(Quietly I'm gone, quietly I'm back)

The climate of the Aranok Desert is extremely harsh, and compared to the oasis of the desert star, the long yellow sand adjacent to the vast blue sea is simply purgatory on earth. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The howling wind blew fiercely, bringing up endless grains of sand that were dry and disturbing, and the tiny particles that faintly flashed with colorful brilliance under the sunlight swam away with the wind and fell on the twelve people in the Qingluan Palace.

Desert wolf camels are a special species in the Aranok Desert, and as the name suggests, they have wolf-like speed and camel-like endurance. In just a dozen seconds after Jiang Luan issued the order, the people of Qingluan Hall flew away in the complicated eyes of a group of soulless people.

Wu Liang, who was at the head of the team, was tasked with guarding against incoming enemies alongside the weeping willows that year, the former using the realm of perception to search for pretenders hiding in the shadows, and the latter searching for a suspicious target with his extraordinary eyesight.

Away from the city, the wind and sand have a tendency to increase, slapping on the face and body, making a fine rustling sound, and being a little embarrassed by the countless sand, Wu Liang simply closed his eyes, relying on the field of perception to avoid obstacles, anyway, the general direction is commanded by Jiang Luan, and he and the weeping willow only need to do their own work.

The desert wolf camel underneath him is a must-have for adventurers who go deep into the desert. The heavy soles of the feet leave no deep or shallow footprints on the desert, and the streamlined body shuttles forward like the wind, and the soft earthy yellow hair flutters backwards with the wind, so that the sand particles mixed in the wind cannot penetrate under the hair. The long eyelashes covered the dark yellow eyes that were deeply murderous, bounced away most of the sand, and the few fish that slipped through the net were also excreted with tears under the effect of special eye masks.

The desert wolf camel's breathing rate is very low, and the nostrils that are facing downward will inhale a large amount of air each time, and only after a few steps of vigorous walking can the turbid air mixed with sand be exhaled from the body. The thick lips and the fluff above and below the lips cover the gap between the lips well, and at the same time hide their sharp serrations.

It's a powerful species of strength and speed, and in this desert, the average demonic beast is not even their match, so each desert wolf camel is worth a fortune, and they are so valuable that even the Beast Riding Ring can be used as a gift.

Wu Liang couldn't help but smile, he wanted to use the beast head nameplate given by His Excellency Alpaca to make a price, although they were traveling at public expense, but they could save some, but the half-orc boss of the mount shop, as soon as he saw what he was doing, he said that he would not accept money, although the pain on his face could not be concealed, but he forced the twelve beast control rings into Wu Liang's hands, but Jiang Luan was still more fair, leaving some expenses provided by the government, so that the half-orc merchant would not lose all his money.

Team Private Chat Space——

Bingyiren: (curious) Boss, where is the maggot's nest?

Li Bingtian, the helper of the auxiliary profession, was protected by everyone in the middle with Zhao Huangqi and Dou Dou, she squinted and looked ahead, and under her long eyelashes, there was a pair of eyes full of curiosity.

Sou!

The figure of the desert wolf camel rose and fell, and the weeping willow took off the longbow on his back at an immeasurable speed that ordinary people, and pinched an arrow in his fingers to put it on the bowstring, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that the bow body bent out of a full arc.

Burst!

In the distance, a cluster of crystal sand flowers burst out of an inconspicuous yellow sand somewhere, and a long snake with a whole body of earthy yellow jumped out from under the flower, stirring its body and "swimming" forward for a few meters, then lost all its strength, only a white arrow feather on its head, swaying lightly with the wind.

Rustle rustle......

This was the sound of the desert wolf camel marching rapidly on the yellow sand, Jiang Luan glanced at the death snake that passed by, and only then did he have time to answer Li Bingtian's question.

Qingluan: Deep in the desert, it is rumored to be near Liujing City.

Crystal City is not under the control of the Wizards' Society, so people cannot reach it through the teleportation array, and several cities under the Wizards' Order's jurisdiction are not along the line between Lu Gaoin and Flowing Crystal City, so this is the only way to rush to the legendary land, the maggot nest.

Bingyiren: (poor) Boss, can you discuss something?

Jiang Luan knew what the two gang members were talking about, so he refused without hesitation.

Bingyiren: (aggrieved) Maggot cave! When people hear this name, they are disgusted! Is it good to be in charge of the house, and let go of the small one? It's not a small incompetence, it's a huge task!

Glancing at the private chat space, Wu Liang couldn't help but roll his eyes, he didn't believe that Jiang Luan would follow the leader's wishes, so he simply ignored the gradually lively team private chat, and instead carried out his own work. Even though the wind and sand were amazingly big, but with Jiang Luan's guidance and the assistance of the weeping willows by his side, thinking of the distance of this journey, Wu Liang devoted some attention to studying the [Aggregation Ability] obtained from the fat knight.

After the update, Wu Liang got a lot of benefits from the camp higher-ups, including the learning method of the Great Knight's exclusive skill [Aggregation Ability]. It can be said that only a great knight who has mastered the ability of aggregation is a qualified and powerful knight.

Until this time, Wu Liang still felt sorry for the final outcome of the battle of Dengrik, Raphael failed to complete the agreement between the two after all, and LaMarcus returned to Westmar with heroic armor unharmed, and even received a heavy gift from Lakis. However, Raphael was still benevolent and righteous, and handed over the method of plundering the king's attributes to Wu Liang, so that he would not lose too much.

Wu Liang couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he thought of the strange prince who had been, the latter had already indicated that he had joined the Free Church, and the land they were in now was essentially controlled by the Free Church that was gradually showing its fangs.

"Could it be that the opponent of the king's first battle will be you?"

……

Lu Gain is separated from Crystal City by an unknown number of miles, and although the crystal ball given by the Valkyrie shows the location of the maggot's nest, it does not mean that everyone can go straight all the way, and there are countless undulating sand dunes between the two places, as well as many heavily weathered mountains, not to mention the demonic beasts that can be seen everywhere.

On the first day of the training camp, Jiang Luan did not ask everyone to arrive in Liujing City, in fact, without encountering much resistance, he rode a fast desert wolf camel for a day, and only completed a quarter of the entire journey.

The night and day of the desert are like two worlds, the wind howls with a biting chill on the moonlit silver sand, find a more secret place to go offline collectively, these twelve Qingluan people began to recharge for tomorrow's opening battle.

Taking off the game helmet, Wu Liang grabbed his slightly damp hair, and then walked quickly to the bathroom to take a shower, and when he came out of the bathroom humming a little song in anticipation, he suddenly found that there was one more person in his bedroom.

"What's wrong?"

Wu Liang shook off the droplets of water in his hands, and then wrapped his arms around the jade man's waist and sat on the edge of the soft bed, seeing a faint worry in the other party's bright eyes, he couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Luan blinked, between her slender eyelashes fanning up and down, the worry in her eyes suddenly disappeared, she turned her head to look ahead, gently bent down her white neck, leaned on Wu Liang's shoulder, and stopped talking, but did not respond.

Although the two have not yet had in-depth communication, after a few months of getting along, the relationship between the two has reached the stage where they are about to pierce the window paper, but Wu Liang promised that only by defeating Jiang Luan in the arena can the relationship be officially established. Although Wu Liang thinks that his game characters will not lose to anyone, in the skill mode, in the face of Jiang Luan, he can only be abused purely, and many of his unique combat skills cannot be used in the skill mode, but Jiang Luan's two strongest moves, the mad demon state and the realm of gods, do not have this limitation, so in the absence of further breakthroughs, Wu has to stay alone for a long time.

Now every time he thinks about the whim of the day, he has the urge to slap his mouth.

Adjusted his posture to make Jiang Luan more comfortable, Wu Liang pursed his lips, grabbed one of the other party's soft wattles, kneaded it gently, and said with a slight smile: "This is not Qingluan's style, it's just a simple game, and it's not a game to win or lose, even if you lose, what's the matter, besides, when the time comes, when it's really on the field, maybe what will happen, why bother like this." ”

As he spoke, Wu Liang stretched out his hand and pinched Jiang Luan's Yao nose, the latter was responding, but the tone immediately changed, and he slapped his hand and knocked off Wu Liang's palm, Jiang Luan turned his head and glanced at Wu Liang, and then smiled: "I also know this truth, but when I think of tomorrow's game, my heart will flutter and jump!" Eh, what are you doing! ”

"I'll see if I can jump yet!"

"I think you're plotting against you! You're pinching me, let go, or I'll be angry. ”

"Don't move, I'm measuring my heartbeat!"

"Did you measure your heartbeat like that?"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

Wu Liang laughed twice, and there was no follow-up, but at this time, the door suddenly opened, and the helper Li Bingtian poked his head in, and immediately retracted his head, and then the door was knocked on the sky, and Li Bingtian shouted in an extremely exaggerated voice.

"Open the door, I'm checking the water meter!"

……

On the second day, Li Bingtian grimaced at Wu Liang, who had a dignified face, and took the lead in getting into the special bus of Qingluan Palace.

According to the practice of previous sessions, the opening match was held on Saturday morning, and this time was no exception, as the Qingluan Hall of the away team, they began to "dress up" early in the morning, because this high-profile focus battle will be broadcast live on the Internet and TV simultaneously, they must appear in front of the camera, so in the case of considering the image of the club, even Wu Liang must carry out some "tinkering on flaws", the fat powder on the face is not obvious, but the whole is a lot more energetic.

In this opening match, the female caster who was out of town couldn't participate because she didn't catch the plane in time, but this skill challenge didn't require the participation of life professionals, so Attack Virtue Wuliang and Zhao went just to show their faces and go through the motions.

A bus departed from the apartment where everyone was, and that year, weeping willow, flower monk and Nai He Qiao and others, they were acting alone to rush to the ace's home stadium, and before that, a car full of game warehouses had arrived at the competition venue, which was the game warehouse to be used when the Qingluan Hall was playing, and the installation work was carried out under the supervision of the competitive parties and the e-sports alliance.

On the comfortable team bus, Wu Liang sat next to Jiang Luan, his eyes brushing over the other party's black hair, looking at the scenery of Shangjing outside the window. The bus was silent, and occasionally the sound of the bag as the helper ate his snacks and the whispers of some people could be heard. Although almost all the people present have faced a lot of big scenes, they are nervous for no reason at this time.

Among them, there is the apprehension of the coming of the vicious war, the desire for victory in the first battle of Qingluan, and the strong fighting spirit in the face of the trump card. However, the trump card they are about to face is really a bit too powerful, not only the world's No. 1 overlord Xiongba, but also the two powerful vice-captains of Qingmei and Broken Bones, as well as Zhang Qilin, Adric, Drunken Arhat, Wang Shengchuan and many other members that should not be underestimated. Even if Qingluan Hall can score steadily in 2V2, it can't take much advantage of those three 1V1 games, not to mention the biggest shortcoming team battle of Qingluan Palace.

However, after all, the members of the Qingluan Palace, who are the same overlord-level club as the aces, even though the atmosphere is a little tense, no one has the intention of retreating, let alone despairing, but Zhao Huangqi, who is sitting next to Guo Erli, has been looking out the window with a smile, full of expectations for the upcoming sweetheart.

In Shangjing during the holiday, the road conditions were excellent, so the Qingluan Palace did not encounter any blockages along the way, but the battle outside the ace headquarters really opened Wu Liang's eyes.

Beneath the cool "Ace Logo" of the Ace Headquarters, there are two rows of heavily armed security guards, who can't stop the fanatical fans, even with the help of guardrails. The Qingluan Palace team is an out-and-out star team, Jiang Luan and Li Bingtian's popularity has always been high, and it is the goal of many female players, and it is the dream lover of the majority of male players, so when the bus spitting the Qingluan logo appeared on the other side of the street, the fans who had been waiting for a long time immediately boiled.

Many people rushed to the bus along the guardrail desperately, shouting the name of their idol while running after the bus, and even worse, trying to climb over the guardrail and go straight to the team bus that had just stopped, but they were directly thrown back by the well-trained security personnel.

"Qingluan! Qingluan! Qingluan ......"

Suddenly, loud and noisy shouts filled the air, Jiang Luan, as the head of the Qingluan Palace, first got off the bus, looked at the fans who were so excited that they leaned out or jumped again and again, and walked towards the door of the ace club with a smile, and then Wu Liang and others rushed out and followed closely behind Jiang Luan.

It was only at this time that Wu Liang really began to understand how popular the Qingluan Hall team was, looking at those Taoist faces who were squeezed to the point that their cheeks were red but they were never tired of it, Wu Liang suddenly understood why Jiang Luan was worried, as contestants, they not only had to fight for the honor of the team, but also let all the fans who supported them not be disappointed.

As Wu Liang said, losing is not terrible, what is really terrible is disappointment and despair, which not only refers to them as contestants, but also connects with the vast number of fans.

Suddenly, the frenzied atmosphere suddenly suffocated, and then boiled even more.

Because at this time, the captain of the ace team fighting at home, the famous Overlord Xiongba, stepped out of the gate, and by his side, he was followed by two vice captains of the team, a man and a woman.

The battle has not begun, but the fighting spirit is full of spirit.

Jiang Luan, who was the leader of the confrontation between the two sides, and Xiongba looked at each other and smiled, but there was a real battle intent in their eyes.