He who was known as One-Versus-Three, Ye Xiu, exited the stage. Fortunately, these words were only spoken to the referee. If the entire stadium had heard, the boos would have blown Ye Xiu straight out of the player tunnel.

Ye Xiu and Sun Xiang left their player seats at almost the same time, so naturally, they returned to their respective team benches at about the same time as well.

Over at Happy, they naturally gave Ye Xiu a hero's welcome. And at Excellent Era? Tao Xuan was so depressed he was about to explode, but he still had to pat Sun Xiang to show comfort: "You fought well, just a bit short."

Yes!

0. 03%. Wasn't it just a bit short? But that bit was the difference between heaven and hell. Sun Xiang stared blankly at Happy's side, his heart filled with mixed feelings. He didn't say anything to the boss's comfort, nodded, and sat down alone.

"The next match must be won." Tao Xuan then issued a death order. Although as an experienced veteran team, they had experience in dealing with all kinds of situations, Sun Xiang's defeat to Ye Xiu was not as simple as just a star player being defeated. Ye Xiu had always held a different kind of significance for Excellent Era.

Excellent Era was clearly still in the lead, but after Ye Xiu's narrow victory in this round, the atmosphere of the entire stadium had been changed. All of Excellent Era's fans were silent, and Sun Xiang, who had always been arrogant and proud, was also silent. Excellent Era needed a heart-stirring victory to regain momentum.

After instructing the next player to take the stage, Tao Xuan took another look at Happy's side, and his heart suddenly sank.

Sun Zheping!

Happy's fifth player in the individual competition was actually Sun Zheping.

Tao Xuan glanced at Xiao Shiqin. This vice-captain, whom he relied on so much, had analyzed in the pre-match lineup that Sun Zheping should not appear in the individual competition.

As a former top-tier God-level player, Sun Zheping's sudden appearance in Happy would of course attract media attention, and reporters had also seized the opportunity to interview him.

Sun Zheping's personality would never allow him to cover up his hand injury. He frankly told the reporters about his condition. Therefore, Xiao Shiqin used this as an assessment, believing that Sun Zheping could only choose to participate in either the individual or team competition in the match against Excellent Era.

After all, the intensity of the match against Excellent Era was not comparable to matches against other player teams. Unless Sun Zheping decisively gave up the victory if he saw that the situation was not right, there would definitely be a huge loss. Consecutive appearances in the individual and team competitions would be too much of a burden.

But he was also an extremely powerful player, as could be seen from his few appearances in previous matches. So Xiao Shiqin guessed that Sun Zheping would definitely conserve his strength in the individual competition and fight in the more important team competition.

As a result, Sun Zheping was actually the last person in Happy's individual competition, which surprised Xiao Shiqin greatly. In this position, Sun Zheping would have a lot of burden if they were behind in the early stages. For example, now, he needed to face two opponents in a row. Regardless of victory or defeat, after such consumption, could he still play in the team competition?

"Could the news released in the interview be false?" Tao Xuan said.

"Probably not..." Xiao Shiqin said. When he entered the alliance, it was during the peak period of Zhang Jiale and Sun Zheping's combination in Hundred Blossoms, so he had a lot of understanding of this God. Engaging in such infighting outside the game didn't seem to fit his personality! In Xiao Shiqin's impression, this person had always been a pure man who said one was one and two was two, and dared to face his mistakes directly without covering them up. What's more, using a hand injury to make a fuss was too unlike this person's characteristics.

Finally, these years of retirement had changed his personality, but looking at his performance when he played, it was still as wild, unrestrained, and aggressive as it had been in the past.

In this way, there was only one possible explanation: Sun Zheping would not be playing in the team competition.

So who would be playing in the team competition?

This disrupted Excellent Era's deployment in the team competition. Xiao Shiqin didn't expect that Sun Zheping, who was definitely the second, or even equal to Ye Xiu, in Happy, wouldn't be playing in the team competition? This was as unexpected as not bringing a healer!

But in any case, the list for the team competition had already been determined, and it was impossible to change it now. Fortunately, there was an on-field commander in the team competition, so he would make specific adjustments based on the situation at that time! Xiao Shiqin took a deep breath, stopped making wild guesses, and calmed down to continue watching the match.

Happy, Sun Zheping is playing.

Excellent Era's player was Shen Jian, a professional grappler.

This was probably the only time in today's individual competition matchups that Happy looked stronger on paper.

Sun Zheping, a former God-level player. Although he had retired for many years, it was due to injury, not because his skills had declined. Seeing that Zhang Jiale, who was in the same era as him, was still active on the field, he knew that if he didn't have this injury, he would at least not be worse than Zhang Jiale, so he would at least be an All-Star level player.

And what about Excellent Era's Shen Jian? He could only be considered a semi-main force in Excellent Era.

Before Sun Xiang came to Excellent Era, Excellent Era's more stable lineup for the team competition consisted of Ye Xiu's Battle Mage, Su Mucheng's Launcher, Liu Hao's Spellblade, Guo Yang's Qi Master, and Zhang Jiaxing's Cleric. He Ming's Elementalist was usually the starting sixth man.

And Shen Jian belonged to the rotation players during that period. Sometimes, depending on the opponent, when the lineup was adjusted, he would have certain opportunities to play.

After Ye Xiu left, Excellent Era was relegated, and Liu Hao and He Ming were transferred as part of the exchange for Xiao Shiqin's transfer. Guo Yang also transferred later. The original lineup of Excellent Era only had Su Mucheng and Zhang Jiaxing left. Shen Jian, as a player with certain strength and competition experience, then rose to become one of the main players in order.

Excellent Era was a prestigious team after all. Being a rotation player like Shen Jian here already meant that he had considerable skill. If he went to a small or medium team, he would probably be an ironclad main force. However, such a player was obviously not enough when placed in front of Sun Zheping. The only thing that worried people now was how much skill Sun Zheping, this player who had retired for many years due to injury but suddenly returned, and whose injury was said not to have fully recovered, still had. His previous performances were quite strong, but Excellent Era was no ordinary team after all. Shen Jian was once just a rotation player in Excellent Era, and now he was an ordinary main force, but if he were thrown to Xuanqi or Zhuxian, he would probably become a core player.

In the face of such an opponent, could Sun Zheping still have his strong performance that had not diminished from his younger days?

This match presented everyone with such suspense. In this round, the protagonist was no longer Excellent Era's players, but the former number one Berserker, Sun Zheping.

Yes, the topic was only focused on Sun Zheping personally. What about Happy... they were always casually overlooked.