This final match didn't disappoint everyone's expectations. An hour before the official start of the match, the Liulisong Sports Complex was already filled to the brim.
This wasn't Excellent Era's home stadium, but the influence of a powerhouse team was incomparable to that of Jade Dynasty and Mysterious Fantasy. In this final match, Excellent Era's fans had gathered together. There were those from local organizations, as well as City H's most hardcore Excellent Era fans, who would always follow the team, had also graced the stadium with their presence. The entire stadium looked over, and there were congratulatory messages of support for Excellent Era everywhere. But in comparison, there were only a few who directly wished for victory. Most of the banners were pointing towards the next year, pointing towards Excellent Era's sweeping victory in the Alliance.
Just like the pre-match survey, even though many hoped for Happy's victory, even more people were optimistic about Excellent Era's victory. As the most loyal fans of Excellent Era, how could they doubt their super team at this time? In comparison, even the players who hoped for Happy's victory were silently waiting for a good show. Shout out their slogan? They were afraid of being thought of as idiots.
But in such a situation, there was a group of idiots. They held up Happy's signboard in the sea of Excellent Era's banners, shouting that they would defeat Excellent Era. They became the laughingstock of many people around them, but they didn't care. They were Happy's most loyal supporters, Team Happy's players and characters. They had a bond with them since the start of the game.
"Happy! Happy!! " Seven Fields led the crowd and shouted with all his might, reminding everyone not to ignore Happy's existence.
Excellent Era's fans quickly discovered that there was a group of people who didn't know what was good for them in the stadium. Immediately, all sorts of ridicule and sarcastic remarks were thrown at them. Seven Fields and the others were unmoved, and continued to use their actions to express their official support for Happy.
At 7: 30 in the evening, the lighting system in the stadium began to turn off bit by bit. The audience suddenly became excited because this indicated that the match was one step closer.
Whether it was the early electronic broadcast or the current holographic projection, there was no doubt that they all required a certain amount of light. Watching a Glory pro match was almost like watching a movie. When the match officially started, apart from the match itself, everything else was dark. If it weren't for this heaven-defying condition, it would have been very difficult for Ye Xiu's true identity to remain unseen for all these years.
When the lights were all dimmed, the commentator announced the entrance of the contestants. First up was Team Excellent Era. The first to appear was Xiao Shiqin. Because he was optimistic about the future of Excellent Era, he had resolutely switched to Excellent Era. At this time, the beam of light reached the contestant's tunnel. Xiao Shiqin quickly walked out and waved to the audience. He was no stranger to such a scene, but it had been a whole year since he had experienced it. Even Xiao Shiqin found it interesting when he saw the holographic projection of Life Extinguisher appear on the stage.
Life Extinguisher's character displayed a heroic battle stance, and the crowd applauded. Then, the light beam moved to Excellent Era's second player. The holographic projection also changed.
This was a completely new way of appearing after the holographic projection. The atmosphere in the stadium was completely ignited. Excellent Era's fans cheered loudly. All of this reached a climax with the appearance of their last player, Sun Xiang, and their ace character, One Leaf Of Autumn.
After Excellent Era, it was Happy's turn. As soon as the commentator mentioned his name, the stadium was already filled with boos. Then, when the commentator introduced the first player as Ye Xiu, the boos reached a climax. There were even a few curses mixed in. Then, when Ye Xiu's character, Lord Grim, was shown on the holographic projection, the crowd roared with laughter.
Because it was just a one-man show, there was no need to zoom in. The image of the character was a bit taller than the real person. As a result, the equipment on the character looked much clearer. As a result, Lord Grim's joke about mixing and matching equipment was also magnified.
Although Lord Grim's equipment was also Level 75 Orange equipment, it included cloth, leather, locks, and heavy plates. How could the players not laugh? This kind of mix-and-match equipment style was too novel and interesting.
Amidst the laughter, the stadium became even more chaotic. The loyal Excellent Era fans laughed at the equipment and continued to curse the ungrateful person in their eyes. There were even some Excellent Era fans who tried to rush into the stadium, but they were quickly stopped by the security guards and kicked out. In such a controversial match, the stadium had already made arrangements to deal with this kind of radical behavior.
After Ye Xiu, the boos for Happy were much quieter. In the end, when Luo Ji and An Wenyi appeared, there was almost no sound. Seven Fields and the others continued to shout to their heart's content, but in this packed stadium, their influence was still a bit too small.
After the player introductions, the half an hour had almost passed. The player booths on both sides were ready. At the player preparation area, Excellent Era's boss, Tao Xuan, personally came to supervise the match. Before the match started, he came over to greet Ye Xiu politely. Now that so many Excellent Era fans were watching, he obviously had to do his best.
After that, it was time for the final preparations before the match. At this time, the lineup for both sides was set and couldn't be changed. However, there was news that with the new competition format, the Alliance might change the lineup of the players. The lineup wouldn't be set in advance, but would be temporarily assigned by each team. But this was a story for later. For this match, they were still following the old train of thought. When it was almost eight o 'clock, the referee came over to greet the first players from both teams. Happy's first player had already stood up.
Tang Rou!
Happy's first player was Tang Rou.
This was Ye Xiu's arrangement, and she was very satisfied with it. This was because Excellent Era's first player should be Sun Xiang if nothing unexpected happened. Tang Rou was obviously very interested in fighting against such a strong opponent. And from Ye Xiu's analysis of the match, Sun Xiang and One Leaf Of Autumn weren't a team that Happy could face. Ye Xiu had thought of many plans, but in the end, he still decided to let Tang Rou go first. If Tang Rou's explosive strength was beyond imagination and took the victory, then that would be good. If not, then with Tang Rou's fighting style, she would have already provoked Sun Xiang to go all out. Thus, the second player to go up was Mo Fan.
Mo Fan's silent and extremely patient playstyle made it so that Sun Xiang's accumulated passion from the previous match had nowhere to release it, turning it into irritation. With this kind of mentality, it was easier for openings to appear. Having Mo Fan slowly deal with him was the most suitable choice. Even if they didn't win this match, then Happy's third player would be Wei Chen. With his experience and wretchedness, he would deal with Sun Xiang, who had just finished a depressing match.
Tang Rou, Mo Fan, Wei Chen.
These were Happy's first three players for the group arena. And this arrangement was completely aimed at Sun Xiang alone. Even though Sun Xiang had never gotten the upper hand over Happy verbally, this didn't make Ye Xiu look down on his skill level in Glory. He even made a 3v1 arrangement.
Tang Rou walked towards Happy's player booth on the right. At the same time, the live broadcast announced the names for the first match of the group arena.
Team Happy, Tang Rou, character, Battle Mage, Han Yanrou.
Team Excellent Era, Xiao Shiqin, character, Mechanic, Life Extinguisher.
Xiao Shiqin!?
The instant she heard the name, Tang Rou stopped in her tracks in shock and turned her head to look.
She hadn't walked very far when she clearly saw that in Excellent Era's player booth, the one who had stood up and was about to leave was the bespectacled, scholarly looking player.
Sun Xiang wasn't going to be the first to go up? Tang Rou wasn't the only one surprised by Team Happy. Everyone looked towards Excellent Era's player booth. Their gazes made Sun Xiang feel good. He clapped his hands and laughed, pointing at Happy's players as if he was looking at monkeys in a zoo.
"Did you think that I would be the first to go up? You've all been fooled, hahahaha! "Sun Xiang wouldn't let go of this opportunity so easily. He immediately shouted.
Xiao Shiqin turned his head and glanced at Happy's player. After smiling slightly, he turned back and walked towards Excellent Era's player booth.
Happy didn't look down on Sun Xiang, but now it seemed that Excellent Era didn't have any intentions of underestimating Happy either. Sun Xiang's provocation of wanting to take 5 points, was it intentional, or was it a brainless adjustment made by the battle team to beat them at their own game? There was no point in trying to figure it out now. Just the fact that Sun Xiang wasn't the first to go up meant that Happy's strategy had failed, not to mention that the opponent had very likely interpreted Happy's strategy and made their own arrangements.
Xiao Shiqin versus Tang Rou?
Ye Xiu could already smell a hint of a countermeasure just from looking at the roster for this match. Using Xiao Shiqin, a highly skilled player, against a battle maniac like Tang Rou, was indeed the best choice. But thinking about it from another perspective, Xiao Shiqin was an extremely intelligent player in Glory. He wouldn't be at a disadvantage against any type of player. Him being the first to go up might just be a temporary arrangement to stabilize the situation.
The unexpected arrangement disrupted Ye Xiu's plans, making him constantly analyze the situation. Even though the roster had been confirmed, they could give different instructions based on the situation.
Ye Xiu looked at Tang Rou and saw that when she saw that Excellent Era's player was Xiao Shiqin, she revealed a regretful expression.
Ye Xiu understood Tang Rou's expression too well. It was just that the player making her feel like this was Xiao Shiqin. If others knew, who knew what they would think.
Xiao Shiqin was also an All Star player. Even though he was the most famous Master Tactician, in a 1v1, even Sun Xiang wouldn't dare to say that he would definitely win. Against this level of player, let alone Xiao Shiqin, even if Zhang Xinjie brought along a Cleric, it was hard to say what the outcome would be!
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Chapter 1000, what beautiful words. For the 1000th chapter, for the 1001st chapter, for the 1000th chapter, for the 1000th chapter … I've never typed such a large chapter number before. It's so awkward! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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