“You should have played like that from the start!” Tang Rou received applause from her teammates after leaving the stage, and Ye Xiu said this to her.

“Okay, next time.” Tang Rou replied casually with a carefree smile. She knew Ye Xiu didn't really mean it; it was probably just encouragement for her excellent burst in the latter half.

The current Tang Rou wasn't the newbie who had been defeated by Ye Xiu more than ten times without even understanding the gap between them. Now, she wouldn't blindly believe in herself. She was completely clear about the extent of the rhythm she could control with ease. Going any higher would only lead to an increasing error rate. It was like in basketball, the farther you are from the basket, the lower your shooting percentage. Half-court three-pointers are sometimes made, but no one considers them a normal means of attack, right?

Tang Rou's final burst was like a half-court three-pointer. It wasn't a reasonable choice unless she was forced into it.

Ye Xiu smiled, very satisfied with Tang Rou's mental understanding.

“In the playoffs, don’t hesitate to go all out when it’s time,” Ye Xiu said.

“Of course not,” Tang Rou said.

“Pay attention to timing,” Ye Xiu said.

“Oh…” Tang Rou nodded, pensive. In the previous match, Soft Mist had started to burst when she had 20% of her health left, and she had used it all up after taking away 60% of her opponent's health. What if she had started earlier? If she had burst when she had 30% health and maintained the situation until the end, perhaps Happy would have won now.

I’m still lacking when it comes to judging the situation! Tang Rou sighed.

“Then, let’s take back the heads we lost in the individual competition in the team competition!” Ye Xiu said to the whole team at this moment.

Although Happy had lost a point in the individual competition, they had already won a round, so they weren't nervous about it. The team's fighting spirit was still exceptionally high.

On the other hand, the atmosphere on Tyranny's side, as the winning side, wasn't as lively as on Happy's side. The whole team huddled together, intensely planning for the upcoming team competition. As the home team, they could make more targeted deployments with their knowledge of the map.

The halftime break quickly passed. As the referee called both sides to the stage, the electronic screen began to display the lineups of the two teams. And on Happy's side, one player who wasn't usually a starter was attracting particular attention at this time, and that was Luo Ji. The one who had destroyed the map in the previous round, causing Tyranny to lose, the guy who was said to have a natural talent in this area, would he continue to play in today's match?

The names began to light up row by row on the electronic screen.

Happy, Ye Xiu; Tyranny, Han Wenqing.

Happy, Su Mucheng; Tyranny, Zhang Jiale.

Happy, Fang Rui; Tyranny, Bai Yanfei.

Happy, Tang Rou; Tyranny, Qin Muyun.

Happy, An Wenyi; Tyranny, Zhang Xinjie.

Happy, Bao Rongxing; Tyranny, Lin Jingyan.

No Luo Ji!

There was a slight uproar in the audience. Seeing that Luo Ji wasn't there, everyone felt that the talk about Luo Ji being able to destroy the map at will was just bragging, and Happy didn't dare to send Luo Ji to the away game.

In the television broadcast, Pan Lin and Li Yibo didn't immediately analyze the lineups of both teams, but first discussed the situation of Luo Ji not playing for a while, and then compared the lineup adjustments of the two teams compared to the previous round.

On the Happy side, Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Fang Rui, and An Wenyi were the four most stable players in the team competition lineup. Compared to the previous round, Tang Rou started, and Baozi replaced Luo Ji, but as the sixth player.

Tyranny's adjustments were mainly in the replacement of positions. The Elementalist player Bai Yanfei, known as the "turret," started today, and Lin Jingyan was placed in the sixth player position.

"Both teams have made slight adjustments! But the home team usually has a clearer strategy. Tyranny specifically put Bai Yanfei in the starting position today. What do you think this means, Instructor Li?" Pan Lin said.

"Bai Yanfei, plus Zhang Jiale and Qin Muyun, that means three ranged classes in Tyranny's starting lineup. Bai Yanfei's Elementalist is nicknamed 'turret,' and he is very experienced in area-of-effect spells. He can cooperate with Zhang Jiale's Dazzling Hundred Blossoms to cover a large attack area. I think Tyranny's map selection today is probably biased towards maps with relatively large space."

"Oh oh, now the players from both sides have entered the arena, and the game is about to begin." While Pan Lin was speaking, the starting ten players confirmed one after another.

Then the map began to load, and the answer to this intriguing question was finally revealed.

"Ah, it's Sunset Dunes!" Pan Lin exclaimed, and then complimented Li Yibo in a timely manner: "Instructor Li guessed right, Tyranny really chose a very open map. Instructor Li deserves to be from Tyranny!"

"Hahaha." Li Yibo laughed, but after laughing, he felt as if something was wrong. If "deserves to be from Tyranny" was the reason, wouldn't the implication be that I wouldn't be able to make such an accurate analysis for teams that aren't Tyranny? Li Yibo, whose confidence had been wavering, couldn't help but become more cautious. Pan Lin, who didn't have this in mind at all, didn't notice this. At this moment, he was introducing the Sunset Dunes map to everyone.

Sunset Dunes is a desert landscape map at sunset. The main scenes are the undulating dunes and a small oasis in the center of the map. The space is indeed relatively wide.

"Happy didn't send Luo Ji on the field today, and that's right." Pan Lin said here in a half-joking manner. Who would have thought that as soon as the game officially started, he saw Ye Xiu type a sentence in the public channel: "Sure enough! It was really wise not to let Luo Ji play today."

On Sunset Dunes, there were no buildings. The continuous dunes created some undulations in the terrain. The small area called an oasis was actually just a small puddle. The solitary poplar tree on the shore and the few cacti scattered in the dunes were probably the only things higher than the ground in this map.

Luo Ji's "demolition style" was indeed useless on this map.

The two teams spawned on the north and south ends of the map. Tyranny was more proactive, starting to move forward as soon as they entered the map. What about Happy? Their march was only slightly slower than Tyranny's, and they soon set off as well.

Neither team took any detours, heading straight for the center. After Tyranny crossed a dune, they didn't stop. On the other hand, Happy paused slightly after crossing a dune. All five characters were looking around, seemingly observing the terrain.

Dunes weren't mountain peaks, so they weren't that high. Happy was standing on the top of the slope, and their vision was already quite good. Not only did they have a basic grasp of the terrain in all directions, but they could even vaguely see the figures waving in the north and the yellow sand they raised.

"This map doesn't have many good places for ambushes and sneak attacks…" Happy's channel began to discuss, and the Wretched Stream Fang Rui made a judgment based on his personal preferences first.

"There are a few good locations for shooting," said Gunner Su Mucheng.

"The sand has some impact on movement." An Wenyi's vision was fixed on his feet. The feet of each character were somewhat sunken, walking deep in one step and along the edge in the next.

"They just rushed over like this." The combative Tang Rou mainly observed the opponent's actions.

"Let's occupy the high ground first and see what their specific plans are!" Ye Xiu finally said, which was considered to set the tone for the start of this team competition. So the five members of Happy didn't go down this sand slope, but began to move on this wave top under Ye Xiu's leadership. After the five members of Tyranny crossed another dune, they appeared more clearly in front of the five members. They also saw where Happy was, so they simply adjusted their direction and rushed over.

"Looks like they're going to fight head-on," Fang Rui said.

Happy didn't welcome a head-on fight. As a brand new team, they were slightly inferior to this veteran team in many aspects when fighting head-on directly. What's more, this was a special terrain. An Wenyi only mentioned the impact of sand on movement speed. In fact, it not only affected movement, but also jumping, rolling, and various actions that required force. This would also affect some attack skills. Tyranny naturally adapted well to this impact when they took this as their home map. What about Happy? Ye Xiu would be better, and he wouldn't be able to handle this terrain condition well after hundreds of battles. Su Mucheng and Fang Rui also had some experience, but the performance of Tang Rou and the three rookies on this map was definitely not comparable to that of Tyranny.

"Does the wind have an effect?" Ye Xiu suddenly asked another question.

"It has an effect, but the wind is always changing, so it's hard to grasp." Fang Rui answered. His Qi Master's Nianqi would be affected after the wind reached a certain wind speed.

The terrain that Happy discovered bit by bit was of course very clear to Tyranny, and these were of course the places they wanted to use the map to exert their influence and suppress Happy.

Sunlight... also can't be used.

Ye Xiu turned his perspective to look at the sun in the map scene. It was a setting sun that was about to sink, which was the most gentle time of the day. Even if you looked directly at it, you couldn't feel the slightest intensity of light. Headwind and tailwind didn't make much difference on this map.

"You all stand here." Ye Xiu said to everyone at this time, pointing his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella at the position under his feet.

The four of them gathered around.

"Stand in a row," Ye Xiu said.

"Taking a group photo? That's not good, this is the playoffs, be serious." Fang Rui said on this side, while letting his Boundless Sea pose.

"Stand up straight." Ye Xiu said, his Lord Grim stepping back.

The four members of Happy stood in a row, and Ye Xiu's Lord Grim walked away for a while, looking back.

The opening stage before the two sides exchanged fire was boring. You could only watch the actions of both sides and let the commentators and guests judge the intentions of the two teams.

Tyranny marched all the way forward, and their intention had been defined as a frontal strong attack.

What about Happy? They had been moving on the top of the dunes. Because there were some discussions in the channel, it didn't feel too boring. At this time, Ye Xiu suddenly instructed everyone to do this and that, and the audience was of course very curious about what he wanted to do. Seeing his actions at this time, the director cleverly cut to a Lord Grim perspective.

With the sunset in the background, the characters of the four Happy players seemed to be standing in the sun, looking quite imposing.

This… is it really a group photo? Many people were puzzled.