Happy's home match against Micrograss ended with Ye Xiu's victory in the first round of the individual competition. Both teams walked off the stage.
"How do you feel?" Wang Jiexi looked at Gao Yingjie, who had just been defeated by Ye Xiu and was in a daze.
"So strong..." Gao Yingjie said. "Stronger than what I've seen before, stronger than what I imagined."
"But you're still young. Keep working hard, and there will be a day when you surpass everyone," Wang Jiexi said.
"Yes!"
Two years ago, even though Gao Yingjie had the reputation of being a genius and carried the expectations of countless people, he hadn't dared to have such big ambitions. He had always felt that being able to find a place in the team and play professionally was already very, very good.
But everyone in the club, the captain, and his teammates all had extremely high expectations for him. Just becoming a member of the team? No, that was far from enough. Micrograss's expectations for him was to become the pillar of the team, to become the person who would carry the flag of Micrograss after captain Wang Jiexi retired.
Could he do it?
The goal was forced upon him, but looking at the figure known as the Magician, Gao Yingjie had more than once thought of this fearful thought. He felt that the captain was so strong. How could he reach such heights?
Everyone seemed to have more confidence than Gao Yingjie himself. Gao Yingjie grew in this kind of uncertainty, following blindly. Until that day, during the Rookie Challenge at the Season 8 All-Star Weekend, under the eyes of countless people, he actually defeated their captain.
Gao Yingjie was shocked and in disbelief. But after this, a thought finally began to take root and sprout in his heart.
So I can do it.
Gao Yingjie began to think like this. After that, through training and growth, Gao Yingjie was a completely new person. He found confidence, he recognized his own possibilities, and he could steadily advance towards that goal that had once seemed inconceivable.
That season, because he appeared in too few matches, he did not qualify for the Best Rookie Award. But that wasn't important. In Season 9, Gao Yingjie became the main force of the team. He stood beside the person he was going to replace and surpass to learn, grow, and fight. That season, he was selected as an All Star and became one of the top 24 players in the pro scene.
He still hadn't reached the level of their captain, but now, Wang Jiexi had given him a new goal.
What he needed to surpass was everyone else!
This time, Gao Yingjie didn't panic. He would work hard towards this goal. The road to glory was endless.
On the live broadcast, commentator Pan Lin and guest Li Yibo took the time to review the highlights of the match that had just ended. Then, Pan Lin held the statistics in his hand and suddenly said, "Instructor Li, I just realized that Happy has attracted a lot of people's attention, but there is a phenomenon that everyone seems to have overlooked."
"Oh? What is it? "Li Yibo asked.
"After being swept by Samsara in the first round, Ye Xiu began to take the lead in the individual competition. So far, in seven rounds, in seven individual competitions, he has maintained a record of winning all seven of them. This is something that no one has noticed yet." Pan Lin said.
"Oh? Is that so? " Li Yibo immediately grabbed the statistics in his hand. There might not be data from too long ago, but the statistics of the two teams this season were all there.
"That's true …" Li Yibo looked at the data. After confirming it twice, he said, "Up until this round, they've already won seven in a row in the individual competition. This hasn't even been reported yet."
"Even if Team Happy's record this round wasn't too ideal, this shouldn't be covered up!" Pan Lin said.
"Yes … seven in a row in the individual competition. If I'm not wrong, this should be the record for consecutive wins in the individual competition, right?" Li Yibo said.
The two of them didn't have this information, but Pan Lin immediately had someone search for it and quickly received confirmation: "That's right. Seven in a row is the best record in the individual competition so far. The previous record was set by Team Blue Rain's Yu Feng in Season 8."
"Now it looks like we'll have to add Ye Xiu's name to the list." Li Yibo said.
"It's also possible that he'll be the only one?" Pan Lin said.
"Who's Happy's next opponent?" Li Yibo asked.
"It's … Miracle …" After Pan Lin found it, he fell silent.
Li Yibo was also speechless. Miracle didn't care about anything else, but in a 1v1, wasn't this practically giving Ye Xiu free points? The current core of this team was made up of players from the previous Excellent Era, who had grown up under Ye Xiu's hands. As for the others, they were all rookies who had just joined the Alliance along with Miracle. Their skill level was uneven, and they were too embarrassed to compare themselves to a God.
"Uh, let's watch the next match first!" Li Yibo brought the topic back to the match. Even though he had already given Ye Xiu's eight in a row the stamp in his heart, the next round hadn't been played yet, so he couldn't say anything.
The players for the second round of the individual competition had already entered the stage.
Happy, Su Mucheng, Launcher, Dancing Rain.
Micrograss, Xu Bin, Knight, Angelica.
Xu Bin had earned the nickname "Grind King" back when he was in Team 301.
This nickname wasn't resounding, nor was it domineering, but it was the best description of Xu Bin's style. After joining Micrograss, the champion team, Xu Bin hadn't lost his specialty. On the contrary, because he had the help of even stronger teammates, his specialty had improved by leaps and bounds. Last season, he had been voted into the All-Star team for the first time, placing 14th, which was quite good.
Of course, Xu Bin wouldn't abandon his own style in this battle with Su Mucheng. After coming into contact with his opponent, he was suppressed by Dancing Rain's heavy firepower, but he wasn't in a hurry. A person who could be called the "Grind King" had unimaginable tenacity. Xu Bin patiently circled around Su Mucheng, as if he were also a long-ranged class, but in reality, he didn't have any means of attacking from this distance, so he posed no threat to Dancing Rain. Just like this, he clashed with Su Mucheng at a distance where he couldn't counterattack, using dodging, defending, and so on to neutralize Dancing Rain's attacks. At the same time, Angelica was also doing his best to close the distance between the two.
Grind King definitely didn't mean that Xu Bin's tempo was slow, or that his fighting style was sloppy. Rather, it meant that he used tactics to exhaust his opponent's energy and skills, grinding until the opponent was irritated, grinding until the opponent was mentally unbalanced, or grinding until the opponent was tired. Any of these reasons could lead to an opening, and in this moment, Xu Bin's offensive style was like Thunder.
Knight's Spirit!
The instant he saw the opportunity, Xu Bin immediately activated Angelica's Awakening skill, followed by Heroic Charge and Just Leap. In an instant, the distance between him and Dancing Rain had closed. Su Mucheng wanted to have Dancing Rain retreat, but Angelica had already used Sacrificial Roar, forcing Dancing Rain to attack Angelica. At this moment, Angelica had already activated Honest Maelstrom Counterattack. A Launcher's artillery attack could also be countered with this skill …
In the end, Xu Bin won this match. The difference between victory and defeat wasn't large, and his advantage wasn't particularly obvious. Every match he won seemed to be like this …
"You played very well." Wang Jiexi said to Xu Bin, who had just returned. He admired Xu Bin's steadiness.
Micrograss's third player had already begun his preparations.
Zhou Yebai, Ghostblade, Rangoon Creeper.
In this season's eight rounds, this was already the third time Zhou Yebai had appeared on the roster for the individual competition. To be sent out, for Zhou Yebai, as a rotating player, was something to be happy about. But, individual competition? Zhou Yebai didn't quite understand. He was a Phantom Demon, so it wasn't like he didn't have any 1v1 abilities, but in terms of team ranking, Zhou Yebai didn't believe that his 1v1 abilities were better than anyone else's. Why would the captain give up on the other players and send him out again and again in the individual competition? On the other hand, in the team competition, he had only appeared once in eight rounds, which made him feel like he was putting the cart before the horse.
He had lost the previous two times. What would happen this time?
Zhou Yebai didn't quite understand this arrangement, but he respected the captain's arrangement. He braced himself and walked onto the stage. On the way, he raised his head to look at the electronic screen. He wanted to know who his opponent was.
Team Happy, Qiao Yifan, Ghostblade, One Inch Ash.
Qiao Yifan!
Zhou Yebai turned his head in surprise and saw that Qiao Yifan had almost reached Happy's player booth.
Zhou Yebai subconsciously glanced at his teammates and saw that they were all looking at Qiao Yifan.
In the pro scene, players came and went. Today they were teammates, tomorrow they would be opponents. This sort of thing was very normal. Any player with a bit of experience would be used to it. But Qiao Yifan … in Zhou Yebai's heart, he didn't feel like he was a teammate. He was more like a servant.
But now, this servant had unexpectedly found a home and had even changed classes, becoming a Phantom Demon like him. His position in the team was even more stable. This season, he had appeared in more matches than Zhou Yebai.
Zhou Yebai, who had no interest in the individual competition, suddenly felt a trace of fighting spirit ignite in him.
Yes, it was just a trace.
He was just a little odd-job worker. How capable was he to learn from others and change his profession? How could he continue … what was it again? Zhou Yebai suddenly realized that he couldn't remember what Qiao Yifan's class had been in Micrograss.
He didn't have any skill, so he couldn't leave an impression, right? Zhou Yebai thought.
Did you think that just because you changed classes, you could turn an ugly duckling into a white swan? Today, I'll let you know!
Enter the map, enter your character, and the match began …
"Yifan, long time no see!" Zhou Yebai controlled his Rangoon Creeper to advance while greeting Qiao Yifan in the public chat. In his heart, he was thinking about how to let Qiao Yifan experience the power of a Phantom Demon.
"Senior, long time no see." Qiao Yifan replied. Besides Gao Yingjie, everyone else in Team Micrograss was his senior.
"Now you've changed classes to a Phantom Demon. That's pretty good!" Zhou Yebai said.
"Thank you senior for your praise." Qiao Yifan said.
"Is there anything you don't understand that you need me to show you in this match?" Zhou Yebai's tone wasn't modest at all.
"Yeah … I'll be behind you." Qiao Yifan said.
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