For Love of the Game

At this time, Jin An still had 5% HP, and all the machines were in CD state. Although he wanted to resist, he was still killed by Zhou Ning's two general attacks.

Tang Wenlang took off his watch, took out a tissue and wiped his glasses.

His movements were methodical, and his tone was a little careless, "Wait for my good news."

"Must!" An Lu sat on the table and dangled his legs, "The deputy team will definitely kill them all! How could Zhou Ning be the opponent of the deputy team?"

Wu Sheng coughed, and kept looking towards Guan He.

It was only then that An Lu remembered that his team captain had a good relationship with Fengyue's vice-team, so he immediately shut up.

Guan He glanced at him, stepped forward and patted Tang Wenlang's shoulder, "Come on, Xiaolang's three consecutive championships depend on you."

Tang Wenlang joked, "I thought you wouldn't say 'come on' to me."

Guan He withdrew his hand and put it in his pocket, "Don't talk about personal affairs on the field, and we can't lose a game that we should win."

Tang Wenlang smiled, "Okay."

The door of the soundproof room was opened and closed. Guan He looked up at the big screen. Zhou Ning sat in front of the camera seat and waited seriously. His eyes showed a serious look that could only be seen on the field. His long hair was rolled up to reveal his slender The tiny studs on her neck and earlobes glowed a little bit under the light.

Guan He looked deeply.

He thought, whether he wins or loses today, he should be happy, but he won't be that happy either.

Tang Wenlang was still in the preparation stage, and the atmosphere at the scene became more and more enthusiastic.

Niu Niu said, "It's finally the last match of the deciding game. Coincidentally, the two sides sent vice-teams respectively. This is a battle between the vice-captains. The faces of the two players are calm, and I'm already getting nervous."

Yao Jun laughed twice, "Today's 1V1 arena has been very stalemate. In the first round, Yu Shensi defeated the Guan team with blood, and in the second round, Sea Wolf defeated Shi Yi with 5% blood volume. There is no obvious advantage. Now that Zhou Ning and Tang Wenlang are both in full form, the results of their solo will determine which side can win the S6 season trophy, and the players must be under a lot of pressure."

Juzi looked impatient. She really hoped that Fengyue could win. Zhou Ning has been away for too long. Finally, Fengyue's lineup this year is stronger than every year, and she has successfully reached the finals. She hopes more than anyone else. Seeing Zhou Ning win the challenge.

"Deputy Team Zhou has always been Fengyue's defender and has played very steadily. I believe this pressure will not affect him."

Yao Jun and Niu Niu looked at Juzi at the same time. She was sitting upright, her eyes were fixed on the viewing screen, and she seemed to be the most nervous person.

Yao Jun smiled, "Indeed, Vice Team Zhou's level of competition has been very stable. He has almost never made a mistake over the years. His level this year has improved a lot compared to last year. He is very hopeful to win this match. Coincidentally, Deputy Tang’s team is also an epee swordsman, and their style of play is similar to that of Zhou’s deputy team, both of which are fast-break style of play in which skills link up with basic attacks and refresh passives, I believe this match will be very exciting.”

He said so, but he couldn't help worrying about Zhou Ning.

Tang Wenlang ranked second in the domestic swordsman profession and fifth in the world. For so many years, he was only concerned about how he could stabilize his head, and nothing else. All domestic swordsman players.

Last year, White Wolf, one of the Three Swordsmen of Xiaolang, retired, and An Lu took his place to form the new Three Swordsmen. The epee has no front, and both of them are top masters in the first echelon of the circle.

But Zhou Ning is still far behind.

In the first round of 1V1, Shen Huai and Guan He are both top masters standing on the clouds, with almost the same level of strength. In the second round, Shi Yi and Jin An are both talented quasi-T1 players, and they are called In the duel of fate, but in the third round, one is a T1 master, and the other is barely a top T2 player. The gap in strength is a bit big.

But thinking about it, he didn't say it.

The situation in the arena is changing rapidly, and anything can happen. Just having a calm mind is enough to make Zhou Ning stand out from the crowd of T2 players.

With a sound of "di", the third competition officially started amidst the voices of the audience.

Zhou Ning manipulated the swordsman to jump into the pool and lay in ambush at the birth point without moving.

He knows that he is not Tang Wenlang's opponent. In terms of hand speed, he is not the best in the circle. In terms of experience, he is not as rich as Tang Wenlang. Even if the fast-break style of play was pioneered by the Three Swordsmen of the Wolf, he has no little advantage.

But even so, he has to find a way, strength is not everything, so many years of career has taught him this truth, the one who can win may not be the strongest person, but it must be the one who persists until the end.

He was lurking at the bottom of the water, and soon, Tang Wenlang's shadow appeared in his field of vision. He didn't find himself at the birth point, paused for a moment, turned around, and planned to walk towards the center of the ring. At this moment, Zhou Ning suddenly jumped out of the water—— — Drunken Song Sword!

There were exclamations one after another from the auditorium, and Zhou Ning had already swung his epee and slashed at the back of Tang Wenlang's neck.

Tang Wenlang heard the sound of the sword right away. Years of experience in the arena had given him extraordinary reflexes. In just a split second, his character rolled on the spot, and the huge epee swung from his side!

——Drunken Song Sword!

Both of them started with the same skill, but Tang Wenlang shot more quickly and accurately, hitting Zhou Ning with one blow.

The Drunken Song Sword will silence the enemy, so he immediately raises his heavy sword Haoyue Slash, pointing at the horizon, and then releases his big move, Sword Dance!

Under the mark of Haoyue Zhan, all damage effects will be enhanced, and a set of skills instantly knocked out 30% of Zhou Ning's blood volume!

Zhou Ning couldn't use his skills, so he had to run away. He knew too well how to use the epee combo. Once his state of silence was over, Tang Wenlang would definitely take the next move—Splitting the Mountain!

The ground under his feet suddenly arched, Zhou Ning had been prepared for a long time, but he couldn't use the acceleration skills and ran slowly. Such a short distance could not be avoided by walking alone, and he watched himself being knocked into the air.

Tang Wenlang's attacks followed one after another with an angry dragon slash and an epee slash, and two normal attacks were connected between the two skills. The speed was so fast that it was impossible to believe that this was a rough epee swordsman.

Zhou Ning was hit twice, backhand control - chopping the mountain!

The distance between the two was too close, even Tang Wenlang couldn't dodge it. He immediately used the Bright Moon Slash, but Tang Wenlang took the opportunity to launch two more general attacks. Zhou Ning was about to strike with the epee when he found himself silenced.

Niu Niu exclaimed, "The epee swordsman's basic attack triggers silence four times, Deputy Team Tang's sword moves are as fast as a gust of wind, Ning Shen has made two basic attacks with just one skill! The fast attack style is really well-deserved !"

While he was speaking, Zhou Ning was hit twice again, and his blood volume had dropped to 50%, while Tang Wenlang still had 90% of his blood volume, almost full!

Zhou Ning gradually felt exhausted. In the duel between epee swordsmen, it is really important to hit the control first, but his hand speed is not as fast as Tang Wenlang, and the control was cracked twice. It is impossible to think of a way to fight hard. .

He resolutely turned on Yufengxing, turned around and ran, and Tang Wenlang immediately chased after him with his sword. Both of them are heavy swords, with similar points, and their running speeds are about the same. Naturally, whoever turns the corner first will lose.

Zhou Ning ran ahead and reached the edge of the ring. He pretended to change direction, and Tang Wenlang immediately caught up——Bright Moon Slash, Furious Dragon Slash, Sword Pointing to the End of the World!

Zhou Ning hurriedly released the sword energy to protect the body, followed by a set of exactly the same combo.

Tang Wenlang was not in a hurry. He and Zhou Ning had just opened the Drunken Song Sword at the same time. At this time, his CD had turned better. Seeing Zhou Ning raised his hand, he immediately played the control - Drunken Song Sword.

Zhou Ning stared at the screen closely. From this position, he was one step back from the pool. If Tang Wenlang opened it up, he could just jump into the water to avoid it. arrived.

However, Tang Wenlang seemed to see through his thoughts, turned around and knocked him back onto the stone pillar with a frightening move of sword energy!

Tangerine exclaimed, but didn't say a word.

Niu Niu said nervously, "It's over, it's over, this is definitely the best opportunity to make a big move. Ning Shen's blood volume is not much, and I'm afraid it will bottom out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Wenlang unleashed the ultimate big move—kill all directions!

The timing of his skill release was too good. Zhou Ning's sword energy body protection state ate him to the full, and his blood volume was only 10% in an instant, while Tang Wenlang only lost 25% at this time. Blood, the huge gap in blood volume makes it impossible to see the hope of reversal.

The audience screamed one after another, as if they had foreseen the birth of the champion!

Zhou Ning couldn't hear this, he was relieved to see that he didn't die, the damage calculation practice for so long was finally not in vain, he knew that this set of combos would not kill him.

He tapped the keyboard quickly, and finally played the two skills that had just been transferred from the CD - Drunken Song Sword and Mountain Cleave!

Yao Jun said loudly, "The distance between the two is too close, Vice Team Tang got hit! Drunken Song Sword and Pi Shan Zhan are silent and the other is knocked into the air. In order to achieve longer control, they usually use them consecutively. Vice Team Zhou actually released them at the same time this time." Come out!"

If you want to defeat an enemy who is stronger than yourself, you have to take out more chips than usual. Since one can't be controlled, then two!

Tang Wenlang was hit by two moves at the same time, unable to move or release his skills, Zhou Ning jumped up and raised the epee violently, Haoyue Slash, Sword Dance Qiankun!

Immediately after the big move, he made two general attacks, rolled forward and jumped behind Tang Wenlang, and knocked him back onto the pillar with a backhand move of sword aura!

The situation of the two was reversed in an instant. Zhou Ningguo disconnected the ultimate big move to kill all directions. After finishing the skill, he quickly made two general attacks. Tang Wenlang found himself silenced again just after the dizzy state ended!

Zhou Ning's counterattack is not over yet, the angry dragon slash, the sword points to the end of the world, and the epee slashes!

Tang Wenlang's HP dropped to 20% in an instant!

Niu Niu was so surprised that he couldn't speak, Yao Jun excitedly said, "Deputy Zhou's counterattack is too fierce! He first used the Drunken Song Sword and the Mountain Cleave to play double control, and used the big move Sword Dance Universe, and then used the terrain to do the same. Deputy Tang's team crashed into a pillar, and then started to kill all directions. A set of combos was orderly, fast and steady, and the gap in blood volume was recovered in an instant!"

Juzi rolled his eyes with joy, "Ningshen has always played steadily in the field, no matter how big the disadvantage is, he can launch a counterattack! Now it seems that it was not Tang's vice team who succeeded just now, but Ningshen deliberately led him to this position!"

Niu Niu didn't understand yet, the plot was reversed too fast, how could such a big difference in blood volume be recovered in the blink of an eye?Don't they have the same skills?I've never seen Deputy Tang's explosion so high!

He asked the doubts in his heart, and Yao Jun explained, "Because Ningshen was prepared, he used the sword energy protection in advance, and Tang's deputy team was caught off guard by Ningshen's counterattack, and did not have time to use the damage reduction, so the same set In a combo of moves, Deputy Tang's first attack did not deal as much damage as Ning Shen's backhand!"

Fans of Maple Moon cheered together, Hai Xing was so excited that he was gearing up to cheer Zhou Ning, and 666 was posted in the live broadcast room.

Tang Wenlang was shocked. He never expected that Zhou Ning could launch such a violent counterattack. Doesn't he know what despair is?Could it be that the 65% difference in blood volume can't affect his state?

What surprised him even more was Zhou Ning's progress speed. He watched Fengyue's game video last year. Zhou Ning's damage calculation and burst damage were not as high as they are now. He is 24 years old, and everything should go downhill. , there is still such a big room for improvement?

Ah……

Instead of being anxious, Tang Wenlang smiled softly.

Since the opponent is more tenacious than he imagined, then he has to show some real skills.

After the dizzy state ended, Zhou Ning immediately rolled back to escape. He knew that although the difference in blood volume between the two had been chased back, his own blood volume was still very dangerous, and Tang Wenlang's sword energy body protection was still useless. Difficult to fight.

But, you can win, he told himself.

As long as you stay steady, get through this skill vacuum period...

"choke!"

The crisp sound of the sword suddenly sounded, and the epee behind his back was whistling. Before Zhou Ning could react, Tang Wenlang had already cut up - chopping the mountain!

He shot too fast, and knocked Zhou Ning into the air in an instant. He only heard the sound of "swish" swords, and the light and shadow on the screen swirled. Zhou Ning hit four normal attacks in a row just after the knock-up state ended!

In the silent state, he couldn't even release a single skill, and watched the huge epee slashing down on his head - the Drunken Song Sword!

——The night wolf killed Tranquility!

Everyone didn't react, there was a full two seconds of silence first, and then there was a burst of shouts like drums beating the sky!

Niu Niu shouted excitedly, "The 1.5-second control of Pi Shan Zhan actually hit four basic attacks! I never expected that Ye Shen would have such strength at the last moment, and the fast attack style is even more dazzling! He used 20% HP Let us congratulate Xiaolang for becoming the first three-peat champion in history!"

The screams came layer upon layer like a tidal wave, surging endlessly for a long time.

Juzi sat blankly on the commentary stand, watching Zhou Ning's sluggish appearance on the big screen, tears welling up unstoppably.

Yao Jun sighed inwardly.

It's a pity, it's a pity.

But what can be done?

Tang Wenlang's last combo was his highest level. If he showed this level at the beginning, Zhou Ning would only lose even worse.

That set of counterattacks was beautiful enough, but in the face of absolute strength, it was still like a fly shaking a tree, and it was impossible to save the defeat.

Zhou Ning sat in front of the camera for a long time, he raised his head, and his eyes fell on the S6 season championship trophy in the middle of the stage.

He remembered how excited everyone was when they saw the trophy before, remembered that before the game, everyone would go to the hot spring together as soon as possible to win the game, and remembered that before going on the field, he still felt confident that he could win.

But in the end he still couldn't do anything.

As always, he lost too many games and won too few.

Everyone in the Xiaolang waiting room opposite the stage was beaming, and An Lu happily shouted three consecutive championships and three consecutive championships.

Guan He raised his head and saw Zhou Ning's hand holding the doorknob, he seemed to pause for a second before pushing the door open.

His teammates were all waiting for him, Zhou Ning bumped into Shen Huai as soon as he looked up, he smiled, "I'm sorry, it would be nice if I was as good as you."

Shen Huai's throat twitched. Usually, he could easily deal with any tricky questions when facing reporters, but this time he couldn't answer Zhou Ning's words no matter what.

Song Xueyang patted him on the shoulder, "I don't blame you, you've already played very well, and it's nothing to be a runner-up. If there is no accident, you can still participate in the World Championship. There is still a long way to go."

Zhou Ning looked at him, Song Xueyang's expression was normal, as if his losing the game was just a trivial matter, and it seemed that this game was not the national finals, but an ordinary group match.

Hai Xing quickly put on a smiling face, "Yes, yes, brother Ning, you fought very well, and the last wave of counterattack was so beautiful! I didn't expect it!"

Shi Shi nodded, "Yeah, it's great."

Fan Jingming said with a smile, "I'm quite content to get to this point, and didn't the captain say that? If I'm lucky, I can still play in the World Championship. I haven't played a game abroad yet!"

Zhou Jing didn't say anything, and took Zhou Ning's hand silently.

At the end of the game, the contestants shook hands, and the audience chanted "Xiaolang, Xiaolang" frantically.

Three consecutive championships, this is the best record since the start of the City of Despair professional competition, and the fans are naturally very excited.

Niu Niu said loudly, "Let us also congratulate the Maple Moon team for getting the best result of the team and winning the second place in the national finals of the S6 season "City of Despair"!"

The fans at the scene applauded one after another, and everyone in Fengyue bowed again before leaving the stage.

"Thank you to the audience for witnessing the birth of this year's champion and runner-up with us. Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, there will be a battle for the third place between the WG team and the Ares team. We will see you there!"

Because the award ceremony will be held one day after the third place competition, and there will be an interview with reporters at that time, so Song Xueyang refused tonight's interview and left with the team members.

Brother Kun called and said that it was raining outside, and asked them to wait for him to drive the car to the door before coming over.

Shen Huai turned on his phone, and immediately received a lot of messages, most of which were from his friends who used to have a good relationship in the entertainment industry. Congratulations to him for winning the runner-up.

Shen Huai stared at the word "runner-up" for a long time before replying thank you one by one.

One of them was sent by his father. According to the time, it was a few minutes before the game. At that time, he had already turned off the phone and did not receive it. The content was only a short sentence-come on, son!

He put away his mobile phone, looked at the rain outside the door, and didn't speak for a long time.

The nanny's car drove to the door. Brother Kun was afraid that they would be too disappointed, so he specially played a cross talk, but everyone seemed to be okay, but he seemed to be making a fuss out of a molehill.

He thought about it too. Although they didn't win the championship, this was the first time they won a trophy, and the runner-up was not bad.

Back at the hotel, Song Xueyang did not ask them to have a meeting for the first time, but asked them to relax and have a good rest. Anyway, the national competition is over, let's relax and watch the third place competition together tomorrow night.

Everyone agreed and went back to their rooms.

Fan Jingming just closed the door, when Shi Yi suddenly took his hand, tears streaming down his eyes, his eyes turned red in the blink of an eye, "Brother Xiao Ming, I'm sorry, you are going to retire this year, but I didn't let you You win the championship, if I beat Jin An, we win."

Fan Jingming hurriedly wiped away tears for Shi, "I don't blame you, I was also at fault. I didn't play a role in the two team battles, and I was forced to use ult every time. I didn't kill anyone before I fell down first."

Shi Yi shook his head again and again, crying so hard, "I'm also sorry for Master, he is so good, he could have won the championship, but I held back."

Fan Jingming hugged him and coaxed him, "Shen Huai wouldn't think so, he's not that kind of person, you've played well tonight, really."

But he was coaxing and coaxing, his throat felt sore, and he couldn't say a word.

If possible, who wouldn't want to win the championship?

Hai Xing packed up his peripheral bag and asked, "Brother Ning, are you taking a bath?"

Zhou Ning smiled, "I'm a little hungry, I want to go out and buy some supper, you should wash first."

"Oh," he nodded, "then remember to bring an umbrella, it's still raining heavily outside."

"Uh-huh."

Starfish whistled into the bathroom, and the sound of water in the shower rang, and he could no longer control himself from crying softly.

He tightly covered his mouth with a towel, afraid that Zhou Ning outside the house would hear him. He didn't want Zhou Ning to feel that he was blaming him. Defending the ring was the most stressful job. He didn't blame Zhou Ning, but himself.

In the second round of the team battle, only he and Zhou Jing were left. If he could hold out for one more second, the captain would be able to kill Tang Wenlang, and they would win.

It was because he didn't protect Zhou Jing well, it was because he was too stupid to run to that library.

What is the runner-up?He really wants to win a championship!

There was a sound of closing the door outside the house. It should be that Zhou Ning went out to buy supper. Hai Xing threw away the towel and burst into tears.

Zhou Ning walked forward with an umbrella. It was late at night and it was raining heavily. His trouser legs were wet after walking a short distance. The cold wind blew his fingers cold. It was raining and cold and cold.

He shivered but didn't stop.

The phone rang, and it was from his mother. He turned into a dark alley and picked up the phone.

"mom……"

Zhou's mother's voice was very excited, "Xiao Ning, I watched the competition, and it was not easy for you to win the runner-up! When will you come over after the competition? Mom will reward you with delicious food, by the way, Let Xiaojing come back too!"

Zhou Ning reluctantly held the corner of his mouth, a gust of cold wind blew his voice trembling, "I see."

Zhou's mother immediately heard something was wrong, "Hey, Xiao Ning, why are you outside? Isn't it raining outside?"

"No, I opened the window and my roommate rested."

"Retire so early? I thought you guys would celebrate when you won the runner-up. Okay, then I won't tell you. Don't make people say you're wrong. Remember to bring Xiaojing back."

"it is good."

Zhou Ning responded and hung up the phone. In such a split second, several tweets popped up on Weibo.

#National finals are over!The Xiaowolf team won three consecutive championships! #

#Congratulations to Fengyue for winning the runner-up! #

Zhou Ning was fascinated by the fact that the umbrella was blown away by the wind if he didn't pay attention. The pouring rain instantly soaked his shirt. He trotted two steps quickly, but one hand held the handle of the umbrella one step ahead of him.

He raised his head, Guan He helped him hold the umbrella.

Zhou Ning laughed, "Are you also here to congratulate me?"