Chapter Eleven
As soon as he entered the venue, he quickly moved to the Red Flower Pavilion. Not seeing the Nightless Marquis, he carefully hid behind a pillar, peeked around, and still found nothing.
In the first two rounds, Bu Ye Hou occupied this small high ground immediately. Although there was a possibility of changing tactics in the third round, for some reason, He An began to feel anxious.
At that moment, a line of text popped up in the chat channel.
Marquis of Nevernight: I see you.
He Anxin was startled, and then blood splattered before his eyes—a sniper rifle had struck his forehead.
However, this shot actually calmed him down. The muzzle of the Nightless Marquis's gun revealed his position, and the others immediately charged at him, to which the Nightless Marquis immediately returned fire.
This situation was somewhat similar to the previous game, but compared to Tiannu, Renqu was more cautious. He An kept his eyes fixed on the muzzle of Buyehou's gun, judging Buyehou's skills by the muzzle flash and sound.
The distance between the Demon Swordsman and the Gunslinger has been greatly reduced. Although the Demon Swordsman is at a disadvantage in terms of health, the Gunslinger's mana consumption is far greater than that of the Demon Swordsman. If they can successfully capture the Nightless Marquis, the Wuji Team still has a chance to turn the tide.
Nightless Marquis began to retreat, but compared to the speed of Go Ye, who had activated his full-speed charge mode, her retreat was clearly insufficient. Zhou Qiao remained calm, turning the muzzle of her gun downwards with her left hand and beginning to fire.
The special effects of the Swift Light Wave Sword appeared instantly. This was the fastest wave sword attack that the Demon Swordsman could unleash. The light effect grazed the sole of the Nightless Marquis's boots.
Then, Ren Quye unleashed a three-stage slash, quickly closing the distance between the two.
This three-stage slash rekindled the hopes of Wuji's fans who were disappointed at not being able to catch the Nightless Marquis, and the onlookers who wanted to be proven wrong became even more arrogant.
Unlike the audience's excitement, He An found the situation extremely difficult. In order to capture the Nightless Marquis, he had to rapidly unleash his Wave Sword, leaving no gaps, and this somewhat hasty skill output disrupted his rhythm.
He Anyou tried to slow down, but as soon as his skills loosened up, Bu Yehou tried to widen the distance again.
He dared not let the sharpshooter escape, so he could only suppress him with his skills.
The Nightless Marquis was captured and unable to escape, so he pointed his gun at the Demon Swordsman, and both of their health points dropped rapidly under the skill output.
However, the Nightless Marquis's decline was even faster. After all, the Gunslinger is a ranged class. Although he has melee skills, his melee output is greatly reduced compared to the Magic Swordsman, who can learn swordsman skills.
Ren Quye keenly sensed a floating bullet hidden among the bullets by Buyehou. After dodging it, Ren Quye jumped up on the spot, and the silver light fell down. Buyehou was hit by the light of the silver light and fell down.
At this moment, both of them had less than a third of their health remaining. He An certainly wouldn't let such a great opportunity slip by, and immediately rushed forward.
Although he had a slight doubt in his heart: Could he jump high enough to knock down the Lord of Nightless City?
Then, the sniper rifle muzzle that appeared in his field of vision confirmed the answer.
"Bang--"
The word "Glory" appeared, and before Chen Guo could cheer, Wei Chen cursed, "Damn it!"
Her excitement was abruptly interrupted, and Chen Guo snapped, "Aren't you happy that Xiaoxiao won?!"
“No,” Wei Chen reached for a cigarette, then withdrew his hand under Chen Guo’s angry glare, “This Xiao Xiao, isn’t she from Tiny Herb?”
As the first captain of the Blue Rain team, it can be said that no one is more familiar with Blue Rain's opportunistic style than Wei Chen.
Ye Xiu sneered mercilessly: "Have you not watched any matches since you retired? Back then, Xiao Xiao taught himself by watching match recordings, which brought quite a surprise to the league."
When this was mentioned, Wei Chen was speechless for a moment, and Sun Zheping summarized, "He's more mature than before."
As the biggest victim of TinyHerpe's opportunism, Sun Zheping has a lot to say about this.
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Zhou Qiao successfully defended his title against three opponents, and Xingxin defeated Wuji to advance to the next round.
When she logged out of the game and took off her headphones, she noticed that Yan Yu had been leaning against the door frame for a long time.
Zhou Qiao: "Did I disturb you?"
Yan Yu shook her head: "No." Yan Yu handed her the phone, "Xiaoxiao, you seemed to be glowing just now."
The screen showed a photo Yan Yu took of Zhou Qiao during a match. Yan Yu adjusted the filter, and Zhou Qiao in the photo did indeed look radiant.
Zhou Qiao sent the photos to her phone: "Since you took such good pictures of me, I won't hold it against you for taking the photos without my consent."
"Thank you so much." Yan Yu couldn't help but smile.
After Happy defeated Wuji, Chang Xian's interview with Happy was finally published in the newspaper. Wang Jiexi saw three familiar names in the newspaper, and finally, his eyes fell on the name "Zhou Qiao".
He didn't know Zhou Qiao, but he felt like he'd heard the name somewhere before.
Wang Jiexi was unaware that Zhou Qiao had changed her name, but those around Zhou Qiao certainly knew.
Originally, my roommate B was just browsing through newspapers and magazines when she went to the library. She continued reading because she saw the name of the first captain of Blue Rain, but she didn't expect to see Zhou Qiao's name.
Roommate B took a picture of this page and posted it in the WeChat group.
Bed #2 in Room 5006: [Image]
Bed 2, Room 5006: Xiao Qiao, look! This sharpshooter has the same name as you!
Bed number 1 in room 5006: Hahaha, what a coincidence.
Bed No. 1, Room 5006: Speaking of which, the name Xingxin sounds so familiar.
Bed #2, Room 5006: That's the one, the one that's going to challenge Excellent Era.
Bed 1, Room 5006: Oh, I remember now.
Bed 1, Room 5006: Wait a minute! Isn't this sharpshooter's ID the same as yours?
Bed 1, Room 5006: @Bed 3, Room 5006, come out, stop pretending to be dead.
Bed 4, Room 5006: Speaking of which, I played Arena with the great Lord Grim before. Xiao Qiao helped me play, and she seems to know people in Lord Grim's team.
Bed 1, Room 5006: Damn, why didn't you tell me about something this important sooner?
Bed 2, Room 5006: @Bed 3, Room 5006, it's break time now, I don't believe you didn't bring your phone.
Bed 4, Room 5006: @Bed 3, Room 5006, Xiao Qiao, come out quickly.
Xiao Qiao strives to become stronger: I...can...explain...
After being thoroughly interrogated by her roommates, Zhou Qiao slumped listlessly on the table. Her roommate B said thoughtfully, "No wonder you go out every Friday, you're there to play in a competition."
"You didn't tell us something so important! Trying to evade the issue only makes your crime more serious!"
"That's right, unless you give us an autograph from the great Lord Grim, we will never forgive you!"
"Isolate you!"
"You'll be ostracized!"
I'm not taking you with me when I go to the toilet!
Roommate B: "??? Are you in elementary school?"
Roommate C: "Hmph."
"Waaah." Zhou Qiao bit her handkerchief.
Joking aside, Zhou Qiao is busier now that she's a sophomore than last semester—she still has time to prepare for competitions even with a full schedule of classes.
Although it's unlikely that any team will pose a threat to Happy before the offline tournament, they must maintain the right attitude and not underestimate their opponents.
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Zhou Qiao was either writing papers or studying match videos of Excellent Era and two other professional teams that had fallen to the Challenger League in between writing papers. She was busier than when she was in class. If she hadn't run into Yan Yu carrying her suitcase back, Zhou Qiao wouldn't have even known that she had gone on a trip.
"Did you go to G City again?!" Zhou Qiao's tone was as if she had discovered her wife's infidelity. Yan Yu placed her hand on the top of her head. "No, don't be unreasonable."
"Waaaaah."
This busy period lasted for more than a month. Zhou Qiao was so busy that she lost track of time and didn't even know what day it was until pop-up ads kept popping up while she was browsing the web, and she realized that Singles' Day was coming soon.
After she started elementary school, 11.11 changed from "Singles' Day" to "Shopping Festival", so Taobao became the app that reminded her that her birthday was coming soon every year.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: Do you know what day next Saturday is?
With midterms approaching, Zhou Qiao asked Happy for a two-week leave. The opponent for these two weeks was an ordinary six-person player team. Ye Xiu generously granted Zhou Qiao's leave. As a result, Zhou Qiao, who did not go to the apartment for these two weeks, was completely unaware of Yan Yu's renovation of the apartment.
Yan Yu had no intention of revealing the surprise in advance, so she gave a perfunctory reply.
Little Leaf Chirping: World Youth Day?
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: You did this on purpose, didn't you?
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: and World Youth Day is on a Friday.
Little Leaf Chirping: You're celebrating Singles' Day? Are you from the last century?
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: You've lost me.
Xiao Qiao needs to work hard to become stronger: [Goodbye.jpg]
Little Leaf Chirping: Just kidding.
Little Leaf Chirping: [Snow King Dancing.gif]
Little Leaf Chirping: Boss Liu has already transferred your birthday allowance to me. I'll order a cake for you after the competition.
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: What does she want to do? (A metaphor for something akin to a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken.)
Little Leaf Chirping: ...
Little Leaf Chirp: You've got a pretty good idea of where you stand in the food chain.
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: If I and she fell into the water at the same time, who would you save?
Little Leaf Chirp: Before you start playing with White Album, let me tell you, I knew her first.
Xiao Qiao wants to become stronger: Waaaaah, how could this happen!
Although she didn't know why Liu Shaoyou wanted to celebrate her birthday, in her mind Liu Shaoyou had always been a domineering CEO who was foolish and rich, so Zhou Qiao didn't take it to heart.
As a result, when Zhou Qiao opened the door in the evening, she noticed the changes on the balcony—the balcony had been renovated, Yan Yu had built a flower bed, redid the drainage, made a bird's nest chair, and set up a bar counter at the junction of the living room and the balcony.
Zhou Qiao called out to Yan Yu, "Little Yezi, did you redo the renovation?"
Yan Yu poked her head out from the kitchen: "I saw you often sitting on the balcony, so I made this. Do you like it?"
Zhou Qiao looked at the bird's nest chair, which looked especially cozy in the sunset, her eyes sparkling. Finally, she walked over, hugged Yan Yu, and buried her head in Yan Yu's neck: "I like it very much."
Yan Yu patted Zhou Qiao on the back, gently comforting her: "I haven't gotten the flower seeds yet. What do you want to plant?"
Zhou Qiao stepped out of Yan Yu's embrace, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's use Wang Bu Liu Xing."
Yan Yu: "..."
Yan Yu's expression was complicated, but she didn't say anything. When Zhou Qiao came out after finishing this week's challenge, he found that Yan Yu had changed the soil in the flower bed and planted several slender green seedlings.
Yan Yu turned on the balcony light: "Are you satisfied?"
Zhou Qiao: "...I'm more curious about where you got all this Vaccaria segetalis."
Yan Yu: "I have my own methods."
When Wang Jiexi saw Zhou Qiao's photos on his WeChat Moments, he first looked at the grown-up girl in the photos for a while before reading Zhou Qiao's caption.
Xiao Wu Sui: Thank you, Xiao Ye Zi, for sponsoring the Wang Bu Liu Xing for me. [Image]
Wang Jiexi: "..."
A while later, Zhou Qiao received a notification that Wang Jiexi had liked her post.
Zhou Qiao: "emmmmm"
Wang Jiexi's like left her with mixed feelings.
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