The challenge officially began the next afternoon.

Unlike the auditions, the eight games of the challenge are not held simultaneously, but in sequence.

This is because many esports fans follow more than one team, and it also makes it easier for commentators to provide live commentary for each game.

Yes, the Challenge Tournament has dedicated live commentary, just like the professional league.

In addition, the challenge will also be broadcast live on various live streaming platforms, so that some competitive fans who are unable to enter the game to watch the game on site for various reasons can be the first to know the progress of the challenge through the live broadcast on various platforms.

Before the challenge match began, Mu He confirmed with his teammates who would participate in the three 1v1 rounds: "The format of the challenge match is three rounds of 1v1 and one round of 5v5. Each of the three 1v1 rounds will earn 1 point, and winning a team battle will earn 3 points. In other words, to win the challenge match, we must win the team battles, and we must win as many points as we can in the 1v1. I'm a swordsman, so I must participate in the 1v1. There are two other matches..."

Mu He's eyes swept over his teammates one by one, first passing Feng Xiyan, the priest, and then Fan Shu, the mage. In a 1v1 situation, mages would have basically no power to resist once they encountered assassins, thieves and other agile attack and explosive damage professions. However, the Ye Lan team had the most agile attack professions.

In just a moment, Mu He made a decision: "Yuantong and Xiaobai."

Yuan Yitong made an OK gesture: "No problem, leave it to me~"

Bai Zhuo also said "hmm": "I will follow the captain's arrangements." @Infinite good articles, all in Jinjiang Literature City

"The problem lies in the order of appearances." Mu He pondered for a moment. He could roughly guess which professions would appear in the three 1v1 matches of Team Ye Lan: a swordsman, an assassin, and a thief. The problem was that he didn't know who Ye Lan would put on first and who would be put on later in this Professional Challenge.

However, in general, each team will choose to put the captain in the first or third round - either to start the game with momentum, or to end the game with a flourish to boost the morale of the team battle.

So: "Xiaobai plays the second game, and Yuantong plays rock-paper-scissors."

"Scissors-paper-scissors..." Yuan Yitong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, "Should we be so careless?"

Mu He shrugged nonchalantly: "Or it's up to you to decide. I'm fine with the first or third game."

"I can do either," Yuan Yitong said. "Then let's play rock-paper-scissors."

The result is still rock-paper-scissors.

The two faced each other and played rock-paper-scissors - Mu He was paper and Yuan Yitong was scissors.

Then the two of them suddenly thought of a question...

Yuan Yitong: "Who won the first or third game?"

Mu He: "Good question... I forgot to mention it before, let's do it again, the winner plays first."

Yuan Yitong rolled his eyes: "Okay, come on."

The second round was rock-paper-scissors – Mu He was rock, and Yuan Yitong was still scissors.

Mu He's lips twitched: "You really haven't changed at all?"

"I said I don't care. Any match is fine." Yuan Yitong was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. "It's decided. You play the first match, and I play the third match."

Mu He: “OK.”

So, Mu He submitted the roster for three rounds of 1v1 battles:

First match: Mu He (Level 40 Demon Swordsman)

Second match: Cold Flame Embers (Level 40 Human Hunter)

Game 3: Cylinder (Level 41 Elf Wizard)

Shortly after the roster was confirmed, the first set of challenges began.

The first match was between Qingyu and Piaoxiang.

Although the Piaoxiang team always finished at the bottom of the quarterfinals, it was quite famous because it was the only team among the top eight with a majority of female members. Most of the team members were demons and elves, and the characters were very beautiful, giving people a visual feast.

Unfortunately, the professional league is not a beauty pageant, and ultimately victory comes down to strength. The overall strength of the Piaoxiang team is indeed a bit weaker than that of other teams.

However, the performance of the Piaoxiang team in this challenge was beyond everyone's expectations - they won all three 1v1 matches, and wiped out Qingyu in a team battle with only one member lost!

Feng Xiyan: "The top eight are still the top eight."

Mu He shrugged and declined to comment.

After watching the match between Qingyu and Piaoxiang, he just wanted to say - the members of Piaoxiang, their bodies are really flexible... There are some attacks that even he might not be able to dodge, but they dodged so easily, maybe they practice yoga in real life. @无限好文，全在Jinjiang文城

The second group is Burning Sky vs. Feixuan.

Since Fentian is a team from the new area, the level of the entire team is less than level 40, so Feixuan can only use the small accounts less than level 40 from the new area to fight.

However, Feixuan's trumpet had set a record for the new area dungeon. Although it was later suppressed by Mu He and his men, it can still be seen when clicking on the historical records.

Before this game, Mu He had always been curious whether Fei Xuan would use those five trumpets to fight.

I thought they would change their accounts or names, but I never expected them to just use those five smurf accounts!

"Oh my god, you really aren't afraid of being scolded?" Mu He couldn't help but sigh.

Feng Xiyan beside him was unusually calm, as if he had expected this: "You can say these numbers are borrowed."

Mu He: "Will other players believe it?"

Feng Xiyan: "At least the Feiyu account must be borrowed."

Mu He took a look and saw the ID Feiyu on the battle list displayed on the big screen. This ID belonged to the president of the guild established by Feixuan in the new area.

Professional players have to undergo a lot of training every day and have basically no time to manage the guild, so none of them can be the president.

"Great..." Mu He was impressed. He really didn't expect it to work this way - if they announced to the public that all the accounts were borrowed, the players would have no reason to scold them, a group of professional players, for competing with newcomers in the new area for dungeon records.

But on second thought, it really doesn't matter. Real new players don't care about dungeon records at all. Familiarizing themselves with and exploring the skills and playing styles of their own profession is enough to give them a headache.

In the end, the result of the match between Feixuan and Fentian was that Feixuan won all three 1v1 battles and won the team battle completely.

It was a predictable result, nothing much to say. Feixuan had finished second in the Pro League for two consecutive years, and their silver crown wasn't going to fall that easily.

The third group of Qiansha vs. Chixue match had the same result - Chixue won all three 1v1 battles and a complete victory in team battles.

A crushing victory.

It’s amazing that Feixuan and Chixue are both favorite teams to win the championship, but their styles are very different, even to the point of being two extremes.

The flying spin style is casual and unpredictable, while the red blood style is fierce, simple and rough, but they can both make it to the top three.

I can only say that the game "Yu Ling" is very inclusive - no matter what your style is, as long as you are strong enough, you have a chance to win the championship.

Next, the match between Meteorite and Frivolous took place.

Mu He was almost falling asleep while watching the game, but when he saw "Infernal Affairs" come on the stage, he suddenly woke up.

He stood up from the viewing platform, looked at the demon swordsman with whom he had fought, and narrowed his eyes.

Noticing his abnormality, Feng Xiyan cast a probing glance at him: "What are you thinking about?"

Mu He was silent for a moment, then tentatively responded, "Didn't you say that Tianjie Wudao purged the members of the Qingkuang Team on a large scale because he suspected a 'traitor' within the team? I'm a little curious, does Tianjie Wudao know who that 'traitor' is?"

Feng Xiyan: "If he knew, he wouldn't have cleaned up the area so extensively."

Mu He: "But we can't rule out the possibility that all the people he cleaned out were 'traitors'."

Feng Xiyan was silent.

Before he could respond, Mu He added, "At least, he must have received some information to take such measures. I want to find a chance to ask him."

@Infinite good articles, all in Jinjiang Literature City

"Now that you've found out, what next?" Feng Xiyan suddenly asked.

Mu He was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

Yes, I have asked clearly, and then what?

After half a year, could he still pull that group of people out and scold them?

That group of people disappeared without a trace after they quit the circle. They were well prepared to avoid being exposed. Would it be so easy for him to catch them?

But……

"I just... want to ask." Mu He puffed up his cheeks.

There are some things that he knows asking clearly will be of no use and may even cause trouble, but he still wants to find out.

Feng Xiyan sighed. He really had no idea what to do with him.

Suddenly, he spoke calmly, saying, "The next match will be between Hong Huang and Midori. Let's wait and see."

Mu He was stunned for a moment, then understood what Feng Xiyan meant and nodded: "Okay."