Chapter 1 "Wuji is fighting well!" Chen Yehui blurted out, pretending, but in fact, this was a carefully considered opening line.

"Indeed, not bad." Tao Xuan nodded repeatedly. In reality, after Wuji was eliminated from the professional alliance and went through multiple roster changes, its tactical level was no longer worthy of attention from the嘉世 (Jiashi) giant. However, given that Wuji was currently helping them solve problems, the demands were not so strict for the time being. Seeing that they had suppressed Team Happy, they immediately gave them a "not bad" evaluation.

"Ah… what a pity!" Chen Yehui saw a critical moment, drawing out his voice with an invested expression, but in the end, he expressed his regret.

With this repeated attempt to make his presence known, Tao Xuan finally couldn't ignore him any longer. He didn't call Chen Yehui over to admire the match together.

"Recently, Ye Qiu seems to have gained quite a bit in the Realm of Gods?" Tao Xuan asked casually while watching the match. However, the more casual he seemed, the more it revealed a certain attitude. Ye Qiu! He only mentioned Ye Qiu in his words, not Team Happy, which showed that in his eyes, the main threat from Happy came from Ye Qiu. The threat worthy of his attention was Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu's existence could represent everything.

"Uh… let me put it this way!" Chen Yehui considered his words and said, "If it were just Ye Qiu alone, the gains would be incredibly impressive. But he also gathered the power of four guilds, plus himself, making a total of five forces, competing together. So after snatching the Boss, the spoils must be divided among everyone. When you calculate it that way, the profits are just so-so."

"What do you mean, 'so-so'?" Tao Xuan was a little dissatisfied with this ambiguous wording, but seeing as he was in a good mood watching the match, he didn't dwell on it too much. He just glanced at Chen Yehui, indicating for him to explain it clearly.

"Because the actual time they participated in the competition wasn't long, and there were many ups and downs, it's impossible to accurately assess it yet. If we're just talking about current gains, divided among the five families, it's about the same as the top guilds. But we can't see how sustainable it is." Chen Yehui said quickly.

"What about our earnings during this period?" Tao Xuan asked.

This was the question Chen Yehui feared the most. Because Jia Dynasty's earnings during this period were really terrible. If they had always been a small-to-medium guild, it would be one thing, but the key was that they had a glorious past. Logically speaking, even after the team's relegation for a year, Jia Shi's foundation could completely withstand it. Even a relegated team could bring in a star player like Xiao Shiqin, so the guild side shouldn't have been affected. But precisely at this time, Jia Dynasty was particularly unlucky in snatching Bosses. Fortunately, this misfortune wasn't limited to Jia Dynasty alone. Chen Yehui quickly mentioned the summer vacation, many professional players intervening in Boss snatching, plus Ye Qiu's continued enthusiasm for it…

Hearing this, Tao Xuan was speechless. He couldn't help but think of the early days of the alliance. Back then, there was no such thing as a vacation. At that time, the alliance didn't have 20 teams like it did now, the season was shorter, and the vacations were longer. But during vacations, almost all professional players voluntarily rushed into the game, actively plundering resources and fighting for equipment for their teams. In the early days of the alliance, silver equipment wasn't the mainstream yet, and orange equipment was the ultimate gear everyone used to arm themselves.

Jia Shi's ability to establish a three-peat dynasty was also due to the solid foundation laid by actively stockpiling during this time of year. Back then, the captain who spared no effort in charging into traps for Jia Shi had become the biggest headache for Tao Xuan.

Thinking of this, Tao Xuan felt annoyed again. He didn't hear clearly what Chen Yehui said next. It seemed that Cui Li, in coordination with Chen Yehui's explanation, handed over the materials. Tao Xuan picked them up, casually flipped through them, and said absentmindedly, "Let's watch the match first. I don't think he'll get through this round so easily."

He, not them. Tao Xuan had only been paying attention to one person in Team Happy.

"Wuji is quite familiar with this map." Cui Li took the opportunity to share his views on the match, "Using the waving banners to cover the characters' movements, they occupy opposite sides, but there is still a connection between them. Large-scale attacks form a blanket of fire, completing the encirclement."

"Actually, if they were bolder, they could even have the sixth player replace the healer, adding an extra attack point. Currently, because of the characteristics of this map, Happy's players can't fully concentrate." Chen Yehui joined the discussion.

"They seem to be planning to do just that." Cui Li looked at the match. From the God's perspective, they saw Wuji's healer moving to the call-for-aid area under the cover of the banners. Soon, the sixth player, an elemental mage, replaced the healer. As Chen Yehui said, in a dominant position, they simply gave up on supplies and added a fire point, striving to inflict the greatest damage on their opponents.

The five attackers, each skilled in area-of-effect attacks, brought Wuji's fire coverage to its peak at this moment. As the attacks spread, sometimes hitting the banners, they would trigger the effects of the banner-marked area. There were more and more water pits and fire pits on the map. These areas, once exposed, would no longer refresh and hide themselves. It was easier to identify than planting a flag.

Team Happy struggled to hold on under these circumstances. There seemed to be no coordination between them, and each character was relying on their own skills to dodge. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was also shouldering the responsibility of healing, occasionally helping his teammates recover health. But a散人 (sanren) healer was not as effective as a professional healer. Using mana for healing was a low cost-performance thing for a sanren.

"This healer is quite poor." Chen Yehui concluded, feeling a little gleeful when he saw Ye Xiu struggling to support his teammates because they couldn't handle it.

"Wherever Ye Qiu heals, he heals there. What's the point of having him if he doesn't even have that much judgment?" Chen Yehui laughed.

Who knew that as soon as he said that, Tao Xuan and Cui Li's expressions immediately changed.

Wherever Ye Qiu heals, he heals there.

Even the dumbest healer wouldn't need someone to guide them by hand like that. To bring someone with that level of skill into the team as such an important member, Ye Qiu must be out of his mind.

So there was only one possibility: the other party was doing it on purpose. Ye Qiu had deliberately arranged for him to follow his rhythm for healing.

This healer's level wasn't very high, but it wasn't as bad as they had imagined. Was Ye Qiu's approach the most cost-effective way for their team to survive at the moment?

Thinking this, the three couldn't help but start paying attention to Little Cold Hands' healing techniques.

Movement, healing target—everything was imitating Lord Grim. But in the end, Lord Grim couldn't demonstrate the skill choices. Perhaps Ye Qiu could give him hints, but at least in the team's command channel, it was clean, without any information entered by Lord Grim.

Direct voice prompts were also possible…

The three couldn't help but think of this. In online matches, there was no supervision. Sitting together, just like playing games online, shouting and giving each other hints wasn't impossible.

The reason for this suspicion was that the healer's final healing technique was impeccable. The choice of skills, the timing of release, were all aimed at maximizing the effect. All consumption was converted into effective healing, without a single point of overflow or the need for extra remedies due to insufficiency.

This healer was very good at calculations, or rather… very meticulous and calculated.

The three club giants with discerning eyes already had this feeling.

This kind of support must be able to delay the match to the greatest extent. What was the purpose of doing this? Just to eke out a bit more time?

None of the three thought so, because that guy was on the field over there.

Other grassroots players might not be familiar with this map, but how could he not be? Although there were many optional maps in Glory, even experienced old players couldn't be familiar with every map. However, not every map had a unique characteristic. Map characteristics crossed and multiplied, plus adjustments in some areas, resulting in so many maps. For old players, they weren't familiar with every map, but rather every setting and every terrain characteristic. In this way, even if they hadn't played a map before, they wouldn't be distracted by the unfamiliar environment and characteristics. They could always quickly capture the characteristics of the map and find ways to utilize it, or rather, ways to solve the predicament.

Right now, in the Quán Yán Qí Hǎi (Spring Flame Flag Sea), had Ye Qiu found a solution?

Tao Xuan, Cui Li, and Chen Yehui didn't want this to happen, but deep down, subconsciously, they already felt that this was bound to happen. To lose the match so miserably, could this happen to that person?

Even if he died, that guy would give his opponents a big scare before he died!

Boom!

Wu Chen's Xiaochun guided a missile that roared down, a mushroom cloud bloomed, and two more pieces of ground collapsed. The sunken mud was quickly submerged by gurgling springs, while the other was quickly engulfed in flames, turning into magma.

They touched two more flag-marked areas. This was no longer a surprise to Wuji's onslaught.

Wu Chen quickly prepared for the next strike, but when he looked out again, he was stunned.

The ground was full of potholes, and there were so many water and fire pits already. This terrain was much more tortuous than the previous flat ground. But why did it look so vast?

Wu Chen was a professional player through and through. With three years of professional experience, he had more high-level combat experience than He An.

That's not right! Wu Chen's uneasiness suddenly burst out.

Hu Die Lan