After watching the pre - match MV, the duel was finally about to begin.
The heart - pounding music filled the stadium. Everyone was extremely nervous, eagerly anticipating the real outcome of this match.
For some, the result of this match was no longer that important.
What mattered more was to enjoy youth and the game itself.
GH immediately launched their usual strategy. Baihe crazily maneuvered and attacked to draw the enemy's fire, while Qin Chengyao led the "three - protect - one" tactic to launch a surprise attack from another direction.
Jun Chen was no ordinary opponent. This strategy might have completely defeated others, but Jun Chen could quickly adjust their battle positions and form a solid shield - like formation, blocking most of the attacks.
The current situation was that one side couldn't break in, and the other side couldn't counter - attack. They were at a stalemate, and a suitable opportunity had to be found to break this deadlock!
Qin Chengyao's left hand danced on the keyboard. After observing the situation for a while, he suddenly said, "Do you want to play it safe or go for a more exciting way?"
The others were stunned for a moment and then quickly replied, "It's already this stage. Winning or losing doesn't matter. Of course, we should play as excitingly as possible!"
"We've been playing games for so long, but we've never tried a certain system. How about we give it a shot this time?" Qin Chengyao suggested.
Meanwhile, in Jun Chen's live - streaming room.
Xiyou's eyes were blood - red from staring intently. She nervously controlled her character, dodging everywhere, and thinking about how to break this deadlock.
Just then, the opponents suddenly rushed over and threw all their damage skills towards them!
In the past, they might have used the "flash" skill to adjust their positions and usually had to anticipate such moves.
The opponents' sudden advance must have been pre - planned, so they had to be cautious.
"Don't move. If they're anticipating our movements, we'll anticipate their anticipation!"
When the skills came, Jun Chen and his team just stood there, trying to out - anticipate the opponents.
Commentator: "Wait, wait. What's going on now? The players from GH suddenly changed their style and blindly threw out all their skills. This will put them at a disadvantage. And what's wrong with Jun Chen's team? Why are they just standing there? I get it. They're anticipating the opponents' anticipation! Now it's a matter of who can make the right prediction!"
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, all the skills rushed towards them. It was already beyond the maximum controllable range of the "flash" skill, but the direction of the skills remained unchanged.
Tian Feng finally realized something was wrong and shouted, "They're for real this time. Hurry and dodge, hurry!"
But it was already too late. Jun Chen's team was scattered by the skills. All of them were in a half - damaged state. The advantage had been so greatly lost that they no longer had the ability to fight back. They lost the first game just like that.
After losing this game, Xiyou angrily threw down her headset and gasped heavily.
"How is this possible? ... How could they be so stupid? Aren't they afraid that all their skills will miss and we'll counter - attack?"
"We thought we had anticipated their anticipation, but actually we were within their calculations. This is just the first game. Don't be discouraged."
Xiyou forced herself to cheer up to avoid losing her composure, but life seemed to give her another heavy blow.
They lost the next game. In the third game, they managed to pull back a point with all their might, but they lost the fourth game...
In these games, both teams changed their line - ups and teammates many times. Their line - ups were all kinds of strange, just like a huge feast.
Everyone present didn't even dare to breathe loudly for fear of disturbing the tense atmosphere.
Now it was the decisive game. If GH could win this game, they would be the champions this time.
Ji Siyue was sitting in the spectator room, nervously clasping her hands.
This was the last game.
Actually, before coming to this competition, Ji Siyue didn't expect the decisive game to come so soon. She originally thought that both sides would take points one by one, and it would take at least five or six games before a significant gap in the score would appear.
But now...
Ji Siyue was even more nervous than the players on the field. She almost forgot to breathe.
Nan Gongqi had just been substituted. He rubbed his wrists and said, "Winning or losing depends on this game. If we can't win this one, the opponents might rise. We must go all out."
Ji Siyue nodded. "I'm not really worried about whether we can win the game. I'm worried about whether they've had a good time... You know, winning or losing doesn't matter to us anymore."
"Yeah..."
As the war horn sounded, the last game officially began!
This time, there seemed to be a rare understanding between the two teams. They both chose their most popular line - ups, regardless of whether they were suitable for facing the opponents.
The players from Jun Chen might have regarded this as their last game, so they just wanted to have fun and no longer clung to winning or losing.
But after not caring about winning or losing, their overall state actually improved.
The two teams were entangled with each other, and the game time had reached 18 minutes.
This was already the longest game time record in the entire league. The previous record was 14 minutes set by GH...
The health bars of both sides had dropped below 50%. If it continued like this, it might just end up with both sides getting hurt, and it would be a waste of effort. A slight mistake could lead to defeat.
Qin Chengyao broke out in a cold sweat for the first time during a game. "We can't drag this on any longer."
Seeing one side stop, the other side also stopped. The two sides faced each other in this solemn formation.
Commentator: "If I'm not wrong, they're probably going to do that!"
This was an unwritten tradition in the league's matches. If the game time was too long and neither side could determine the winner, both sides would stop to wait for their skills' cooldowns. At a special moment, both sides would use all their skills at once. Who would die would depend on luck.
It seemed that the moment had arrived.