Chapter 39 Personal Competition

The two individual matches concluded. Whether it was luck or skill, in any case, Happy was now leading 2-0. For the third match, the names were displayed on the electronic screen, and the player from Happy stood up. The audience was momentarily stunned before erupting in a small wave of excited cheers.

"Old Wei, you got this!!!" Someone in the audience seats very close to the Happy player area shouted at the top of their lungs.

Wei Chen clearly heard it. He glanced contemptuously in the direction of the shout, then raised his index finger and shook it.

The Void team members were dumbfounded. While shaking the index finger wasn't as insulting as flipping the middle finger, it still carried a sense of disdain. Why would he use that gesture towards his own home crowd? What was he thinking?

Even more shocking to them was that those audience members who had been scorned with the wagging finger immediately erupted, booing Wei Chen, but not concealing their playful amusement.

Anyone could see that they weren't genuinely disapproving of Wei Chen; it was the kind of mutual teasing between close, mischievous friends. You couldn't joke like that unless you had a certain level of familiarity.

Having that kind of relationship with fans?

The Void players stared blankly, somewhat unimpressed, but also with a hint of… envy. Because they didn't have it, they envied it. It was a very natural emotion to generate.

Wei Chen walked onto the stage amidst this atmosphere, and the reason why the Happy supporters could joke with him, but not the other Happy players, was, of course, not without cause. It was because, among all of Happy's players who had become professional, Wei Chen was the most down-to-earth.

His Wind Howl Heights still frequently wandered into the online game.

His professional career had only lasted two years, but he had been involved in the Glory online game for more than a decade. It was a deeply ingrained part of his life that couldn't be eradicated. Preventing him from playing online games was harder than preventing him from smoking.

After all, Wind Howl Heights didn't have a very big name, and Wei Chen's role as a substitute on Happy was also very obvious, so he didn't receive too much attention. His character wasn't surrounded by onlookers and unable to move an inch in the online game.

Playing online games inevitably involved interaction and communication with other players. As a result, many people's understanding of Wei Chen didn't come from the League, the team, or official media promotions. Sometimes it was just a chat in the guild channel or a casual conversation during a team dungeon run.

Thus, Wei Chen became a somewhat unique professional player. In addition, he actually carried a record on his shoulders. He was the oldest professional player in the League to date. Some people even asked him, "Since you've come out to play now, why were you absent for so many years?"

Wei Chen couldn't answer that question.

He only knew that he was standing here now, and although he couldn't do much, he would do his best, because he was a professional player.

The third match of the individual competition began.

Happy, Wei Chen, Warlock Wind Howl Heights.

Void, Yang Haoxuan, Launcher Half Transparency.

Yang Haoxuan, a seventh-season professional player, was training in the Void team's training camp at the age of 15, and received a professional contract from the Void team at the age of 17. Having played for the Void team for four years, he was now only 20 years old.

"So young..." Wei Chen lamented repeatedly.

The match started quickly. Against a Launcher, Wind Howl Heights' spellcasting range was naturally no longer an advantage. Wei Chen adopted tactical positioning from the start. He had chosen the map, so he was naturally familiar with it.

What about Yang Haoxuan? He also adopted a tactical start like Wei Chen, with the character Half Transparency also maneuvering through the map. He quickly reached the central area and saw that his opponent wasn't there, so he understood immediately.

Boom!

Yang Haoxuan immediately had his Half Transparency fire a shot, trying to use the sound to lure Wei Chen into exposing Wind Howl Heights.

But Wei Chen didn't check after hearing the cannon fire. He directly had Wind Howl Heights turn diagonally. Everyone saw that this direction was very close to where Half Transparency was located. The old general's hearing was still quite good.

However, after that shot, Yang Haoxuan didn't leave Half Transparency standing still. After repositioning, he switched to a "waiting in the wings" position with a wider field of vision.

Luring the snake out of its hole.

Many viewers were familiar with this trick. Would Wei Chen, who had been around for so many years, fall for it?

The audience watched from God's perspective as Wei Chen's Wind Howl Heights moved little by little towards the original coordinates of that Half Transparency.

The audience in the stadium became anxious. They were worried about Wei Chen, but Wei Chen seemed silly, as if he hadn't thought of this possibility at all.

Wind Howl Heights appeared, and there was a sigh from the audience.

Yang Haoxuan didn't immediately start attacking. A tactic that even the players clearly understood the intention of was too low-end. Wei Chen had the judgment to track the sound, so how could he not know this simple tactic? Especially when he saw that there was no opponent's character here, he should be even more aware. Therefore, Yang Haoxuan didn't think that Wei Chen had rushed over rashly; he must have a defensive plan in his heart. If he attacked immediately, he was afraid that the prepared Wei Chen would have countermeasures, and there wouldn't be any good results. It would be better to be more patient, and wait until the other party felt that this wasn't a trap and relaxed his vigilance.

So Yang Haoxuan didn't move.

Then Wei Chen spoke: "I'm already here, come out and fight. What are you dawdling for in the corner? Do you think I'll relax my vigilance?"

Trying to trick me! Don't move. Yang Haoxuan thought.

"I'm talking about you, the one at coordinates 45, 56," Wei Chen said.

Yang Haoxuan was stunned. He looked at his character Half Transparency's coordinates and, sure enough, it was 45, 56.

The entire audience immediately burst into applause, what a brilliant judgment! Understanding the opponent's whereabouts completely. This was a comprehensive familiarity and understanding of the map and the opponent's character!

His coordinates had been revealed, and Yang Haoxuan was quite embarrassed, but he knew that there were a lot of viewers watching him. It would be really embarrassing to just walk out like this!

In just a moment, Wei Chen was already shouting again, "What, you're still not coming out?"

Helpless, Yang Haoxuan was just about to have his character go out...

"Haha, I know, you're actually at 48, 31!" Wei Chen's next sentence suddenly popped up in the chat, and Wind Howl Heights confidently drilled in a certain direction.

Crap!

Yang Haoxuan abruptly stopped the operation of having his character rush out.

"That old fox!" Yang Haoxuan broke out in a cold sweat. He was almost tricked out by him. Fortunately, he had been in a daze for a moment. It seemed that luck had turned to Void's side in this game!

Mentally constructing the coordinates of 48, 31 that Wei Chen had shouted last, Yang Haoxuan operated Half Transparency and walked out, extremely skillfully preparing to go around behind and then give Wind Howl Heights a fierce wave of continuous heavy firepower.

Yang Haoxuan took a deep breath, preparing for the upcoming climax.

The scene was a chorus of "tsk tsk" of regret.

"Young people!" Someone said.

Yang Haoxuan's age, in terms of esports players, wasn't actually considered young. At 20 years old, he should be considered a peak mid-generation. However, compared to Wei Chen, who was a whole cycle older than him, he was indeed still young.

The young man was just about to create a climax when suddenly a Six Star Light Prison descended from the sky. He didn't have time to operate and dodge, and Half Transparency was sealed.

Crap!

Yang Haoxuan immediately knew that he had been tricked after all.

Luring the snake out of its hole, the same tactic, different usage. In the end, the ginger was still old and spicy!

With a wave of ambush, Wei Chen laid a good foundation of advantage for himself, and then after maneuvering several times in this wretched and complex map, he finally defeated Yang Haoxuan.

Personal competition all won, 3 to 0!

The scene had become a sea of ​​joy.

10 to 0!

Countless Happy supporters shouted. Winning all the individual matches, this was another rhythm of 10 to 0!

Yang Haoxuan came out of the player's seat and went off the field with his head drooping. On Happy's side, Wei Chen stayed inside for a long time.

"That old thing is being a showoff again!" Someone in the audience said with a laugh. Because the break between the individual competition and the team arena was relatively long, the referee didn't immediately come to urge them.

Wei Chen sat in the player's seat, with a cigarette in his hand, but looking at the no-smoking sign above his head, he didn't dare to light it.

"That was close..." Wei Chen's gaze returned to the computer screen, looking at Wind Howl Heights' health, which was still at eight percent.

He had won, but he didn't win easily. The initial wave of ambushes was very successful, giving him a 30 percent lead, but in the end, he was forced down to only eight percent health. This made Wei Chen a little unhappy, and there was a very uneasy voice in his heart that kept reminding him of that fact.

"I am really old," Wei Chen said to himself. "So, this is my way to win."

"Eight percent, or eighty percent, does that matter? Tch, this isn't the team arena," Wei Chen muttered, stood up, and walked out of the player's seat.

Seeing him appear, the scene immediately burst into thunderous applause.

"That's right, winning is winning, having this result is enough," Wei Chen said with a smile, and his mood suddenly became cheerful.

"Old Wei's got it!!"

When he walked off the stage and along the sidelines, many viewers closer to the seats were joking with him. Some people may not have really known Wei Chen, but seeing others doing it, they immediately felt that Wei Chen was a player they could interact with like this, and they imitated him.

Wei Chen didn't disappoint them. He didn't refuse to interact with them, winking and walking past those guys who were yelling at him, even making some rather lewd jokes about "being good even when old," with a triumphant look.

"With this kind of minor character, I can take them down with just a little bit of my means," Wei Chen said, holding up the tip of his little finger after returning to the Happy lineup.

"Awesome, awesome." Everyone praised him.

"You should give me a starting position completely. Old generals like you should rotate more and rest more!" Wei Chen patted Ye Xiu roughly.

"Thank you!" Ye Xiu laughed. "But I'm still very young!"

"It'd be best if you weren't bragging," Wei Chen said.

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