Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

As it turns out, Wu Chen is indeed very capable; he managed to control twelve guilds all by himself. Of course, the well-established guild system also played a significant role in this success.

After all, in a mature guild system, the guild itself will function smoothly, and the guild leader mainly plays the roles of responding, supervising, and communicating. They don't need to be constantly monitoring the situation. Of course, things like challenging wild bosses still require management personnel to supervise them personally. However, since only Wu Chen is allowed on Team Happy's side, he naturally has to focus on the God's Domain, which results in Team Happy not having a very good chance of competing for wild bosses in the normal server.

With the addition of the two God Realm guilds, Wuji and Xingxin finally had people in the God Realm. With manpower and Wu Chen leading the team, Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu no longer had to worry about competing for wild map bosses.

However, Happy's core forces are still in the tenth region, after all, that's where Xiao Nai and his team started. Because of their initial popularity, their guild's influence in the tenth region is enormous. Although they later entered the God's Domain and the guild was handed over to Chen Guo, the guild's warehouse system and other systems had already been established, so their development was still quite good.

Of course, even so, Happy Guild is still somewhat lacking in strength compared to other professional guilds in the tenth server. After all, their guild's management team consists of Wang family members like Tian Qi, Xiao Yueyue, and Qian Cheng, whose strength is quite limited. Although there are some like Qian Cheng who have come down from the God's Domain, most of them are ordinary Wang family members who cannot even complete the God's Domain challenge missions. Naturally, they cannot compare with the core teams of the major guilds.

However, with the addition of the Wuji Guild, Happy absorbed some players who had come down from the God's Domain from the Wuji Guild, which gave them the confidence to establish a wild boss hunting team.

Time passed as Happy Guild continued to grow. More than two months have passed since the start of Season 9, and Xiao Nai's Challenger League teams have dwindled to just a few hundred. Don't be fooled by the fact that there are only a few hundred teams now; back when it started, there were more than ten thousand teams.

The league has now completed its eleventh round of games, and the general situation of this season is now quite clear to everyone.

The rookies who shone brightly at the beginning of this season have had their playing styles figured out by the teams and have begun to suffer setbacks.

Among them, Lu Hanwen, who is the most promising rookie this season, has shown the most obvious performance. Now his performance is no longer as unstoppable as it was at the beginning of the season. As the weaknesses of his playing style have been studied by various teams, his various game statistics have been greatly suppressed in the last two rounds of the competition.

Even so, Lu Hanwen did not feel discouraged at all, and he was still full of energy in every competition.

However, in the recently concluded eleventh round of the competition, in the head-to-head confrontation between Tiny Herb and Blue Rain, Lu Hanwen became the key player in the match. Unfortunately, because his opponent had figured him out, he was defeated by Gao Yingjie, and this defeat directly led to Blue Rain's team defeat.

Despite the team's defeat, no one blamed them. The reason was simple: although they were defeated by Gao Yingjie, they were attacked not only by Gao Yingjie, but also by Tiny Herb's captain, Wang Jiexi.

This season, Gao Yingjie fully showcased his talent. His partnership with Wang Jiexi as a dual-wielding mage became one of the most talked-about combinations of the season, a truly breathtaking spectacle. At the post-match press conference, some media outlets with close ties to Blue Rain tried to comfort Lu Hanwen, urging the 14-year-old not to blame himself too much. However, other reporters with ulterior motives preemptively asked him about his feelings regarding the loss in the match due to his actions.

To their surprise, even when asked such a pointed question, one that seemed to leave no room for doubt, Lu Hanwen remained remarkably composed. Instead, he earnestly stated, "The reason this situation arose is primarily due to my personal abilities. If I had been able to persevere a little longer and give Senior Shaotian more time to arrive and provide support, the outcome of the match might have been different. But alas, Senior Shaotian had already run far enough away..."

"No, you little rascal, you look so upright, why are you starting to shirk responsibility? You need to understand that all my actions were strictly following our tactical plan, everything was in service of the strategy. Who could have imagined that the other side would completely see through our intentions and directly attack the gap in our tactical coordination? Besides, who could have imagined that you would be defeated so easily? That defeat was too fast, even if your opponents' combined ages are three times yours, it was still too quick. Next time, remember to hold on a little longer. If you could have held on for even one chance to give me a sneak attack, those sitting on our side now would be the other side." Before Lu Hanwen could finish speaking, Huang Shaotian interrupted him.

"According to Senior Shaotian's line of thinking, this defeat can't be attributed to our tactics, right?" Lu Hanwen said with an innocent and naive expression.

"Hey! You're slandering me out of thin air. Did I say that?" Although Huang Shaotian said that, the two of them turned their heads to Captain Yu Wenzhou, who was sitting in the middle of them, at the same time.

"Ahem, let's leave this question at that." Yu Wenzhou coughed awkwardly twice, speaking with a helpless tone that suggested the battle would turn against him if he continued asking.

The group of reporters who had just asked questions were completely dumbfounded. After all, although Lu Hanwen and Huang Shaotian seemed to be shirking responsibility, if they really dared to do that, they would receive a dismissal notice from their editor-in-chief the next day.

They were perfectly aware that Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian were protecting Lu Hanwen in this way, as they had subtly shifted the blame for the match's defeat onto Captain Yu Wenzhou. If they continued to target Lu Hanwen, they could expect to be proven wrong by Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian once the news broke.

Although Blue Rain's defeat was evident to anyone with a modicum of skill, Yu Wenzhou's tactics were excellent, and Huang Shaotian made no mistakes. On the contrary, Lu Hanwen ran too far, causing him to become disconnected from the team's strategy.

Such a mistake naturally did not escape Wang Jiexi's notice. He immediately led Gao Yingjie to surround and kill Huang Shaotian, ensuring Gao Yingjie's advantage while simultaneously holding back Huang Shaotian's reinforcements, allowing Gao Yingjie to secure the kill. This left Blue Rain, now one player short, completely on the defensive and ultimately defeated.

However, Lan Yu used a seemingly frivolous exchange of blame to gloss over Lu Hanwen's mistake, which was undoubtedly Lan Yu's way of protecting the young Lu Hanwen. It also showed everyone Lu Hanwen's composure and resilience in handling such situations.

Even his rival, Wang Jiexi, praised this highly in an interview. (End of Chapter)