Chapter 1781 The Shadow in His Heart

An Wenyi was stunned. Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Xinjie had already walked past him and was shaking hands with the next player from Happy.

It seemed like a casual remark, but since it came from Zhang Xinjie, it couldn't be just a polite compliment. This strictly disciplined vice-captain of Tyranny would surely have sufficient basis for saying such a thing.

Everyone on Team Happy had been supporting and trusting him. An Wenyi was moved by this, and he worked hard because of it, but there was always a sliver of uncertainty in his heart. This sliver of uncertainty was magnified by one defeat after another, making him constantly doubt himself.

He was too rational, so much so that the team's concern couldn't completely dispel the gloom in his heart.

But Zhang Xinjie, the player he admired most, known for his rigor, said the words he needed to hear most, at the time he needed them most.

The gloom in his heart was thus easily dispelled. Perhaps this was what they called opportunity.

He could definitely do it, because even Zhang Xinjie thought so, so there really couldn't be any mistake!

An Wenyi's heart was filled with such voices at this moment. He raised his head, faced each of Tyranny's players, smiled at them, and shook their hands.

Happy lost to Tyranny 2 to 8 in the end. This match, which was broadcast on television, didn't leave behind many memorable moments. The broadcaster regretted it a bit, because another match, Blue Rain at home against Samsara, was exceptionally exciting. In the end, Blue Rain won 7 to 3. After losing to Hundred Blossoms, Samsara suffered another defeat. The gap between them and the second-place team on the leaderboard had also been reduced to less than 20 points. The invincible impression of Team Samsara was finally starting to crack after another loss.

However, although this match was very exciting, the most unexpected match of the round was the one between Thunderclap at home against 301. As a result, 1 to 9, Thunderclap lost miserably. More importantly, their team, which was as strong as Samsara, had lost again.

The reason?

301's Yang Cong once again used a desperate strike, directly taking away Xiao Shiqin's Immolation.

From Happy to Tyranny, and then to Thunderclap, this was the third time Yang Cong had successfully used a desperate strike, directly taking away a key figure from the opponent's formation, helping his team win.

Yang Cong, who wasn't originally this type of assassin, had become so crazy after the transformation. In five rounds of matches, he had used a desperate strike three times, and what was even more terrifying was that all three times he had succeeded. Such a usage rate, such a success rate, was terrifyingly suffocating.

In addition, another point worth noting was that, apart from the 19th round when Yang Cong assassinated Happy's Little Cold Hands in a solo performance, Bai Shu played a crucial role in both the 21st round against Zhang Xinjie's Stone Not Turning, and in this round against Xiao Shiqin's Immolation.

What was this player's style? How could he cooperate so well with the 301 team's players as soon as he arrived? There was no information about this person in the league, and the teams were already contacting the English Super League to inquire and investigate Bai Shu's strength in depth. Everyone felt that 301 was now on the rise. Although they were still in ninth place on the leaderboard, 301 had been defeating strong teams in recent rounds and rising in the ranks. Teams like Howling, on the other hand, had been playing against mid-to-low-tier teams in the past few rounds, which made them seem like they were advancing smoothly. If they ran into a strong team and faltered, with a strong pursuer like 301 behind them, they could easily be kicked out of the top eight in just two or three rounds.

Team 301...

Suddenly became an unknown formidable enemy in the eyes of the various teams. All the teams were studying them, including Happy. However, with Happy's current ability, it was really difficult to obtain information about the English Super League. Online searches turned up very few videos. In the end, after searching high and low, and jumping over walls and breaking out of prison, they finally managed to climb onto the English video website and collected quite a lot of match data from Bai Shu's former team, "Sprout," in the English Super League.

However, when they took another look at the team's match videos, it was really a bit scary.

Bai Shu used a knight named "Bough" in that team. Besides his knight, the team actually had two assassin characters. In team matches, both assassins were on the field at the same time, instead of being rotated. However, the team matches here were a bit different from those in the Glory Professional League. The team matches in the English Super League were played in a six-on-six format.

The play style that the Sprout team was keen on was the one that 301 was particularly keen on using at the moment: the assassin's desperate strike. One of the important responsibilities that Bai Shu's Bough had to bear in this team was to cover the two assassins and ensure that their desperate strike could succeed. After watching several match videos, it could also be seen that Bai Shu was not just a covering expert. When the assassin performed a desperate strike, he would also control the target as needed. And sometimes, when the desperate strike failed to exhaust the target's life, Bai Shu would become a finisher, completing the final assassination of the target who had been hit by the desperate strike but whose life was almost gone.

His awareness, his skills, his habits, all of this couldn't be summarized in a short time. It would take a lot of time to study. The major teams were very depressed! This season, wasn't there enough to learn from scratch?

Ye Xiu's unspecialized Lord Grim, Fang Rui's Wretched Qi Master, and now, 301 had also joined in the fun, bringing in a master that everyone knew nothing about.

There was no way around it. No matter how annoying they found it, this work still had to be done. However, Team Happy was very lucky in this regard. Their next encounter with Team 301 would be in the 38th round, which was the last match of the regular season. They had the longest time to study Bai Shu and the 301 team after Yang Cong's transformation.

At this time, what made Happy even more headache was probably the problem of their healer. After losing to Tyranny in the 23rd round, criticism of An Wenyi continued. Even Chang Xian, who had always been supportive of Happy, expressed his concern.

He has the ability, and we believe in him. Statements like this obviously couldn't have any effect. People wanted to see the most substantial performance, a performance that could be shown off.

But in the 24th round, Happy's away game was against Team He Wu.

With the strength that Happy had shown so far, people didn't think that a team like He Wu, which was ranked downstream, could be considered a test for An Wenyi. It was probably like sweeping Zhao Hua 10 to 0. The offensive end could use its strength to cover up the shortcomings of the defensive end's healing.

As a result, in this match's team competition, Happy encountered trouble.

"Did you think you could easily defeat us like you defeated Zhao Hua? Don't be too arrogant!" He Wu's captain, the judo player Wu Shuai, shouted triumphantly in the public channel.

About eight minutes into the match, He Wu's lineup remained intact, but Team Happy, Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash had been sent off the field. Happy was temporarily at a disadvantage with one less person. He Wu took this opportunity to launch an active and fierce attack, attempting to take down another Happy player before Happy's sixth player arrived.

It's all that guy's fault!

This match wasn't broadcast on television. Players mainly watched it online. Previously, the individual matches were complete, and Happy had only lost one point in the individual competition, leading 4 to 1. But in the team competition, the opening seemed extremely passive. He Wu accurately targeted Happy's weakness: attacking Little Cold Hands fiercely.

Tactics, classes, and map selection were all arranged very well. In the end, Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash was killed by Team He Wu in the process of desperately protecting and covering Little Cold Hands. When they saw this scene, Happy's supporters were really burning with anger.

If it weren't for him, would the whole team need to be so exhausted and caught in a passive situation?

If it weren't for him, Qiao Yifan's ghost array would definitely be able to be arranged more perfectly!

If it weren't for him, would Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash have suffered so much damage?

It was all him, all of it was him.

"I'm better than him!" Many players angrily slammed their keyboards, obviously expressing their angry mood at this time. And now, after killing One Inch Ash, He Wu mobilized their firepower to besiege Fang Rui's Sea No Measure.

"Damn, this healer is like he doesn't even exist!" On the webpage observing the video, the comment section continued to flash with various players' complaints.

Happy's people couldn't see these things. They only knew that the current situation was very unfavorable to them, and they also knew that if they lost this match, the last fig leaf in front of An Wenyi would be completely gone. Although the team could continue to trust An Wenyi as always, what about him? One failure after another had been constantly hitting his confidence. And if this time, Team He Wu lost because of his mistakes, then it would probably be a critical hit in a combo. Could he still hold on?

"An gege! We're going to attack your Sea No Measure! Can you heal in time?" In the team channel, He Wu's captain, Wu Shuai, continued to spew trash talk, not afraid of revealing their attack intentions. There was already a plan behind this.

"Don't panic, it's not as exaggerated as he says," Ye Xiu said in the team channel.

"Understood." As a result, he received a response from An Wenyi.

Ye Xiu was stunned.

This was just a simple statement, but An Wenyi was still able to type at this time, which showed that he wasn't so nervous that he was at a loss. He maintained his composure, watched this battlefield, waited for the moment he was needed, and when he didn't need to take action, he could certainly free up his hands to give Ye Xiu a response.

"Very good!" Based on this guess, Ye Xiu responded to An Wenyi's simple statement.

The audience all felt that An Wenyi was once again dragging down the whole team, but in Ye Xiu's eyes, An Wenyi hadn't made any major mistakes in this match. The real mistake was made by Qiao Yifan. He was too nervous to protect Little Cold Hands, making himself flustered and his performance always somewhat disconnected from the whole team.

"Does Sea No Measure's health need to be healed?" Ye Xiu sarcastically asked in the public channel and charged forward.