“Come here and fight properly, coward.”
“Come here and fight properly, coward.”
Lu Shen played two Abusive Sergeants in a row, applying the attack buff to the Young Dragonhawk.
Abusive Sergeant, Minion Card, 1 Cost, 2/1.
“Battlecry: Give a minion +2 Attack this turn.”
The Young Dragonhawk originally only had 1 Attack, but with the two Battlecry effects, it instantly increased to 5 Attack.
Immediately after, Lu Shen controlled the Young Dragonhawk and attacked the opposing hero.
5 Attack to the face!
The tiny Young Dragonhawk flapped its wings and fiercely clawed at the Druid's face.
It wasn't over after just one hit.
Due to the “Windfury” effect, the Young Dragonhawk could attack twice in one turn.
After returning to its original position, the Young Dragonhawk poised itself and attacked again.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
After two 5-attack hits to the face, the Druid's health was reduced by 10 points.
End of turn.
The Abusive Sergeant's Battlecry effect disappeared, and the Young Dragonhawk's Attack returned to 1.
...
Although Lu Shen's burst in this round was somewhat unexpected for the audience in the live stream.
But when they saw the Young Dragonhawk's Attack drop from 5 to 1 again.
The Taunts on the bullet screen began to increase rather than decrease:
“So it's only a one-turn buff, only able to deal some damage this turn.”
“It's a low-cost Aggro Deck, it's normal for it to be strong in the early game, but it becomes weak and powerless in the late game.”
“War Tree at 7 mana, Eldritch Horror at 8 mana, Cenarius at 9 mana, once the Druid finishes ramping, the Rogue will never be able to get past the Taunt.”
“The Druid isn't worried at all, with 20 health remaining, his health is very healthy.”
“The Rogue can only be arrogant for one more turn, just wait and see!”
“Stupid people of Xia Country, short-sighted, only seeing immediate gains, unaware that this is like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, completely giving up on the late game.”
...
It was Sada Kojiro's second turn.
He drew a War Tree.
This turn, he had 3 usable mana crystals.
Currently, Sada Kojiro faced a choice.
Should he Innervate and Nourish to ramp?
Or Innervate and Swipe to clear the board?
Or use his hero power 【Shapeshift】 to clear a minion?
After a slight hesitation, Sada Kojiro made up his mind.
When playing Skip-Mana Druid, of course, you choose to ramp!
Whether using the hero power 【Shapeshift】 or Innervate and Swipe, it would drag down the tempo too much.
If he had Innervate and Nourish but didn't ramp, what was the point of playing Skip-Mana Druid?
The Xia Country player on the other side only had 3 1-cost weak minions on the board this turn.
Could he really defeat him in the next turn?
What's more, he had a War Tree in hand.
If he Innervates and Nourishes this turn, he'll have 6 mana crystals next turn.
First, he'll Swipe and Shapeshift to clear the board, and then in one more turn, he'll play the War Tree in Taunt mode.
After that, he'll play minions on curve and easily win.
Heh, stupid Xia Country player.
Let him jump around for one more turn.
Sada Kojiro sneered inwardly and began his traditional performance.
“You cannot stop the power of nature.”
“You cannot stop the power of nature.”
“You cannot stop the power of nature.”
...
It wasn't until the rope-burning prompt appeared that Sada Kojiro slowly played Innervate and Nourish.
Innervate, Spell Card, 0 Cost.
“Gain two empty Mana Crystals this turn.”
Nourish, Spell Card, 5 Cost.
“Choose One: Gain two empty Mana Crystals; or Draw three cards.”
(Choose One: Triggers when a card is played, the player will choose one from several fixed options, usually two in total.)
The Druid could use 3 mana crystals this turn.
First, use Innervate to gain two mana crystals.
Spend 5 mana crystals to play Nourish, choosing to gain two mana crystals.
Use the remaining two mana crystals for the Druid's hero power 【Shapeshift】.
Shapeshift, Hero Power, 2 Cost.
“+1 Attack and +1 Armor this turn.”
Perhaps Sada Kojiro was too slow, or the animation effect of playing cards was too long, causing him to run out of time.
After the Druid used his hero power 【Shapeshift】, the rope burned out, and he was unable to attack.
Sada Kojiro secretly thought, “Darn it,” but on the surface, he still acted calm and composed.
He wore an expression that said, “I deliberately didn't clear the board, so what if I let you off the hook?”
Seeing such a serious mistake from Sakura Country, the foreign netizens in the live stream not only didn't complain but instead believed that Sada Kojiro did it on purpose:
“Hahaha, Sada Kojiro definitely did it on purpose, that Xia Country guy probably thought Sada Kojiro made a mistake.”
“Anyway, Swipe can clear everything next turn, so there's not much difference between actively clearing the board and passively taking hits this turn.”
“This is the Bushido spirit of our Sakura Country, confident and strong!”
...
Did Sada Kojiro really make a mistake just now?
Lu Shen didn't care at all.
As long as the Druid didn't clear the Young Dragonhawk this turn, everything was fine.
It was Lu Shen's third turn, and he drew a card.
Another 1-cost Cold Blood joined his hand.
Lu Shen's eyes lit up, and a flicker of excitement surged within him.
“No board clear after 【Shapeshift】? Thank you!”
All conditions were met.
Next.
Lu Shen would tell everyone.
What it means to end the battle in three turns!
“Taste my Wrath!”
“Taste my Wrath!”
Lu Shen first used two Abusive Sergeants to hit the face, dealing 4 damage to the Druid.
Then he used Backstab on one of the Abusive Sergeants.
Backstab, Spell Card, 0 Cost.
“Deal 2 damage to an undamaged minion.”
When they saw Lu Shen actually using a spell card to kill his own minion on the board.
Sada Kojiro was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.
Then he sent an emote, expressing “Wow”:
“That's amazing!”
At the same time, all the people of Xia Country watching the live broadcast were filled with confusion.
They didn't understand why Lu Shen would clear his own minion card on the board.
The bullet screen in the live stream gushed out countless Taunts and sneers from foreign netizens:
“Using a damage spell on your own minion card, that's really hilarious!”
“Hahaha, did the Xia Country guy know that victory was hopeless, so he gave up early?”
“Let's congratulate Sada Kojiro on his 12th consecutive victory.”
...
In the live stream, the public opinion was basically one-sided.
They believed that Lu Shen's defeat was already decided.
However, in the very next moment.
A sudden change occurred on the National Luck Arena.
When almost all the people of Xia Country were disheartened, and all the foreign netizens were still spouting nonsense.
An unexpected scene appeared before everyone's eyes.
The Druid's health instantly turned negative, and he suddenly exploded into scattered fragments.