Chapter 1876 To Me

Fang Rui secured a pretty good victory. Ha Wuqiang ended with seventy-seven percent of his health remaining. Du Ming dejectedly left the stage, but still received applause from the Samsara audience. Even though his loss was somewhat devastating, he had won spectacularly against Su Mucheng. The fans weren’t so forgetful as to quickly forget a player's brilliant performance.

Du Ming was still extremely frustrated. After all, besides winning the match, he had a little personal goal in mind when he went on stage. As he walked down from the stage to the player's seat, facing the comfort of his teammates, his eyes couldn't help but glance over at the Happy side.

"He's beyond saving."

"Let's just sell him to Happy."

"Haha, I'm thinking, what if the final deal when selling him to Happy ends up being a trade for Tang Rou? That would be hilarious."

In the finals, despite a significant deficit in the team competition, Samsara's players could still laugh and joke. It had to be said that this team had developed a considerable amount of confidence. They could maintain a natural attitude in any situation. Being ahead or behind was all part of the game. They could participate with an optimistic and enjoyable attitude, striving for the final victory.

"It's my turn."

Sun Xiang stood up. The topic and history between him, Happy, and Ye Xiu couldn't be fully explained in a short time. However, in the two rounds of the team competition that had already taken place in the finals, he hadn't encountered Ye Xiu, which made the match a bit less exciting. And now, he was Samsara's last player in the team competition, facing the challenge of Happy's remaining two players. The situation didn't allow for much optimism.

However, Samsara's fans seemed particularly confident in this new member who had just joined the team this season, applauding and cheering enthusiastically for him. Sun Xiang also wore a confident expression, waving to the audience as he walked onto the stage.

Team competition, final round, with two opponents left.

Sun Xiang was also extremely clear about this. Before entering the player's seat, he couldn't help but look towards Happy's player seat, glancing at Happy's Tang Rou.

His gaze at Tang Rou held a different meaning than Du Ming's. Du Ming's eyes contained anticipation, while Sun Xiang's gaze and smile were full of provocation, "Waiting for you to fight." He was no stranger to Tang Rou's fierce fighting spirit, but Tang Rou was, after all, still a rookie. It seemed somewhat illogical for Sun Xiang, as a top-tier god, to provoke a rookie. But at this moment, his provocation had another layer of meaning. He completely ignored Fang Rui, whose character had seventy-seven percent health remaining.

Fang Rui was, after all, an all-star level player, a grandmaster of the dirty playstyle. In terms of status, he was more qualified than Tang Rou to be Sun Xiang's challenge target. But now, he was being ignored by Sun Xiang, who had directly sentenced him to death.

The Samsara audience at the scene immediately became more excited, with applause and cheers.

On the Happy side, everyone looked at each other. Although they were being ignored, the thought of Fang Rui being ignored, and the fact that this guy was still in the player's seat, completely unaware of what was happening, made everyone feel a bit amused amidst their annoyance.

"I kind of want to tell him about this," Su Mucheng said.

"Too bad. Let's just mourn for him a little," Ye Xiu said.

"I really don't want to go on stage for this team competition today." It was quite rare for Tang Rou, whose desire to fight was always exceptionally strong, to say such a thing.

"Yes, we expect this every match," An Wenyi said. Tang Rou was usually Happy's fifth player in the team competition. If she didn't go on stage, it meant that Happy had won at least two rounds in the team competition. This was indeed the result everyone hoped to see in the team competition, and An Wenyi rationally spoke the truth.

"I'm more looking forward to boss taking on all five by himself." Baozi's worship of Ye Xiu was as clear as the sun and moon, making Ye Xiu himself feel particularly embarrassed.

"Look at Fang Rui," Ye Xiu quickly steered the topic back.

The characters of both sides had begun to load, and soon the match officially began.

"Surrender!" Fang Rui immediately spammed trash talk, pitifully unaware that in Sun Xiang's eyes, he was already a corpse.

"Heh." Sun Xiang was indeed unwilling to talk much to a corpse. One Autumn Leaf rushed out heroically, straight to the center of the map, unsurprisingly not finding Fang Rui's Ha Wuqiang.

"Where's he hiding again?" Sun Xiang casually sent a message in the channel.

"A place you wouldn't expect," Fang Rui replied.

"Is that so?" Sun Xiang said, as One Autumn Leaf continued to move. The viewing angle looked like it was just casually rotating from time to time, without any urgency to find Ha Wuqiang.

Soon One Autumn Leaf arrived under a stalactite, and the audience suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu. Before they could search their memories, they saw One Autumn Leaf jump up, one jump, two jumps, three jumps, four jumps.

In four jumps, One Autumn Leaf stood on top of the stalactite.

Everyone suddenly realized that this wasn't exactly what Du Ming had just done? Was Sun Xiang planning to do it again in the same way?

"What does he mean, doing the same thing again to show he's better than his teammate?" Chen Guo said with great contempt. Her dislike for Sun Xiang even made her feel indignant for the other Samsara players.

"Let's see what happens," Ye Xiu didn't jump to conclusions so early.

Chen Guo pursed her lips and continued to watch the match.

One Autumn Leaf jumped, indeed following the same route that Du Ming's Wu Shuang Gou Yue had taken in the previous match. The jumps were also incredibly smooth, indicating that Samsara's players had practiced this aspect on this map.

One Autumn Leaf...

Looking at the character's name, Chen Guo always felt a particular sting. This was a character she loved very much, and she had cheered and shouted for him countless times. For him, and even more for the player who controlled him. Now that the player controlling One Autumn Leaf had changed, everyone who had ever loved the character couldn't just let go of their feelings. Every loyal fan was especially used to seeing their familiar player and familiar character together on and off the stage. A change was always a very painful thing for them.

One Autumn Leaf had changed players, and it was even a player she particularly disliked, and had now become an opponent they had to defeat. Chen Guo felt unspeakable sorrow in her heart.

But she couldn't express it, because she knew that compared to Ye Xiu, her feelings for One Autumn Leaf probably didn't amount to anything.

In last year's Challenger League finals, facing Excellent Era, Ye Xiu had to personally fight against One Autumn Leaf. Chen Guo felt a pang in her heart and even secretly shed tears. She had fantasized about One Autumn Leaf being able to come to Happy, to fight alongside Ye Xiu again, even if Ye Xiu no longer controlled him, even if Tang Rou or anyone else used him, at least they wouldn't be enemies on the field.

But it didn't happen. One Autumn Leaf ended up going to Samsara with the Sun Xiang she disliked, continuing to be their opponent, and then once again, as they launched their final sprint, One Autumn Leaf became their stumbling block.

One Autumn Leaf!

Chen Guo had sworn in her heart that one day, she would definitely bring him back to Happy, even if they didn't use him, even if they sealed him away forever. She really didn't want to see One Autumn Leaf fighting against them again, especially against Ye Xiu. But every time she thought about this, she would feel terrified. Because she knew that regardless of Happy's financial situation, even if Happy had the financial ability to acquire a top-tier Glory character, the current player controlling One Autumn Leaf was so young, and they had integrated so successfully into the Samsara team. There was no way this championship team would easily give up such an important part of their team.

Reclaiming One Autumn Leaf might be a long time away. As the team owner, Chen Guo had enough patience and determination to wait for that day, but what about Ye Xiu? As a professional player, how much time did he have left? Would she still be able to see him fighting alongside One Autumn Leaf on the field?

Chen Guo knew in her heart that this hope was very slim, very slim. All she could hope for was that they would be opponents on the field less often.

This time, at least they didn't encounter each other in a one-on-one fight in the team competition. Not in the previous round, nor in this round. Chen Guo could only comfort herself like this.

One Autumn Leaf jumped smoothly on the stalactite, quickly searching below. But this time Fang Rui didn't completely copy the previous match's strategy. He didn't have Ha Wuqiang obediently crouch under a certain stalactite waiting for his opponent. Instead, he constantly changed his hiding place. Even though he couldn't see his opponent, he was as cautious as if his opponent was hidden right next to him.

Happy's players could never be as skilled and precise as the well-trained Samsara players in using stalactites to block their view, but Fang Rui, who was skilled in dirty play, had used the means he could immediately deploy to the extreme. The television broadcast had also gained considerable experience in this regard, and had specially analyzed Ha Wuqiang's movements in constantly changing positions and concealing himself using the stalactites. The zoomed-out shots, from various viewing angles, could allow the audience to directly feel how difficult it was to discover Ha Wuqiang's movements.

But this difficulty in being discovered was based on the premise that the opponent was on the same level as him. At this time, Sun Xiang completely copied Du Ming's approach, taking the high-altitude route. Fang Rui didn't seem to have anticipated this at all. Ha Wuqiang continued to move stealthily on the ground, finally falling into the sight of Sun Xiang, who was standing at a high altitude, with a wider field of vision.

Without hesitation, One Autumn Leaf immediately changed direction, continuing to take the high-altitude route towards Ha Wuqiang. At this time, the route that One Autumn Leaf was taking was already an area that Du Ming's Wu Shuang Gou Yue had not reached before.

One Autumn Leaf's speed in constantly jumping and moving was much faster than Ha Wuqiang's. Fang Rui's Ha Wuqiang would always crouch for a while after drilling into a stalactite.

Finally, One Autumn Leaf caught up, jumped up, fell down, and landed steadily on top of the stalactite that Ha Wuqiang was leaning against.

Eh?

Fang Rui immediately sensed the movement. He had already realized what was happening, but he remained calm. Ha Wuqiang didn't even raise his head, as if nothing was happening, poking his head left and right from behind the stalactite.