Both characters' life bars hit zero simultaneously, resulting in a draw.
This situation could, of course, happen. In a formal match, both sides would be restored to one-fifth of their health for a short overtime. As for the arena, it would depend on the player's settings. The default setting was a draw, with no forced outcome.
Ye Xiu hadn't touched anything in this room he set up, except for enabling the gambling option, so it was set to the default draw condition.
The training room of Team Tiny Herb was silent at first. After a long while, someone suddenly sighed with emotion, "As expected of the Captain!"
The other team members seemed to wake up from a dream and quickly echoed, "Yes, yes!"
Wang Jiexi's face didn't reveal any joy or anger. He just let out a long breath and took off his headphones.
The training room went silent again.
A draw was already a result that the other members couldn't achieve even with their best efforts. But to be happy about a draw wasn't the spirit a championship team should have. Therefore, while they were amazed by their captain's prowess, they didn't show any joy, especially after seeing the captain's dark and uncertain expression; they all restrained themselves.
"That's all for today!" Wang Jiexi announced.
"Yes," everyone responded.
"From now on, two people will form a group each day, combining freely to practice with Lord Grim. This extra practice isn't required by the club, but I hope everyone can do it and learn something from it. I think everyone knows who Ye Qiu is. His experience, awareness, and even his trash-talking skills are worth learning," Wang Jiexi said.
"Yes."
"Okay, go back and rest! Don't be late for training tomorrow morning," Wang Jiexi said.
The team members logged out of the game one after another, got up, and left in twos and threes with those they were close to. Some people noticed that the captain remained in his seat and didn't move, but they didn't ask any questions. After a moment, only Wang Jiexi was left in the training room.
Back in the game, the team members had naturally all logged off. Ye Xiu saw that they didn't seem to want to fight anymore, so he closed the room. Everyone jumped to the arena selection screen. Wang Jiexi logged out again and returned to the game, standing outside the entrance of the arena. He saw Lord Grim chatting with Che Qianzi of their Herb Garden!
"Thanks for your hard work. How much material stock do you have left?" Wang Xijie's Fierce Flames approached and heard Ye Xiu asking.
Che Qianzi's depression at this moment could be imagined. He stuttered, not knowing how to answer. Suddenly, he saw God Jesse's character approaching and hurriedly moved aside subconsciously.
"Oh, you haven't left yet?" Ye Xiu also saw him.
"Mm," Wang Jiexi responded.
"How is it? Encouraging, isn't it?" Ye Xiu said with a smile.
"Why didn't you just let me win? Wouldn't that be more encouraging?" Wang Jiexi said.
"I don't want to lose either!" Ye Xiu said.
"Yeah, no one wants to lose," Wang Jiexi said.
"Mm, losing means deducting materials," Ye Xiu pointed out.
"..." Wang Jiexi had never really connected winning or losing with these materials. He didn't care whether he won or earned materials at all. But this person in front of him, who should have been a god-level figure on par with him, even stronger than him in terms of historical status, was now haggling over a little bit of material?
If it had been earlier, Wang Jiexi might have felt a sense of the hero's end, but after seeing Ye Xiu's intention for the materials and his behavior of nurturing new talent, Wang Jiexi knew that the lament of a hero's end was really unnecessary.
"Our members will come to find you every night," Wang Jiexi said.
"Welcome, welcome, same rules as before," Ye Xiu said.
"Che Qianzi, try to provide the materials as much as possible. I'll let them know," Wang Jiexi said.
"Oh..." Che Qianzi responded. Most of the materials they obtained were also provided to the club, ultimately to serve the team. Seeing that God Jesse had spoken, Che Qianzi didn't feel too bad about it. Anyway, the stuff wasn't really his. However, Che Qianzi was increasingly curious about just who this Lord Grim was. The way he spoke to God Jesse seemed like they knew each other, but they weren't too familiar. Who could this be? Could it be...
"Alright, I'll log off first then," Wang Jiexi said at this moment.
"Really? Logging off already? The dungeon will reset in a bit. Not going to run a dungeon?" Ye Xiu said.
"You keep it up," Wang Jiexi said. He didn't have so much time to run these low-level dungeons.
"Tell your members to level up properly! I'm leveling for more than ten hours a day. I won't be responsible if you fall behind too much by then," Ye Xiu said.
This really was a problem. Wang Jiexi didn't answer, thinking while logging off. They were a professional team, and it was too much of a waste of time to level up small accounts. It seemed that they had to find a power leveler to help boost the level of the small accounts.
Materials, power leveling... all this busy work, what was the ultimate goal? To be defeated by Lord Grim?
Wang Jiexi sorted out his thoughts and couldn't help but laugh. And it wasn't just that. They were even acting as practice partners for others! Ye Qiu's business was simply a win-win situation!
However, besides finding a rare practice partner, we also had some unexpected discoveries... Wang Jiexi sat in the training room, pondered for a moment, and then left.
The next day, the time for hunting bosses in the evening arrived again. Although Wang Jiexi said that only two people needed to come each day, Team Tiny Herb was all present again that night. Everyone was enthusiastic, and Wang Jiexi wouldn't fuss about it. Only Che Qianzi suffered.
He calculated the cost of materials that Team Tiny Herb spent fighting Lord Grim yesterday. If Team Tiny Herb kept losing without winning, their Herb Garden's stock would only last for four more days. Even if they included the income from these four days, it would only be five days.
This was just the new server. Lord Grim was asking for all rare materials. Luckily it was Herb Garden; they could still support it for four or five days. If it were an entertainment guild established by ordinary players, they couldn't even afford a single match. Those guilds didn't have clear management systems. The dungeon drops were randomly rolled for and went into individual pockets. What could the guild earn? Only these club-backed guilds had a mature management system, using a series of measures to conduct equal value exchanges with guild players, each taking what they needed. Otherwise, players were just here to play games, not to work as slaves. Why would they obediently hand over all the drops from dungeons to the guild?
Che Qianzi saw that Team Tiny Herb was here to spectate again, and he really had no place to complain. He could only strengthen the transactions and acquisitions on the market while praying that the team would be strong today and not lose endlessly.
Ye Xiu arrived with Tang Rou again. The rules remained the same: Tang Rou first, then Ye Xiu.
Yesterday, everyone was busy fighting and didn't add each other as friends. Today, they were polite and added each other as friends. They also showed due respect to the seniors from Tiny Herb. The scene was harmonious.
While spectating, Tang Rou, who had just lost, suddenly received a message. She opened it and saw it was from the Gunslinger named Fallen Angel: "Sis, it's boring to just watch the matches. How about we play a few rounds?"
"Sure!" Tang Rou readily accepted. She left the room with Liu Fei, and the two created a one-on-one room and entered. Tang Rou glanced and saw that someone else had followed them in to watch. Looking closer, she recognized Fierce Flames. Tang Rou knew that this person was probably the leader of their group.
The countdown ended, and the two started fighting.
Tang Rou was even more pitiful than Tiny Herb yesterday. She lost all eleven matches, and no one even let her win. Although the members of Team Tiny Herb had varying strengths, they were more than capable of dealing with Tang Rou. Out of the eleven people, except for the match against Qiao Yifan's Gray Moon which lasted longer, the other ten basically ended the battle in about a minute. These guys were all eager to compete with Lord Grim, so they were very ruthless towards Tang Rou.
The opponent in front of her, Tang Rou knew was also a female. The day before, when Ye Xiu brought them, he had taught her a lesson pretty badly. But now, when she went up to duel, she was controlled everywhere. This feeling was almost the same as when she dueled Ye Xiu for the first time.
1 minute and 47 seconds!
This was the time Tang Rou lost this time. Compared to yesterday, she lasted 20 seconds longer. She remembered it so clearly because she had recorded every match yesterday. In the second half of the night after finishing the dungeon, Ye Xiu analyzed many problems for her in each match. Tang Rou had been looking forward to competing again tonight.
In the previous match she just lost, she had improved in terms of the time she lasted. It was a pity that they couldn't wait to find Ye Xiu after the fight, and the fight with Ye Xiu didn't end as quickly as it did with her, so she had to wait for a long time on the side. This Gunslinger girl actually took the initiative to invite her to fight, and Tang Rou couldn't have wished for more.
Unfortunately, she still lost in the end. But with Ye Xiu's analysis from yesterday, Tang Rou could now notice many problems herself. It was a pity that it was always hindsight. After a round passed, she suddenly realized: Oh, I shouldn't have done that there. Obviously, connecting theory with practice wasn't that easy.
"Coming again?" Liu Fei asked with a smile.
"Of course," Tang Rou answered without hesitation.
Another match, ended in 1 minute and 50 seconds, not much different from the previous one.
"Let's go again!" This time, Tang Rou took the initiative to invite the battle.
Defeated in 1 minute and 44 seconds.
"You fought pretty well too," Liu Fei said.
Was she comforting her? Tang Rou was helpless. She didn't like any comfort. She hoped to hear these words when she won.
"It's my turn over there. I'll leave first," Liu Fei suddenly said.
"Oh..." When Tang Rou responded, Liu Fei had already quickly exited the room, leaving her answer in the empty arena. Tang Rou suddenly felt very lost. This feeling of not being valued at all was really terrible.
"You fought well indeed." Another voice suddenly sounded. Tang Rou turned her perspective and saw that Fierce Flames had actually entered the arena.
"May I ask what your name is? I mean, your real name," Wang Jiexi said.
"Tang Rou."
"Oh, how about we try a match?" Wang Jiexi said.
"Sure!" Tang Rou felt a little surprised that the strongest one in the opposing team actually took the initiative to fight her.
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Um, um... would you believe me if I said it was noon now? (To be continued, please log in to see more chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!)