Chapter 118 The Experienced Eye

An expert's move immediately reveals their skill.

The Welcoming Wind's crafty formation was something Team Wuji had already deeply experienced in the previous round. In their eyes, Welcoming Wind was second only to Lord Grim as the most troublesome opponent.

Now he was fighting in the second round of the individual competition. And what about Team Wuji? Their sharpshooter, a semi-main force and the seventh member of the team, was fighting in the second round. It would be quite difficult for him to take on this tricky Welcoming Wind.

In the current match situation, Team Wuji would have to say goodbye to the entire season if they lost two points. The team arena and team competition went without saying, as their point values were both over two, and they couldn't afford to lose. They had to field the strongest possible lineup to face them. So in the end, the most tangled problem was how to ensure they took two points in the individual competition. This was because the sharpshooter, as the seventh member, was indeed slightly inferior in skill compared to the main force of six.

Team Wuji debated and debated, and finally came up with an order of battle that was basically a replica of the previous round. In the end, they had no choice but to resign themselves to fate.

As a result, there was an adjustment to the personnel on Happy's side for the second battle, with Welcoming Wind placed in second. On paper, it seemed that Happy had a better chance of winning this match. However, Team Wuji didn't seem particularly anxious at this time.

They were quite mentally prepared to lose a point to the sharpshooter. But if this point was lost to Welcoming Wind, it would have a bit of a "Tian Ji's Horse Race" feel to it. This was exactly the kind of situation that Team Wuji had hoped for when arranging the roster, and now it had finally come true.

Three, two, one... the countdown ended, and the match began.

Blue Temple was the map that Wei Chen himself had chosen. There was no doubt that it was a one-on-one map that he was extremely familiar with. And facing such a formal competition, Wei Chen also put away his playful thoughts and used every means possible to deal with his opponent. The character's characteristics and the map's peculiarities were all exploited to the fullest by Wei Chen. On Wuji's side, they had a slightly inferior seventh member, so the second match was easily won by Wei Chen without any suspense.

Although it was something that Team Wuji had expected, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous at this time. The next, third battle, would be a life-or-death battle that could determine their final fate.

Because they had anticipated this kind of situation, Team Wuji sent a player with a very strong mental fortitude for the third battle. He controlled his elemental mage and appeared in the seat for the third individual match. This battle concerned the life and death of Team Wuji, and it would be really difficult for someone without strong mental fortitude to withstand this kind of pressure.

Even this person was constantly taking deep breaths to adjust his emotions after taking the stage, trying to completely dispel the last trace of nervousness in his heart.

But then he took a look at the player that Happy had sent, and it was a player that Team Wuji hadn't encountered in the previous round: Steamed Bun Invasion.

Team Wuji was immediately dumbfounded.

For an entire week, they had been doing nothing but extra training and thoroughly researching Happy. But this Steamed Bun Invasion was completely outside of their research scope. Although the character was listed on the registration list, they couldn't find any corresponding information.

And now, such a blank character was actually sent to fight. Team Wuji was immediately flustered, and even this elemental mage player, who was known for his mental toughness, couldn't handle it.

Just as his hand had a slight tremor, Luo Ji was so nervous that he couldn't even hold the mouse steady. He was so nervous that he felt his hands and feet were numb, his heartbeat was so fast that he could feel it without even touching it, and he was sweating profusely.

"Experience always needs to be accumulated." That's what Ye Xiu had said to him when he called him to the stage. Although Luo Ji wasn't in City H, he could still participate in the online competition at his school.

Experience needs to be accumulated, but letting me run such a difficult competition to accumulate it, isn't that a bit too much! Luo Ji cried out in his heart. He was still being abused in the online game arena, and now he was fighting against a team with a professional background like Wuji. This was too terrifying.

Although they didn't want everyone to relax because of the great advantage, it was still necessary to let the newcomers experience the rhythm and atmosphere of the competition in such an advantageous situation. They couldn't just train and improve all the time, and then rush onto the stage unprepared for the crucial matches. There were certainly players who could make a name for themselves like this, but Luo Ji's personality and level didn't seem like that type. So with an 8.5-point advantage in hand, Ye Xiu simply arranged for Luo Ji to give it a try. In fact, Ye Xiu had this intention in the first round, but it was a bit of a waste to give Chen Guo a spot in the team arena. After all, Chen Guo didn't have any potential for development and would definitely not become a true combat force for Team Happy. But unfortunately, Luo Ji had important matters to attend to last Friday and couldn't participate. So in this second round, how could Ye Xiu let go of the opportunity to train him? He decisively arranged for him to fight in the individual competition.

Three, two, one...

No matter how nervous Luo Ji or Wuji's elemental mage player was, the system's merciless countdown finally began. The map used for this match was not the arena map, but a map that Luo Ji had chosen himself. When it came to the use of the map, Luo Ji's level was actually above that of Steamed Bun.

But with his flustered state, it was hard to say whether he could make good use of the map. As soon as the match started, Luo Ji immediately began chanting to summon various summoned beasts. This was originally something he was very familiar with, but because of his nervousness, he seemed clumsy and hurried, and the summoned beasts wandered around on their own, with no rules at all for a while.

And this behavior of summoning a large number of summoned beasts right from the start was also a bit amateurish. Summoners relied entirely on these summoned beasts for combat, and summoning skills also had cooldowns. Releasing all the summoned beasts in a swarm was like other classes using up all their skills at once. The sense of rhythm was very poor. If they encountered a slightly more experienced player, such a poor sense of rhythm would be enough to be devastating.

Wuji's elemental mage player had also come to fight Steamed Bun Invasion with a sincere and apprehensive heart. But as soon as he came up, he saw the other party summoning summoned beasts one after another, and then they ran around the field in a flurry. It looked spectacular, but... this wasn't scientific!

Was it a trap?

In a life-or-death battle, the elemental mage player didn't dare to be careless at all and played with utmost caution. Even when he saw extremely unprofessional techniques, he had to speculate from the most dangerous perspective. As the saying goes, all warfare is based on deception. Believing that seeing is believing was simply too naive.

The elemental mage player carefully approached, controlling his elemental mage. When he had walked halfway, Luo Ji was finally busy summoning everything he could summon. Then he circled the mouse and marked a spot in front of him. The summoned beasts began to advance in force. During this process, Luo Ji began to fine-tune the formation of the summoned beasts, and his mentality gradually stabilized. His operation became more and more smooth. Before long, he had arranged the summoned beasts in a disciplined and orderly manner.

When the elemental mage player saw this particularly high-quality formation, he was even more afraid to rush forward rashly. Maintaining his movement, he waited for the summoned beasts to approach. Relying on the advantage of the skill's range, the elemental mage first threw out a spell attack to test the waters.

As soon as he saw the opponent's attack, Luo Ji didn't stand idle either and quickly directed the summoned beasts to evade. But no player's attack was really just a single skill. After one skill, the players had already come up with many plans for how to proceed. Observing the situation, the elemental mage player continued to operate his elemental mage and continued to attack. As a result, Steamed Bun Invasion's summoned beasts slowly began to become more and more chaotic, more and more chaotic, more and more chaotic.

Luo Ji's operation couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm at all, and he insisted on reacting to the opponent's attacks. This was exactly what his pursuit of perfection was doing. As a result, when his abilities were completely insufficient, the more he pursued perfection, the more imperfect he became. Later on, the elemental mage player finally saw it. This guy wasn't really a master, was he?

He saw it, and everyone in Team Wuji saw it, of course. Suddenly, the entire training room was filled with a festive atmosphere. The two points in the individual competition were finally successfully taken. If the three links of the competition were considered passing three levels, then now the first level had finally been passed. However, it was obviously impossible to determine the outcome in this match. The individual match ended with a score of 1 to 2, so even if Team Wuji won the team arena and team match consecutively, it would still be a score of 1 to 8.5, a tie. An additional match would be needed to determine the winner.

But no matter what, Team Wuji had at least preserved hope.

The third individual match then became uneventful, and Team Wuji easily won. Luo Ji, who had been defeated, was naturally a bit disappointed.

"Compared to you when you were figuring out strategies, you've really improved too much." Ye Xiu messaged him.

Luo Ji himself was indeed aware of this, but at this time, he certainly knew that this was just Ye Xiu's consolation after the match, and could only send a bitter smile.

"For you right now, you don't need to care too much about winning the match. Value every opportunity to fight, and constantly discover your progress and maintain it. Accumulate confidence and experience slowly, and victory will naturally come," Ye Xiu said.

"I will." These words finally cheered Luo Ji up a bit. It was only then that he realized that Ye Xiu wasn't comforting him, but was pointing him in the right direction. Ye Xiu had probably said similar things before, but while the principles were there, he would sometimes forget them when executing them. This was roughly what ear-to-ear instruction was like.

After the individual match ended, there would be a short rest, followed by the team arena. Since the players on both sides weren't rich, it was obvious who would be fighting in the team arena after the three individual players were out.

On Happy's side, it was of course Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, and Qiao Yifan.

And on Team Wuji's side, they would continue to have their experienced ace, He An, lead the warlock and qigong master players in a desperate battle.