God Level Summoner Chapter 107-109

Chapter 107 – Pairs Arena Battle

Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng encountered each other in the arena qualifiers. They chatted for three minutes without doing any actions, causing the system to give them a warning. [Don't be pa.s.sive in the game or the online account will be sealed.]

Qin Mo was speechless. The two of them chatted so much that the system had to give a warning.

In order to prevent some people from holding up their opponents in the arena, three minutes of no action would be regarded negatively and the system would give a warning. After the warning, the account would be sealed.

Li Cangyu saw this warning and moved the Fish Farming Professional a few steps forward. He operated his elf summoner while typing on the public screen: [Xiao Han, Qin Mo, the two of you fight.]

Ling Xuefeng agreed with this. [Okay.]

Xiao Han wondered, "Master, you aren't going to fight?"

Li Cangyu thought, 'I rarely see Ling Xuefeng in the arena and naturally want to chat with him. How can we fight when we've just met? It is good to leave the fighting to the apprentices while the masters have an emotional exchange.'

"I will watch." Li Cangyu stated decisively. "Come, let me see if you have improved recently."

Xiao Han stepped forward and started to PK with Qin Mo.

This wasn't the first time he fought with Qin Mo. In the beginning, he didn't have any experience facing a blood kin summoner and was often killed by Qin Mo. Sometimes he wouldn't even last half a minute. Later, he had a long training period with Qin Mo and gradually discovered the way to deal with Qin Mo. Now Xiao Han found that it wasn't as hard to play against Qin Mo.

This time, Xiao Han was very active. He entered stealth and looked for opportunities. Once Qin Mo summoned four blood kin pets to suppress him, he calmly bypa.s.sed the pets' encirclement and came to Qin Mo's back. His daggers fell and the crit directly reduced Qin Mo's blood by 15%.

Qin Mo wasn't anxious. After Xiao Han appeared, he quickly summoned his death knight to resist the next wave of damage. At the same time, he had his blood spider return and fix Xiao Han's body in place while he quickly retreated. The blood snake also tangled around Xiao Han and used the blood-sucking effect, so that Qin Mo's blood volume instantly surpa.s.sed Xiao Han's blood.

Li Cangyu saw that their two apprentices were starting to fight seriously and sent a private message to Ling Xuefeng: [I heard you are still staying with the team?]

He naturally just heard this from Qin Mo.

Ling Xuefeng said: [Yes.]

Li Cangyu was concerned: [Aren't you going home for the holidays?]

[There are some things in the team that I need to deal with. I will go home for the Spring Festival.] Ling Xuefeng paused before asking: [What about things on your side?]

[It is well. I've gathered eight people.] Li Cangyu explained: [Your method really worked. I opened my ident.i.ty and recruited for the team. Someone voluntarily came to the door to recommend himself. He is an elf hunter and very talented. Thus, I accepted him.]

[That's not bad.] Ling Xuefeng asked: [Are you busy with training your teammates?]

[Yes, many new people on my team haven't played compet.i.tively. They haven't been systematically trained and need to start from scratch.] Li Cangyu spoke emotionally: [Thanks to this group of youngsters, I feel like a father rather than a captain.]

[You should pay attention to your rest and don't work too hard.] Ling Xuefeng typed.

Li Cangyu was startled. Was Ling Xuefeng caring about him? This was concern, wasn't it?

Li Cangyu felt a ripple in his heart. If it wasn't for the computer, he would pounce on Ling Xuefeng and kiss him, saying, "I'm not working hard. You also shouldn't work too hard." The captain staying behind while on holiday, this was really too dedicated.

The two people operated their accounts in the game while chatting. Five minutes pa.s.sed and they saw a prompt on the screen: [Side Account Name is Difficult to Decide has killed Wintry Twelfth Lunar Month.

They looked back and found that Xiao Han had fallen while surrounded by blood kin pets while Qin Mo's blood volume was at 20%.

Ling Xuefeng opened the battle panel and read the records. Qin Mo relied on the blood snake and vampire bats' big moves to instantly kill Xiao Han. Xiao Han was able to fight with Qin Mo for five minutes, showing the rapid progress he was making under the guidance of Li Cangyu.

Li Cangyu turned back to Xiao Han and praised him. "You played well."

Xiao Han lost but Qin Mo was the winner of the sixth season's Best Newcomer Award. The team's systematic training and arena experience allowed Xiao Han to last for five minutes. Li Cangyu was already satisfied with this.

Resurrection wasn't allowed in the arena. Xiao Han lay on the ground and typed in the area channel: [Master, what should we do about this round?]

Li Cangyu said: [Of course we will win. Xuefeng, stand still. I will kill you okay?]

Ling Xuefeng: [Okay.]

Qin Mo, "…"

Qin Mo wanted to vomit up three litres of blood. He managed to win against Xiao Han and as a result, Master completely disregarded his principles and gave the game to Cat G.o.d. As the person at the bottom of the food chain, Qin Mo felt that he should directly concede to Cat G.o.d in the future!

Li Cangyu happily used a set of moves to kill Ling Xuefeng.

Qin Mo also didn't move as he let Cat G.o.d kill him. Li Cangyu saw the word 'victory' on his screen and was naturally in a good mood. He typed: [Thank you.  [Kiss][Kiss].]

Qin Mo, "…"

Xiao Han was puzzled. "Master, did you send the wrong emoji?"

Li Cangyu thought, 'Fool, your master is sending this to Ling Xuefeng, not Qin Mo.'

However, Captain Ling seemed quite calm and he replied with: [You're welcome.]

Li Cangyu imagined the man's handsome and abstinent face and suddenly had an itchy feeling. He wanted to hold this man like in the New York hospital and see a different expression on his face.

They exited from the arena and Li Cangyu smoothly added Ling Xuefeng's side account as a friend.

He saw Xiao Han beside him and couldn't help saying, "Xiao Han, you team up with Qin Mo."

The teenager sitting beside him looked surprised. "Master, why should I group up with Qin Mo?"

Li Cangyu explained seriously, "You and Qin Mo should play the pairs arena. Cooperating with a blood kin summoner is very good for gaining more ideas."

Xiao Han nodded. "Yes!"

At the same time. Ling Xuefeng sent Qin Mo a private chat message: [You go with Xiao Han to play the qualifiers.]

Qin Mo was surprised but he habitually obeyed his master's orders and had to reply: [Okay!]

Thus, the two small apprentices (small lightbulbs) were grouped together.

Li Cangyu privately sent to Ling Xuefeng: [The children are playing on their own. How about we team up?]

Ling Xuefeng: [Yes.]

The two connected hearts formed a pairs team and joined the qualifiers.

As a result, the system seemed to be incompatible with them. The first match was actually against Xiao Han and Qin Mo!

The four people once again entered the arena.

Qin Mo, "…"

Xiao Han, "…"

'Master, are you so good? Driving away your apprentice by saying that teaming up with a different cla.s.s can open new ideas. In fact, the most fundamental reason is for the both of you to team up together, right?'

Xiao Han suddenly felt as if he realized something.

Li Cangyu saw the familiar 'Side Account Name is Difficult to Decide' and 'Wintry Twelfth Lunar Month'. He was a bit embarra.s.sed but he still typed seriously: [You don't have a master with you. You have to try your best and see how many games you can win with your level. Come back and report to me later.]

Xiao Han: [Yes.]

Qin Mo: [Yes.]

Ling Xuefeng: [You aren't allowed to give up this game. Fight well.]

Xiao Han: [Oh.]

Qin Mo: [Yes.]

The two apprentices were tossed by their masters and didn't know what to say.

***

Ling Xuefeng told them to fight well but actually… he joined forces with Li Cangyu and killed Qin Mo and Xiao Han in one minute.

The two apprentices lay on the ground with dazed expressions.

Li Cangyu typed: [Look at you, fool and fool. You don't know how to cooperate with each other. Quickly go and practice.]

Ling Xuefeng also echoed his words: [Qin Mo, bring Xiao Han with you. Try to cooperate with a melee. This is also a good experience for you.]

The two apprentices, "…"

'Making us fight each other while the two of you are chatting next to each other.

After a while, you let us team up and cooperate with each other, while the two of you go off together!'

The pressure was really too big as their apprentices.

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Chapter 108 – Boss Combination

After being ruthlessly abused by their masters, Qin Mo and Xiao Han entered the qualifiers list again. The result was that they encountered Tan s.h.i.+tian and Cheng Wei. They were once again killed without the power to fight back.

Previously, their masters brought them to victory. Now they teamed up and lost.

The depressed Qin Mo typed to Xiao Han: [Can you not be so anxious? Why don't you wait for me to summon a pet before acting?]

Xiao Han replied: [This is how I played with Master before.]

Qin Mo wanted to cough up blood. How could he be on the same level of Xiao Han's master? Cat G.o.d could interact with anyone instantly. Did Qin Mo need to reflect on how to summon pets?

Xiao Han asked tentatively: [Should I slow down next time?]

Qin Mo frowned. [I'm not telling you to slow down!]

Xiao Han was even more confused. [Then should I act faster?]

[It isn't a problem of speed. It is the cooperation. You have to cooperate with me, do you understand?] Qin Mo had a headache. [It is hard to communicate with you.]

Xiao Han replied honestly: [I grew up abroad and my Chinese is at primary school level. Should we use English?]

Qin Mo: […Forget it.]

His English was at the primary school level.

The two people bickered while continuing to play the qualifiers. After losing several games in a row, they finally matched with less powerful opponents and won the game in a thrilling way. Qin Mo suddenly found that he was even happier than when he got the trophy. It was too difficult to win with the rookie Xiao Han and really gave him a sense of accomplishment!

***

In contrast to their two apprentices who kept losing, the combination of Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng was invincible. In just half an hour, they won 10 games in a row.

After the major update to the arena, everyone's points were cleared and the fastest ones to rise in the arena were playing in this group. There were almost no weak players in the silver rank. 80% were the management of the major guilds, 10% were randoms in the online game and 10% were the side accounts of professional players.

Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng's winning streak was too high. The system kept matching them with the side accounts of professional players.

On the 21st match of their winning streak, they met Tan s.h.i.+tian and Cheng Wei.

This time Li Cangyu didn't give up and cooperated with Ling Xuefeng instead. Ling Xuefeng controlled Tan s.h.i.+tian at the beginning of the game and Li Cangyu let out a burst of hand speed to kill Cheng Wei. Then the two people teamed up to kill Captain Tan.

Cheng Wei was dazed from the beginning. He thought that Cat G.o.d would chat like last time. The result was that he was instantly killed by Cat G.o.d while Captain Time was killed by Wooden Wind.  Cheng Wei asked doubtfully: [Cat G.o.d, is this demon summoner part of your team?]

Li Cangyu replied: [Yes, isn't he amazing?]

Cheng Wei sent a row of thumbs up. [He is really amazing!]

Tan s.h.i.+tian smiled helplessly. If Cheng Wei was next to him then he would rub this idiot's head hard. However, it was the holidays and Cheng Wei went home. Tan s.h.i.+tian had to send Cheng Wei a private chat message: [This person is obviously Ling Xuefeng. Can't you recognize him?]

Cheng Wei was shocked. [How can that be? Ling Xuefeng is playing with Cat G.o.d? They aren't teammates.]

Tan s.h.i.+tian smiled and said: [One day you will understand.]

Cheng Wei was dying with curiosity. [What is it? Don't leave me on tenterhooks. Just tell me!]

Tan s.h.i.+tian: [I won't tell you.]

Cheng Wei: [Do you want me to add you to the blacklist?]

Tan s.h.i.+tian sent a smiling emoji. [Are you willing?]

Cheng Wei's hairs stood up. [Tan s.h.i.+tian, die!]

He was too excited and ended up sending this message to the public chat. Li Cangyu wondered: [Xiao Wei, you only lost.  Why are you scolding Captain Tan?]

Cheng Wei blushed because he typed in the wrong channel. Tan s.h.i.+tian laughed so hard that he got a stomachache. This emotional cat typed in the wrong channel and was seen by Cat G.o.d. Wouldn't the kitten want to slam into the wall?

Tan s.h.i.+tian sent him a patting head emoji and said: [Okay, don't be angry. Let's continue to upgrade.]

Cheng Weis send a row of knives and reluctantly followed Tan s.h.i.+tian to continue the upgrade.

***

The Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng combination reached a 21 winning streak.

Li Cangyu asked thoughtfully: [Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?]

Ling Xuefeng sent back: [I'm not tired.]

Li Cangyu: [Do you want to continue?]

[Continue.]

The two of them once again joined the pairs qualifiers and found they were matched with a terran swordsman and terran berserker.

[It is Su Yu.] Ling Xuefeng typed in the private chat.

[Are you sure?] Li Cangyu asked.

[Sword of Judgment is Su Guangmo's side account and Quiet Berserker is Yu Pingsheng's side account. It should be right.]

[It seems that our winning rate is too high and the system is matching us with professional players.]

[Yes.]

[I haven't played with Yu Pingsheng yet. I will control him while you deal with Su Guangmo.]

[Okay.] Ling Xuefeng decisively responded.

Su Guangmo didn't know the ident.i.ties of the opponents but according to the principle of the system matching, the winners of so many games would definitely be masters. Su Guangmo thought about it and turned back to his younger brother. "These two people aren't simple. Be careful. I suspect that this Wooden Wind is Ling Xuefeng."

Yu Pingsheng didn't like to talk. He just nodded to show his understanding.

The match soon started.

The map for the pairs arena was randomly selected by the system. The map for this game was the simple 'Zeya Square' which was similar to the City Square map used in the 3v3 Carnival event. However, there were six statues in the middle of the city square and four stone pillars in the southeast and northwest.

Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng appeared in the southeast direction. The two of them moved quickly and hid behind the stones pillars in the southeast, taking positions where they could take care of each other.

Su Yu were two melees. They just came behind a stone pillar when they happened to see the elf summoner. Su Guangmo didn't hurry forward and carefully maintained a distance. In the absence of the demon summoner, rus.h.i.+ng was likely to make him fall into a trap.

However, Li Cangyu knew the details of the other side and played very actively. Once he saw them come over, he immediately summoned his water spirit to freeze Yu Pingsheng's berserker and then had his fire spirit quickly hit Yu Pingsheng with Fireball.

Su Guangmo's reaction was also very fast. The moment that he saw his brother being frozen, he turned and killed the water spirit with two ordinary attacks before turning to the fire spirit.

At this moment, Ling Xuefeng saw Su Guangmo enter his attack range and summoned the demon banshee, accurately using Charm to pull Su Guangmo to him.

The match was divided into 1v1 and Li Cangyu started to concentrate on handling Yu Pingsheng.

Yu Pingsheng was introverted and walked around quietly like a ghost. His berserker gameplay was the opposite of his personality. It was fierce and violent.

Once the freezing effect was lifted, the huge axe in his hand suddenly raised and cut straight down at where Li Cangyu was standing. It cut through all obstacles in the way! Splitting Bone Chop!

The golden axe cut through the air and created a deep crater in the ground. At the same time, the weak summoner lost 20% blood!

This was the attack power of the league's first ranked berserker. Once he raised his axe to chop at a fragile remote, it was simple frightening.

Li Cangyu was stunned but his fingers pressed firmly on the keyboard. He called the thunder spirit and used Thunder's Wrath to even out the blood. Then he used Flying Feather Steps to quickly move away and summoned his wind spirit.

Yu Pingsheng saw the opponent widening the distance and immediately pursued with the charging skill 'Circle Around Three Chops.' This skill had the shortest cooldown time of the berserker's movement skills. It allowed the berserker to rush three times in a certain direction while attacking three times. The attacks could also change direction in the process of the charge, making it very flexible.

Yu Pingsheng was obviously very skilled with this skill. He immediately caught up to Li Cangyu but Li Cangyu's wind spirit was waiting. Storm Fury!

There was a gust of wind and Yu Pingsheng was immediately blown back 10 metres.

It was hard to catch up with the summoner only to end up being blown away 10 metres by wind. Li Cangyu's move was equivalent to directly abolis.h.i.+ng Yu Pingsheng's best chasing skill.

The wind spirit was Li Cangyu's most powerful and flexible pet.

Yu Pingsheng couldn't help being surprised after being hit and asked Su Guangmo, "Is this Cat G.o.d?"

In fact, Su Guangmo had some doubts at the beginning. The ID of Fish Farming Professional really made people think of a person who likes to eat fish. Still, he didn't dare believe it. After all, Wooden Wind was Ling Xuefeng. Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu weren't in the same team so how could they be together?

It wasn't until the first exchange that he found out… they really teamed up together?

Su Guangmo's swordsman could tie with Ling Xuefeng's demon summoner but the berserker wasn't as flexible as the swordman. Yu Pingsheng gradually started struggling.

Li Cangyu had a lot of experience playing melee cla.s.ses. In particular, he flexibly used the wind spirit, making it hard for Yu Pingsheng to get close to him. He flew around like a kite and made Yu Pingsheng uncomfortable.

Su Guangmo wanted to help but he was entangled by Ling Xuefeng. The skeleton infantry's explosion and the banshee's Charm. He wasn't free enough to help his brother.

10 minutes later, Li Cangyu finally killed the berserker and circled around to help Ling Xuefeng. The two people summoned the skeleton infantry, demon G.o.d, thunder spirit, fire spirit…

Four types of pets attacking, Su Guangmo's death was simply unfair!

[Congratulations to Wooden Wind and Fish Farming Professional for winning. The team has won 22 matches in a row and the qualifying points increased by 50.]

[Sword of Judgment and Quiet Berserker have failed in the qualifying and lost 2 points.]

[About to exit the arena, please confirm.]

Su Guangmo didn't rush to press the confirmation b.u.t.ton and instead typed: [Captain Ling, Cat G.o.d, is it okay for you to team up to abuse people?]

Li Cangyu smiled: [What's wrong with it? There is no rule that people from different teams can't pair up!]

Su Guangmo, "…"

The question was, 'Do the two of you want to let others live?'

Su Guangmo spat out in his heart.

However, he thought of the many combinations still to be abused and felt psychologically balanced. He sent a row of thumbs up before withdrawing from the arena with his brother.

***

The next ones to encounter the boss combination was the Ghost Spirits' Lou Zhang brothers.

Lou Wushuang and Zhang Shaohui also set up a team to fight in today's pairs arena. Zhang Shaohui was living with his cousin so they were together even on the holiday. The two computers next to each other in the study allowed for easy communication. The two of them always had a tacit understanding and maintained a winning streak so far.

Only this time, Lou Wushuang felt something was wrong when he entered the arena.

"This demon summoner and elf summoner, the combination hasn't been seen in the league." Lou Wushuang pushed up his gla.s.ses and said lightly, "They should be Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu."

Zhang Shaohui made an admiring expression. "Brother, you are so smart! You can actually guess this!"

"…" Lou Wushuang looked helplessly at his brother. "The IDs are too obvious. Wooden Wind directly contains the character for 'Feng' while the other one is Fish Farming Professional. Cat G.o.d has always been persistent regarding fish."

Zhang Shaohui suddenly realized. "That's right!"

Lou Wushuang calmly said, "The combination of these two masters, it is a rare encounter. Play well."

"Yes!" Zhang Shaohui immediately responded and entered stealth. Then he moved with his cousin to find the opposite two people.

Ling Xuefeng saw no one appear for a long time and reacted quickly. [Is it a double blood kin summoner in stealth mode?]

Li Cangyu asked: [The Lou Zhang brothers?]

Ling Xuefeng nodded. [It is possible.]

He just said this when Lou Wushuang suddenly acted. The sharp blade in his hand raised and he decisively used Death Mark, Backstab and Fatal Blow! The consecutive moves directly greeted Li Cangyu's body!

Zhang Shaohui released the same three moves on Li Cangyu!

The two brothers had a tacit understanding and their a.s.sa.s.sination ability couldn't be underestimated. The combination of moves directly removed half of Li Cangyu's blood!

Ling Xuefeng immediately summoned his banshee and used Witch Demon's Curse to pull the two enemies over!

The rescued Li Cangyu immediately used Flying Feather Steps to widen the distance. At the same time, he summoned his thunder spirit, fire spirit, water spirit and wind spirit. The water and wind spirits controlled Lou Wushuang while the thunder and fire spirits attacked Zhang Shaohui!

Ling Xuefeng also summoned his skeleton infantry to Lou Wushuang's side and used Death Imprisonment to confine him.

The two people had just started cooperating today but they had a tacit understanding.

Zhang Shaohui sighed with admiration, "Ling Xuefeng and Li Cangyu really cooperate well. Are they actually a team? Why do I feel like they share the same brain when playing together?"

Lou Wushuang also had this feeling. He had cultivated his understanding with his cousin since childhood but the tacit understanding between Ling and Li could be compared to them.

Fortunately, Cat and Ling weren't on the same team or the other teams in the Miracle League wouldn't be able to survive.

***

This match was much harder than the Su Yu combination.

The league's strongest killers were really difficult to deal with. They would enter stealth and then pop out for a combo.

The even scarier thing was that the two members would tacitly attack the same opponent. After two rounds of crits, Li Cangyu only had a bit of blood left. They obviously wanted the advantage of killing one person.

However, Ling Xuefeng once again saved Li Cangyu at the critical moment. He decisively used a lot of mana to call the black crows to cover the vision of Lou and Zhang. Li Cangyu joined hands with Ling Xuefeng to kill Zhang Shaohui.

Lou Wushuang let out a burst of hand speed to kill Cat G.o.d but Ling Xuefeng used this chance to kill Lou Wushuang and the Ling Cat duo won the arena match in a thrilling manner.

[Congratulations to Wooden Wind and Fish Farming Professional for winning. The team has won 23 matches in a row and the qualifying points increased by 60.]

[Congratulations Wooden Wind and Fish Farming Professional. You have gained enough points in the silver rank and can advance to the gold rank!]

Zhang Shaohui saw this and couldn't help sending a thumbs up on the public channel. [The two of you are really amazing. It is estimated that you are the first pair in the whole national server to advance to the gold rank!]

Li Cangyu liked the description of 'first pair' and sent a smiling emoji. [You are also fast.]

***

After finis.h.i.+ng this match, Li Cangyu sent a private message to Ling Xuefeng. [We have played for one hour. Shall we take a break?]

[Yes.] Ling Xuefeng would never refuse Cat G.o.d's proposal.

Li Cangyu continued to speak: [How will you arrange this holiday?]

Ling Xuefeng replied: [I plan to go home for Chinese New Year and then return to the team on the fifth day of the new month. There is a big change in the seventh season so the team will gather in advance for training.]

Li Cangyu: [I talked to my mother on the phone a few days ago. She told me that she was going to the United States to visit my father during the Winter holidays. I have to celebrate the new year on my own.]

Ling Xuefeng asked: [Then? What are you going to do?]

Li Cangyu laughed: [Is it okay if I go to your house for the New Year?]

Ling Xuefeng: […]

Li Cangyu pretended to be pure as he said: [I am just visiting your home as a friend. I will bring gifts for Auntie and Uncle.]

Ling Xuefeng: […]

If it wasn't a friend then what did he want to be?

Ling Xuefeng thought of Li Cangyu's initiative to bring gifts when visiting his parents and couldn't help smiling. 'Li Cangyu, do you know what you are doing? I will only bring my wife home for Chinese New Year. It won't be easy if you want to play tricks later!'

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Chapter 109 – Holiday Period

In the Miracle Gossip Group, Zhang Shaohui couldn't help sending a message: [Captain Ling and Cat G.o.d have teamed up to abuse people in the arena. Everyone be careful!]

Su Guangmo, who just lost, immediately came forward: [The boss and boss together is unscientific. We have to protest.]

Cheng Wei followed: [Protest, protest! Cat G.o.d, don't you want to break up with Captain Ling and team up with me?]

Li Cangyu wasn't polite. [You go on your own side.]

Cheng Wei: […[Cry][Cry]]

Tan s.h.i.+tian smiled and said: [A boss and boss are together. Everyone should directly surrender when meeting them.]

Su Guangmo: [It makes sense!]

Zhang Shaohui proposed: [Why don't we also split up and reorganize? Su and Tan, do you want to try playing the bosses together? Maybe you can win against Ling Cat!]

Su Guangmo hated it. [I don't want to be with a weak archer.]

Tan s.h.i.+tian also disliked it. [I hate terran swordsmen the most.]

Su Guangmo sent a handshake emoji. [It is good that we hate each other. I will continue to play with my younger brother.]

Tan s.h.i.+tian said: [Xiao Wei, stop talking nonsense in the group. Play seriously.]

Cheng Wei: [Oh! I'm coming.]

The people were chatting with each other when the event protagonist, Ling Xuefeng came forward: [Cat G.o.d, I won't be able to fight with you for a bit. There is something I have to do regarding the team.]

Li Cangyu replied: [Okay. Go ahead.]

Onlookers, "…"

What was this situation? The boss combination was breaking up?

Sure enough, Ling Xuefeng went offline and Li Cangyu stopped playing the arena. He turned around and went to Xiao Han to watch him play.

Xiao Han and Qin Mo had lost several games.

The two of them were used to being carried by their masters and didn't want to cooperate with each other. Xiao Han would strike on his own while Qin Mo didn't take care of Xiao Han. The two people's thoughts weren't synchronized and they were pig teammates to each other. It was a bit sad.

Li Cangyu couldn't help saying, "Xiao Han, calculate the cooldown of the pets. When Qin Mo is preparing a big move, enter stealth and hit the opponent. Then Qin Mo can directly take away a head." Xiao Han was guided by his master and immediately nodded. "Yes!"

Previously, he hadn't cared about Qin Mo and just rushed forward. This time, he looked back and found that Qin Mo's blood snake was following. Xiao Han typed a word on the team channel: [Ready.]

Qin Mo was surprised and soon realized that Xiao Han was giving him a hint.

Sure enough, Xiao Han finished speaking and entered stealth, unleas.h.i.+ng a smooth combo on the opponent to decrease their blood. Qin Mo had the snake bite the opponent and they worked together to kill the other side.

Xiao Han continued typing on the team channel: [You control the hunter.]

Qin Mo was a bit upset. Why was Xiao Han directing him? He was obviously better than Xiao Han!

The strange thing was… Qin Mo was used to being at the bottom of the food chain and unconsciously obeyed. His fingers reacted faster than his brain and he fixed his blood spider on the hunter according to Xiao Han's instructions.

Xiao Han said: [Very good!]

The obedient Qin Mo, "…"

The game was won smoothly. Li Cangyu touched his apprentice's head and said, "Communicate with Qin Mo when playing the arena. Discuss tactics in the team channel. Don't just think in your head. You are teammates now."

Xiao Han nodded. "Yes, I know."

Li Cangyu got up and left, heading back to sit in front of his computer.

After playing the pairs arena all afternoon, Li Cangyu found that the game system for the pairs arena hadn't changed much. It was a random map 2v2 mode. Killing the opponents would allow the players to win but it was more focused on cooperation than the previous single player arena.

The key was still the group battle, which needed to be studied carefully.

Li Cangyu opened the officially released database. He carefully reviewed the equipment from the first page before going to sleep at midnight.

***

One week later, the eight people of the Canglan team smoothly rose to the diamond rank.

The training mode arranged by Li Cangyu allowed the youngsters to progress quickly. The four people practiced their PK techniques and had a more comprehensive understanding of the skills of other cla.s.ses. They finally became 'entry-level' e-sports players.

Yet this is far from enough.

Next, Li Cangyu printed a thick booklet of information and sent it to the four teenagers. "Spend two hours a day memorizing this data book."

The four people looked down and found that it was the officially announced equipment library…

There were dozens of pages of equipment. They had to remember the information and special effects of each equipment. This was comparable to a university entrance exam's review manual! Zhuo Hang couldn't help protesting, "Cat G.o.d, we have to memorize all of this?"

Li Cangyu said seriously, "The rhythm in the game is tight. There won't be time for you to slowly look through the information of the equipment. I hope that you can look at the name and the information will immediately appear in your mind."

He saw the stunned expressions of the four teenagers and continued saying, "This is the basic quality of an e-sports professional player. Since we are taking the game as our occupation, we naturally have to do it seriously."

Zhuo Hang looked at the thick data booklet and couldn't help thinking bitterly, 'Cat G.o.d is too strict! We actually have to recite these equipment from memory!'

From that day on, the four teenagers lived the life of a high school student studying for entrance exams.

Every morning, the four people would read the equipment book and shake their heads. Li Cangyu would do a spot check from time to time. The penalty for failure was terrible!

***

Thanks to this nightmare difficulty training, which including memorizing the equipment book, hand speed training and playing the arena, time pa.s.sed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was January and Chinese New Year.

This year, the Spring Festival occurred on January 20th. The start of the Miracle second division was March 1st. Li Cangyu accepted the training results of the four youths and arranged time for the holidays.

Dragon Warriors wasn't a new team. Wu Zewen led his team members to return right after the Spring Festival. On the Canglan side, Li Cangyu asked everyone to return on the third day after the new year due to time constraints.

Liu Chuan had someone set up the plane and train tickets for the team members. He didn't expect that Li Cangyu booked a ticket for Shanghai instead of returning to his hometown of Hangzhou.

Liu Chuan wondered, "Why are you going to Shanghai?"

Li Cangyu said with a smile, "I am going to meet a friend."

Liu Chuan didn't have any doubts. He simply let the a.s.sistant book the tickets and reimbursed the costs with the club funds.

On January 18th, players went home to reunite with their loved ones.

Li Cangyu's parents were abroad so he was going to Ling Xuefeng's place for the new year.

After arriving at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Li Cangyu took a taxi directly from the airport to Ling Xuefeng's private residence.

Ling Xuefeng was watching a game at home when he heard the ringing of the doorbell. He got up and opened the door, seeing Li Cangyu standing there with a smile. The two of them looked at each other before Li Cangyu rushed over to hug Ling Xuefeng. "Long time no see!"

Ling Xuefeng, "…"

It was really exciting that the big cat took the initiative to throw himself into Ling Xuefeng's arm!

Ling Xuefeng hugged him back and spoke in an uncontrollable voice, "I wanted to meet you at the airport. Why did you arrive so early?"

Li Cangyu explained, "The boss said that an afternoon flight couldn't be booked so he bought a ticket for a morning flight. In any case, I know this place and decided to come over instead of having you pick me up."

"Okay." Ling Xuefeng whispered.

He held Li Cangyu who jumped into his arms and felt his heart soften.

Li Cangyu had never been so active before. Even if he actively hugged Ling Xuefeng, he was always in 'good friends' hug mode. However, this time his hug was obviously very tight and it was different from the past.

When did it start to change?

Ling Xuefeng thought carefully and found that it seemed to be when Li Cangyu's father was in the ICU in New York and Ling Xuefeng stayed with Li Cangyu for the whole night. Since then, Li Cangyu's att.i.tude changed significantly.

Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng had known each other for many years and Ling Xuefeng naturally noticed Li Cangyu's change.

At present, the other person hadn't confessed and Ling Xuefeng didn't want to destroy this warm atmosphere. Besides, he enjoyed Li Cangyu's initiative. He wanted to see how far the big cat would take this.

The two people hugged silently for a while. Li Cangyu's heart was moving eagerly. Ling Xuefeng had apparently taken a shower not long ago because there was the clean shower gel fragrance coming from him. This was clearly a cold person but this hug felt extraordinarily warm and rea.s.suring.

He hugged Ling Xuefeng again and couldn't control it!

Li Cangyu resisted the urge to kiss Ling Xuefeng and let go. He changed the topic by asking, "Have you eaten?"

As he spoke, he walked into the house like he was the owner.

Ling Xuefeng brought his luggage into the house and closed the door. "I was waiting for you to eat together. I'll make you fish."

Li Cangyu's eyes lit up and he immediately headed to the kitchen. "What fish are you making?"

Ling Xuefeng said, "I owe you steamed ba.s.s."

Li Cangyu laughed. "Yes, you are really aware! Go ahead and make it. I'm hungry."

Then he turned and sat on the sofa, waiting to eat fish.

He was outstanding at eating fish but he was a typical kitchen idiot.

He couldn't cook at all so Li Cangyu consciously didn't go to the kitchen to mess Ling Xuefeng up. He even thought happily that it was good to be served by his wife. It was a blessing that he could find a wife with good cooking skills and good at the game.

Ling Xuefeng was naturally very happy to serve the big cat who loved to eat fish. He went back to the kitchen to put the processed fish into the pot to be steamed. He set a timer and then skillfully cut a few vegetables and stir fried them.

Look at this man's handsome appearance when cooking. The face was obviously indifferent and abstinent but it inexplicably revealed an intoxicating warmth.

Li Cangyu smelt the fragrance that occasionally came from the kitchen and was moved.

He never thought that he would one day like a man.

He was busy playing games and had no time to consider his feelings. He never encountered a woman who tempted him. Now he suddenly felt that it was very natural to be with Ling Xuefeng.

There were too many common topics between them and they knew each other so well. No one in the world knew him better than Ling Xuefeng.

With Ling Xuefeng, he wouldn't feel embarra.s.sed even if no words were spoken.

Every time he was with this man, he could put down the exhaustion in his heart and the pressure on his shoulders, even peacefully falling asleep next to this person.  He always felt that as long as there was Ling Xuefeng, no big difficulties would be too hard.

Over the years, Li Cangyu was accustomed to being a strong person. He took care of others and protected others, carrying the hopes of the team with his own strength. He didn't say it but this path was extremely hard. Now he could let go of his strong side. It was easy to get along with Ling Xuefeng and for him, this was the rarest and quietest life.

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