Chapter 1 The Critical Battle

"Hello, everyone. We're back at the match venue. The decisive battle between Happy and Mysterious Fantasy to determine which team advances to the knockout stage is about to begin. On the screen now is the roster for the Happy team. I think viewers who pay attention to Team Happy must have noticed something, right?" On the television broadcast, after the commercial break cut back to the match, the commentator immediately started talking non-stop.

"That's right, Happy's team lineup actually doesn't have a healer. This is an extremely bold arrangement! To dare to use it in such a crucial life-or-death battle, we have to admit Happy's courage. I think this arrangement will definitely surprise Mysterious Fantasy. Hopefully, their plans won't be disrupted because of it!" The commentator didn't want to favor either side, so after praising Happy, he gave Mysterious Fantasy a bit of blessing to find balance. Unfortunately, this time the commentator hit the nail on the head. The Mysterious Fantasy team really had their plans disrupted by Happy's unexpected tactical arrangement.

After a five-second countdown, the match began.

Zhang Yigwei on the sidelines was already afraid to look at the match screen. Happy's unexpected player arrangement completely disrupted his deployment. As a result, in this team competition, the value of him as a coach was no longer directly reflected. Everything depended on the players on the field to solve themselves.

And without the instructions of him, the coach, for the Mysterious Fantasy team, it was equivalent to losing their backbone. The match began, and Happy's starting five rushed towards Mysterious Fantasy like wolves and tigers. However, Mysterious Fantasy's players didn't move an inch, discussing in their team channel how to respond.

Without An Wenyi's Little Cold Hands, and without Steamed Bun Invasion, who would be the weakness among the five Happy players in front of them?

Ye Xiu, Sun Zheping, Wei Chen?

These god-level figures, even if they were from the past, were still people they looked up to.

Qiao Yifan, from the champion team Tiny Herb, although it seemed like he didn't achieve anything in Tiny Herb, the mere fact that he could be absorbed into Tiny Herb made him more valuable than them. Those of them who mixed in Mysterious Fantasy were truly at the bottom of the professional circle. Being favored by a team of Tiny Herb's level was something they only dared to dream of.

Besides these four, it seemed like there was only one Tang Rou left on the field.

Super good-looking and beautiful girl, the Mysterious Fantasy players had actually glanced at her quite a bit when they were off the field. But now, with the life and death of the team at stake, all thoughts about beauties had to be put aside. Although Tang Rou was also not someone to be trifled with, compared to the four, it seemed like she had the least background, right? If you're going to pinch persimmons, you have to pick the soft ones. Tang Rou was immediately discussed by the Mysterious Fantasy players as their primary target.

Then, the Mysterious Fantasy players finally unfolded their formation. After determining the target, it wasn't difficult to use the various things they had practiced during training.

Zhang Yigwei on the sidelines saw that his team's players had begun to take action. Each character was so methodical, it seemed like they had a clear intention.

What are they going to do? Zhang Yigwei couldn't calm down at this time. He stood up anxiously, staring at the match screen.

The two sides made their first contact. On Happy's side, they were positioned in an X formation. Sun Zheping's Zai Shui Yi Xia and Tang Rou's Cold Smoke were at the front, Wei Chen's Windward Formation and Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash were at the back, and Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was in the center. It was a very ordinary and unsurprising formation.

On the Mysterious Fantasy side, after accurately assessing Happy's momentum and formation, they quickly made adjustments to their positioning, shifting their focus of attack towards Cold Smoke. Then, Captain Tang Xing quickly issued instructions in the team channel: "Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire! Valiant Leap to cut off the connection, Cloud Grasping Hand to grab someone!"

Mysterious Fantasy's starting five consisted of a Sharpshooter, an Elemental Mage, a Knight, a Qi Master, and a Guardian Angel.

Two long-range attack classes, one mid-range, the close combat was a Knight with outstanding defensive capabilities, and the healer was also a Guardian Angel who was strong in defense and weak in attack. The cautiousness of a weak team was vividly reflected in their class configuration. This professional equipment almost didn't have the ability to fight head-on. Obviously, it was because the Mysterious Fantasy team never dared to fight head-on with other teams. They had to use reasonable means to earn victory.

At the moment, after the captain finished deploying, the Mysterious Fantasy five rushed straight towards Happy, launching the offensive first.

"Too anxious!" Zhang Yigwei on the sidelines stamped his feet anxiously. He had brought up this team himself. At this time, as soon as he saw the five people's posture, he could already read their intentions. However, such a strong attack was really not what their Mysterious Fantasy team was good at, let alone their professional equipment, which didn't have the ability to fight such a frontal assault.

It had to be said that the Mysterious Fantasy team's players had limited strength. In terms of tactics, because of the existence of coach Zhang Yigwei, the players were accustomed to following orders, and their ability in this area became increasingly thin. The current arrangement obviously lacked consideration of the problem. Could such a rough tactical arrangement be able to deal with Happy? There was Ye Xiu on the field in this lineup, the most senior of the four tactical masters, and many Glory tactics were invented by him. Even Zhang Yigwei himself didn't dare to say that he could play tactics better than Ye Xiu. Now, letting these Mysterious Fantasy players who were already accustomed to relying on him for tactical arrangements fight tactics with Ye Xiu, Zhang Yigwei's mood once again became gloomy and heavy.

However, the Mysterious Fantasy players couldn't understand their coach's mood at this time. The offensive had already been launched. The Elemental Mage was casting Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire, and the Knight made a Valiant Leap, directly cutting into the center line between Cold Smoke and Lord Grim, trying to tear Cold Smoke out of the opponent's formation from there.

Bang!

With the sound of a gunshot, the Mysterious Fantasy Elemental Mage's intentions were completely detected. Lord Grim fired a shot, forcing him to give up casting Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire. The Knight who used Valiant Leap was now heroically rushing towards the ground, but when he fell into mid-air, he was suddenly suspended.

Cold Smoke's battle lance was raised high, stabbing him right in the chest, directly exposing him to the sky like this.

However, it was just a momentary visual impression. The Circle Swing skill didn't have the effect of posing. After stabbing someone, it was thrown away without any delay. At this time, the Mysterious Fantasy Qi Master's Cloud Grasping Hand had already been successfully activated. Cold Smoke went to stab the Knight and didn't pay attention to this side. The others didn't come to cover either. This grab caught her squarely. Cold Smoke was pulled over with a whoosh, along with the Knight hanging on her battle lance, and the remaining arc of the Circle Swing was pulled over by the Qi Master. Then he was knocked down by the Knight thrown down by the Circle Swing.

There was laughter in the audience. This scene was a bit comical! The Qi Master's Cloud Grasping Hand, in this view, was simply self-inflicted.

And in this first contact, Mysterious Fantasy had already lost two people. The opening could be described as extremely unfavorable. Tang Rou's Cold Smoke was fierce. She was caught by the Cloud Grasping Hand and pulled into the enemy area, but instead of panicking, she took the opportunity to launch an attack. The two guys lying on the ground didn't have time to get up, and the Sharpshooter and the Guardian Angel were forced to retreat by the battle lance in her hand. They were just thinking about capturing Cold Smoke and killing her first, but when they captured her, they were at a loss. Mysterious Fantasy's wave of attacks was launched so awkwardly.

Tang Xing's Sharpshooter retreated five steps in a row, exactly the distance he was most familiar with. Just as he was about to use his best gun-fighting technique, the light imprint of the Spellcaster's Six-Star Light Prison suddenly flew up from the ground. Tang Xing was shocked and quickly manipulated his character to dodge. He dodged Windward Formation's Six-Star Light Prison, but Lord Grim's Anti-Tank Missiles had already been fired. Tang Xing wanted to dodge again, but Cold Smoke had already taken a few steps and stepped to his side.

They focused on taking care of the captured Cold Smoke. Not only were they unable to break them down, but instead, they became a sharp knife stuck in their formation, making them uncomfortable. Tang Xing also deeply felt that his tactical arrangement was a bit scum. The opponent took advantage of it, and the result became the opponent's favorable situation.

The Sharpshooter Tang Xing, who was attacked from both inside and outside, had nowhere to retreat. Fortunately, his teammates came to help. The Knight who climbed up rushed over with a shield strike, and Cold Smoke had to flash. On the Qi Master's side, he waved his fist and launched a Thought Energy Explosion.

As a result, a figure descended from the sky. Zai Shui Yi Xia used a Mountain Crash, blocking the Thought Energy Wave with his body. This sword had already been fiercely chopped down on the Knight.

The Knight raised his shield to meet it, and a muffled sound was made, also announcing that another fierce character from Team Happy had already approached. Sun Zheping's experience was much richer than Tang Rou's. He knew more clearly than Tang Rou what to do at this time to make it more difficult for the Mysterious Fantasy people to defend. After the first sword was blocked by the shield, he ignored it and continued to smash the Knight's shield with sword after sword, smashing the Knight back step by step. The shield could have offset a considerable amount of the knockback effect, but it couldn't resist Sun Zheping's crazy energy when he attacked. The skilled skill changes and connections created an impact that forcibly broke through the impact that the shield could withstand. The Knight holding the shield kept retreating, and Cold Smoke, who was blocked behind Zai Shui Yi Xia, immediately had a way to attack. A Dragon Breaks the Army rushed out, knocking the Qi Master far away.

Tang Rou didn't let Cold Smoke chase and turned around to mess with the Knight together with Sun Zheping.

The Knight's shield was blocking Sun Zheping's attack, so he couldn't pull it away at all. Cold Smoke's attack could only stare blankly. He could only expect the support of his teammates. But when he turned his head, their Elemental Mage was like a dancing rabbit under Lord Grim's continuous shooting. Their captain, the Sharpshooter, was unable to speak for a while in the face of Windward Formation's long-range harassment. The Warlock profession was not just about damage when attacking, many skills were control-based. As for their Qi Master, he was knocked away by Cold Smoke's Dragon Breaks the Army and was still crawling there! What about their Guardian Angel? Oh, the Angel was still there, and Zai Shui Yi Xia and Cold Smoke were pushing him towards the Guardian Angel! This... they wanted to kill him and the Guardian Angel together!