Chapter 1 The Lateness of the Arena

Yu Wenzhou certainly hadn't ignored the lagging in the arena competition. It was just that Happy's deployment and arrangements didn't reveal this point from the very beginning. Even now, Yu Wenzhou wasn't sure whether this was a tactical arrangement that Happy had decided on from the start, or an adjustment made as the team battle situation changed.

Throughout the entire match, he had been guessing Happy's intentions, but every time he realized it, he was always a step behind.

This was fatal to him and to Blue Rain.

Blue Rain's style was to strike after the opponent moved. The so-called striking after the opponent moved meant pouncing fiercely after accurately grasping the opponent's lifeline. Yu Wenzhou was such a tactical master. His reaction was quick, and his thinking was meticulous and thorough, so he could always quickly interpret the situation, grasp the opponent's intentions, and find flaws that could disrupt the opponent's tactical deployment.

As a result, Happy had been carefully concealing their intentions from the very beginning. Even for a period of time, Blue Rain couldn't even confirm Happy's character composition.

Sending out Huang Shaotian for reconnaissance, only to have him pinned down and lead the entire Blue Rain team out, was the first small pit of this match.

Blue Rain had to step into this pit. At this time, with the opponent's intentions unclear, Yu Wenzhou didn't have any intention of launching a counterattack. He was just preparing to meet Huang Shaotian and rescue him.

As a result, Happy began to hand out candy.

Wei Chen held back two opponents. The normal purpose of using this kind of star tactic was to balance one end as much as possible, while establishing a local advantage of more players against fewer players on the other end. However, in this match, Wei Chen, who was holding back two opponents on one end, was at an absolute disadvantage. On the other end, it was still three against three, and without a healer.

Both ends were at a disadvantage. If Blue Rain didn't seize this opportunity, they wouldn't be Blue Rain.

As a result, Wei Chen's tenacity was unexpected, because he successfully dragged down the two opponents on his end. Blue Rain's reliance on the strong healing ultimately turned into excessive consumption.

Wei Chen's Windward Formation ultimately fell after exerting all his strength. From this point of view, Blue Rain seemed to have seized the opportunity and gained a clear advantage in terms of numbers.

They also utilized this advantage. When Happy began to rely on their healer and boldly played four against five, Blue Rain decisively pointed their attack at Happy's healer.

So at this time, Happy gave Blue Rain a second piece of candy.

They actually gave up their biggest reliance in this four-on-five situation: the healer.

They exchanged with Blue Rain, and both sides' healers eventually died heroically. Even though Happy made Blue Rain very embarrassed in the final stage, probably not many people would think that Happy was in the upper hand at this time.

Until Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash arrived at just the right time.

Perfect timing, Blue Rain's low health... but all of this didn't seem enough to constitute Happy's advantage. However, when these were linked together with the two points they were leading by in the arena competition, everything became clear.

Why did Happy painstakingly establish a healing advantage, only to give it up in a blink of an eye?

Because this so-called advantage wasn't something that could be determined by counting the number of people or the amount of mana.

Yu Wenzhou had fully realized: Happy didn't want to engage in a direct positional battle with them, especially a five-on-five positional battle.

The reason?

Just like Happy's performance in many matches during the regular season: they were protecting their healer.

Yes, they gave up the healer. This was a kind of protection. Because even though An Wenyi had made a lot of progress, even though he had a character tailored for him, he still hadn't reached the point where he could compete with the healers of the powerhouse teams.

The more complex the battle situation, the more disadvantageous it was for An Wenyi, and the more disadvantageous it was for Happy. So they were avoiding this point. They didn't really want to rely on the healer to determine the victory, because healing... was never the advantage of their Happy team.

They were just using this so-called advantage to ultimately create many details, and then string these details together to establish their advantage.

No healer.

Happy's players on the field: Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Fang Rui, Qiao Yifan.

Blue Rain's players on the field: Yu Wenzhou, Huang Shaotian, Lu Hanwen, Zheng Xuan.

Just the comparison of these names immediately made people feel that Happy's lineup could actually rival that of a powerhouse team like Blue Rain.

As for the characters...

Don't even mention Lord Grim's equipment. Just the class alone was an advantage, not to mention that he was wearing a full set of Level 80 Silver equipment today, which was a real eye-catcher.

Dancing Rain and Boundless Sea, these two were originally all-star characters, so they had a foundation. If you were transitioning from Level 70 Silver equipment to Level 75 Silver equipment, the powerhouse teams really didn't have an advantage over Happy. Happy was taking the high-end route. The foundation was poor, but the direction of their Level 75 material reserves wasn't any less than anyone else's. In addition, these two also had Level 80 Silver equipment now, making them even more unfathomable.

Blue Rain's biggest advantage at this time was that they still had one more person.

But Song Xiao's Dawn Ripples was still rushing towards the battlefield, so this advantage couldn't be established for the time being!

Fast! Fast!

At this time, the broadcast would occasionally give the camera to Dawn Ripples. Although he wasn't in the battle, everyone knew that he would be the final key to victory or defeat in this round, especially for Blue Rain.

At this time, Blue Rain should try their best to delay the battle and hold on until Song Xiao arrived.

But Happy was fully aware of this. At this time, Happy wasn't playing any tricks or tactics with them. They just had one goal in mind and bit down hard to kill.

In the midst of the frantic battle, there were occasional flashes of holy light and white light. Ye Xiu was still playing with his Lord Grim's healing. But in this arena without any healers, his mosquito-bite-like healing suddenly seemed precious, especially making Blue Rain hate him.

The two characters' health could be described as plummeting.

Who would fall first?

Seeing the distance to Dawn Ripples, everyone could fully confirm this point. Before he arrived, someone was definitely going to fall. But who would it be?

In terms of remaining health, the one with the least health was currently Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain. From the very beginning of the reconnaissance and harassment, Huang Shaotian hadn't had any rest and had been in a high-intensity battle. His Troubling Rain's health had never been full. When Soul Speaker fell, he was the one with the lowest health in the entire team, and he was also someone who needed to fight in close combat, so he naturally became the main target that Happy frequently focused on.

No way to retreat.

If they could choose, Blue Rain would definitely have the entire team retreat completely at this time and meet up with Song Xiao first.

But Happy was biting too tightly, biting too fiercely. Forcibly retreating and letting Happy chase after them would only mean losing health in vain, and they might even leave behind corpses.

All they could do was try their best to drag the battle in the direction that Song Xiao was coming from.

Hold on!

Everyone understood in their hearts and were gritting their teeth and persevering. Countless spectators at the scene had already tensed up and stood up. Happy's characters' health seemed to be advantageous, but it was far from being a time to rest easy. One mistake and the situation could be reversed.

Come on!

The players from both teams on the sidelines couldn't sit still either, and they all stood up and stared intently at the match.

Troubling Rain, 6% health!

Was the first person about to fall?

But Huang Shaotian had many miraculous performances in a match. Perhaps something might suddenly reverse with 6% health?

No one regarded Huang Shaotian as a dead man just because of this. As long as this guy was on the field, he was always the most dangerous existence.

Sword Draws the World! (Jian Ding Tian Xia)

Troubling Rain suddenly used his awakened ultimate skill. Huang Shaotian had been waiting for this skill for a long time, and it was also a skill that was very likely to break the current situation. As long as there was a chance, Blue Rain would still choose to retreat a few more steps and meet Song Xiao a little more.

But...

Qi Circulation Barrier! (Nianqi Zhao)

Fang Rui's Boundless Sea stretched out his arms, and a qi circulation barrier expanded, just enough to fit Lord Grim, Boundless Sea, and One Inch Ash inside. Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain was on the outside, so she wouldn't be affected by this sword energy wave.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, taking advantage of the opportunity provided by this qi circulation barrier, finally completed a chant.

Demon World Flower! (Mo Jie Zhi Hua)

A skill belonging to the Summoner class was cast. The Level 1 Demon World Flower had weaker vitality and lighter attacks, but it had all the functions.

Zheng Xuan's Gun Rain Shower immediately fired a Blast Flame Bullet.

As a result, Lord Grim's Myriad Manifestations Umbrella happened to open at this time.

Boom!

The flames of the Blast Flame Bullet instantly swept around the surface of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella. The Demon World Flower was fine, and the vines and thorns were all extended.

Blue Rain was annoyed! At such a critical time, they had one more target to deal with.

Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain flew into the air, dodging the vines that were drilling out from under his feet. The sword light fell fiercely, and the sword skills strengthened by Sword Draws the World were even more swift. Before he could land, the Demon World Flower had already been cut to pieces.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was already waiting for him down below!

Circle Swing! (Yuan Wu Gun)

The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella was swung into spear form and delivered towards the sky. Troubling Rain hurriedly swung his sword, wanting to attack and parry it, but in the end, he was a little too late. The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella stabbed Troubling Rain, and with a single move, pulled him down.

Blue Rain's players rushed up to save him, but at this time, Troubling Rain only had that little bit of health left. How could Happy let him go? Force kill!

Troubling Rain finally became the first character to fall. The Happy fans at the scene cheered, while Blue Rain's players gnashed their teeth.

"Ah... what a pity..." Pan Lin said with regret. He had high hopes for Huang Shaotian, expecting him to explode under this situation, but in the end, he only instantly killed this Demon World Flower and then died heroically.

"According to the statistics, Huang Shaotian's hand speed has decreased a little during this stage," Li Yibo said, looking at the real-time stage statistics of the players' hand speeds.

"Ah?"

"He has been in a very tense rhythm throughout this match!" Li Yibo said.

Pan Lin sighed. Although it was a little regrettable, people were not machines after all. Huang Shaotian really didn't have any time to relax and rest during this match. He had the greatest consumption of energy throughout the entire match.

"But Blue Rain seized the opportunity and gave Boundless Sea a lot of damage in this wave," Li Yibo said.