“We have more people…”

Team Excellent Era was a standard five-person team. On Ye Xiu's side, Zhan Lou Lan and his group numbered five, plus Lord Grim and Deception, making a total of seven. Mathematically, they indeed had more people.

However, Glory isn't as simple as math. Does having more people guarantee victory? After just witnessing seven people wipe out twenty-five, it was hard to consider the issue that way. Yet, Ye Xiu said it anyway, stunning everyone except himself, including Chen Guo by his side.

“Hahahaha.” Sun Xiang was the first to recover, laughing a few times, though it sounded forced. He then said, “Don't blame me for being blunt, but with just you guys?”

Sun Xiang's Battle Mage spun around, seemingly surveying the group with disdain.

Before meeting Ye Xiu, Zhan Lou Lan and his friends would have instantly ignited with passion. But after meeting Ye Xiu, they were either rationally facing the real gap between them or, to put it less nicely, so disheartened by the vast difference between reality and their ideals that they lacked confidence. Now, with Sun Xiang's contempt, they didn't even utter a word, silently acknowledging the point in their hearts…

“What about us!”

Someone actually responded. Deception, blasted into the wall and landing in the corner, suddenly charged up, flicking three shurikens. Arranged in a triangular formation, they headed towards Sun Xiang's Battle Mage, employing a principle similar to the Gunner's Anti-Tank Gun's three-point shot.

Sun Xiang snorted. He didn't take such small tricks seriously. This Deception, who pretended not to know him earlier, dared to challenge him now? Sun Xiang intended to teach him a lesson, wanting to show off and make him understand the weight of the situation. He pinpointed the incoming shurikens. With a tap of the keyboard and a flick of the mouse, the Battle Mage's spear slashed, creating a streak of cold light in a V-shape.

“V-shaped Sky Strike!” Little Bei exclaimed in surprise again. These were high-end Battle Mage techniques that he hadn't fully mastered yet. But looking at Sun Xiang's execution, the cold light of the "V-shaped Sky Strike" precisely struck the incoming three shurikens. With three clangs, almost indistinguishable in sequence, the shurikens were knocked down. This maneuver was clearly perfected. Even those who disliked him had to acknowledge this point.

But while this move was impressive, given his current situation, dealing with the three shurikens this way was completely unnecessary.

Unnecessary actions reveal openings. Deception didn't hesitate. His figure flickered, leaving a shadow clone behind as his real body instantly moved to Sun Xiang's side. His blade flickered, aiming for Sun Xiang's neck with a low-level Assassin skill, Throat Cut.

Assassin skills are known for their speed, arguably the fastest among the 24 classes. However, the cold light flashed, only to cut through empty air. Sun Xiang's Battle Mage performed a forward roll, ducking just in time to avoid the attack. Before he even stood up, he thrust his spear backhandedly.

Attacking from behind is possible in Glory, but it requires more complex operations. More importantly, there's no visual perspective from behind, so attacks rely on judgment, making the hit rate quite low.

But Sun Xiang accurately predicted Deception's position, as if he had eyes in the back of his head.

However, Deception's reaction was by no means slow. When the spear thrust, he suddenly disappeared into thin air.

Earth Shattering Slash!

Just as Deception burrowed underground, he was about to strike. As his character emerged from the earth, ready to attack, Sun Xiang's Battle Mage jumped up. From above, he sent out a spear. A simple Dragon Tooth. Deception couldn't dodge, and after being hit by Dragon Tooth, he immediately stiffened. Earth Shattering Slash was interrupted, his lower body still buried in the ground. But Sun Xiang followed up with a Circle Swing, directly pulling Deception out of the ground and throwing him aside.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim fired a Stun Bullet at that moment.

However, Sun Xiang clearly wasn't fully focused on the battle with Deception. He had only one goal in mind. Whether it was Deception or Zhan Lou Lan, they were merely weeds by the roadside in his eyes, not worth paying attention to.

And the moment Ye Xiu launched his attack, he knew.

Firing a Stun Bullet at this moment was a good opportunity. An average person might have been hit while using Circle Swing. But Sun Xiang was no average person; this opportunity wasn't enough for him.

Circle Swing was forcibly canceled. Sun Xiang's Battle Mage took a slight step to avoid the bullet. The canceled Circle Swing had incomplete effects. Deception was essentially thrown off, without the forced knockdown effect. He quickly performed a quick recovery, rolling on the ground and crouching.

Ye Xiu's follow-up attack was already here. After the Stun Bullet came an Anti-Tank Gun. The triangular range of the three shots was vast, covering high, mid, and low areas.

But even with coverage, there were only three cannonballs. It couldn't control perfectly. For a master like Sun Xiang, it wasn't enough. The Battle Mage leaned and did a fish leap, forcing his way through the gaps between the three shots. But a grenade had already flown in front of him. Ye Xiu was using a series of Gunner skills.

But this time, Sun Xiang was even more impressive. With a flick of his spear, the grenade didn't even have time to land before he smacked it away like a baseball.

This was quite frightening.

Grenades can be intercepted this way, but usually, they explode upon impact. Sun Xiang's sweep didn't detonate the grenade. Instead, it was hit back. The attack had a retraction force at the moment of contact. To achieve this, the control had to be incredibly precise.

"This guy actually has some skill…" Even Chen Guo, who was watching from the side, had to admit it.

"What?" Tang Rou, who had been called over by Chen Guo to watch, asked in confusion.

After Chen Guo explained in detail, Tang Rou was even more puzzled, "Is that really necessary?"

"Hahahaha!" This time, it was Ye Xiu who laughed, not pretending like Sun Xiang, but genuinely laughing happily. He then said, "That's right, there's absolutely no need. Too many unnecessary movements, full of flaws."

"Is that so? Then why don't you break it then!" Sun Xiang retorted.

"Sorry, I wasn't talking to you. But I still want to thank you. As a negative example, your value is immense, MVP!" Ye Xiu said sincerely.

Sun Xiang's face turned green with anger. Liu Hao, on the side, was also helpless. He really wanted to tell Sun Xiang, "Just play well. How could a rookie who hasn't even debuted for two years be a match for this kind of seasoned monster in trash talk?"

The grenade that Sun Xiang had knocked away exploded somewhere, while Lord Grim finally stopped playing with his gun from afar and faced Sun Xiang's Battle Mage head-on.

Liu Hao and the others simply watched from the side, not intervening. Zhan Lou Lan and the others also didn't move. They didn't intervene, but there was a hint of fear holding them back. From the moment they appeared, their momentum had already been crushed. Watching Sun Xiang's brilliant performances time after time, their hearts sank deeper and deeper.

Mountain Crash!

Ye Xiu ultimately started with this move. Lord Grim leapt up and slashed down. Although the level was low and the damage was low, the skill effect was quite impressive. The momentum of splitting mountains and cracking rocks was no less than anyone else.

Sun Xiang took a large step diagonally, showing his caution.

If you thought Mountain Crash was just a straight slash, you'd be wrong. Experts can manipulate the blade in mid-air to change the straight slash into a diagonal one. Sun Xiang's big step completely avoided this possibility. He then jumped off the ground and stabbed straight with his spear.

Jumping was to avoid the shockwave of Mountain Crash hitting the ground. Mountain Crash, after touching the ground, is considered a small area-of-effect skill. Average players would directly jump out of this range, but experts are different. They jump directly from the air to avoid the shockwave, and immediately counterattack.

Ye Xiu seemed to have anticipated this situation. He initiated Mountain Crash with a low start and a quick descent. As the spear stabbed over, he had already landed, rolling to the side, and with a flash of his sword, used a Draw Sword.

In the air, Sun Xiang also stabbed with his spear, two cold lights, using a Twin Stab.

"Clang!" A sound rang out.

Sun Xiang actually used the attack of Twin Stab to block the Draw Sword's slash. You have to know that Draw Sword is just a flash of sword light, very fast. To block it in this way, you have to accurately predict the exact point of the blade. Sun Xiang used Twin Stab, a direct thrusting attack, and was still able to hit it. This wasn't just something that could be done with his own operation and judgment, this was having a considerable understanding of the opponent's attack speed.

"You've put in a lot of effort!" Ye Xiu smiled. This Sun Xiang seemed to have studied his recordings.

"Too bad it's still an unnecessary move, a negative example!" Ye Xiu sighed. He wasn't in the pro scene anymore and had no competitive relationship with Sun Xiang. For Sun Xiang to work so hard to study him was unnecessary.

"Enough nonsense!" Sun Xiang was still as arrogant as ever, landing and preparing to continue his offensive. His starting move was Ye Xiu's Mountain Crash, but when blocking the Draw Sword, Sun Xiang used Twin Stab, a two-stage skill. The first stage became a block, but the second stage still thrust forward, seizing the initiative in an instant.

"Ground!" At this moment, Liu Hao, who had been silent and uninvolved all along, suddenly shouted.

Sun Xiang listened to the sound and was about to retreat, but he saw several streams of water suddenly surge up from the ground. His retreat was blocked by the water pillars, actually trapped by the Ninja's Hundred Stream Slash Water Prison.

"Despicable!!!" Sun Xiang was furious. Although this move didn't hurt him, being trapped by the sneak attack of weeds was something he couldn't tolerate.

"Glory isn't a game for one person. How many times have I said that? It seems you still don't understand! Since I'm not your captain anymore, I'll give you another free lesson! Those few, focus! This isn't a one-on-one arena match, this is a team match!" Ye Xiu called out, the last few sentences directed at Zhan Lou Lan and his group of five.