Chapter 955: The Fruit Knife Saves The Day (1/2)
The semi-finals began at 3 pm sharp.
The first semi-final was between two super guilds, Snowy Cathaya and Hero Alliance. However, Snowy Cathaya’s chances of winning were dimmer because frankly, Sun Qingqing was kinda dragging her team down at this point. Even Lin Yixin admitted that their chances of winning would be much higher if Nangong Lexi was present. The newly-recruited archer couldn’t guarantee Snowy Cathaya a trophy, but she sure as hell could make it a tight race.
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Backpack in hand, Lin Yixin looked back at me and asked, “What are your thoughts about this match?”
I replied, “Snowy Cathaya’s only chance of winning this game is to drag it out to the duo match. This means you need to win 2 solo matches at least.”
Lin Yixin smiled. “What, you think we can’t beat Hero Alliance in 1v1s?”
I shrugged and said honestly, “Frankly, no. It’ll be miraculous if you do. I only pray that the enemy doesn’t 3:0 you…”
“Hmph!” Lin Yixin pouted. “Just you wait. There’s no chance Hero Alliance can 3:0 Snowy Cathaya with me around!”
“Good. Anyway, you should go prepare your line-up…”
“Yeah…”
I let Lin Yixin go and watched her as she led Purple Marquis, Clear Perfume and Shadow Chanel up the stage. Snowy Cathaya’s dominating success in this competition had garnered a lot of attention. The guild was only the third ranker in the China nationals, and the competition in the internationals were far greater. Therefore, Snowy Cathaya had more than proven themselves worthy by entering the semi-finals. Even if they lost, their status and influence in the country would increase greatly.
“What kind of line-up do you guys think Beauty Lin will go with?” Murong Mingyue asked.
He Yi replied, “Knowing Yiyi, I bet she would want to settle the score with Vienna’s Sorrow. This means that she would be fighting in the first or the third match. Assuming that the first and third matches are taken by her and Purple Marquis, then Shadow Chanel has to be the one to fight the second match. Their chances of winning should be bigger this way…”
Murong Mingyue looked at me next. “What do you think, Lu Chen?”
I thought for a moment before replying with a smile, “I wonder. That line-up is a bit too predictable, and Yiyi is an unpredictable girl. In my opinion, there’s a higher chance that Yiyi fights the second match, and Clear Perfume the first match. You’ve all heard of the story of Tian Ji’s Horse Racing, right? If Clear Perfume runs into Vienna’s Sorrow, she’ll lose, but her team may beat Hero Alliance thanks to it.”
Beiming Xue blinked once. “That makes sense…”
We looked up. As he said, the match-ups were displayed on the screen—
1v1: Da Vinci’s Code LV-185 Shadow Archer VS Clear Perfume LV-185 Archer
1v1: Bethoven’s Joy LV-186 Knight of Stars VS Wind Fantasy LV-187 Light Wanderer
1v1: Vienna’s Sorrow LV-189 Berserker VS Purple Marquis LV-186 Warrior
1v1: Death Wish LV-187 Mage VS Shadow Chanel LV-185 Dark Tongue Mage
2v2: Vienna’s Sorrow LV-189 Berserker & Beethoven’s Joy LV-186 Knight of Stars VS Wind Fantasy LV-187 Light Wanderer & Purple Marquis LV-186 Warrior
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Both line-ups were rather unexpected. Instead of Vienna’s Sorrow, Da Vinci’s Code was the one who would be facing Sun Qingqing. Da Vinci’s Code was a tier above Sun Qingqing in terms of skill, so the first match was a loss for Snowy Cathaya for sure. The second match was the powerful Knight of Stars versus the Fruit Knife Goddess, and it was hard to say who was going to beat who. The third match was Vienna’s Sorrow versus Purple Marquis, and Vienna’s Sorrow was probably going to take this, which also meant that everything hinged on the fourth match. If Shadow Chanel won her match, Snowy Cathaya would advance to the finals. Otherwise, it would be Hero Alliance!
A short prep later, the game officially began. The first match was Clear Perfume versus Da Vinci’s Code!
Da Vinci’s Code was already standing behind a shrubbery when Sun Qingqing appeared on the map “Grassy Field”. Judging from the challenging gleam in his eyes, he must’ve investigated Sun Qingqing in-depth and realized that she was no threat. That was why his expression was as disdainful as it was.
In an archer versus archer match-up, the one with the higher hit rate and better skill usage usually wins.
Pa!
Spiraling Arrow Blade erupted next to Da Vinci’s Code and deleted 30k+ HP immediately after the round began. Sun Qingqing had great Attack, but the battle had just begun. Unperturbed by the loss of first blood, the shadow archer withdrew to the back, halted in his tracks and fired a volley of arrows!
A ring of arrows cut off almost all of Sun Qingqing’s path of retreat. Then, a dark arrow hit her squarely!
Pa!
78281!