Apart from the five perfect 10-0 victories, the rest of the matches in Round 9 were very neat, with three 2-8 victories and two 7-3 victories.
In the three 2-8 matches, Heavenly Swords, Parade, and Radiant lost to Misty Rain, Void, and Hundred Blossoms respectively. And in the two 7-3 matches, 301 Degrees and Royal Style relied on their home field advantage to win against Wind Howl and Thunderclap.
In the end, the weaker teams didn't make any upsets in Round 9. On the other hand, 301 Degrees and Royal Style, the two mid-tier teams that had hovered outside of the playoffs last season, relied on their home advantage to beat Wind Howl and Thunder, which was quite surprising.
After Round 8, Thunder, who had been in second place, wasn't too far behind the teams behind them. After this loss, they immediately fell to fourth place, while Blue Rain and Micrograss took second and third place with 69 and 66 points, respectively. Samsara's stability and strength had once again placed them in a separate zone. With 77 points, they were already 8 points ahead of the second place team. After Thunderclap was Misty Rain at 59 points, Tyranny at 57 points, Wind Howl at 57 points, and Hundred Blossoms at 57 points. After that was Hundred Blossoms. They had been in a bit of a slump after losing to Happy 9 to 1, but this time, they adjusted very quickly. After two rounds, they stood up and quickly charged back into the playoff zone.
After Hundred Blossoms, Void, 301 Degrees, and Royal Style lingered outside the playoff zone. After Team Happy won 10 points this round, they moved up one place, from 14th to 13th. With 41 points, they were 14 points away from the eighth place team, Hundred Blossoms. The two teams in the relegation zone were Seaside and Bright Green. After Round 7, these two teams were locked into the first and second last spots, and the gap between them and the teams in front of them grew larger and larger. It seemed like they were planning to end the suspense of this season's relegation.
The post-match reports of Round 9 didn't focus on one team or another. Instead, they analyzed the strange and neat scores of this round. The series of 10-0 scores made all the major media outlets want to do an episode about the strong power of the rich and powerful, but the problem was that among the five 10-0 scores, there was a Happy. It was really an eyesore. There was no doubt that Happy had nothing to do with this topic, but they had to keep up with this rhythm at this time. How to deal with Happy's position was a headache for the media. In the end, he had to admit that Esports Home was the best. Samsara, Micrograss, Blue Rain, and Tyranny's four 10-0 scores were used to illustrate the unshakable superiority of the powerhouses. As for Happy, he was singled out and listed as the representative team whose condition fluctuated unpredictably.
They could beat Hundred Blossoms 9 to 1, but they could also lose to Radiant and Parade 3 to 7, and then beat Heavenly Swords and Miracle 10 to 0. How could they reflect a team's skill level through their record? In Happy's case, he became extremely unreliable.
In the first nine rounds, Samsara had the most 10-0 scores that reflected a team's strength, a total of three times. After that, there were two such scores. One was Micrograss, and the other was Happy. Then, for the team that lost 10 to 0, Happy also had a spot. It really was a team that had to participate in everything.
Esports Home finally reminded all the teams in the Alliance: Be careful, Happy.
However, this kind of attention quickly made some people unhappy. For example, Esports Time's Ruan Cheng. Esports Time was published every half a month. He couldn't immediately use his magazine to write about it, so he could only comment on his personal blog.
He obviously wasn't going to easily give up on Tang Rou breaking his promise, but repeatedly bringing up the same thing would cause aesthetic fatigue, which would also cause a reverse psychology. Ruan Cheng was an expert. He had a subtle grasp of the rhythm. He wouldn't bring it up often, but he would never forget to bring it up in front of people at the right time in an appropriate way, so that they wouldn't forget. Because of Tang Rou, Ruan Cheng had become a complete hater of Happy. However, he was still a famous writer. He had to take care of his reputation. He had to be logical, pretend to be rational, and hide his likes and dislikes.
As a result, under Ruan Cheng's pen, Happy suddenly became a sh * t stirrer who harmed others without benefiting himself. His words were clear and logical.
Why did it feel so reasonable? Because what Ruan Cheng wrote was actually just Esports Home's ugly opinion of Happy. It was nothing more than a two-sided word game. However, with the influence of his pen and the help of many other reporters who also disliked Tang Rou and Happy, Happy had an ugly image in the eyes of many people.
Two 10-0 scores?
One was Heavenly Swords, one was Miracle. They were both teams that had some sort of relationship with Happy. To take 10 points from them, Happy could be considered vicious and merciless.
Some of the nonsensical comments even used words like vicious and merciless. It was as if they had forgotten that this was a competition, and that any team would try to take as many points as possible.
However, under all these negative comments, Happy's footsteps became firmer and firmer.
In Round 10, they faced Royal Style in their home game and won 9-1.
In Round 11, they faced Seaside as an away game. Hai Wuliang returned to the place he had played for for many years for the first time. Afterwards, the Seaside fans who were familiar with Hai Wuliang saw their team's former symbol walk down a path of no return in the hands of Happy Fang Rui. Under the unanimous boos of the crowd, Happy gave Seaside a 10-0.
After two big wins, Happy took 19 points and moved up two places on the rankings. They were now ranked 11th, and their distance from the playoff zone had shrunk to 10 points. Currently, the eighth place on the rankings was Void Battle Team. At the end of Round 9, Misty Rain, who had been ranked 5th, didn't perform too well in Round 10 and Round 11, quickly falling out of the playoff zone. They were ranked 10th with 64 points, and 301 had even overtaken them.
Team Hundred Blossoms continued to perform steadily. In Round 11, they defeated Blue Rain 7-3 in their home game. After Blue Rain left, Yu Feng also received a lot of controversy. Many fans thought that he was too greedy. Blue Rain's third in command matched his strength. Asking for a higher position was greedy.
As a result, this time, Yu Feng used his direct confrontation with Team Blue Rain to prove that he had the right to ask for a higher position. Even though his Berserker wasn't a match for Huang Shaotian's Blade Master in the group arena, Hundred Blossoms didn't have a good start. By the time Yu Feng faced Huang Shaotian, he was already behind by 30% of his health. And in the following team competition, Yu Feng became the most eye-catching player. His strong performance broke through Team Blue Rain's tactical net, and in the end, he led Hundred Blossoms to victory in the team competition. After winning 7 points, they now had 71 points, rushing to 6th place, one point ahead of Team Tyranny.
And Blue Rain wasn't the only powerhouse that lost in Round 11. Team Tyranny lost to Thunder 3-7 in their away game, and now had 70 points and was ranked 7th. Team Thunder was ranked 3rd, continuing their glorious journey this season. In addition, Team Micrograss lost to Team Void 2-8 in their away game. Team Void used this to enter the playoff zone, while Team Micrograss was surpassed by Thunder, and was now ranked 4th.
Team Wind Howl, ranked 5th, defeated Misty Rain 8-2 in their away game, sending Misty Rain out of the playoff zone.
As for the bottom half, Bright Green and Seaside were stubbornly defending their relegation spots. Lightly, Miracle, Conquering Clouds, and the other teams had clearly become targets for the strong teams to steal points from.
The weak teams couldn't do much, so the rise and fall of the rankings depended on the strength of the strong teams. Samsara was currently in first place with 94 points, 13 points ahead of Team Blue Rain in second place. Samsara's position this season was unshakeable. Team Thunder was the biggest surprise this season. After eleven rounds, they were still in the second tier after Samsara, neck and neck with Blue Rain, Micrograss, and the other powerhouses.
Team Wind Howl's momentum this season was astonishing, but looking at their performance in Round 11, it was all talk and no action. Even though they weren't like Happy, who was constantly being swept aside, it was a fact that their condition wasn't very stable. After the first four rounds, Team Hundred Blossoms became more and more stable. In this round, they defeated Blue Rain. Yu Feng proved himself, and Team Hundred Blossoms showed that they had the strength to compete with the top teams.
As for Tyranny, no one expected them to be as domineering as they were last season. Team Tyranny was determined to rotate, and it was rare for the Four Heavenly Kings to play at the same time. Their results were also floating. They weren't weak against weak teams, but they weren't too strong against strong teams. Many people were disappointed in them, helplessly lamenting the passing of time.
Team Void relied on their good performance in these two rounds to fight their way back into the playoff zone, especially after defeating Micrograss. Their morale was greatly boosted, and their post-match press conference was completely different from before.
Within ten points of the playoff zone were 301, Misty Rain, and Happy. Team 301 was always like this, sticking to this zone. At the end of the season, if they were lucky, they would enter, but if they were unlucky, they would fall out. As for Misty Rain and Happy, they were about to face each other in Round 12. This round of competition would clearly determine who would be closer to the Season Queen's competition zone.
Looking at the trend before the match, Misty Rain had performed poorly in two consecutive matches, losing to 301 Degrees and Wind Howl. As for Happy? After losing to Micrograss in Round 8, when Tang Rou broke her promise and refused to quit, they began snatching points like crazy. In Round 9, Round 10, and Round 11, they actually managed to snatch 29 points. Just from these three rounds alone, they even crushed Samsara, who only managed to get 27 points from their three consecutive wins.
Happy hadn't met a strong opponent. Miracle and Seaside weren't strong teams, but Royal Style was still a mid-tier team with All Star players and All Star characters. The most surprising team of this season, Thunder, had even been defeated by them 7 to 3. But when they faced Happy, they were swept 9 to 1.
Happy is here!
The media, represented by Esports Home, emphasized Happy's recent strong performance. As for the group led by Ruan Cheng who disliked Happy, it wasn't good for them to say anything. Happy's crazy victories were like slap after slap to their faces. They were waiting, waiting for the moment when Happy's boat capsized. That way, they could wantonly hit him while he was down.
The current opportunity was especially good. In Round 12, Happy versus Misty Rain, a team with the strength to enter the playoffs. If Happy couldn't pass this round, they would lose points in front of their direct competitors. Ruan Cheng's faction could use Happy as a paper tiger that specialized in picking on soft persimmons to attack them.
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