Chapter Twenty-Five

The system countdown ended, and Team Happy's five players refreshed at the end of Maple Forest Ancient Road.

Zhou Qiao gripped the mouse and muttered under her breath, "I really don't like this picture."

This map is named after the Maple Forest Ancient Road, which is the central axis of the map. It extends along the maple forest beside the road, with mountains and water. However, the ancient road itself is not very long, and it is straight and flat with no obstructions in the middle, so the view is unobstructed.

At the start of the match, the five members of Team Happy, led by Lord Grim, turned left and entered the maple forest. Lord Grim was in front, Little Hands in the middle, and Cold Mist Soft Palace at the rear. The three of them advanced in a formation that protected the healer, while Baozi Invasion and Nightless Marquis were scattered on both sides of the team.

Team Happy has practiced the Maple Forest Ancient Road map many times. Without tactical positioning, they move forward at the normal speed of their characters, and the two sides will meet within the first three minutes.

Xiao Shiqin always seeks victory through stability. With Excellent Era trailing by one kill, he will be even more cautious. The five members of Excellent Era will stick together tightly and won't split up. Since Excellent Era didn't see Happy's team on the ancient path, they will enter the maple forest.

Excellent Era could turn left or right, but Happy couldn't withstand the onslaught of Excellent Era's five-man squad, so they had to take control of the situation.

In the fifth minute of the game, as Ye Xiu had arranged, Nightless Marquis fired a shot into the sky.

After firing that shot, Nightless Marquis left the team.

Li Yibo felt that he finally had a chance to use his skills: "As we all know, Zhou Qiao debuted as an assassin. Unlike traditional sharpshooters, she is used to staying away from the team in team matches. She prefers to be a ranged assassin rather than a ranged support. In other words, she is an opportunist who stays away from the team."

"Nevernight has successfully attracted the attention of the Excellent Era team. The director cuts to a high-altitude perspective. Yes, now the main team of Happy, the five members of Excellent Era, and Nevernight form a triangle, and the distance between Excellent Era and Nevernight is decreasing."

"Lord Grim also fired his gun. Ye Xiu was making it clear that Team Happy was now split in two, but Xiao Shiqin was not distracted, and Team Excellent Era was still sticking to their original goal."

"Now, Nightless Lady is holding off five opponents. If she is caught up by Team Excellent Era, it will be a huge loss for Team Happy. Zhou Qiao is too far away from Team Happy's main team. Even Lord Grim can't provide support from this distance."

Will the Marquis of Nevernight be caught?

The Nightless Marquis is dressed in orange-tier equipment, and the attributes of her equipment are publicly available, meaning that her character speed can be calculated.

The audience began to cheer for Excellent Era. Excellent Era's fans gritted their teeth and could even imagine the sharpshooter being powerless against the attack of the five.

New content pops up on the public channel.

The Undying Marquis: As everyone knows, Glory is not a marathon game.

As these words appeared, the Lord of Nightless Fired his gun for the fourth time, still from a position where he seemed to be able to catch up with just a quick acceleration.

However, the sharpshooter never appeared in the sights of the Excellent Era team.

Realizing that the terrain ahead was hilly, Xiao Shiqin decisively turned around.

Of course, he didn't forget to reply to Zhou Qiao on the public channel.

The Holy Spirit perishes: This is also possible.

Marquis of Nevernight: Then you can continue the pursuit.

The Undying Marquis: If I catch him, I'll give him to you.

The Undying Marquis: Drinking cough syrup.

One Autumn Leaf: What is cough syrup?

Marquis Nevernight: Good boy, don't interrupt when adults are talking. Go play in the mud.

One Autumn Leaf: Are you crazy?

Marquis of Nevernight: Is this how you speak to an elder?

Marquis of Nevernight: I will tell Grandpa Sun.

One Autumn Leaf: You're fucking insane!

The referee issued a yellow card to Yi Yezhi.

Zhou Qiao teased Sun Xiang, but still couldn't see the five members of Excellent Era in the sniper scope. He pursed his lips and typed in the team chat.

Marquis of Nevernight: All five of them have run away.

Nightless Marquis: I had my sniper rifle all set up, thinking I was going to get first blood.

Don't laugh: Others aren't fools.

Jun Moxiao: (XXXX, XXXX)

Marquis of Nevernight: 111

"The situation has changed again. Excellent Era's team is moving towards the coordinates where Lord Grim fired the first shot, while Nightless Lord is chasing after them. Happy's four players have taken a big detour and are now closing the distance with Nightless Lord. Coach Li, what do you think?"

Li Yibo's smile froze, his eyes filled with the thought: How am I supposed to watch two players with such strong hearts on the field?

But Pan Lin had thrown out the joke, and he couldn't ignore it, so he awkwardly cleared his throat: "Zhou Qiao used the speed difference between Nightless Marquis and Team Excellent Era to set up a sniper position on the mountain, but unfortunately, Xiao Shiqin saw through her plan. Xiao Shiqin truly lives up to his reputation as a tactical master; his understanding of the map is extremely thorough. In comparison, Nightless Marquis's trap was far too simplistic."

Pan Lin: "..."

Li Yibo: "Hehe."

Just as Li Yibo was resorting to awkward conversation tactics, the situation in the game changed again.

The Lord of Nightless City caught up with Excellent Era.

Zhang Jiaxing noticed immediately that before he could even issue a warning in the team channel, Bu Yehou had already done it for him.

Quick-fire sniping, aim, headshot.

Weaving Shadow's health dropped significantly immediately.

Without Xiao Shiqin's instruction, the other four immediately adjusted their positions to protect Zhiying.

Sun Xiang harbored a grudge against Zhou Qiao, a mixture of old and new hatred. Seeing the Nightless Marquis so arrogant, he wished he could rush up and fight her one-on-one. Unfortunately, the Battle Mage was a melee class, and its attack range was simply not enough compared to the Gunner.

Xiao Shiqin kept a close eye on the four members of Team Happy who had not yet shown up, trying to prevent Sun Xiang from breaking up the formation in a moment of impulsiveness.

As the only ranged attacker for Team Excellent Era, Holy Spirit Annihilation threw out a jumping grenade. Zhou Qiao had been paying attention to Holy Spirit Annihilation's movements and immediately took two steps back, easily dodging the grenade's blast radius.

Nightless Marquis fired with both hands simultaneously, the gunshots were dense, but they were all normal attacks. Apart from the very first Barrett sniper shot that took away nearly a third of Weaver's health, Nightless Marquis did not cause any major damage to Team Excellent Era. In fact, Weaver has now slowly recovered her health.

Xiao Shiqin still couldn't find the Happy team that might be lurking nearby, but Excellent Era couldn't keep taking Zhou Qiao's beatings like this.

Xiao Shiqin had already realized Ye Xiu's tactics: it was an open strategy, a strategy to force him to divide his forces.

Unlike Thunder, Excellent Era has always considered itself a powerhouse. One Autumn Leaf and Life Destroyer are both all-star characters. If they always appear helpless against a sharpshooter in full orange gear, it would be too embarrassing, and fans wouldn't accept it.

The moment Xiao Shiqin changed tactics, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu darted out, forcing Xiao Shiqin to type in the team chat to signal Sun Xiang to slow down.

As Yi Ye Zhi Qiu Hao Long Po Jun made his move, Bu Ye Hou's flying spear was immediately sent flying backward.

The character stat allocation of Nightless Marquis was already unconventional, and with the addition of the Flying Spear technique, Autumn Leaf rushed forward at high speed but failed to close the distance with her. Instead, she was pulled out of the team.

Xiao Shiqin sighed and signaled for the battle formation to follow that of One Autumn Leaf. The priest accelerated his movement, hoping to maintain the formation as much as possible.

"Well, Excellent Era is playing very hesitantly."

"Yes, after all, one side is a God of War, while the other is fully equipped with orange gear. Xiao Shiqin is overestimating Zhou Qiao. In reality, if they meet head-on, it would be very difficult for Marquis Nevernight to defeat One Autumn Leaf."

"Now, in order to maintain formation, we've actually given Lord Nevernight the opportunity to fly a kite."

"One Autumn Leaf has already lost nearly one-tenth of its health, while Lord Nightless has hardly used any skills, relying entirely on normal attacks."

"Happy team has finally met Excellent Era! Huh? Xiao Shiqin actually told Sun Xiang to retreat, that shouldn't be the case."

"Excellent Era is indeed somewhat hampered. If Life Destroyer and Battle Format had caught up earlier, Nightless Marquis wouldn't have been able to escape. Both teams are currently at good health, but Excellent Era's Priest, Shadowweaver, has nearly 30% mana depleted. In the current situation, Zhang Jiaxing is unlikely to finish casting Prayer of Hope, especially since Happy has Zhou Qiao, the sharpshooter. Moreover, Shadowweaver's small heal is still on cooldown. From this perspective, the situation is unfavorable for Excellent Era."

"Of course, the overall quality of Excellent Era's characters is undoubtedly superior to that of Happy, completely outweighing this disadvantage."

"A beautiful, silver-light blade strike!"

"As expected of a ten-year Battle Mage player, Lord Grim did not show any fear even when facing One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format working together. A star tactic, undoubtedly a star tactic."

"But Ye Xiu is not controlling his former Battle God account right now. Can Lord Grim hold on? Will Happy break through Excellent Era's healing first, or will he be taken down first?"

"Xiao Shiqin was actually held back by Zhou Qiao? Wait, brilliant! The air compressor is connected to the magnetic field coil. Zhou Qiao's choice to use gun-based martial arts to restrain Xiao Shiqin was a bit too risky."

"The battle formation was lifted into the air! After being pushed aside, Lord Nightless decisively chose to aid Lord Grim! A brilliant counterattack!"

"Lian Jin was pushed away by Han Yanrou! I have to emphasize again, Tang Rou is truly one of the most powerful female contestants. Shen Jian is completely powerless against Han Yanrou right now, completely replicating his performance in the arena. Now that Zhiying is facing the attack of Baozi Invasion alone, can Shenglingmie get there in time?"

"Soul Destroyer has arrived! Wait, Little Hands in Ice Cold gave Soul Destroyer a Holy Commandment Light!"

"Another Barrett sniper shot! Headshot! With the buff from Holy Light, this shot took away half of Lifebreaker's health!"

"Shadowweaver has been blinded! But the Holy Healing spell has already restored Life Destroyer's health!"

"The amount of blood he's drawing now is extremely dangerous! He could be blinded in 5 seconds. Can Shen Jian hold on?"

"Han Yanrou actually continued her attack despite the mechanical airdrop! Unbelievable!"

"The blinding effect of Shadowweaver has finally ended! But even Jin is already at low health, and now Shadowweaver has an instant-cast Greater Heal spell... it's actually Holy Fire?!"

"The sixth player from Excellent Era has appeared at the refresh point."

"The Cold Mist Softly Breaks Through Mountains and Rivers, Leaping into the Shadow Weaver! The Shadow Weaver's Great Healing Spell has also been used!"

"Life Destroyed, so I switched to healing! Little Hands Cold's rhythm was disrupted, the cast was interrupted, and a cooldown was wasted."

"After all, he was facing Xiao Shiqin, the top mechanic in the alliance."

"Lord Grim finally chose to retreat. He fought against two opponents, one of whom was the God of War, and lasted for five minutes. It can be said that Team Happy was able to gain this advantage entirely because of Lord Grim."

"However, if it weren't for Little Hands Cold and the Nightless Marquis's divine touch that forced out Weaving Shadow's Holy Healing Spell, it would have been difficult for Cold Smoke Soft to kill Lian Jin under the attack of Annihilation of Life and Death."

"The continuous control by Baozi Invasion and Little Hands Cold is also very well coordinated."

"The healers from Happy and Excellent Era left the field at the same time. Although Xiao Shiqin hesitated a bit in command at the beginning, his strength is beyond doubt. In comparison, Happy's firepower is still slightly insufficient. The combined effective output of Han Yanrou and Baozi Invasion is only equal to that of Sheng Ling Mie."

"Shenglingmie is turning to attack Hanyanrou! It seems they're going to snatch this kill, after all, Hanyanrou's condition is really not good after the previous strong kills."

"Can the destruction of life leave behind the gentle mist? One Autumn Leaf and Battle Format will be back soon, and the sixth member of Excellent Era is also approaching."