Time quickly advanced to the final championship match, and their opponents this time were the guild [Clear Wind and Bright Moon], who had ranked first in the previous league.
As for this guild that consistently secured a spot in the top three year-round, they frequently drew them in the first round anyway, so both sides could be considered well-acquainted with each other’s tendencies. Therefore, the strategy formulated by Raising a Cup Facing the Wind this time was simply to be fast, as fast as possible.
At the start of the match, after estimating the number of people guarding the arrow towers, Xianyun led the main force to head toward the resource supply points separately, catching the opposing side completely off guard.
Upon entering the battle map, both guilds quickly replenished the buffs from snacks and medicines. The moment they encountered each other, the skills of players from both sides were hurled toward the opposing party.
Yet the longer they fought, the more incorrect the members of Clear Wind and Bright Moon felt things were. Once a guild entered the battle map, they were unable to receive outside messages and naturally could not send messages outward either, leaving only an auxiliary chat channel.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Stealing Leisure From Busy Work]: Hiss, why do I feel like this damage is not quite right?
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Bai Liuli]: Indeed, the skills I unleashed felt like their damage was reduced by quite a bit when hitting them, and the damage dealt by the opposing side was much higher than before.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Drink More Hot Water]: They couldn’t be hacking, could they.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Stealing Leisure From Busy Work]: That shouldn’t be the case, besides, Huaxia doesn’t allow hacks, let’s take a close look at what is going on.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Jianjia]: Their snacks are gold quality! The buffs they add are twice as strong as purple ones!
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Xie Heyi]: ?!! And everyone is eating gold-quality ones, where on earth did they get so many gold-quality snacks?
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Drink More Hot Water]: Hiss, it seems that player who previously obtained the Cook God legacy is in their guild, and he was also the one who made the very first gold-quality snack in the game.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Bai Liuli]: Did they have a complete turnaround in luck?
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Drink More Hot Water]: Word is that this time’s drawing was also thanks to riding on that player’s good luck, otherwise we would have bumped into them way back in the first round.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Stealing Leisure From Busy Work]: I am feeling a bit bitter.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Bai Liuli]: Me too… I also really want to rub off on the big shot’s European luck!
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Jun Zhi]: Alright, stop chatting, those who died, swap and head over to the middle lane’s supply point.
The guild master of Clear Wind and Bright Moon timely stepped out to put a stop to everyone’s idle chatting. Because of the gap created by the snacks, the resource supply points across all three lanes were currently occupied by the Raising a Cup Facing the Wind guild. Furthermore, since five minutes had already passed, their guild now possessed three divine machine mines.
This was not good news for Clear Wind and Bright Moon. After all, when they previously clashed with Raising a Cup Facing the Wind, the first divine machine mine would usually only appear around the thirty-minute mark, yet today, merely five minutes into the start of the match, they had already fallen behind by three mines.
His expression sank as he began contemplating how to break the deadlock.
The resource supply points could not be abandoned, otherwise the opposing side would acquire a massive amount of divine machine mines, leaving them in a dilemma where fighting was unfeasible and not fighting was equally impossible.
Fighting meant failing to beat the opponent, while not fighting meant simply handing mines over to the enemy for free.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Jun Zhi]: All classes that can switch to Tank, switch to Tank.
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Please Just Be Quiet]: 1
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Pity It Wasn’t You]: 1
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Quiet]: 1
Clear Wind and Bright Moon [Jun Zhi]: All Tanks and the healers from Team One, head to the upper lane’s resource supply point and stall them.
Since the opposing side wanted a quick resolution, they needed to drag things out, using high-HP Tanks and hard-to-kill healers to stall them at the upper lane. This was indeed a brilliant method. Finding themselves unable to capture this resource supply point after a prolonged engagement, Raising a Cup Facing the Wind reported the situation to Feng Qian and promptly withdrew to support the other two supply points.
The current situation on the field was that Raising a Cup Facing the Wind occupied two resource supply points while Clear Wind and Bright Moon occupied the remaining one, keeping both sides at a stalemate. As for the arrow towers, both sides had sustained some damage, but not a single tower had been destroyed yet.
However, because the Clear Wind and Bright Moon guild suffered too many casualties, Raising a Cup Facing the Wind held a higher kill score and gained a slight edge.
The match had already been underway for over twenty minutes, and the first boss of the match was about to refresh. Both sides placed tremendous importance on this, as it was a prime opportunity to turn the tide of battle.
Thus, at around the twenty-five-minute mark, players from the Raising a Cup Facing the Wind guild left only four or five people guarding each arrow tower and resource supply point, while everyone else rushed toward the center of the map.
Meanwhile, the Clear Wind and Bright Moon players who had switched to Tanks all reverted to DPS status and likewise hurried toward the center.
The two sides clashed the moment they met, seeing as the fewer opposing players left behind in the center once the boss spawned, the better.
Because the attributes boosted by the gold-quality snacks provided by Su Wenqi were entirely too heaven-defying, it caused their guild’s damage output to overflow drastically, creating an overwhelming advantage. Consequently, the ownership of this first boss rightfully belonged to Raising a Cup Facing the Wind.
[System Announcement]: Congratulations to the [Raising a Cup Facing the Wind] guild for successfully slaying the boss and obtaining the buff “Damage Increased by 10%”!
As soon as this announcement dropped, the faces of the people from Clear Wind and Bright Moon turned pitch black. Originally, the opposing side’s damage output was already higher than theirs, and they never expected a damage buff like this to appear, making it even harder for them to rival their output through sheer force.
While the other side mourned as if attending a funeral, Raising a Cup Facing the Wind was practically beaming with joy.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Feng Qian]: Holy shit!! What kind of luck is this, the boss buff we acquired actually increases damage, this is my first time seeing this buff!! (Wiping away tears as he looks toward the guild master)
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: Exactly, I even suspected we wouldn’t be able to roll such a good buff, who gets this, family members! (Wiping away tears as he looks toward the guild master)
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Chun’ai Xiaomao]: Indeed, what buff did we get last time? Boss restraint! There are only four bosses that ever spawn, what use is that! (Wiping away tears as he looks toward the guild master)
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Xianyun]: Uh… it must be a game bug!
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: Mhm, we managed to roll such a good buff, Guild Master, did you go rub off on Spring Day’s European luck again?
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Xianyun]: Hehe, that’s right~
Indeed, prior to the start of the guild league, he had tracked down Su Wenqi once more, pulling the other person into an embrace for ten-odd minutes under the guise of rubbing off on his luck.
How could Su Wenqi fail to notice his little schemes, he simply chose not to call him out on it.
With the damage-buffed Raising a Cup Facing the Wind at the helm, their arrogance soared even higher as they sharpened their knives toward the enemy side. Having accumulated over a dozen divine machine mines, they were nearly ready to blow up an arrow tower.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Feng Qian]: Report the health percentages of the enemy arrow towers across all routes.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: Upper lane 91.2%.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Chun’ai Xiaomao]: Middle lane 84.22%.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Fish Doesn’t Know]: Lower lane 96.74%.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Feng Qian]: Team One, Squad One, three divine machine mines per person, blow up the first arrow tower in the middle lane.
Raising a Cup Facing the Wind [Blackie Number One]: Received.
Feng Qian opened the league page, calculated the health of the arrow tower, assigned two extra mines to the team leader, distributed three divine machine mines to each of the other four members, and then instructed them to set out and blow up the arrow tower.
A single divine machine mine could blast away 5% of an arrow tower’s health, and this time they had more than enough to destroy the first arrow tower.
[System Announcement]: Congratulations to the [Raising a Cup Facing the Wind] player for destroying the enemy middle lane arrow tower, earning 500 points!
From this point onward, Raising a Cup Facing the Wind marched forward in triumph, continuously smashing through several of the opponent’s arrow towers and ultimately securing victory in the finals.
[World Announcement]: Heroes emerge continuously from the martial world, congratulations to the [Raising a Cup Facing the Wind] guild for seizing the crown and winning first place in this guild league!
[World Announcement]: Heroes emerge continuously from the martial world, congratulations to the [Raising a Cup Facing the Wind] guild for seizing the crown and winning first place in this guild league!
[World Announcement]: Heroes emerge continuously from the martial world, congratulations to the [Raising a Cup Facing the Wind] guild for seizing the crown and winning first place in this guild league!
The world announcement broadcasted three times, catching the attention of players who usually paid no heed to PVP activities and prompting inquiries regarding this relatively unfamiliar guild name.
World [Divine Calculation]: Eh? First place this time isn’t Clear Wind and Bright Moon nor Cherish the Past? Which guild is this again?
World [Seriously Ill]: It’s that guild whose buff rolled boss restraint and whose guild master is an African chieftain, though they are now suspected of having their luck reversed.
World [Divine Calculation]: Oh! It’s that guild.
World [Bai Liuli]: They are no longer an African chieftain guild…
World [Feng Qian]: Hehe~ Please call us the European Emperor Guild from now on!
World [Ginger Boiled Pepsi]: Begging for the luck-reversing method!
World [Feng Qian]: First of all, you need to have a friend whose luck is off the charts, and then you can rub off on his European luck to turn your fortunes around!
World [Divine Calculation]: Haha (bitterly) all my friends are African chieftains.
World [Ginger Boiled Pepsi]: +1, leaving, leaving.
At this moment, the Raising a Cup Facing the Wind guild channel was also exceptionally lively.
Guild [Su Qingqing]: Ahhhhhh! We won! We are in first place! (Running out with claws bared and teeth brandished to cheer)
Guild [Chun’ai Xiaomao]: We are too amazing! We finally made it into the top three, and it’s even first place!
Guild [Feng Qian]: Everyone worked hard in this guild league, the rewards will arrive tonight, and there will be a celebration banquet tonight, everyone who is free please come join us.
Guild [Xianyun]: I suggest you all come attend, there will be delicious food made by Spring Day, you know.
Guild [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: Guaranteed attendance, can I eat until I am stuffed!
Guild [Xianyun]: You can, but can your satiety meter hold out?
Guild [Eat Eight Meals a Day]: I will try my best to restrain myself!
The moment they returned from the battle map, they were greeted by hugs and cheers from everyone. Wen Shaochuan bypassed the enthusiastic guild members and walked straight toward Su Wenqi in the corner.
“Congratulations, you guys won first place.” Su Wenqi curved his eyes as he offered his congratulations.
Then he was pulled straight into an embrace, as the other person said, “It is we who won first place, it’s all thanks to your snacks that we seized the initiative and caught them completely off guard.”
“Mhm, we won.”
Even though the two of them were standing in a corner, the gooey, sweet atmosphere between them still leaked out. Seeing this, everyone exchanged knowing glances and refrained from disturbing them, leaving only two young female shippers screaming in private chat.
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: Ahhhhhh! The two of them are hugging! They match each other so well!!
Private Chat [Xiyang Xie]: Super well matched! My ship is number one in the world!
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: When are these two going to get together, I am King Jiji, I am so anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious.
Private Chat [Xiyang Xie]: I estimate it will be soon. There aren’t many activities lately, looking at how clingy the guild master is, he definitely won’t be able to resist puncturing this window paper with Spring Day.
Private Chat [Su Qingqing]: So anxious, so anxious, so anxious.
Xiyang Xie’s words were spot on, that window paper of theirs was indeed about to be poked through, and very soon.