In the match between Meteorite and Qingkuang, Qingkuang won an absolute victory.

——This is normal.

One is a new team that is still outside the circle, and the other is a professional team that has been struggling in the circle for several seasons. The gap in strength between the two sides is like heaven and earth.

Therefore, the challenge tournament is also called a warm-up match before the professional league, and is even considered an entertainment match - giving competitive fans and professional teams an opportunity to come into face-to-face contact.

So far, the professional league has reached its sixth season, and the challenge tournament is strictly speaking the fifth season.

In the five challenge tournaments and 40 matches, only one team in the quarterfinals suffered an upset loss to a new team that advanced to the challenge tournament.

That is Youxiao's frivolity and Murong Hezai's frivolity.

And this "awesome" team that defeated the frivolous team is the Honghuang team that will fight against Midori next.

Before the two teams started fighting, Mu He heard people around him talking:

"Hong Huang wins."

"The Rosemary class is really getting worse and worse. Let's disband as soon as possible and stop embarrassing ourselves here."

Even the commentator on the scene said: [The next match is between Honghuang and Midie. Midie's performance in recent seasons has been disappointing. I wonder if this season will see improvement. And then Honghuang... is that the same Honghuang from last season?]

Another female commentator responded: [Yes! I saw a familiar ID! It's the Honghuang team that defeated the frivolous team last season!]

Mu He made a "tsk" sound and wanted to block out the commentary.

Although he is no longer frivolous, he still feels ashamed when his dark history is mentioned.

In that challenge match that year, out of the three 1v1 matches, only Xiao Qingkuang's match was won. Then the team battle was a mess, and Mu He was so depressed that he became withdrawn on the spot...

[Okay, now we can see that the players for the first match have entered the arena.]

As the commentary sounded, the match list displayed on the big screen was changed to a live broadcast.

Mu He, who had missed the match list because he was thinking about something, was confused. It took him a long time to react and he could only ask Feng Xiyan beside him for help: "In the three 1v1 matches, who played on Mi Li's side?"

He only knew that the first battle was against Shuying, a demon assassin. Although he was an assassin, he was wearing a red and black robe that was very eye-catching, as if he was afraid that others would not see him.

When he came on stage, he was holding a folding fan in his hand. After he came on stage, he flipped his hand and the folding fan turned into a sharp dagger. It was pitch black, with only the blade being silver.

Mu He looked at the furry ears on his head and the tail trailing behind him, and was curious whether he could feel the existence of these parts.

He was still in a daze when Feng Xiyan beside him answered his question: "The third game is Luanhua."

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"They must win." Feng Xiyan spoke lightly, his tone calm, but the light flashing in his eyes was obviously not so calm.

Luanhua and Shuying are both team-fighting players. In the professional league, apart from the final 5v5 team battle, they only play a 2v2 two-player battle.

But in today's challenge, both of them played in the singles competition.

Because of this game, they must win!

"I wanted to tell you after the game, but if you want to know so badly, it doesn't hurt to tell you now." Feng Xiyan suddenly said to Mu He through the private chat channel, "Luanhua contacted me this morning and said that she got the recording."

Mu He:!!!

"But if they lose this fight, even if the recording is released, others will only think that they staged it themselves and created an excuse to lose the game." Feng Xiyan said, "So, do you understand? No matter what, they must win this game. Only by winning will they have the qualifications to hang others, and others will be willing to listen to their voices."

"That's why Luanhua and Shuying will participate in the single-player battle..." Mu He suddenly realized.

Without knowing who in the team has been bribed, playing on your own is the only way to guarantee victory.

But is it really okay for two team-fighting players to fight in a single-player battle?

As if knowing what Mu He was thinking, Feng Xiyan said softly: "After all, they are the captain and vice-captain of the quarterfinals team."

"That's right." Mu He said with a smile. However, when his eyes turned to the live broadcast on the big screen, the smile on his face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even if he participated in the competition, he could not avoid the match list from being leaked - the profession of Shuying's opponent in this match was the best proof.

In the first 1v1 match, he was fighting against a Paladin.

This profession, with its high health, defense and acceleration skills, is the most difficult target for assassins.

If Honghuang hadn't known the match list of the Rosemary team in advance, how could he have put a profession that could restrain assassins into the first round of battles?

However, Shuying's expression was always indifferent, as if saying, "I don't care what your profession is, I'll just fight you."

Then, in the first second of the game, he really rushed towards the opposing Paladin without hesitation!

As a fragile character, the assassin profession has always taken "caution" as its creed, enjoying the fun of sneaking around enemies and the pleasure of finding an opportunity to kill with one blow.

But Shuying, the assassin, faced the assassin with high health and high defense, and directly confronted him, which undoubtedly caused a sigh of relief from the audience:

"Are you looking for death?"

"Too reckless for an assassin!"

The commentator was also extremely surprised: [Shuying of the Rosemary Team directly attacked Honghuang's "Universe Center" from the front!]

The players in the game could not hear the commentators and the audience's voices, but not being able to hear did not mean they could not guess - Shuying knew clearly what this group of people were talking about, but he never cared about other people's opinions when doing things. The moment he approached the Paladin, he took a shadowless step and flashed directly behind the Paladin, then spun around and used a "flying blade".

He launched his "Flying Blade" almost when he had his back to the Paladin. At this time, the afterimage caused by his "Shadowless Step" still remained in front of the Paladin.

The Paladin obviously didn't realize that he was already behind him. As he swung his sword to cut off the afterimage, his back was accurately hit by the "flying blade"!

When an assassin attacks from behind the enemy, it will trigger a double critical hit. In addition, the target is the heart, which is a quadruple critical hit. Plus the explosive damage of several thousand percent, it directly reduces the health of the Paladin by one third!

You know, that's a Paladin with double health!

The commentator's voice hitched, nearly choking on his saliva. Luckily, another commentator came to the rescue: [Incredible! Shuying flashed behind him and launched a backhand attack, knocking off a third of the Center of the Universe's health! The Center of the Universe reacted quickly, realizing Shuying was behind him, and immediately turned and charged... Shuying dodged it! He actually dodged it!]

Shuying knew that her position had been exposed when she attacked, so she was just waiting for the Paladin to turn around.

As soon as he turned around, Shuying immediately used the Instant Harvest, using the attack skill as a displacement skill and dodged to the side.

Then, after the Paladin's charge was over, he rushed towards the Paladin in a few steps, supported himself on the mount's butt with one hand and jumped up. His whole body appeared on the mount's back, grabbed the Paladin's collar and threw him off the mount's back!

"Oh my god!" Mu He was amazed by the handsomeness of this scene, "Shuying is so domineering!"

In front of Luanhua, Shuying always looks "submissive". No matter how Luanhua teases him in front of others, he always acts indifferent, as if he will never resist, as if he is just a doll for Luanhua to play with.

But today, in his first single-player battle, Mu He saw a "professional killer" who was agile, cold-blooded and brutal.

The way he threw the Paladin of the Great Desolation off his mount was like throwing away a piece of garbage. Standing on the mount and looking down at the Paladin, his eyes were full of indifference.

This is probably what the legend says, that people are ruthless and don’t talk much?

Mu He couldn't help but think - if the person who teased Shuying was not Luanhua, he would probably be stabbed to death on the spot and thrown into the trash can, right?

The moment the Paladin falls off his mount, his health bar is no longer doubled. His current health is two-thirds, which is completely different from the previous two-thirds.

And since Shuying had already thrown him down, how could she give him the chance to summon his mount again?

He immediately jumped off his mount, leaped in front of the Paladin, grasped the dagger in both hands and stabbed straight down!

It was the heart again, and the terrible explosive damage instantly left the Paladin with only a layer of skin left!

The Paladin was unwilling to admit defeat and waved the sword in his hand to resist. Shuying jumped up and did a front flip on the spot, dodging the attack while leaping to the other side of the Paladin.

As he somersaulted, almost unnoticed, the dagger deftly turned in his hand, shifting the blade to the rear.

Then, the moment he returned to the ground, he sat down, and the dagger in his hand turned over and stabbed it into the paladin's throat, piercing away the last bit of his blood and skin.

The whole audience was silent.

Almost all the audience were stunned by this clean and tidy kill - the Paladin was passive the whole time and was completely fooled by Shuying. Throughout the game, Shuying was seen flashing back and forth, and terrible bursts of damage kept soaring above the Paladin's head.

The commentator took a long time to find his voice: [Oh my god! Shuying wins in 1 minute and 26 seconds! This is the fastest match so far!]

Another commentator also said: "If anyone says Team Milieu's players are just vases again, I'll get angry with them!"

The commentator's voice brought the audience back to their senses. Some of them began to cheer and applaud, but more people fell into a long silence, obviously still not over the previous match.

Mu He finally found his voice again: "It's just that I went from playing in team battles to playing in single-player battles... I really think that playing in single-player battles is good for increasing followers."

Feng Xiyan was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at him with a complicated look in his eyes.

Isn’t it?

In a team battle, with five or ten people on each side fighting together, the most eye-catching ones are often the melee professions in the front row. Who would pay attention to others?

Luanhua is a mage, a back-line damage dealer. Shuying is an assassin, a character who hides in the shadows, attacks, and harvests heads.

The less visible they are in teamfights, the better for them.

They have been doing very well all along, but because of this, as long as they can't win the team battle, no one will notice their efforts, and they will only say that they are bad and that they are not worthy of playing in the competition.

The same goes for Murong He.

And now, Shuying fought in a single-player battle for the first time. With a posture that could almost be called gorgeous, he defeated the opponent's Paladin cleanly and neatly, and won the game.

For the first time, everyone's attention was focused on him alone.

How should I put it? I feel a little emotional and a little sad.

Although he is a team-fighting player, he won the audience's cheers and recognition through solo battles.

However, Shuying herself always had a calm expression on her face, and left the arena as if she had won for sure.

After winning a game, other players would usually wave and say hello to the audience, but Shuying didn't even look at the viewing platform, as if the people there didn't exist.

Mu He looked at his back, and in a trance, he saw his former frivolity.

How similar was the frivolity of that time to the rosemary of today?

The whole team is supported by two people.

The only difference is - even if the Qingkuang team only has him and Xiao Qingkuang, they can still hold on if their teammates don't act.

But Rosemary really can't hold on any longer.

"Oh right." Mu He suddenly thought of a question and asked Feng Xiyan, "Who is the top between Luanhua and Shuying?"

Feng Xiyan: "..."

Feng Xiyan was speechless, not knowing how Mu He jumped to this question, but after a moment of silence, she replied: "Lanhua."

Mu He blinked: "Really?"

He had originally thought that Luanhua was the top, after all, Shuying was so obedient to her, but after watching this match, he suddenly thought... maybe Shuying was the top? She was just out there to give Luanhua face...

However, Feng Xiyan replied very affirmatively: "Really."

Mu He: "Have you asked?"

Feng Xiyan: "No."

Mu He: "Then how do you know?"

"Guess." Feng Xiyan said, not wanting to continue this topic with him, so she said, "If you have any questions, go ask them yourself."

"Well, forget it. I'm embarrassed to ask."

But after Mu He finished saying this, he added, "I can ask you when we get to know each other better."

Feng Xiyan: “…” As long as you are happy.

In the first round of 1v1, it can be said that Rosemary won beautifully, mainly because Shuying won beautifully.

However, Honghuang won the second round of 1v1 - they sent out hunters to fight against Midori's swordsman. From the time they started playing to the time they won the game, they never let the swordsman get close to them, not even once.

Not to mention the audience sighing, Mu He couldn't help but frowning: "Is it performed?"

Feng Xiyan responded: "I acted."

Then in the third round, the one fighting against the mage "Luanhua Mimeiyan" was an assassin.

"Tsk." This battle list really made Mu He more and more anxious. "Honghuang's professions completely restrain Milie. This can't be a coincidence! Honghuang really can't change his bad habits. He bribed Qingkuang once, and now he bribes Milie again! So what if they lose the challenge? If they lose the challenge, there are still qualifiers. Why do they have to disgust other teams like this!"

Feng Xiyan remained silent.

"Xiyan, don't you think so?" Mu Hezhen was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it, especially when he thought about the challenge match half a year ago. As the commander, he found that none of his teammates could be commanded. That feeling was quite terrible. He felt isolated, hated, and abandoned by the entire team.

Feng Xiyan originally wanted to say that he hated those who were bribed more than those who bribed others, but at this moment, he thought it was better not to add fuel to the fire, so he only responded to Mu He with four words: "You are right."

Mu He: "Right! It's so infuriating!"

Feng Xiyan: "Well, it's so infuriating."

As the two were talking, the match between Ranhua and Assassin began.

Unlike Shuying, Luanhua was smiling when she came on stage and didn't seem nervous at all.

As a mage, he couldn't perform as many fancy moves as Shuying, but his skills were still cast quite gorgeously one after another.

He predicted his opponent's movements, continuously releasing spell attacks, slowly consuming his opponent's blood, but he could not stop the opponent from getting closer and closer to him.

Mu He was really worried about him.

However, just when he thought Ranhua was about to be killed by the assassin approaching him, Ranhua released an icicle towards the ground and pushed himself into the air!

The assassin on the opposite side obviously didn't expect such a bold move to happen. He was stunned for a moment before reacting and tried to climb up the icicle.

But Luanhua was standing on a high place, occupying an advantageous position, and she released the next few skills directly along the icicle, beating the assassin without any chance of fighting back.

"Every time I see Luanhua fighting, I always feel like he's just fooling around..." Mu He finished speaking, then added, "But he just plays it perfectly."

As if to prove his words, the next second, Luanhua used a set of skills to combo and took away the fragile assassin - the third round of 1v1, Rosemary won!

Both won within three minutes, but compared with Shuying's match, Luanhua's match was a little less exciting.

People who watched the game felt that he won it a little easily, and even had a feeling of "I can do it too."

However, only players who are good at playing long-range magic professions have a say in whether he won easily or not.

For example, Yuan Yitong: "My predictions are very accurate, and I almost never miss a single use of my skills."

For example, Fan Shu: "How did he manage to stand on the ice tip? Why didn't he get through the model?"

Yuan Yitong: "You're stuck at a certain point, right? I can tell at a glance that you've been researching these weird tricks a lot..."

Fan Shu: "No matter how strange the moves are, it's good as long as they can be used in official competitions."

Yuan Yitong: "Yeah, that's right."

"This way, Rosemary will get two points." Mu He frowned, "It's a pity it's useless."

Feng Xiyan: "Yes, it's useless."

Even if you win all three single-player matches, you will only get three points, and three points in team battles. If you lose the team battle, no matter how good your single-player record is, it will be useless.

Not to mention that they lost the second individual match. If they lost the team battle again, they would have lost to Honghuang 2:4. For a professional team that has persisted for so many sessions and is about to disband, it would be too embarrassing to exit with such a record.

More importantly, after losing the challenge, Midori no longer had the confidence to produce the recording as evidence of bribery.

Mu He now understood why Honghuang was so fearless, whether half a year ago or now. It was because they relied on the fact that the professional teams did not dare to release the news that they had been bribed after losing the game.

I didn't dare to post it before the game, for fear of being accused of "throwing mud because I think I can't win."

I dare not let it go after losing a game, because I will be accused of "making excuses when I can't win and throwing dirty water on others".

So you can only release it after winning the game. Only after winning can you release it with a clear conscience.

After the single-player battle ended, the system did not give either side much time to rest and quickly announced the start of a 5v5 group battle.

On Rosemary's side, Luanhua and Shuying are definitely on the field, and there are also two shield guards and a paladin, but no priest - yes, no priest!

Mu He couldn't believe his eyes: "The priest of Rosemary, Iron Wolf?"

"I don't know." Feng Xiyan thought about it more, "It's also possible that Luanhua and the others are suspicious of all their teammates, so they put three tanks on. They have high health and high defense, so they can hold on for as long as possible."

Looking at the Honghuang side, there is a swordsman, a paladin, a mage, an assassin, and a priest - a very complete lineup.

"Tsk." Mu He felt panicked just by looking at the lineup. "How should we fight this?"

Feng Xiyan: "Now we can only look after Luanhua and Shuying by themselves."

The audience in the stands were talking about this lineup and couldn't understand it.

Not only did they not understand, the commentators also couldn't understand: [They didn't even use a priest in a teamfight. I don't know what Rosemary was thinking.]

[It felt like Midori played very strangely today. The captain and vice-captain, who usually don't participate in solo matches, played solo matches for the first time and won both. And now they're not bringing a priest to a teamfight, but three tanks instead.]

[I feel like this Rosemary lineup is going to lose. ]

Yes, I will lose.

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Mu He was already panicking when he saw the lineup, and now when he heard the commentator saying "we are going to lose", he grabbed Feng Xiyan's wrist nervously.

Feng Xiyan looked down at his hand, then looked up at his profile, and said nothing.

He originally wanted to say, Luanhua and Shuying weren't panicking, so why are you panicking...

Indeed, at this moment, Luanhua was still smiling slightly, looking very calm. Shuying stood beside him, with no expression on her face, and no sign of nervousness at all.

Looking at the other people in Midori, the shield guards and paladins were all frowning, looking pessimistic about the current situation.

On the Honghuang side, everything was calm, as if they were not about to fight an important team battle that would determine their advancement, but rather an insignificant practice match.

Soon, the countdown ended and the game began.

Almost as soon as the game started, Luanhua picked up Shuying horizontally.

——Well, a standard princess hug.

audience:???

Narration: ???

Then the next second, Luanhua released icicles under her feet, pushing herself and Shuying in her arms into the air!

When she reached the highest point, Luanhua threw the person in her arms forward!

A shadow wearing a black and red robe spun in the air and fell down, with the hem of his robe and his furry tail spinning in a graceful arc. For a moment, time and space seemed to freeze, and he was the only one spinning in the whole world.

However, the next second, just when the people of Honghuang attacked him in the air, his figure turned into an afterimage, and the real him quietly flashed behind the priest of Honghuang, and used stab + shadow blade + instant body to harvest. The combo was so fast that people could not see clearly, and he made multiple critical hits, killing the priest of Honghuang in a short moment!

[Primordial Priest Died!] The commentator repeated this system prompt in shock, his face filled with disbelief, thinking he had misread it.

Without waiting for him to further explain the prompt, Luanhua, standing firmly on the tip of the ice, released a series of spell combos towards the remaining players in Honghuang!

A violent blizzard spread out from him, engulfing all enemies and allies.

Shuying's figure was looming in the blizzard, appearing on the left for a while, then flashing to the right. The terrible critical damage continued to float in the wind and snow, and the people of Honghuang fell one after another.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the remaining people in Honghuang changed, and the faces of the other people in the Midori team also changed.

They couldn't believe it - after Luanhua and Shuying risked everything, they could become so strong!

Luanhua stood in the most conspicuous position in the entire arena, like a target, but once the Honghuang mage tried to attack him, he would be attacked by Shuying.

Once the Honghuang swordsman tries to attack Shuying, Luanhua will release skills to cover Shuying.

The two cooperated with each other and killed the people of Honghuang in a panic.

Their teammates were left aside like a foil, as if they didn't exist.

If this continues, we will lose!

——A paladin on Rosemary's side thought, and could no longer bear it, so he used "charge" on the icicle under Luanhua's feet!

Rosemary, can't win!