Chapter 1 The Roles Change

Xiao Shiqin and Qiu Fei accelerated to chase Xiaoxiao Qiang, but not quite thoroughly. This prolonged the time, and finally the distance between their characters and Sun Xiang's group widened a bit. However, Xiaoxiao Qiang in front was getting closer and closer. Not only that, but they even saw the figures of other Xingxin characters at this moment.

Something's wrong!

The moment Xiao Shiqin saw other Xingxin characters appear in this position, his heart sank. He deduced that Xingxin wanted to extract their manpower to attack their healer. But their current positions clearly showed that they had no such intention. Their real intention was to catch up with the people who were running faster and chasing harder.

"Stop!"

Realizing they had been tricked, Xiao Shiqin subconsciously made a correction, signaling Qiu Fei to stop chasing, and then turned his perspective to look at the distance between the other three characters behind him.

"Retreat!" The distance made Xiao Shiqin feel unsafe, so he immediately controlled his Sheng Lingmie to retreat.

Qiu Fei's Battle Format hesitated obviously at this time, but in the end, he obeyed the command.

But the Xingxin people had already shown up, so how could they let them go so easily? Xiaoxiao Qiang no longer retreated, and the other figures quickly became clear. They were actually forming a fan shape, trying to surround Sheng Lingmie and Battle Format.

Sure enough, there was an ambush!

Xiao Shiqin was now glad that he had reacted quickly and retreated in time. The loss shouldn't be too great, right?

The loss was indeed not very big. Although Xingxin pressed very fiercely, the other three characters of Excellent Era were not left behind. They could come to support in the blink of an eye. Therefore, after pressing up to bully them for a while, Xingxin decisively retreated when they saw that Excellent Era was about to complete the reunion.

Xiao Shiqin breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his response this time was not bad, but he didn't know that at this time, the commentators, the audience, other professional players... almost everyone except him felt very sorry for their response.

"Why did they retreat?" Pan Lin was puzzled.

"Excellent Era is playing very hesitantly! Now that they have chased, why did they choose to retreat at this time? Although Excellent Era is in a situation of fighting more with less in the short term, with the strength of their players and characters, they don't need to avoid this situation too much, right? If they persevere a little, support will arrive, and Xingxin will definitely not dare to attack too recklessly. On the contrary, this blind retreat allows Xingxin to grab the attack without any worries! Now they are retreating quickly, and Excellent Era has no continuity of attack at all!" Li Yibo said.

"Excellent Era's performance is a bit abnormal today," Pan Lin said.

"Is it because the individual competition did not achieve the expected results? Or is it because they have never encountered such a tricky opponent as Xingxin in the Challenger League? But no matter what the reason, Excellent Era shouldn't be playing so lacking in confidence..." Li Yibo only pointed out the problem, and he was still thinking about the specific reason. He felt that he had vaguely captured it, but what exactly was it?

"Xiao Shiqin... is treating Excellent Era as Thunderclap," said a player from Tiny Herb, who had discovered the problem with Excellent Era.

"He hasn't had complete high-level training this season, and his adjustment is not thorough enough. When he encounters a situation with greater pressure, his subconscious response is completely in the style of the Thunderclap team," Xu Bin said.

Xu Bin still had a certain right to speak about Xiao Shiqin. Because the 301 Team he previously played for and the Thunderclap Team where Xiao Shiqin was located were both mid-tier teams of the same level. They were very direct competitors, fighting to the death for the last few playoff spots every time. The results of their mutual battles would have a considerable impact, so they would desperately study their opponents.

"Yes, he is now leading the Excellent Era team, with fierce people like Sun Xiang. There is no need to play the way he thinks. If he let Sun Xiang's One Autumn Leaf rush to the front, he might break up Xingxin's ambush all by himself," Liu Xiaobie said.

Everyone was talking, but the game did not develop as they expected. However, at this time, Xiao Shiqin also realized that something was wrong, thanks to the communication between the healer Zhang Jiaxing and him among the three people who had caught up.

"Are we playing too passively? I think we can be more aggressive," Zhang Jiaxing expressed his opinion. The commander of the game is one person, but other players also have the right to make suggestions. Among Excellent Era's starting lineup at this time, only Zhang Jiaxing was Excellent Era's main force all along. And the healer happened to be a role that needed to observe the overall situation, so he keenly discovered that Excellent Era's rhythm today was very wrong.

Xiao Shiqin woke up from his dream after hearing this sentence, and immediately realized that his previous command had treated Excellent Era as Thunderclap. In fact, he had been constantly admonishing himself to change roles throughout the season, but he did not expect that he would still not be able to skillfully take on the new role during key games. The tactical inertia that had been honed in Thunderclap was too deeply rooted for Xiao Shiqin. He needed time, he needed games to eliminate it. And throughout this year, there was time, but no games. The Challenger League level was simply not enough.

"You're right, we need to be more active!" Xiao Shiqin was not someone who would stubbornly support his own views for the sake of face after discovering a problem. In fact, wanting face was a kind of atmosphere that existed more in strong teams. Players in mid- and small-sized teams mostly did not have this problem, even the All-Star level players.

Realizing the problem, Xiao Shiqin quickly made adjustments. One Autumn Leaf, Excellent Era's trump card, was finally pushed to the forefront of the formation. He and Battle Format started chasing at high speed together, while Xiao Shiqin's Sheng Lingmie provided support in the center, and Xiao Jian's Striker, Lian Jin, was solely responsible for protecting the team's healer.

"Well, it seems that Excellent Era has discovered the problem and quickly made adjustments," Li Yibo said happily. He was not happy for Excellent Era, but because Excellent Era's final adjustment was indeed the most appropriate movement method that he had thought of before. It was rare for him to show his Li guidance level in today's commentary, which made Li Yibo quite proud.

One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format did not hold back this time. They rushed forward with all their strength, moving quickly. Soon, the characters of the Xingxin team who had just retreated appeared in their vision.

Lord Grim!

The first to be caught up was Ye Xiu, the one who defeated Qiu Fei and Sun Xiang in the individual competition. And now, the two sides met again in the team competition.

Dragon Breaks the Army!

Dragon Breaks the Army!

One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format, the two Battle Mages of Excellent Era, suddenly used this big move together. The figures of the two characters sprinted out, seemingly together, but after rushing out, they instantly pulled out a formation. This was not a whim, it was obviously a well-trained combination of two Battle Mages, and now they were joining forces to challenge the peak creator of the Battle Mage profession.

Boom boom boom!

Lord Grim甩开千机伞, the tip of the umbrella sprayed out tongues of fire, and three shells were fired, gifted to the two who challenged him.

This kind of attack could not stop the momentum of Dragon Breaks the Army at all, but Lord Grim used the recoil of the anti-tank gun to fly backwards a lot. Then he held the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella above his head, and the mechanical wings opened, flying straight into the air. The moment he left the position under his feet, Sun Xiang's One Autumn Leaf had already rushed over. Seeing Lord Grim fly up, he also quickly adjusted the direction of the Evil Destroyer, but it was too late after all. One Autumn Leaf rushed past, and Battle Format, which was one step slower, naturally had a similar ending. However, two consecutive Dragon Breaks the Army passed under his feet, and Lord Grim, who was in the air, was swayed by the airflow brought by this powerful charge. The impact of One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format was evident.

As a result, swaying in the air like this, Lord Grim put away the mechanical wings. With a swish, the katana was unsheathed, and he slashed diagonally in the air with a Draw Sword, directly towards the two characters who had just received the ultimate move on the ground.

Dragon Breaks the Army retracted quickly, without any stiffness. Sun Xiang and Qiu Fei both reacted extremely quickly. One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format jumped to the left and right, and the sword energy of the Draw Sword flashed between the two.

Silver Light Falling Blade!

Lord Grim followed up with this skill again, falling directly towards the position between the two. The small area attack of Silver Light Falling Blade could just affect the two.

However, this impact was quite reluctant. The two characters retreated slightly and had already avoided the attack range. Then, two spears lit up, intersecting at an angle, and pierced towards Lord Grim in the middle.

Sliding Tackle!

Lord Grim did not stop at all after Silver Light landed, and directly slid out with a sliding tackle. This was the use of skill matching across professional lines, which was the biggest feature of the Unspecialized. After Excellent Era realized that they had to face Ye Xiu's Unspecialized, they also conducted special training on this profession. Excellent Era's players were no strangers to the skill list of the Unspecialized mode. They completely understood this as the 25th profession.

However, although they were familiar with the skill system of the Unspecialized, even the Excellent Era team, who was most familiar with Ye Xiu, could not predict how Ye Xiu would use these skills. Ye Xiu's main contribution in Excellent Era was his Battle Mage skills. On the Unspecialized, it was only one twenty-fourth of his combat power. Ye Xiu's change of profession made Excellent Era's familiarity with him so small.

Silver Light Falling Blade followed by sliding tackle?

Sun Xiang and Qiu Fei's reactions were already considered extremely fast, but they were still half a beat late after all. The spears pressed down by the two characters ultimately failed to press down on Lord Grim.

Lord Grim, who slipped away with a sliding tackle, threw a shuriken behind him. One Autumn Leaf and Qiu Fei jumped to the left and right again. The fire of the explosion flashed between the two characters. One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format turned around and were about to chase again, but after two steps forward, they saw a purple mist rising up. They had actually stepped on a poison cloud trap. The two of them had no idea when Lord Grim had dropped this trap.

The scene was completely沸腾, and everyone originally thought that Ye Xiu's Lord Grim would quickly find an opportunity to break away and leave. But now it seemed that this guy was actually carrying out a one-on-two!

But from God's perspective, the audience knew even more that the other characters of the Xingxin team were really heading towards Excellent Era's rear, to sneak attack their healer.