A week later, the first round of the individual competition in the second star province has ended.
There are 8 remaining players in Group C, of which 3 are from the Earth region (including Odin, who has a bye), 3 are from the Xianqin region, and 2 are from the Orion region.
Odin's first match was officially drawn. The opponent was a female mage player from Xianqin District, ID "Gengchen", whose occupation was an elemental dancer.
She just lost the national competition and fell into the provincial competition. Her highest ranking in the first league was 35th in the country. Many people think that she is one of the strongest duo in Group C. Many people have expressed regret for Odin who faced Gengchen just after his bye. (Xiao Ke: You stupid mortals ╭(╯^╰)╮)
Moreover, Gengchen's profession "Elemental Dancer" is a very rare composite profession, often considered a "melee mage", but it is actually a bit similar to a melee mage, except that although she can fight in melee, she can't attack physically.
The only reason she's melee is: all her spells work best in close range.
Before the game started, the two contestants drew lots on the stage.
Geng Chen is a relatively rare female contestant, and she is also very popular in her star area. When she took the stage, there was no shortage of loud confessions from male audiences—it is said that she was even proposed on stage in a high-profile manner.
But this is nothing compared to the hysterical screams from the female audience when Fourth Master came on stage—
Yaoshou, they haven't seen God of War for two full months!
Who knows what they have experienced in the past two months! The other contestants continued to be in the limelight after the First World War. Why did this Iceberg God of War retreat directly into the Jianghu, and refused to show his face in the provincial competition, and could only be seen in the arena!
While the fans burst into tears over Si Ye's iceberg deeds, they were also fascinated by his ruthlessness.
It is worth mentioning that the earth region is the least populated star region in the second star province, so the audience base is actually very small. However, many of Siye fans are from other star regions. They are completely shocked by the beauty of God of War, and they have fallen into a big pit since then and can't climb out; many girls fans didn't watch e-sports games before, only Because Si Ye's competition looked like a movie, so they rushed over to watch the live version of the movie...
The two commentators of the provincial competition are also on the mic at this time. As usual, they are a combination of a man and a woman: the female commentator is a professional anchor, often commenting on some games, her speaking style is very heroic, and she was selected by the audience's strong demand; the male commentator is retired The player has also been a coach for several years, so he has rich experience and can make up for some shortcomings of the female commentator.
At this moment, the female commentator was saying: "The results of the lottery are out, yes! The first one is a plain map, which is very unfavorable to the Assassin players."
Male commentator: "Yes, our Geng Chen player is very good at fighting in flat areas, and she is best at air combos - this is another disadvantage for melee players. We know that melee skills need to be powerful, no matter what. It needs a point of leverage, even if it is a windmill company in the air, it needs leverage at the beginning; so as long as it takes a while in the air, a mage who can use spells to move freely will greatly exceed the flexibility of an assassin."
Female commentator: "Our God of War is also famous for air combat!"
Male commentator: "In the final analysis, air combat still has a point of leverage, either the aircraft or the wings. Unfortunately, this map does not provide him with a flying method, so..."
Female commentator: "A phoenix falling to the ground is not as good as a chicken?"
Fourth Master's fans immediately protested: "You are the chicken!"
The female commentator immediately apologized: "Oh, sorry, I'm finger-licking plain chicken! I should have said 'Dragon trapped in the shallows suffered a shrimp scene'!"
"..." Geng Chen's fans also protested, "You are the shrimp!!!"
The female commentator apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm a golden anchovy shrimp!"
Male commentator: "..." I'm hungry.
Speaking of which, the two players are already in the middle of the map.
As the commentary said, this picture is a very flat dry land as a whole, with cracks and ravines in it, which looks extremely scary. These ravines are so deep that they can be regarded as a mortal cliff. There is barely a landing point for the players to save themselves when they fall halfway, and then climb back to the ground.
There is an old ginkgo tree on the edge of the cliff, and the golden leaves are falling in pieces.
In addition, it is endless, and both players can completely see through each other's movements.
Female commentator: "It's so flat! It's as flat as my chest! It's even concave!"
Male commentator: "Then if an assassin player wants to sneak attack, they basically rely on the first invisibility at the beginning of the game and the deep trenches on the ground."
As soon as he finished speaking, the countdown ended, and sure enough, the Assassin Odin disappeared directly and disappeared.
To be honest, as an elemental dancer, what Geng Chen is most afraid of is the routine of stealth + melee attack.
Why
Because almost all her spells are melee + range attacks! Other professions are worried about the assassin's close stealth, which is difficult to find, but the elemental dancer is really not worried.
At the beginning, Geng Chen pulled the red ribbons on his wrists and ankles, and gracefully turned an arc—elemental dancers are a very beautiful profession, because they use body dancing gestures instead of spell-casting gestures to cast spells.
Following the precious first chanting time at the beginning, Geng Chen released the "Wind Tour Technique", and saw an invisible hurricane slowly wrapping her, and then she floated in the air.
Then, in order to guard against a possible melee assassination, the Gengchen people slowly turned in the air, driving one of the easiest spells for elemental mages: the ring of frost.
Like most of her other spells, this one is an area of effect. If the enemy is within 3 meters, it is likely to be exposed due to being covered by frost and snow. It will be slowed down within 1.5 meters, and it will start to be damaged when it is further within 0.5 meters. It must see through the invisibility.
That's why everyone says that Elemental Dancers are better at countering Assassins on flat terrain.
But at this time, Tai Lun was not as eager to gain an early advantage as Geng Chen expected.
He squatted on a branch of the ginkgo tree, calmly observing the elemental dancers floating in the sky through the gaps in the branches and leaves.
The female commentator obviously did his homework, and said at this time: "Fourth Lord is still calm and unhurried, showing the demeanor of a general. This time he will choose an ambush? Or will he attack him from an unexpected angle? Both tactics Used to work great…”
Before he finished speaking, fourth master finally moved!
He fell from the tree as lightly as a cat, and then changed from extremely quiet to extremely dynamic in an instant, and jumped out ferociously like a cheetah!
The male commentator's speech speed immediately increased, and the commentator said: "The contestant Odin rushed to Gengchen from the tree, obviously avoiding the shaking of the leaves to expose his position. Fortunately, he quickly approached Gengchen within five meters of the horizontal distance. But the vertical distance between them was a full three meters—he took off!!! Odin confidently took off directly from a 45° angle, borrowed strength from the ground, and went straight to Gengchen!"
Before he could breathe, he saw that Odin's jump just happened to fall outside the effect of Gengchen's ring of ice—1.502 meters, and the strength and angle were extremely precise!
The female commentator interjected: "Flash! After reaching the position, Fourth Master directly used the flash to get close. Can Geng Chen escape Fourth Master's first assassination at the beginning!"
The first time Tai Lun used the flash to enter the range of the ring of ice, Geng Chen had actually been reminded, and her reaction speed was also extremely fast—but still not fast enough!
Because of the skill of flashing, it is already almost the limit displacement speed of melee combat!
At that moment, Geng Chen turned around suddenly in the air, and danced the metal anklet, which just happened to land on Tai Lun's dagger with a "clang".
It's just that Tai Lun's short sword had already scratched across her dancing red silk at the same time, breaking a narrow opening and causing two injuries on her neck!
However, Geng Chen is not a melee professional, after her ankle ring touched the dagger, she did not stop, but quickly raised it, making a graceful dance gesture——
The gesture is not over yet, Tyron's short sword has been retracted.
At the same time, his dagger didn't stop at all, slid across Gengchen's ankle smoothly, and then stabbed three times like lightning!
The system judged that this was a five-strike combo with two weapons, and Geng Chen's blood volume was immediately reduced to 80%!
But she's still dancing with aplomb!
With the completion of her second posture, the streamer fluttered lingeringly, and Geng Chen used a new spell: Eye of the Storm!
Immediately, the wind surrounding her changed from a gentle lift to a whistling hurricane, and the strong wind caused the two contestants in the air to shake at the same time.
Female commentator: "Extremely beautiful assassination! It can be called a textbook approach and combo method!"
Male commentator: "It's a pity that he fell into the storm of the elemental dancer. The storm is the starting move of Gengchen's famous air combo!!"
Almost every spell of Elemental Dancers is a continuous and range spell, which makes them extremely powerful spell combo ability.
Gengchen is most famous for such a set of aerial combos: Eye of the Storm (makes melee enemies trapped in the air and cannot move), Ice Shackle (makes enemies who cannot move cannot counterattack), and Flame Carnival (cooperating with ice to cause Super high damage, while knocking the enemy directly above him), Thundering Nine Heavens (summoning a thunderbolt from the air to his own position, the range is very small, but it causes damage and paralysis to the enemy directly above at the same time).
If Geng Chen finishes this set of combos, some players with low blood volume will even be directly knocked into a state of residual blood by her.
Now, her starting gesture has been completed.
A wild storm surrounds her and the enemy. With nowhere to borrow power in the air, it is almost impossible for any melee player to escape the control of the storm, and will only be sucked back to the center of the storm by the wind pressure.
Accompanied by the whispering chant, Geng Chen's dance has entered a new stage: Shackles of Ice!
Male commentator: "Last chance! We must get out of trouble, otherwise Odin will directly fall from the upper hand to the down wind! But the question is, how to get out of trouble?"