Chapter 1 Wang Jiexi

Wang Jiexi's Liehuo Lianjin stood at the door of the earthen house. Hearing the sound, he immediately retreated into the house and turned his perspective.

No one, still no one, but that voice just now?

The players from Team Tiny Herb outside also looked around, but soon made a discovery.

Han Yanrou!!

The five people who had been wiped out last night recognized this female Battle Mage at a glance. She was standing to one side at this time.

This was just an ordinary place in Desolate Land, with monsters spawning and players passing by casually. Team Tiny Herb was guarding for the Boss to respawn and didn't pay much attention to their surroundings, especially since the captain was speaking just now. Although it was just in the game, everyone still had their perspectives focused on Liehuo Lianjin at the door.

Han Yanrou arrived beside them just like that, but they only discovered her now.

Only the five substitute players who had been wiped out yesterday recognized Han Yanrou among the ten people. The five main players were still blankly turning their perspectives left and right to look around! However, with the reminder from their companions, they quickly understood the situation, and Wang Jiexi's Liehuo Lianjin had already walked out of the earthen house.

"You guys really have patience," Han Yanrou said, her voice surprisingly a man's—Ye Xiu.

That's right, Ye Xiu had taken Tang Rou's account to come and check out the situation. Tang Rou was sitting behind him, holding a bowl of rice. She had just gotten up and was eating dinner!

"Who are these people? Why are they endless?" Tang Rou asked. She also recognized the five people from last night on the screen, but today the lineup was even bigger, looking like they had called more people to take revenge.

"Yeah, endless," Ye Xiu said.

But his words could also be heard by the Team Tiny Herb members in the game. Everyone was very depressed, but no one acted rashly, waiting for their captain to give instructions.

"Battle Mage," Wang Jiexi's Liehuo Lianjin stepped forward and said.

"That's right!" Ye Xiu said, waving the battle lance in Han Yanrou's hand. Battle Mage! This was the character he had truly used for ten years. Although ten years of experience had made him proficient in all classes, the most familiar and emotional was still the Battle Mage class.

"Xiao Yun, you go," Wang Jiexi called out.

"Ah?" Xiao Yun was stunned.

Same class, he was level 26, and his opponent was level 28. There wouldn't be any changes in equipment, but there were still some subtle differences in attributes and skill levels.

"Don't be nervous, don't forget, you are a member of the champion team!" Wang Jiexi said from the side.

At this time, Wang Jiexi didn't say anything like "victory or defeat doesn't matter." "Victory or defeat doesn't matter" was just a kind of relief, a kind of comfort when morale was low.

In real combat, even if it was to learn something, you couldn't really hold this mentality. Especially for members of a team aiming to win the championship, striving for victory should always be the top priority. Don't take winning or losing to heart—Wang Jiexi would only say this kind of thing appropriately when it was most needed, to let everyone put down unnecessary burdens.

"Xiao Yun, add oil!!" Some teammates also shouted encouragement.

Xiao Yun suddenly perked up. Although his opponent was the ace god among Battle Mages, that was already in the past. Ye Qiu was already a character who had retired from the professional circle, and himself? He was in a rising stage. 消此彼长, why should he be afraid?

Thinking this, Xiao Yun's Battle Mage Yunxiao also stepped out of the formation, spear in hand.

"Hehe, it's you!" Ye Xiu smiled.

Xiao Yun suddenly became uneasy. Just five simple words, but the tone reminded Xiao Yun of the painful experience of being floated to death yesterday.

"Want to go get a few Chasers first?" Ye Xiu asked.

Xiao Yun was even more embarrassed. Yesterday, he had stylishly killed with seven Ice Chasers on his back, but not a single one came into play. For a Battle Mage, the most class-specific magic Chasers were completely useless. This was too outrageous.

Xiao Yun was just about to say something when he heard the captain call from behind, "Xiao Yun, don't waste time talking trash with him."

Trash talk? Xiao Yun was stunned.

In Glory matches, the messages of mockery and provocation between the two sides were called trash talk, but now, in the online game, the other party had omitted the act of typing and directly spoke it out with voice. As professional players, they had to learn to get used to these situations. Trash talk masters deliberately found the loopholes in your psychology to stimulate your emotions with words. Few people were really just trying to be quick-witted. This was also a way of psychological warfare.

Xiao Yun took a deep breath. There were two ways to deal with trash talk. One was to use trash talk to fight back and see who was better. The second was to choose to ignore it, maintain your mentality, and continue doing what you should do. Currently, the one who integrated these two methods to the greatest extent was Huang Shaotian. This guy either talked to himself, completely ignoring what the other party said, or launched a screen-swiping attack, which belonged to group damage, directly mocking the other team.

Trash talk was usually an extremely severe challenge for newcomers. For example, Gao Yingjie was regarded as the key training object for Wang Jiexi's successor. His technical level was already good, but he still didn't have any formal competition experience. It was really because this child's shy and introverted personality still needed to be tempered urgently. If he was sent on stage to face a chatterbox like Huang Shaotian, it wouldn't be impossible for him to be cried to during the match.

After hearing the captain's words, Xiao Yun concentrated and didn't think about what Ye Xiu had just said. He was even more afraid that Ye Xiu would say something even more hurtful. He immediately raised his battle spear and took the initiative to kill. Han Yanrou immediately raised her spear to meet him, and the two Battle Mages instantly fought together.

Everyone subconsciously took a few steps forward, surrounding the circle to see more clearly.

"Record it all," Wang Jiexi instructed, and then he also turned on the recording function.

In battles between the same class, there was a lack of flashy moves and more caution. Because they knew the class inside and out, ordinary routine tactics were basically useless.

Xiao Yun came up with Dragon Tooth, Sky Strike, Falling Flower Palm, and Circle Swing. It was the most basic four-hit skill combo for a Battle Mage, but none of the four consecutive hits hit. During this time, Han Yanrou also used the same four-skill connection, but also failed to hit Yunxiao. Facing this class that he was also very familiar with, Xiao Yun's performance was obviously more confident and skilled.

Roaming, attacking, the two Battle Mages exchanged blows, but the magic Chasers, which were a symbol of the Battle Mage, had never appeared. So far in the battle, neither of them had successfully hit their opponent.

Xiao Yun became more and more energetic as he fought. He found that Ye Qiu, who had taken off the weird class of Unspecialized, was nothing more than this. He was indeed a retired player, very ordinary! It was a pity that this was just a contest between small accounts in the new server online game. If it was in the professional league, the finals, the critical moment, all the teammates were dead, leaving only himself and 一叶之秋 to fight, and the victory or defeat determined the ownership of the championship, and himself...

Seized this opportunity!!

Han Yanrou obviously had a flaw at this time. Xiao Yun didn't miss it. Yunxiao stabbed out with his battle spear like a poisonous snake, hitting the mark! The first magic Chaser in this duel was finally generated. Immediately after, a Sky Strike lifted Han Yanrou up, and the newly generated non-attribute Chaser flew out with it.

The Chaser exploded, dealing magic damage! Yunxiao was also blessed with a movement speed buff at the same time, making him move faster. He quickly caught up, looking at Han Yanrou's figure, wanting to play Shadow Steps, but after all, his skill was not enough. By the time he judged where to move, Han Yanrou was about to fall.

The opponent was not without reaction. A spear stabbed from mid-air, wanting to force Yunxiao back. But in a floating state, this move was obviously a bit flustered. Xiao Yun performed a backflip, and Yunxiao easily dodged it. He quickly took a step forward and blasted a Falling Flower Palm, hitting it squarely. Before the opponent could fly out, he immediately pulled back with a Circle Swing, and Han Yanrou was heavily knocked to the ground.

Xiao Yun was very proud, feeling like he was simply an MVP-level god descending to earth. He rushed forward to continue chasing and attacking. He vaguely seemed to hear something like "I'll come"...

Xiao Yun didn't have time to think about it. He attacked twice in a row, but Han Yanrou on the ground didn't get up and pretended to be dead. Xiao Yun was also a little puzzled, but he heard the captain suddenly shout "Be careful".

As soon as the voice fell, Han Yanrou suddenly rolled up from the ground. Xiao Yun confidently manipulated Yunxiao to rush up with a spear, but he didn't expect that after rolling up, the other party would jump up, just dodging Yunxiao's spear. In mid-air, the battle spear was raised, and a Sky Strike directly hit him. Xiao Yun was shocked and quickly rolled, Yunxiao dodged in a low position.

After landing, Han Yanrou immediately thrust a Dragon Tooth. Yunxiao dodged again, but the opponent's skill was mixed with ordinary attacks that followed closely. While chasing and attacking Yunxiao, she was still talking: "Look, it's best to use some ordinary attacks to adjust the rhythm between skills. While maintaining the situation, the more skills you have available, the better. Like you, using four skills in a row, although the power is great, after using three skills that are on cooldown, there will be fewer choices in tactics in a short period of time, making it easy for the opponent to see through. Not only in the early stage, but also in the later stage, you should pay attention to this point. Although there are more skills in the later stage, the cooldown time of big moves is also longer. It is unwise to line up and use all the skills at the beginning."

"Oh..." Tang Rou replied, standing behind Ye Xiu. Just now, she and Ye Xiu switched hands and fought with this guy who had been knocked into the sky by Ye Xiu yesterday and never fell down. Only after fighting did she realize that this guy who had been teased was not as bad as she thought.

"A character's strongest state is when all the skills haven't been used. Conversely, you should also pay attention to using this point. What skills has the opponent used? What is the cooldown time of this skill? Look, he just used a Falling Flower Palm, so in the next four seconds, the threat of the Falling Flower Palm doesn't exist. Use this opportunity to cut closer. Except for Falling Flower Palm, all the Battle Mage's skills are line attacks or point attacks. We choose a slightly biased position to quickly cut closer. Look, he doesn't have any skills to control us for the time being."

"Ouch, Falling Flower Palm... You talk too much. Four seconds have passed, and his Falling Flower Palm has finished cooling down..." Just as Ye Xiu was preparing to use this opportunity to cut closer and attack, Yunxiao blasted a Falling Flower Palm, and Han Yanrou quickly jumped back to dodge.

"What are you doing? Who are you talking to!!" Xiao Yun shouted.