Quadruple split.

Chapter 2266: Quarterfinals

"It doesn't matter. Sister Yuying and Sister Xiaole can handle it."

Temporarily forgetting all those messy worries, Mo Tan stared at Zhu Lan on the screen, who was flying through the woods at high speed, perfectly avoiding even birds and beasts, as if he had eyes all over his body, and said this casually.

Everyone had different reactions after hearing his words.

"Oh."

Yi Dong nodded and smiled with satisfaction because he could slack off in the next game.

"Wow!"

Yu Chen covered her mouth lightly, thinking that it was super, super, super amazing that they could defeat the opponents in this round together, and she looked at Gu Xiaole and Yu Ying with admiration.

"it is good."

Gu Xiaole smiled and nodded without hesitation, agreeing.

"what?"

Ji Xiaoge was shocked on the spot, his eyes full of disbelief and incomprehension.

"Eh?"

Yuying was shocked on the spot, her eyes full of incomprehension and disbelief.

"Wait a minute!"

Ji Xiaoge turned his head abruptly to look at Yuying, flapping his wings and anxiously said, "I'm an outsider, it's normal for me to be shocked. Why are you so panicked as the person involved?"

"I do not know!"

Yuying replied with a bewildered look on her face, "I really don't know!"

"Well you know now."

Mo Tan turned to Yu Ying and smiled, then nodded and said, "In the next game, you and Sister Xiao Le go and kill all five internet celebrities on the other side."

Yuying: “???”

"Didn't I tell you before that the two games of the top 16 and the top 8 are good for us? Whether it's the Infinite Mining we're going to play against, or the Heavy Metals that Zhu Lan and Huo Yanyang are playing against, they can't cause us too much trouble."

Mo Tan glanced at Yu Ying, who was frozen in place as if struck by lightning, and lovingly recalled the conversation during the preparations for the previous battle for her: "It's the rich guys in the beggars' team who are more difficult to deal with, but they shouldn't be able to get past Zhu Lan and the others, that's about it."

Yuying stared at Motan with wide eyes and asked in surprise: "Then what does this have to do with me?"

"Of course."

Mo Tan raised his right index finger and shook it, saying seriously: "If it were those five beggars, I would have to let Lin Dong help you two."

When Yi Dong heard this, he immediately smiled and said to Yu Ying: "Thank you——"

"Don't thank me!!!"

Yuying stood up suddenly and said, "Why do you still want me to do this? Heifan, didn't you say that as long as I lie down, you can lead me to win the championship!?"

Mo Tan frowned and said hesitantly, "Why do I remember saying 'You don't have to put too much pressure on yourself. It doesn't matter if you are not good enough. As long as you work hard, you can still win'?"

Yuying slapped her thigh and said seriously: "Isn't this the same idea?!"

"That's obviously not what it means."

Mo Tan shook his head and then waved his hand to block Yu Ying's complaints in advance, and comforted him: "In short, you can rest assured. I promise that you don't need to work too hard, and you don't need to perform beyond your level. This topic ends here for now. We will make specific arrangements after the game starts."

Ji Xiaoge smacked her lips, leaned close to Yu Chen's ear and asked, "Is this what you said, the scene where Mo Tan is super invincible and handsome when he is conducting? I think I understand it a little bit."

"I never said anything like that..."

Yu Chen gently poked Ji Xiaoge, who had distorted her words by at least 80%, and said helplessly, "Don't make up weird things on your own."

"cough."

Yi Dong, who didn't want this conversation to continue, coughed lightly, turned to Mo Tan and asked, "Why are you sure that Zhu Lan and his team can win? The level of those krypton guys on the other side should be pretty good, right?"

Mo Tan shrugged and answered casually, "Of course it won't be bad. You have to know that this is the top 16. Except for the two teams with better luck in the draw, Red Constellation Team 2 and Children Can't Learn, which are relatively weak, none of the fourteen teams, including us, can be called a soft persimmon."

Yi Dong frowned and continued to ask: "So?"

"So, as you said, the [Stinky Beggars] team is not a pushover."

Mo Tan glanced at him, then raised his hand and pointed at Zhou Lan, who was always moving at a high frequency and had no intention of concealing his aura, on the left side of the screen. "But the problem is that it's not a coincidence that Heavy Metal has come this far. You can't deny their strength just because you know two members of this team and they are neither mysterious nor fashionable in your eyes."

Yi Dong, who joined the game only one day later than Mo Tan, was a low-key but definitely an expert player. He immediately realized the problem, and after putting aside his stereotypes of Kang Lan and Wan Yang (both of them were funny), he recalled the strengths of the two characters, Rune Zhulan and Huo Yanyang, and nodded, "That's right, even if Huo Yanyang is a little bit worse, Zhulan actually sent away two first-line members of the Red Constellation, and his weird ability is perfect for being a scout."

“Always take the initiative.”

Gu Xiaole grabbed Ji Xiaoge's right hand and pulled it into his arms, commenting lazily and pertinently: "As long as Lan Jiang is willing, he doesn't have to consider hiding before engaging the enemy. Five seconds is enough for a long-range professional like him to take the initiative when facing most enemies."

Although he had never played the game in a team, Yuying, who had been an adjutant in Misha County for a long time in the early days of the game, nodded and sighed, "What Lindong said is right. Brother Zhulan is a perfect scout."

"But he can't directly influence the outcome of the game. This has nothing to do with ability. It's because unless a Ranger can easily complete an 'instant kill', it's naturally difficult for him to play a decisive role."

As a result, Mo Tan made an unexpected statement. He had just determined that [Heavy Metal] would win the game, but now he said bluntly: "Don't forget that the opponent is not a fool. Zhu Lan's performance in the individual competition is bound to be studied. So if nothing unexpected happens, his ability that is relatively amazing in singles will probably be greatly limited in team battles."

Yu Chen raised her hand and asked, "Will the ability to directly reveal the future also be restricted?"

As we mentioned before, although it is almost impossible to achieve in reality, if we have the God's perspective of the "main system", then if the server status is ideal enough, [Boundary of Innocence] is likely to make the ability of "Future Vision" by integrating a large amount of data, and according to the previous discussion, Zhu Lan's new talent has almost been confirmed to be the embodiment of this BUG ability. In the words of Gu Xiaole, who can already unfold [Pseudo-Inherent Boundary], Zhu Lan's ability is comparable to most of the "Inherent Boundary" or "Domain" in the game.

However, even in this situation, Mo Tan, who had just "enlightened" Yi Dong, actually bluntly stated that this ability would be greatly restricted and targeted.

"What?"

Then, Yi Dong followed his habit of more than ten years and threw the question directly back to Mo Tan.

Yu Chen, who was a step slower than Yi Dong in reaction and was "interrupted" by the former before he could even open his mouth, puffed up his cheeks, pouted his lips and looked unhappy.

“Because the mental burden is too great.”

Although he was answering Yi Dong's question, Mo Tan, whose eyes were directly cast towards Yu Chen, answered without hesitation, saying seriously: "The human brain is not a computer. Just because the system can do it doesn't mean that Zhu Lan can do it easily. Do you remember how he was defeated by Xing Long?"

Yu Chen thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "I remember what he said at the time was... he saw more than thirty possibilities of being killed instantly by the awakening dragon within five seconds, and when he tried to analyze these possibilities, his head suddenly hurt, and then he was killed by a punch."

"Yes."

Mo Tan gave his beloved a warm smile and said, "Although Zhu Lan defeated Han Guang and Xue Ran with his new ability activated during the game, the difference between Xing Long and these two is that each of his attacks can almost kill Zhu Lan instantly. In other words, Xing Long only needs to increase his attack rhythm and frequency, but Zhu Lan needs to consider more."

Ji Xiaoge, who was held in Gu Xiaole's arms, blinked and asked curiously, "So what you mean is that the five people from the [Stinky Beggars] team combined can compete with Xinglong?"

"That's impossible, but with the fatality rate decreasing and the possibility increasing exponentially, as long as the other party makes a little preparation, Zhu Lan's ability will be greatly disrupted."

Mo Tan looked at Guo Fu, You Cai, Jian Ye, Chuan Fang and Lai Fu who were constantly granting themselves various buffs, healing HOTs and aura skills on the screen, and chuckled, "In fact, I think after Zhu Lan realizes this, he will most likely take the initiative to seal his rather buggy ability. Otherwise, it might not just be a simple 'headache', he might even be knocked offline by the data given by the system."

Gu Xiaole narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "It's not necessarily that she will be directly disconnected. If Lan-chan has... well, the talent of a sports student, she may be able to improve her ability to withstand it with more practice."

"That's right."

Mo Tan, who had long suspected Gu Xiaole's "character", was not surprised at all. He just spread his hands and said, "But he has acquired this ability in too short a time. This is not an audition, so there is no room for trial and error."

The great Yin-Yang Master clapped his hands and said in sudden realization: "That's right!"

"so……"

Yi Dong looked at the screen and saw that he had locked onto the opponent's approximate position through [Eagle Eye] and [Wind Hearing Technique]. He immediately stopped and hid behind a tree. Without turning his head, he asked Mo Tan, "Why do you think they can win so firmly?"

"Because of Huo Yanyang."

Mo Tan naturally would not keep the secret in this situation, and immediately replied: "Although he has been hiding his true level, through analysis of the previous few games, I can almost be sure that he is definitely one of the strongest supports in this competition, or even... the best."

Yuying was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "No one? Then what about Wangyu? Didn't you say before that she was..."

"The strongest healer."

Mo Tan interrupted the other party calmly and said seriously: "Although many support professions can also heal, and all healers can basically support, but in the Realm of Innocence, I personally separate these two positions. Huo Yanyang is a typical top-notch support who has no blood-adding ability but can greatly increase the strength of teammates."

Because Hei Fan had been in Sumire for a while, Yu Chen quickly recalled the relevant information and said softly, "If I remember correctly, he should be a branch of the shaman priests called 'war priests'. Hmm... It seems that he is a profession that can buff teammates with war songs and war dances."

"That's the right direction, but Huo Yanyang is not on the path of 'excelling in both singing and dancing'. Although he can sing a few war songs, it may be because he is too tone-deaf and his body is not flexible and coordinated enough, so it is difficult for him to perform well in both war songs and war dances."

Mo Tan, who was more familiar with Huo Yanyang than Yu Chen and had fought alongside the latter for dozens of days, shook his head and spread his hands, saying, "So he finally gave up the 'singing and dancing' route and chose to specialize in 'halo' and 'supervising battles'."

Everyone looked puzzled and asked in unison: "What is that?"

"Aura is a large-scale, long-term benefit. You should all know this. As for supervising the battle..."

Mo Tan glanced at the long whip on Huo Yanyang's waist in the corner of the screen and explained simply: "Let me put it this way. The military band beating drums and gongs and the supervision team killing people can both boost morale, but the methods are completely different, and the effects are also very different."

"so……"

"So we want to remove it from the game as early as possible to avoid variables."

"Those [stinky beggars]..."

"Unless Huo Yanyang chooses to preserve his strength, the opponent will definitely lose."

……

The above is the conclusion that Mo Tan came to with certainty, and the direction of the game was indeed as he expected. Although the process seemed thrilling, the result was exactly as he had expected.

After Zhu Lan took the lead in searching for the enemy and taking the initiative, the game instantly entered a white-hot stage. Considering that the NPCs of both camps were not convinced by both sides, this encounter could basically be turned into a large-scale 5V5 fight.

And just as Mo Tan said, the opponent had thought of a plan in advance, using a large number of buff effects and alchemical items to increase a large number of "possibilities", forcing Zhu Lan to actively close his "future vision" in order to maintain his sanity. But even so, the five-man team who had already spent money to earn smiles and powerful [Stinky Beggar] still noticed that the four opponents were abnormally strong five minutes after the fight started. When they finally realized that this "abnormality" was thanks to the red-haired orc who liked to whip his teammates, the average blood line had been reduced to less than 30%.

then--

  Game time PM16:17

In the first round of the quarterfinals of [Guilt Battle·Team Battle], [Heavy Metal] defeated [Stinky Beggar] with a crushing victory without any casualties and successfully advanced.

Its tactical core Huo Yanyang became famous overnight and received more than 900 friend requests within half an hour, including from well-known professional organizations such as [Wind Breaker], [Tokiwa], [Evil Valley], and [Fishing King Club]. In the end, he had to turn off the friend switch for safety.

……

twenty minutes later

  Game time PM16:39

In the first round of the quarterfinals of the [Guilt Questioning Battle·Team Battle], Yuying, a member of the [Haunted Church], made her first move and completed the first [Life-Sacrificing Attack] in this [Guilt Questioning Battle] competition, killing the healer 'Greek Milk' of [Infinite Mining] in seconds. After the enemy fell into chaos, the great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole directly wiped out the remaining four opponents with [Pseudo·Inherent Barrier: God-Defying Hundred Curses Absolute Water Soul-Slaying Array] and directly killed the competition.

At this point, the first round of the team battle officially ended.

The semi-finals are about to begin!

Chapter 2257: End