Chapter 942: Candlelight Shadow’s Junior (1/2)
Our win over Ukraine made us the second team to 5:0—or 10:0 if you considered the individual score—our opponent besides Snowy Cathaya. Our dominance stunned everyone in the WEL for a while.
To be honest though, I thought that even the internationals would have a mix of weak and strong teams. Many servers were weak, so their champions could only be the champion of the weak. They would be lucky to make it to the eighth-finals of the China server, much less the world stage where the best teams in the entire world came together to decide the strongest of them all. The outcome of our battle was the perfect example of this.
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The first thing we received after we exited the battle room was a thunderous applause and a resounding cheer. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had put our mettle to the test and came out shocked at how strong we were compared to the other teams. This was good news of course.
After we returned to the waiting area and took our seats, Rose served each of us a cup of tea and praised us, ”Well done 5:0ing Ukraine, hehe. And Lu Chen, the way you PvP is seriously imperious. I can’t believe you actually managed to 2:0 that Seven Degrees Below Zero twice in a row! He was quite the famous player in Ukraine, you know!”
Lin Yixin was sipping her red tea at her sofa, and when she heard this she let out a chuckle and explained, ”Seven Degrees Below Zero is just a noob, plain and simple. His skill is around the same as Gui Guzi’s, and I won’t deny that he’s quite the speedster. However, his tactics cannot keep up with his style, and he lacks any imagination whatsoever. He was always going to lose horribly to someone as cunning as Little Cheat.”
Her team manager, a beautiful woman working for Apple, said encouragingly, ”Yeah, yeah! I think our Beautiful Little Pepper could’ve beaten that Seven Degrees Below Zero perfectly as well!”
Lin Yixin blushed at the compliment. ”Aiyo, you don’t have to put it like that…”
I shot Lin Yixin a look. ”You sure you still remember how to write the word ‘humble’, Yiyi?”
She put down her cup and glared at me. ”What did you say, bastard? You wanna get punched?”
I immediately turned my gaze back to the stage. ”Oh look, the next fight’s about to start…”
”Hmph!”
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It was time to observe the matches of Group C. Technically speaking, we could’ve gone back to the hotel and rested already, but we stayed because it was necessary to observe our future opponents, research their skills, figure out the best line-up to pit against them, and counter their tactics. After all, as the saying goes, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles!
The second match of Group C was also between God’s Domain and Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, also the match of that Red Maple who had taunted us earlier. It was said that he was the strongest player in Japan, and this was a good opportunity to check out his skills. If God’s Domain was victorious, they would become our eighth-finals opponents. In other words, they must die in order for us to continue advancing to the quarter-finals.
As expected, Red Maple appeared on the battlefield first looking like nothing could put a dent in his confidence. His opponent was an Argentinian archer. We also noticed that Red Maple had a very imperious class—
Class: Heaven’s Warrior
Guild: God’s Domain
Position: Guild Leader
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Lin Yixin blinked at the display once before explaining, ”God’s Domain is the number one guild of Purple Gr.a.p.e City. They have nearly 50 subguilds, and their total player count is absolutely insane. In less than four months, God’s Domain had occupied over 40% of the resources that exist in the Japan server. Red Maple is an extremely ruthless person, and he usually murders any guild who defies him until they disband on their own. It’s why practically every guild in Purple Gr.a.p.e City is officially allies of God’s Domain even if they might think otherwise. It would be apt to call Red Maple a tyrant and a despot in Purple Gr.a.p.e City!”
I licked my lips. ”In that case, I can’t wait for God’s Domain to defeat their opponent. White Rose Fortress is the only thing standing between Purple Gr.a.p.e City and Sky City, so it’s only a matter of time before we fight each other. Let this be the first battle between our guilds!”
Lin Yixin commented with a giggle, ”You are always so bloodthirsty…”
”Of course, dear.”
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With that rousing win, the other three players of God’s Domain defeated their opponents 2:1 and confirmed their advance to the eighth-finals. During the 2v2 match, Red Maple single-handedly defeated both of his opponents despite losing his teammate fairly early into the match, securing a 4:1 score for his team. Argentina’s champion team wasn’t weak, but they still got swept by God’s Domain all too easily. It showed just how strong God’s Domain was!
The second last match of Group C proceeded after that. Throne of the Wild, the team from Korea swept their French opponent with a 5:0 score, drawing everyone’s attention immediately. There were two things noteworthy about this team. One, they were all Heroic Bannermen. Two, their team leader was a harmless-looking woman who was anything but harmless.
Rose gave us an explanation on their background. ”Throne of the Wild is the number one guild in the Korean’s Guild Ranking, and their guild leader, Tear Stain, is a very beautiful woman. I’ve actually talked to her in the past, and I heard that she was Candlelight Shadow’s university junior when the latter was studying in Korea. She deeply admires Candlelight Shadow, and strongly believes that no one can surpass the Starcraft Emperor. She’s a talented woman and a hard worker, and she has a whopping 99.4% win rate in her main city’s battle arena. She’s so strong that even Frosty Night, Blazing Pulse and Enlightened Heart willingly joined her guild and supported her. It’s one of the reasons Throne of the Wild became one of the strongest super guilds in the entire world.”
He Yi and I exchanged an astonished look with each other before exclaiming, ”Candlelight Shadow’s university junior? The f.u.c.k? Since when did that guy have a junior this amazing?”
Rose burst into laughter before shooting a meaningful look at Lin Yixin. ”What are you talking about? Your Beautiful Little Pepper is a monstrous player herself, isn’t she?”
Lin Yixin turned red and concentrated on her tea. Sun Qingqing seized the opportunity to tease her to her heart’s content.
Beiming Xue checked the line-up again and said, ”Assuming that their opponents aren’t up to snuff, we’ll have to fight God’s Domain to enter the quarter-finals, and Throne of the Wild to enter the semi-finals. OMG, I miss our group of life in the nationals already. This… this is practically a mini group of death…”