Yiye Bianzhou laughed heartily, “Makes sense, makes sense. Cang Yu never turns on the camera during his live streams. Maybe it’s because he’s not photogenic?”
There are quite a few people online who speculate this. After all, a streamer with 3 million followers who never turns on the camera—besides being afraid of losing followers due to being unattractive—there really isn’t any other reasonable explanation.
Haixing immediately said, “I don’t believe it!”
Song Xueyang didn’t believe it either. Even if someone isn’t good-looking, they can still use a microphone. There are many streamers who only use a mic without a camera, and some even use voice changers, yet they still thrive in the streaming world. But Cang Yu hasn’t used any of these methods. He protects his identity so well, it seems more important than gaining followers.
Yiye Bianzhou said, “What’s so hard to believe? Not all skilled players are handsome. Look at Lei Ting, that short, chubby guy, always spouting nonsense, yet so many female fans call him Commander.”
Thinking of Si Qianjin’s round belly, the group really couldn’t argue.
Yiye Bianzhou seemed to have opened a floodgate, starting to list examples of unattractive but skilled people in the e-sports circle. “That Fan Hao from Supper, his face is full of acne, looks like a bitter melon. I don’t know how his girlfriend can kiss him. The vice-captain of Xiaolang isn’t much to look at either, and then there’s Haixing from Fengyue…”
Haixing immediately retorted, “How is he ugly?”
“He’s not ugly,” Yiye Bianzhou explained, “but he’s short.”
Haixing was furious. He’s at least 175 cm, how is that short?
Song Xueyang comforted, “Star, don’t be mad. He’s complimenting your skills.”
Haixing: “…”
He didn’t feel any comfort from that at all!
Shen Huai, who had been silent, typed a few words, “He’s still young.”
Haixing immediately perked up, “Exactly! He’ll still grow!”
Song Xueyang took the opportunity to ask, “Master, which player do you think is the most handsome?”
Haixing and Fengyue Wubian couldn’t help but twitch their mouths.
Seeing this question, Shen Huai’s mind instinctively conjured up Song Xueyang’s face.
As the captain of Fengyue, a team aimed at creating star players, Song Xueyang’s looks had been strictly vetted by Fengyue’s HR department. He could easily fit into the entertainment industry. More importantly, he had a memorable aura.
He always had a smiling face, looking not easy to deal with, yet his words and actions were as gentle as a spring breeze, making people feel good. His calm and composed demeanor made anyone want to take a second look.
“Master?”
Shen Huai snapped back to reality, “For professional players, looks aren’t important. Solid skills, a broad perspective, awareness, and professionalism are what’s most important.”
Yiye Bianzhou felt quite ashamed after hearing this, “Right, it’s not about looks. They’re all respectable players.”
Song Xueyang wasn’t very satisfied with this answer, “Then which player does Master admire the most?”
The team fell silent, and Fengyue Wubian wished he could privately message Shen Huai with the words “Song Xueyang” to quickly end this awkward topic.
Shen Huai’s fingers hovered over the keyboard for a moment, “I admire players who never give up on their team, even if they lose the match.”
In the S3 season, when the War God team won the championship, Captain Yao Jun expressed his willingness to pay double to have Song Xueyang as the captain before retiring. This caused quite a stir back then. At that time, Song Xueyang had only been leading the team for a year, and Fengyue had just barely made it into the top eight.
Everyone thought Song Xueyang would definitely agree. After all, it was the champion team of that year, a top-tier team among the elite. But surprisingly, this man, who seemed on the verge of skyrocketing, just smiled and said—
“Even if we lose the match, I won’t give up on the team.”
This statement even trended on social media at the time. Anyone who followed the competition that year would have some impression of it.
Seeing this familiar sentence, Song Xueyang’s heart felt as if it was gently brushed by a soft feather. Many people praised him for this, but he never took it to heart. Yet, hearing it from Cang Yu made it feel completely different, as if two small wings were attached to his heart, ready to make him soar at any moment.
Haixing sneaked a glance at his captain. He still wore his perpetual smile, but Haixing felt he was happier than if someone had given him a banner.
In the team, Yuxue Feifei excitedly said, “Snow God is the most handsome in the world!”
Fengyue Wubian: “…”
Haixing: “…”
Captain, can you be a bit more reserved? Aren’t you afraid of revealing your identity with how happy you are?
Seeing this sentence, Shen Huai imagined the crazy antics of Song Xueyang’s fangirls online and couldn’t help but feel happy for Song Xueyang. So, he uncharacteristically replied, “Yes.”
Captain Song was completely over the moon.
Haixing privately messaged Fengyue Wubian, “The captain started humming…”
Fengyue Wubian: “…”
Fortunately, this conversation ended quickly as everyone entered the third stage of the dungeon.
This stage had no small monsters, just a BOSS, but the BOSS was quite special. When it was down to its last health bar, it would split into four avatars, each connected by a black magic line. As long as the magic line remained, the BOSS would unleash terrifying combo skills, so the BOSS needed to be separated and fought individually.
Shen Huai marked four circles on the map, “Yuxue Feifei and Yiye Bianzhou will pull the avatar east, Tianya and Mobei will go south, I’ll go west, and Fengyue President will go north.”
This arrangement had the two newbies paired with Yiye Bianzhou and Mobei, while the relatively skilled Fengyue Wubian and himself handled one avatar each, which was reasonable.
Everyone attacked the BOSS together, quickly reducing it to its last health bar.
Shen Huai said in the team, “Scatter!”
The group immediately dispersed according to the pre-arranged groups towards the marked circles. This BOSS was purely physical, with no fancy fixed damage skills. Shen Huai, with his good positioning, jumped onto the BOSS’s arm when it slammed its fist down, standing on its shoulder to attack, enjoying a very comfortable output environment.
In the east, with Yiye Bianzhou tanking the damage, Yuxue Feifei was bouncing around, and her operations seemed much better than before. Tianya, being an ice mage with many control skills, had Mobei, a healer, with him, so there was no pressure. However, Fengyue Wubian was struggling a bit.
Fire mages, among the four branches of mages, had the highest burst damage but also had obvious drawbacks, lacking any control skills and relying on teammates for initial control in a team. Now, he had to fight the BOSS alone and be careful not to get killed by a punch, so he had to kite while attacking.
He ran and ran until he accidentally bumped into Song Xueyang, causing the two BOSS avatars to get too close and connect with a magic line, triggering the high-damage combo skill, Shock Crit!
With the two BOSSes teaming up, Yiye Bianzhou’s low damage immediately lost aggro, and the BOSS’s aggro fell on the sniper with explosive single-target output. The massive fists combined and slammed towards Yuxue Feifei, who was still prone and sniping.
The high damage from the combo skill was enough to kill the fragile sniper in one hit. The BOSS’s attack speed was extremely fast, and the sniper, still in prone sniping mode, had no time to get up and dodge.
Yiye Bianzhou didn’t even react, thinking it was over, even if Song Xueyang himself couldn’t save it.
But just then, the little sniper, who was prone on the ground, suddenly performed a backflip, simultaneously chambering a bullet and firing a shot in mid-air. Using the recoil, she slid back ten meters, landing safely.
Yiye Bianzhou was stunned, exclaiming, “Holy crap!”
This series of actions looked seamless and fluid, but Yiye Bianzhou knew the operation behind it wasn’t as simple as it seemed.
Just now, Yuxue Feifei used a backflip to forcibly end the prone sniping state, simultaneously using “Bullet Chambering” to ensure the gun didn’t drop, then in mid-air, she used the skill “Sniper’s Instinct,” which allowed her to shoot forward while moving backward, finally landing safely.
The backflip sniper, during the S4 season professional league, was given a very vivid name by the commentators—Rolling Snipe.
Because it looked like the character was rolling out while sniping, those unaware might think it was just one skill, but in reality, it was an action completed by using three skills simultaneously within 0.5 seconds!
More importantly, this was one of the top ten exciting moments in the S4 season professional league, a signature move of the ace sniper Song Xueyang!
Yiye Bianzhou was speechless. He had watched the exciting moments of the S4 professional league several times, each moment filling him with admiration and excitement. He never thought he’d see one of those moments recreated before his eyes!
Song Xueyang, having been praised by Cang Yu, was in a good mood. After accidentally showing off, he realized he had slipped up. But he remained calm, with excellent psychological resilience, as if nothing had happened, continuing to operate the sniper slowly and steadily to finish off the BOSS.
Shen Huai, who also defeated the BOSS, saw Yiye Bianzhou’s excited message in the team chat, “What happened?”
Yiye Bianzhou was very excited, “Rolling Snipe!!! Your disciple!! Rolling Snipe!!”
He couldn’t even speak clearly.
Mobei, not very interested in professional matches, asked, “What’s Rolling Snipe?”
Shen Huai immediately understood, “Disciple, what’s going on?”
Song Xueyang feigned ignorance, “Huh? I don’t know, I didn’t do anything. The warrior must have seen it wrong, right?”
“Impossible! That was definitely Rolling Snipe, 100%! Absolutely! Miss, where did you learn that move? It’s too awesome!”
Haixing was speechless at the big warrior… He was so sure he saw Rolling Snipe, yet he couldn’t figure out that Yuxue Feifei was Song Xueyang.
In the game, Yuxue Feifei seemed confused, turning her view around, the sniper’s head following suit, “I really didn’t do anything. Fengyue President, did you see me Rolling Snipe?”
“No, you were just knocked away by the BOSS’s fist.” Fengyue Wubian answered very calmly. He understood now, Song Xueyang brought him into the team to help cover up!
Yiye Bianzhou: “…”
Song Xueyang immediately said, “Hahaha, big brother, have you been watching too many professional matches?”
Yiye Bianzhou felt a bit embarrassed, thinking about Yuxue Feifei’s newbie appearance, she really didn’t seem like someone who could pull off such a high-level move like Rolling Snipe, “It’s all your fault, making me think of Snow God all the time.”
The group laughed, teasing Yiye Bianzhou.
Only Shen Huai, looking at the ground where Yuxue Feifei stood, fell into thought.
“Sniper’s Instinct,” when released, fires a bullet forward causing damage, while the character slides back ten meters, the sniper’s only displacement skill, rarely used for damage, mostly for survival.
Moreover, because it slides backward, it leaves a ten-meter sliding track on the ground as a skill effect.
But now, in front of Yuxue Feifei, there was no such track, only a short one-meter scratch at her landing point. This scratch proved she did use the “Sniper’s Instinct” skill, and the reason the previous nine meters disappeared was only one—her character was in the air!
Rolling Snipe!
There was no mistake.
Thinking back to when he was sniped by the Xiaolang guild, Yuxue Feifei managed to hit the fastest-moving swordsman from 1200 meters away on a peak.
If one thing is a coincidence, then what about two?