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Amidst the audience's enthusiastic cheers, the eighth season of the Glory Professional League was in full swing. Everyone in the venue was infected by the intense atmosphere, and the host's emotions gradually rose. The players' hands moved rapidly on their keyboards, all making unremitting efforts to win the championship. On this stage, effort was the least worth showing off.
Jia Shi team, the only team in the history of the professional league to achieve three consecutive championships, started an era of Glory dynasty; Lan Yu team, relying on their Sword and Curse dual-core strategy, will definitely win their summer; Wei Cao team, a master of new and old inheritance, with the captain as the center and unity as the weapon, a mere Wei Cao can become a plain; Ba Tu team, with a tough playstyle, rising and falling for ten years.
This match was the seventh round of Glory's eighth season, with the Wei Cao team challenging the home team, Jia Shi. Jia Shi team's captain, Fighting God Ye Qiu, was the textbook of Glory and the only creator of a three-time championship dynasty. Wei Cao team was not far behind; their captain Wang Jiexi was known as the Magician for his unpredictable playstyle.
In this match, Jia Shi team's lineup included the Battlemage Leaf of Autumn, the Launcher Dancing Rain, the Sharpshooter Matchstick, the Cleric Woven Shadow, the spellblade Total Darkness, and the Striker Successive Strike. The long-range output was handled by the Launcher and the Sharpshooter, the Battlemage was responsible for the main attack, and the spellblade was responsible for coordination.
Wei Cao team's lineup included their captain, the Magician Wang Bu Liu Xing, the Knight Angelica, the Sharpshooter Red Leaves, the Cleric Aweto, and the Ghostblade Rangoon Creeper, with the Blade Master Fly Sword as a substitute. As the team most skilled in four protecting one in the league, possessing the absolute core captain, the Magician Wang Jiexi, their strength was truly not to be underestimated.
The match rule was a team match, with six players from each team participating, five on the field, and one substitute. The substitute would wait in a specific substitution zone on the map. When a teammate was eliminated, or a teammate voluntarily came to the substitution zone, the substitute could replace him to enter the match. Within the specified time limit of fifteen minutes, the team that eliminated more opponents won and received five points.
If the number of eliminations was the same, the team with more total HP won. A team kill or a player breaking a league record would earn an extra two points. The match progress was incredibly nail-biting, and the audience present all held their breath. Ye Qiu calmly and steadily commanded his teammates' combat, and the tightly ordered strategy left the Wei Cao team scrambling and passive.
Wang Jiexi, at this time, remained composed, calmly facing the battle situation, actively implementing corresponding strategies, retreating to advance, forming a contracting encirclement battle. However, at this moment, Total Darkness Chen Yehui, due to his arrogance, acted impulsively without listening to commands, causing a major mistake for the Jia Shi team. In an instant, the situation on the field reversed, and the Jia Shi team suddenly lost their advantage, falling into a four-on-five disadvantage.
In this situation, Ye Qiu's tactical command became particularly important. He remained calm in such a situation and cooperated closely with Su Mucheng, eliminating Red Leaves from the Wei Cao team, who was attempting a sneak attack. The match gradually heated up, and the battle became more intense. Although the Jia Shi team managed to turn the situation to four against four, their total HP still lagged behind, and there was still a risk of losing the match.
Ye Qiu did not panic, calmly initiating a strong attack, with other teammates providing cover, coupled with Su Mucheng's tacit cooperation, turning the tide from defeat to victory. In the last second, he eliminated the Knight Angelica from the Wei Cao team, winning the match. Enthusiastic cheers erupted in the venue. Ye Qiu, once again relying on his strength, inscribed a glorious chapter in the history of Glory.
Su Mucheng's assist at the critical moment also proved to everyone that the league's best duo was well-deserved, and the Jia Shi team perfectly demonstrated with this match that Jia Shi had returned as kings. Although Captain Ye Qiu possessed immense strength, he never appeared in public, nor did he participate in any commercial performances or promotions. After the match, Ye Qiu replayed the match process, analyzing the mistakes that occurred during the match with his teammates.
Ye Qiu believed that Glory was not a game for one person, but the glory of the entire team. More important than flashy techniques or increasing kill counts was team cooperation, calmly and understatedly displaying all one's strength in critical moments. There were no weak teams in the league, and no one could harbor complacency.
He criticized Chen Yehui's behavior of treating the team match as a personal show during the match and announced that the Jia Shi team did not need players like Chen Yehui. Ye Qiu gazed at the past trophies, contemplating the new strategy he would use in the next match. Manager Tao Xuan appeared beside him, hinting at the importance of the league's commercial value in his words.
Currently, Jia Shi's revenue had been far surpassed by other teams, and Tao Xuan implied that the Jia Shi team needed to make changes. He introduced the newcomer Sun Xiang to Ye Qiu and stated that Sun Xiang would replace him as the new captain of the Jia Shi team. He claimed Sun Xiang could bring new commercial value to the league and would lead the Jia Shi team towards a better path.
Tao Xuan told Ye Qiu that if he was willing to stay and be Sun Xiang's practice partner, he would try to get him some compensation. However, the conviction in Ye Qiu's heart did not allow him to do so. Ye Qiu announced his retirement on the spot and handed over the account "Leaf of Autumn". He instructed Sun Xiang at the end that if he liked eSports, he should treat it all as Glory, not showing off.
Sun Xiang gripped the account card in his hand and seemed to understand something from this statement. Chen Yehui, who had been kicked out of the team by Ye Qiu, held a grudge. After learning about this, he mocked Ye Qiu at length. However, Ye Qiu persisted in his beliefs and paid no attention to him. Chen Yehui then pushed his luck, demanding that Ye Qiu take off his Jia Shi team uniform.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiu took off the uniform and threw it to him contemptuously. Ye Qiu packed his belongings, took one last look at the place he had fought for for so long, turned around, and left resolutely. The winter night was cold, and heavy snow fell, but this icy weather could not extinguish the fervent love and persistence in Ye Qiu's heart for Glory. He walked into the snow without hesitation, his back so determined and persistent.
Those who knew him understood that he would definitely return to the sport he loved. Ye Qiu walked into a convenience store and happened to meet Su Mucheng, who was shopping there. Ye Qiu told her the news of his retirement. As soon as Su Mucheng heard it, she immediately decided that she wanted to leave with Ye Qiu, but Ye Qiu stopped her, telling her to continue playing well for Jia Shi and their ten years.
Su Mucheng looked at Jia Shi's wall of honor. She knew that Glory was a belief for Ye Qiu. Once a destroyed belief was rebuilt, it would be more beautiful and resilient than before. He would definitely return to the league and take back his own Glory. And Ye Qiu had already secretly decided that as long as he got through this year when he couldn't compete, he would definitely return to Glory.
Ye Qiu walked into an internet cafe and rented a computer. At this time, everyone in the internet cafe was nervously waiting for a moment—the opening of Glory's tenth server. This was an opportunity for everyone to start anew. Ye Qiu transferred his original account to the new server and took out a thousand-machine umbrella from the warehouse. This thousand-machine umbrella was designed by Ye Qiu together with a former friend.
The two of them shared a common persistence and love for Glory. He picked up the thousand-machine umbrella, deciding to carry the shared expectations of his friend and start anew on the new server. Chen Guo, the female boss of the internet cafe, was also a loyal player of Glory. She was immersed in a duel, so much so that she had no time to attend to Ye Qiu's request to pay.
Ye Qiu asked with a smile, "It's just a duel, is it necessary to be so serious?" But Chen Guo believed that Glory was much more than just a duel. However, Chen Guo still lost the duel. Just as she was about to pay, she was called away to solve a computer black screen problem.
Ye Qiu saw that a new duel was about to start on the screen, so he sat down in the seat and played a round for Chen Guo. Chen Guo saw Ye Qiu playing on her account and was very angry. But when she learned that Ye Qiu had helped her win the duel in just over forty seconds, she became happy again.
Seeing everyone immersed in Glory and looking happy, Ye Qiu couldn't help but ask Chen Guo what she thought Glory was. Chen Guo said, "Glory is our world." Ye Qiu seemed to gain some insight from these words, picked up the internet cafe recruitment notice, and said he wanted to apply for the position of net cafe manager.
