Chapter 1 Ye Xiu and Zhang Jiale

Ye Xiu, a first-generation player in the Alliance; Zhang Jiale, a second-generation player in the Alliance.

With only a year's difference, they couldn't be considered seniors and juniors, although sometimes Ye Xiu would put on airs, but obviously Zhang Jiale wouldn't fall for it.

The true intersection of their peaks was in the third season of the Alliance.

In that season, the Dazzling Hundred Blossoms (fan hua xue jing) formed by Sun Zheping and Zhang Jiale of the Hundred Blossoms Team was completely refined, sweeping through Glory. They aggressively took first place in the regular season, but in the end, in the finals, they encountered Excellent Era. The story of One Autumn Leaf and Unyielding Spear breaking through Hundred Blossoms is still a legend.

Dazzling Hundred Blossoms ultimately became just a backdrop.

Zhang Jiale was naturally upset. In the fourth season, they made a comeback.

As a result, they didn't even make it to the finals that season. The final was the classic battle of Tyranny breaking through Excellent Era's dynasty. Dazzling Hundred Blossoms once again became a passerby in the season.

In the fifth season, Hundred Blossoms, having accumulated three seasons of experience, embarked on the road with high morale once again. However, their captain, Sun Zheping, was forced to retire in the middle of the season due to a hand injury during his golden age. Zhang Jiale took over the team's armband. Amidst sorrow and a chorus of pessimism, the Hundred Blossoms Team continued to explode with surging combat power, charging all the way into the finals.

But in the end, they fell before Wang Jiexi, who joined the Alliance in the third season, resonated throughout Glory with the name of Magician, and was the closest to the God of Glory in legend, the player most likely to build a dynasty like Ye Xiu.

Wang Jiexi then became Hundred Blossoms' biggest nightmare, but when they once again touched the championship trophy in the seventh season, it was Wang Jiexi who cut off their hand.

Three times as runner-up in seven years, the Hundred Blossoms Team seemed to be haunted by some kind of misfortune. And when they once again fell before Tiny Herb, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms had long become a thing of the past. This was an achievement solely achieved by Zhang Jiale's all-out efforts.

Perhaps feeling that he could no longer do his best, Zhang Jiale suddenly announced his retirement after a summer.

The story of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms can be said to have completely ended on this day. Although Sun Zheping had already retired midway through the fifth season, Zhang Jiale had been fighting with the responsibility of two people.

What kind of sadness, what kind of disappointment, no one can understand.

People will only constantly sigh with emotion: If Sun Zheping hadn't retired due to injury in the fifth season, if Sun Zheping had been there all along, after Excellent Era had passed its peak, would a Hundred Blossoms Dynasty have been built by Dazzling Hundred Blossoms?

There are no ifs.

These ifs are just one stab after another to the parties involved.

Zhang Jiale had never been willing to accept it, otherwise he wouldn't have borne the mission and responsibility of two people after Sun Zheping's injury retirement, gritting his teeth and charging non-stop.

Unfortunately, he finally fell and gave up.

Dazzling Hundred Blossoms is a story of two people; it's impossible to write a perfect ending relying on one person alone.

But what about for him personally? He still has a thought in his heart, a thought that will never stop.

So after a season, he came back. He abandoned his old team, Hundred Blossoms, joined Tyranny, and made the contemptible act of clinging to a strong team. Zhang Jiale hesitated, but in the end, he did not regret it. He was firm in his pursuit. So now he stands on this field, the character he controls is still Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, but the team he represents is Tyranny. And his opponent? Ye Xiu, not unfamiliar, but the character is an unspecialized Lord Grim, representing a newly emerged team, Happy.

Things have changed?

No, the people are still those people, but everything else is really messed up.

But no matter what, the pursuit of the championship will never change.

Bang!

Suddenly, there was a gunshot, scaring everyone. Zhang Jiale's Dazzling Hundred Blossoms had just loaded into the map when he suddenly fired a shot into the air.

Ka ka ka, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms kept changing magazines and set off. This was Zhang Jiale's habitual operation.

The map was still the same map, and both of them chose to attack from the middle. So again, the manor castle in the center, one in front and one behind, both characters arrived.

Lord Grim entered through the front door, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms? He also sneaked in through the back door.

Although a Launcher is a gun-type class, his attack patterns are diverse, earning him the title of a gun-type magician. His combat style isn't like Sharpshooters and Gunners, who need space. Small spaces like indoors are just as convenient, and even some suitable enclosed spaces are more comfortable for him!

The castle has two floors. Ye Xiu and Qin Muyun's confrontation all took place on the second floor. The situation on the individual competition map will not be refreshed. At this time, the second floor still retains the dilapidated scene after the previous battle. The bullets flying from Zero Degrees Celsius destroyed the rooms where the two characters fought fiercely beyond recognition.

However, Lord Grim and Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, who stepped in from the front and back doors at this time, were still only lingering on the first floor. Both of them were cautious, and each step of the characters was taken very carefully.

Ye Xiu was familiar with the map. Looking at Lord Grim's direction, he first went to the angle to stare at the window for a while, just like when he faced Qin Muyun before. After seeing no trace of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, the subsequent direction was the possibility of "the opponent entering from the back door."

What about Zhang Jiale? He was obviously at a disadvantage because he didn't know the map as well as Ye Xiu. After entering through the back door, he first carefully surveyed the surrounding room types and passage entrances. After turning into a certain room, he scanned it a few times, casually walked to the entrance of the passage, and with a creak, pushed it open.

The audience held their breath.

Lord Grim was carefully walking in the hallway outside the door. The sudden opening of the door was as obvious as it could be.

"Careless! Knowing that this is a passage..." Pan Lin was saying when he suddenly stopped.

Knowing that this is a passage, he should be wary of the possibility of his opponent passing by. That's what he was going to say. And he shut up because he saw that after Dazzling Hundred Blossoms pushed open the door, he didn't take the opportunity to walk out.

Creak, creak, creak...

The opened door opened, closed back, and slowly moved.

Lord Grim outside the door had already raised his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, aiming at the door. Lord Grim silently stepped towards the right, widening the visual space for the inside of the door.

Creak, creak, creak...

The door continued to close, and it was about to close completely.

Not planning to come out?

Just when everyone had this thought, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms suddenly flashed out.

The door was opened again. With the door covering his back, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms held his automatic pistol, the Silver weapon Seeker, horizontally in front of him, facing directly forward.

Zhang Jiale saw Lord Grim at a glance.

Ye Xiu also immediately saw Dazzling Hundred Blossoms rushing out.

Gunshots rang out.

The muzzles at both ends spat out sparks at the same time. But in terms of ordinary shooting, the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella's gun mode is a rifle, with two shots after each load. Dazzling Hundred Blossoms had an automatic pistol, plus the Launcher's class skill "Ammunition Expansion," which was also effective for ordinary magazines. The number of bullets that both sides could pour out in an instant was completely on a different level. It was obviously a very unwise decision to use ordinary attacks to shoot at each other.

So Lord Grim used a skill as soon as he fired.

Anti-Tank Missiles!

Three shells were fired in succession.

Boom, boom, boom!

In the narrow passage, the two characters faced each other with their guns. The shooting at this moment collided directly, detonating each other. The rolling thick smoke and fire filled the passage, and the impact of the explosion pushed the two characters back hard.

Ye Xiu didn't retreat. He pushed the mouse, and Lord Grim slid directly, rushing towards the rolling thick smoke.

"Too bold!" Pan Lin exclaimed.

The situation was unclear at this time, but it was not difficult to infer Ye Xiu's offensive. As long as Zhang Jiale had a cautious attitude and threw a few mines into this chaotic smoke, how could Lord Grim avoid it?

But after seeing the direction in which Lord Grim was sliding, he felt something was wrong again.

Is this slide preparing to hit the wall?

In just this moment of hesitation, Lord Grim had already slid onto the wall.

Boom, boom, boom!

Sure enough, there were flashes of explosive fire in the chaotic smoke. Zhang Jiale did predict this possibility and attacked. But at this time, Lord Grim slid to the base of the wall, suddenly jumped up, drew the ninja blade from the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, waved it, inserted it into the wall, swung and jumped, pulled the rope back to the knife, and then flung it again...

He actually walked on the wall!

Pan Lin was stunned, and all the audience was stunned.

The passage was narrow, and the explosion was enough to fill the wall. However, with the wall as support, Lord Grim would not be pushed back by the impact, but would only make him stick closer to the wall...

Bearing some non-core damage, Lord Grim, who was climbing the wall, rushed out of the thick wall with two ups and downs, about to fall forward.

This should have been the position of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, but Lord Grim suddenly rushed out, and Dazzling Hundred Blossoms flashed away. He was still a little distance away from that thick smoke. Zhang Jiale wouldn't be stupid enough not to leave himself any room to respond. So even if Lord Grim used such a clever and unexpected way to break through the barrier, he could still avoid it.

One step, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms re-entered the room.

Creak, creak, creak, the door continued to close. Lord Grim's fall seemed to be hitting the door, which would be a little embarrassing.

In a hurry, Lord Grim flicked his ninja blade again.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang...

After Dazzling Hundred Blossoms switched positions, he immediately started attacking, but Lord Grim swung the ninja blade against the wall and swung it away, avoiding these bullets, and finally accurately stepped on the doorframe.

With a hard stomp, Lord Grim jumped over the door, the door closed urgently, and Dazzling Hundred Blossoms retreated hastily. He almost hit his nose on the door.

Bang!

The door was tightly slammed shut, two characters, one inside and one outside.

The first floor of the castle needed to bear weight, and most of the walls were thick, not something that characters could destroy with a few casual attacks. The two of them, one inside and one outside, didn't have to worry about a sneak attack coming directly through the wall.

Lord Grim didn't move for the time being, precisely because Ye Xiu was familiar with the map. This room led to a more complex situation. If he took a detour, he probably wouldn't be able to intercept the opponent unless Zhang Jiale could obediently stay in the room for a long time without moving.

So at this time, the only way to quickly continue attacking was probably to break through the door.

But the door opened outward, not inward, which meant that Ye Xiu couldn't rush out like Zhang Jiale. If he rushed out like that, he could use the door to cover one direction and face the other end, so his reaction wouldn't be slower than the person waiting outside the door, and he might even be better prepared.

But if Ye Xiu rushed in like this, would Zhang Jiale ambush him inside, on the left or the right?

What to do?

The two characters inside and outside, leaned against the wall, silent and motionless.