Chapter 1 Ending

The Happy group, ready to leave after the press conference, encountered the players from Team Yizhan at the exit.

Getting swept with a score of 10 to 0 was truly embarrassing, and this night was clearly not a happy one for the members of Yizhan. However, they still lived up to the saying of being rivals on the field and friends off the field. They composed themselves and extended the hospitality of a host to the Happy team who had come from afar. Throughout the entire season, there was only one such visit for each team.

Around the same time, the other teams also finished their reciprocal visits. Coincidentally, the more popular matches of this round all resulted in narrow losses for the home teams.

Team Tiny Herb and the visiting Team Blue Rain ended up with a score of 4 to 6.

Team Wind Howl also fought to a score of 4 to 6 against the challenging Team Tyranny.

The strong, young team Wind Howl stumbled a little in front of the aging Team Tyranny. The debates surrounding Tyranny could finally be eased somewhat after this battle.

Besides these two powerhouses, another team that could be considered strong unfortunately faltered in this round. Team Void, in their home stadium, lost to the challenging Team Miracle.

Team Miracle, one of the two new teams in the league this season, didn't seem as weak as the new teams of previous seasons. Several former Excellent Era team players who reunited in Miracle proved that their origins in a powerhouse team still gave them some foundation. After being swept 10 to 0 by Blue Rain in the first round, Miracle managed to snatch some small points in each round, and this round they even pulled off an upset.

Even so, the 17 points that Miracle had accumulated only helped them rank 17th on the scoreboard, the fourth from the bottom. However, because they were a new team, and especially because there was another new team receiving much attention this season, Team Miracle received relatively little attention.

While Team Samsara was talking about their hellish season, anyone who cared to look at Miracle would have noticed that after seven rounds, Team Miracle had already faced Tyranny, Blue Rain, Tiny Herb, Wind Howl, Misty Rain, and Void.

A hellish season? Team Miracle was not to be outdone. With such a schedule, it was already commendable that this new team wasn't squatting in the relegation zone. After pulling off an upset in this round, Team Miracle finally attracted some attention. It seemed that this new team, with former Excellent Era players as its core, had some substance.

In the other matches of this round, the home teams basically won, except for Team He Wu, who lost 4 to 6 to Team 301 in their home stadium.

After these seven rounds, Samsara continued to lead the standings with 58 points, followed by Blue Rain. Team Thunderclap once again demonstrated their astonishing progress. Once a team hovering on the edge of the playoffs, they had powerfully surged to third place, tied with Blue Rain at 52 points. After that came Wind Howl in fourth, Tiny Herb in fifth, Misty Rain in sixth, Void in seventh, and Tyranny in eighth. The situation for the eight playoff teams hadn't changed much.

Happy Team, with their overwhelming 10 to 0 victory over Yizhan in this round, gained 10 points and currently ranked 14th with 29 points, an improvement of one place from the previous round. The two teams in the relegation zone, Seashore and Mighty Wind, were further widening the gap in points with the other teams. The distribution of strength in this season seemed to be becoming clearer and clearer.

Happy, having achieved a great victory, was treated that night by the players of Yizhan, whom they had defeated so badly, so they didn't get too excited. But afterward, the members of Team Happy didn't let this long-awaited victory make them lose their heads. At this time, they were all concerned about one thing: Tang Rou, with only one round left in her five-round promise. And in this round, they would face the challenge of Team Tiny Herb.

Complete a one-versus-three against Team Tiny Herb?

Unfortunately, the historical statistics showed that the situation was extremely unfavorable. Since Wang Jiexi joined Team Tiny Herb, Tiny Herb had never been defeated in a team arena match by a one-versus-three. Whether it was the Battle God, the Boxing Emperor, the Sword Saint, or the Gun King, they could win in the team arena, but a one-versus-three, no one had ever achieved it.

Of course, never having happened before didn't mean it couldn't happen in the future. The report presenting these historical statistics was also intended to draw people's attention to the difficult challenge that Tang Rou faced.

Those who gloated were certainly numerous, and very many at that. On Happy's side, the most anxious was, of course, Chen Guo. She didn't dare to talk to Tang Rou, fearing that she would infect her with her own uncontrollable nervousness and disturb her. At this time, she wanted to hear a definite answer from Ye Xiu.

"What should we do?" she asked Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu just shook his head. "She can only rely on herself."

"Is there nothing you can do?" Chen Guo said.

"A one-versus-three is not something that can be achieved with any absolute method," Ye Xiu said.

"What if she... can't do it?" Chen Guo was anxious!

"Then that's her choice," Ye Xiu said.

"It seems you were the one who chose the five rounds for her. Why didn't you say fifty rounds!" Chen Guo didn't care about Ye Xiu's explanation at the time.

"Be serious!" Ye Xiu said, looking at her.

Chen Guo was speechless. But she was definitely not joking. Maybe if Ye Xiu had said fifty rounds at the time, the matter would have been dismissed as a joke? But then she thought again, not only would that reporter named Ruan Cheng's unrelenting attitude not allow Happy to step down with a joke, but even Tang Rou herself might not accept the jest. When this girl got serious, she was quite terrifying. Chen Guo remembered when Tang Rou helped her complete the challenges of the Heavenly Domain, she was determined to do it, trying again and again, and she couldn't even pull her away.

"Sigh..." Chen Guo sighed deeply. She had imagined too many ifs and what-ifs, but what was coming would eventually come.

On October 25th, the eighth round of the Glory Professional League kicked off. This round featured strong matchups such as Blue Rain versus Wind Howl, Tyranny versus Misty Rain, and Samsara versus Void. However, the final television broadcast chose the match between Happy and Tiny Herb.

A one-versus-three in five rounds was the biggest topic of this match. Although almost no one believed Tang Rou could do it in the pre-match analysis, people still wanted to witness the moment when the final result appeared. The television broadcast's choice of this match could be said to be in line with the public's wishes.

That night, close to 8 p.m., the players from both sides had completed their entrance into the arena. After greetings, the players who would be participating in the first match of the individual competition had already entered their booths. However, the commentators of the match broadcast had not yet begun to introduce the two players who were about to play. They were still discussing the topic of Tang Rou's one-versus-three with great interest.

"In a voting poll that just closed regarding whether Tang Rou could complete a one-versus-three, we can see that out of a total of 65,525 Glory players who participated in the vote, 64,388 players believed that Tang Rou could not complete a one-versus-three. That is to say, only 1,137 people believed Tang Rou could complete it, accounting for approximately 1.7%, less than two percent. What do you think, Instructor Li?" said commentator Pan Lin.

"Well... Although Happy is a new team, their popularity is actually quite good. This can be seen from the attendance rate of their home games. A ratio of 1.7% can explain that many of the players who may be Happy supporters also voted for the option that Tang Rou could not complete it. Fan voting is sometimes not based on technical and tactical analysis and other reasons. Many times, it's just an emotional blessing and wish. But the voting attitude of Happy supporters allows us to see that even within the Happy supporter group, Tang Rou's bold statement of one-versus-three is probably somewhat unpopular," Li Yibo began to talk eloquently.

"Oh, so what is Instructor Li's opinion?" Pan Lin asked.

"Hehe, it's commendable for young players to have courage and confidence, but they can't be too blindly optimistic!" Li Yibo said.

"It seems that Instructor Li is not optimistic about Tang Rou's one-versus-three! Okay, then I'll stand on the opposite side of you. I'll support Tang Rou," Pan Lin said with a smile. His attitude was clearly just to liven up the atmosphere and did not mean that he was a true supporter.

"If it can really be done, then it would be a historic moment! I remember there was a report that stated before the match that Team Tiny Herb has never been defeated in a one-versus-three, correct?" Li Yibo said.

"Yes! Hopefully, we can witness a historic moment! Alright, now the first match of the individual competition has begun. Happy's representative is their captain, the former Battle God, the operator of One Autumn Leaf, the one known as the Glory Textbook, Ye Xiu, with the character Lord Grim, a Scattered class that has received much attention this season. Tiny Herb's representative is their new generation Magician, Gao Yingjie, who is known as a genius. This can also be considered a duel between new and old generation players. The map selected is Red Plum Pavilion. Instructor Li, who do you favor more?" As the match began, Pan Lin quickly stopped discussing the topic of one-versus-three and began talking about the ongoing duel. Asking about the prediction of victory was also a commonly used guiding question in commentary. In fact, what he really wanted to ask was not the prediction of victory, but based on making a prediction, to introduce and analyze the characteristics of the two players. In short, it was chatting.

"Ye Xiu's experience, comprehensiveness, and the Scattered class are all his advantages. However, Gao Yingjie has now grown into a young man who can stand alone. His youth, his vigor, and perhaps, for Ye Xiu, Gao Yingjie is an unfamiliar player. They haven't had any encounters before," Li Yibo deeply understood how to answer such predictive guiding questions. He stated the advantages of both sides, without saying the result. When the real result came out, he would naturally connect it: "See, I said that XX is very XXXX!"

In this match, who will fulfill Li Yibo's famous style? The characters of both sides finally collided.