Full-time master: I have a spirit behind me.

"Now, standing before you is... Ye Xiu, the head coach of the Glory of China national team, the Glory textbook, the captain of the three-time champion Excellent Era team, the former runner-up Happy team, one of the four great tacticians, the creator of [Battle God] One Autumn Leaf, the creator of [Unaffiliated Player] Lord Grim, the creator of the golden combination [Gunner Combination], the player with the most Best Player awards in the Chinese Professional League, the creator of the record for the 100% winning streak in the first season of the Glory of China online game ladder competition, the holder of multiple dungeon records, and the creator of multiple starting tactics, Ye Xiu!" Pan Lin shouted excitedly, his initial worry about Sun Xiang's inability to play instantly turning into a spirit.

Li Yibo couldn't help but smile.

"...But there's only Uncle Ye in the competition area." Wu Xiaolu looked up at her father, who was staring blankly at the big screen, with a somewhat bewildered expression: "There aren't that many people."

“Those are all titles held by your Uncle Ye,” Tao Xuan said with a complicated smile.

Wu Xiaolu was taken aback: "Uncle Ye, is he that amazing?"

“He is one of the most outstanding professional players I have ever seen.” Wu Xuefeng patted his daughter’s head.

Pan Lin's commentary, which sounded like reciting a menu, completely ignited the Chinese audience, with everyone chanting Ye Xiu's name.

Sun Xiang, in the Chinese team's locker room, looked up at the young man on the closed-circuit television: "Don't lose!"

The map wheel has completely landed and is locked.

[Map selected: Night Street]

"I was lucky." Huang Shaotian breathed a slight sigh of relief from the preparation area below the stage, feeling somewhat fortunate.

Li Wen nodded: "It's indeed good. The terrain is a bit complicated, which gives Brother Ye a lot of buffer time, but..."

Ye Xiu hasn't played a match with his Battle Mage account for almost two years. Although he uses One Autumn Leaf as a sparring partner for everyone during the training camp to imitate the Battle Mage playstyle in the World Invitational Tournament, the time is still too short.

After officially entering the World Invitational Tournament, most of the training was done using other account cards, so the Battle Mage wasn't used much. In addition, Ye Xiu was getting quite old. If he were to go head-to-head with Dominic in the arena map right away, he might really be outmatched by the younger player and get beaten to death by a flurry of punches.

Fortunately, the map is complex, which gives Ye Xiu plenty of time to adapt.

In terms of pure skill, Ye Xiu might not be able to beat the young and strong Dominic, but in terms of Glory experience, Dominic's experience is only a fraction of Ye Xiu's.

It's possible that this map isn't very favorable for Wang Jiexi, who will be playing next.

This is also what Li Wen was referring to.

"Isn't this a double celebration!" Huang Shaotian naturally understood Li Wen's meaning and was immediately delighted.

"...Have you forgotten that we're teammates, and it's still the finals?" Wang Jiexi sighed and reminded him.

...Tsk. Huang Shaotian was taken aback. That's true.

"Say less, Shaotian." Yu Wenzhou sighed helplessly, "Sorry, Captain Wang."

"It's alright." Wang Jiexi didn't seem to care much. "The competition has started, let's watch it first."

The aura that had been restricting the two battle mages instantly collapsed, mingling with the red powder that spilled out after the countdown shattered, becoming the final gentle touch of the match.

Get rid of him quickly.

Dominic was getting impatient. After seeing Sanren in the last game, he naturally learned about Sanren's past and present, and knew that the leader of the Chinese team in front of him was once the number one player in Glory of China. But what could he do about it?

It's been almost two years since I last used Battle Mage in an official competition. How much of my skill do I still have left?
In Dominic's view, the former number one player of Glory of China was just a helpless choice made by the Chinese national team when they could not send out a second Battle Mage player!

It will only take one minute to deal with him.

Without any attempt to conceal it, Dominic launched his attack using his account.

Where could it be? There, or somewhere else?

From the moment he charged into the opponent's half of the map, Dominic began to swing his spear incessantly, knocking down every possible attack point on the street.

However, he did not find the location of One Autumn Leaf.

Where is he?
Is he planning to use advanced skills from a distance to launch a ranged attack on himself?
Dominic frowned and began to move more cautiously. If that was the case, he needed to be careful.

But actually?

Ye Xiu was typing on the keyboard at a leisurely pace.

"What is he doing?" Old Wei stared blankly at Ye Da Guanren on the big screen, then turned to look at his brothers.

"Is it because they're remapping the key bindings?" Lin Jingyan guessed.

"...Ye Shen knew that his current state might not be as good as Dominic's peak, so he chose to use psychological warfare tactics, first making Dominic suspicious, constantly depleting his stamina, and waiting for him to tire himself out... Huh? Brother Lin, what did you say?" Chu Xiong, who was bragging to his older sister about the profound meaning of Ye Xiu's operation, blushed: "This, this is, changing, changing the key bindings?"

“Yes, to prevent the account card from being lost by accident, the account data needs to be entered into the backend in advance after the information of the participating members is submitted. The current key bindings should still be the key bindings that Sun Xiang used before…” Fang Shijing said helplessly.

"A deeper meaning?" Chu Xue raised an eyebrow and looked at her younger brother.

"Ahem..." Chu Xiong turned his head away embarrassedly.

Pan Lin's recitation of the menu was really exciting, and everyone started to speculate about the profound and mysterious aspects of things. Who would have thought it was for this reason!

This is really awkward.

I'm no longer a fan!
"...Therefore, I can be certain that Ye Shen is definitely using psychological tactics..."

"Ahem, well, it seems that Ye Shen was just remapping the key bindings..." After pondering for a long time, Li Yibo discovered the truth and brought it up somewhat awkwardly.

"Ah...ah?" Pan Lin's face turned red instantly.

The audience, who had been so excited, were now half cooled down by this move, and many of the men who had been explaining the deeper meaning of Ye Xiu's actions to their female companions were now blushing...

Pan Lin quickly adjusted his state: "Well, as expected of Ye Shen, he can use such psychological tactics to disrupt the opponent's rhythm while making his own adjustments. It's a double win, killing two birds with one stone, and getting two fish from one fish..."

The initially embarrassed guys in the audience nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's exactly what I was thinking!"
Pan Lin, China's No. 1 commentator!

Dominic: [Where on earth are you? Could it be that the former number one is now too afraid to face a head-on confrontation?! 】

Ok?
Ye Xiu, who had just finished adjusting his key bindings, paused for a moment. What was he saying? Uh, he must be getting impatient, right?
One Autumn Leaf: [Sorry, I need to adjust the key bindings. I'll be right there.]

You should be able to understand it, right?
I'll suggest to the officials that it would be best to add real-time translation for both sides.

Ye Xiu smiled and maneuvered One Autumn Leaf out of the area that was originally restricted by the aperture.

let's start.

Dominic was stunned for a long time. He glanced at the content on the public channel and frowned. Although he couldn't understand it, he could always sense a strong sense of sarcasm in it. "Ye Xiu's face value won't be surpassed by anyone else for at least the next three seasons..." Zhao Yang couldn't help but laugh.

Although it was a very proper explanation, he believed that if Dominic could understand it, he would probably be even angrier.
I've been outsmarting thin air for the past half day...

“That guy is always like that,” Han Wenqing said calmly. “But that’s precisely why he makes people feel more at ease, especially if he’s a teammate.”

"Ah, that's true..." Zhao Yang smiled. "But it seems you don't think Ye Xiu has a good chance of winning?"

“Sanqi…” Han Wenqing said calmly.

That's already a very high win rate...

A significant amount of luck is also needed in the three-point competition.

"That's really low..." Zhao Yang sighed.

"No... just pretend I didn't say anything." Han Wenqing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"Huh?" Zhao Yang was taken aback. What's going on?
If it were Ye Xiu, he would probably say that until the outcome of the match is known, everything is a 50/50 chance.

Han Wenqing's lips curled up slightly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, young people are so hot-tempered." One Autumn Leaf nimbly weaved through the streets and alleys, searching for a suitable position to attack, but to no avail.

Within two-thirds of the area surrounding the spawn point, there are no more places to ambush and attack.

The rhythm was still affected somewhat.

Ye Xiu sighed.

In that case, we should create our own attacking opportunities.

Flank behind, then charge towards Dominic!

As Yi Ye Zhi Qiu trembled the spear Que Xie in his hand, the surrounding water-attribute battle qi moved with the tip of Que Xie's spear, eventually forming the head of a water dragon. Then... the water flowed and formed the body parts, which were released from his hand.

Battle Mage Skill: [Dragon Emerges from the Sea]!
Without any intention of concealing its intentions, the sound of the flowing water caught Dominic's attention almost immediately. In the instant he turned around, the water dragon was already rushing towards Dominic.

Ha, I thought there was some brilliant idea, but in the end, it's just this.

Dominic sneered; it was virtually impossible for such a linear attack to hit him!
He crouched and rolled to the side, then charged towards One Autumn Leaf, raising his hand—Sky Strike… Hmm?!
Dominic was taken aback. Across from him, One Autumn Leaf moved with a graceful step, dodging the center of the spear [Heavenly Punishment] as if in a dance, and then turned sideways, wielding the spear.

This is……

"Beautiful!" Sun Xiang's eyes lit up in the lounge. The moment the Dragon Emerges from the Sea skill was released, he forcibly canceled the aftercast animation and then followed up with another instant-cast skill, but with a longer cast time...

However, he cleverly used the pre-attack animation and dodged Dominic's attack with a small movement!
This requires extremely precise knowledge of battle mage skills and exceptional eyesight!

And the skill that One Autumn Leaf is currently using is...

“【Wind Sweeps Away Clouds】,” Qiu Fei began.

The airflow shattered the water dragon, and the original water flow instantly exploded, evaporated by the scorching battle qi on the spear.

Clouds are forming!

This is a skill combo technique that Qiu Fei created on the professional stage after his debut. It uses this method to create a large-scale fog effect to obscure the opponent's vision. This skill combo has now basically become a required course for all Battle Mage players.

However, Ye Xiu was different from those players who considered it a success as long as they could connect the skills and create the cloud effect, and even a considerable number of professional players. He used almost every possible way to utilize the two skills to the fullest extent.

Like a greedy glutton, they squeezed every last drop of value from him, exploiting him to the extreme!
The moment the clouds formed, Dominic lost sight of his opponent, but instinctively, he swung his spear out, the powerful shattering force causing the clouds to fly out of his hand.

After the subconscious action, Dominic's pupils contracted.

Wait, no, this skill combination doesn't work like the smoke grenade from the ammunition expert, which allows the opponent to see the approximate location of the enemy through the fog.

Although you lose sight of your opponent, your opponent also cannot determine your location!
However, all of this was destroyed by this one domineering shattering attack.

In the dark forest, it was the first to bare its fangs.

Dominic scrambled to the side to avoid the roaring black dragon, but he was too slow; four percent of his health was instantly evaporated.

"I didn't hit all of them..." Ye Xiu glanced at the opponent's health bar, which had been damaged, and sighed with some regret.

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu kicked the spear, temporarily halting the subsequent attack.

If the Dragon Breaker skill hits completely, it should have a control effect. However, the situation is not right now. Normally, it should deal around 10% damage, but it only deals 4%, which means that the control effect failed to be applied.

Pity……

In their first encounter, Ye Xiu executed almost everything he had planned. He used the pre-cast animation of Wind and Cloud to dodge the opponent's attack, then anticipated the opponent's landing point, deduced the opponent's reaction after the clouds appeared, warmed up the Dragon Breaking Formation, and finally unleashed the Dragon Breaking Formation after the opponent's subconscious counterattack.

However, it still failed to achieve the desired result.

"It's good to be young. This reaction speed is really enviable." Ye Xiu muttered, without any hesitation, and turned to leave.

The lost mana far outweighs the gains, so a temporary retreat and readjustment is necessary.

The only saving grace is that the initial momentum has been established, which can put considerable psychological pressure on the opponent. With psychological pressure, the possibility of making mistakes is much greater.

However, the bad news is... the other party might become more cautious.

What a headache.

Ye Xiu smiled.

And just as he expected, Dominic's initial impatience to kill his opponent gradually faded away...

This Ye Xiu isn't just some random player who came to fill a spot; he's a worthy opponent...

Dominic took a deep breath, his expression turning indifferent.

He's getting serious.

(End of this chapter)