Published at 24th of July 2019 06:10:14 AM Chapter 1601
For both Lu Boyuan and Su Mucheng, distance was their advantage . Distance would be what decided the win .
Seeing Chaotic Cloudy Mountain getting blown farther and farther away from Dancing Rain, all of the Samsara fans felt their hearts sink .
Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain set up a Mounted Gun again . She had used this Level 75 Launcher skill to great effect countless times in the playoffs .
This skill restricted her character's movements but greatly increased her attack power . It represented a powerful assault with the intent to fight a bloody battle with the opponent .
X-1 Extruder's final landing position was at the perfect firing line distance for Su Mucheng . When the X-1 Extruder exploded, the artillery barrage from Mounted Gun arrived . Launchers were most threatening when their targets were at their firing line, and it had already been shown that Su Mucheng's firing line was very flexible . It wasn't just a single dot or a line . It encompassed an area . Whether you moved forward, backward, left, or right, you would still be inside .
Chaotic Cloudy Mountain was engulfed by the artillery fire . His zero-distance close-ranged character wasn't able to counterattack . He could only run away and dodge .
( B oxnovel . com ) But where should he run to? Should he go forward or backwards?
This was the trickiest part about Su Mucheng's firing line .
You could go forward, but you wouldn't know if you could get close to her under such a heavy barrage without dying . You could go backwards, but you wouldn't know if you could actually retreat far away enough to a safe place .
Long distance was the domain of Launchers . It wasn't something that Grapplers could touch .
He was trapped inside Su Mucheng's desired firing line .
Lu Boyuan didn't get discouraged .
Advance? Retreat? He found a third option, an option that was only possible in this map .
Sprint, jump, roll .
It was hard to move around amidst the barrage of artillery shells, but he was still moving . He wasn't locked into place by Dancing Rain's assault . The stalagmite up ahead was his goal . He wanted to run over there and take cover . Once he was able to catch his breath, there would be more opportunities laying in wait .
Lu Boyuan acted on his plans . Chaotic Cloudy Mountain rushed towards that stalgamite .
Su Mucheng quickly saw what Lu Boyuan intended . It seemed like Dancing Rain would need to make adjustments to keep up pressure after Chaotic Cloudy Mountain reached the stalagmite .
But Su Mucheng didn't make any .
Dancing Rain continued to use her Mounted Gun and the buffs it provided .
Chaotic Cloudy Mountain's health dropped rapidly, but he wouldn't die before he reached that stalagmite . Did Su Mucheng have a way to burst him down?
It was hard not to think of this question . Even though Su Mucheng was a high DPS class, she didn't brute force things . She would often set up subtle traps that were only understood after being caught inside .
( B oxnovel . com ) Pan Lin and Li Yibo looked at one another . They wanted to say something, but were too afraid to say it, fearing that their faces would get slapped . They didn't dare make any predictions for any of the players today, let alone someone like Su Mucheng who was so close to Ye Xiu . Just this relationship alone scared them .
“Let's wait and see . ” The two called for everyone not to ask them and instead wait to see it for themselves .
And so everyone watched .
The Samsara fans were worried and anxious . The Happy fans were filled with energy and hope .
90%…
80%…
70%…
60%…
Because Lu Boyuan had held the upper hand at the start of the fight, Dancing Rain hadn't been able to deal much damage to him . As a result, most of the damage had been dealt starting from this moment . Starting from around 90%, Chaotic Cloudy Mountain's health dropped in chunks as he approached the stalagmite .
Not enough, no?
That was what everyone was thinking .
However, Su Mucheng had only now retracted her Mounted Gun . No, to be more precise, her Mounted Gun's duration was up . She hadn't cancelled it . Dancing Rain moved and began chasing Chaotic Cloudy Mountain .
But because she had been attacking from a fixed spot previously, Chaotic Cloudy Mountain had moved away from the center of her firing line . Even though she could still reach him, her attack rate couldn't compare to before and she couldn't restrict his movements . As a result, Chaotic Cloudy Mountain began moving much faster than before . Soon, he was next to the stalagmite . Then, he circled around behind it . If Dancing Rain wanted to attack him, she would need to go around in a huge circle to get to a different angle .
That… was it?
The people who had been worried about Lu Boyuan felt like their worries had been for nothing . As for the people who had their hopes up for Su Mucheng, their hopes were destroyed .
“This… this…” Pan Lin and Li Yibo stuttered . They had been too afraid to make any statements when she set up a Mounted Gun . Now that they saw that nothing ended up happening with it, they were still too afraid to say anything . Everything else seemed to be a profound mystery, and the two didn't know where to start .
The fight suddenly stopped .
Chaotic Cloudy Mountain, now hiding behind the stalagmite, had 42% of his health left . He had taken tons of damage escaping from Su Mucheng's firing line . After all, Dancing Rain had set up a Mounted Gun . All of her attacks had been drastically buffed .
But he was able to escape . He had won an opportunity to turn things around . He likely would not have had as good of an outcome if he had advanced or retreated . Lu Boyuan was thankful for choosing the third option .
As for Su Mucheng?
From the eyes of the viewers, she had simply been trying to deal as much damage as possible . It didn't seem as if she had any intentions of stopping him from reaching the stalagmite nor did it seem like she had any ideas for what would come afterwards . This shouldn't be a mistake that a pro player made . People who liked conspiracy theories suspected that she was intentionally sandbagging . But thinking of Su Mucheng's relationship with Ye Xiu and how she had practically volunteered to join a grassroots team like Happy, sandbagging didn't make any sense .
What is she thinking?
Whether it was the fans who supported Samsara or the fans who supported Lu Boyuan, they all felt a little bit suspicious . Anyone with a bit of Glory knowledge would have given up on a bit of damage from Mounted Gun to chase after Lu Boyuan's Chaotic Cloudy Mountain, no?
The camera focused on Dancing Rain . In this situation, Pan Lin and Li Yibo had to say something .
“Uh, Lu Boyuan has successfully escaped from Su Mucheng's firing line!” Pan Lin summarized what had happened .
“Su Mucheng's offense was very powerful because she didn't stop using her Mounted Gun,” Li Yibo wasn't going to fall behind .
“But why didn't she stop using her Mounted Gun?” Pan Lin asked .
“Yes, why didn't she?” Li Yibo said .
“YOU TWO!!” Someone from behind them shouted at them . People would usually be more respectful of Li Yibo since he was a guest commentator, but right now, Li Yibo was being yelled at along with Pan Lin . The director's patience was reaching its limits .
“If Su Mucheng had given up on her Mounted Gun earlier and chased after Chaotic Cloudy Mountain, do you think she would be in a better spot, Coach Li?” Pan Lin could only move on to a different topic .
“On the surface, yes,” Li Yibo said .
“Okay!” Pan Lin nodded his head .
“But for some reason, she didn't do that,” Li Yibo said .
“Yes yes,” Pan Lin nodded his head again . What was this reason? Everyone wanted to know what this reason was!
“We'll see,” Li Yibo said .
Pan Lin wanted to cry . To think Li Yibo would still use his trademark escape tactic at this crucial moment . Pan Lin was wondering whether “We'll see” would become a trending meme tomorrow . Would people use that to make fun of their incompetence?
In any case, the words had been said . Li Yibo couldn't say it again . Pan Lin didn't want to bring trouble onto himself, so he might as well just let it be .
The camera focused on Dancing Rain . Nothing unexpected that was worthy of a “let's wait and see” happened . Su Mucheng just calmly packed up her Mounted Gun and then started moving horizontally to get to a different angle .
Everything was calm as if none of the previous crazy attacks had happened . It was as if the match had reset back to when the two came across each other the first time . Chaotic Cloudy Mountain had taken cover behind a stalagmite, while Su Mucheng started searching for him bit by bit .
Everything was the same as before .
The only difference was that Chaotic Cloudy Mountain was at 42% health, while Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain was at 87% health .
42% versus 87% . There was a difference in health between the two compared to before . Chaotic Cloudy Mountain was losing, and right now, Chaotic Cloudy Mountain was far away from Dancing Rain . The situation seemed to favor Su Mucheng .
Pan Lin and Li Yibo were at least able to make this sort of analysis . At the end, Li Yibo suddenly blanked out . A thought suddenly sprung into his mind as he watched Dancing Rain's calm movements .
Could it be… Su Mucheng knew that even now, she held the advantage . There had been no need to use that opportunity before to kill off Chaotic Cloudy Mountain in one go . That was why she hadn't cancelled her Mounted Gun, instead dealing as much damage as she could . She could still be calm now because she had a huge lead . There was no need to be nervous or worried . It was Lu Boyuan who would be feeling those emotions . The Lu Boyuan, who was still rejoicing that he had escaped from Su Mucheng's firing line .
He would probably soon realize it . Escaping wasn't anything worth celebrating . Su Mucheng wouldn't let him easily recover from the lead that she had gotten . Su Mucheng was confidence in this, and this confidence was her true assault .