Chapter 634 - 597: International Knockout Competition
——"Hello, viewers! Hero News is back on air. There are only 10 minutes left until the international knockout competition begins, and soon we’ll see 1,332 players from various countries paired up by the system for a round of elimination duels. The strongest players will enter the final battle for first and second place after achieving 10 consecutive victories. We are now going live to the Star Goddess, Bu Feiyan, who is joining us in the studio. Miss Bu Feiyan, hello!"
Bu Feiyan’s silvery laugh rang out: "Hello host, hello viewers, it’s a pleasure to meet everyone."
The host laughed and said: "Having Miss Bu Feiyan join us again is quite an achievement."
Bu Feiyan chuckled: "I had no choice, I needed to level up and do quests, so I had to reluctantly give it up."
The host laughed: "In the end, Miss Bu Feiyan is still a player who relies on her skills. It’s a pity you are not participating in this competition; your fans and the audience must be disappointed."
Bu Feiyan laughed: "I can’t help it, my game account is also a secret of the Guild, and can’t be easily showcased. So I hope not to disappoint everyone during the National War."
Host: "In fact, many professional guilds from various countries have adopted this tactic of preserving their strength. On the contrary, it’s some amateur players who, motivated by the huge prize money, have eagerly participated and a lot of strong players have emerged. For these players, professional teams from various countries follow closely and extend high-paying offers to join. I’m sure Star Guild is no exception, right?"
Bu Feiyan smiled: "Of course, whether it’s in the qualifiers or the knockout rounds, any strong players that emerge are high-paying targets for recruitment by China Region’s large guilds. Here, I’d like to take the opportunity to advertise for our guild: any player who makes it into the world’s top 500, Star Guild will offer an additional monthly salary of 300,000 yuan to invite you to join."
The host laughed heartily: "I’m so jealous, that’s equivalent to my annual salary. If I were 10 years younger, I’d fight my way into the top 500 no matter what."
Bu Feiyan chuckled softly: "The host is really joking. Ten years ago, you were the famous Brunei in the esports world, easily hammering the keyboard 40 times a second, beating Dragon Slayer Leader in a solo match is nothing to you, already successful and well-established, why would you care about a monthly salary of 300,000 yuan?"
The host responded with a wry smile: "That just brought on early onset of shakiness, a type of Parkinson’s, didn’t it? But games nowadays are not the same as before, with holographic technology and huge improvements in operation, hand speed is no longer the key to victory. Strategy and awareness are the most important, and this has allowed ordinary players to achieve great success under good conditions, something unimaginable in the past."
"That’s the reason why this game has become a global phenomenon."
The host smiled: "Alright, aside from skills and tactics, what is the most important factor that affects the player’s performance in this competition?"
Bu Feiyan: "First, the time difference. Currently, 4 PM in the China Region is 4 AM in the American Zone. Second, all players are in a state of fatigue. For example, players in the American Zone must be exhausted from leveling up overnight and still continuing to compete relentlessly. It’s even possible that many players overslept and missed the matches. These two unfavorable conditions could enable well-prepared amateur players to defeat professionals. Compared to that, our China Region has a big advantage in terms of time difference."
Host: "Then, which amateur players from China Region do you fancy in the upcoming matches?"
Bu Feiyan laughed: "It’s hard to say, but if I must pick someone, I’m very fond of a 44-level Druid player named ’Yixiao Yanran’. Her performance in the preliminaries was very low-key and almost unnoticed, yet it’s useless, she’s like a firefly in the night, so bright, so dazzling, her ranking deeply betrays her identity."
The host said, surprised: "There’s such a player from China Region participating? Miss Bu Feiyan sounds like you know her very well?"
Bu Feiyan shook her head seriously: "Not very well! But I really fancy her!"
The host oh’ed and continued: "Right, there’s another player participating, he is the well-known Da Fei from the China Region, what do you think he can achieve?"
Bu Feiyan said solemnly: "Judging by his performance in the preliminaries, and the recent world-shaking act of God Slayer, it wouldn’t be surprising if he takes the championship. It is difficult to find a contender who could match him in the world right now. If there must be one, from the current list of known players, it could only be SawSaw from the American Zone, who made a splash in the last National War with his ability of Instant Teleportation. SawSaw clearly didn’t go all out in the preliminaries, and we are really looking forward to seeing his full-power effort."
The host nodded: "Right, the strength of the American Zone is terrifying; perhaps this SawSaw is just the tip of the iceberg of their strength, and we also hope that Da Fei can reveal the full picture of the American Zone’s strength!"
"There are five minutes left until the start of the match, and here’s another question that the viewers are most concerned about. This question is unrelated to the competition: there are rumors on the forums that the Heroic Creation Headquarters has decided to postpone the opening of the National War servers, is this information accurate?"
Goddess Bu Feiyan spoke earnestly, "Indeed, there are such rumors, but I can’t be certain until we receive official notification. However, the likelihood of this news is very high, so I suggest that all players start preparing early."
"If this news proves true, how great of an impact will it have on the Star Guild?"
"It’s huge, this completely negates our development strategy..."
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At that moment, in a certain garden villa.
Tang Yan and Yang Qian were finalizing their preparations for the competition while watching Hero News to pass the time.
When Goddess Bu Feiyan appeared as a guest, Yang Qian couldn’t help but frequently burst out, "The host calls her Goddess, and she dares to accept it? She doesn’t even have a bigger chest than mine!"
"And her laughter, could it be any more risqué? How is her video any different from those strip-chat camgirls?"
Tang Yan replied with a faint smile, "That’s exactly what the homebodies love, poor her."
Just then, on TV, Goddess Bu Feiyan suddenly revealed, "...I have high hopes for a level 44 Druid player named ’Yanran’s smile’... Not very familiar! But I really think highly of her!"
—Achoo!!! Tang Yan and Yang Qian sprayed out their drinks on the spot!
Yang Qian laughed out loud, "Not very familiar—more like super familiar! Haha, wahahaha, Miss Tang, you’ve just been sold out in front of the whole of China, no, the whole world’s audience, you’d better just delete your account!"
Tang Yan was shaking with rage, gritting her teeth, "That bitch!!!"
Yang Qian laughed again, "Right, she said Yanran’s smile, not Yixiao Yanran, did she purposely get your name wrong or what? It doesn’t count as a complete sellout!"
Tang Yan snapped, "Just wait! Once Miss Tang is done with the competition, we’ll see how I deal with her!"
...
The big competition was about to begin, and Da Fei was also rushing to make preparations.
Damn, what’s there to prepare? With my strength, couldn’t I just pull out the Earth Element BOSS from the Dwarf Nation and scare the crap out of everyone? But the Earth Element BOSS is a trump card to be used at the last moment. As for before that, of course, it’s about conserving strength.
At this time, Da Fei’s Command Power, including titles, treasures, skills, was as high as 2522. Adding in the combat-ready Catherine at 539, Selvia at 689, Anlicia at 550, and Elena at 640, the total Command Value was 4940! Damn it, that’s practically approaching the Lieutenant General Military Rank! After all, that God Slayer bonus of +200 command power for all participating heroes was just too brutal.
With so much command power, of course, it’s all forces deployed—wait, why should I deploy all forces? I’ll just bring thousands of Demon Children, and once they take the stage, siphon away the opponents’ heroes’ mana! Isn’t this the infamous, shameless, and invincible Demon Child Sea tactic of the Hell Race? Not to mention with my Attack and Defense, plus +12 basic health for all troops, those 4 HP Demon Children in my hands are just insanely strong!
Haha, wahahaha! That’s right, an ocean of strategic troops along with Elena’s Human Cannon, that’s called low-end high-quality! That’s what I’ll do!
(Thanks to Mortal Fan for once again compiling Da Fei’s attribute data! Looking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets.)(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly passes at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)