Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

The Righteous Slash team is indeed wealthy, acquiring twenty pieces of equipment directly, plus a few they developed themselves, for a total of twenty-five pieces. All of these were used on their five characters, without any attempt to conceal their identities. However, due to their class roles, the equipment distribution wasn't even. The core main damage dealers, the Berserker Zhan Loulan and the Battle Mage Gui Qu Lai Xi, each received six pieces; the Judo Master Ye Xi and the Priest Qian Ye Li Ruo each received five; while the Elemental Mage, Qian Ge, fared rather poorly, receiving only two pieces.

However, compared to the current state of Team Happy, they are still somewhat poor. After all, Team Happy now has a total of ten people, and each of them has four pieces of self-made equipment, and the configuration is very uniform: weapons, shirts, pants, and shoes.

An Wenyi, who is receiving treatment, now has six pieces of clothing, including an extra shoulder pad and a waist belt compared to the others.

In other words, excluding Xiao Nai, who already made a set for himself, Happy currently has a total of thirty-eight self-made equipment pieces, which is almost twice the number of Yi Zhan's. However, because Happy's equipment has a high degree of redundancy, Yi Zhan still has quite a few pieces of equipment that they can use.

In fact, with the current average of four pieces of equipment per person for the Happy team, it's already quite good in the professional league. After all, the average number of self-made equipment for all characters in the professional league is only 5.23 pieces, which shows how strong Xiao Nai's talent for equipment research is.

However, this kind of effective equipment acquisition is only possible in the early stages. After all, Xiao Nai knew from the beginning who his future teammates would be, their strengths, and their playstyles, so many of his equipment items were already designed and were just waiting for practical adjustments.

Take the Yizhan team as an example. Only their main characters have equipment; the other characters don't have a single piece of self-made gear. And there are quite a few teams in the professional league with similarly low self-made gear coverage. After all, it comes down to the same problem: self-made gear is just too difficult to buy.

Even for a team like Yizhan, which has just debuted, equipping its main players with self-made equipment is already quite extravagant.

Even so, the self-made equipment that Yi Zhan bought is not considered top-tier in the professional league. But that's normal. If it weren't self-made equipment that various teams had discarded, how could any team sell their equipment?

Of course, not all of these are outdated equipment. Some players crafted equipment that did not achieve the desired effect. Those that can be further researched and improved will be researched, while those that cannot be researched will be placed together with the outdated equipment.

These items are either given to substitutes or other players who need equipment, or sold to other teams. This is also a source of revenue for the teams.

Yi Zhan's twenty pieces of equipment are quite suitable for the Happy team: three weapons, twelve pieces of equipment, and ten accessories.

Even the equipment mainly consists of belts, shoes, and shoulder pads, which is normal, as tops and pants are the most valuable pieces of equipment and are naturally the hardest to buy.

These items can be used to replenish the Happy team, especially since none of them have any accessories. Now everyone can get one.

The Yi Zhan team also felt they had made a profit, since the main self-made equipment for the Happy team consisted of the tops and pants they lacked most, not to mention that their other teammates didn't have any equipment at all, and now they could all equip themselves with them.

"Oh right, we have a match on Friday, could you give us the equipment in advance on Thursday? We need to practice with it too. Similarly, after our match on Wednesday, we'll give you the equipment to practice with as well," Ye Xiu said.

After all, the impact of equipment on a character is undeniable, and adapting to and getting used to the equipment takes time.

“No problem,” Lou Guanning said.

"By the way, who's your next opponent?" Lou Guanning asked curiously.

“Wuji Team,” Ye Xiu said. “Wuji Team, I remember they were the professional team that was eliminated the year before last, right?” Lou Guanning obviously remembered this team.

“That’s right, it’s them,” Ye Xiu nodded and said.

"I must say, Yi Zhan's equipment is actually a good match for the gaps in our equipment," Xiao Nai said, looking at the equipment data sent by the other party.

“Indeed, but we can’t go on like this forever,” Qiao Jingjing said.

“That’s natural. After all, we can share resources now because we’re in the Challenger League, but if we make it into the professional league, we won’t have this benefit anymore,” Xiao Nai said.

"However, we've narrowed the gap in influence with Excellent Era," Xiao Nai said.

"Can we deal with Excellent Era given our current situation?" Chen Guo asked curiously.

"Actually, our peak combat power is stronger than Excellent Era in terms of win rate, so the main thing now is to raise our floor. After all, we are a team. Whether we can defeat Excellent Era depends not on us, but on how much everyone can grow during this period," Xiao Nai said.

"And our current opponent is a perfect test, just the right person to be the first mini-boss in the dungeon," Ye Xiu said.

After all, although the opposing team is also a professional team, and has been competing in the professional scene for three years, their best results have been mediocre, and they've been struggling in the Challenger League for two years now. It's unknown how much of their former strength they still possess. While their past match videos are no longer relevant, the overall strength of their opponents is still limited. With top players like Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu providing support in team matches, Qiao Jingjing and her team can completely dominate.

Of course, it's not that there's absolutely no information about the other side; after all, their performance in last season's Challenger Finals is quite valuable for reference.

So Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu pulled Zhang Jiale and Wei Chen aside to watch the analysis of the players who were still in the Wuji team.

Evening arrived quickly. After dinner, Xiao Nai called everyone to the conference room to talk about the Wuji Team.

The projector was lowered, and soon the Wuji team's final match from last season appeared on it. Then Xiao Nai came out and said, "First of all, everyone needs to know the main characters of the Wuji team and their playstyle. Their main characters are the Magic Swordsman, Elemental Mage, Qi Master, Warlock, Priest, and Gunner. Take a look at this main lineup and see what you think." After Xiao Nai finished speaking, Ye Xiu showed everyone a video of the Wuji team's coordinated gameplay.

“They don’t have a single purely melee class; almost all of their classes have wide-range attack skills and ranged damage capabilities,” An Wenyi said first. As a veteran Glory player, his eyesight was better than Baozi’s, and observation was one of his strengths, so he was the first to notice their characteristics.

"But don't such combinations only appear in one-shot teams in dungeons? Can such teams play professionally?" Qiao Jingjing asked with some doubt. After all, the professional league has proven over time that a team's professional development should be comprehensive, and excessive specialization is not a good choice.

"That's right, but that's this team's tactic: gang up!" Xiao Nai said. (End of Chapter)