As the melee continued, casualties increased for all teams.
Both Rattlesnakes and Blood Roses experienced secondary casualties within their teams during this relatively early stage. Once killed for the third time in this brief period, the prolonged respawn time would undoubtedly become the most lethal threat.
At this point, the Seven Silver Coins, jumping and darting around the field, formed a vivid contrast. After each intense battle with low health, they would strategically retreat and reappear at full health. With seven players taking turns, even the seasoned professional guild players could finally discern the clues.
“D*mn, their starting point is nearby!” Having identified the issue, Return to Spring’s Skillful Hands’s immediate reaction was to try and excavate the initial location of the Seven Silver Coins. However, the opponents were clearly prepared. The speed-cut tactics led by Jiang Shi, the runemaster, with precise Rune Field cover, left no clues behind.
Finally, with the “numerical advantage” that Seven Silver Coins had subtly established, the Ancient Crimson Dragon Elro also collapsed.
The points next to the name of Seven Silver Coins on the leaderboard changed, directly leaping to the top position.
First blood in the finals!
The entire venue erupted in cheers, with supporters from other guilds unable to resist expressing their dissatisfaction. Undoubtedly, the first kill of the BOSS also signaled that the match had finally entered a fierce stage.
Looking at the map, both the Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes, seeing the BOSS defeated, withdrew from the battle to avoid the occurrence of a third casualty.
In the blink of an eye, the entire field was left with only the Seven Silver Coins team. The four individuals on the field at this moment were Poisoned Milk, Yu Weize, Serious Young Man, and Gentleman Fan. Looking a bit further, one could spot Muchuan Pants, who had just been replaced by Scavenger from the initial point, coming back with excitement.
It was somewhat tranquil after the intense battle.
From a god’s-eye view, Poisoned Milk and the others waited for Muchuan Pants to gather in place. Then, with an expression of helplessness, they shrugged, seemingly expressing their admiration for the speed at which the other two teams retreated. After organizing their team, they resumed moving rapidly along the road.
Tao Zi: “Seven Silver Coins only had Scavenger and Gentleman Fan die once each. Compared to the situations of Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes, they are basically making a killing! Plus, now that they have successfully taken down the first BOSS, from every perspective, they have quietly established an absolute advantage! Of course, this is without considering the Firepower Guild… Well, it’s lively, but in the end, it can’t withstand the added luck factor. The Firepower Guild, without making a sound, has basically successfully stolen the Savage Desert Scorpion!”
As the words fell, news of the second BOSS being killed came, and the Firepower Guild, after updating their points, directly jumped to the second position.
“This is probably the chosen one, without a single drop of blood, directly causing the other three guilds to consume a wave in advance.” Brother Tiao, looking at the situation, also sighed. He turned his gaze to the map and began searching, “But overall, Seven Silver Coins didn’t suffer too much. The most unfortunate ones in this wave should be the Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes. Judging by the serious casualties at the beginning, they probably need to think twice about the next match. Let me see… Well, they seem to be deliberately avoiding the direction where Seven Silver Coins are. But this route seems a bit off; they just withdrew from the battlefield, and it looks like they’re planning to engage again?”
As Brother Tiao was speaking, after circling around on the map, the Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes met again amid the eager anticipation of the onlookers.
Tao Zi shook his head. He was about to say something about these two having some kind of fate, but what he saw did not match the expected scene of armed confrontation. After a moment of thought, he spoke with disbelief in his tone, “It seems like the Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes have no intention of taking action, and… Return to Spring’s Skillful Hands and Snake Scorpion Curse, they’re directly chatting?”
In the official live broadcast room, many viewers were simultaneously watching the main perspectives of various guilds. At this moment, upon hearing this, some people started conveying information on the barrage: [“Report! Accurate information, they’re really chatting! It sounds like they got angry with Seven Silver Coins, and Spring God is discussing alliance details with the old poison of Rattlesnakes!”]
Tao Zi, during his commentary, also occasionally paid attention to the feedback on the barrage. Inadvertently glancing over, he saw this sentence and was completely stunned.
Turning subconsciously to look at Brother Tiao, the two made eye contact, capturing the astonishment in each other’s eyes.
Forming a guild alliance during the finals?
In the history of the Century Cup, this was unprecedented!
At this moment, in the live broadcast rooms of the Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes, a myriad of punctuation marks flooded the screen. With the dialogue entering their ears, the cognition of netizens was momentarily refreshed.
“How about it, any ideas?” The first sentence thrown out by Return to Spring’s Skillful Hands was straightforward.
Immediately, Snake Scorpion Curse replied even more directly, “I think it’s possible.”
This alliance agreement, which could be described as refreshing the history of the Century Cup, was officially reached in just a few words.
And this wonderful understanding came entirely from the recent clash with Seven Silver Coins.
Regardless of its reasonableness, the successive kills of two BOSSes had already pushed these two guilds to the forefront. Coupled with multiple players experiencing numerous deaths, they had to make the most advantageous choice in this chaotic situation.
A unanimous agreement was reached, and the alliance was officially established.
After simple terms were agreed upon, both sides swiftly changed their action routes, heading directly towards the direction where Seven Silver Coins were advancing.
“So, are they planning to take revenge on Seven Silver Coins…” In this competition, Tao Zi had almost developed an absolute calmness, just watching the joint team of Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes catch up with Seven Silver Coins, and in his heart, he even prepared for the possibility of being countered and wiped out after this team fight.
But after this team battle ended, he also realized that sometimes his expectations for Seven Silver Coins were indeed a bit too high.
Under the unexpected and sudden assault of the two teams joining forces, even though the reactions of the Silver Coins were fast enough, they were inevitably hit by a wave of team wipes.
“This team wipe is fatal!” Brother Tiao slapped the table, sighing heavily!
“Indeed, trouble ahead,” Tao Zi looked at the row of “corpses” lying on the ground and tried to salvage the situation, “But they are at least the first team in the Century Cup finals to force their opponents into an alliance.”
In the map, the Seven Silver Coins, who had suffered a beating, seemed quite serene at first glance.
Jiang Shi was killed for the first time in this match. The resurrection cooldown was shorter compared to multiple deaths. While counting down, he didn’t forget to communicate with his teammates in the team channel.
[[Team] Poisoned Milk: What’s the deal with Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes? They formed an alliance just like that?]
[[Team] Yu Weize: Indeed, just a little setback, and they formed an alliance like this, no lower limit at all!]
[[Team] Gentleman Fan: You two can actually talk about lower limits with others? #Shocked]
[[Team] Poisonoed Milk: Why can’t we talk about it? All beings are equal; don’t play discrimination here. Originally, the key is that they actually formed an alliance here, tsk, careless.]
[[Team] Gentleman Fan: Alright, alright, I won’t discriminate against you. Speaking of which, this lying down and chatting feeling, Old Player would probably like it very much.]
[[Team] Yu Weize: Sure, I’ll resurrect and bring him in to chat with you?]
[[Team] Serious Young Man: …Can we talk about something serious first?]
[[Team] Poisoned Milk: Is there a need for that? We’ll fight back later.]
[[Team] Muchuan Pants: I won’t be of much use in the fight. Just go back and replace me with Old Fan or Scavenger directly.]
[[Team] Yu Weize: Tsk, Muchuan Pants, your intention to pretend to be bad is a bit too obvious, isn’t it?]
[[Team] Muchuan Pants: Huh? Is it? I think it’s fine.]
[[Team] Plate Armored Youth: …Can you guys stay on topic?]
The content in the team channel fell into the eyes of the Seven Silver Coins’ main perspective live broadcast audience. The only one who still seemed normal, Serious Young Man, had become a spokesperson for their discussions.
[“Come on, Silver Coins, what’s going on? It’s already this late, and you still have the leisure to chat like this!?”]
[“It’s the finals, struggle, fight, sprint, we still have to strive for the championship trophy!”]
[“The emperor doesn’t hurry, and the eunuch is anxious; why does it feel like they’re not in a hurry at all?”]
[“They’ve bullied you to this extent, can you endure it?”]
[“Although, the combination of Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes basically has no way to deal with it…”]
[“You won’t know if you don’t try; Silver Coins must be the best!”]
As if hearing the voices of the fans, the first wave of resurrected players’ cooldowns ended. In the situation where Blood Roses and Rattlesnakes were guarding the bodies, they chose to return to the starting point without hesitation.
They quickly reorganized their lineup.
The countdown for Gentleman Fan, who had already died twice, had not ended yet. He sent back the latest message from the scene of his death: [They probably saw that you all went back and stopped guarding. In this direction, they’re probably going to find the Firepower.]
“Okay.” Jiang Shi, who had returned to the starting point, nodded at the words, arranged for Muchuan Pants to be replaced by Deep Well Ice Player, and said, “Gentleman, when your cooldown is over, come back directly and replace me with Scavenger.”
[[Team] Deep Well Ice Player: What’s the plan? Are we going to fight?]
[[Team] Gentleman Fan: Hey, Old Player, you’re late. If you were here earlier, you could have enjoyed the warm treatment of a dormitory night talk.]
Jiang Shi didn’t look at the two chatting directly in the team channel. He answered Deep Well Ice Player’s question: “Fighting is definitely a must. We’ll see how to fight when the time comes.”
Han Yuze glanced at Jiang Shi and smiled, “Do we still need to pick a ‘suitable’ time?”
Jiang Shi’s fingertips gently stroked the cross in his hand, and a smile appeared on his lips, “Whether they form an alliance or not, anyway, I want both the BOSS and the heads.”
Two keywords, first “BOSS,” then “heads.”
Speaking to this point, without Han Yuze’s telepathy, everyone else understood completely.
Regardless of the form, revenge was revenge; the rest was just details!