The third game began.


    Shadow Titans remained aggressive, slightly tweaking their strategy and increasing


    their tempo.


    For the first five minutes, Neverfall Navigators seemed to follow their previous, failing patterns.


    The match was a tense struggle, and the audience watched with bated breath.


    "Neverfall Navigators really isn''t in shape. I think they''re going to lose."


    "So what if it''s their home turf? So what if they used to be champions? They can''t even make it to the finals."


    "I paid a scalper triple the price for this ticket, and this is the garbage I get to watch?"


    “With this match, Neverfall Navigators haspletely squandered the legacy Demon built. I can''t bear to see the result."


    "I''m thinking of leaving early..."


    The crowd murmured amongst themselves as the two teams on stage reached a critical point. In just eight minutes, Shadow Titans had pushed deep into Neverfall Navigators'' territory. It looked like the end was near.


    “It''s over, it''s over, it''s over," Hattie whimpered, covering her eyes with her hands. "They''re about to lose."


    "I know, right?" the other students sighed. "Why would they use a strategy like this? It''s practically inviting the enemy to attack."


    With one powerful strike, yer Three''s health plummeted.


    "Oh, my... I wonder what Demon would think if he saw the team he built from scratch being beaten by a lower-ranked opponent."


    "If Demon were here, this match would''ve been over long ago."


    Juniper''s eyes were glued to therge screen, carefully analyzing the movements and positions of all five heroes.


    "They won''t lose," she stated calmly, causing the students beside her to turn and


    stare.


    “Juniper, what makes you so sure?” a male student asked curiously. He was a high- level yer himself and felt he had a good read on the game. As things stood, the odds were heavily stacked against Neverfall Navigators.


    “Because.....” Juniper lifted her ss of lemonade, tilting her head slightly as she spoke with deliberate slowness, "they finally started using their brains."


    "Huh?” The students werepletely baffled, unable to grasp her meaning.


    But from the moment she said those words, it was as if Neverfall Navigators had been reborn. Not only did they make a miraculous.eback, but they utterly


    decimated Shadow Titans in a team fight, cleared thenes, and pushed straight to the enemy''s base.


    The once-somber audience shot up in their seats, their eyes wide with disbelief.


    Was Neverfall Navigators possessed by the spirit of Demon? How did they suddenly be so ferocious?


    The audience wasn''t the only one in shock; the Shadow Titans were just as stunned. They never expected Neverfal Navigators to suddenly switch strategies and caten them so Completely off guard. Although they quickly tried to adapt, their towers were already damaged and their rhythm was broken.


    Seizing the opportunity, Neverfall Navigators initiated another team fight. After a


    bloody exchange, they finally imed victory in the third game.


    "Woooah!" The arena erupted with excited screams and cheers, the atmosphere instantly electric.


    The members of Shadow Titans


    looked grim. They never imagined Neverfall Navigators could turn the tables They had assumed thes Would crush the former top-r


    team and make a name for


    themselves. Who knew they could


    pull victory from the jaws of defeat?


    It was true what they said: an old lion is still a lion. Even without Demon at the helm,


    Neverfall Navigators was still a force to be reckoned with.


    The Shadow Titans huddled together, concluding they had lost because they had gotten cocky and underestimated their opponent. They still had a chance in the next game.


    With this victory, Neverfall Navigators'' confidence surged.


    "That girl''s really something, huh?" yer One said, gulping down water. "If we had more time, I''d want her to give us a few more lessons."