Chapter 114 The Lineup

Xiao Bei and the others outside the arena were shocked by the bubbling names.

The room had a password, albeit a simple room number, but surely not so many people could guess it. Even if so many guessed it, the problem was who were these people popping up?

Zhan Loulan and the others were players aiming for the professional scene, unlike Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion. These names were all familiar. Even if some weren't famous gods, these veteran players knew them. There were only about 200 players in the Alliance; how hard could it be to remember? Yet, in this short moment, the room was crammed with dozens of those 200-odd players. Zhan Loulan and the others tried hard to find a name that wasn't a professional player, but they failed.

These professional players were gathered together in the QQ group, but they had never had so many characters all in one place in the game. For a moment, even they felt it was novel, greeting each other noisily.

"Why are you still here?" Zhang Xinjie of Team Tyranny asked immediately, spotting Lord Grim's name on the spectator list.

"Why haven't you gone to sleep?" Ye Xiu retorted. After so many years of rivalry, they knew each other's habits.

"Four more minutes," Zhang Xinjie said.

"Will you change it to watch the match?" Ye Xiu asked.

"No."

"What a pity," Ye Xiu said.

The others then noticed that Huang Shaotian's Yu Feng had left the arena, but the one standing opposite him wasn't Lord Grim. Just as they were wondering, they suddenly realized that the name standing opposite Yu Feng was also someone of note.

"Zhan Loulan? Is that *the* Zhan Loulan?" Everyone whispered.

Recently, the most talked-about names in the Glory circle were Lord Grim and Zhan Loulan. These two were just characters in the online game, but according to some recent hot topics on Glory websites, these two names had surpassed many pro players and characters.

Zhan Loulan was the one building a new team. Who in the Glory circle didn't know that?

The match in the arena had already started, but neither of them had made a move yet.

Zhan Loulan was shocked by the sudden appearance of so many awesome names, but Huang Shaotian was just as puzzled as the other spectators! He came to find the unspecialized Lord Grim, but a Berserker was standing opposite him?

"Ye Qiu, you liar!!!!" Huang Shaotian was sending messages in the group.

"Shaotian, go! See what this guy's like." The crowd was clamoring.

"Who is this guy? Who is this guy?" Huang Shaotian asked.

"Zhan Loulan? Haven't you heard of him lately?" Someone questioned.

"Oh, is that so?" Huang Shaotian quickly switched back to the game. The opponent's ID was clearly in front of him, but Huang Shaotian had only glanced at it earlier and, seeing that it wasn't the words "Lord Grim", had immediately flown into a rage. The name "Zhan Loulan" hadn't even registered in his mind. Looking back now, he immediately realized who it was.

"Yo, what's this all about?" Huang Shaotian shouted.

Zhan Loulan didn't know what to say. The large number of professional players watching made him a little nervous. His hands, usually so flexible when PK-ing, felt a little stiff.

"Why aren't you talking? Are you AFK? How did you start AFK? Automatically?" Huang Shaotian chattered on.

"I'm here…" Zhan Loulan said weakly.

"Fight or not? Fight or not?" Huang Shaotian said.

"Fight." Zhan Loulan took a deep breath, trying to calm down, but he couldn't. He kept subconsciously turning his gaze to the spectator list, where he saw Blade Mayhem, Yu Feng of Team Blue Rain, the All-Star Berserker, and Zhan Loulan's favorite professional player.

"Fight! Then I'm coming!" Huang Shaotian didn't care whether Zhan Loulan was focused or not. As soon as he said that, he suddenly moved. Yu Feng's figure flickered, and he used Sword Shadow Steps right away, splitting into six figures that surrounded Zhan Loulan.

Sword Shadow Steps was undoubtedly a troublesome skill, especially in the hands of a top swordsman like Huang Shaotian. But what made it even more troublesome was Huang Shaotian's mouth. While the six figures rushed up, his mouth never stopped.

"I heard you're building a team? That's amazing! Is this character the account you'll be using then? Oh, Zhanfeng! Luckily this is a modified arena, or that would be scary!"

When Huang Shaotian said the first sentence, six figures appeared. By the time he said the last sentence, the six figures, from six directions, had already surrounded Zhan Loulan.

Zhan Loulan hadn't even managed to concentrate yet, but he still had the instinctive reaction of a veteran player. He jumped up and slammed down a swordsman's Falling Light Blade at the original spot.

"Oh dear, you're so fast! This is hard to dodge, oh no, oh no!" Huang Shaotian said, sounding like he really couldn't dodge. However, the figure that didn't dodge was hit by the ground wave of Falling Light Blade, but it passed right through it, making the character look a little illusory for a moment.

Undoubtedly, what was hit was just an afterimage, so where was the real body?

Zhan Loulan was surrounded. All he could see in his field of vision were afterimages. Where was the real body? He didn't have time to distinguish. At this point, he could only rely on experience to judge.

Zhan Loulan immediately jumped forward, believing that the real body must have circled around to his back.

He jumped, turning 180 degrees in mid-air, only to see the sword light already flashing in front of him.

Too fast!

Zhan Loulan jumped forward and turned around, intending to use a Reverse Mountain Split operation to counterattack. He didn't expect the opponent's attack to come so fast. Using Mountain Split again would definitely be too slow and get interrupted, so Zhan Loulan immediately used a skillful Guard, blocking with his sword. With a clang, he was bounced away by the attack.

"Blocked it? You're pretty good! But I haven't used my full strength yet! Be careful, brother," Huang Shaotian continued to say, but he always talked and attacked at the same time. While saying "Be careful," he had already opened the way with Triple Slash and slashed at Zhan Loulan.

Zhan Loulan rolled over and barely managed to dodge. He looked up and saw that his opponent had disappeared.

"Above!" When he heard this and looked up, the tip of the sword had already stabbed into his forehead. Zhan Loulan was in tears. He finally understood that when this guy said "Above," he wasn't reminding him at all; he was just talking.

A top player like Huang Shaotian, who was good at seizing opportunities, wouldn't just hit once. He followed up with a continuous stream of attacks. Zhan Loulan watched the number of hits on the side soaring, and he was extremely anxious. But the more anxious he was, the harder it was to find his rhythm. Moreover, Huang Shaotian was constantly announcing his skill names, making Zhan Loulan dizzy. Without realizing it, he gradually tried to figure out how to deal with the attacks by listening to Huang Shaotian's skill names. After a big mistake, he suddenly realized that the guy's skill names and his actual skills weren't in the same rhythm at all. Sometimes, the skill names he called out didn't even match what he was doing. This guy was talking and fighting, but they were completely different things.

"Shaotian, slow down! Don't bully the newcomer like that!" Someone in the crowd sent a message.

"Shaotian, why are you so quiet today? Where's your text bubble?" Someone shouted.

"It's an arena in the game! Isn't voice chat allowed?" Someone said.

So someone checked the room settings and told everyone with grief, "Voice chat isn't disabled…"

"How pitiful!" Everyone mourned for Zhan Loulan.

The progress of the match made them pay less attention to the outcome. From the performance, Huang Shaotian had taken the initiative as soon as he came, and Zhan Loulan didn't seem to have any ability at all. Of course, the first few clever responses were good, but if he couldn't even do that, it would be too childish to say he was here to play in the professional league.

In contrast, Xiao Bei and the others were sweating in their palms.

Zhan Loulan was the strongest of them, but now he was being beaten to a pulp by Huang Shaotian. After being abused by Ye Xiu last time, the others had gained a new understanding of themselves. Facing the gods, they no longer fantasized about defeating them, but they at least hoped to be somewhat competitive and not be the kind of weaklings who could be easily dismissed. But looking at this match, they still had a long way to go before they weren't weaklings!

Thinking of this, the others felt a little disheartened. Suddenly, a clear dragon's roar rang out in the arena. A beautiful sword circle opened up around Yu Feng, and Zhan Loulan was blown away.

"Opportunity!" Everyone shouted in their hearts.

This attack blew him too far away, giving him a good chance to adjust and stand firm again.

Zhan Loulan did indeed manage to do it. He stabilized his body and his vision. But the others couldn't be happy at all, because they found that Huang Shaotian's Yu Feng didn't chase after him to attack at all. This meant that the sword circle was him holding back, deliberately blowing Zhan Loulan away.

"What are your thoughts, brother?" Huang Shaotian asked.

"You… you're too noisy…" It wasn't that Zhan Loulan didn't respect the god, but he really had to say what he felt the most, especially since the other party directly asked him.

"Damn! Ye Qiu threw you here just to let me destroy your confidence? Are you guys even on the same side?" Huang Shaotian said.

Zhan Loulan's heart skipped a beat. Lord Grim was indeed Ye Qiu. Although he had believed it before, hearing another god say the same thing only strengthened his belief. So the sudden appearance of a bunch of professional players was definitely related to the great god Ye Qiu. What was he trying to do??