The hallway leading out of the arena wasn't too dark. There were still some lights on. Qiao Yifan silently walked out. After walking around in circles, he discovered that he was lost.
Qiao Yifan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was so unfamiliar with this arena! He was alone, yet he couldn't find the exit.
Qiao Yifan had suffered a crushing defeat on the stage and realized that his career was about to come to an end, but he had endured it. But now, he couldn't find the exit. He couldn't hold back the bitterness in his heart and tears began to fall. Qiao Yifan raised his arm and wiped away his tears again and again, shaking them off.
His bitterness made him stubborn. He didn't believe that he couldn't find the exit. Qiao Yifan wiped away his tears and didn't try to figure out the direction. He just blindly walked forward.
"You're too rash."
Suddenly, a voice rang out in the dark hallway. Qiao Yifan stopped and stared blankly. Then, he shook his head. This was just a hallway. What was so strange about hearing someone speak?
Thinking of this, Qiao Yifan was already walking away when he heard the voice say, "I'm talking to you. Stop walking!"
Qiao Yifan stared blankly. Was the voice talking to him? He stopped and turned around. There was a long shadow in the hallway. A person was standing there. In the darkness, it was hard to see what that person looked like.
"You … … are talking to me?" Qiao Yifan wasn't sure.
"Yes!" The person walked over and continued, "I understand what you're thinking. You want to use this stage to show everyone your talent as a Phantom Demon. But, isn't your choice of opponent a bit too ridiculous? You actually chose Li Xuan? What are you thinking? "
The voice echoed in the hallway. Qiao Yifan suddenly felt that the voice and tone were familiar. When the other person walked in front of him and saw his face, he realized that he didn't recognize him. Qiao Yifan was still confused. The other person had already finished speaking. Qiao Yifan didn't know what to do and replied, "I want to use a Phantom Demon, so … …"
"If you want to ask for advice and pay respect to your seniors, then you're right to choose Li Xuan. But if you want to show off your talent as a Phantom Demon, then the person you shouldn't have chosen is Li Xuan. "
Qiao Yifan was slightly taken aback. During the competition, he vaguely felt that he had not thought things through thoroughly. Now that he heard this, he was suddenly enlightened.
"In the entire Glory circle, no one is more familiar with Phantom Demons than Li Xuan. If you want to show off your Phantom Demon skills in front of him, then of course you'll be completely suppressed. Displaying your slight skill in front of an expert, how can you show even a tenth of your level? "
Qiao Yifan understood, completely understood.
He used the same logic as every rookie in the Rookie Challenge and chose the Phantom Demon expert Li Xuan. But he had forgotten that his goal for participating in the Rookie Challenge was completely different from the others. He wanted to perform as a Phantom Demon, but he had chosen an opponent who was most familiar with Phantom Demons. This was the biggest obstacle he had set for himself.
"Besides … …" The other side continued, "A Phantom Demon's awareness and skill are most valuable in a team. In a 1v1 competition like the Rookie Challenge, team awareness and skill are hard to show. In addition, you have little experience. You've only practiced for less than a month, yet you still want to challenge Li Xuan. I'm speechless, I … …"
"God Ye Qiu!!" Qiao Yifan finally realized who this person in front of him was. There weren't many people who knew that he practiced as a Phantom Demon and his identity. At first, he was muddle-headed. He only felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember anything. Now that he heard that this person knew so much and then heard the voice, he finally recognized this person's identity.
"Yeah, it's me." Ye Xiu nodded his head. He rarely showed himself in public, so those who could recognize him were players who had reached a certain level in the circle. For people like Qiao Yifan, who had never played in an official match, even though he had entered the pro scene, he had never seen Ye Xiu's true face.
"You don't need to doubt your own talent." Ye Xiu said, "But don't think that you'll immediately be accepted into a team just because you're so impressive. There are many people with potential, but if you want to be chosen by a pro team, you need to have some substance. As for a Phantom Demon, you're still far from it. But you're still young. You still have time to train and wait for an opportunity. It's only been a month, and you want to challenge the number one Phantom Demon? Glory isn't as simple as you think. "
These words made Qiao Yifan's face turn red.
Before, he had always felt that he wasn't good enough, but after receiving God Ye Xiu's encouragement, he suddenly had confidence in himself. He felt that if God Ye Qiu could see his potential, then there would definitely be others who could see it. All he needed was an opportunity, a stage.
So he participated in this year's Rookie Challenge.
Choosing Li Xuan as his opponent was an extremely thoughtless decision. He now understood this reasoning, but he didn't think too much about it.
Because this choice didn't cause him to miss out on anything. Even if he had chosen another opponent, with less than a month of practice as a Phantom Demon, would he really be able to display enough talent to move a pro team?
Ye Xiu had made him understand this point. He had made him understand that his way of thinking was too impetuous.
Qiao Yifan's thoughts turned and he quickly agreed with this statement. He had never thought of himself as a genius like Gao Yingjie. God Ye Xiu had never given him such an evaluation.
Thinking back to the beginning, God Ye Xiu had only told him that he couldn't display his potential as an Assassin and that a Phantom Demon was more suitable for him. That was all.
He still needed to continue training. He needed to train until the day when he could truly shine.
Qiao Yifan wiped away the last tear from the corner of his eye. The despair in his heart had suddenly been swept away. Because this time, he had truly seen himself clearly. He had finally put himself in the right place.
Opportunity? Stage?
It was still too early to think about these things. Opportunities were reserved for those who were prepared. As for him? Right now, he wasn't prepared at all. If he hurriedly tried to grab hold of an opportunity that looked good, then he would naturally fall and bleed.
But from this moment onwards, Qiao Yifan decided not to think about these things anymore. He only needed to focus on training his skills. After the season ended, would there still be a team that would accept him? He had finally figured out this problem that had been bothering him for so long.
What was the point of always worrying about whether or not a team would accept him? Only by improving his own skill level could he have these opportunities. Even if he was temporarily abandoned after the season ended, it didn't matter. He was still young. He could continue to practice and wait. At worst, he could just treat it as starting all over again as a rookie.
The tunnel was still dark, but after understanding everything, Qiao Yifan's heart was suddenly filled with light.
"Thank you, senior." Qiao Yifan said gratefully to Ye Xiu.
"Good luck!" Ye Xiu nodded and turned around, preparing to leave.
"Then what about you, senior?" Qiao Yifan suddenly asked loudly, "Why did you choose to retire so early?"
Micrograss's players could be considered to be the players in the pro scene that Ye Xiu had interacted with the most after his retirement. Every week, they would gamble and spar, and every one of them would lose miserably. Of course, there was the class advantage of an unspecialized, but everyone was still at the pro level. The probability of not being able to win even one round was a bit too high. Apart from the class advantage, the opponent's skill level also had to be taken into account.
Micrograss's players had already begun to discuss why someone with such skill level would choose to retire. Qiao Yifan had completely gotten rid of the knot in his heart, so he asked Ye Xiu loudly.
Ye Xiu turned his head and smiled: "I'm also looking for an opportunity!"
Qiao Yifan stared blankly: "You'll come back?"
"Of course. Even though I'm a bit old, I haven't thought of giving up yet!" Ye Xiu said as he turned around. After waving at Qiao Yifan, he gradually disappeared into the dark tunnel.
Qiao Yifan stood there alone for a while before walking away. With this realization in mind, the direction to go seemed to have become clear. The tunnel was still the same tunnel. After a few steps, he quickly turned around. However, he didn't turn around to leave. Instead, he once again returned to the stadium, to that dazzling stage.
In the stadium, a new round of the Challenger League was already underway. Because the Rookie League used characters, it was usually impossible to tell who the players were from their IDs. However, in this round, the IDs above the two players' heads weren't unfamiliar temporary characters.
Delillo, Demon Subduer.
These two were, without a doubt, current pro characters in the Alliance. In order to not let the veterans take advantage of the Rookie League, there was a rule that players didn't need to use their own accounts. However, if the rookies had a request, they could use their own accounts.
In this Challenger League, it was clearly the rookies who had made this request.
Tang Hao, Team Hundred Blossoms' second year player. In his first year as a rookie, he had been an unknown character. However, after the summer, he seemed to have been enlightened. This season, he rose to prominence and became Team Hundred Blossoms' core member after Team Hundred Blossoms' captain Zhang Jiale's sudden retirement.
The only regrettable thing was that the Brawler character he used, Delillo, wasn't worthy of his God-level performance this season.
As a second year player, Tang Hao still had the qualifications to participate in the Rookie League. However, for players like him, who were already aiming for the position of God, even if they were rookies, most disdained to participate in the Rookie League. But this time, Tang Hao chose to sign up, and the opponent he chose was Lin Jingyan, a player of the same class. He even requested to use his current account.
The challenged veteran didn't have the right to refuse. Lin Jingyan could only bring his Glory's number one Brawler character, Demon Subduer, onto the stage.
Tang Hao's goal in this match wasn't to pay his respects, nor was it to ask for advice. In the current Glory circle, his support was very high. However, Lin Jingyan, who was also a Brawler, was also thought by many that he was still young. This Challenger League had the meaning of a true challenge. Tang Hao seemed to want to use facts to convince everyone.
This was because when he entered the stage to explain the reason for the challenge, Tang Hao only said four words: the junior succeeds the senior.
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