The first round of the semifinals cast a shadow over Team Tyranny, who had always been the favorite to win the championship. Last season's champions, Samsara, relied on their strong performance to take a solid step forward in their title defense.
Soon, the second round of the semifinals began. Tyranny and Samsara faced off against Micrograss and Wind Howl on their home turf.
After the group arena, Team Tyranny won 5 to 3.
Veterans would never be knocked down by a loss in a match. They had experienced too many successes and failures. Victory and failure would only be used as motivation for them to continue moving forward.
The veterans performed powerfully in the group arena. When the fourth player, Han Wenqing, came onstage, the match was over.
In the team competition, Yuan Baiqing became the focus of attention. What kind of performance would this person, who vaguely had the demeanor of a God of Healing in the previous round, perform in this match?
In this round, Yuan Baiqing sent out their Cleric, Aweto.
Logically speaking, in an away game, teams would usually play more conservatively and cautiously. Paladins seemed more suited to this style, but Micrograss still chose their Cleric.
This seemed to be their attitude. Micrograss didn't seem to want to fight to the third round. They hoped to win this away game. In the team competition, they would still play more decisively, right?
Everyone thought so, but Tyranny didn't seem to think so.
Were they careless again?
Of course not. They continued to play at their own pace, not at all affected by the opponent's tactical changes.
They would pay attention to Yuan Baiqing's Cleric this time, but they wouldn't pay too much attention. This was because they knew very well that Yuan Baiqing would never be Micrograss' core. Even if the true God of Healing, Fang Shiqian, was on the field, Micrograss' core would always be someone else.
Wang Jiexi, Vaccaria!
This was the true core of Team Tiny Herb. Don't think that Tyranny's old generals wouldn't be able to figure this out.
As soon as the match began, Team Tyranny launched a fierce attack. Under the cover of Zhang Jiale's Hundred Blossoms Style, Han Wenqing's Desert Dust had already entered the enemy formation.
Zhang Jiale merged with Tyranny very quickly and smoothly. Some people said that this might be because Team Tyranny's Han Wenqing had a similar style to Zhang Jiale's old partner, Sun Zheping. That was why Zhang Jiale could easily find a resonance on the field.
Whenever there was a slight mistake, another figure would immediately appear on top of it.
Dark Thunder. Lin Jingyan's Dark Thunder. In terms of fame, Lin Jingyan was probably the weakest of the Four Gods of Tyranny. In terms of strength, his decline was also the most obvious. He had already been surpassed by the younger generation. In Tyranny, he was no longer the tactical core, so he had more freedom to play. With the cover of Zhang Jiale's Hundred Blossoms Style, he would throw a few Black Bricks. When Han Wenqing's Desert Dust couldn't do anything, he could transform into a domineering attacker. The Brawler class could adapt to many different styles, and Lin Jingyan, who had immersed himself in this class for many years, was able to fully utilize it.
Team Tyranny launched a fierce attack. They wouldn't overlook Micrograss in any way, but they wouldn't lose their own style either. The rhythm was always in their own hands, or else they would be led around by the nose by the opponent. Team Tyranny held the initiative from the start, accumulating advantages and walking towards victory step by step. As for their Master Tactician Zhang Xinjie, he paid close attention to every point on the battlefield. He was like a machine, always making the least number of mistakes in the Alliance. This kind of healer was definitely the most solid support for everyone.
Victory!
Tyranny had finally taken back a victory in their home stadium.
And the most anticipated player before the match, Yuan Baiqing, also played very well, but this time, he was no longer a pleasant surprise for Tyranny. For a group of people who had fought against Fang Shiqian before, Yuan Baiqing wasn't an unbeatable existence.
In the post-match press conference, Micrograss's captain Wang Jiexi's words were very conventional, but they were the true portrayal of this match: "We played very well, but our opponents were even better."
Just like in the regular season, neither side made any major mistakes, and there weren't any clear points that would affect the outcome of the match. Everyone played their own way, going back and forth, accumulating advantages. In the end, Micrograss fell, while Tyranny remained standing.
Micrograss and Tyranny were tied at 1: 1. Under the new format, a third round was needed to determine the winner. Tyranny's stadium, but they didn't have the right to choose the map.
In the second round of the semifinals, Samsara played against Wind Howl in their home stadium.
Wind Howl, who had lost their home game first, was clearly in disarray this round. Even though their captain Tang Hao had made a strong statement after their loss, Wind Howl's lack of experience in post-match matches was completely exposed in this match. They weren't like Tyranny's old generals, who could face their losses with enthusiasm and didn't lose their mental balance. The young Wind Howl, after losing their home game, seemed to be overcautious in their away game, showing their hesitation in tactics everywhere.
In the regular season, Team Wind Howl pressed forward courageously, fearlessly, and with an aggressive spirit. But in the playoffs, they were afraid. Because the playoffs format was different, a single loss would cause their entire year's effort to go down the drain. And now, they stood at this fork in the road. If they won, they would still have a chance to live; if they lost, it would all come to an end.
This kind of psychological pressure was something they had never experienced in the regular season. In the first round of the playoffs, they played smoothly, defeating Misty Rain in two rounds to enter the semifinals. In the first round of the semifinals, they lost their home game to Samsara, and Wind Howl fell into a difficult situation.
The powerful pressure finally made Wind Howl's players lose their composure. Even though the team had an experienced player like Fang Rui, he couldn't save the entire team. Fang Rui wasn't the leader of this team, and the dirty playstyle he was good at wasn't good at raising the team's morale.
In the second round, Wind Howl lost miserably, and Samsara advanced into the finals with their heads held high. As for Wind Howl? They had been the center of attention for the entire season, but this final result was somewhat disappointing. This made the players who couldn't stand Tang Hao's arrogance gloat over his misfortune.
However, Wind Howl was still young. Whether it was Tang Hao or Zhao Yuzhe, they still had plenty of time to continue fighting for what they wanted. Everything depended on whether or not they could learn anything from this failure.
After the first two rounds of the semifinals, Samsara had advanced into the finals, while Micrograss and Tyranny still needed another match to decide the winner.
Three days later, the deciding match between the two teams began. On Tyranny's home game, on an unfamiliar map. From the start of the group arena, the two teams fought cautiously. In the end, they fought until the last player on each team. In the end, Micrograss won 5 to 4, taking the lead.
Entering the team competition with a one point lead was still considered a small advantage. But in the team competition, the leading Micrograss seemed to be even more careful and cautious than Tyranny.
On this unfamiliar map, neither side was in a hurry to start fighting. Their characters were scattered around the map, but they didn't lose contact with each other. It seemed like they wanted to figure out the entire map first.
Two minutes later, the two teams still hadn't come into contact, but the positions of the two teams had changed. Micrograss's players had all run to Tyranny's half of the map, while Tyranny's players had gone to Micrograss's half of the map. The two sides continued to explore the map.
The first contact finally happened at this moment.
It just happened, but it couldn't be considered an explosion. This was because the first contact was rather dirty. Team Tyranny's Lin Jingyan saw Micrograss's Aweto and very nimbly hid Dark Thunder. Then, he didn't immediately find an opportunity to attack. Instead, he carefully began to tail him. At the same time, he continuously sent out messages in the team chat. Team Tyranny began to make a tactical move. All of the characters began to close in on Aweto's position.
But the viewers who had seen the entire map could see that. Even if Tyranny managed to close in on Aweto, they would only be able to seize the initiative. It wouldn't be that easy to kill Aweto in one go. This was because Micrograss's characters weren't scattered all over the map. They were all in contact with each other. Any one of them sent out a message, and within a few seconds, a character from their side would appear within range of them.
But Team Tyranny wasn't in a rush. Their characters arrived one by one, but no one immediately attacked. Even when all five of them had arrived, they were still adjusting.
Micrograss's possible response was completely within their expectations! Their current deployment was to clamp down on this kind of response. In front of these veterans, if there were no openings, they would find a way to exploit them. And now that this opportunity had appeared, they had to grasp it even more tightly. Everything had to be prepared until the most opportune moment to make a move.
Such an adjustment without a direct confrontation was very boring on the surface. But as long as the viewers had a bit of Glory knowledge, they could feel the tension in this situation.
Should they make a move?
Should they make a move?
Shouldn't they make a move?
Countless people felt that the time was right again and again, but reality told them again and again that these veterans of Tyranny were far calmer and more patient than they were. With these three, plus that Master Tactician Zhang Xinjie, was Team Tyranny really going to make sure that their arrangements were foolproof?
There was no such thing as being absolutely safe in a competition. What Zhang Xinjie hoped for was to reduce the possibility of accidents.
"Go!" An order came out in the team chat.
Bang. A sniper shot. Qin Muyun had been aiming for some time, and when he finally received the order, he launched this attack.
With a gunshot, his position was exposed. But once the battle began, everyone would be exposed. Tyranny's arrangement was aimed at the situation after everyone was exposed. The five characters had already charged forward.
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