“The one I want to challenge is senior Ye Xiu from Team Happy.” Li Jiu’s voice spread throughout the stadium.

Everyone was stunned, followed by an uproar.

“Kid, you’ve got guts!!!” The Tyranny fans were that wild, and many immediately shouted like that. Although Ye Xiu was a guy they hated, they never denied Ye Xiu’s strength. And this unknown rookie actually dared to challenge Ye Xiu. Interesting, so interesting. If Ye Xiu could lose, that would be extremely interesting!

At the thought of this possibility, the audience suddenly became excited.

Ye Xiu actually had a sixteen-round winning streak in the individual competition this season. Thinking of this, Tyranny fans were about to die of anger. How could no one stop this arrogant guy?

The All-Star game results were of course not included in the statistics, but it didn’t matter to the Tyranny fans, as long as they could see this guy embarrassed, it would be a happy thing.

This jumping-out player may be a bit insignificant, but this is the All-Star arena, and anything is possible. In a not-so-serious atmosphere, maybe there would be some carelessness, and he would be taken down by the opponent? The gap between top-tier gods and these rookie players isn’t that huge!

“Oh, Li Jiu wants to challenge Ye Xiu from Team Happy! Okay, let’s welcome Captain Ye Xiu to the stage.” The host led the applause, but it was met with a chorus of boos.

“Tsk tsk tsk, you’re really unpopular! How did you get voted into the All-Stars? And second place? Did you secretly pay someone to rig the votes?” Fang Rui said with emotion.

“Why is the power of hatred so great?” Ye Xiu reflected with a serious expression. After being away from the pro scene for a year and a half, the Tyranny fans’ "welcome" to him was still the same!

“Stop being disgusting, hurry up and get on stage!” Wei Chen cursed.

Ye Xiu helplessly got up, amid the boos of the audience, and walked onto the stage with a wry smile.

This was the guy who ranked second in the All-Star voting, and he had never publicly appeared in such occasions before. The host was obviously a little excited as well. Before Ye Xiu even reached him, he had already taken the initiative to greet him.

“Hello, Senior Ye Xiu, it’s been a long time since you’ve been here, right?” The host also addressed Ye Xiu as a senior.

“Yes.” Ye Xiu nodded. Tyranny’s home stadium? He hadn’t been here since he retired in the eighth season. He had played against Tyranny this season, but that time it was at Happy’s home stadium. Tracing back like that, Ye Xiu couldn’t even remember how long it had been since he had been here.

“Returning to an old place, what are your thoughts?” The host asked with a smile, obviously aware of the attention between Ye Xiu and Tyranny, so he deliberately asked such a topic.

“Heh heh, still as noisy as ever,” Ye Xiu said.

“Tch…”

The audience cooperated specially, creating a noisy booing sound.

“What are your thoughts on being the first one singled out for a challenge?” The host continued to ask.

“Well-deserved,” Ye Xiu said.

“Ah? What does that mean?” The host was a little puzzled.

“First place, ah!” Ye Xiu said.

The host petrified. What kind of sophistry was this? The host resisted the urge to join the audience in booing.

“Okay, next, let’s ask Li Jiu, why did you choose to challenge Senior Ye Xiu?” The host ignored Ye Xiu and went to take care of the rookie.

“Because Senior Ye Xiu’s performance this season has been very outstanding, so I want to try to challenge him,” Li Jiu replied.

“Oh, so you’re saying you want to end Senior Ye Xiu’s winning streak here?” the host said.

“I wouldn’t dare!” Li Jiu replied quickly, but there was still a hint of anticipation hidden in his eyes.

So the host turned to Ye Xiu and asked with a smile, “Senior Ye Xiu, do you acknowledge that if you lose this match, the winning streak will end?”

Ye Xiu smiled and said, "If I win, will you add another round to my winning streak?"

“Haha, fans who are interested will definitely remember.” The host was also a quick-witted and talented person, and after parrying the question, he quickly pulled over this topic: “Then do you two have anything to say to each other?”

“Cheer up, kid. I’m very serious and brutal on the field,” Ye Xiu said.

The audience booed again, and the host was filled with emotion. The feud between Ye Xiu and Tyranny was truly not for nothing. He had only been on stage for a few minutes, and this was already the fourth time for such a neat and powerful chorus of boos, right?

“Please enlighten me, Senior.” Li Jiu replied very ordinarily, and was immediately startled by the earth-shattering applause that resounded through the venue. Li Jiu was a little confused. Was what he said really that brilliant?

Of course, his words weren’t brilliant at all, it was just that the Tyranny fans wanted to embarrass Ye Xiu, so they were deliberately giving him applause.

The two had already entered the competition seats and loaded their characters. The host retreated to the side of the stage. This happy farce didn’t require the commentators to be too serious. He just stood on the side of the stage like a fan, commenting on the match.

“Okay, the challenge has begun. Let’s see how serious and cold-blooded Ye Xiu is.”

“The two sides have made contact. The fight has begun.”

“Ouch!”

“Ouch!”

“Ouch, ouch!!”

“This… Li Jiu can’t completely withstand Ye Xiu’s seriousness and coldness, ah!”

“Alright, it’s over…”

In just over a minute, the match ended. Li Jiu didn’t lose too amateurishly, but when he came out, his face was still flushed red. This match was completely one-sided. It could be said that he had no ability to parry. The unspecialized class, could it really be that powerful? Like many others, Li Jiu only knew after experiencing it firsthand that fighting the unspecialized class was not as simple as imagined. No matter how much preparation was done beforehand, it was useless in the match. Only subconscious reactions and operations could keep up with the unspecialized’s combat rhythm. And this was only keeping up with the rhythm; he hadn’t even done that, let alone win.

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior.” Li Jiu lost convincingly and felt ashamed for the slightest illusion he had held in his heart.

“Keep up the good work.” Ye Xiu smiled, then waved to the audience, and walked off the stage amid the boos.

“Too much, to be so cruel to a newcomer!”

“Yes, completely inhumane!”

“Any other player would probably be more gentle than him!”

There were all kinds of discussions in the audience, and not in whispers at all. Everyone wanted these voices to reach Ye Xiu’s ears so that he would be embarrassed.

But unfortunately, amid the discussions, Ye Xiu was at ease and chatted happily with the Happy players beside him.

“It’s a pity that Li Jiu couldn’t end Ye Xiu’s winning streak, ah!” The host said jokingly on the stage, then glanced at the name card in his hand: “So next, we have the new player from Team Miracle, Guo Shao!”

“Oh, Guo Shao, I’ve paid attention to this player, he’s very good!!”

Compared to the player Li Jiu who took the stage in the previous round, the audience was obviously more energetic this round. Team Miracle, this new team that had just entered the Alliance, had 58 points and was ranked 14th after seventeen rounds, which was quite good for a new team. Although this team mainly relied on absorbing players from the disbanded Excellent Era, Guo Shao, this new player that Miracle brought into the Alliance themselves, still attracted attention from all sides. Judging from many individual statistics, Guo Shao was a very strong contender for this season’s Best Rookie. Even though Team Miracle’s overall performance was still weak, there was no reason for a new player to bear the responsibility for a team’s performance. This was a very significant difference between selecting the Best Rookie and the Most Valuable Player.

The Best Rookie mainly takes into account the rookie player’s performance and statistics.

And for the Most Valuable Player, the team’s results are an extremely important consideration. Otherwise, where would the “Most Valuable” come from?

Guo Shao won good applause from the audience, but soon, boos filled the entire venue again.

“Uh, the one I want to challenge is also Senior Ye Xiu…” Guo Shao said on the stage.

Ye Xiu was stunned. He hadn’t even warmed his seat yet, and he had to go on stage again?

“Go, go, you have to get a winning streak, oh!” Fang Rui said gleefully.

Ye Xiu helplessly got up again, smiled wryly again, and walked onto the stage amid the boos of the audience.

“Ha, I didn’t expect to see you again so soon.” The host greeted Ye Xiu with a smile.

“Easy, easy,” Ye Xiu said.

“So Guo Shao, why did you also choose Ye Xiu as your challenger?” The host asked Guo Shao.

“I’ve been looking forward to a rematch with Senior ever since we played against each other in the league last time!” Guo Shao didn’t hide his excitement.

“Sounds like you’ve come prepared this time?” the host said with a smile.

“Of course,” Guo Shao nodded.

“Is that so? Then let me see how prepared you are!” Ye Xiu said.

“Okay, Senior, let’s begin!” Guo Shao ran to the competition seat.

A few minutes later…

“The preparation was alright,” Ye Xiu said.

“But I still lost,” Guo Shao said with a look of frustration.

“Winning isn’t that simple,” Ye Xiu said.

“The rapid interaction of so many low-level skills gives the unspecialized class very strong mobility, ah!” Guo Shao said with emotion.

“Yes, it’s very difficult for Gunners who need to keep their distance in combat!” Ye Xiu said.

“Yes, I thought of some ways, but it seems that it’s still not enough this time, ah!” Guo Shao said.

“Hehe, I told you, it’s not that simple,” Ye Xiu said.

“But the slide tackle followed by Arc Flash, I think the connection was a bit slow,” Guo Shao said.

“Oh? You noticed that!” Ye Xiu said.

“But it’s still difficult to capture that moment,” Guo Shao scratched his head.

“Do I need to say for the third time that it’s not that simple?” Ye Xiu said with emotion.

“I will continue to work hard and practice!” Guo Shao gave Ye Xiu a thumbs up.

“Okay, looking forward to the next meeting,” Ye Xiu nodded.

“Thank you both for the wonderful match.” The host on the stage said with a helpless expression, “But I say, you two, next time don’t just focus on chatting with each other, remember to say a few words to the audience too, ah?” Watching the backs of the two who had finished the match and walked off the stage chatting to themselves, the host complained weakly.