"Haha, Little Han, you're still too inexperienced."
Wei Chen's final message in the group arena chat was enough to make all of Glory cough up blood.
If Han Wenqing was still too inexperienced, would there still be anyone in Glory who dared to call themselves mature? This guy really didn't care about any logic when he bragged!
But in the end, this was Happy's home field. As Happy's fans, they could definitely laugh at this moment.
Tyranny's fans were vexed. They wouldn't be afraid of losing, but losing to such a guy was truly disgusting. Especially when the one who lost was their most respected captain, Han Wenqing.
No one would blame Han Wenqing for this loss. They had already seen their captain's usual courage and guts. They could only blame this opponent for being too despicable, too cunning, too shameless...
Perhaps from a certain perspective, this guy was the nemesis of Han Wenqing's straightforward playstyle!
The group arena was completely over. The two players walked out of their competitor booths at the same time. Wei Chen was naturally beaming with joy. He waved his hands and shamelessly walked around the stadium. When he passed by the away team's seats, the crazy boos couldn't stop him from smiling. He even smiled even more happily, waving his hands and greeting the away team's fans even more earnestly.
The on-site security guards were on high alert. These were Tyranny's fans. Wasn't provoking them looking for trouble? They immediately sent more people over, just in case, and also sent someone over to persuade Wei Chen to celebrate rationally.
Wei Chen listened to the advice. He quickly finished his tour and returned to Happy's seats. Happy's fans had already stood up to welcome this great hero who had won the deciding match.
"Sit, sit." Wei Chen had an imposing appearance and waved his hands at everyone.
Everyone laughed. At this moment, no one ridiculed him because they all knew very well how important this victory was to Wei Chen, how difficult it had been for him.
"I'll leave the rest to you guys," Wei Chen said soon after. Next up was the team competition. He wasn't in the lineup.
"Don't worry." Ye Xiu nodded.
"Phew …" Wei Chen heaved a sigh of relief and turned back to look at the big electronic screen.
Everything he had done, all the victories he had won, were clearly recorded in it. This might not be the most glorious victory he had ever achieved, but it was the one he was most satisfied with. Time wouldn't allow him to stop at this moment, but he believed that he would never forget everything in front of him.
The group arena ended, and Happy gained a one-point lead. Victory was a clear boost to morale, but from the perspective of actual combat, the effect of a single point on a team battle was considered negligible.
Both teams did not return to the preparation room. Instead, they began their preparations for the upcoming team competition.
The competition had only just begun!
The motivating tone of the two teams was surprisingly the same. But to Happy, he said this to remind everyone not to slack off because of their victory in the group arena. For Tyranny, this was naturally to encourage everyone to not be affected by the loss of the arena. The core of the motivations of both teams was that a one-point lead was nothing.
The atmosphere of both teams was quite heavy. After Wei Chen bragged about his victory for a while, he tactfully kept his mouth shut and seriously analyzed the strategy for the team competition with everyone.
Time passed quickly. The referee was already pacing outside the arena. He kept looking at his watch and was ready to remind both teams that it was time to go on stage.
Team Tyranny, who had lost a point in the group arena, was the first to stand up and walk onto the stage without waiting for the referee to say anything.
Han Wenqing, Lin Jingyan, Zhang Jiale, Qin Muyun, Zhang Xinjie, and the sixth player, Bai Yanfei.
This was the lineup that Team Tyranny used to win the championship last season. It was also the main lineup that people thought of as Team Tyranny's main lineup. But this season, Han Wenqing, Lin Jingyan, and Zhang Jiale had started to rotate. With the addition of the young player, Song Qiying, their lineup was rather limited. They were not even used in the first round of the playoffs.
But now, facing Happy, in their first away game, Tyranny finally brought out the same lineup they had used to win the championship last season.
Tyranny's hardcore fans immediately began to clap and scream, cheering for their team.
What about Happy's side? Captain Ye Xiu, on the other hand, only casually glanced in that direction when the cheers rang out. Then, he turned back and continued with what he wanted to say.
But it was about time. Ye Xiu finished his speech in a few words.
"Let's go!" Under his command, Team Happy's players also stood up.
Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Fang Rui, Tang Rou, and An Wenyi. They were all players that no one was surprised to see. But the last player to stand up …
"Who is that?" Pan Lin, who was in the broadcast, asked in a doubtful tone.
"Luo Ji? Happy sent out Luo Ji? "Pan Lin asked.
Luo Ji … He didn't know how to say this name smoothly because he didn't have many chances to say this name on the show.
In the regular season, Happy rarely sent out Luo Ji. It wasn't until the end of the season that Luo Ji got more chances to appear.
But Luo Ji was different from Wei Chen. When Wei Chen suddenly began to appear at the end of the season, everyone thought that he was adjusting his condition and was going to show his strength in the playoffs. But what about Luo Ji? Luo Ji was a rookie, a young player. When he appeared, people naturally thought that if the situation allowed, he would appear in more matches to gain experience.
From his limited appearances, everyone could see that Luo Ji had some special traits, but his skill level wasn't particularly outstanding.
He might be a player with a future, but right now, he still needed to grow.
That was what most people thought.
But now, Luo Ji appeared in the second round of the playoffs, in the team competition between Happy and Tyranny.
"It can't be a mistake, right?" Pan Lin didn't quite believe this possibility. Maybe Luo Ji just happened to stand up?
But that wasn't the case.
The big screen in the stadium showed the lineups of the two teams. Not only was Luo Ji's name in the lineups, but he was also in the starting five. Happy had arranged for Tang Rou to play as the sixth player.
The playoffs weren't a place for rookies to gain experience. On this battlefield, every team wanted to take out all their weapons.
Then, could it be that Luo Ji was the weapon that Happy was preparing to use against Tyranny in this home game?
There was a lot of discussion in the stadium, and there were discussions all over the Internet. Pan Lin asked Li Yibo to give his opinion on this. Li Yibo hummed for a long time, which was equivalent to introducing Luo Ji's style. As for why he was sent out, Li Yibo was vague about it.
The two teams lined up and met on the field.
The first to shake hands were naturally the captains of the two teams.
For ten years, the two teams had met a total of four times on the battlefield of the playoffs. It was also on this battlefield that they formed their irreconcilable grudges.
And in the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons, the two teams didn't meet again. The Excellent Era's record began to decline, and Han Wenqing gradually showed signs of aging. Everything seemed to tell everyone that the era of these two had passed. The Glory Alliance was now the world of the younger generation.
And then in the eighth season, Ye Xiu retired, bidding farewell to this stage. Han Wenqing became the only first-generation player still fighting on this stage.
That season, Team Tyranny was quickly eliminated in the playoffs. Everyone sighed, as if they had seen the end of an era.
Who would have thought that in the ninth season, Team Tyranny would pick up a few veterans and finally return to the highest stage of the Glory battlefield.
And then in the tenth season, Ye Xiu led a new team that he had built himself and returned to the Alliance from the Challenger League.
And now, the two were once again shaking hands on this battlefield that had formed their grudges …
Had that era returned?
Seeing this scene, some of the old Glory fans felt a little dazed. The battle between these two was the memory of an era! Everyone thought that era was over, but these two, why did they bump into each other again?
"You've improved!" Ye Xiu said as he shook Han Wenqing's hand. Even though they were opponents, perhaps he was the one who understood this person in front of him the most. In order to defeat him, he had racked his brains and tried his best. He was familiar with Han Wenqing's awareness, mechanics, and techniques. He could detect the slightest change with a glance.
"Your unspecialized isn't bad either," Han Wenqing said. He had changed, but in terms of change, how could he have changed as thoroughly as this guy in front of him? Towards the end of his career, he had actually given up on the Battle Mage, which he had originally been best at, and started playing the strange unspecialized class. But Han Wenqing was more certain than anyone that the unspecialized class might be a perfect fit for Ye Xiu. Because just like how Ye Xiu understood him, he was also familiar with how frightening Ye Xiu was.
Glory's Textbook. This nickname wasn't an exaggeration at all. He would only be stronger than anyone imagined.
"It's not too late to be afraid now," Ye Xiu said.
"Are you talking to me?" Han Wenqing said coldly. Afraid? Since when did he have that word in his dictionary?
Ye Xiu smiled and didn't say anything else. He shook hands with Tyranny's other players one by one. Zhang Xinjie, Zhang Jiale, Lin Jingyan … these were all old opponents he was incomparably familiar with. The so-called "era" couldn't have been created by two people in the first place. Countless people might have already left this stage, but who knew if they were still watching from a certain angle in the world?
Turning around, the players of the two teams walked towards their competitor booths, and their characters loaded in one by one. Of these characters, some people were already familiar with, while others had only begun to show their talents this season. Perhaps compared to the players, these characters carried more of Glory's history. One day, when Ye Xiu, Han Wenqing, Zhang Jiale, and the others were no longer on the stage, the characters they had once used would forever record everything they had left behind.
In the second round of the playoffs, Happy's home game against Tyranny. Team competition, begin!
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