Chapter 561: The end of the F1 World Championship and the Contestant Interview
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
“What are you mumbling about?!” Jessica glared at the ordinary guy who was still crunching potato chips calmly.
“!!!” She was furious and thought, How come this native can remain calm at this moment? Do you really have no idea who is standing in front of you?
The truth was that Mr. Fang didn’t know. He had thought that they were people of the Ultimate West Realm.
Jessica was so angry that she had the urge to reveal her true identity to shock this damn native.
Clearly, she suppressed this urge and didn’t do that.
“What were you mumbling about?!” These outlanders stared at Mr. Fang suspiciously, and they even suspected that Mr. Fang might have played some tricks to win all the bets.
How come we lost all the bets? It seems like a strange power is working against us. Did this kid manipulate the results?!
It doesn’t seem likely since he is only an ordinary person.
“This…” Mr. Fang explained, “I say, you guys really don’t know what E-Sports poisonous milk is? I suppose you don’t know who Xudong Immortal is?”
“What is E-Sports poisonous milk?! Who is Xudong Immortal?!” They looked at Mr. Fang in bewilderment.
“Um…” Mr. Fang said, “Maybe I’ll tell you the story about him?”
Then, he told them a story from the ancient oriental world.
When they heard the part of the story where Xudong Immortal said, ‘How can he lose with so many Mutalisks on his opponent’s face?’ the outlanders looked at Fang Qi incredulously with widened eyes.
“You mean the powerful TooDming Emperor led a huge army of flying-dragon-like creatures to his enemy’s base, but they got crushed because of a few words from this Xudong Immortal?!”
[TL Note: On June 3rd, 2014, TooDming played against Alicia in Group F of WCS America Ro32. In the third game, which was match point, Alicia made an early mistake and fell into a big disadvantage. During that time, Xudong Huang was casting, and he said that there was no way that TooDming was going to lose this. And then TooDming lost with the big advantage. This later turned into a meme in China.]
“Of course…” Mr. Fang imitated Xudong’s words and said, “Damn it! I’m a professional caster, alright? How could a professional caster not understand this situation…”
“Hahahaha…” Jessica laughed so hard that she almost fell to the ground and hammered the floor with her fists. The others tried hard to suppress their laughter and said, “This Xudong Immortal can be so hilarious at times.”
While listening to the secret story of the ‘immortal’, they watched the StarCraft competition.
“Are they above the void?!”
“So powerful! These people can mass produce such powerful battlecruisers and carriers?!”
“This is called airdrop psionic lightning matrix?!” They stared at the screen as a wave of horrifying lightning nets sweeped across the battlefield like a storm. The armies in neat formations from different races and different planets in the universe battled each other at full force under the fast and precise commands of contestants.
Such epic-scale battles stunned the audience every time!
After his failure in the prediction of the Dungeon Fighter Online competition, Mr. Mu was cautious with the StarCraft competition and made modest comments; he didn’t repeat his mistake.
Since the two people who had defeated Nalan Hongwu and Ning Bi respectively were in the same group, only one of them advanced to the next round. The first place of the first group was Grand Master Zhu Yanxiao, and the first place of the fourth group was Jiang Xiaoyue. Surprisingly, the fourth contestant who made it out of groups was…
In the Half City Shop, a mass of black mist put down its virtual reality headset and laughed. “Hahahhaha! I’m unrivaled! This time, I’ll win first place!”
On the screen, there was a berserker who held a slim long saber.
“My hellbringer is unrivaled in the world!”
“Unbelievable! The Smirk Face Emoji wants to be the champion!” Ning Bi, who had lost to an unknown female priest, looked at this mass of black mist in contempt.
“Get out of here! Little Demonic Woman Xue Bi, you lost to an unknown player. Just watch how Granddaddy wins the first place!”
In the StarCraft competition, the players who made it out of groups included Old Academy Master Gu Tingyun of the Heavenly Academy, the Xichi Spiritual Master of the Nanhua Faction, Tang Family Master Tang Huan of the Spiritual State, and the fourth was Li Haoran, the only player from the younger generation. He had advanced to the next round with a narrow margin. After all, some senior masters didn’t have a lot of time to spend playing the game.
In StarCraft, the players acted as ordinary commanders whose strategies and tactics came almost entirely from the experience, intelligence, and adaptability of the players themselves. In this area, the more senior masters had obvious advantages.
-In the backstage of the arena-
Two figures covered by black cloaks were whispering to each other.
“Thank you for giving the opportunity to me.”
“You must win first place!”
“I will!” The figure hidden in the black robe clenched her fists.
“Rosen Rain! The match is about to begin!
“Ah…! Coming!” She raced out.
“…”
…
In this competition, the Female Priest Rosen Rain was a big black horse. In the first match of the elimination round, she and the Smirk Face Emoji engaged in an astonishing battle. Both parties dazzled the audience with their great control of combat rhythm and details.
Finally, Rosen Rain won the match with a narrow margin, and she would enter the final match with the Black Light Grand Master who had narrowly won against Jiang Xiaoyue.
Soon, the match for the third place began.
“We can see that Demon God Almighty is in a poor form, but he still has some advantage over Xiaoyue.”
“Aw! Is this Xiaoyue?! She’s so sly and cunning! So dirty! She’s using Magic Missile and aiming for her opponent’s weaknesses! In this match, Xiaoyue is very specific with her moves!”
“This specific combat style of aiming for weakness looks like New Snow’s tactics! She has studied her opponent very well!”
“In the last match, Demon God Almighty exposed all of his trump cards! Besides, he’s in a poor form. He’s finished! He has understood her tactics and swiftly changed his methods, but it’s too late!”
“Xiaoyue wins!”
“Ahh-!” In the Half City Shop, a mass of black mist slammed its fists on the desk quickly and repeatedly.
Now, it was time for the final match.
“We can see that they have totally different combat methods, Obviously, Black Light Grand Master’s sword techniques are very fitting for his class.”
“Yeah. This contestant has achieved a big improvement!” Mu Donglai said, “I can tell that this contestant has grown a lot during the competition.”
“However, Rosen Rain has perfect control of the details! Even though Black Light Grand Master doesn’t want to compete with Rosen Rain in terms of details and has tried to fight with tactics, he is being forced to back off by his opponent!”
“Even though the battle with Demon God Almighty consumed a lot of Rosen Rain’s energy, we can see that she has no problem suppressing Black Light Grand Master in a steady fashion!”
“Black Light Grand Master continues to consume his opponent with his unique and sly style, but…” Xiao Yulv exclaimed, “It’s useless! Obviously, Rosen Rain has seen through his strategy and remained steady in each attack! She is consuming his energy as well! Her mindset is really good and stable!”
“Black Light Grand Master must do something at this point…”
“Ultimate Slay: Tempest! My goodness! Black Light Grand Master found a gap in his opponent’s movements and used Tempest!”
“Ahh–! Scud the Wrathful Demon! Scythe Massacre! We can see that Rosen Rain has transformed into a demon and used the great demonic power to block Tempest!” Xiao Yulv yelled, “My goodness! She blocked it! But her HP is low! Can Black Light Grand Master use one more strike?! Guillotine! It’s finished! He’s hooked by Rosen Rain’s Guillotine! He lost…!”
“Let’s congratulate Rosen Rain! The biggest black horse of this competition! Congratulations!”
Loud, wave-like cheers erupted on the platform and the audience stands. The whole place turned into an ocean of cheers.
The pair of eyes hidden under the cloak gazed at the magnificent sight on and off the stage as she thought, “It’s been so long since I saw such a gala…”
She was a little touched.
Congratulations to our second-place contestant, Black Light Grand Master Zhu Yanxiao, and our third-place contestant, Jiang Xiaoyue! Now, please come up to the platform, and our two hosts will present the awards to the Super Kings!”
“Then, let’s ask our champion a question.” Mu Donglai walked up before the ceremony began. “On behalf of the shop owner, we risk being rude and want to ask Rosen Rain a question. What’s on your mind right now?”
“Um… I’m elated. I didn’t expect to encounter so many powerful opponents; I almost lost in some matches.”
“Is it your first time entering such a competition, Rosen Rain?”
“I attended similar competitions… held in the faction.” This woman had a smug smile on her face. “I won the first place back then, but the competition wasn’t as big as this one.”
“Do you miss that time?”
“Maybe… It was so long ago.”
“Okay. Now, let’s turn the microphone to Contestant Zhu Yanxiao.”
Mu Donglai asked, “Black Light Grand Master, did you ever imagine that you would come this far?”
This young warrior looked a bit dull, totally different from the nimble player in the game. “No. Before I came, I thought of only slashing down as many opponents as I could. Then, I slashed my way up to this place.”