The director rewound the footage a few seconds back, showing Shen Jian's Rogue suddenly throwing a wide-ranging powerful punch that not only hit Deliro's back but also propelled the powerful Dark End towards the escaping mage like an arrow piercing through the mage.
In the brief moment Zhang Wei and Liu Hao fell from mid-air, Zhang Wei realised he couldn't escape.
The Hundred Blossoms team fight can be described in one word: "chaotic"!
In the beginning, Liu Hao outmanoeuvred them. After being detected, a heat-seeking missile disrupted their formation, leading to their defeat by Excellent Era one by one. Even Tang Hao, the strongest in the team, was suppressed and unable to resist.
What to do now? Running was not an option; they could only fight...
Then, Tang Hao and Zhang Wei both fell. Despite their best efforts, they couldn't take down the tanker Shen Jian, whose fighter was left with only 4% health.
"Brother Hao, how did I do?" Shen Jian was highly excited. Although he didn't deal much damage, his support data was outstanding.
Liu Hao praised him without hesitation, "Well done, much better than Qiu Fei. You've secured your starting position!"
Meanwhile, after killing Du Wenhao, Ye Qiu started attacking Hundred Blossom's priest, Mo Chuchen. Shen Jian ran to get healed by Zhang Jiaxing, and Liu Hao went to support Su Mucheng.
Su Mucheng was fighting Zou Yuan and had a slight advantage, but it would take some time to win. When Liu Hao arrived at the battlefield, he quickly took the kill with a triple wave attack.
This infuriated Su Mucheng, who had worked hard for so long, only to have Liu Hao steal the kill at the end.
"Hmph! How annoying!"
...
"Congratulations to Excellent Era for defeating Hundred Blossoms and winning the team match."
"Congratulations to Excellent Era, 10-0, a complete sweep!"
"Excellent Era is awesome! God, Ye is awesome! Lord Hao is awesome!"
"Who do you think will be the MVP of this match?"
"It must be One Autumn Leaf. He first killed Blossoming Chaos and then the priest. It's unbelievable. Liu Hao killed the priest Shifu, not moving, and became the MVP. This time, God Ye killed the priest, so he must be the MVP!"
"I disagree. The MVP is Tony. He got four kills this match!"
"What good would many kills be if they were stolen? One Autumn Leaf had the highest output in this match!"
"Lord Hao also killed Hundred Blossoms' strongest Tang Hao!"
Fans argued endlessly. Soon after the committee discussed it, a very handsome portrait appeared on the big screen.
MVP, Total Darkness, Liu Hao!
Quadruple kill, unrivalled in the universe!
"Great job, Brother Hao. You're the MVP!" Shen Jian cheered, almost as if he had won.
"You did well, too. Look, your post-match rating is higher than Mucheng's." Liu Hao smiled.
Shen Jian was stunned and quickly looked at his rating. Because of his partnership with Total Darkness, his team rating was third, slightly higher than Su Mucheng's.
Shen Jian rubbed his eyes, doubting what he saw. Did he really perform better than the top gunner in Glory?
"Really?" Shen Jian was incredulous.
"Of course..." Liu Hao glanced at Su Mucheng and laughed, "Look, our lovely Su is blushing with jealousy."
"I'm not jealous!" Su Mucheng shouted with a red face, "I'm just... angry. If you hadn't stolen my kill, my rating would be higher!"
"Heh, I didn't mean to. Your output was just too low," Liu Hao replied insincerely.
Su Mucheng clenched her fists in frustration, "Liu Hao!"
"What? Did you eat gunpowder? Why are you shouting so loudly?" Liu Hao teased.
"You ate gunpowder! Your whole family ate gunpowder!" Su Mucheng retorted.
As the two bickered, the audience couldn't hear their words but found the sight of a handsome man and a beautiful woman arguing quite appealing.
Ye Qiu, annoyed by the noise, clapped his hands to stop them, "Enough, time to shake hands."
Liu Hao chuckled, "I'll listen to Captain Ye and not argue with a girl."
Su Mucheng's temper flared again, "What do you mean 'not argue with a girl'? Are you discriminating against girls?"
"Hey, don't put words in my mouth. It's Captain Ye who told me not to argue with you, not that I'm afraid of you."
"Ha, you never used to listen to Ye Qiu so well. Bad guy!" Su Mucheng raised an eyebrow.
Bad guy... Liu Hao's mouth twitched. The term sounded more like a term of endearment, "Don't insult me, or I won't be polite."
"What will you... mmph!"
A straw blocked Su Mucheng's mouth. She instinctively took a sip, finding the fruity flavour refreshing and sweet.
"What drink is this?" Su Mucheng asked.
"Oh, it's juice from a sponsor. Heh, I'm the spokesperson. My picture is on it," Liu Hao said proudly.
Su Mucheng nodded and took another sip before realising the juice wasn't freshly opened, "Whose juice is this?"
"Mine, why?" Liu Hao smiled.
Su Mucheng froze. Liu Hao's juice? She had just used the straw twice... Her face turned red, not from shyness but anger.
"You, you..."
Liu Hao quickly explained, "The straw is new. I haven't used it."
"Eh?" Su Mucheng calmed down, realising there was no saliva taste when she bit the straw.
Seeing her calm down, Liu Hao smirked, "The straw is new, but the juice is still mine..."
Before he finished, Su Mucheng's tiny fist punched Liu Hao's handsome face, followed by a scream...
Liu Hao, covering his face, left the competition stage to shake hands with the Hundred Blossoms team, still explaining, "The juice is mine, but it's freshly opened. I haven't drunk it..."
"Too late!" Su Mucheng fumed, "You deserved that punch for being so bad!"
Ye Qiu laughed, "Well done, Mucheng. I've wanted to hit this guy for a long time!"
...
After the match, Liu Hao hosted a victory banquet, but Ye Qiu declined and went back to the hotel to play online games. Qiu Fei, following Ye Qiu's lead, also refused the invitation, and Su Mucheng, not wanting to sit with Liu Hao, didn't go either.
Liu Hao wasn't upset. Although those three declined, all other team members accepted his invitation.
Zhang Jiaxing and Guo Yang, realising Liu Hao's prominence, bowed to him.
Additionally, tonight, Chen Guo received a ticket to Liu Hao's match, watched the whole game from the VIP seats and joined Liu Hao for the celebration dinner.
After dinner, they returned to the hotel, and Liu Hao shamelessly asked Chen Guo for a reward. They ended up discussing a business deal worth billions overnight.
(End of this chapter)
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