"How shameless of Excellent Era!!!"

Chen Guo tore the newspaper on the spot after hearing what Ye Xiu said.

"How do we respond?" Chen Guo asked Ye Xiu angrily.

"Defeat them," Ye Xiu said.

"Uh… besides that?" Chen Guo asked.

"Isn't that enough?" Ye Xiu looked surprised.

"That's a given! But now, how do we fight back?" Chen Guo asked.

"Isn't it unnecessary?" Ye Xiu looked like he hated trouble.

"Can you be a little more ambitious? You're getting so much dirt thrown at you, you're practically covered in shit!" Chen Guo shouted.

"How vulgar!" Wei Chen said with disdain while laughing wildly.

"Still laughing!" Chen Guo glared. She wasn't in the mood for jokes; she was genuinely angry.

Wei Chen quickly put away his smile and analyzed the situation seriously. "It's indeed difficult to retaliate on this issue. We can't just reveal the truth, can we? Excellent Era is counting on that."

"It's infuriating." Chen Guo looked around, seemingly wanting to find something to smash. But she'd have to pay for anything she broke in the hotel. After looking left and right without finding anything suitable, Ye Xiu shoved a pillow into her hands. Chen Guo took it but didn't throw it, just holding the pillow and spacing out.

"Don't be angry. The competition starts tomorrow. Let them make a fuss over these things. Let's not get distracted," Ye Xiu said, offering a rare word of comfort.

"We must defeat Excellent Era!" Chen Guo said.

"Definitely, definitely," Ye Xiu echoed.

Chen Guo left. After Ye Xiu's analysis, she knew what kind of storm Excellent Era's actions would cause. Chen Guo wanted to ignore it, but she couldn't resist the urge to check. In the end, she went online and regretted not being able to control herself.

Last time, Excellent Era revealed that Happy was formed by Ye Qiu, causing Excellent Era fans to become agitated and even go to Happy Internet Cafe to protest. However, an Esports Home article slapped Excellent Era and its fans in the face. Excellent Era had finally found an opportunity to settle both new and old scores. The unresolved issue from last time was finally brought up with a reasonable explanation: Look, it wasn't us who made a mistake. This guy changed his name, so he slipped past.

As a result, using the name Ye Xiu seemed to be to avoid this situation. The reaction of Excellent Era fans this time was even more intense than before. Many so-called fans even claimed to be heartbroken and would become haters. Chen Guo was depressed! She clearly organized what she knew and posted it on the forum, hoping fans could think objectively and rationally.

The post received a very enthusiastic response, with countless replies. However, when Chen Guo opened it, she almost cried. Some were willing to believe what she said, but most players were cynical and sarcastic. Chen Guo felt that what she wrote was well-reasoned and supported by evidence, but these people distorted it and confused right and wrong. Chen Guo argued, but after several pages of debate, Chen Guo got a nickname: Qiu Dog.

Chen Guo didn't know if there were people from Excellent Era among them, deliberately guiding and reversing the truth after seeing the truth. She didn't want to give up and continued to argue, so after dozens of pages, Chen Guo leveled up. She was finally no longer "Qiu Dog." Someone gave her a new nickname: Advanced Black.

Chen Guo finally gave up…

April 23rd, Tuesday. The offline competition officially began on this day.

There was no opening ceremony. League Chairman Feng Xianjun personally attended and announced the start of the competition.

There were 4 groups, each with 5 teams. Two teams would compete against each other, and one team would always be on a bye. Byed teams were not required to be present, but most player teams other than professional teams did not have this kind of competition experience, so even if they were on a bye, they were willing to come to the venue to experience the atmosphere.

Happy was on a bye in the first round, but the group still came to the venue. The biggest difference between the venue and weekdays was naturally the spectators. Under the gaze of so many people, many people would feel unnatural doing anything. And this was what newbies had to learn to adapt to.

For Happy, people like Ye Xiu and others certainly didn't have this kind of obstacle. As for the newcomers, Ye Xiu felt that Tang Rou and Baozi wouldn't have much of a problem either, so it was the others who needed to learn to adapt.

However, even though they were a participating team, they were on a bye, so they couldn't run around the venue and watch. The Happy group could only sit in the players' seats to the side and enjoy the competition like the audience.

There weren't many spectators, but because Excellent Era was participating, the attendance rate was better than in previous years. The League had considered whether to make an exception and arrange this Challenge League in H City for better box office results. However, on second thought, wouldn't that be giving Excellent Era a home advantage? It would be too much favoritism, so they had no choice but to give up.

However, a powerhouse like Excellent Era had fan support all over the country, not to mention the hardcore fans who would follow the team to watch competitions and participate in activities. At this time, there were many banners and slogans supporting Excellent Era in the audience, and the other teams could only feel envy and jealousy. They were not on the same level, so they didn't need to imagine this kind of treatment.

Eight matches started simultaneously, but they didn't end at the same time. Excellent Era, with its strongest strength, undoubtedly finished the fastest, simply destroying everything in its path. The other seven matches, the slower ones were still entangled in the individual competition. Excellent Era had already won 10 to 0, and the difference in strength was quite large. When Excellent Era's professional players left the stage, they didn't show any pride or self-satisfaction, and the team they defeated didn't look dejected either. It was as if all of this was expected.

"No ambition!!" Chen Guo would definitely despise this kind of attitude.

Happy and his party were most concerned about the two games in the same group: In Group B, Team Manipulator versus Team Ten Steps One Kill; Team Xuanqi versus Team Yunxuan Pavilion.

The teams that could reach the offline competition were indeed quite strong. The matches still had some good highlights. Some of the players who made it to this stage were scouted by professional teams every year and signed as professional players. The most famous active players who used this as a springboard to enter the professional circle were Li Xuan of Team Void and Fang Rui of Team Howling. These two were discovered in the Challenge League and are now all-star players, often used as a gimmick to promote the Challenge League.

Ye Xiu also had some of these thoughts, so he was paying attention to every match. More than wins and losses, he was more concerned about the performance of each player. However, he hadn't seen anyone who caught his eye yet. He didn't dare to hope for anyone particularly outstanding. There were probably many scouts from various teams sitting in the audience!

It took more than an hour for all eight matches of the first day to be completed. After the matches in Group B, Team Xuanqi had 9 points, ranking first. Team Manipulator had 8 points, ranking second. Team Ten Steps One Kill had 2 points, ranking third. Team Yunxuan Pavilion had 1 point, ranking fourth. After watching the matches on-site, Ye Xiu had a better understanding of the strength of these four teams. Team Xuanqi, as a professional team, was obviously stronger. However, the strength was limited. They couldn't achieve a clean sweep of 10 points like Excellent Era. Instead, they lost 1 point in the individual competition.

The second round of matches will be held on Friday night. In this round, Team Xuanqi in Group B will be on a bye. Happy will face Team Ten Steps One Kill, and Team Yunxuan Pavilion will face Team Manipulator.

The next few days of waiting for the competition were not peaceful at all. The Esports Weekly report on Ye Qiu and Ye Xiu caused a huge wave. This wave wasn't the identity problem that Ye Xiu and the others were worried about. No one doubted this problem at all. More people cared that Ye Qiu, the great god from Excellent Era, actually pulled up a team to compete against Excellent Era in the Challenge League. Fans felt that they couldn't understand, while others watched with enthusiasm, making it very lively. Happy also received interview requests from many media outlets across the country, hoping they would respond to this issue. Most of the interview requests were rejected. Until the Esports Weekly published on Friday, in the same layout as the previous issue, everyone saw an interview with Happy's Ye Xiu.

An interview with Ye Xiu, that is, Ye Qiu, was extremely rare. However, at this time, not many people cared about this point.

In this interview, everyone saw Ye Xiu's response to the current hot issues.

"I formed a team to participate in the Challenge League, and Excellent Era was relegated and also participated in the Challenge League, so we met, that's all."

"Do you mean that you were already preparing to organize a team before Excellent Era was relegated?" the reporter asked.

"That's right. After leaving Excellent Era, I practiced the character I'm currently using in the newly opened Tenth Server. During this process, I met some partners, so we decided to form a team together to play around."

"It sounds like you didn't have any ambitions at the beginning?" the reporter asked.

"That's right. At the beginning, everyone was just playing around. If I had ambitions at that time, why would I have retired?"

"So what caused you to seem to have made a big decision later? As far as I know, your team was actually founded in an Internet cafe opposite Excellent Era. At that time, you even had a big unpleasantness with Excellent Era fans," the reporter asked.

"That's because later I discovered that the people who formed the team together were very potential. They had the ability and should stand on a better stage, so we decided to go all out in the Challenge League."

"So why specifically target Excellent Era? Some people think this is a hype stunt," the reporter asked.

"Of course, we have to target Excellent Era, because Excellent Era is undoubtedly the most competitive opponent in the Challenge League. Targeting Excellent Era is a manifestation of our ambition."

"But you used to be the banner figure of Excellent Era. Now you have to compete with Excellent Era in the Challenge League for the only spot. I don't know what kind of mood you are in?" the reporter asked.

"Do my best to defeat them. This is respect for Glory."

"Have you ever thought that doing so will make many people uncomfortable?" the reporter asked.

"This is not my decision, but the decision of all competitive forms. There is only one champion, forever."

"So who will be the champion of this Challenge League?" the reporter asked.

"If I say it's Happy now, wouldn't it seem disrespectful to my opponents? Let's wait and see…"

Aren't you still saying it… This was a comment from the interviewing reporter, Chang Xian.