against the attacks of the two opponents. Can kill a person.
This can't help but make Honghu feel like "Did I choose a fake artifact? Put on a fake equipment? Use a bunch of fake skills?".
Of course, not only him, Qisha and the audience also think so...
A minute later, the two were respectively evaluated as "skills stop here" and "aspiration is only in self-cultivation", and they were instantly killed by those two in heaven.
So far, at least the audience has agreed on one thing—the team members of [Heaven's Gate] are probably all ghost-level monsters.
Looking at all the matches in S3 so far, there is indeed only the one between Gui Xiao and Shiva, where the scene of "letting a top player attack at will for a minute and then easily fight back" appeared.
Previously, because most of the opponents [Heaven's Gate] faced were second-rate fighters, and the most powerful one was when they encountered [Red Sakura] without Xu Huaishang, so the players had an "upper limit" on their strength. The feeling is still vague.
But in front of them, when they met the [Waste Wood Alliance], they still showed that suffocating calmness and desperate combat power. This... is not something ordinary "strong" can describe.
If it weren't for Dream Company's consistent tough style, and the team's low-key attitude that there is no way to hack, 90% of the players would definitely believe that they are cheating without evidence.