The King's Avatar: The Sword Immortal Returns

Chapter 35 Rookie Challenge: The Captain's Responsibility Lies Here—Passing on the Legacy

The first day of the All-Star event is the Rookie Challenge, which consists of seven matches. Seven rookies will choose veteran players to challenge, giving all the rookies a chance to upset the veterans. Tang Hao loves to upset the veterans, and he will probably do it again this time. He may challenge Lin Jingyan, the current number one rogue in Glory.

"Let's begin today's first Rookie Challenge! Please welcome our first rookie!"

The first player to appear was Dai Yanqi from the Thunder team. Dai Yanqi is one of the few female professional players in the league. Her idol is Chu Yunxiu from the Misty Rain team, so naturally, Dai Yanqi was going to challenge Chu Yunxiu.

At the very beginning of the match, Dai Yanqi took the initiative and teleported directly behind Chu Yunxiu, trying to gain the upper hand!

However, Chu Yunxiu was a veteran player and had anticipated the impulsiveness of the newcomer. As a top-tier player in the league, Chu Yunxiu was able to pinpoint Dai Yanqi's location simply by relying on her hearing.

"Concentrate completely! Absolute zero!"

Without any vision prediction, Chu Yunxiu took down Dai Yanqi's elemental mage without the slightest hesitation. Of course, after controlling Dai Yanqi, Chu Yunxiu still did not immediately unleash her highest output. Chu Yunxiu always likes to give newcomers, especially female rookie professional players, some opportunities, unlike Han Wenqing who goes all out and holds nothing back.

"The timing of the teleportation wasn't quite right, Yanqi."

"Hehe!" Dai Yanqi had clearly seen that Chu Yunxiu was holding back. Her dream was to become a player like Chu Yunxiu who could stand on his own.

"Wow, this game is clearly a tutorial game." The commentator also saw the essence of this game. It was obviously a typical tutorial game. Chu Yunxiu was going a little easy on Dai Yanqi in the following games, as if she was showing Dai Yanqi how a real elemental mage should be played.

The result of this match was obvious: Chu Yunxiu won. However, Dai Yanqi also learned a lot and acquired many skills. Isn't that the point of the rookie challenge? Veteran players watch newcomers grow.

"Old Mo, Old Mo! Wake up!"

Ye Xiu nudged Mo Qian, who was sleeping next to him, with a hint of helplessness. This kid had stayed up all night again, this time with Ye Xiu, of course. For some reason, Ye Xiu was like a monster; he didn't seem tired at all after staying up all night, while Mo Qian had fallen asleep the moment he sat down.

"Please welcome Mu Cheng to announce the players for the next Rookie Challenge!" The commentator invited Su Mu Cheng out. Su Mu Cheng is today's special guest, no, it should be said that Su Mu Cheng is the special guest for the entire three days of the All-Star Game.

Hello everyone!

Su Mucheng waved in Ye Xiu's direction. Luckily, Ye Xiu woke Mo Qian up in time, otherwise he wouldn't have even seen Su Mucheng's greeting. In that case, Mo Qian would have had to coax Mucheng. Mo Qian was the most qualified person to talk about coaxing Mucheng, as he had done it the most times.

Ye Xiu and Mo Qian also waved in Su Mucheng's direction. Chen Guo was too excited to notice Su Mucheng's appearance, but Tang Rou saw it clearly.

"Could they really be Sword Immortal Mo Qian and Battle God Ye Qiu?" Tang Rou wasn't unaware of Chen Guo's claims about Mo Qian and Ye Xiu impersonating the Sword Immortal and Battle God. If Mo Qian and Ye Xiu heard this, they would undoubtedly try their best to defend themselves, because they were truly innocent and deserved to be implicated.

"I sat up abruptly in my deathbed, only to find out that I was imitating myself?"

"The next player to take the stage is Gao Yingjie, a rising star from Team Tiny Herb."

This was Gao Yingjie's first time standing on such a large stage, and he was somewhat nervous, stuttering a little as he spoke. However, he eventually revealed the contestant he wanted to challenge:

"I... I want to challenge our team captain—Wang Jiexi!"

Ye Xiu sat up straight. Something about this match seemed off—Wang Jiexi and Gao Yingjie, these two should be master and disciple, right?

"What? You doubt that this is Wang Jiexi's last dance?"

Mo Qian saw through Ye Xiu's thoughts. Wang Jiexi's purpose in this match was so obvious that many people could see it: was he paving the way for newcomers?

"Game start!"

From the moment the match began, it was as if two magicians were dancing together on the court. They truly lived up to their master-disciple relationship. Gao Yingjie and Wang Jiexi's playing styles were remarkably similar, both exhibiting typical magician tactics: unpredictable movement and seamless skill combos.
"Did you notice, Lao Ye?" Mo Qian, watching the match, noticed something fishy about it before Ye Xiu did: Wang Jiexi's damage was off.

"What are you paying attention to? Wait a minute!"

Ye Xiu initially didn't realize what was happening, but after taking a closer look, he also noticed something was off about the match.

"Wang Daye, you really went to great lengths—you did this to build up the child's confidence."

Highly skilled professional players could easily spot that Wang Jiexi was subtly throwing the game. Note the emphasis on "subtly." While his actions appeared flawless, his damage output was problematic; he had intentionally under-invested in skill points.

This is why Wang Jiexi was at a disadvantage in his fight against Gao Yingjie. If he had allocated his skill points normally, he could have easily gained the upper hand, but that would have contradicted his goal.

(End of this chapter)