Chapter 19 The Teams

Inside Sun Li's personal space practice arena.

"Manager Tian." Sun Li stopped practicing archery and looked at the silver-haired youth on the other end of the communication.

"Wang Yi has given a definitive answer," the silver-haired youth said.

"She's confirmed? Is she joining our Golden Roc Team?" Sun Li asked, feeling a little nervous. Although being a substitute still meant a decent salary, participating in the Fireseed Cup would attract attention and generate popularity, leading to more tips from viewers.

"She explicitly rejected us," the silver-haired youth said. "Not just us, she rejected invitations from all four major corporations."

"Oh?" Sun Li felt relieved and curious. "Then what team did she join?"

"She said it's a secret and will be officially announced at 8 PM tonight," the silver-haired youth said. "Never mind her, you are our team's main force, our sharpshooter. We're counting on you to perform well in the Fireseed Cup."

Sun Li said confidently, "Manager Tian, just watch my performance then."

The silver-haired youth nodded and ended the communication.

"Hahaha… I knew it. The top three in popularity on the viewing platform, and also the strongest female sharpshooter, aren't so easy to invite," Sun Li smiled smugly. "Everything is within my expectations."

"But, she rejected all five major corporations. What team did she join?" Sun Li wondered. "At 8 PM tonight, I'll check out her livestream."

…

8 PM that evening.

Sun Li went to Wang Yi's livestream room through the viewing platform.

Sitting in the stands, Sun Li was astonished to see the dense crowd of people and exclaimed, "Wang Yi's popularity is truly frightening. Tonight, she's announcing the team she's joining, and the number of viewers in the livestream room has already exceeded ten million! That's what a top three streamer is like. Why is my popularity so low?"

"In terms of strength, I'm not bad either. But I just can't get my popularity up," Sun Li said, both envious and helpless.

It wasn't as if having strong skills guaranteed high livestream popularity.

Someone like Yang Qingshuo put a lot of effort into running his livestream room and tried to amuse the audience. In the Wang Xian'gu rankings, Yang Qingshuo was also in the top one hundred in Xia Country. But his online viewers were usually only a few thousand, barely exceeding ten thousand at most.

Compared to Wang Yi… that was a thousand times less!

The popularity of Sun Li's livestream room was much worse than Yang Qingshuo's. Mainly because his livestream was too dull, he wasn't good with words, and he wasn't handsome enough, so naturally, he was less attractive.

"I've told everyone that at 8 PM tonight, I will officially announce the team I'm joining." Wang Yi wore a custom-made cyan robe with fiery red patterns. Wang Yi smiled and pointed to the clothes on her body. "The clothes I'm wearing are the team uniform of my current team."

"Team uniform?"

"There isn't a single famous team with this uniform?"

"This team uniform is quite good-looking."

The viewers discussed and speculated about the team's name.

Wang Yi smiled and said, "Now, let's welcome my five teammates!"

Whoosh!

Five figures appeared simultaneously beside Wang Yi.

The shapely and beautiful 'Li Miaomiao', the restrained 'Xu Jingming', then the delicate Yang Qingshuo, the handsome and unrestrained Heng Fang, and the burly Liu Chongyuan, who resembled a standing bear, were all wearing team uniforms.

"It's Mao Mao!" (pinyin for Cat)

"Ahhh, Mao Mao!" Many viewers shouted excitedly. Li Miaomiao also had over ten million fans, and they were loyal fans. Although there were many people following Xu Jingming, they were mostly casual fans.

"Mao Mao is just a low-star level six player, can she also join a team?"

"It seems substitute members can be at the lowest level six."

"That's Xu Jingming!"

"Xu Jingming was the most dazzling in the first god-level battle. But later he gradually became mediocre. The other three, Heng Fang and Yang Qingshuo, have some fame. Who's that big guy? I've never seen him before?"

"Liu Chongyuan! Also a god-level expert, just less famous."

There were various discussions.

Wang Yi smiled and said, "This one everyone must be familiar with, she is my idol, also a talented singer… our Mao Mao!"

"It's an honor to be the team's manager," Li Miaomiao said to the audience with a smile. "I also work as a substitute member."

"These four are our team's main players." Wang Yi walked to the edge of the team and quickly introduced, "This big guy is Liu Chongyuan, this handsomest one is Heng Fang, this is the youngest Yang Qingshuo, and this one… is our wise and mighty captain Xu Jingming."

Xu Jingming, Yang Qingshuo, Heng Fang, and Liu Chongyuan all smiled at the audience. The most awkward one was Liu Chongyuan. He hadn't participated in the World Martial Arts Tournament for so many years, and he hadn't been the center of attention.

Being watched by tens of millions of people at the same time, Liu Chongyuan was obviously a little nervous.

"Sister Yi praised me a little too much." Xu Jingming said with a smile, "But being able to successfully invite Sister Yi to join our Pearwood Team before the Fireseed Cup registration is a great surprise to our entire team."

"I should be thanking the captain, thanking the captain for the invitation," Wang Yi said. She was thirty-five years old this year, the oldest in the team. Strictly speaking, Liu Chongyuan was the same age as her, but Liu Chongyuan's birthday was in December, while Sister Yi's was in January.

"Thank you, Sister Yi, for calling me the handsomest one in the team," Heng Fang said with a smile. "In future battles, I will definitely kill the enemies in advance, so they don't threaten Sister Yi."

"I will also protect Sister Yi," Liu Chongyuan said.

"Leave the enemy assassins to me," Yang Qingshuo said.

…

While the team members chatted, there were also many people with ulterior motives in the stands.

"Wang Yi joined Xu Jingming's team, that's interesting." A tall, short-haired woman watched this scene and stood up.

"We invited her, but she wasn't willing to join. In the end, she chose a team that revolves around her," Sun Yuting also stood up. "Sister Qing, we also have A Yuan in our team now, I believe A Yuan will be even more excellent than Wang Yi in the future."

"I still have some gaps compared to Sister Yi," A Yuan was a baby-faced girl.

If Wang Yi was the big sister of the national team, after all, she had won three Olympic archery championships, then A Yuan was the rising star. She had just won the Olympic archery championship last year at the age of 17, and was also the youngest in the team.

"More importantly, we have a master." Dai Xiaoqing also stood up. She admired her senior brother Xu Jingming the most, and also admired her master Zhang Qing.

Master Zhang Qing, the most legendary figure in the world of women's martial arts combat!

…

"So she chose Jingming's team?" The short and stout Tie Lianyin watched this scene. As one of the three martial arts legends of Xia Country, Liu Hai and Lei Yunfang had now become myths. In the ranking of all human beings in the world, they were ranked in the top five, only he… even in the country, he couldn't secure a place in the top five.

In the country, Liu Hai, Lei Yunfang, and Zhou Yi were definitely in the top three! Even Zhang Qing and Xiong Tianshan, many people thought were stronger than him, Tie Lianyin.

Tie Lianyin had also been holding back a fire.

"I will prove that I am qualified to be on par with Master Liu Hai and Lei Yunfang." Tie Lianyin got up and left alone.

…

"Haha, Old Xu, your son is quite capable, able to invite this strongest female sharpshooter in Xia Country." A handsome middle-aged man 'Dai Tongda', who looked somewhat similar to Dai Xiaoqing, said with a smile.

"She's also your disciple." After Xu Hong's body evolved, he also turned into a middle-aged man, truly resembling a tiger. After practicing Tiger Pounce for forty years, the meaning of the tiger had long entered his bones.

Xu Hong nodded, "With Wang Yi, Jingming's team is also considered complete, and they can go further in the Fireseed Cup."

"Let's go, hurry up and train." Dai Tongda got up. "We old guys have to train hard. If we meet Jingming and Xiaoqing in the Fireseed Cup and get abused by these young people, that would be embarrassing."

"Yes, we have to let these young people know that the older ginger is spicier." Xu Hong also got up, and these old buddies also left to seize the time to train.