Everyone was stunned. No one expected a last-second kill-stealer to appear, and even more surprising was that this person turned out to be Song Xueyang, the captain of the Fengyue Team!
“Suixue,” this ID set a world record for the longest sniper shot at 1500 meters in professional matches. Although the team he led only secured fourth place in the national competition and missed the global finals, that gunshot was a nightmare for all professional players.
If the team members were just dumbfounded before, now they wished they could slap themselves to see if they were dreaming.
Guan He and Song Xueyang, two top-tier players representing the highest level of swordsmen and gunners in the country, appeared before them simultaneously. Are the gods so idle?
After coming to their senses, everyone was speechless. Captain Song, aren’t you embarrassed to do such a backstab?
But someone not only didn’t feel embarrassed but was quite high-profile about it.
He applied to join the team, leaped off the city wall, and landed gracefully, not forgetting to boast, “Double kill!”
Neither Guan He nor Shen Huai said a word. They both clicked the respawn point to revive, rushed over, and simultaneously entered battle mode, their dual-bladed swords heading straight for Song Xueyang.
— Soul Capture, Death Mark, Backstab, Heart Piercer, Blade Dance!
— Sword Flash, Draw Sword, Wave-Riding Sword Three Styles, Sun and Moon Sword Radiance!
The ultimate moves that the two hadn’t unleashed hit Song Xueyang, who had just been elegantly backstabbing, and he fell amidst a flurry of sword lights.
Both of them sheathed their swords and typed to ask.
“What are you doing here?”
“What are you doing here?”
Song Xueyang looked at their synchronized actions, as if they were copied, and clicked his tongue sourly.
However, as they typed this, Shen Huai and Guan He understood Song Xueyang’s intentions.
The two had been fighting upon meeting, and in a hostile state, they couldn’t check each other’s equipment and skill points. Now, by teaming up to attack, the equipment ratings of teammates would automatically display on the right side of the screen.
Guan He’s Water Dragon Armor was the highest-level equipment in the current S5 season, with defense and health bonuses that ordinary equipment couldn’t compare to. He didn’t want to rely on equipment advantages to duel with Cang Yu, so he took off his cloth armor.
In such a duel, if Shen Huai won, it wouldn’t be honorable; if he lost, it would be a laughingstock.
Competitions between professional players never escape the audience’s eyes, and any result could be used by those with ulterior motives to guide public opinion. It was indeed not appropriate to determine a winner.
Shen Huai knew Song Xueyang was doing it for his own good. He was thoughtful and decisive, but being killed still left a bit of unwillingness.
Guan He knew what he was doing wasn’t quite right, but he couldn’t bring himself to PK with someone while wearing top-tier gear. He intended to stop at a point, but under Shen Huai’s fierce counterattack, he unknowingly got into the state, as if he were on a professional stage. In hindsight, he was glad Song Xueyang appeared in time.
Song Xueyang climbed up with a smile, “Give me some face, Captain Guan. Elegy is my friend.”
Everyone held their breath, suddenly realizing that Guan He and Song Xueyang’s simultaneous visit might not be due to the conflict between the two major guilds, but simply because of Mu Wange!
As Song Xueyang typed this, he sent a private message to Guan He, “How’s our newcomer?”
Guan He frowned, “Is he Cang Yu?”
“You guess?”
Guan He understood. Halfway through his duel with this assassin, he was already very certain. The skill connections were so smooth, and the damage output from the assassin was so terrifying that it could only be Cang Yu.
He originally came to test if the assassin beside Song Xueyang was Cang Yu, and now that he knew the result, he accepted it calmly.
“How did you sign him?”
Song Xueyang shamelessly played the pity card, “If you knew, wouldn’t you poach him from me? Fengyue doesn’t have as many reserves as Xiaolang. My training room is empty, can’t even form a 6V6. Sun Yuan was just poached, you can’t just keep picking on us.”
Guan He felt uncomfortable. Although he understood players choosing better teams, as a captain himself, he looked down on poaching. If Cang Yu hadn’t chosen a team yet, he would certainly try to recruit him, but since Cang Yu had already joined Fengyue, he wouldn’t poach from another team.
Moreover, the thought of facing Cang Yu on the field left him with no regrets.
He replied, “Congratulations, see you on the field.”
Song Xueyang smirked, “See you in the finals.”
He had a premonition that this year’s Fengyue would have the best lineup since its establishment, and they wouldn’t stop at the top eight in next year’s finals.
The two talked for half a minute, while the previously quarreling parties in the team hadn’t reacted yet.
Captain Song said this assassin is his friend… friend…
So, friend = new Fengyue team member? The god-level player who had been hiding among them was actually a professional team player?
Realizing they had stumbled upon a huge secret, everyone was too shocked to speak.
Shen Huai didn’t realize that Song Xueyang’s series of actions had already labeled him. He and Song Xueyang had always had a good relationship, often appearing together. Apart from finding the name “Elegy” quite eye-catching, he didn’t feel anything was amiss.
Guan He said in the team, “I just came for a spar.”
In other words, he didn’t intend to get involved in these grievances.
Song Xueyang explained, “I heard about it from the guild leader. The girl misunderstood, right? The Elegy account was chosen by me, and it’s indeed been changed. How about I give you more dividends for the weapon?”
Zui Xue was already too excited to speak coherently. Her personal declaration stated she was a fan of Song Xueyang, and now seeing her idol’s character standing in front of her and talking to her, even if she was usually arrogant in the game, she couldn’t help but show a shy demeanor.
But when she saw Song Xueyang type the words “dividends,” her face turned pale.
“I don’t want it.” After saying this, her character disappeared into thin air, logging off directly.
Cheng Feng was still defiant, “Having a backer is different, huh? Throwing money like it’s nothing?”
Luan Yu immediately shouted, “Cheng Feng!”
Both of their heads popped up with dialogue icons, clearly having a private chat, and Cheng Feng logged off without a word.
Then, members of the Zui Xue family logged off one after another, leaving only Luan Yu in the team, stammering, “Sorry… Captain Song, sorry Elegy, Mobei, Yiye Bianzhou, Yuxue Feifei, Guild Leader, we’ll log in tomorrow to leave the guild.”
After saying this, she also disappeared, leaving everyone puzzled by the sudden change in attitude.
Guan He remained in the team, having enjoyed a thrilling fight with Cang Yu tonight, he couldn’t help but praise.
“You fought well.”
The Youlang Guild Leader almost popped his eyes out seeing these words.
That was the notoriously strict Captain Guan! Even during the victory speech at the national finals celebration, he only said, “Not bad, keep it up.” And now he gave such high praise as “fought well”?
If the Xiaolang team members heard this, they’d probably line up to spar with this assassin.
Others might not feel as deeply as the Youlang Guild Leader, but they knew that for the cold Guan He to say such a thing, this assassin’s level was undoubtedly top-notch.
Shen Huai’s mind raced. Guan He clearly knew his identity. He had always wanted to join the Xiaolang team, so he said, “The Xiaolang team has always been a team I’ve wanted to join.”
This statement was quite direct. In Shen Huai’s view, if Guan He had any intention of recruiting him, he would definitely seize this opportunity to extend an olive branch.
Haixing was eager to grab the keyboard but was stopped by Song Xueyang.
He glared, “Why aren’t you worried? If Cang Yu joins the Xiaolang team, he’ll be our enemy!”
Song Xueyang chuckled confidently, “Don’t worry, Guan He won’t agree.”
“How is that possible! That’s Cang Yu!” Which of the top eight teams wouldn’t want to recruit him? Even if there wasn’t a suitable position, they wouldn’t want to see him join an enemy team.
Song Xueyang didn’t answer, but as he said, Guan He simply replied, “Hmm, thank you.”
Haixing’s eyes widened in shock, turning to look at his leisurely captain, “Why?”
Song Xueyang propped his chin with one hand, his fox-like eyes smiling, “Because Guan He already assumed Cang Yu had joined Fengyue. To him, this statement was just expressing regret for not joining Xiaolang.”
Cang Yu was a man of few words, but he was very persistent about his decisions. It was almost impossible to stop him from expressing his intention to join Xiaolang, so the only option was to work on Guan He. As long as Captain Guan refused him, Cang Yu joining Fengyue would be halfway successful.
He used a small account to lurk beside Cang Yu, resolving the Xiaolang Guild members at the top of Luoyun Peak with an unparalleled long-range sniper shot, all to catch Guan He’s attention and let everyone know Cang Yu had a close relationship with him.
Sorry, Captain Guan.
Cang Yu, I’m determined to have him.
Shen Huai was a bit disappointed by Guan He’s words, but he understood that Guan He had no intention of accepting him.
This wasn’t surprising. Current professional strong teams had very stable lineups, and their training camps were well-stocked. A player being strong wasn’t enough to join a team as a main player. Compatibility with the team, personnel changes, budget considerations, and other factors had to be considered, especially for top-tier teams.
Xiaolang was undoubtedly a top-tier team, and as captain, Guan He had his considerations.
Shen Huai wouldn’t force it, just felt a bit regretful.
Guan He and Youlang left the team, and Yiye Bianzhou was still a bit dazed, “After all those days of fighting, Snow God solved it with just one sentence?”
Shen Huai guessed Song Xueyang must know some inside story they didn’t, “What did Zui Xue and her group do?”
Song Xueyang revealed the truth, “That weapon was obtained by Mu Wange when she joined Zui Xue’s group for a dungeon run and opened a chest.”
As he explained, everyone pieced together the story.
It turned out that Cheng Feng wasn’t there that day, and the Zui Xue family went to run the Gunner Queen dungeon. Since the Zui Xue family had good equipment, they casually invited a random player, who happened to be the original owner of the assassin account. The game was set so that when the boss died, it would drop a number of chests equal to the number of players in the team. Although there was no rule on how many chests each person could open, the unspoken rule was that each person chose one chest, and what they got depended on luck.
The Zui Xue family didn’t expect the random little assassin to have such incredible luck, opening a chest that contained a new season’s golden weapon, and it happened to be for the assassin class. Mu Wange didn’t hesitate to bind and equip it.
At the start of the season, finished weapons were expensive, with one selling for around six to seven hundred RMB. The Zui Xue family was a bit envious, thinking that an assassin didn’t contribute much damage and relied on them to clear the dungeon, yet ended up with a finished weapon, so they demanded a share.
Zui Xue’s stance was that the weapon’s credit was all theirs, and they wanted at least 400 RMB, but Mu Wange only gave them 1 million gold coins, equivalent to 100 RMB. The negotiations didn’t go well, leading to a chase and kill scenario.
Zui Xue was somewhat famous in the game, crying foul everywhere, claiming Mu Wange cheated her out of her finished weapon. Mu Wange’s family couldn’t compete and quit the game one by one, leaving a disheartened Mu Wange to put the account up for sale. Zui Xue thought only Mu Wange and her family members knew about the incident, and as long as they stuck to their story, Mu Wange had no way to argue.
Unfortunately, Song Xueyang had already investigated the whole story. If it were truly a scam account, he wouldn’t have let Cang Yu buy it and dirty his hands.
Knowing the truth, the group sighed. Nowadays, having more people meant being right, and black could be turned into white.
After explaining, Yuxue Feifei excitedly shouted in the team, “Snow God! Snow God! Snow God! I’m your fan!”
Suixue: “I don’t want underage fangirls.”
Yuxue Feifei: “QAQ Snow God, I’m an adult! It’s just my game character is a loli.”
Shen Huai glanced over, seeing both Yuxue Feifei and Song Xueyang in the team, clearly dual-boxing, and even chatting with each other. Did Song Xueyang really think playing split personalities would make him believe it?
Continuing to deceive him now was pointless.
Shen Huai stared at the screen for a while, then suddenly smirked, “Why don’t you two have a PK match?”