Su Hang kept his head down.
Lin Ying's words were impeccable, and he could not refute them verbally. Betrayed by Imperial Crown, he had abandoned his loyalty and faith, becoming a ruthless machine solely dedicated to avenging the core members of Imperial Crown.
Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor, it doesn't matter.
All twelve core members of the Imperial Crown who betrayed him were present. If they won, they would reclaim the Imperial Crown and carry out a brutal and inhumane revenge plan of "an eye for an eye," "a tooth for a tooth," and "blood for blood."
Even if they lose the match, they can still eliminate key members on the spot, one punch per member, in less than half a minute, twelve seconds is enough.
The outcome of Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor is very important.
Winning the game allows him to use his captaincy to secretly punish the twelve core members who betrayed him; losing the game forces him to create a shocking series of murders in front of hundreds of millions of netizens.
He's not afraid of going to jail.
His only concern was that if the live stream of killing the traitors were seen by someone—not a relative, not a friend, but [ Yugong Liuli ].
His "nominal wife," with whom he registered their marriage, had sworn absolute loyalty, but after being betrayed by core members of the Imperial Crown, he had come to realize that loyalty, and even more so absolute loyalty, did not exist in this world.
Therefore, Yugong Liuli could not be absolutely loyal; it was just an emotional outburst, a sweet remark made in the heat of the moment.
but.
Yugong Liuli has loved him for ten years, at least for the past ten years. Yugong Liuli has been absolutely loyal to him, even though the probability of her remaining absolutely loyal in the future is very small, as small as 1%.
He also has to deal with the 1% probability, he can't go on a killing spree in front of the whole nation, he has to maintain the appearance that Yugong Liuli likes, win the Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor competition, reclaim the Imperial Crown, and secretly execute the traitors!
Su Hang abruptly raised his head, slapped Lin Ying's hand away, and sneered, "Stop trying to seduce people. I would rather die than believe in self-interest. Now I only believe in myself!"
Lin Ying was stunned, then her face turned ugly as she said, "You really are stubborn."
He intended to use his persuasive skills to shake Su Hang's resolve, affect his competitive state, and even force him to surrender without a fight. However, not only did he fail to succeed, but he also indirectly strengthened Su Hang's resolve.
"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences." Lin Ying sat down at the competition table, picked up her phone, logged into her Jueying account, and entered the competition room. "You'd better choose your best hero, or you'll lose badly."
Su Hang logged into his Exalted Emperor account and entered the match room. "With your mediocre gaming skills, I really didn't take you seriously."
Lin Ying's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "So confident? Then let's have a one-on-one duel in the bottom lane, both of us picking the same heroes."
Su Hang looked up and said, "What kind of marksman are you talking about, one-on-one?"
Lady Sun.
Lin Ying locked onto Sun Shangxiang and chose the skin [ Lovers of Time ]. Lady Sun is the hero he made famous with and the one he plays best. Even in a one-on-one fight against Imperial Emperor, he can achieve a 40/60 advantage.
" Lady Sun?"
Su Hang locked onto the hero and selected the skin [ Doomsday Mecha ]. Compared to Jueying's 30,000 combat power Lady Sun, his 10,000 combat Major National Badge Lady Sun was naturally somewhat inferior.
but!
In terms of prestige, it is in no way inferior to Jueying. After all, he obtained the Lady Sun Major National Badge in 2016. At that time, the Peak Tournament had not yet been launched. He slowly climbed to 10,000 battle points by accumulating star power in ranked matches.
"Thirty thousand combat power fighting ten thousand combat power is no different from fighting a pet," Lin Ying mocked deliberately. "If you understand the difference in strength, it's not too late to surrender now."
"Why so much nonsense?" Su Hang adjusted his runes and equipment. "Whether someone with 10,000 battle power can beat someone with 30,000 battle power, we'll find out in a one-on-one fight."
The countdown ended.
The game has entered the loading screen.
1v1 Mohist Mechanism Path.
Jueying Lady Sun [ Lovers of Time ] ( Weaken )
VS
Exalted Emperor Lady Sun [ Doomsday Mecha ] ( Purify )
"Alright viewers, we noticed that both Jueying and Exalted Emperor chose Lady Sun as their hero for one-on-one battles, which is somewhat unexpected."
In the commentary booth, Pingzi said with slight surprise, "It's understandable that Jueying chose the marksman Lady Sun, after all, she's his strongest hero. But for Exalted Emperor to choose the marksman Lady Sun is a bit of a waste of their lane advantage."
"Yes, that's right." Tianyun asked, puzzled. "Judging from the Overlord Feast and the Clash of Kings, Exalted Emperor's skill level in the top lane is extremely high. He could easily choose a warrior or assassin to create a natural lane dominance."
"But he didn't do that. Instead, he deliberately gave up his lane advantage and chose the same lane and hero as Jueying. Isn't that a bit too confident?"
The live stream was filled with mockery from Imperial Crown's fans.
"Alright brothers, we don't need to watch the remaining one-on-one matches. Let's congratulate Jueying on defeating Exalted Emperor, winning the title of Champion Emperor, fulfilling the bet agreement, and annexing Sovereign Dominion!"
" Exalted Emperor is just arrogant and overconfident. It's true that your skill level in the development lane is comparable to that of Imperial Emperor in the confrontation lane, but Lady Sun is Jueying's signature hero. Even if you unleash your full power, you have no chance of winning!"
"Speaking of the overall skill level of the development lane, Exalted Emperor is slightly better than Jueying, but when it comes to the young lady Lady Sun, Jueying completely outclasses Exalted Emperor!"
The public chat was once again one-sided, this time so extreme that even comments from Sovereign Dominion's fans were nowhere to be seen.
"Both sides' runes and summoner spells are revealed." Pingzi murmured, watching the live stream. " The Jueying is using tank runes and Weaken, it seems they're going for a heavy armor build, which is perfect for 1v1."
"And what about Exalted Emperor's side... um?" Pingzi paused, then asked suspiciously, "I can understand critical strike runes, but is Purify useful in a one-on-one fight?"
The best summoner spells for Lady Sun are [ Flash ] and [ Purify ], but that only applies to 5v5 mode. In 1v1 duels, Lady Sun with Purify is not useless, but its usefulness is minimal.
After all, Purify is used to remove hard crowd control. Apart from her second skill's slow effect, Lady Sun has no hard crowd control skills. Therefore, the benefit of Purify is far less than that of Weaken.
Tianyun asked cautiously, "Could it be that Exalted Emperor was too nervous and forgot to adjust his Summoner Spells?"
"It wasn't forgetting, it was Purify," Li Jiu said after a long silence. " Exalted Emperor probably wanted to use the Purify immunity effect to catch Jueying early on and gain an advantage."
The Pingzi said with a strange expression, "But the Jueying is built with tank runes and Weaken. In the early game, it will definitely be built with Cloth Armor and Boots of Dexterity. Even if the Exalted Emperor's critical strike damage is high and he plays Purify in fancy ways, he still won't be able to kill the opponent."
Li Jiu asked with a smile, "What's the most important thing when playing a marksman?"
Tianyun asked in confusion, "Awareness? Item build? Skill?"
"It's courage!"
Li Jiu passionately declared, "When both sides' archers are of equal skill, what matters is courage. As the saying goes, 'When two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave will prevail.' The moment Jueying chose the turtle-like strategy, he had already lost more than half the battle!"
Pingzi and Tianyun were completely dumbfounded, thinking, "Wow, Ninth Brother! We openly and secretly favor Jueying, but you're going to find ways to Jueying, even calling him a 'turtle-style' fighter. Are you saying Jueying is a turtle?"
The emergence of the Jueying Turtle style of play caused a huge uproar. The 50,000 Imperial Crown fans in the live broadcast room and the live audience were furious and wanted to skin Li Jiu alive and chop him into eight pieces.
"You're the turtle! Your whole family are cowards!"
Li Jiu, with his strong mental fortitude, chuckled and said, "Whether I'm a coward or not is for posterity to judge, but Jueying is a coward or not, we'll find out when the one-on-one match begins."