Defense, Counterattacks, and Victory

Facing Ye Ting's rapid retreat, Hufflepuff's outcome was easy to imagine.

Hufflepuff's Chasers tried to break through the defense quickly, but they failed.

With Ye Ting already hurtling toward him at high speed, the Hufflepuff Chaser could only panic and force a shot from far away, hoping to score with a long throw.

But not everyone possessed Ye Ting's long-range shooting ability.

This Hufflepuff Chaser clearly lacked the arm strength. The Quaffle he threw was too slow, and just before it entered the goal, the Keeper easily collected it.

Seeing this, Ye Ting immediately gestured to the Keeper, then turned around and accelerated toward Hufflepuff's goals.

Receiving the signal, the Keeper threw the Quaffle toward Hufflepuff's half with all his strength.

Because Hufflepuff's Chasers had strayed far from their own half and had been tangling with their opponents in front of Ravenclaw's scoring area, they had no way to retreat in time against such a swift counterattack.

Ye Ting accurately caught the Quaffle in midair along its trajectory, then flew straight toward Hufflepuff's goals, creating a one-on-one opportunity.

Hufflepuff's Keeper defended as best he could, but the gap between them was simply too great. Ye Ting easily scored another ten points.

"Eighty to zero—" Lee Jordan shouted.

An uproar swept through the stands.

Even three defenders marking him had failed to stop Ye Ting's offense.

Who else could stop him?

After scoring, Ye Ting adjusted the team's tactics.

Although he could handle being marked by three people, that tactic had really disgusted him.

Thus, in the following match, the Ravenclaw team seemed like an entirely different team, their tactical style changing completely.

Against Hufflepuff's attacks, Ravenclaw's Chasers focused on blocking to slow their opponents down, only challenging them for the ball once they reached Ravenclaw's half.

Moreover, while contesting the ball, Ravenclaw's Chasers always kept one Chaser behind the Hufflepuff players.

It was worth mentioning that this time, Ye Ting did not act alone, hoping to rely on his personal ability to find flaws in the opponent's passes and intercept them. Instead, he stayed with his teammates and maintained their formation, preventing Hufflepuff from splitting them apart and surrounding them again.

On Hufflepuff's side, Diggory tried several times to direct his teammates to surround Ye Ting, but each attempt ended with the other Ravenclaw players blocking them.

Against these tactics, Hufflepuff's offense was completely contained. Their players could not build up speed, the field descended into chaos, and the Quaffle changed hands several times.

At last, the Quaffle landed in Ye Ting's hands. Without a second thought, he hurled it hard toward Hufflepuff's half.

At that moment, Roger, who was closest to Hufflepuff's half, reacted as well. Following the tactic, he made a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn and flew toward Hufflepuff's goals.

Because Ye Ting had controlled the force perfectly, the Quaffle flew directly in front of him. He caught it precisely and faced Hufflepuff's Keeper one-on-one.

On the other side, Ravenclaw's Beaters sprang into action, tying up Hufflepuff's Beaters and preventing them from interfering with Roger's showdown against the Keeper.

At this moment, Hufflepuff's Chasers were retreating frantically, so Roger had only one chance to attack.

Three goals, a two-thirds chance of scoring.

Roger calmly took the shot.

The score was ninety to zero.

Roger successfully put it away.

This was one of Ye Ting's tactics: defense and counterattack.

The rest of the match became completely one-sided.

Faced with Ravenclaw's defensive counterattack tactics, Hufflepuff became hesitant and dared not attack with full force. As a result, Ravenclaw created a three-versus-two situation on offense.

Under these circumstances, Ravenclaw also deployed Quidditch's traditional tactic—the Hawkshead Attacking Formation. The three Chasers formed a tight triangular formation and charged into the opponent's setup, successfully separating Hufflepuff's two Chasers so they could not pass to each other. Then they surrounded the ball carrier and smoothly made the interception.

Faced with Ravenclaw's endless stream of tactics, Hufflepuff was completely overwhelmed.

Before long, the score broke through to one hundred seventy to zero.

Left with no other choice, they resorted to Hufflepuff's strongest strategy—the art of stalling—dragging out the match until Ravenclaw's players were exhausted, then counterattacking with their superior stamina.

In past matches, this was exactly how they had defeated Ravenclaw.

However, this had also been within Ye Ting's expectations.

After opening a lead of more than one hundred fifty points, Ravenclaw began flying less and passing more. The three Chasers continuously passed among themselves in midfield, stretching out the play and instead leaving Hufflepuff's players running themselves ragged, while Ravenclaw's players successfully conserved their stamina.

In the end, even though Diggory proved more skilled and caught the Golden Snitch ahead of Cho Chang, he still could not save Hufflepuff from defeat.

Ultimately, Ravenclaw defeated Hufflepuff by the overwhelming score of two hundred seventy to one hundred sixty.

It was Ravenclaw's first major victory in a long time, and the entire team was immersed in a sea of joy.

As the greatest contributor, Ye Ting was practically carried by his teammates around the Quidditch pitch once. Most of Ravenclaw's players were girls, yet after such an intense match, they still had the energy to do something like this. Their excitement was clear to see.

After this match, all of Hogwarts witnessed Ye Ting's formidable individual ability and tactical command. Both Gryffindor and Slytherin treated him as a major threat, making the study of how to deal with Ye Ting their teams' top priority.

Ye Ting's female fans, meanwhile, fanatically hailed him as a Quidditch superstar, believing that his future domination of the Quidditch World Cup was just around the corner.