Chapter 1 The Bloody Dodgeball Tournament Ends

The bloody dodgeball tournament had ended. Many people participated in this event, and it involved round-by-round eliminations. A single game was worth three games from previous All-Star events. However, just one event would be a bit monotonous, so a three-legged race was held afterward.

It was clear that the Tyranny team's All-Star Weekend was highlighting the theme of "teamwork." Both the bloody dodgeball and the three-legged race undoubtedly required excellent teamwork and collaboration.

However, the familiar All-Star-level classic pairings still hadn't appeared in these games. Everyone knew that the climax was being saved for the last day. While watching the interesting matches, they were also eagerly anticipating the third day.

After the three-legged race, the traditional activity of accepting challenges from random audience members took place. This activity was usually handled by the host team sending a player to accept the challenge. Tyranny sent Qin Muyun, a late-blooming rookie who had only appeared in their lineup last season.

This late-blooming rookie fought alongside the Four Heavenly Kings of the Tyranny team and once had a very faint presence. It wasn't until the playoffs that people realized that this player also possessed extraordinary combat power. His presence was faint because the role he played in combat couldn't be easily reflected in the data. This master of positioning used his position to restrain or restrict opponents, which couldn't be recorded by data.

With Qin Muyun in charge, Tyranny's captain, Han Wenqing, went on stage to draw a lucky audience member. There were many Tyranny fans in the audience, which was undoubtedly exciting for them.

After that, Qin Muyun's victory was, of course, a foregone conclusion. However, the players who lost were all confused. During the match, they felt an inexplicable sense of restraint. What was going on? They couldn't figure it out. Qin Muyun's fighting style, which relied on positioning and movement to drive the attack, was so high-end that it completely surpassed the realm that ordinary players could recognize. They might know that such a thing existed, but in actual combat, they couldn't perceive what each of Qin Muyun's Zero Degrees meant.

"How could such an outstanding player only be discovered so late?" Blue Rain's captain, Yu Wenzhou, sighed. He was clearly not the only professional player who thought this way. The various teams were discussing Qin Muyun's performance. Even in matches against ordinary players, his style was fully revealed. For professional players, after realizing the direction of Qin Muyun's talent, it was easier to capture his intentions on the field. However, even so, if they weren't careful, they would still miss him. The oppression formed by positioning and movement felt so subtle and silent. Qin Muyun had attracted everyone's attention, but his presence on the field was still weak.

After a few lucky audience members happily went on stage and lost in a daze, the second day of the All-Star Weekend came to an end. The audience left satisfied and began to look forward to the climax of the All-Star Weekend on the third day: the All-Star Game.

How would the teams be divided? Which people would be seen fighting side by side? Which people would be seen facing off on the field?

Some dream match-ups or combinations might become reality during the All-Star Weekend. Everyone welcomed the third day of the All-Star Weekend with their own expectations.

The venue was very noisy, and everyone was immersed in excitement. The organizers obviously understood the audience's emotions and didn't do anything to keep them in suspense. With introductions one after another, the 24 All-Star players were invited onto the stage one by one.

The audience was excited and shouted. They gave all the All-Star players enough respect. Of course, the loudest cheers were reserved for the Tyranny team's players. When Captain Han Wenqing took the stage, the cheers that surged like a tsunami made it hard to believe that he was only ranked 12th in this year's All-Star vote. The power of the home field made Han Wenqing seem like the number one superstar in Glory. This showed that although Han Wenqing's overall popularity had declined significantly, he was still the unshakable number one figure in the Tyranny team.

In contrast to everyone else, there was Ye Xiu. Only when he appeared did the Tyranny fans not offer applause, but relentless booing. After all, this was the All-Star Weekend show, not the Tyranny team's home field. This behavior was somewhat impolite. However, there was no way around it. The Tyranny fans had deep-seated resentment towards Ye Xiu. For the past season without Ye Xiu and without Excellent Era, the Tyranny fans felt a little lonely. No matter how strong Samsara was, even if they ultimately defeated Tyranny, they were not the biggest enemy in their eyes. Their mortal enemy was still Excellent Era, still Ye Xiu.

Excellent Era was gone, but Ye Xiu had returned, so the hatred was even more concentrated. The Tyranny fans would not hide their feelings. No matter the occasion, they would boo Ye Xiu. This was the law, the iron rule.

Of the 24 players, only Ye Xiu received this cruel treatment. Although Su Mucheng was also from Excellent Era, Tyranny's resentment towards Excellent Era and Ye Xiu stemmed from Excellent Era's initial three consecutive championships. Su Mucheng joined Excellent Era in the year that Tyranny defeated Excellent Era and finally achieved glory. So, very subtly, they didn't have much animosity towards Su Mucheng, a player who brought Tyranny victory when she joined Excellent Era. All the hatred was shouldered by Ye Xiu alone.

The other players looked at this person with completely different treatment with their own feelings.

This person left the professional scene for a year and a half, and then he returned, and immediately stood on this stage that symbolized the highest identity in Glory. Apart from Zhou Zekai, no one was more popular than him. This comeback could be described as quite strong.

Ye Xiu was also looking at the people on the stage. After leaving for a year and a half, the faces standing here seemed a bit unfamiliar and a bit less familiar.

Many of the opponents he had tangled with for many years had already left. Some had left completely, and some were sitting offstage at this time.

Zhang Jiale, Lin Jingyan, Sun Zheping... and Zhao Yang and Deng Fusheng, who might be sitting in front of the TV right now...

They might never set foot on this most gorgeous stage again, but what about himself? How long could he stand here?

Looking at Han Wenqing, Ye Xiu also felt a mix of emotions. At this time, there wasn't even a second-season player on the stage. These two old guys from the first season were stubbornly clinging on.

He was second, and Han Wenqing was twelfth.

Not bad, Ye Xiu thought. However, looking at the rankings of the top ten All-Stars, the presence of the new generation of players was becoming more and more intense.

Zhou Zekai, born in the fifth season, had now firmly established himself as the number one player in Glory. Jiang Botao and Yu Feng from the sixth season, and Sun Xiang and Tang Hao from the seventh season, all occupied the top ten. In addition, there were the three most famous members of the golden generation of the fourth season. Other than that, only Wang Jiexi belonged to the third season.

There aren't many people from the third season left...

Ye Xiu counted and found that apart from Wang Jiexi, there was only Yang Cong left from the third season. Moreover, he was ranked exactly 24th this time, barely making it onto the list. Behind him, a bunch of new juniors were eyeing him covetously. Perhaps he would disappear from this list next year.

Things change!

Looking at so many fresh and young faces, Ye Xiu couldn't help but feel a sense of vicissitude. The host was interviewing the All-Star players on stage one by one, and it was finally Ye Xiu's turn.

"God Ye Xiu has made a strong comeback to this stage as the second-highest vote-getter in the All-Star voting list. I wonder how you're feeling right now?" The host asked, more excited than Ye Xiu.

"Oh, I'm used to it," Ye Xiu said.

Not to mention the audience, even among the All-Star players standing on the stage, some were curling their lips at Ye Xiu.

The host was also slightly stunned before continuing to ask, "I wonder if God Ye Xiu has any expected partners or opponents?"

Ye Xiu scanned the 20-odd people and continued to reply calmly, "It doesn't matter."

"Hahaha, God Ye Xiu is really... so calm!" the host said.

"Because I'm used to it!" Ye Xiu said.

Well, the conversation went back to the same point. The host helplessly began to move on to the next person.

Ye Xiu's next one was, of course, Zhou Zekai. The interviews were obviously conducted in the order of the All-Star voting.

"Little Zhou has once again won the All-Star vote for the first time. I wonder how he feels?" The host didn't call Zhou Zekai "God," but addressed him as "Little Zhou," which seemed quite familiar.

"That goes without saying, he's also used to it!" As a result, Zhou Zekai was still thinking about how to answer, but Ye Xiu answered for him.

Zhou Zekai looked at Ye Xiu, blankly. In the end, he didn't say anything.

"Uh, this..." The host was embarrassed. Zhou Zekai might really be used to it, but you're the only one who would directly reveal this attitude!

Seeing that Zhou Zekai didn't seem to be prepared to say anything more about this, the host had no choice but to continue to the next question, which was still the same old question: "Little Zhou, do you have any partners you're looking forward to working with?"

"What are you partnering up with? Samsara came with four people this time. Are you going to break them up?" Ye Xiu said.

"God Ye... can you please, not speak for now?" The host suppressed the urge to explode.

"Oh, oh, you guys talk, you guys talk," Ye Xiu said.

Talk? What is there to talk about? Who can talk to Zhou Zekai! The host held the microphone, looked at Zhou Zekai, and saw that he still hadn't opened his mouth after a long time, so he quickly repeated the question, "Have you thought about it? Who are you looking forward to working with?"

"Uh..." Zhou Zekai finally opened his mouth, "Our team... has four people."

"Hahahaha!" Ye Xiu laughed wildly. The host gritted his teeth and finally managed to refrain from continuing to ask questions. Originally, the second and first-ranked players should have been asked more questions, which was also a way to take care of their higher popularity. But now...

"Alright, let's take a look at the team assignments for this year's All-Star Game," the host said expressionlessly.