Chapter 122 Tactics Training

Team Tiny Herb appeared sluggish this round. At the post-match press conference, Captain Wang Jiexi told the media that Team Tiny Herb was currently undergoing a secret training program, which had affected the players' performance. However, given Tiny Herb's current dominant position, Wang Jiexi believed that this loss was entirely worthwhile. Tiny Herb had only one goal: the championship. The regular season results were not the most important thing for them.

This statement had a public relations flavor, especially the secret training, as no one knew if it was true or not. The regular season results were not as insignificant as Wang Jiexi claimed. They certainly didn't have to worry about making the playoffs, but the regular season ranking affected the final league broadcast fees, sponsorship fees, and other revenue sharing. The higher the ranking, the more revenue a team received.

As for those who made the playoffs, they naturally received an additional sum of playoff broadcast fees and other revenue that the regular season didn't offer. The further they advanced in each round, the more revenue they received. The connection between performance and profit was so clear, not to mention the intangible assets such as fame, attention, and more fans that outstanding performance brought, which could bring even higher profits.

However, Wang Jiexi's remarks had nothing inappropriate about them, and the matter was thus brushed aside. Thinking back to the previous round when Team Excellent Era inexplicably lost a good game due to mistakes, the new captain Sun Xiang acted as if he was throwing a tantrum at the press conference, saying "I don't know" and "I'm not sure" left and right. His handling of matters was far less experienced and sophisticated than the veteran Wang Jiexi.

Two days after the match, after dusk, Team Tiny Herb once again entered Glory's tenth server as a group, immediately calling out Lord Grim in the arena.

Based on the principle of customer first, Ye Xiu immediately called Tang Rou over without saying a word. Tang Rou had also tried her hand in the arena these past few days, but ordinary players were no match for her. It was boring to play. She had occasionally practiced with Ye Xiu, making Tang Rou wonder what she had been doing lately! When fighting Ye Xiu, she couldn't feel her progress at all. It was still the same as their first fight: she could lose however she wanted.

She had also fought Steamed Bun Invasion several times, and Tang Rou's chances of winning were higher. Steamed Bun Invasion was really a very volatile player. Sometimes Tang Rou won without any fun, and sometimes she lost very powerlessly. In Ye Xiu's words, Steamed Bun Invasion was a guy who didn't talk about theory, didn't talk about routines, and fought entirely on intuition. Sometimes a blind cat caught a dead mouse and won strangely; sometimes the dead mouse wasn't caught, and it became a low-level mistake, losing very idiotically.

Ye Xiu had been thinking of letting Steamed Bun Invasion try his hand when Tiny Herb came again, but who knew that Steamed Bun Invasion was absent today? He had no choice but to go with Tang Rou.

After several days of busy work, Chen Yehui had finally accumulated some materials for the Tiny Herb players to consume.

The rules remained the same. They would fight Tang Rou first, and the result came out quickly. Then they looked for Ye Xiu, who clearly felt the increase in difficulty. These guys had indeed not been idle these past few days, and they already had many very targeted ideas. In addition, these guys' accounts were also being leveled by power leveling services, and they had all reached level 30. With more skills, there were more tactical options. The absolute advantage of the unspecialized class in the early stages was gradually being eroded as the level increased.

In other words, the unspecialized class was already formed at level 20. After that, the improvement was only the strengthening of attributes and attacks. There wouldn't be much change in the tactics and playstyle. Other classes, however, became richer in playstyle because they were constantly learning new skills. Although the final number of skills still couldn't compare with the unspecialized class, the gap was obviously narrowing. This situation had already been verified back when the unspecialized class was dominant. At that time, someone asserted that as the level cap continued to increase, the unspecialized class would at least become trash.

The final fact was that everyone didn't have to wait until that day. A level 50 awakening directly scrapped the unspecialized class. After that, the topic of the unspecialized class was completely forgotten, and some of the research from that time was also discarded. Now that Ye Xiu was picking up the unspecialized class again, he needed to verify it properly. He was confident at level 50, but he had only made mental deductions based on experience for levels 60 and 70. After all, truth still needed to be tested by facts. Many of the ideas in Ye Xiu's mind also needed to be tried out when he reached the level.

However, now that the professional players' characters had been upgraded a stage, and everyone had carefully studied the previous defeats, Ye Xiu was also more involved in the battle.

So this time, some small twists and turns appeared in every match, and the Tiny Herb players were finally no longer completely suppressed. Everyone was in high spirits, and everyone said they would take down their opponents. However, although they had undergone targeted research, Team Tiny Herb still lost from beginning to end this time. As for the final stage seeming to have more and more advantages to turn the tables, that was not something to be happy about. Don't forget that this was a gauntlet match. Ten people took turns, and Ye Xiu wasn't as relaxed as before. After consecutive battles, he would naturally be mentally and physically exhausted.

In fact, Wang Jiexi had initially hoped that everyone would practice in pairs, precisely because of this situation. He was worried that Ye Xiu's state would be reduced and affect the quality of their training. In the first two days, everyone was not used to the unspecialized class and lost miserably, so they didn't see Ye Xiu's state decline. But now that they had improved in a targeted manner, this gauntlet method really caused this situation, resulting in the later players not having the best effect.

Wang Jiexi only watched Ye Xiu's matches, but he didn't go on the field. Instead, he ran to play several matches with Tang Rou. If someone didn't know the situation, they would definitely think he was flirting with a girl.

"Miss Tang has also improved a lot this week!" Wang Jiexi's words were not flattery. Tang Rou had talent and was guided by a big shot. It would be strange if she didn't improve. It was just that... Lord Ye Qiu's one-on-one guidance was really too, too, too extravagant.

"Thank you." Tang Rou had improved, but the result was exactly the same as those guys. She made her opponent struggle more while still losing. However, when facing Wang Jiexi, Tang Rou still felt a sense of powerlessness. She also understood that this person, like Ye Xiu, was a level higher than those experts, and was someone she could only look up to for the time being.

"Have you considered the thing I mentioned last time, Miss Tang?" Wang Jiexi asked after a few rounds.

"Oh... I haven't been able to change my mind yet!" Tang Rou said.

"Is that so? Then I'll continue to keep my expectations up!" Wang Jiexi said.

"Professional players, why don't you look for Lord Grim?" Tang Rou suddenly asked strangely. Ye Xiu's level was too obvious. If the other party wanted to invite someone, why wouldn't they want a ready-made talent?

"He? He's a retired player. According to the rules, even if he makes a comeback, it will be a year later," Wang Jiexi said.

"Oh, is that so... I really don't know anything about the professional scene!" Tang Rou said.

"And... he's already a bit old. Even if he makes a comeback, he can only play for another year or two at most. But Miss Tang, you're not too old, are you? Your future is limitless!" Wang Jiexi said.

"Oh? How do you know my age?" Tang Rou said.

"You can roughly infer it from a person's playstyle. Your drive, your sharpness, and your mentality all show that you're in the golden age of a professional player. You should be around 20-22 years old. I hope I'm not wrong," Wang Jiexi said.

"Hmm, you guessed pretty accurately," Tang Rou said.

"If it were an ordinary person, it might be a bit late to enter the circle at this age, but Miss Tang, you have a foundation. If you can have systematic training, plus the tempering of formal competitions, I believe you can quickly become a true professional expert."

"Then what about me now?" Tang Rou asked.

"Now? Excuse me for being blunt, but right now, Miss Tang, you're only fighting with reaction and operation. Although you've been forcibly instilled with some awareness, you still need a lot of actual combat to grind that awareness into a habit. This requires systematic, professional, and high-level training!" Wang Jiexi said.

"I see," Tang Rou replied.

"So I suggest that if Miss Tang is interested, the sooner you join the professional scene, the better. Playing online games is really burying your talent," Wang Jiexi said.

"Okay, I'll consider it. Thank you," Tang Rou replied calmly as always.

Wang Jiexi didn't say anything more, and the conversation between the two ended peacefully again. After going back and watching all of Lord Grim's matches, and finding that Ye Xiu's state had obviously declined, Wang Jiexi stopped the team members who still wanted to try again, and ended today's special training.

"Thank you for your hard work." At the entrance of the arena, Wang Jiexi said dryly to Ye Xiu to express his condolences.

"Not at all. Ten more matches?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Haha, let's forget about it!" Wang Jiexi laughed. "I'll arrange the manpower properly. So you don't have to work so hard."

"You're so polite," Ye Xiu said.

"It's only right. Well then, see you next time," Wang Jiexi said.

"Goodbye."

"He's really a difficult guy to deal with!" Seeing these people go offline and disappear, Ye Xiu said to Tang Rou with emotion.

"What is it?"

"I wanted to take the opportunity to win more materials, but as soon as he saw that I was showing signs of fatigue, he immediately stopped the practice. He doesn't care about the materials, but he doesn't want to waste time on me in a declining state!" Ye Xiu said.

"This person is really too rational!" Tang Rou said.

"I'm really old. Unlike you, you're still full of energy even after playing ten matches," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh? Is that so? I think you're actually not very motivated, right? You can clean up those mediocre guys with a wave of your hand. If it were me, I would also feel more and more bored. Actually, you're not tired, you're bored, right?" Tang Rou said.

"Your idea is very unique. But the person who gets listless when meeting someone who's not an opponent is indeed you," Ye Xiu said.

"I just don't believe that someone who can maintain a high degree of concentration for more than twelve consecutive hours of gaming would show signs of fatigue after only playing ten matches. It's not scientific," Tang Rou said.

"Hmm... Okay, I'll reluctantly say you're right, but there's one thing I still want to emphasize: they're not mediocre, they're last year's championship team," Ye Xiu said.

"Championship mediocrity?" Tang Rou said.

"That sounds much better," Ye Xiu smiled.

The two were chatting casually when suddenly the system message popped up. Ye Xiu clicked it open: Player One Inch Ash requests to add you as a friend. Do you agree?

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