The King's Avatar Episode 37 Recap
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Just as the Xing Xin Team was taking a group photo, the alliance suddenly issued a new announcement, stating that the format for the Challenger League finals had been adjusted. The individual competition was canceled, and the group arena changed from three players to five players. The entire match would be scored based on kills, with two points awarded for each player killed. This meant that with the slightest mistake, the point difference would widen rapidly.
On the other side, Jia Shi also saw the announcement. Sun Xiang believed that Jia Shi would not only win the championship but also completely crush Xing Xin with the largest point difference in history. But Qiu Fei said that this rule also gave Xing Xin a chance to turn the tables. Sun Xiang stated that Jia Shi would not give anyone a chance, and Xiao Shiqin also felt that they could not be careless.
At this moment, Tao Xuan was discussing the training plan for the next three years with Su Mucheng, but Su Mucheng said her contract was about to expire. Tao Xuan took the opportunity to produce a contract for Su Mucheng to renew, but Su Mucheng stated that she had no intention of continuing her contract with Jia Shi and wanted to have a new start. Hearing this, Tao Xuan spoke mockingly, implying that Su Mucheng wasn't focused on playing matches.
Su Mucheng felt her professional ethics were being insulted. She told Tao Xuan that she was a professional player, and as long as she was with Jia Shi for even one day, she would give her absolute best for Jia Shi. Tao Xuan did not want Su Mucheng to play in the finals. Su Mucheng accused him of not understanding what a professional player is at all.
The day of the finals was fast approaching, and both Xing Xin and Jia Shi were actively preparing. Finally, the finals day arrived, but it happened to coincide with a city-wide traffic jam. The Xing Xin team members had no choice but to get off the car and run towards the competition venue. Jia Shi also arrived at the competition venue.
As soon as they saw Jia Shi, reporters swarmed around, asking in a flurry if Su Mucheng would renew her contract with Jia Shi and how she felt about facing off against Ye Xiu on the stage. Tao Xuan told the reporters that this was Jia Shi's internal arrangement. Su Mucheng did not want to answer and left directly. At the same time, Xing Xin was also being interviewed.
Ye Xiu led everyone away, but the reporters stopped Tang Rou again and asked her if she was here to cheer, referring to her previous statement that she would quit professional gaming if she couldn't achieve a 1v3. Tang Rou first apologized to the Xing Xin fans, stating that even if she broke her promise, she would still keep fighting. The reporters persisted, unwilling to give up, and kept pressing whether Xing Xin could win against Jia Shi.
Hearing this question, all the members of Xing Xin answered in unison, "We'll only know after we fight." Ye Xiu was making the final pre-match arrangements, and the team members were also full of fighting spirit. Chang Xian called upon the Xing Xin fans to chant slogans and handed out cheering props to everyone, and he conveniently gave a set to Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie who were passing by.
Not only the two of them, Wang Jiexi also came to the scene to watch the match. Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian were even invited as commentary guests. Tonight's finals would adopt a new format, divided into two parts: the group arena and the team competition. Each team would send six players to participate in the group arena. The entire match would be scored based on kills to determine the winner, with two points awarded for each player killed.
All bonus rules from the schedule would also be retained. As Jia Shi Team and Xing Xin Team qualified from the group stage with twenty-four and twenty-one points respectively, Jia Shi would enter the finals with a three-point advantage. The first player Xing Xin sent out was Tang Rou, while Jia Shi sent out Xiao Shiqin.
Seeing that it wasn't Sun Xiang whom they expected to be playing, the other members of Xing Xin were a little flustered, but Ye Xiu chose to believe in Tang Rou. The match officially began. Tang Rou chose to continue her usual playstyle, while Xiao Shiqin, understanding his disadvantage, chose to maintain distance and attack from afar. Tang Rou was hit, but she quickly adjusted and launched a counterattack.
Xiao Shiqin wanted to use sound traps to sneak attack Tang Rou, but Tang Rou, being a skilled pianist, had much more acute hearing than average people and perfectly avoided Xiao Shiqin's bouncing mines. Xiao Shiqin used Mechanic Airdrop, attempting to restrict Tang Rou's movement, but Tang Rou remained completely calm in the face of the restriction. Tang Rou lost track of Xiao Shiqin. She couldn't predict his intentions and moved very cautiously.
Xiao Shiqin used his old trick again, releasing two bouncing mines using a sound trap. Tang Rou dodged again. Everyone couldn't help but wonder, since this move wasn't effective, why did Xiao Shiqin keep using it? Yu Wenzhou explained that Xiao Shiqin's action was merely to lure Tang Rou into his trap. As expected, Tang Rou was led into Xiao Shiqin's rhythm step by step and was finally taken down.
Xiao Shiqin finished the match with seventy percent of his health remaining. Chen Guo was very confused by this result. Ye Xiu told her that Xiao Shiqin had precisely used Tang Rou's strength to disrupt her rhythm. Although he won the match, Xiao Shiqin still affirmed Tang Rou's strength, and Tang Rou also used her strength to let everyone recognize this rising star of Glory. After leaving the competition room, everyone comforted Tang Rou.
Ye Xiu even told her that Xiao Shiqin was a top-tier player in the alliance, and matches always have winners and losers. In the next match, Jia Shi would defend the arena, and Xing Xin sent out Mo Fan to challenge. At the start, Mo Fan moved quickly, looking for a suitable position to hide himself. Xiao Shiqin released an Electronic Eye to search for his opponent's location.
Mo Fan used Shuriken to destroy the Electronic Eye, and Xiao Shiqin also sensed Mo Fan's direction at this point and chose to attack head-on. And Mo Fan also knew that the Shuriken would expose his position, so he moved. Xiao Shiqin was still looking for Mo Fan's position, and at this moment, Mo Fan finally made his move, unleashing his ultimate skill, Cherry Blossom Fallen Moon.
Xiao Shiqin had no time to dodge and took the full force of this ultimate skill head-on. After being hit by Cherry Blossom Fallen Moon, Xiao Shiqin still launched a counterattack. Mo Fan was hit again, and Xiao Shiqin continued to maintain his offensive. Mo Fan adjusted his position and used Swift Wind Shuriken to follow up with the Earth Evasion technique after detonating a bomb, avoiding the Mechanic Airdrop.
Xiao Shiqin continued his pursuit and hit Mo Fan with Mechanic Fist. Mo Fan's health was nearly gone, and his skills were also on cooldown. Xiao Shiqin had already calculated this point and directly finished off Mo Fan. Xiao Shiqin completed a 1v2, with fifty-one percent of his health remaining. Jia Shi had already gained four points, while Xing Xin had temporarily not gained any points. The next challenger was Qiao Yifan.
If he still couldn't make a breakthrough in the third match, it would be very difficult for Xing Xin to reverse the situation and win. At this time, Gao Yingjie also rushed to the scene, arriving just in time for Qiao Yifan's match. The match began. Qiao Yifan chose a tactical movement, but Xiao Shiqin guessed his intention and intercepted him directly halfway.
After the clash, Xiao Shiqin still had the upper hand, and Qiao Yifan was in a very unfavorable situation. Qiao Yifan used a ghostly step to slide away and leap onto the roof wall. He launched a counterattack during the interval between Xiao Shiqin's skill rotations. Qiao Yifan only set up one Ice Array and one Plague Array, which were not enough to turn the tide.
As expected, Xiao Shiqin broke free from the control and began to attack Qiao Yifan. At this point, everyone noticed that Xiao Shiqin was actually charging towards an empty direction, which baffled everyone. Yu Wenzhou asked the director to replay the recent footage. Everyone noticed a afterimage of Qiao Yifan in Xiao Shiqin's perspective. The timing of this afterimage was just right; this was the visual deception Qiao Yifan had used.
