The King's Avatar: The Sword Immortal Returns

Chapter 101 The Dragon Team, [Azure Dragon], gets a lesson from Tang Rou—

Team Happy's first match was against Team Dragon, supposedly founded by a famous professional player, although Team Dragon's captain, Ye Xiu, had never actually heard of them.
However, Ye Xiu felt that this person might be some kind of hidden master. Therefore, Ye Xiu attached great importance to this competition, believing that this Dragon Team was definitely not simple.

During the pre-match pep talk, Ye Xiu repeatedly emphasized to the team:

"You must stay calm and composed. Remember, this is an elimination tournament. If we lose, we can go home."

Just as Ye Xiu was about to offer another reminder, Mo Qian forcibly pulled him back to his captain's seat, making him sit properly there, as the match was about to begin.

"Alright, alright, Lao Ye, that's enough. What's wrong with you lately? You've been competing for so many years, why are you still acting like a child? Don't you believe in our strength?"

"Oh, don't worry, I'm here for you."

Ye Xiu didn't know exactly what was going on, but he had a bad feeling. This feeling made him very anxious lately, and the only thing he was really worried about was this first match.
"Old Mo is right. We still have Old Mo here, so there shouldn't be any problem."

The first online match is about to begin. Ye Xiu previously arranged the lineup for the team match. Naturally, Ye Xiu would not arrange such a lineup for the arena match. The so-called arena match is about sending out the five strongest players from your own team's roster to defeat the opponent as quickly as possible, right?
Therefore, Ye Xiu directly brought out all of Happy Team's most outstanding individual players, and of course, the order was also very deliberate:

The first one is [Han Yanrou], and Xiao Tang is the first to fight!
Ye Xiu stared intently at the screen, afraid of missing any useful information, watching the player from the Dragon Team appear.

[Azure Dragon] also uses the Battle Mage class.

Ye Xiu recognized them immediately; they were strangers. He had checked the Dragon Team's recent performance, and there was nothing particularly noteworthy except for their captain, Fire Dragon, an elemental mage. The rest were mostly mid-level players in the online game.
Game start!
Tang Rou has always been a player with a strong mentality. She used to accompany her father, Tang Shusen, to various meetings, so playing a small online Glory tournament shouldn't make her nervous.

Tang Rou and [Azure Dragon] charged forward simultaneously, indicating that their opponent was quite confident in their own strength, launching a direct attack right from the start.

"Sky strike!"

"Sky strike!"

Both of them knew one thing: A Heavenly Strike attack has everything at its start—

However, their attempt to strike each other into the sky failed because both of them deviated from their flight paths. Tang Rou and [Azure Dragon] had initially aimed in each other's direction.
However, after using Sky Strike, both of them veered off course and failed to hit each other.
"Mo Qian, do you think Xiao Tang can win?"

Chen Guo stared curiously at Mo Qian's screen, looking extremely nervous. However, Mo Qian felt that Chen Guo's worries were completely unnecessary. This [Azure Dragon] clearly had a flaw, or rather, it wasn't really a flaw, but compared to Tang Rou, it became one.

That was [hand speed]. Mo Qian's perception of hand speed was incredibly precise. He could clearly sense the difference in hand speed between the two players, and Mo Qian had never encountered anyone whose hand speed could surpass his peak speed. Even Ye Xiu's peak hand speed was below Mo Qian's. When Mo Qian first demonstrated his peak hand speed, people genuinely suspected he was cheating, but after checking Mo Qian's computer, they discovered:

Mo Qian did indeed use cheats, but he used a "human-shaped self-propelled cheat." Yu Wenzhou was so envious of Mo Qian's hand speed that he almost cried—of course, he was just kidding. Who dares to say that Captain Yu's hand speed is slow? Captain Yu is just comparing himself to someone too strong.

If you put Yu Wenzhou against players with lightning-fast reflexes like Ye Xiu, Mo Qian, or Huang Shaotian, he'd be miles behind. But if you compare him to other average professional players or mid-level experts in online games, he'd be quite good.

Or perhaps everyone's expectations of Yu Wenzhou are too high. His tactics are already invincible; why would he need an extra boost from hand speed?

Tang Rou has already gained the upper hand over [Azure Dragon] in the battle. Of course, this suppression is definitely not based on experience. In terms of experience, Tang Rou would actually be suppressed by her opponent. However, playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses is the first lesson that Ye Xiu and Mo Qian taught Tang Rou!
Tang Rou possesses an exceptionally high hand speed talent, so she should strive to maximize it. Extreme hand speed will mask most of her weaknesses. Even if Tang Rou lacks experience, her hand speed is incredible. Even if Tang Rou is unfamiliar with her opponent's skills, her hand speed is incredible. Even if Tang Rou doesn't know exactly how to fight, her hand speed is incredible.

While hand speed isn't everything, it's absolutely essential for professional gamers, especially for classes like Battle Mage that heavily rely on it.
"How come this person's hand speed is still increasing! Does she really have no limit???"

[Azure Dragon] was already feeling the pressure mounting. He could tell that Tang Rou seemed to have very little experience. Given enough time, [Azure Dragon] could definitely outmaneuver Tang Rou.
But judging from the current situation, it seems likely that [Azure Dragon] won't last until then and will be dealt with by Tang Rou.

"No way! Damn it, I don't believe you can stay this fast forever!"

[Qinglong] made the same mistake as Du Ming, which was to entrust his life to the opponent's mistake, or rather, to hope that the opponent could not hold on indefinitely.

The moment the thought crossed Qinglong's mind, he had already lost to Tang Rou. Tang Rou's hand speed had suppressed Du Ming for an entire game, so for Qinglong, Tang Rou was simply too easy.

Five minutes have passed...

Seven minutes have passed...

Tang Rou persisted for seven minutes before giving up. It wasn't that she couldn't, but rather that it was completely unnecessary; a glance at the opponent's health bar revealed the reason.

"glory!"

Tang Rou's screen displayed the Glory victory icon, while Qinglong's computer displayed the Glory defeat icon.
Interestingly, regardless of victory or defeat, a symbol of honor will appear—

(End of this chapter)