Chapter 1535 Another Test of Love

The individual competition stage saw Team Happy finally establish a clear lead. Lu Boyuan dejectedly stepped down, but the Samsara fans in the audience didn't blame him for it.

In this round, regardless of who won or lost, it would be easy to create a large gap. Any Glory player with a bit of experience could foresee this. This was because of the two players' classes: a Launcher and a Grappler. When distance was created, it was the Launcher's world, and the Grappler couldn't attack at all. If they were close, the Grappler would control the situation, and if the Launcher couldn't break free, they wouldn't pose much of a threat.

The victor would be decided by the advantages gained in this back-and-forth struggle. The final result would definitely have a considerable difference because of the characteristics of these two classes.

In the end, the result did indeed fit this logic.

Samsara still had two players left. Could they close the gap?

The audience looked toward the Samsara player seats, waiting for Samsara's fourth player to take the stage.

Du Ming!

Samsara had arranged for him to play in the fourth round, while their other top-tier player, Sun Xiang, was placed fifth. This arrangement seemed a bit conservative. With Zhou Zekai starting, everyone thought that Sun Xiang, who was considered to be the second strongest in one-on-one battles, should have been placed third or fourth. Instead, he was saved for last. The purpose of this had been discussed since the team roster was announced.

But now, with Samsara temporarily behind and needing two players to face their opponent's two and a half players, arranging Du Ming to go first and Sun Xiang to hold down the fort seemed more solid.

Conservative, but also symbolized stability.

Du Ming stood up from the player seats and greeted his teammates, his eyes involuntarily glancing toward Happy's side.

But after glancing over and over, Tang Rou kept her head raised, intently watching the replay of the just-ended match on the big screen.

"What are you looking at? Is anyone paying attention to you?" Someone from Samsara noticed Du Ming's wandering gaze and said.

"Is she avoiding me?" Du Ming seemed to be talking to himself.

"You're an idiot! Hurry up and get on stage!" Many people couldn't stand it anymore.

Du Ming looked up at the team rosters for the individual competition on the big screen. If he wanted to meet Tang Rou on stage, he'd have to fight until the very end! That meant not only defeating Su Mucheng, who still had 59% of her character's health, but also beating Fang Rui next…

He had to cheer on!

Du Ming clenched his fist and walked confidently toward the stage.

"Is this the reason you kept recommending him to play the fourth position?" Jiang Botao looked at Du Ming's actions and turned his head to look at the Cleric player Fang Minghua.

"You have to believe in the power of love!" Fang Minghua had the look of someone who'd been there, done that. He was one of the few married people in the league and always felt like he had a lot to say on this subject. After all, most of the players in this circle were still very young and mostly glued to their computers. Very few even had girlfriends.

"At least... it's a safe choice." Jiang Botao obviously didn't agree with the arrangement because of such a ridiculous reason. It was mainly because having Sun Xiang as the fifth player was indeed a safe choice. So, in the end, Samsara decided to witness the "power of love" together.

"Happy's individual competition arrangements almost always have Tang Rou as the fifth player to hold down the fort. By putting Du Ming in the fourth position, he'll directly face Tang Rou. He will do everything he can to defeat Tang Rou and make her notice his extraordinary abilities. If he doesn't meet Tang Rou, he'll do everything he can to get to that goal," Fang Minghua reiterated his belief in the principle behind this arrangement.

"Brilliant," Jiang Botao nodded and said.

Everyone else was speechless. Perhaps only their vice-captain could seamlessly accept even this kind of thing. Everyone felt that Du Ming, who was about to take the stage, was extremely tragic. What exactly was he fighting for?

He went on stage, entered the player booth, and the new match began to load the characters.

Du Ming could be considered a main force in Samsara, although his popularity was far from Zhou Zekai's. However, Samsara's investments had been increasing year by year, and the strength of each character had improved significantly. Even his Swordsman, Wu Gou Shuang Yue, could now be described as wrapped in silver equipment. His silver weapon, the Light Sword Bing Zha (Ice Residue), had a name that didn't sound very high-end, but after repeated upgrades, it had been compiled by some collecting players as one of "Glory's Ten Famous Swords," which showed how extraordinary it was.

Deep breaths!

Du Ming calmed his emotions. He couldn't think too much about Tang Rou, who hadn't even taken the stage yet. If he wanted to fight her on stage, he would have to get through two stages. Right now, he needed to concentrate and first defeat Su Mucheng.

The match began!

Du Ming was determined. Wu Gou Shuang Yue started extremely fast and cut straight through the middle.

On Su Mucheng's side, Mu Yu Cheng Feng also didn't take a detour and also went straight through the middle. However, she knew that there was a stalactite in the exact center of the middle, which would block the direct view. So, Mu Yu Cheng Feng's position was slightly off from the start, so that her vision wouldn't be blocked by the stalactite in the center.

Forward!

The distance between the two characters continued to close.

Just as all kinds of progress was being made, Du Ming's Wu Gou Shuang Yue suddenly changed direction and shifted horizontally.

He didn't go straight all the way, as everyone thought he would. After going halfway through the middle, he suddenly started to detour.

The detour wasn't large, but Su Mucheng's slightly offset view of Mu Yu Cheng Feng couldn't detect Wu Gou Shuang Yue's movement.

Samsara's players were obviously skilled at using the stalactites in this map. Wu Gou Shuang Yue's final movement was more like a slight offset from the front, just like Su Mucheng. It was just that his offset made full use of the distribution of the stalactites. Obviously, this was a tactic that Samsara had researched, cutting into the middle while being able to hide their position.

Mu Yu Cheng Feng approached the center of the map and stopped.

The opponent didn't appear in sight, which meant that they hadn't gone through the middle, or that they had hidden their position…

Although they didn't know Du Ming's method, after several matches, experienced players like Su Mucheng had roughly figured out how Samsara was using the stalactites in this map.

Without moving forward, Su Mucheng released an Electronic Eye with Mu Yu Cheng Feng. Then, Mu Yu Cheng Feng continued to move forward, maintaining an appropriate distance from any stalactite within sight.

The footsteps were very light. There was no sound in the match, like a pantomime.

The audience looked from an overhead perspective, watching the two characters gradually approach each other. But Su Mucheng's caution in keeping Mu Yu Cheng Feng at a distance from any stalactite gave Du Ming no chance to take advantage.

The attack range of a Swordsman wasn't like a Grappler, who needed to be at zero distance, but it wasn't that far away either. In fact, this match had some similarities to the previous round in terms of logic.

What would happen next? Everyone held their breath.