Now if I go up, I'll get stepped on by Ye Qiu.

If I don't go up now, I'll probably get stepped on by Sun Xiang later.

Who steps on whom—that is the question, and the choice Liu Hao has to make now.

Is there a win-win solution? Liu Hao thought unwillingly, observing the situation below. Sun Xiang's Battle Mage was surrounded by several people, not in a coordinated attack, but each taking turns hitting him. As a professional, Liu Hao knew very well that only the combos created by the team's combined efforts were truly flawless combos...

This sentence sounds familiar.

The thought popped into his head, and Liu Hao couldn't help but have such a thought. But then he gritted his teeth. Wasn't it familiar? This was what Ye Qiu often said to them when he was still in Excellent Era. And now, Sun Xiang was being beaten by such a team combo with no power to fight back. Fortunately, the team obviously hadn't reached a seamless level of cooperation yet, and Sun Xiang could still support himself with a little wiggle room. But this was only Sun Xiang; if it were someone else without his fierce level of control, they would have died countless times already. And all Sun Xiang could do was hold on; he couldn't find a chance to counterattack.

If I go down myself, I can't change the situation, but maybe I can work with Sun Xiang to break through the encirclement?

Liu Hao thought so in his heart, but he couldn't help but worry that Sun Xiang, with his arrogant personality, would be willing to flee in disgrace? Especially being run off by a bunch of people he completely looked down on.

However, running away was shameful, and getting killed was equally shameful; he should see that clearly, right?

Liu Hao obviously had some bias in his mind. He still valued building a good relationship with the new captain more, after all, this relationship was related to his future interests. In fact, after he was blamed by everyone for ruining his mood and state by brushing dungeons, which led to the team's defeat, he had already made up his mind to regard Ye Qiu as an amateur diversion, and his work focus should never be placed on Ye Qiu. It was just that Ye Qiu now seemed to have a tendency to become their competitor again, and attacking Ye Qiu became a matter of both public and private interests, so he began to intervene again; otherwise, he would have just left it to Chen Yehui like before.

After quickly weighing the pros and cons, Liu Hao decided to take the risk, even if he was stepped on, he would be stepped on with Sun Xiang, sharing weal and woe, establishing class friendship, being stepped on would also be valuable. Perhaps, if there was a chance to break through, he could sacrifice himself to cover him, that would also be a very valuable choice!

The more Liu Hao thought about it, the calmer he became. Gradually, he even captured the possible benefits from being stepped on.

With this, there was no more hesitation. Liu Hao immediately took action, waving his sword and chanting, and began to release a Wave Formation. But the gunshot was almost at the same time as he waved his sword. The chanting bar that had just started was immediately interrupted. Lord Grim below was smoking from the muzzle of his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.

Sun Xiang was being used as practice by several people, and Lord Grim didn't participate in the attack at all. While Ye Xiu commanded the rhythm of the others, he occasionally used a Recovery Spell, and also paid attention to Liu Hao on the roof. As soon as he saw that this guy was about to attack, it was a shot immediately.

Liu Hao knew that a strong attack wouldn't gain any advantage, so he once again took a roundabout route, ran to the other end of the house and jumped down. He rushed into the empty house, intending to stand in the window and release a Wave Formation, but when he ran to the window, he saw, damn, there wasn't even a ghost in the angle that could be attacked from the window. The other party seemed to have anticipated this situation early on, and pulled the battlefield to the side, making it impossible to attack from the window.

Helpless, Liu Hao had to jump out of the window. Sure enough, as soon as he came out, he saw a bunch of people having a lively time!

Liu Hao quickly let his Spellblade rush up, and an Ice Wave Sword swept out. The ground was covered with ice crystals, and it had already crawled behind Zhan Lou Lan.

Liu Hao's attack wasn't too particular. Anyway, a circle of people was surrounding Sun Xiang, and attacking anyone could create an opportunity to break through.

Sure enough, when the Ice Wave Sword swept over, Zhan Lou Lan had to dodge. The four people's continuous attack was immediately interrupted because of this change. Sun Xiang was immediately energized and took the opportunity to slash a Sky Strike diagonally.

"Retreat!"

Ye Xiu's reminder came out faster than his moves. Deception and Soft Mist had already jumped away. As for the other, it was Endless Forest. Elementalist was not meant to attack up close.

With this, a large space was revealed, and Sun Xiang's Battle Mage rushed out. He chased after Deception and stabbed another Dragon Tooth.

Liu Hao saw that, as expected, Sun Xiang had no intention of running at all. Because these professional players would not care about the character's experience and equipment, they only cared about winning or losing. Being beaten away was losing, and being beaten to death was also losing; for them, there was no difference.

At this time, Liu Hao already had a plan in his mind, and rushed into the battle group very bravely, using a Quake Wave Sword to push away Zhan Lou Lan's Berserker, while saying: "We were careless this time, let's retreat first, regroup and come back!"

A very ordinary polite remark, but at this time, its effect was quite subtle.

First, it pointed out that they were a little careless, which was a step down for Sun Xiang;

Secondly, regroup and come back, implying that it wasn't over yet, and the outcome hadn't been decided.

As a result, Sun Xiang didn't say anything, still grabbing Liu Hao to attack with the opportunity he had snatched, chasing after Deception relentlessly.

"Go quickly, I'll cover you!" At this time, Liu Hao didn't really care whether Sun Xiang left or not, and quickly expressed his attitude of sacrificing himself.

"Hmph, there's no need for that!" Sun Xiang suddenly snorted coldly, and his attack became even more violent. The attack was not only aimed at Deception, but also at Zhan Lou Lan and Soft Mist. The Elementalist Endless Forest was a little far away, but Liu Hao couldn't just stand there, so he quickly and consciously went to obstruct Endless Forest's spell attacks.

Sun Xiang had been surrounded before, and his operations were basically used for parrying and dodging, so he was in a mess. The effects of the magic Chaser were long gone. At this time, with the opportunity that Liu Hao had created, a wave of attacks came down, and various Chaser states were added back to his body. At the same time, a faint golden light floated on his body. The Battle Mage's attack suddenly began to speed up, and the damage also suddenly began to increase.

"This is..." Liu Hao was stunned for a moment when he saw it.

"Hahahaha, didn't you expect it?" Sun Xiang said triumphantly, and continued to reap benefits from Deception, Zhan Lou Lan, and Soft Mist with continuous attacks. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was constantly busy with recovery.

"It's Battle Spirit!" Liu Hao shouted.

Deception was a little puzzled at this time. Battle Spirit, the Battle Mage's Awakening skill, which Battle Mage wouldn't have? Was it necessary to be so surprised?

Deception was puzzled, obviously because he was completely unfamiliar with the professional circle.

The moment Battle Spirit appeared, Ye Xiu and Liu Hao instantly understood why Sun Xiang was suddenly so confident and proud. Zhan Lou Lan and the others were not yet professional players, but from the moment they had such determination, they were of course very concerned about many things in the professional field, especially since their team had Little North, who used Battle Mage. Their reaction was a little slow, but they also understood why Sun Xiang would suddenly become energetic like he had taken a stimulant.

Because Battle Spirit, this skill, was now a chicken rib in the professional arena.

Because the prerequisite for Battle Spirit was a combo count. The full seventh-stage state was certainly terrifying, but the requirement of 120 combos was even more perverted. In the professional arena, let alone 120 stages, even the first stage of 10 combos was not easy to achieve.

It was not easy in a one-on-one situation. It was even more difficult in a team competition.

In the high-paced professional league, it was originally a choice for Battle Mages to fight out Battle Spirit to determine the outcome. But now, this tactical intention was considered too rigid and too easy to break. Therefore, Battle Spirit had been completely ignored in the professional circle. The vast majority of professional Battle Mages only had the first stage directly attached to the system during Awakening, and would not invest any more in this skill.

But things were different in online games. There was pve in online games. It was much easier for Battle Mages to stack up high-level Battle Spirit when facing a pile of monsters. Relying on this skill, Battle Mages had always been one of the main output professions in pve. Therefore, as online game players, Battle Spirit was definitely a skill that was maxed out.

The wild accounts raised by guilds had various uses. They would not only consider the uses in the arena like the characters in the professional circle. Battle Spirit was also usually maxed out like normal people. Therefore, the Battle Mage in Sun Xiang's hand at this time was a Battle Mage different from the Battle Mages in the professional circle, with high-level Battle Spirit.

What Sun Xiang said he didn't expect referred to this point.

Because he used this Battle Mage to face Zhan Lou Lan and the others, whose strength was obviously not as good, he could completely use high-level Battle Spirit continuously.

After the light halo of Battle Spirit came out of his Battle Mage, he quickly used three melee targets to push his Battle Spirit to the second stage.

His attack had not stopped. He was quickly looking for combos on the three of them. For him, it was not too difficult to achieve this with three targets who were far behind him in terms of technique and awareness.

Third stage!

The halo of Battle Spirit was getting brighter and more dazzling. Sun Xiang's attack speed, movement speed, and attack power were constantly improving, and Deception and the other two were finding it more and more difficult to cope. Ye Xiu's Priest only had low-level skills, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to take care of them.

"Hahahaha, Battle Spirit is still a very refreshing skill! It's just really difficult to have a chance to use it in actual combat. Fortunately, the people I met today were you weeds." Sun Xiang shouted triumphantly. Battle Spirit had been pushed to the fourth stage by him. Fighting one against three, he was not at a disadvantage at all. Just this continuous attack had caused a lot of output. Over there, Endless Forest was entangled by Liu Hao. If it weren't for Ye Xiu's occasional support, he would probably have been killed long ago.

Liu Hao was overjoyed. According to the current situation, could it be that the two of them could still turn defeat into victory?