Chapter 6 The Sixth Man

No one was paying attention to the sixth man's character display anymore. Everyone was discussing Little Cold Hands' tremendous transformation.

A full set of silver equipment. Although the stats couldn't be seen, just the shimmering silver characters were enough to make players describe it as domineering, cool, and awesome. There were plenty of people in the Xiaoshan stadium who could immediately recognize that this was the Glory's number one intelligence-based Cleric. The entire stadium was filled with buzzing discussion.

Was team Happy's weak point, the healer An Wenyi, about to make a comeback?

But the problem was that the main criticism from the outside world had always been An Wenyi's own technical skill. Everyone felt that if Happy could find a better healer, things would be much better. But now, Happy hadn't changed players, but had significantly strengthened the character. This way of fixing the weak point seemed a bit strange.

The audience at the scene didn't think too much. They were just excited to see one of their team's characters suddenly covered in shining silver equipment. On the TV broadcast, Pan Lin and Li Yibo started discussing the issue.

Why was Happy willing to spend so much to strengthen the character, rather than replace the healer?

What was so special about An Wenyi that made Happy willing to concentrate so many resources on him?

Pan Lin and Li Yibo looked at Happy's team information, unable to figure it out for a moment. The match had already officially started, and the two teams' characters spawned in opposite corners of the map.

The map was the Labor Mine, located at the foot of a mountain. The terrain was complex, and there wasn't a single wide-open space where the two teams could spread out and fight. It was the type of map where terrain analysis and planning were essential.

At the start, Happy moved quickly, advancing towards the middle. Team Samsara was also moving forward, but at the same time, they were chatting in the team channel.

"Did you see Happy's Cleric?" Jiang Botao and Lu Boyuan sent the same message simultaneously.

"I saw him," Fang Minghua replied.

"What do you think?" Jiang Botao asked. When it came to healing, Fang Minghua was undoubtedly the more professional one.

"High intelligence, high critical hit rate, strong recovery ability. To a certain extent, it can make up for the defects of Happy's An Wenyi," Fang Minghua said. Team Samsara had already analyzed Happy's weaknesses, so there was no need to emphasize them again.

"But the stats are a bit too unbalanced, right?" Jiang Botao said.

"A bit extreme. Casting speed is too average, he needs more cover when healing," Fang Minghua said.

"So, the teammates have to help bear more pressure?" Jiang Botao pointed out the essence.

"That's right," Fang Minghua agreed.

"That's a really good adjustment!" Jiang Botao said.

"How do we fight?" Sun Xiang then asked. Team Happy had changed a lot, and it just so happened that it was their pre-arranged main attack point.

"Suggestion remains the same," Fang Minghua said.

"Okay, let's treat it like a normal match and put pressure on the healer!" Jiang Botao said.

Happy's healing was their weak point, and it had become the core focus of each team's tactical attacks. But in fact, even without the healing weakness, strong attacks on healers were a very common tactic in team competitions. Samsara's adjustment was to position the match as a normal one. Obviously, they were also suspicious of An Wenyi's sudden equipment upgrade.

Like Pan Lin, Li Yibo, and many others who had thought of this, Team Samsara's players didn't think that strengthening the character was a good solution to the problem.

This method solved the old problem, but also introduced a new one: having the whole team share the pressure meant that everyone had to devote a portion of their attention to it. The risk was weakened, but it was also spread out. What if someone didn't pay attention for a moment and failed to complete their assigned cover task?

So, strong attack on the healer!

Team Samsara ultimately decided to keep their core tactical ideology unchanged. As for the specific routines, they would improvise on the spot, and at least see how capable An Wenyi was after strengthening the healing character.

The two teams' characters quickly met on the map. Without fighting immediately, in this complex map, the moment they saw each other, both teams scattered their characters, quickly seizing favorable terrain.

Ranged classes looked for attack points where they could better exert their firepower; melee classes looked for routes with more cover to charge up.

In this respect, as the home team, Happy naturally proceeded more smoothly. They had planned and practiced it beforehand. Quickly, everyone chose their position in this area. Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain, from the rock protruding from the hillside, fired the first shot of this team competition.

Bang!

A spike bomb drew an arc, flying gracefully through the air. As it fell, there was another "bang," like fireworks blooming. Several spike shot projectiles flew out from the exploding shell.

Boom boom boom...

The spike shot projectiles landed, and the successive explosions turned into a sea of fire. Sun Xiang and Lu Boyuan were depressed. They were two melee classes who had chosen this mine trench to try to approach Happy, but Su Mucheng had sent the shells to them as soon as the battle started.

The two characters crawled out of the mine trench, somewhat embarrassed. Looking at Dancing Rain standing on the hillside with her long hair fluttering, they could only stare blankly, helpless. How could they have that range?

Zhou Zekai's positioning seemed a bit slow, but it was precisely to wait for Happy to be in position before making a targeted choice. After Dancing Rain exposed her position by firing, Cloud Piercer, the longest-range character in Team Samsara, immediately shifted in that direction. The only one who could restrict Dancing Rain's support from a long distance was him.

Who would have thought that Cloud Piercer wouldn't even have time to land before the gunshot landed next to him. But judging from the sound, it was clearly not from Dancing Rain. The only one on the field who could make a shooting attack was Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, the unspecialized class.

Lord Grim flipped out from behind a ruined wall, only five steps away from Cloud Piercer. Considering his combo-like movement skills, five steps was practically point-blank.

Zhou Zekai was obviously aware of this crisis. Cloud Piercer immediately stepped, retreated, and backed away.

Lord Grim, as expected, used a skill to rush up quickly.

Ye Xiu, Zhou Zekai.

The old and new generations of Glory's number one player, faced off in this battle.

Who was better? This was a question that everyone was curious about.

Zhou Zekai was a fifth-season professional player. Samsara had never entered the finals since that season, but at that time, Ye Xiu was still at his peak, and the halo of Glory's number one player was dazzling. No one had thought that Samsara, this mid-tier team, would discover this quiet rookie who would later become the new generation of Glory's number one player with the title of Gun King.

At that time, even if Zhou Zekai met Ye Xiu, no one would think of the "number one player." What people thought of was just a rookie with some strength, challenging the top god.

But soon, everyone began to realize that Zhou Zekai was not just "some strength." After acquiring this player, Team Samsara immediately turned the tables. In the fifth season, they entered the playoffs, achieving a breakthrough. However, because of some personality problems of this player, the coordination with the team in terms of rhythm was not very good. The team's final result was just entering the playoffs, and nothing more.

Team Samsara had a headache with this problem, but in the sixth season, they discovered a rookie player, Jiang Botao, who was playing for Team Heroic at the time. After careful observation, Samsara quickly determined that this rookie was exactly what they needed, the one standing next to Zhou Zekai. So, in the winter transfer window of that season, Team Samsara couldn't wait to acquire this rookie player from Heroic. After another half-season of running in, Jiang Botao, as they expected, became the best bridge between Zhou Zekai and the entire team. Then, in the seventh season, Jiang Botao was appointed as the team's vice-captain. The young players of Team Samsara had matured by this point. In the seventh season, Samsara finally broke through the first round of the playoffs. Zhou Zekai's popularity was unparalleled in this season. In comparison, Team Excellent Era's performance began to decline gradually, and the halo of Glory's number one player gradually tilted. Wang Jiexi? Huang Shaotian? Zhou Zekai? These names were all mentioned. Among them, Zhou Zekai was the youngest, and his performance on the field was the most dominant. Everyone was optimistic about his future. All he lacked was a championship.

Finally, in the eighth season, Ye Xiu retired midway, and the former number one player completely bid farewell to this stage. It seemed that a successor was really needed to hold up this banner. As a result, in that season, Zhou Zekai led Team Samsara to win the championship, which seemed like a declaration of taking over the banner. Then, in the ninth season, Samsara won consecutive championships. The title of number one player was unshakable. Then in the tenth season, the former Glory number one player Ye Xiu returned...

Who was the real number one player?

If this topic could be hyped up, the media would never let it go. But Ye Xiu's age was there, and Excellent Era had been declining since the early days. Now, he was leading a grassroots team, pushing Ye Xiu out to challenge Zhou Zekai, this number one player, would it be a bit ridiculous?

Ten years of Glory, through wind and rain, the former Glory number one player was now a challenger, and people were even worried about whether he was qualified enough.

After that, Ye Xiu's performance, Happy's performance, finally gave them strong proof.

Winning all the individual matches, Happy's crushing of Samsara's record after starting to exert strength in the ninth round, Ye Xiu finally obtained that ridiculous qualification to challenge the number one player.

So, in this round, some media finally started to try to use this to create a topic. In the first round, everyone was still questioning Ye Xiu's qualifications!

Unfortunately, Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai didn't meet directly in the individual matches or the team arena. Finally, in the team competition, these two, shortly after the two teams met, had already met face to face.

Lord Grim rushed up, Cloud Piercer retreated rapidly, breathing seemed to stop, the air seemed to condense, and then, an invisible stream of air suddenly rushed behind Cloud Piercer.

Fuck!!!

Countless curses rang out at this moment.

We want to see the number one player duel, you fucking pervert, don't interfere, okay?