MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1858 1858: The Gap

"Do you see the gap now?"

Seeing that Boson had also been knocked off the stage, Fearless calmly turned his head to ask the crowd.

"I see it, I see it."

Upon hearing this, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect all nodded in agreement.

To be honest, although everyone knew that they were not the opponents of top-tier experts, there was still a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

After all, in terms of skills and attributes, the Quan Zhen Sect had seemingly reached their limit, so instinctively everyone thought that even if top-tier experts were stronger than them, it wouldn't be by much.

It's worth noting that during the elimination rounds, the Crowd of Misfits team had defeated the Arirang team through tactics, so subconsciously, everyone felt that they wouldn't be too far behind top-tier experts, believing that as long as they employed good tactics, victory was not out of reach.

Especially in the first match, when Wolf had been crushed to the ground by the powerful demon-like figure, it further made everyone feel that Wolf's strength was relatively weak.

Little did they know that while the Arirang team was also considered first-rate, that was only in relative terms. In world-class competitions, even strong teams like the Kyushu team and the BTR team wouldn't dare to claim they could securely place in the top three, let alone the Arirang team.

Wolf's crushing defeat in the first match was entirely due to facing an even stronger opponent, the demon-like figure. Comparing the demon-like figure to himself was already a mistake.

Now, with Wolf achieving two consecutive victories through overwhelming strength, the members of the Crowd of Misfits team fundamentally witnessed the power of top-tier professional experts.

Indeed, pursuing extreme operational ability is the real path to becoming a true expert; other underhanded tactics can only achieve victory through surprise.

No wonder so-called tactical play has been eliminated in top-level competitions; in comparison, tactical play ultimately remains a secondary skill, a stubbornness of players who lack superior techniques.

"Did I see that correctly?"

Seeing Wolf take down two of the Crowd of Misfits team's opponents, the members of the Free Team were somewhat incredulous.

After all, in the first match, the morale of the Free Team had been utterly shattered by the Crowd of Misfits team.

Although everyone knew that the other members of the Crowd of Misfits team were relatively weaker compared to Wang Yu and his two companions, no one expected them to be this weak.

Birds of a feather flock together; with three experts performing at such a high level in the first match, their teammates couldn't possibly be that weak.

The performance in the second match was indeed somewhat unexpected.

"You guys didn't see it wrong!"

Wade laughed and said, "This is their true strength! The amateur group is ultimately just that; in such uncontrollable circumstances, they exposed their shortcomings."

……

"Is this a performance?"

At this point, the audience watching was the most incredulous. In the first match, it seemed that the Crowd of Misfits team had already secured victory, yet who would have thought that in the second match, they would lose so miserably.

Every match attracts bets; whether in the World Cup or in professional esports leagues, betting has seemingly become an unwritten rule.

As the saying goes, "Betting against the odds, a villa by the sea."

As the underdog team in this competition, although not many people had faith in the Crowd of Misfits team, a small portion of opportunists had placed their bets on them.

During the first match, those who had bet on the Crowd of Misfits team were already fantasizing about reaching the pinnacle of life at a nightclub, yet the second match's performance slapped them hard in the face.

The cruelest thing in life is when dreams seem within reach only to be shattered and trampled upon. The miserable state of the Crowd of Misfits team now, when recalled alongside their previous showy performance, had certainly aroused public anger.

Damn it, they were asking for it! Give me back my hard-earned money!

……

Amidst the crowd's angry curses, the venue dimmed again. After the selection light flickered, it landed on Darknorth Fisher.

"Ah?"

Seeing that he had been chosen, Darknorth Fisher looked somewhat bewildered.

Having already participated in the first match, being selected again for the second match was quite a stroke of luck.

The members of the Crowd of Misfits team, despite being down and out, still encouraged him: "Come on! The opponent is low on health; even if you can't kill him, you can at least trade him out."

"……"

Upon hearing this, Darknorth Fisher felt a surge of frustration; it would have been better if they hadn't said anything at all.

With a flash of light, Darknorth Fisher was teleported onto the stage.

Wolf was also a Warrior type, primarily focusing on agility and strength. Although Warriors can wear heavy armor and have decent health growth, after taking a full set of Boson's skills earlier, Wolf's health was now halved.

Assassins are a burst damage class. In PVE, they may be weak, but in PVP, they have almost no natural enemies, only tanks with high defense and health being able to gain a slight edge—just a slight one.

Being a short-range class, if assassins want to kite tank classes on the stage, tanks also have their ways to counter.

As for squishy classes in front of assassins, they are basically lambs to the slaughter.

With full health, Darknorth Fisher faced a half-health weapon Warrior. In terms of class and attributes, he still had a considerable advantage.

As the match began, Darknorth Fisher immediately activated stealth, while Wolf did not attack him with his aura slash like before; instead, he took a few steps back and leaned against the edge of the stage.

From a psychological standpoint, Wolf truly deserves the title of expert.

Even though he was now one against two, Wolf still showed no sign of underestimating his opponent.

At this moment, Wolf knew he was low on health, so he naturally chose a more cautious playstyle.

"This guy... is quite careful."

Seeing his opponent hide his back, Darknorth Fisher muttered to himself and then canceled his stealth state.

"Eh? What does this guy want to do?"

Darknorth Fisher's action left everyone perplexed, even Wolf was unsure of what Darknorth Fisher was thinking.

Stealth is a signature skill of assassins, occupying the most crucial part of their combat style.

At least eight out of ten skills for an assassin revolve around this core skill of stealth.

It can be said that without the stealth skill, an assassin would lose at least half of its combat power, which is also why tank classes tend to counter assassins effectively.

Assassin players usually level up their stealth skill to its maximum; the ability to stealth in and out of sight is one of the most troublesome skills for players, to the extent that in competitions, adjustments were made to prevent assassins from using stealth for trickery.

In competitions, the stealth effect of assassins was reduced to 180 seconds, while the cooldown time was extended to 60 seconds.

In this situation, assassins should cherish their stealth skills even more, yet Darknorth Fisher chose to cancel his stealth, an incomprehensible move that left everyone baffled.

Could it be that this guy is planning to give up directly?