Chapter 167 To Start a Battle, You Gotta Take It All the Way

Zeng Xinran wouldn't be the first, nor would he be the last, rookie to lose a match so awkwardly because of nervousness. However, before the match, probably no rookie ever thought their debut would end in such an embarrassing result.

This was the first point of Happy's pro career, a very memorable one that was taken by Ye Xiu. And it would be good to end the story here, because the process of taking it wasn't memorable at all. This wasn't a match to be proud of.

Happy won inexplicably. If anyone could understand what was going on, it would be the referee who saw Zeng Xinran's nervous appearance, as well as his Hundred Blossoms teammates.

Others didn't know Zeng Xinran's situation, but they were very aware of this teammate's strength. Being sent out for a formal match wasn't for the sake of losing. It was because he had the strength, because he deserved to have a certain level of expectation. But his performance was so out of line with his strength. The Hundred Blossoms players could only think that he was too nervous.

Nervousness was common, but to be nervous to this extent was a bit bizarre. But in this situation, it wasn't good to give the player any pressure. When Zeng Xinran came off the stage, the Hundred Blossoms players were all very amiable, trying their best to say comforting words, until the referee called for their second singles match player to take the stage.

Zhang Wei.

A name as ordinary as ordinary could be, just like his pro career.

Zhang Wei was a veteran player. He debuted in the third season, and then served for the Hundred Blossoms team. He didn't have any particularly outstanding talent, nor did he have any groundbreaking growth in his career. He was just an ordinary, mediocre member of the Hundred Blossoms team.

He had seen the frenzy when the Breathtaking Blossom swept through the Alliance, had seen Sun Zheping's sorrowful departure due to injury, had seen Zhang Jiale fight alone, and had seen Tang Hao rapidly grow from a benchwarmer to a top god in the Alliance. All of this happened around him. He had experienced it, but he had never influenced the changes. He was always just an ordinary member of Hundred Blossoms. There were actually many players like this. They weren't too noticeable, they didn't often appear in the media, they weren't frequently mentioned by the players. But they were indeed a very important part of this Alliance. Just like how ordinary people are the most common in life. Pro players were an extraordinary group of people among Glory players, and Zhang Wei and his kind were the most ordinary group among pro players.

Hundred Blossoms challenged Happy on their home turf. The second player to take the stage in the singles matches was the ordinary player Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei went on stage, entered the player booth, swiped his card, logged into the game, and entered the match room. He had repeated all of this for many years. He didn't need any preparation, it was as simple as eating a bowl of rice. After entering the room, he soon saw his opponent enter: Steamed Bun Invasion.

Oh, it was that somewhat inexplicable player.

Zhang Wei immediately thought of the research they did before the match. And this player named Bao Rongxing received such a comment. This person's mechanics were definitely there, but his combat performance was sometimes good and sometimes bad. If that was all there was to it, then he could just be considered a player with unstable form. But this guy, sometimes the good would turn bad, and the bad would turn good, without any rhyme or reason. This really made it difficult to know what kind of tactics to use to deal with him. The final plan was just four words: act according to the circumstances.

As a result, now the job of acting according to the circumstances fell on Zhang Wei.

Countdown, load into the match.

The character Zhang Wei controlled was a Witch, named Senro. As a player who had been with Hundred Blossoms for many years, Zhang Wei was ordinary, but his position was relatively stable, and his character Senro was also well-equipped. Of course, it definitely couldn't compare to Wang Bu Liu Xing. Zhang Wei and Wang Jiexi were originally players from the same period, and their classes were the same, but his name was never mentioned together with Wang Jiexi. In people's eyes, these two were incomparable.

The ordinary Zhang Wei controlled his Witch, Senro, who was not bad. His tactical plan was to act according to the circumstances, so Zhang Wei's original plan was to start with a tactical positioning. However, the map that Happy chose was simple, a flat plain. Tactical positioning had no cover, so it couldn't be unexpected. Zhang Wei had no choice but to let Senro rush forward.

Steamed Bun was even more decisive. At the start, Steamed Bun Invasion rushed out excitedly, and also sent a message in the chat: "Let's decide the victory!"

"Okay." Zhang Wei saw that the other party was communicating with him, and even responded.

Soon, without avoiding, or rather, with no place to avoid, the two met in the center of the map.

Thief and Witch both had the ability to fight at medium-short range, but relatively speaking, the Witch's controllable range was more square. As a magic class, it wouldn't be right to not have some map-wide abilities.

Zhang Wei's opening was very simple. Senro flicked his sleeve and threw a Lava Potion. This was a common opening for Witch players in PvP. Regardless of whether the potion burned them or not, first restrict the other party's movement. If the other party didn't want to be damaged by the lava under their feet, then they would have to go around...

Okay, he jumped over!

The Lava Potion instantly spread a pool of magma on the ground, but Steamed Bun Invasion soared into the air at this time, a powerful knee strike, connecting jumps and collisions, and charged towards Senro.

So he really avoided the Lava Potion, but wasn't this kind of attack too reckless?

Senro made way to the side, flicked his sleeve, and a dark purple shadow flew out. It was the Witch's grappling skill, Dark Night Cloak. The judgment of the powerful knee strike couldn't break this skill's grab.

In mid-air, Steamed Bun Invasion looked like he crashed directly into the Dark Night Cloak. He was immediately entangled by the shadows, and then fell from mid-air into the magma. But just this bit of damage was too cheap. Senro raised his broom, already prepared to continue his attack, who knew that an object flew towards him, from small to large, instantly covering his vision. Senro was hit by a brick.

When did he throw a brick?

Zhang Wei didn't know, but it must have been thrown before his Dark Night Cloak, otherwise it would definitely be interrupted by the Dark Night Cloak's grab. But now, he was hit by a brick. Senro's intended attack was interrupted, and Steamed Bun Invasion fell into the magma. The Dark Night Cloak's restraints were released. Although magma did damage, it didn't affect Steamed Bun Invasion's actions.

Tyrannical Fist!

Zhang Wei hurriedly wanted to let Senro dodge, but it was too late. Steamed Bun Invasion was right in front of him, directly getting up and pressing him down, ignoring the magma damage and relentlessly beating him. Zhang Wei would definitely suffer a big loss in this exchange. But Zhang Wei was also a bit confused by Steamed Bun's direct Tyrannical Fist. Although the Tyrannical Fist's attacks were fierce, there were no follow-up skills after this skill ended. With this kind of attack opportunity, he could have used small moves to set up the stage, and then use Tyrannical Fist to finish off the combo. But Steamed Bun was decisive, directly using the last step, finishing it off and leaving.

Yes, finish it off and leave.

After the Tyrannical Fist was finished, the character rolled back, this was a system-forced finishing action that couldn't be canceled. Of course, a character who was brutally beaten to the ground by the Tyrannical Fist couldn't get up and counterattack so quickly. Otherwise, wouldn't the Tyrannical Fist become a skill that would definitely eat an attack after it was used?

So the last two characters rolled up from the ground at almost the same time, and stretched out their hands to throw something.

Steamed Bun Invasion threw a handful of sand, while Senro threw a Dispelling Powder. If the other party had a buff, it would remove the buff. If they didn't have any buffs, it would reduce the other party's various speeds.

The two thrown objects collided in the air, neither affecting the other, each hitting their targets. Because they were close to each other, and were both attacking, it was too late to dodge. They were both hit, Steamed Bun Invasion's movements suddenly became slower, and Senro's side was a bit slow in turning his view, and was hit by the sand in the face, his vision turning black.

Being blinded didn't mean that he couldn't move. Zhang Wei hurriedly controlled Senro to start backstepping. The blinding effect of the sand wasn't long, but the effect of his Dispelling Powder could last for a full 10 seconds. After the blinding ended, he would have plenty of time to counterattack Steamed Bun Invasion.

Zhang Wei backstepped blindly, but in the middle of the jump, he felt his character get hit by something again. Looking at the abnormal status that appeared, he was stunned. This... wasn't this the slowing effect that Dispelling Powder would give?

An eye for an eye!

Zhang Wei immediately knew that Steamed Bun had opened this skill before casting Dispelling Powder, so he stole the Dispelling Powder. But why open this state, Zhang Wei really didn't know what the idea was. Even now that it had already happened, the fact that he stole the Dispelling Powder, Zhang Wei still didn't know what the idea was. Such a big move was used, and using Dispelling Powder only pulled the two's speeds to the same level, without establishing any advantage at all!

In a daze, Senro's blinded state was lifted. His vision was restored, and he saw Steamed Bun Invasion already charging up.

This... there was still a considerable distance! How could he let him attack so easily? Zhang Wei was thinking, and he saw Steamed Bun Invasion raise his hand. He almost dodged, but he quickly saw that the way Steamed Bun Invasion raised his hand was too off.

Which way was that?

Zhang Wei turned his view in a daze to look at the Poison Needle that Steamed Bun Invasion threw too far. As a result, suddenly, there was a bang behind his head, hit by a brick, dazed!

A brick! Where did it come from?

Zhang Wei didn't know, but he had a bit of time blinded. Obviously, Steamed Bun Invasion found an angle to throw it out during that time. But, Steamed Bun Invasion wouldn't have run behind him to throw a brick and then come back, he wouldn't teleport.

This brick was thrown almost directly in front of him, but his blind was quickly lifted. As a result, while he was still blurry, this guy pulled off a feint, the Poison Needle that was thrown off, made Zhang Wei turn his view, so he didn't see the brick, and sold his back of the head.

This, this, this...

What kind of tactic was this? Never heard of it before! Zhang Wei was dizzy. And what was the point of getting a Dispelling Powder with this eye for an eye tactic? He didn't understand at all!