I'm Evenly Matched with Him

Boom!

With a crash, Oasis Bodyguard's massive body hit the ground, leaving the stunned audience at a complete loss.

"It's time to announce my victory, isn't it?!"

Momotaros spread his arms as though welcoming the crowd's cheers.

Unfortunately, the deathly silent stands disappointed him.

But the audience quickly came to its senses.

"Peach Man!"

"Peach Man!"

"Peach Man!"

What Momotaros had not expected was that the audience really was cheering for him, Momotaros—but unlike Qian Qiao's Armored Man, it was also somewhat different.

Because although Qian Qiao's codename, orga, fit this supposedly Western fantasy setting, nobody here understood English at all.

When Ryotaro had taken the stage, the host had at least introduced his codename as Den-O.

But to the audience, who cared about some newcomer competing for the first time?

What the audience cared about was Oasis Bodyguard's nine-match winning streak. As for who Den-O was, they really had no idea.

So when Momotaros pulled off an upset and defeated Oasis Bodyguard, who had won nine matches in a row, people had long since forgotten who Momotaros was.

Thus, they could only name him based on his appearance.

And Momotaros's most distinctive feature was obviously that huge peach on his head.

Thus, Peach Man became his official nickname.

But Momotaros clearly did not intend to let things end like that.

"Hey, who are you calling Peach Man? My name is Den-O, Den-O!"

"Remember it—Den-O!"

The crowd was so infuriating that Momotaros even wrote on the arena floor.

But who cared?

"The winner of this match is Den-O! Let us congratulate Den-O!"

The host stepped onto the stage at that moment, appropriately raised Momotaros's hand, and announced his victory.

As well as the correct codename for Momotaros and the others.

Of course, the host was generally quite competent, but Qian Qiao's chosen name was genuinely impossible to pronounce, so this time, he finally read Momotaros's actual codename correctly.

Thus, after Momotaros's victory, he gave the host a thumbs-up.

Meanwhile, in the stands, the two consecutive upsets had clearly caught the audience completely off guard.

So after witnessing Momotaros's victory, the crowd fell into discussion.

"Hey, no way. Ryotaro really beat Oasis Bodyguard? Then, Dai-laoda, if you went up against him, could you do it?"

Ma Hongjun had no choice. Among the Soul Masters he interacted with regularly, Dai Mubai was the only Soul Elder, so he could only turn to him.

When Ma Hongjun asked that question, Oscar beside him also looked at Dai Mubai expectantly, wanting an answer.

"Ah, well... how could I know without fighting him? But based on my personal estimate..."

Dai Mubai did not know how to answer. After all, he knew his own strength perfectly well. He could not exactly say victory was guaranteed—he would be utterly defeated.

"I'm evenly matched with Oasis Bodyguard!"

Thus, Dai Mubai came up with a universal answer. He probably would not run into Oasis Bodyguard again anyway, and even if he did, Ma Hongjun and Oscar might not be there to watch.

So Dai Mubai could only forcefully claim that they were evenly matched.

Thus, although Ma Hongjun and Oscar looked doubtful, they still watched Dai Mubai with half-belief and half-suspicion.

Dai Mubai's years of authority had clearly sunk deep into Ma Hongjun's heart. Even though Ma Hongjun truly doubted him, he did not dare say it aloud.

But seeing Ma Hongjun's stifled expression, Oscar gave him a look that said, Same here.

Just like that, Ma Hongjun understood that Oscar thought the same way he did.

Thus, the two decided to find somewhere without Dai Mubai and have a proper talk.

Before long, Momotaros stepped off the stage, while Oasis Bodyguard was carried away.

It was said that the one carrying Oasis Bodyguard away was his older brother, Desert Living Buddha.

Just like that, Shrek's students had basically all gotten off to a good start.

Of course, Ning Rongrong and Oscar were exceptions. After all, they were support-type Soul Masters, and they definitely could not compete alone.

After the individual matches ended, Flender called Shrek's students to the entrance of the Soul Arena.

"We at Shrek basically won all our individual Soul Arena matches today. I believe you have all experienced the Soul Arena battles. Next, you may freely form teams for team battles."

Flender said.

"There is only one rule: win while ensuring your own safety!"

After all, Flender did not want to see this group of little geniuses die young.

Naturally, Flender would personally attend the matches.

Since they could form teams freely, allocating members became especially important.

Tang San and Xiao Wu were the first to settle their pairing, taking San from Tang San and Wu from Xiao Wu.

Then, because Western fantasy settings always used Chinese, and because neither of them explained it specifically—

Tang San and Xiao Wu's team became the "Three-Five Combination."

The next pair to confirm their team was naturally Qian Qiao and Zhu Zhuqing.

Qian Qiao and Zhu Zhuqing decided to each take one character as well, forming the "Light and Nimble Combination." As for the exact characters, neither of them cared much.

Yet seeing the two of them together made Dai Mubai's fists clench again.

Among Shrek's students, these four were the first to settle their teams. Next came the remaining assignments.

Actually, when they were freely pairing up, Oscar had wanted to team with Ning Rongrong. But they were both support-type Soul Masters, so even if Ning Rongrong agreed, they could not possibly form a team.

As for Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing was the first person he thought of. Unfortunately, Zhu Zhuqing had already chosen Qian Qiao as her partner.

So Dai Mubai could only settle for the next best option. He did not want Oscar, because support-type Soul Masters were truly difficult to use in two-person battles.

Thus, Ning Rongrong and Oscar were immediately ruled out. Although Ryotaro was strong, Dai Mubai did not know him, and Dai Mubai did not want to take the initiative to invite Ryotaro onto his team.

That left Ma Hongjun as Dai Mubai's only choice, and choosing Ma Hongjun came with countless benefits.

First, Dai Mubai knew Ma Hongjun's strength inside and out, so Ma Hongjun definitely would not hold him back. Second, Ma Hongjun was especially obedient to Dai Mubai. If Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun to go east, Ma Hongjun would never dare go west.

That made commanding Ma Hongjun in battle extremely easy. Furthermore, Dai Mubai was a power-attack-type Soul Master, while Ma Hongjun was an agility-type Soul Master who could practically fly, which basically made up for Dai Mubai's need for ranged and anti-air attacks.

Of course, the most important point was that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun looked vastly different. Whether during Martial Soul Avatar or normally, the gap was considerable, which would make the audience focus more on Dai Mubai.

After all, a scumbag like Dai Mubai knew very well to bring along a friend uglier than himself when going out.

What? Shouzaki? Don't be ridiculous. Dai Mubai might have been Shrek's apparent big brother, but Shouzaki was the true hidden boss. Whenever Shouzaki spoke, Dai Mubai barely dared talk back.

Wow, Teamfight Tactics really had so many bugs. I played today, and two-star Janna's passive was supposed to grant mana. I even ran three Civilian champions and gave Aurelion Sol a Spear of Shojin, but at the start, Aurelion Sol attacked three times with full mana and still did not cast his skill. Then he just got inexplicably killed by the enemy.

In the end, the enemy had one Vel'Koz left, while I had a two-star Aphelios and a fully equipped two-star Fiddlesticks. Then it suddenly went into overtime, and the enemy Vel'Koz killed both of my two-star five-cost units with two lasers.

This trash game was full of bugs. I even ran into a hacker yesterday. Seriously, that overtime mechanic was absolutely insane.

What pissed me off the most was that I already had a Neeko and could make a three-star five-cost unit, but it got stuck on the bench and could not be placed.

Speaking of which, there was a season with Yordles before. All six of my Yordles were three-star, yet I did not get a single Veigar. For six rounds in a row, six Lulus kept jumping out from my bench, and I ended up losing the match.

All I can say is, this game ignores chess bugs, scripts are everywhere on the Rift, ARAM used to be playable but got changed so much that fewer people play it now. Those designers and planners together could not even make up one pair of parents. They were all Batman.