Chapter 1 The Beginning

The players from both sides entered the player booths, the characters began to load, and the match was about to start.

But just then, a commotion suddenly arose in the audience, and then, Pan Lin in the live broadcast suddenly shouted, "I didn't see wrong, did I!!!"

"What?" Li Yibo was at a loss. The character loading at the beginning was always the same, so he hadn't paid much attention.

"..." Pan Lin hesitated. Just now, during the character loading screen, a piece of equipment flashed by when it came to Jun Mo Xiao, and Pan Lin vaguely saw an 80 in the level area, and immediately blurted it out. But the screen changed immediately, and he wasn't sure if he had seen it wrong or something. Character loading was a fixed procedure, so there wouldn't be any close-ups or anything. So Pan Lin didn't say anything, but quickly communicated with the director, asking them to cut to Jun Mo Xiao's equipment as soon as the match started.

The commotion at the Xingxin venue was also because someone saw the number 80 on Jun Mo Xiao's equipment during the character loading screen. One person, two people, could be said to be seeing things, but those who suspected they were seeing things soon realized that a lot of people were seeing things today!

The character loading was fast, and the audience didn't have time to figure out what was going on. The loading was complete, the characters refreshed, and the match officially began. The television broadcast quickly cut to Jun Mo Xiao's equipment at this time.

Boom!!

The match venue instantly exploded. This time, the entire audience clearly saw it: Equipment Level: Level 80. And there was more than one piece.

Weapon: Thousand Chance Umbrella;

Upper Armor: Chaotic Soul Armor;

Shoes: Folding Cloud Boots;

Belt: Continuing Thunder Belt;

Cloak: Dawn;

Badge: Sky Piercer;

Left Ring: Hurricane.

Seven pieces of silver equipment on Jun Mo Xiao's body were pointed out, with a level display of 80.

"Jun Mo Xiao's body... is equipped with level 80 equipment, what's going on?" Pan Lin saw it clearly this time, saw it for real, finally didn't have to doubt his eyes, and could finally shout it out loud.

Li Yibo on the side was also completely dumbfounded. Level 80 equipment? What's going on?

The venue was even more chaotic. The noise continued for a long time, and the entire stadium was buzzing. Everyone was first stunned, and then began to discuss frantically.

Even the referee was. The moment he saw that the equipment was actually level 80, he froze. His first thought was whether there was some kind of malfunction? Did the match need to be temporarily suspended?

Then, there were the players from the Blue Rain team. The moment the level 80 equipment appeared, they were also stunned.

"Level 80 equipment? What's going on?" Huang Shaotian was surprised. Although it wasn't enough to make him cry, he had to admit that Ye Xiu had brought them a genuine shock this time.

Yu Wenzhou obviously hadn't expected that the so-called equipment upgrade would actually be a level 80, but after a moment of surprise, he began to organize his thoughts.

"Is there something wrong with the system?" The other Blue Rain players suspected at this time.

Yu Wenzhou didn't think so. The equipment and systems used for the match had to be checked before the match to ensure that the match could proceed smoothly. It had happened before that hardware equipment suddenly had a small malfunction during a match, but data errors hadn't occurred even once in the ten years of the professional alliance. How could it be so coincidental that it happened today?

"The character is level 75, there's no mistake about that," Yu Wenzhou didn't think about those accidents, he began to analyze the matter logically.

"A level 75 character wearing level 80 equipment must have a 'Level Requirement -5' attribute on the equipment." Yu Wenzhou quickly thought of this point.

"But how this level 80 equipment was made is incredible." Of course, Yu Wenzhou didn't know this either. If he did, the Blue Rain team would probably have made level 80 equipment long ago.

"Xingxin's technical department is that capable?" Huang Shaotian exclaimed. Being able to make level 80 equipment was a huge lead over all the other top teams.

Everywhere was filled with discussion. After Yu Wenzhou, the commentators Pan Lin and Li Yibo quickly analyzed that the use of level 80 equipment was achieved by relying on the "Level Requirement -5" attribute. This conclusion was obvious. But after that, how Xingxin managed to make level 80 equipment in a level 75 environment was something no one could say.

"Is this the big move that Xingxin has prepared for the playoffs!" Pan Lin shouted in the broadcast.

"Level 80 equipment? How did they make it?"

The match was still continuing. After the referee confirmed with the technical staff that there were no technical faults, there was naturally no reason to call a stop. At this time, Song Xiao on the field also saw that his opponent had level 80 equipment, and was naturally very surprised.

"Scared?" Ye Xiu replied.

"I still have to bite the bullet and go!" Song Xiao replied.

As expected of the Alliance's most famous big-hearted player, Mr. Clutch. Facing Ye Xiu's 37-win streak in singles this season, facing the incredible level 80 equipment, Song Xiao expressed surprise, but his emotions quickly remained unmoved. Bite the bullet? He was just saying that. He still treated this as a normal match, and was still thinking about winning.

"Come on!" Ye Xiu greeted, and the two characters charged out.

Of course, the map selected for the individual competition couldn't only cater to Ye Xiu's needs. A clean and simple map might be fun for him and Tang Rou to play, but it would be difficult for Fang Rui to play his dirty tactics.

Therefore, the map selected for the individual competition had to take into account the needs of everyone on the team, and was generally a type of map with rich content.

However, it seemed that neither Ye Xiu nor Song Xiao intended to use the environment. The two of them charged straight to the center of the field.

Seeing them face to face, everyone was looking forward to seeing what the character equipped with level 80 equipment would look like, but Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao turned.

Ye Xiu, who had insisted on a frontal assault for 37 rounds, suddenly started using tactics in the first match of the first round of the playoffs.

"Ye Xiu avoided a head-on confrontation," Pan Lin said.

"This is a wise decision," Li Yibo said. "The individual competition is different from the team competition. You have to defeat your opponent with as little loss as possible, so if you have the conditions, it's very necessary to use the terrain to play tactics. Strong offensive players are actually the least suitable for the individual competition. In the individual competition, they can attack a thousand and lose eight hundred, which is the same as winning the match without losing a drop of blood, both are 1 point, but in the team competition, these two results are completely different."

"But many teams still have strong offensive players in their team lineup! It doesn't seem that everyone is deliberately avoiding letting this type of player enter the match lineup," Pan Lin said.

"Strong offense is the style of this type of player, but it's not a fixed pattern. In the team competition, strong offensive players can also play smarter. Like Ye Xiu, he has always been a strong offensive player in the individual competition, but now that he's on the team, he's immediately become more flexible," Li Yibo said.

"But some players seem to be attacking to the end in the team competition," Pan Lin said.

"Well, nothing is absolute! Different situations sometimes require different attitudes," Li Yibo said.

The two stopped talking about this. At this time, Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao turned left to go around, leaning towards the right side of Song Xiao's Tao Luo Sha Ming. But because Ye Xiu changed direction after the two sides met, Song Xiao knew very well where Jun Mo Xiao was going, and was already defending against this side.

Ye Xiu didn't hide and wait for an opportunity like many dirty players. From a gap in this wing, Jun Mo Xiao decisively showed his head. Boom boom boom, an anti-tank gun, three shells were fired.

Song Xiao was staring at this side. He saw Jun Mo Xiao as soon as he showed his head. The attack of three shells couldn't even be considered a sneak attack. As a result…

Boom!

Tao Luo Sha Ming was actually hit by one of them. The blast of the explosion pushed him back a few steps, but Tao Luo Sha Ming's figure was very steady and he controlled himself calmly.

"He's doing it on purpose!" Li Yibo immediately saw it.

"Oh?"

"He's testing the power of Jun Mo Xiao's attack," Li Yibo said. Too much equipment has been replaced, and the attributes have changed greatly. Although the basic four stats can still be seen, the attack power needs to be measured in practice. Song Xiao took this shot and has a rough idea in his mind. He's also sending information to the entire Blue Rain team. They will continue to face Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao again and again, and they need to quickly establish information.

"Well, Jun Mo Xiao changed several pieces of equipment in one breath this time, which is quite powerful. All the research that all the teams did on him in the regular season has been wasted, and everything has to start over," Pan Lin said.

"What's more troublesome is that the attributes of the Thousand Chance Umbrella are obviously different in different forms, which makes it more difficult to master," Li Yibo said.

"Xingxin is really playing a cruel game!" Pan Lin said.

"Now I don't know if only Jun Mo Xiao has such an upgrade, or if all of Xingxin's characters have been upgraded," Li Yibo said.

"We'll know this later," Pan Lin said excitedly.

"Well, now Ye Xiu has Jun Mo Xiao attack once, and then he's hidden again," Li Yibo returned to the match.

"Song Xiao doesn't seem to be in a hurry to take action. Is he interpreting the damage of Jun Mo Xiao's attack? What do you think of this attack, Director Li?" Pan Lin said.

"Ah... the damage of this attack is obviously significantly higher than before," Li Yibo said. This season's commentary has made him feel more and more inadequate. He's also preparing to strengthen his studies. But to say that you can see this kind of change from one attack is not a simple matter. This is determined by the attack power of the attacking character and the defense power of the defending character.

Li Yibo and the audience don't know the real attributes of the characters, so it's impossible for him to make an accurate inference directly from this attack. At least the players of the Blue Rain team know their own defense power, and then they can reverse calculate based on the damage loss. What about other bystanders? In their eyes, Jun Mo Xiao faces a hundred opponents, and there are a hundred degrees of damage data. It's very difficult to grasp the true attributes of Jun Mo Xiao's attack power from them.

Li Yibo is eager to strengthen his studies, but it's impossible for him to figure out such difficult things so quickly, unless a team is willing to provide him with information.

Unfortunately, of course, there is none. So he can only conclude that Jun Mo Xiao's attack is higher than before, which is undoubtedly nonsense. After changing so many level 80 equipment, what's the point of not increasing the attack?