92: Chapter 93 On-the-spot tactical change, can this game be played like this?

Hashimoto Rika's eyes flickered as she spoke softly, "There are two ways to counter backline access... First, strengthen your own backline damage to achieve the same effect as the opponent, though there aren't many units this season capable of backline access..."

"Can I strengthen the frontline instead?"

"Certainly." Hashimoto Rika said indifferently, "When your frontline quality is high enough to instantly melt the opponent's defenses, you can achieve the same effect. That is the second method I mentioned."

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"Damn it! This kid is actually this strong!" The Frenchman Damiano's face changed. His 8 Portal had actually lost to the opponent's 6 Portal!

This gap in absolute strength made him feel despair.

Without a Dimension emblem, 8 Portal was the limit of this team composition!

Chasing a 3-Star Ryze? Impossible!

The opponent was also playing a Dimension composition, and Shen Mo, who had already started rolling for units, would never give him that chance... With no hope for a 3-Star Ryze, Damiano fell completely into a disadvantage. Gritting his teeth in frustration, he said, "This guy... he's like a completely different person!"

In the last game, when Shen Mo played Fate Bastion Ahri, he wasn't in good form, so he didn't feel it as strongly.

But this game...

Shen Mo was firing on all cylinders, and Damiano finally felt pressure like a looming mountain!

It was clearly the same person, yet his figure seemed to grow infinitely in Damiano's eyes, as if a god were looking down on him from above, his every move completely seen through by the opponent amidst casual conversation!

Cold sweat soaked Damiano's back at that moment!

He had lost!

Although the match wasn't over yet, Damiano knew he had no chance of a comeback!

"How are you doing, Damiano!"

Germany's Hans asked with a frown, "That kid actually beat you?"

Hans hadn't been paying attention to Damiano and Shen Mo's match; he was just surprised that the strength of Shen Mo's 6 Portal composition could actually beat Damiano's 8 Portal!

Damiano took a deep breath, "Don't be careless, this kid is weird!"

"His understanding of team compositions and his familiarity with each unit's skills aren't as simple as they appear on the surface!"

"We were wrong!"

"We initially thought this kid only knew how to explore hidden compositions, but the ability he displayed today can already rival top-tier formation researchers... No! I feel like he's even stronger than those researchers!"

Formation researchers are a unique profession in every country.

Their role is to study the relationships between each unit and complete research on a team composition based on a series of formulas like 'frontline defense,' 'backline damage,' 'backline access damage,' and 'item combinations.'

It must be said.

Although people in this world cannot see unit Synergies, they have their own mature system.

In Damiano's eyes, Shen Mo's playstyle clearly showed traces of a master tactician, and it was strong—very strong!

The big red-nosed Hans was silent for a few seconds, then frowned, "Could it be that Long Chen..."

Dragon Country has no such thing as a competent tactician.

If their country's tacticians were truly that strong, Dragon Country wouldn't have been losing since the beginning to the point of near-annihilation.

"I don't know."

"In any case, be careful..."

Damiano waved his hand wearily, the light in his eyes already gone.

Seeing this, the big red-nosed Hans frowned and didn't ask further, forced to ponder it alone.

Just as he was thinking.

[Stage 5-1, Match Start!]

[Germany vs. Dragon Country!]

The referee's cold voice rang out. Hans looked up sharply and looked into the arena!

Is it already Stage 5... As time ticked away, the moment Shen Mo's team refreshed, Hans's pupils shrank violently!

Level 9!

The opponent was already at Level 9!

Whoosh—

In the livestream chat, countless people immediately perked up!

"It's here! Brother Shen's second duel! Hahaha, this time it's against Germany!"

"Brother Shen will win!"

The Dragon Country audience cheered wildly for Shen Mo.

The defeated French audience gnashed their teeth; although their country's Damiano had lost, this didn't stop them from cheering for Hans.

Being fellow Western Countries, their goal was to crush Dragon Country!

"Go Hans! Kill the Dragon Country person! Avenge Damiano!"

"That's right! That Dragon Country person is too arrogant. Crush him; I want to vomit every time I see his arrogant expression!"

The Western audience was filled with righteous indignation.

Apparently, they couldn't really accept the fact that Damiano had been brutally crushed.

...

In the spectator stands, Bernini, leading the USA, looked relaxed, a hint of disdainful smile on his lips: "A bunch of poor wretches..."

Someone asked silently, "Boss, do you not think Hans will win?"

The person asking was named Gabor, a sturdy Black man who was also the champion of the sixth Gods Arena.

He spoke with a frown.

"I heard the Gods Arena rules were updated a couple of days ago. The Faerie Synergy was buffed, and the late-game hidden items increased from two to three. For Shen Mo to win... it should still be quite difficult... Uh?"

Bernini didn't answer. As the Black man was speaking, his eyes suddenly widened.

Because he discovered that the units on Shen Mo's board seemed to... have changed!

On the board.

Xerath, who had previously crushed Damiano, appeared on the bench. The vacated position was occupied by the shackled Briar, and Tahm Kench had also been moved off the board by Shen Mo, replaced by a 2-Star Nasus!

What... what does that mean?

The Black man was completely confused.

Changing formations on the fly?

You can play this game like this?

Bernini, however, smiled, a playful look on his refined face: "Interesting..."

...

The audience in the stands naturally discovered the anomaly too.

Many Dragon Country viewers had bewildered looks in their eyes. Good heavens, I'm calling it now.

Brother Shen has two team compositions!

Playing against 8 Portal is Tahm Kench + Xerath, playing against Faerie is Nasus + Briar!

We're all about that flexible pivoting, right!

"You kid, you've really gotten the hang of this formation-swapping routine."

Long Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Shen Mo said nonchalantly, "Brother Chen, you don't understand. This is called spreading the love evenly. Since both these idiots are sniping me, I can't favor one over the other, right? Since I taught that guy from France a lesson, I naturally can't let Germany off the hook either!"

"What the hell, 'spreading the love evenly'? Is that even what that phrase means?"

"Oh, close enough is good enough..."

Shen Mo and Long Chen laughed and joked, completely failing to notice that the face of the big red-nosed Hans opposite them was getting uglier and uglier...

As the countdown ended.

The match officially began!

The units on the field moved. The blue banners of the Dimension gate descended from the sky once again, as if blowing the horn of attack.

A shackled figure grinned and roared, charging to the very front of the formation!

Sharp claws tore through enemies, blood spraying onto her face, but she seemed not to fear it at all; instead, she became exceptionally excited!

"Hahaha!!! You are so cute, I must eat you!!!"