The battle was on the verge of breaking out.
Not wanting Sun Xiang to fail, Liu Hao immediately warned, "Sun Xiang, stay alert. Don't underestimate the opponent—they're a professional rookie from Team Tiny Herb, after all."
"How do you know that?" Sun Xiang asked, puzzled. Before he could answer, he saw a Battle Mage and a Ghostblade charging towards him together.
"Don't go, let me handle this. I just made a mistake earlier!" Zhou Yebai said with a frustrated smile, trying to regain his dignity through his character, Sword of Resentment.
However, Wang Jiexi frowned and coldly ordered, "Follow the command!"
Zhou Yebai dared not say another word.
As the Battle Mage charged forward, he was also struck into the ground by Sun Xiang, just like the Sword of Resentment had been.
Zhou Yebai was astonished. If he had been struck down earlier due to carelessness, what could explain Xiao Yun being slammed into the ground? It couldn't just be carelessness, right? Could this Sword of Resentment really be that strong?
Zhou Yebai wanted to assist by chanting a ghost array, but a grenade rolled toward him at some point, exploding instantly and sending him flying, while brilliant sparks isolated the Ghostblade and Battle Mage.
Seeing this, Gao Yingjie from the sky immediately swooped down, throwing out a handful of Ice Powder.
But just then, another grenade was tossed in front of him. Reacting quickly, Gao Yingjie halted his flight, hovering in midair. The explosion's sparks didn't reach him, but the bright flames obscured his vision, and the Ice Powder was burned away.
"The timing of this grenade... It's just too perfect, isn't it?" Gao Yingjie marveled. He guided his character, Plantago Seed, through the flames, searching for the figure of Grieving Haze, only to suddenly hear a low voice from behind him.
"Are you looking for me?"
Gao Yingjie's hair stood on end while Qiao Yifan, who was watching from the ground, clearly saw what was happening and shouted, "Yingjie, the Ammunition Specialist, is right behind you!"
Gao Yingjie didn't dare to turn around. As soon as he heard the warning, he dived forward, but Liu Hao had already predicted his move. Grieving, Haze calmly threw a grenade in the direction Plantago Seed was fleeing.
The grenade caught up with Gao Yingjie, exploding behind him with perfect precision. The impact blasted him back to the ground, right in front of Sun Xiang, who took the opportunity to smash him into the ground with a single strike.
"Blossom... Blood Scene!" Gao Yingjie's voice trembled. He hadn't experienced the Blossom Blood Scene of the Hundred Blossoms team before. Still, he knew it was the most robust two-person tactic, superior to the Sword and Curse combination, the Crime Duo, the Void Ghost Duo, and the Wind and Rain Cannon of Team Tyranny!
Wang Jiexi was equally stunned, his mouth agape. If not for hearing the voices of Grieving Haze and the Sword of Resentment, even he would have suspected that these two were Sun Zheping and Wang Jiexi themselves.
Blossom Blood Scene raged like an enraged king, overwhelming the Tiny Herb team with no chance of counterattack. Even the genius player Gao Yingjie couldn't escape, only able to resist as much as possible while awaiting death.
Sun Xiang grew more excited, feeling his synergy with Liu Hao was proliferating. In his previous team, Conquering Clouds, everyone had to play around him, and he had never cooperated with anyone so well. At this moment, Sun Xiang felt more and more that coming to Excellent Era was the right choice—not because of being the captain or having the god-level account card One Autumn Leaf, but because of Liu Hao, a man who could cooperate with him perfectly!
"Damn it, Qiao Yifan, what are you doing? We're all going to die; why aren't you moving? Or do you want to get us killed intentionally?" Zhou Yebai yelled.
Qiao Yifan felt wronged. Did he not want to step up? Would he really just stand by and watch his teammates die in front of him? Of course not, but he simply couldn't find the right moment to act!
The explosive flames from the grenades surrounded the battlefield, making it impossible to see what was happening inside from the outside.
Wang Jiexi, behind him, also understood that Qiao Yifan didn't have a chance to engage. This was due to Gao Yingjie's lack of effective command, as he hadn't anticipated the opponent would use the Blossom Blood Scene tactic. Of course, even Wang Jiexi hadn't anticipated it.
But Zhou Yebai didn't care whether Qiao Yifan had a chance or not. To him, Qiao Yifan was just idling, coldly watching as they were slaughtered. Zhou Yebai's urgings became more and more frequent.
At first, Qiao Yifan could endure Zhou Yebai's pressing, desperately searching for an opportunity to engage. But as time passed without finding one, Zhou Yebai's scolding gradually threw Qiao Yifan off balance. Finally, in a moment of irrationality, he charged his Assassin character into the flames.
And then... Qiao Yifan practically served himself up to Sun Xiang's heavy sword and was promptly smashed into the ground by him.
Sun Xiang couldn't help but laugh at Qiao Yifan's manoeuvre. "Is this guy really from Tiny Herb? How can he be this bad? In a situation like this, shouldn't he just stay on the periphery and wait for an opening?"
Liu Hao also shook his head helplessly. There was no denying that Qiao Yifan's Assassin was indeed terrible.
With that, the four members of Tiny Herb were entirely engulfed by the Blossom Blood Scene, leaving them with no power to resist, and then... they were all wiped out!
The Tiny Herb training room fell silent, like a library. Zhou Yebai couldn't take it anymore and started cursing Qiao Yifan, who, feeling aggrieved, could only bow his head in silence.
"Enough!" Wang Jiexi interrupted. He was also very disappointed in Qiao Yifan; the Assassin's performance was genuinely terrible, far from what a professional player should be capable of.
Has he thrown off balance by scolding? Maybe that had affected his judgment, but in Tiny Herb, that wasn't an acceptable excuse! In Season 6, Tiny Herb had already lost control once due to trash talk, and since then, maintaining a stable mindset has become a mandatory lesson for all Tiny Herb players!
"Those two are not ordinary players. Judging by their voices, they should be Liu Hao and Sun Xiang," Wang Jiexi said.
He sighed, then waved his hand, "After respawning, avoid them and find Ye Qiu. Tonight's mission is just to locate Ye Qiu and get a sense of his Unspecialized play."
"Understood!" x4.
...
Meanwhile, Team Tyranny's main force had all logged in.
As soon as Zhang Xinjie deduced that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu, Han Wenqing immediately rallied the entire Tyranny team to head to the Tenth Server together.
Of course, Han Wenqing didn't plan to kill Ye Qiu. He just wanted to confront Ye Qiu face-to-face and ask why he chose to retire.
They were lifelong rivals. Han Wenqing was older, yet Ye Qiu chose to retire first without even a word of warning. Wasn't that a betrayal of their friendship? Wasn't it disloyal to a lifelong adversary?
Right now, Han Wenqing was like a volcano, ready to erupt at any moment. No one in Team Tyranny dared to provoke him at this time.
Although most people believed Ye Qiu's retirement was a good thing, it meant one less formidable opponent for them.
(End of this Chapter)