A support with top-tier game sense like Mumu is exceptionally hard to find.

In high-tier matches, the support is incredibly important. The support is like a person’s eyes; without a good support teammate, the whole team effectively goes blind. Being repeatedly ambushed by the enemy makes it very easy to collapse.

Since Mumu took the initiative to suggest, “Let’s play ranked together when we have time,” Ye Shaoyang naturally agreed happily and immediately replied, “What time do you usually play ranked, Sister Mu? I can follow your schedule.”

Mumu: “I usually go to sleep at 12:30 AM, play ranked in the mornings and afternoons, and play the Peak Tournament at night.”

Girls usually pay more attention to skincare. Unlike most night-owl streamers who stay up until 3 or 4 AM, her schedule was relatively regular. This routine happened to perfectly match Ye Shaoyang’s own schedule.

Ye Shaoyang hurriedly said, “Then if you have time tomorrow morning, invite me to play ranked, Sister Mu. I’ll be online at 10 AM.”

Mumu: “Alright, see you tomorrow. I’m going to continue with the Peak Tournament now.”

Ye Shaoyang sent a waving goodbye emoji.

After closing the in-game chat window, Ye Shaoyang opened his stream and discovered that the Xiao Bai stream had gained quite a few new followers. Mumu was currently live-streaming, and her action of publicly adding Xiao Bai as a friend was seen by many fans. Many netizens followed the prompts in her bullet screen to find the streamer Xiao Bai and conveniently hit the follow button.

The follower count in Xiao Bai’s stream surged by over 200,000 in just a few minutes, demonstrating the influence of a top-tier streamer.

Ye Shaoyang politely greeted the incoming netizens: “Welcome to the friends coming over from Sister Mu’s stream. Thank you all for following. I’m going to continue playing the Peak Tournament now.”

Then, a message suddenly popped up on his screen—

[Xiao Rui] has sent you a gift box.

Ye Shaoyang turned to look at his younger brother and asked softly, “What’s going on?”

Qin Rui said seriously, “Brother, I noticed your [Goddess of Destiny] doesn’t have a skin yet. How can you use a skinless hero as a streamer? That’s too lacking in prestige.”

Qin Rui paused, then continued, “I went around other streamers’ channels these past few days and found that for their proficient heroes, they’ve collected all the skins. They even switch to different skins based on fans’ requests. Streaming with a skinless hero makes us look poor.”

“Makes sense.” Ye Shaoyang opened the gift box.

[Congratulations on receiving the Epic Skin Gift: Source of Light · Goddess of Destiny.]

[Congratulations on receiving the Legendary Skin Gift: Angel Wings · Goddess of Destiny.]

The Goddess of Destiny only had these two skins with special effects in total, and Xiao Rui had bought both of them in one go. Ye Shaoyang helplessly patted his younger brother’s head. “You didn’t need to gift them all to me at once.”

Qin Rui smiled shyly. “It’s fine, my account happened to have some unspent vouchers.”

The stream’s bullet screen began to spam—

[The streamer Xiao Bai, kept by his younger brother.]

[Xiao Rui is so cute. Hahaha, this is the extremely protective stream mod Xiao Rui.]

[You guys can offend Brother Xiao Bai, but whatever you do, don’t offend little brother Xiao Rui, he’ll kick you out of the group!]

[If I curse here, will little brother Xiao Rui mute me?]

Seeing the bullet screen, Ye Shaoyang said, “It’s fine if you flame me, but don’t badmouth other streamers in my channel. Anyone who tries to start a flame war will be instantly muted.”

Sure enough, Xiao Rui banned a few trouble-making IDs. Following closely, Ye Shaoyang queued for the next match.

The Peak Tournament uses random matchmaking and forbids teaming up. What kind of teammates and opponents he would encounter in the second match was entirely down to luck. However, his position in the second match was okay. He was in slot 1, his anonymity changed to “Player 1,” allowing him priority in selecting his hero.

In this match, only [Abyssal Lord] was banned by the opponents. [Illusionist] and [Frost Goddess] were both available, but Ye Shaoyang didn’t pick them. He still chose [Goddess of Destiny] to grind some proficiency and simultaneously gain some hero power to push for the national rankings.

After locking in the hero, he equipped the legendary skin [Angel Wings · Goddess of Destiny] that Xiao Rui had just gifted him.

This skin truly lived up to its “Legendary” tier; it was expensive, and the special effects were extremely gorgeous. On the back of the Goddess of Destiny grew a pair of pure white, overlapping feathered wings. When she flapped them, there was a special effect of feathers flying about. She wore a holy white mage robe, and the staff in her hand emanated a layer of golden halo, resembling an angel descending.

The teammates were relatively introverted; no one typed in the chat during the preparation phase.

Everyone silently selected their heroes, and the composition was quickly finalized.

The top laner was still [Paladin]. This thick-skinned, meaty tank top laner had a very high pick rate in ranked matches. The jungler was [Stealth Rogue], capable of turning invisible, flanking, and insta-killing targets. The mid-laner was Ye Shaoyang’s [Goddess of Destiny]. The bottom lane marksman and support duo chose the classic pairing of [Forest Messenger] and [Holy Spirit Archer].

The jungler had strong early-game burst and could try to invade.

The match entered the loading screen. The teammates saw Player 1’s Goddess of Destiny wearing a luxurious legendary skin, yet her proficiency was a green white-slate.

As soon as the game started, someone typed in the team chat—

[Player 2]: Here to show off your skin?

There were indeed people who “showed off skins” in the game. They played a certain hero terribly, but because they bought a good-looking skin for that hero, they wore their new clothes into ranked matches to troll people.

Ye Shaoyang rapidly typed a reply.

[Player 1]: No.

[Player 1]: I can still carry without a skin.

Being able to carry meant being able to Carry the whole game. Seeing his confidence, the teammates didn’t say anything more.

The 1000 point tier at the beginning of the season truly was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Many experts played on smurf accounts, so green proficiency didn’t mean much. There was no need to immediately start flaming in the Peak Tournament.

Seeing that the jungler teammate’s voice speaker icon was lit, Ye Shaoyang asked, “Jungler, are we invading blue?”

A burst of chaotic noise came from the jungler’s end, accompanied by mournful background music: “No, you never loved me at all!” “Darling, I was wrong, can’t you forgive me just this once?”

The netizens in the stream: “???”

Ye Shaoyang helplessly held his forehead. “Is this bro watching a TV drama while playing the game?”

The jungler player’s voice mixed with the TV drama’s background audio. He sounded like a boisterous middle-aged uncle: “Invade, invade, invade! Let’s invade them inside out!”

The uninhibited jungler quickly sneaked across the river.

As a result, before his teammates could even keep up, he was lying on the ground.

—First Blood!

A thousand-mile delivery of a kill.

Uncle Jungler: “Weren’t we supposed to invade blue? Why didn’t you guys follow?”

The support’s calm voice sounded in his ear: “Your [Stealth Rogue] pounced forward with two mobility skills. I can’t fly, how am I supposed to keep up?”

Uncle Jungler: “Oh. Then I’ll go slower next time?”

The mentally exhausted support: “…Just honestly farm our own jungle first.”

Some junglers truly had styles like runaway wild horses, unstoppable. They played however they wanted, rushing in without even looking where their teammates were. There were quite a lot of people like this.

Ye Shaoyang didn’t plan on relying on the jungler for this game either. He helplessly turned off his microphone button and told the netizens in the stream, “It seems this game’s jungler is different from the last one. I can’t yield the economy to him.”

[Hahaha, I believe this uncle has the strength to carry all three lanes into collapse.]

[Let him go lay tiles in the jungle. We have our Xiao Bai to carry this game!]

[Probably just reached low-star King tier and came to the Peak Tournament to mess around.]

[I’m more curious about the TV drama he’s watching, it sounds very melodramatic!]

Ye Shaoyang temporarily ignored the jungle and quickly began clearing waves to farm up.

As he operated, he explained to everyone: “There are two ways to play the [Goddess of Destiny]. The first way is when your jungler teammate is strong enough, you can yield the economy to him. Let the jungler take your mid-lane minion waves while you only leech some experience. You rely on level-scaling magic damage to deal damage and provide crowd control.”

He opened the equipment tab and said, “The item build for this playstyle follows my first preset build. Focus on utility items and max out cooldown reduction.”

“The second playstyle is when the jungler teammate isn’t doing well, or if the jungler is a crowd-control hero willing to yield economy back to the mid-lane. In this case, we can build crit and ability power items. Stack crit on all items, aiming for an instant burst combo to one-shot people. Follow my second preset build.”

“You can take a screenshot of these two item build plans.”

[Our Teacher Xiao Bai is back again!]

[Every time I watch Xiao Bai’s stream, I have to take notes~]

[Even so, I still don’t understand how to play Goddess of Destiny.]

During the initial wave-clearing and farming phase, because he kept up his random S-shaped kiting, the [Frost Goddess] laning against him couldn’t freeze him at all. Thus, Ye Shaoyang wasn’t worried about being solo-killed by the enemy mid-laner.

This gave him the perfect opportunity to explain the hero to everyone.

“Most heroes only have four skills: Q, W, E, and R. But [Goddess of Destiny]’s mechanics are quite unique. Her E skill can toggle between Light Form and Dark Form. When switching forms, the Q, W, and R skills also change accordingly.”

“For example, the Q skill in Light Form is a white talisman that can seal a single enemy. The Q in Dark Form is a black talisman that pierces in a straight line, dealing linear critical magic damage.”

“The W in Light Form is a small AoE slow. The W skill in Dark Form is a red, arc-shaped returning talisman that deals small AoE damage, which is very useful for wave clear. During fights, you can aim it properly to focus the W on a single person.”

“The R skill in Light Form requires a 0.5-second cast time and can be interrupted. Golden talismans descend from the sky, stunning the opponent for 1 second. The Dark Form R releases instantly; black talismans critically strike a single target, dealing massive damage.”

“When you press the E skill to switch forms, the other skills refresh. Pressing E again within 3 seconds will refresh the skills of the other form. Therefore, this hero has a huge variety of combos. I’ve summarized a table for you all to look at.”

The stream camera, which was originally focused on a cat playing with a furball with its head down, was adjusted by Ye Shaoyang the next moment to display a table. It detailed the Goddess of Destiny’s combos under different situations—for instance, how to combo to escape when engaged by an assassin, how to combo for a solo kill from a bush ambush, how to combo in team fights, and so on.

The Goddess of Destiny had over 15 combo sequences.

Looking at the densely packed combo table, the netizens’ eyes grew dizzy.

[Who am I? Where am I? Are we playing the same game?]

[Why design such a complicated hero? Is this reasonable?]

[I feel like my IQ has been crushed!]

[I used to think I was just hand-handicapped. Now I realize, I might actually be brain-dead?]

[You should just put the cat back on screen. Don’t show us these things we can’t understand!]

Figuring everyone had taken their screenshots, Ye Shaoyang finally brought the cat back on screen.

Then he said, “My Goddess of Destiny is already level 6 and has learned her ultimate. Let me demonstrate how to solo kill the enemy mid-laner at level 6.” Saying so, he hid in the river bush in the mid-lane.

The Frost Goddess player was also very alert. Sensing he was an expert, they immediately retreated under their tower.

However, in the next moment, the Goddess of Destiny suddenly Flashed under the tower. A dazzling array of talismans instantly descended from the sky. The Frost Goddess player found themselves sealed in place by white talismans, and immediately after, their health began to plummet!

After solo-killing his opponent, Ye Shaoyang quickly stepped out of the defense tower’s attack range. He only took two tower shots, and his health remained relatively healthy. This operation of directly Flashing under the enemy tower for a kill left the netizens in the stream collectively speechless.

Ye Shaoyang said, “The combo sequence just now was ER + Flash + QEQWR. Did everyone get it?”

Netizens: “Manually saying goodbye.”

Xiao Bai rapidly mashed his keyboard within a short 1.5 seconds. All everyone saw was a chaotic mess of talismans instantly greeting the enemy Frost Goddess, and then, the Frost Goddess was lying on the ground.

Who the fuck could learn this?

[I said the streamer wasn’t human, he’s a tentacle monster, right?]

[Releasing such a complicated combo instantly, how fast is his hand speed?]

[Streamer, confess honestly, are you a meow-alien who came to Earth and learned human language?]

[The streamer we followed is actually a cat! Cats are just more awesome at playing games than humans.]

[Kitty, if you’re the one playing this match, meow for us.]

Right at this moment, the little white cat raised its head and cooperatively let out a “Meow.”

The stream chat nearly died laughing.

In the game, Uncle Jungler’s microphone was constantly broadcasting the melodramatic romance drama out loud.

He had probably forgotten to turn off his mic. Accompanied by the background noise of the TV drama’s wailing and howling breakup scenes, Ye Shaoyang relied on the [Goddess of Destiny] to drive the tempo of the entire match and win the game.

Undoubtedly the MVP.

8 kills, 0 deaths, 5 assists. In a relatively cautious match like the Peak Tournament, this score was already extremely impressive. The Goddess of Destiny’s hero power also increased by much more than it would in a ranked match.

Ye Shaoyang smiled and said, “If everyone encounters an enemy picking [Goddess of Destiny] in a game, remember your summoner spell must be Cleanse. You only have a chance to escape if you dodge her initial stunning ultimate.”

[Continuing to manually say goodbye!]

[Stop talking. If I ran into a devil like you, I definitely wouldn’t even have time to press Cleanse before you one-shot me.]

[Goddess of Destiny? I’ve played ranked for so long and rarely run into her.]

[Xiao Bai, you overestimated your fans’ skill level. We’re just playing a game, we’re not playing professionally!]

Among all mid-lane heroes, the Goddess of Destiny ranked in the top three for mechanical difficulty. She was indeed rarely seen in online matches, but she frequently made appearances in the professional league.

Ye Shaoyang continued to play the Peak Tournament.

The Peak Tournament only opened at fixed times from 8 PM to 12 AM every night, and he didn’t want to waste this period. Over the four hours, he played a total of 7 matches, using [Goddess of Destiny] exclusively, achieving a 7-game win streak.

His Peak Tournament score also soared from 1000 points to 1140 points.

At 12 AM, the Peak Tournament entrance closed. Ye Shaoyang stretched and said, “The results tonight were pretty good. I’m going to sleep first. Everyone should sleep early too. Goodnight, see you tomorrow!”

He closed the stream and the game. Just as he turned around to go to sleep, a message popped up on WeChat.

Jungler Boss: “You played the Goddess of Destiny quite well.”

Ye Shaoyang was momentarily stunned: “Captain Chi? You were watching my stream?”

He had forgotten to change the nickname earlier and had just conveniently changed it to Chi Shuo.

Chi Shuo: “En. Just finished showering and watched two games.”

Ye Shaoyang asked in confusion: “Doesn’t your Tianhuan team have a match on Thursday?”

Chi Shuo: “Yes, so we aren’t playing scrims tonight, afraid it might affect everyone’s condition.”

Chi Shuo: “Tomorrow night’s match is at 7 PM. Do you have time to come to the venue to watch?”

Ye Shaoyang smiled: “If you have extra tickets, I’d like to go and see.”

Chi Shuo sent him a QR code for an e-ticket: “Welcome to the venue. It’s a good opportunity for you to get to know our team’s players.”

Ye Shaoyang replied, “Okay, thank you, Captain Chi. Good luck with the match tomorrow.”