"Ding!"
A clear and resonant sound, Cao Baiming's eyes lit up!
The system's voice came as such…
Mission reward! Mission reward, hurry up and come, damn it! Cao Baiming was excited!
"Congratulations to the host for completing Season Mission Three, awarding one top-tier talent skill card, and an additional 500,000 points!"
Fantastic!
Light instantly flashed in Cao Baiming's eyes, and at this moment, nothing else seemed to matter!
He directly kicked the ball to midfield, seemingly clearing it, but it was actually passed along a predetermined route!
Salah stood helplessly in place, hands on his hips, his eyes revealing a look of pity!
He was utterly despairing!
A person's breakdown can happen in an instant!
At this moment, Cao Baiming had already turned his head and walked away, no longer paying him any attention. The mission was complete; he could play wherever he wanted!
"I don't want this kid anymore!"
Cao Baiming ignored Salah beside him and, after running out of the penalty area, continued towards midfield. His speed was like that of a leopard, extremely conspicuous to the audience!
However, for the Liverpool players he brushed past, it wasn't so easy to notice him, because Cao Baiming was running past them along the backs of the athletes in red shirts!
The system's rewards, compared to the rewards from the Champions League arena, were a bit lacking in generosity, but overall, they were still good. He must have accumulated quite a lot of points by now!
Cao Baiming's thoughts had already shifted. Since the defensive work was done, he could truly liberate himself now!
Arteta on the sidelines was the first to notice this. Cao Baiming actively moved forward, and his frequency of forward runs and passes began to increase!
Gradually, he had moved into midfield, completely changing the tactical approach and no longer defending Salah!
This was different from his pre-match arrangements. Why was he acting on his own initiative again? He had clearly emphasized it to him individually!
Arteta sighed helplessly…
His gaze quickly shifted to Salah.
At this moment, Salah was standing still in place, not even jogging. His teammates were actively running around him, yet he, as the focal point for build-up play, was so listless.
He had originally thought that after Cao Baiming moved to midfield and stopped defending him, Salah would immediately become as active as a rabbit. However, the current situation was the complete opposite of his prediction.
Had he… been completely overwhelmed?
Arteta's gaze lingered on Salah for a long time, nearly a full minute, before he finally reached a conclusion.
Salah was now as docile as a snail, posing no threat whatsoever!
And perhaps Cao Baiming's current actions were also correct. In that case, he would just let him be!
Henry and Messi up front were also very excited to see Cao Baiming actively pushing forward. They were naturally very eager for Cao Baiming to break free from defensive constraints sooner and come to the front to cooperate with them in attacks.
After all, even within a top club like Arsenal, Cao Baiming was the only one who could achieve such a tacit understanding with the two of them!
In the blink of an eye, these few players had regained control of the midfield and frontcourt, and the entire rhythm of the game had undergone a seismic shift.
The fans cheered wildly. Many experienced spectators had already noticed something was amiss. Cao Baiming's active movement away from his position usually signaled the start of the team's offensive charge.
Indeed, things unfolded as these people had predicted. Just five minutes later, Henry up front scored again!
"A brace! The Great Henry is still the Great Henry!"
"A beautiful controlled touch, a seamless reception, dribble, and shot! Humans probably cannot stop him!"
"Congratulations to Henry, congratulations to Arsenal for leveling the score again at the symbolic integer time of the 60th minute! The suspense of the match will be maintained until the very last moment!"
The Arsenal fans in the stadium erupted in thunderous cheers.
"An assist from Cao Baiming! It's this football genius from Korea again! He has already delivered too many spectacular performances for the fans!"
However, before the commentator could even finish his excited praises,
And before the director's camera could even cut away from the replay, the score changed again, from 2-2 to 2-3!
This left the fans watching the game on screen completely bewildered.
"What's going on? The score just suddenly changed!"
But at this moment, no one could truly see what was happening on the field! Even the commentators in the live broadcast studio were the same!
The fans in the stadium were fortunate enough to witness this astonishing goal. As those who truly understood Cao Baiming had predicted, it was a long-range shot immediately after the kickoff!
This time, even though the Ming defense and goalkeeper were fully prepared, they had even been warned before the match that Cao Baiming had such a shot and must be well-prepared and not slack off for a single second.
But even so, it was still too difficult to defend!
This thunderous shot perfectly exemplified the meaning of "thunderous bombardment." The entire stadium echoed with a "bang," like a mountain cannon. The ball shot towards the goal like a bullet, and only its afterimage could be seen in flight.
Even the new high-frame-rate tracking cameras purchased at the edge of the stadium couldn't capture the movement of the football; its trajectory became a mystery.
Fans only saw that the moment Cao Baiming kicked the ball, it had already appeared inside the goal, behind the goalkeeper.
No matter how Klopp arranged his tactics or strengthened his defense, he was completely powerless against a shot like this!
If Fabinho's long-range volley in the previous match was enough to make him stunned and speechless, then this goal should have made him piss himself in shock.
Well, Ming thought to himself, and then looked towards Klopp on the sidelines, but he couldn't find him anywhere.
"He's gone?"
"Congratulations to Arsenal for gaining another point, in just a mere ten-plus seconds!"
"A super long-range cannon shot from Cao Baiming! The director's camera didn't capture it just now, so we can re-watch the process of this goal later!"
"Hasn't he scored too many goals like this already? Why are teams still not paying attention to defense?"