Chapter 115 Fan Support

September 27th, the fourth round of the tenth season of the Glory Professional League kicked off, with Happy hosting Tyranny at their home stadium.

The influence of a powerhouse team is indeed extraordinary. Although Happy now has a certain amount of popularity, the audience they attract isn't enough to fill the entire Xiaoshan Stadium. Compared to Jia Shi's glory days, when every match was sold out and tickets were hard to come by, Happy still has a long way to go.

But this time, Tyranny's arrival attracted a considerable number of neutral viewers, coupled with Tyranny's own broad fan base, filling many seats in the Xiaoshan Stadium.

For a weak team, this is a happy trouble. A powerhouse can drive up ticket sales and bring in a lot of revenue. But at the same time, the arrival of a powerhouse also means they might lose the match.

For Happy, this was only their second home game, and they hadn't yet formed a systematic concept of box office revenue. With so many more viewers, Chen Guo wasn't too excited. Her focus was still mainly on the match itself.

This match had many highlights: Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing, these old rivals facing off, Fang Rui and Lin Jingyan, this former combination, and Tang Rou's vow to achieve a one-versus-three victory in at least one of the five rounds. It was just a pity that, despite the many highlights, this confrontation wasn't the most magnificent match of the round. At the same time, in S City, Team Samsara's home stadium welcomed Team Blue Rain.

Such confrontations between powerhouses were definitely a key event that television broadcasts wouldn't miss. Those who wanted to watch Happy and Tyranny live had to go to the venue or find an online broadcast.

Xiaoshan Stadium, the visiting team Tyranny was the first to appear. During official matches, the team members all wore their respective team uniforms. Tyranny's influence as a powerhouse was truly extraordinary. They had fan groups organized spontaneously in various places. Whenever they played a match somewhere, those die-hard fans who traveled with the team would contact the local fan groups and then come to the venue in an organized manner to cheer for Team Tyranny. At this time, the Tyranny fans gathered in the west stands of the stadium were mostly wearing Tyranny team uniforms, frantically shouting and cheering as the team members appeared. Various flags and banners were spread out in a flamboyant display. Compared to Hundred Blossom, who came as guests in the second round, the momentum was much stronger.

And Happy? Although they now had many fans, they hadn't yet formed this kind of organized fan group. All the cheering on the scene was spontaneous, and under the powerful and organized momentum of the opposing side, it immediately appeared very fragmented. Happy's home field was about to be captured by Tyranny's fans.

Tyranny's players waved to the fans supporting them, further stirring up wave after wave of excitement on the scene, until the home team appeared, and the Happy fans' roaring cheers temporarily suppressed Tyranny's momentum. However, it was only temporary. The disorganized and scattered momentum was no match for Tyranny's fan group in a sustained competition. Happy's fans were the first to lose.

It seems… there's a need to support a fan group.

Seeing this scene, Chen Guo remembered the past, when she was a Jia Shi fan, and she had interacted with Jia Shi's fan group. Although these fan groups initially formed spontaneously, the club officials would provide certain support behind the scenes after they gathered a certain scale and influence. Happy could also refer to this model. It was just that Happy had only just started, and they hadn't yet found a strong team. Back during the Challenger League, Tian Qi and his guild brothers were quite fierce when they gathered together, but unfortunately, they weren't all in H City. A home fan legion was most convenient with local fans.

The fans' uproar reached its peak when the two sides' players appeared and greeted each other. The fans of each team would act as a strong backing for their team at this time, adding all kinds of momentum behind them. The experienced and well-trained Tyranny fans gave the team an extremely strong momentum at this time.

After the team members shook hands and greeted each other, they returned to their respective player seats. The official match was about to begin, and the host began to announce the players who would appear in the first individual match.

Team Tyranny, player Lin Jingyan, character Dark Thunder, a Brawler.

Team Happy, player Su Mucheng, character Dancing Rain, a Launcher.

The match started with a duel between top-tier players, and the scene immediately exploded. The two players stood up from their respective player seats, casually greeted each other, and then walked towards the competition stage.

The experienced players entered the game skillfully, and the first match began quickly.

A 1v1 map, Rural Dusk, a map that looked more like a landscape painting than a battlefield, slowly appeared through holographic projection in the twilight. This was a map that Su Mucheng was very familiar with. She initially loved the scenery of this map. Because she liked it, she gradually became familiar with it. Once she was familiar with it, she could naturally bring it to the professional arena.

What about Lin Jingyan?

With Fang Rui, his former good partner, Happy had no secrets from him. During the map selection process, opinions from all parties were referenced. According to the information provided by Fang Rui, none of the battle maps today were something Lin Jingyan had researched. Of course, looking at it from another perspective, Fang Rui didn't have much in-depth understanding of them either, since he grew up in the exact same training environment as Lin Jingyan. The only change was the year Lin Jingyan left first.

This year, Howling Heights had made some adjustments in all aspects to cater to the new core, Tang Hao, and had practiced some new maps.

"However, since these maps are to cater to Tang Hao, who comes from Hundred Blossom, I think they are not suitable for Tyranny either. Zhang Jiale must also be familiar with these maps," Fang Rui analyzed. The impact of player transfers can be seen from this. Those who only think of fighting and killing in battle still don't understand Glory enough.

So, for the first match of the individual competition, the map Fallen Village was chosen, based on the preferences of the player Su Mucheng.

How big could a 1v1 map be? Although it was called a village, it should actually be considered a corner of a village.

Both characters refreshed into the map, and the match had already begun. After bypassing a small thatched hut in front of the refresh point, Su Mucheng had already seen Dark Thunder, who was using the scenery for cover and scurrying left and right, seemingly trying to use tactical movement.

However, Lin Jingyan obviously saw Dancing Rain on this side as well. Dark Thunder immediately stopped scurrying and walked out generously.

"This map doesn't provide much cover!" Lin Jingyan said in the public channel.

Su Mucheng replied with a smiling expression. That was natural. A long-range attacker needs the target to be within their large field of vision. Too much cover is of course not something a Launcher likes. When Su Mucheng chooses a map she likes, she will of course consider the factors of the match first.

"This place is not bad!" Lin Jingyan suddenly said, and Dark Thunder moved through the setting sun, going around to the back of a tiled house.

Su Mucheng smiled, Dancing Rain continued to move, and then, she raised her hand cannon, and energy gathered in the muzzle, charging up a Quantum Bomb.

Dark Thunder was behind the tiled house, looking around. Lin Jingyan wasn't very familiar with this map. He was carefully observing, looking for usable terrain and planning tactics. He wasn't in a hurry to confront Su Mucheng. As a veteran, he shouldn't always think about directly confronting someone head-on to decide the outcome. That wouldn't be appropriate. Veterans should use their strengths, use more experience and tactics. Activities like head-on clashes, that require high APM should be left to the young people!

Lin Jingyan was observing when he suddenly heard a "Biu" sound, short, sharp, and rapid.

Quantum Bomb!

The skill attacks of a Launcher have great momentum, and the sound effects are different for each one. You can tell the skill just by listening to the sound. Lin Jingyan not only heard that this was a Quantum Bomb, but he could also tell from the sound that this shot was charged up.

The power of a charged Quantum Bomb is completely different from one fired directly. Lin Jingyan, who hadn't even noticed where Dancing Rain was, had no idea which direction to dodge, but crouching down and rolling to reduce the area of attack was better than standing still like an idiot.

Who knew that just as Dark Thunder started to roll, a powerful pushing force had already attacked. The wall bricks of the tiled house behind him suddenly flew out, hitting Dark Thunder several times in an instant. The power of the Quantum Bomb directly broke through the wall and attacked. Dark Thunder was sent tumbling several times while rolling.

"I'm dizzy!" Lin Jingyan controlled Dark Thunder to stand up, looking at the rotten wall that had been directly blasted with a big hole by the Quantum Bomb. Through this big hole, he could see the completely open door of the room directly in front of the tiled house. Dancing Rain? Lin Jingyan didn't even have time to see the figure clearly. A beam of light had already illuminated the entire doorway, as if to engulf it, but in the end, it just passed through the door and then through the big hole, shooting directly towards Dark Thunder.

Laser Cannon!

Even with a tiled house in between, the attacks launched by Su Mucheng were still continuous. Lin Jingyan, who had just been sent tumbling several times by the Quantum Bomb, was obviously a bit slow. He couldn't dodge this Laser Cannon either. He was hit directly and pushed into a pile of hay behind him.

Broken grass flew in the wind like flying snowflakes. Dark Thunder waved the claws inlaid on his fists and drilled out of the hay, only to see Dancing Rain had already approached a lot, waving her hand and throwing a bright lighter in an arc towards him.

Is this even scientific? So far, so much force, but the flame of the thrown lighter was still so stable.

Lin Jingyan grumbled in his mind, but he also knew that the lighter wasn't the key. What was scary was the Heat-Seeking Missile that was about to fall next.

Seeing the trajectory of the flying lighter, Dark Thunder quickly retreated, and soon returned to the pile of hay.

As a result, the lighter's movement didn't seem to be what Lin Jingyan had expected. It seemed to be falling further away.

Was there wind speed affecting it?

At this time, it was no longer time to consider scientific principles. Dark Thunder retreated again.

Boom!

Dark Thunder was instantly surrounded by raging flames. The lighter landed, and before the Heat-Seeking Missile arrived, the haystack was completely ignited.

Lin Jingyan, surrounded by raging flames, was obviously stunned for a moment. His reaction was a bit slow. Dark Thunder escaped the fire a little too slowly and was hit by the shockwave when the Heat-Seeking Missile landed.

The rising mushroom cloud and the falling thick smoke surrounded Dark Thunder once again.