The Rookie Challenge Competition was truly a personal competition for the rookies. There was no need to go through a Club or team to register. However, under normal circumstances, if a rookies wanted to participate, they would at least give their team a heads-up. Sometimes, when a Club wanted to promote a few rookies, they would also take the initiative to have a few rookies participate.
Qiao Yifan obviously didn't belong to the latter. Micrograss had a genius rookie like Gao Yingjie. If they wanted to promote, it wouldn't be Qiao Yifan's turn. Participating in the Rookie Challenge Competition was Qiao Yifan's own idea. He had also given the Club a heads-up, but the result was that everyone was shocked.
For a rookie like him to actually want to participate in the Rookie Challenge Competition was truly overestimating himself. Everyone's gazes seemed to be saying this. Qiao Yifan had already thought of this point, but it didn't waver his determination. However, when it was time for the captain to express his opinion, he was still a bit nervous. If the captain didn't support his decision and he still insisted on going his own way, even though no one had the right to stop him according to the rules, his future in the Club would be even more gloomy.
However, apart from the Rookie Challenge Competition, Qiao Yifan didn't have any other stage to perform on. This was his only chance and he hoped that he could obtain this opportunity.
He obtained it!
Captain Wang Jiexi didn't stop him in any way. He also didn't look at him with ridicule like the other team members. Wang Jiexi only showed the attitude of a captain: He gave him a few simple words of encouragement and told him to perform well and learn more.
"I will!" Qiao Yifan was very excited. Afterwards, he prepared for this day to come. There had never been a rookie who placed so much importance on the Rookie Challenge Competition because they all understood that this was just a "show". Qiao Yifan also understood this. However, in this "show", he hoped that he could "show" something different and win a chance for his career.
Qiao Yifan challenged the number one Phantom Demon, Li Xuan.
When the host announced this matchup, the players and the audience all reacted indifferently. The only ones who were excited were Li Xuan's fans.
They didn't know what was so surprising about this matchup, but Micrograss's people knew.
This was because Qiao Yifan was an Assassin. His opponent was actually Li Xuan, who used a Phantom Demon. The two were completely unrelated.
Although it was said that it was up to the rookies to decide who to challenge, the rookies had their own reasons. Normally, everyone would challenge their favorite seniors in the Alliance, so the chances of players of the same class clashing in the Rookie Challenge were extremely high. When Qiao Yifan challenged Li Xuan, outsiders assumed that this was the reason. However, for the more knowledgeable members of Micrograss, they were completely unable to guess what Qiao Yifan was planning.
When Qiao Yifan went up on stage and said the same old clichés like paying respect to the seniors and learning from them, Micrograss was even more confused.
"This kid likes Li Xuan?"
"I don't know!"
Everyone was at a loss. Only now did they realize that they really knew very little about this junior from the same team. They couldn't help but look at Gao Yingjie. Qiao Yifan and Gao Yingjie had a very good relationship. This was perhaps the only thing they knew about Qiao Yifan, and this was because of Gao Yingjie's existence.
At this moment, Gao Yingjie was even more at a loss than these seniors. This was because he understood Qiao Yifan, but he couldn't figure out why he wanted to challenge Li Xuan ….. Thinking about how Qiao Yifan had been very busy recently and how he was often alone, Gao Yingjie faintly felt that something had happened.
On the stage, Li Xuan had already gone up. As the ace god and the captain, his aura was much stronger than Qiao Yifan's. After going up on stage, he had an appearance of cherishing his juniors. After saying a few simple words, the two walked up to their respective stages.
To the onlookers, this seemed to be the same match as the first round. But Micrograss's people felt that there was something strange about this. As for Ye Xiu, he had completely guessed Qiao Yifan's intentions, but …..
"Sigh ….." Ye Xiu sighed again. Unfortunately, Tang Rou, who was looking at him, saw it.
Another sigh? Tang Rou muttered to herself. In the last match, she had seen Ye Xiu sigh, but she hadn't seen anything worth sighing about in that match. But in this match, another sigh. Qiao Yifan …. Tang Rou obviously recognized this youth as One Inch Ash. When they were on the same team, he didn't hide his name. Then did Ye Xiu's sigh mean that Qiao Yifan wouldn't be able to win?
Tang Rou really was a rookie in Glory, a rookie from head to toe. Chen Guo knew that all of the matches in the All-Star Weekend were more or less for show, especially the Rookie Challenge. However, she hadn't thought to explain this to Tang Rou. Tang Rou, on the other hand, was quite serious about these matches. She more or less knew who was on the stage, so she hoped that this youth would win. But Ye Xiu's sigh made her realize that her hopes might be dashed.
On the stage, the map was quickly projected. The two players had already chosen their characters, added their stat points, and selected their equipment. Soon, they entered the stage.
Li Xuan chose a Ghostblade. No one was surprised by this.
Qiao Yifan also chose a Ghostblade. No one was surprised, except for Micrograss's people.
"What the hell is this kid doing?" Everyone was puzzled.
"That's a bit too much," said Micrograss's player, Xiao Yun.
"It's a good thing no one knows that he doesn't play a Ghostblade, right?" said Liu Fei.
Even though the Rookie Challenge was mainly about rookies, the rookies still had to show respect. Challenging a God and then using a class that wasn't even his own, this was a bit too much of a joke. After seeing that Qiao Yifan also chose a Ghostblade, even Captain Wang Jiexi furrowed his brows.
However, Liu Fei wasn't wrong. Apart from Micrograss's people, no one knew that Qiao Yifan was an Assassin player. They didn't even know who Qiao Yifan was.
On the stage, the match quickly began. Just like the first and second matches, the two players charged straight for the center of the stage.
The match's map was a ruined map. There were many broken walls and the like. The terrain was more suited for Ghost Boundaries. It was a common method for Phantom Demons to secretly place down a Ghost Boundary behind an obstacle that could hide them and then lure the enemy into the Barrier.
In a battle between Phantom Demons, hand speed and mechanics were rarely used.
What was usually used was awareness, judgement, and … … dirtiness.
The number one Phantom Demon, God Li Xuan, naturally needed to be top notch. The two characters approached the center of the map, but before they could touch, Li Xuan's character stopped.
This stop just happened to be outside of the range of the Ghost Boundaries that Qiao Yifan's Ghostblade could set up. Then, he took two steps to the left and hid behind a broken wall. The audience could see the entire situation clearly. However, from Qiao Yifan's perspective, Li Xuan's character had already disappeared.
In the Rookie Challenge, the first one to make a move was actually a god-level character.
Perhaps the audience didn't think much of this, but the pro players knew that under normal circumstances, the "loving" seniors would always let the rookies struggle for a bit before starting to show off their skills. As for Li Xuan? He made a move first.
Li Xuan didn't want to be so ungentlemanly, but in the last match, Micrograss's internal battle, he had no choice but to be careful.
In the last match, he had clearly fought for real. And Micrograss's rookie hadn't even shown mercy to his own team captain. How could he dare to treat this match as a "show" like the first match?
Even though the rookie in front of him wasn't a genius like Gao Yingjie, who knew if he was Micrograss' secret weapon? Maybe he wanted to use this Rookie Challenge to step on him and become famous?
It couldn't be said that Li Xuan's considerations were overly suspicious. They were indeed very reasonable and well-founded. If it were any other senior, they would probably have the same thoughts as him. However, even if many experts knew this, they would probably try to maintain their poise. Li Xuan had no choice because Phantom Demons had strong crowd control abilities. As soon as the match started, they would be at a disadvantage. If they were controlled by the opponent, then it would be much harder for them to make a comeback than other classes. As a result, Li Xuan had no choice but to make the first move. Losing this bit of poise was better than being destroyed by a rookie like Wang Jiexi.
Li Xuan's character hid behind a broken wall. Qiao Yifan's Ghostblade also stopped. The match came to a standstill.
This sort of battle of awareness and judgement could sometimes be a bit boring. Everyone would constantly interrupt the match and stop to guess what the other side was trying to do. In this match, the two hadn't even started fighting yet, but they had already fallen into such a situation.
Behind the wall, Li Xuan's character didn't move. Outside the wall, Qiao Yifan's character walked a few steps closer. He crouched down and continued to walk slowly. Crouching down made his movement speed even slower, but he didn't make any sound. Of course, it also depended on the terrain, but on this map, that was definitely the case.
Li Xuan's character was leaning against the wall. It looked like he was seriously trying to hear his opponent's footsteps. Just a moment ago, the two of them had just stopped the match. Although the audience could clearly see this, everyone's heart still clenched.
Seeing Qiao Yifan's character approach step by step, everyone was guessing how the two sides would break this stalemate. Suddenly, Li Xuan's character jumped out from behind the wall. Just like that, it looked like he wasn't on guard at all.
Qiao Yifan had thought of this possibility. He needed to cast a Ghost Boundary. The distance between the two sides was a bit too far. Qiao Yifan didn't hesitate. The instant Li Xuan's character jumped out, he sent out a Ghost Slash.
As for Li Xuan? His character slashed down with his arm. A dark purple light flashed. It was the same Ghost Slash.
The same skill, used at the same time. When the two collided, both sides would take damage. It wasn't clear who had the upper hand. But the current situation was different. After two blade-like streaks of purple light flashed, one of them suddenly disappeared. Qiao Yifan's character had already been sent flying backwards. Li Xuan's character dashed forward like an arrow and used a Moonlight Slash, sending his opponent into the air.
"Ah!" Everyone cried out in alarm. Being sent into the air as soon as the match started wasn't good.
As for the more experienced pro players, they could already tell: Li Xuan's Ghostblade wasn't his specialty as a Phantom Demon. In this match, where they could choose their own character, he had chosen a Sword Demon.
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