The response of the Seven Silver Coins, from an overall perspective, can be said to have no tactical significance.
However, it was precisely this tough style that shattered the alliance between Old Dream Time and Sky Vine directly.
Facing a comprehensive display of outnumbering opponents, it was apparent they had absolute confidence in their own strength.
Yet, endings often hold the most persuasive power.
As the lineup was completely torn apart, the people of the Seven Silver Coins were completely consumed by bloodlust.
If initially there was no interest in collecting heads like scavenging for scrap, after several consecutive harvests, there was a slight taste of the joy of slaughter.
Licking the corner of his mouth, swiftly wielding the wrench, he darted to Han Yuze’s side, once again claiming a head: “In a rush to meet the KPI, thank you.”
If one didn’t observe the urgency of these killings, based solely on words, it would seem quite polite.
Han Yuze wasn’t obsessed with collecting heads, so if someone wanted the scraps, he stopped his actions and stepped aside, letting the heavily injured machine gun player go: “You’re welcome.”
Their back-and-forth left the machine gun player’s chest surging, nearly spewing out old blood.
Even as the vision darkened completely, there was a hint of refusal to accept defeat.
This ‘you let me, I let you’ – did he have no pride?!
As consecutive alliance players fell victim to brutal killings, the atmosphere gradually cooled amid the previous excitement.
Initially, the first batch of fallen players attempted to counterattack after their revival cooldowns ended, but they were swiftly pushed back again.
These individuals finally realized that reviving in the same spot was only yielding more casualties, and gradually, none persisted, choosing instead to return to the resurrection zone, reverting to their initial respawn point randomly allocated for this match.
The first clash ended, unquestionably, in favor of the seven silver coins.
And it was an absolute victory.
Players from the alliance were directly wiped out not just once but twice. While the five members of the Seven Silver Coins were somewhat wounded, not a single one fell.
The gaping disparity in strength left no room for argument.
As for the next move, the choice for the seven silver coins was straightforward.
Muchuan Pants retraced their steps to replace the waiting zone’s Plate Zheng Xiaoqing at the starting area, while the others dispersed just like they did in the first week.
With experience comes familiarity. Witnessing such tactics again, the official commentators were adept: “I just want to say one thing now – there’s probably no team left in Zone C that can stop the Seven Silver Coins. They can easily crush even a 1v2. What will they rely on for the upcoming boss battle? It’s well known that seizing the boss relies on opportunity, and in this aspect, the Seven Silver Coins undeniably hold absolute superiority. Yes, just like the last match, they’ve dispersed once again, and with such multidirectional searching, no other team can replicate this. After all, there shouldn’t be another team confident enough to handle five individual players like they do, right? But the Seven Silver Coins, they have five! Oh no, perhaps more than five, maybe seven!”
The audience listening to the surrounding commentary couldn’t help but want to remind the commentator, whose narrative had gone to extremes.
However, on the other hand, they couldn’t help but admit that every word the commentator spoke was true. Though the match had just entered the second week, from the performances within Zone C, it seemed the Seven Silver Coins were dominating the map effortlessly.
The commentator, unaware of veering into overpraise, unconsciously focused on the actions of the Seven Silver Coins and then glanced over their movements from a god-like perspective: “Ah… I must admit, in terms of luck alone, the Seven Silver Coins are also being favored. The direction Yu Weize walked happened to be where the Fallen Sands Guild placed their boss. Fallen Sands Guild had a decent start; as the first team to find the boss coordinates, they must have put in considerable effort to lure Augustine to this corner. Unfortunately, they seem to have encountered the Seven Silver Coins…”
The tone of the conversation shifted slightly, now tinged with surprise: “The Seven Silver Coins actually don’t seem interested in snatching it?! Yu Weize just walked past the boss! Did he really just walk past it? Didn’t he see Augustine’s position? But from his perspective, that shouldn’t be the case…”
The commentator quickly signaled the director to show Yu Weize’s first-person view separately. The screen clearly captured the massive rhinoceros horn of the boss, but even this obvious signal didn’t make Yu Weize pause for a moment.
If one were in the Seven Silver Coins’ main broadcast room, they could hear such discussions in the voice channel.
Han Yuze: “40% HP, Augustine, Fallen Sands Guild, are they going for it?”
Jiang Shi glanced at the current score situation without much thought: “Ignore them.”
Scavenger: “I’ve seen people from Sky Vine.”
Jiang Shi chuckled, “Here they come.”
As observed from the god-like perspective, it was evident that all members of the Seven Silver Coins were quietly moving in the direction indicated by Scavenger.
Initially, the official commentator was a bit unclear about the intentions of the Seven Silver Coins. However, upon observing the situation near Scavenger, everything became clear.
Once clarity struck, a shiver ran down their spine involuntarily: “Truly brilliant. It seems like the recent actions of Sky Vine and Old Dream Time have genuinely provoked the Seven Silver Coins. Looking at the situation, not even the boss can divert their attention. Could this be what they say about prioritizing headhunting over bosses? It seems Sky Vine has completely attracted the attention of the Seven Silver Coins.”
Indeed, Jiang Shi had set his sights on Sky Vine, not because of the recent clash with Old Dream Time, but because they had trespassed onto his territory. Ignoring the members of Fallen Sands was simply because this guild’s team had no competitive spirit, not because they had lost interest in boss contention.
As a professional support, he was accustomed to evaluating situations based on priorities. Right now, the boss was still to be contended with, but he was more inclined to ensure Sky Vine Guild was completely eliminated.
Securing second place in the rankings in the first week was indeed a stroke of luck.
Unfortunately, such luck was unlikely to repeat in the future.
Jiang Shi and the others gradually arrived at Scavenger’s coordinate point, but they didn’t rush to reveal themselves.
While waiting for Plate Zheng Xiaoqing, who had just set out from the initial respawn point, they silently followed, taking advantage of the terrain to stealthily stay not far from Sky Vine’s group.
It was evident that during their previous encounter, Sky Vine and Old Dream Time had already exchanged their initial respawn point locations.
After following for a while, the teams of the two guilds met again.
The audience following the match: “…”
Looking at the “little tails” silently following not far behind these two teams, one wonders whether it’s appropriate to mourn in silence or mourn in silence or mourn in silence.
The several members of the Seven Silver Coins seemed to be in good spirits about it.
After all, before the match, they hadn’t expected a buy-one-get-one-free deal to happen, which was simply super surprising!
So, everyone watched as the Double Union Alliance’s team finally found a boss, patiently followed by the five members of the Seven Silver Coins who had been following them for a long time, finally emerging fiercely.
The live broadcast room’s barrage was ecstatic—
[“It’s like I can hear the thoughts of those two guilds’ players: Why is it you guys again?!”]
[“Hahaha, don’t come over here!”]
[“To be honest, why do I like this nitpicky personality so much.”]
[“Alas, can only say these two guilds must have committed some grave sins in their past lives.”]
[“It’s only the second week, and the Seven Silver Coins have already decided to target them?”]
[“We have a visual – your two guilds have been surrounded by our five!”]
[“Deserved it, really, if you irritate anyone, it had to be the Seven Silver Coins. Don’t they know who’s involved here?”]
[“If only the veteran players from the first season would remind them, these two guilds wouldn’t have fallen to this point.”]
[“Recently, I keep hearing about the first season, were these people really that famous back then?”]
[“They were so famous, even a little displeasure might get you chased until eternity.”]
[“There’s a saying, um, ‘Not listening to the advice of elders will lead to losses in front of you.’“]
Even the official commentator, who was used to big moments, widened their perspective due to the Seven Silver Coins’ open settling of personal scores: “Today’s story might tell us that when there’s nothing going on, never provoke people you’re not sure you should provoke. At least sometimes, the consequences can really test one’s mindset… Oh, team wipeout, Old Dream Time and Sky Vine Guild have encountered the second round of team wipeout in this match. In reality, some of them have already died three times in today’s match. After this third time, the revival time… well, it’s probably very unfavorable.”
It’s well known that revival cooldowns in the arena always accumulate.
And after this wave of wipeouts, the players from Old Dream Time and Sky Vine Guild indeed needed to lie on the ground for a considerable amount of time.
How long exactly? At least long enough to let them helplessly watch the Seven Silver Coins trample on their bodies, killing the boss they had just discovered right in front of them.
Even the bodies lying on the ground couldn’t help but feel the urge to cough up blood.
But soon, the people from the Sky Vine Guild realized that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.
The location where Scavenger discovered Sky Vine’s trail was actually very close to their respawn point for this match.
After tracking the boss point this time, Jiang Shi greeted the others to follow that direction, finally finding the Sky Vine Guild’s revival area.
Next came an unprecedented operation of blocking the revival point.
You should know, this is the Nianhua Cup!
Even if it’s a secondary event, it’s still considered a professional competition. Which team has suffered such humiliation before?
Even the audience present couldn’t describe their feelings for a moment.
If they were the players from Sky Vine, they probably wished to end the match by smashing their heads against the wall…
The atmosphere on-site momentarily became somewhat eerie. It wasn’t clear whether to be delighted at witnessing such a rare scene or to sympathetically mourn for the Sky Vine players.
After repeatedly blocking the resurrection point for two rounds, the Seven Silver Coins finally successfully increased the revival time of the Sky Vine Guild. Dusting off their hands, they left with the attention of the on-site audience.
As for the batch of Sky Vine players lying on the ground, such a long revival time had already predetermined the dismal outcome of this match for them.
The Seven Silver Coins re-entered the arena at the perfect moment to compete for the final boss, smoothly securing their second boss kill in this match.
In reality, even without this boss score, the headhunting points provided by the Double Union Alliance were enough to keep them firmly in the top spot.
In the second match of the first round in Zone C, the Seven Silver Coins once again took the top spot overall!
Sky Vine and Old Dream Time guilds ended up at the bottom in misery.