Chapter 170 The Sky Arena

The individual competition segment was over, with Happy temporarily leading 3 to 2. However, Wang Jiexi’s performance in the individual stage had completely changed the atmosphere. Even if Tiny Herb was leading 5 to 0, it probably wouldn't be like this, right?

This atmosphere made Chen Guo feel uncomfortable again.

Happy was clearly still in the lead, and the team competition hadn’t even started yet, but at this moment, Tiny Herb’s fans acted as if they had already secured the final victory.

Was it all because of Wang Jiexi?

Chen Guo looked at the Tiny Herb fans she could see around the edge of the arena. The focus of their gazes was indeed their captain, Wang Jiexi. Because Wang Jiexi had appeared in the individual stage, and because Wang Jiexi would definitely appear in the team competition, they suddenly had a different kind of confidence. Chen Guo felt that this confidence was a bit blind. Tiny Herb’s performance in the individual stage was outstanding, but their team competition performance couldn't be considered particularly strong.

This noise almost completely filled the break between the individual and team competitions, making it a bit difficult for Happy’s players to communicate on the sidelines. If the environment during these breaks was always like this, then returning to the rest area seemed like a necessary thing to do.

"These guys who are得意(déyì, pleased with themselves) for no reason need to be shut up!" Fang Rui declared. Everyone knew what he was referring to.

"Don't let these emotions affect you. Think about how calm I was when we were at Tyranny's home stadium," Ye Xiu said.

"Can you really let us say that?" Chen Guo said.

"It's an objective fact! Isn't everyone the same?" Ye Xiu said.

"But when you say that, everyone loses all motivation to learn. Don't believe me? Ask them," Chen Guo said.

"None at all," Fang Rui said.

"Heh," Tang Rou said.

"Baozi, shut up!" Seeing that Baozi was about to speak, Chen Guo quickly stopped him.

"Alright, since everyone is so annoyed by their arrogance, let's give them a good beating in the team competition! Let's focus on Wang Jiexi," Ye Xiu said.

"Have you lost your mind too!" Chen Guo exclaimed.

Qiao Yifan weakly raised his hand at this moment and asked, "Wasn't the preparation for this match supposed to focus on attacking Wang Jiexi?"

"Huh?" Chen Guo was stunned and realized that she seemed to have been tricked again…

"Get ready to go on stage!" Ye Xiu called out.

Happy’s away match against Tiny Herb had finally reached the moment of deciding the final outcome. The players from both sides who were about to participate in the team competition stepped onto the stage.

Happy: Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Fang Rui, Tang Rou, An Wenyi, Qiao Yifan.

Tiny Herb: Wang Jiexi, Xu Bin, Gao Yingjie, Liu Xiaobie, Yuan Boqing, Liang Fang.

"Uh, neither team has made any major adjustments to their team lineup. They're both using their usual lineups," commentator Pan Lin said on the show after seeing the list of players on the big screen.

"The only adjustment Happy has made is that Tang Rou is starting, and Qiao Yifan is playing as the sixth player," Li Yibo said.

"This should be a signal that they're going for a strong offensive!" Pan Lin said.

"It looks like it," Li Yibo nodded.

"Hahaha, attacking strongly as the away team, what spirit," Ruan Cheng laughed, but everyone could hear that his laughter was ridiculing Happy's overestimation of their abilities.

"On Tiny Herb’s side, Yuan Boqing is using the cleric, Dong Chong Xia Cao (Cordyceps sinensis), today. This should also be a signal that they're going on the offensive!" Pan Lin said. The healers on Tiny Herb's team are a major feature. The healing players will register two healing characters, and then the players will use the cleric or guardian envoy in different matches. From this choice, we can roughly see the direction of Tiny Herb's intentions for this match.

"It's Tiny Herb's home field, there's no reason for them to prioritize defense," Ruan Cheng said.

"Well, it looks like this will be a fierce head-to-head battle. I'm looking forward to it," Pan Lin said.

As they were discussing, the players on the field had completed their pre-match greetings and entered their competition booths. The match entered countdown.

"Let's take a look at Tiny Herb's map selection for the team competition," Pan Lin said.

"Sky Arena!" Li Yibo was stunned as soon as he saw the final map loaded.

"Choosing this map for the team competition… is really rare!" Pan Lin was also surprised.

Sky Arena was a very simple map for the team competition. The only change in terrain on this map was the steps. The outermost area was the stands that went from high to low, and the center was the arena stage, which was surrounded by steps that went from low to high.

"On this map… there shouldn't be too many complex tactical deployments that utilize the map," Li Yibo said.

"The use of the height difference of the steps. Does Tiny Herb have any special research on this?" Pan Lin said.

"This…" Li Yibo searched his mind for the details of Tiny Herb's matches, but couldn't come to any conclusions for the moment.

"Tiny Herb's aggressive stance, this can be considered very thorough, right!" Ruan Cheng said.

"Let's see which direction they'll be attacking," Li Yibo said. Clearly, he agreed with Ruan Cheng's opinion this time.

Soon, the characters from both teams were loaded, each refreshing in the fighter's entry position at either end of the arena. Although the opponents couldn't be seen because of the tall arena stage in the center, the distance between the two sides was actually quite close. At least, for the team competition spawn points.

"Sky Arena, what do you say, should we go straight up to the stage to decide the victory?" Ye Xiu said in the chat, but the characters from Happy didn't immediately start to move.

"Or, Old Wang, why don't you just step out and let's have a fight? The losing team will all gg, how about it?" Seeing that the other side didn't respond, Ye Xiu provoked again.

The Tiny Herb team still didn't react, but the audience was already exploding because of Ye Xiu's arrogance.

"I think I can basically understand Tyranny's hatred for him," Tang Rou said to the others on the sidelines. Losing to Ye Xiu and Excellent Era three times in a row was something they could tolerate, but the key was that they lost every time after being mocked and provoked like this. It was truly frustrating. Such an arrogant posture usually appeared on the villains, who were waiting to be defeated by the righteous protagonist. But now the protagonist couldn't beat them and was instead destroyed by such a villain. Imagine how disgusted the audience must be? And that disgust lasted for three years. It was very scientific that the Tyranny team hated him so much.

At this moment, Tiny Herb's fans were already a little crazy, but the players on the field seemed to be quite calm. No one responded in the chat. Tiny Herb's characters were moving forward according to their established tactics.

"You can't possibly want me to let you use one hand, right?" Ye Xiu was still saying.

"Alright, why all the nonsense?" Wang Jiexi finally replied, filled with indifference to Ye Xiu's trash talk.

Over here, Ye Xiu sent a "relieved" emoji: "I thought none of you were here!"

"We're here!" Wang Jiexi replied again. Tiny Herb's five players instantly appeared on the edge of the arena stage in the middle, looking down and greeting Happy's five players.

"Don't move, let them come down!" Ye Xiu commanded directly in the public chat.

Tiny Herb didn't hesitate and immediately rushed down the steps.

"Oh, they really came down. Let's retreat!" Ye Xiu shouted again in the public chat.

So the Happy characters began to climb back up the steps of the stands behind them, and the high ground positions were immediately exchanged.

"Fire!" At the same time as Ye Xiu sent the message, Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain launched the first attack of the match.

Cannonballs flew out with tongues of fire, and Tiny Herb's five players scattered, of course, no one was hit. But in terms of professional composition, the Tiny Herb team didn't have any long-range attackers. No one could directly engage in a head-on attack with the Launcher. Happy, occupying the high ground, seemed to have an advantage at this time.

"Being on the high ground gives them a certain advantage. If we're talking about using the high ground to decide the winner, then this map is complicated. The steps are in layers, the whole field is like that. Utilizing the high ground needs to be extended to every detail of the offense and defense. It's not like many maps where taking a stronghold completely establishes an advantage," Li Yibo began to comment on the current situation.

"Yes, Happy is currently in a high position, but in this map, Tiny Herb can easily change positions and climb to the same height as Happy," Pan Lin said.

"So the real battle that will occur in this map isn't vertical combat on the steps, but rather horizontal combat," Li Yibo said.

"You're right, Tiny Herb is already arranging themselves like that. They're not paying too much attention to the high position that Happy is temporarily occupying."

"The low position is the inner circle, which has a shorter circumference. It's impossible for Happy to occupy the high position and suppress them all the time," Li Yibo said.

"That's right, Tiny Herb is moving in the inner circle, increasing the horizontal distance from Happy."

"Well, at this position, it's about time to go up."

"Good! Tiny Herb is going up! The two sides are about to engage in horizontal combat on the steps. At this time, the height difference created by each step will affect many details. Tiny Herb must have practiced this specifically, which is probably why they chose this map. Tiny Herb is charging up! Damn!" Li Yibo excitedly commentated, but in the end, he slipped up and an inappropriate word was blurted out on the show. The directors were in a flurry, but it was just one word. After he said it, it was over. Li Yibo had already covered his mouth.

Tiny Herb charged up the steps, but the Happy team came down the steps again…

And from the command in Happy's team chat, everyone saw Happy's intention at this moment.

The central arena stage!

"The central arena stage… if they want to seize the high ground, this is the place they can truly rely on. Unlike the outer stands, the inner circle is the high point, and the outer circle is the low point, so being in the high position won't allow Tiny Herb to break through them horizontally like before," Pan Lin shouted.

"Ah! Tiny Herb is reacting quickly too. They're immediately retreating as well."

"Both sides have the same intention! They're both rushing towards the arena stage."

"So the real place for the duel is actually here? There aren't as many steps here as there are on the stands, but it's still enough to be a battlefield for a ten-person fight."

"Oh no! They haven't reached the arena stage yet. Both sides have launched their attacks at the same time!"

"This isn't just a race. Both sides will use attacks to limit the other's intentions!"

The two teams finally formally engaged.