The match began. The map entered and the characters loaded in.
Floating in mid-air, the abandoned city looked so close to the stars. The entire world seemed to only have one color: gray with a hint of blue. Even the characters that had just loaded into the map, bathed in the starlight, their equipment seemed to be covered in a layer of light.
Han Yanrou hefted her spear and One Inch Ash gripped his tachi, waiting for Ye Xiu's orders.
Ye Xiu had been through hundreds of battles. From Glory to the professional stage, there was nothing he hadn't experienced. But right now, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.
After two and a half years of starting as a Level 1 newbie in the new server, he was finally standing here again. The two in front of him were the ones who had started walking down this path with him. Apart from them, there was also Baozi, who was currently substituting in at any time. There was also Su Mucheng, who had experienced this moment of defeat with him.
These were the people who, two and a half years ago, were still fighting with other teams and guilds for dungeon records in the new server.
Today, two and a half years later, they were directly competing with the top teams in Glory, fighting for the championship that symbolized the highest honor in Glory.
They did it!
Ye Xiu knew that at this moment, countless people must be thinking this way. Starting from the new server, starting from zero, starting all over again, and finally making it to the finals. This was too amazing.
Yes, it really was amazing.
But did this count as doing it? Did this count as success?
Not yet.
In the Xinhua dictionary, the definition of success was to achieve the desired result. Achieving the goal was called success. The result they had expected, the goal they had to achieve, was only one: championship!
So, they were still one step away from success.
"Open!"
Under Ye Xiu's order, Lord Grim took the first step. Happy and the other four followed closely behind.
"Open! Does Ye Xiu think this is a dungeon or a boss? Still on? "Pan Lin, the commentator in the broadcast, laughed and mocked Ye Xiu's one-word command.
"Hehe, these people were mostly recruited from the game by Ye Xiu!" Li Yibo said. Happy. It had been a year since the Pro League began, and they had fought their way to the finals in such a dazzling fashion. They had accepted quite a few interviews, and many of the circumstances were known to everyone. Other than Su Mucheng and Fang Rui, who were considered legitimate transfers, the others, including the former captain of Blue Rain, Wei Chen, were all players that Ye Xiu met in the game and eventually formed Happy.
In the beginning, they might have been just like what normal players were familiar with. They were just a group of friends and family in the game. But after fighting their way through, this group of friends and family had reached the highest stage of Glory.
Open!
Their goal this time wasn't a dungeon record or a wild boss; it was Team Samsara, the championship.
Happy's spawn point was to the west. At this moment, the five formed a formation and moved eastward. There were no clear paths or tracks on the map, but Happy's direction was clear. They were moving towards the Aztec style pyramid in the west. When they got close, they didn't stop at the pyramid, nor did they climb up. Instead, they turned north and circled around to the back of the pyramid.
The back of the pyramid rippled with light. It was impossible to see if the river was flowing or not. Happy only tested how deep the water was, but they didn't go through the water. They just followed the back of the pyramid and continued eastward.
Everyone became even more vigilant at this time. The five players were looking in five different directions. Happy was paying close attention to every inch of their surroundings. In theory, even if the two teams moved as fast as they could, they still wouldn't meet each other. However, after the previous round's spawn point, both Happy and Samsara had taken this situation into consideration and prepared for battle ahead of time.
Soon, Happy's group of five walked out from the back of the pyramid. An intact pyramid entered their field of view. Then, they saw the figures of Samsara's five characters.
Samsara had chosen to first reach the pyramid near them, but they didn't go deeper into the pyramid like Happy. After reaching the pyramid, they began to study the terrain. The five characters were observing their surroundings. They looked scattered, but in reality, they were still in a formation that could coordinate with each other at any time.
Happy walked out from the back of the pyramid and saw Samsara. Samsara immediately saw Happy. The two sides stopped moving. They maintained their distance and watched from afar.
The scene was still, but the chat began to refresh rapidly.
Because this was a completely unfamiliar map, they couldn't make any comprehensive arrangements based on the simple understanding they had before the match. A battle on a random map required more communication and command. Now that the two teams met, Samsara immediately began to make arrangements. Message after message flashed out. There were quick discussions, and there were final conclusions. But the players didn't move. Only after the messages had flooded the screen did the final message jump out: "Move out!"
Everyone had seen every order. After the final order was given, the five players began to move at the same time. The five characters began to move at the same time.
Ranged, melee, healer, each had their own role. They linked up with each other and coordinated with the terrain they had already understood. They quickly formed a satisfactory formation.
Then, Happy finally gave the order.
"Retreat," Ye Xiu said.
Happy left.
They had come casually from the back of the pyramid. They hadn't peeked in or peeked in. The five characters had squeezed out as if they were in a hurry. When they saw Samsara, they stopped.
Then, Samsara made careful arrangements. They had made ample preparations for battle. They could attack if they wanted to, they could retreat if they wanted to. They had considered all aspects.
Then, Happy retreated.
Samsara had prepared everything, but they didn't have an opponent...
"..."
In the chat, Zhou Zekai sent a rare message, but it was just a string of ellipses. Even though he didn't speak much, being speechless and not being talkative were two different things.
"What is Happy planning?" Pan Lin was puzzled. On Samsara's side, because of the communication and instructions in the chat, even though there were many secret words, everyone could still understand them. But Happy didn't say anything. When Ye Xiu said "Move out," they set out. When Ye Xiu said "Retreat," they retreated.
"Mm, let's wait and see." Li Yibo said. It wasn't clear whether this "wait and see" was to say Happy's intention or to tell everyone to wait and see...
Right now, the ones who wanted to understand Happy's intentions the most were Samsara. But they weren't moved. After being speechless for a moment, they immediately began to study the terrain as if Happy had never appeared.
There was no confrontation. It was just a face to face meeting.
The normal players were confused. The commentators and guests also wanted to "wait and see", but the pro players had already begun discussing.
"Happy... he probably wants to test Samsara's mood, right?" Yu Wenzhou said. Happy's intentions were basically Ye Xiu's intentions. It wasn't just Pan Lin and Li Yibo. Even a master level expert like Yu Wenzhou didn't dare speak too confidently.
"Samsara seems to be very stable," Xiao Shiqin said. It was not so easy to see through something on the psychological level. But since Samsara didn't care about Happy's teasing, they at least weren't being led by the nose by Happy.
Then what next?
Next, the broadcast image and the projection of the stadium were cut in two, so that everyone could see the two teams' positions clearly.
Samsara continued to study the terrain, while Happy began to quickly move up from the back of the pyramid. But when Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was about halfway up, he suddenly turned around from the back of the pyramid.
Samsara was naturally waiting in this direction. As soon as they saw Lord Grim appear, they immediately prepared.
"Don't panic!" Ye Xiu actually sent a message in the public chat.
"I'm just taking a look." Ye Xiu said. And then, his Lord Grim actually sat down on the east slope of the pyramid...
"You guys keep working," Ye Xiu said.
"Little Zhou, look behind you at your three o'clock. Isn't that platform pretty good for sniping cover?" Ye Xiu continued to give pointers to Samsara.
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