Reality was cruel.
Hundred Blossoms had taken two points from Samsara with great difficulty, but they still couldn't escape their predicament. This was a huge blow to their morale. Even though captain Yu Feng was still encouraging everyone, every player's personality was different. Not everyone was as tenacious.
Team Hundred Blossoms' third Summoner, Zhu Xiaoping, was in a very bad mood. He also knew that Hundred Blossoms couldn't afford to lose a single point. Under the immense pressure, he finally lost to Samsara's Assassin, Wu Qi.
At the same time, news came from the other two arenas. For Hundred Blossoms, it was one disaster after another.
301 Degrees won again and again. Happy one round. After three rounds of the individual competition, they were leading 2 to 1.
Wind Howl had won three rounds in a row against Micrograss, taking all three points. If Hundred Blossoms wanted to surpass them, they didn't just need one more point. They needed two more points.
Zhu Xiaoping, who had just come down from the stage, paled when he heard the news. He wanted to apologize to his teammates, but he didn't know what to say. He stood there like a statue, unable to even find his seat.
"Next, we need to take two more points than Wind Howl, or three more points than 301 Degrees. What do you think?" Captain Yu Feng said calmly.
Everyone was silent.
"Uh, or more accurately, what do you think? Also, what do you think?" Yu Feng's gaze fell on two people.
Zou Yuan and Zeng Xinran.
They were the players that Hundred Blossoms would be competing in the group arena. Yu Feng decided to ignore the entire team. He pointed to the players that would be competing for Hundred Blossoms next.
"We won't give up!" Zou Yuan said firmly.
Yu Feng nodded, feeling gratified. In reality, Zou Yuan had more experience in Hundred Blossoms than he did. He was the successor to Hundred Blossoms' core Spitfire for many years. But ever since he came, Zou Yuan had willingly given him full authority over the team. This kind of trust and acceptance made Yu Feng even more confident in his choice. Right now, it was time for them to fight with their hands behind their backs. Yu Feng believed that Zou Yuan wouldn't disappoint, and he himself would do his best.
Yu Feng and Zou Yuan both looked at Zeng Xinran.
"Let's do it! What's there to be afraid of!" Zeng Xinran shouted. As a rookie, the most embarrassing moment of Zeng Xinran's life was when he was so nervous that his body stiffened in his first match. From then on, he held onto the mentality that no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be worse than that one time. Instead, he became more and more courageous on the field, and gradually, he found his own position in Hundred Blossoms. In such a crucial battle, he was even sent to the group arena.
Seeing that the two senior core members of the team were so resolute, Zeng Xinran couldn't find any reason to shrink back and immediately stood together with the two of them.
"Okay!" Yu Feng said loudly. This time, he used a volume that the whole team could hear.
"What's there to be afraid of? As long as we win the group arena here and Wind Howl loses there, we'll be in the lead, "Yu Feng said.
"Watch us!" Zou Yuan was currently Hundred Blossoms' vice-captain. At this critical moment, he stood up with Yu Feng and bravely shouldered the burden.
"Let's go!" Yu Feng said.
"Yes, Captain!" Zeng Xin Ran answered loudly. He, who was 17 years old, strode to the front.
This was Samsara's home stadium. They didn't receive much cheering or support, but their hearts were firm. They knew very well that in City K, there were countless Hundred Blossoms fans waiting for them to obtain a ticket to the playoffs. There was only one way to obtain it: victory.
The matches in each stadium progressed roughly the same.
When Hundred Blossoms and Samsara's players went on stage to start the group arena, Micrograss's home stadium, Wind Howl's three players continued their charge towards Micrograss with high spirits.
Zhao Yuzhe, starting in the group arena, faced Micrograss's Gao Yingjie.
The two were rookies from the same season. Gao Yingjie had joined Micrograss's championship team as soon as he entered the Alliance. He had received a lot of attention, and was that season's Best Rookie. But in the end, Season 8's Best Rookie was Zhao Yuzhe. As for Gao Yingjie? Because of his limited appearances, he didn't have the qualifications to participate in the Best Rookie selection.
The award was given to Zhao Yuzhe, but many people sighed. Sighing that Gao Yingjie had too few opportunities to perform this season.
Zhao Yuzhe was unhappy, extremely unhappy.
If he didn't have many opportunities to play, it meant that he was still immature. But everyone acted as if as long as Gao Yingjie had enough opportunities to play, Zhao Yuzhe wouldn't have a chance to win Best Rookie.
Bah!
Zhao Yuzhe didn't believe it. He didn't believe that this so-called genius was that good.
In the end, in Season 9, Gao Yingjie, who had already lost the qualifications to participate in the Best Rookie selection, was directly selected into the All-Stars because of his outstanding performance. And Zhao Yuzhe? He was still carrying the title of rookie, "continuing to mature" in Team Wind Howl! What was even more infuriating was that that season, Blue Rain had a kid who had jumped out, won Best Rookie, and was also directly selected into the All-Stars.
In the Glory Alliance's ten seasons so far, the Best Rookie award had been established in Season 3, and that season's winner was Wang Jiexi.
After that, it was Zhang Xinjie in Season 4, Zhou Zekai in Season 5, Yu Feng in Season 6, Sun Xiang in Season 7, him in Season 8, and then Lu Hanwen in Season 9 …
These were all All-Stars, even top-tier Gods. In comparison, Zhao Yuzhe's name seemed so lackluster. And he was often called the weakest Best Rookie in history.
He definitely wasn't a weakling!
Zhao Yuzhe really wanted to display himself, to prove himself. And Gao Yingjie, this rookie from the same year as him, who many people thought should have won Best Rookie that season, was the one that Zhao Yuzhe found particularly annoying.
I'll definitely beat you!
Zhao Yuzhe hardened his resolve as soon as he went onstage.
"Come! Genius! " After the match began, Zhao Yuzhe called out in the chat. He wanted to tell everyone that there was nothing special about being a genius.
Gao Yingjie didn't reply. He just controlled his Kind Tree to quickly advance. The map chosen for the group arena wasn't too complicated, but it wasn't too simple either. It was more balanced. Gao Yingjie flew straight to the center of the map. Zhao Yuzhe didn't want to show any fear. His Elementalist, Beautiful Light, also arrived quickly. The two sides soon met face to face.
Piercing Lightning!
Zhao Yuzhe wanted to give Gao Yingjie a show of strength. As soon as he saw Kind Tree enter Beautiful Light's attack range, he immediately used this skill.
A flash of lightning shot out. But at this distance, no matter how fast the attack was, it wouldn't be able to do much to Gao Yingjie. He very calmly had Kind Tree move to the side, dodging the Piercing Lightning.
Forward!
Kind Tree's figure was as fast as lightning, charging forward. Team Tiny Herb was currently fourth in the rankings. The difference between third and fifth would be difficult to change. They weren't like Wind Howl, Hundred Blossoms, and the others, who had put everything they had on this match this season. However, Tiny Herb wasn't a team that would casually hand over victory to another team.
On the first day that Gao Yingjie joined Micrograss, the first word he heard was: champions.
They were a championship team. They existed for the sake of being champions. And champions were always built from victories.
No matter what, they would never give up on the pursuit of victory. A team that aspired to be champions should have this kind of unrelenting attitude.
Boom boom boom!
The two mage classes bombarded each other with magic. Amidst the dazzling light of magic, Gao Yingjie didn't have Kind Tree stop charging forward. This was a charge toward victory, a charge toward the championship.
Zhao Yuzhe was astonished.
He could clearly feel Gao Yingjie's determination. In this match, Micrograss shouldn't have mattered.
Was it because they had lost three rounds in the individual competition, so he felt ashamed?
Zhao Yuzhe's perspective was always like this. He always placed importance on himself, on the team. He also pursued victory, but what he wanted was to display his strength, to let everyone see his strength. In his heart, the championship was the ultimate bargaining chip to show off.
This was glory, not showing off.
Zhao Yuzhe clearly didn't think this way, so he couldn't feel Micrograss, couldn't feel Gao Yingjie's pursuit of the championship, his pursuit of glory.
"I won't let you continue being arrogant!" This was all he could think of.
In terms of spirit, he had already lost.
In terms of skill? Gao Yingjie's title as a genius wasn't just for show.
Boom boom boom!
Spells bombarded each other. The light of the Witch's spells gradually suppressed the Elementalist's. Kind Tree finally reached Beautiful Light, and the Elementalist didn't have the close-range combat ability of a Witch.
"Crap!" Zhao Yuzhe hurriedly used Teleport. Beautiful Light teleported away, pulling away once more.
But who didn't know Teleport?
The Witch Kind Tree, who was also a mage, had added Blink to his Silver weapon, Morning Dew.
In a flash, Kind Tree had already closed the distance between him and Beautiful Light, but because his Teleport was only level one, he couldn't compare to Beautiful Light's movement distance. But Kind Tree rode his broom, Morning Dew, and with a whoosh, swept past the remaining distance.
"You're really clingy!" Zhao Yuzhe was still unwilling to admit defeat. As You Zi Zai called out, Mu En had already swung Morning Dew down.
Beautiful Light hurriedly dodged, but Morning Dew was abnormally fast.
Gravity Acceleration Slap!
Using magic to increase the gravity acceleration, the slap had even more power.
Boom!
Morning Dew didn't hit Beautiful Light. It slammed into the ground with a loud bang. The impact from the gravity acceleration immediately spread forward. Beautiful Light, who had just jumped away, was hit by the impact and was instantly sent flying higher.
Just like that, Mu En once again flew up on his broom, flying towards Beautiful Light who was in midair.
Pa pa pa pa.
Morning Dew swung up, whipping Beautiful Light in succession.
It was a pure attack, without any conflict of will. Flying in the air, Gao Yingjie and Kind Tree's goal was only victory. It would always be like this.
Glory!
These two large words flashed on the big screen.
Any pro player, any Glory player, who knew how many times they would see these two words every day. Some people took it to heart, while others only saw it as a symbol of victory.
Glory only belonged to those who valued it.
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