The gazes of Happy's supporters all went straight to Samsara. It could be seen just how powerful of an existence Happy was in their hearts. Happy's recent performance in the rankings was worthy of this title.
After losing to Micrograss in Round 8, Happy began their winning streak. From Round 9 to the recently concluded Round 14, they won all six rounds. Four 10-0 victories occurred within these four rounds. The other two rounds were also 9-1, which was a domineering enough score.
In the same period of time, Samsara's record was 10-0 three times, 9-1 twice, and 8-2 once. Just counting the points from these six rounds, Happy's score was two points ahead of Samsara, let alone the other teams. In these six rounds, Happy was actually the leader of the entire Alliance. Let alone Happy's supporters, no one dared to take Happy lightly. Those who had hoped that Happy wouldn't win couldn't help but panic. This was far too different from what they had hoped for.
After Round 14, Happy snatched another ten points. With a score of 89 points, they moved up one place on the rankings, stepping on Hundred Blossoms for the time being. More importantly, outside of the playoffs zone, they now had a ten-point lead over the ninth-ranked Void.
Void's players were very disappointed. They hadn't thought that after being tied with Happy for eighth place in the previous round, they would fall behind by ten points in just one round. In the post-match press conference, Void's players were all in low spirits. They couldn't blame anyone. In fact, Void didn't lack highlights throughout the entire round. But the result was just like that cliché post-match review: We performed well, but our opponents were better.
To be more specific, Void's usual troublemaker, Su Mucheng, was still as troublesome as ever. She gave Void a lot of trouble. This was a problem that Void hadn't been able to solve in the past few years. Then there was the strategy in the team competition. Happy's boldness had gotten a beautiful start, but his cautiousness at the end had completely dispelled Void's last hope. They had fully utilized their home field advantage.
"Losing to Happy. I can only say that I was not wronged. I look forward to the next match. "Void's captain, Li Xuan, concluded Void's post-match press conference.
Happy versus Void, a clean victory.
Team Samsara's complete victory over Team Heavenly Swords was even easier.
In the same round, Micrograss, Blue Rain, and Tyranny, the traditional top three teams, had all finished with a score of 9 to 1. Their opponents were all weaker than them. In addition, after Misty Rain lost to Happy and Team Void in Round 12 and Round 13, they defeated Hundred Blossoms 7 to 3 in their home game.
Even so, Hundred Blossoms was still in eighth place with 83 points, in the playoff zone. Misty Rain, on the other hand, had already lost four rounds in a row and lost a lot of points. Although they had beaten Hundred Blossoms, they were still 10 points behind Hundred Blossoms. They were currently in 11th place with 73 points. Their playoff prospects were becoming more and more worrying. This seemed to prove that their unconventional class composition and playstyle wouldn't work in the pro scene.
Sandwiched between the 11th place Misty Rain and the 9th place Void was 301 Degrees. 301 Degrees lost their away game to Miracle 3 to 7.
Miracle was currently in 14th place with 50 points. If it weren't for the fact that Happy, who was also a new team, was too monstrous, they definitely would have received more attention. Judging from their performance so far, Miracle was doing quite well as a new team in the Alliance. Even though they had a stroke of luck and obtained three familiar former Excellent Era players, their original team wasn't completely lacking in talent. Guo Shao had attracted quite a bit of attention, especially since he was considered one of the most outstanding rookies this season.
Royal Style, a former powerhouse, had completely fallen. In this round, they had been defeated 9 to 1 by Micrograss and were currently in 12th place. There seemed to be some hope for this ranking, but what about Royal Style's points? 58 points. Even though they were in 12th place, they were a full 15 points behind the 11th place Misty Rain, not to mention the difference between them and the playoff zone.
Royal Style was the team that had fought for the championship in the first season of the Alliance and Excellent Era, but now they were in such dire straits. But when everyone thought about it again, forget about Royal Style. The three consecutive champions of Excellent Era had been disbanded. In comparison, Royal Style's decline was much stronger. At the very least, they still had the advantage over the teams in the relegation zone.
The two teams in the relegation zone, Bright Green and Seaside, had 27 points and 23 points respectively. The third last team, Radiant, already had 41 points. The suspense seemed to have been snuffed out early on.
Bright Green was fine. They had always been a team that struggled in and out of the relegation zone. But Seaside was a team that had an All Star player and All Star character. They hadn't been in the playoffs, but their mid-tier position was still quite stable.
Zhao Yang's retirement and Hai Wuliang's sale had been made for a period of time. But Seaside hadn't given up on themselves. Zhao Yang's retirement was a player's decision that they could only respect. But Hai Wuliang was Seaside's realization that as a mid-tier team, having to support an All Star level character and a player that matched his strength was a huge burden. And with just a single star, in the Alliance, where the overall strength of the team was getting higher and higher, there was no way for them to break through. After all, a super God like Zhou Zekai was something that could only be found, not sought. What's more, even Zhou Zekai had only won consecutive championships with a group of strong teammates. And in order to solidify this advantage, Samsara had brought in Sun Xiang and One Leaf Of Autumn as reinforcements this season.
Seaside's resources were limited. They couldn't afford to take the luxurious route of building a star. Selling Hai Wuliang showed their determination to walk the path of commoners. They were determined to improve the team's strength as a whole.
Hope was beautiful, but from the looks of it, Seaside's improvement wasn't that great. In this fourteenth round, they had lost to Ming Qing, their fellow sufferer, who was currently at the bottom of the Alliance with 23 points.
The post-match press conferences for these two sufferers were always so quiet. There weren't many reporters, so they had plenty of opportunities to ask the questions they wanted to ask.
Did Seaside have any other plans?
When a reporter asked this question, Seaside's current captain, Zhang Lintao, had a perplexed expression on her face. She stammered and didn't say anything.
Compared to these weak teams that seemed to be bidding farewell to the Alliance, Glory fans were more concerned about the strong teams that were charging for the playoffs and even the championship. The most watched match of this round was Wind Howl's home game against Thunderclap. The television station also chose to broadcast this match. In the end, Thunderclap continued their tenacity in the team competition. The final score was 4 to 6. Thunder relied on their 5 points from the team competition to turn the tables on Wind Howl. The final scene captured by the live broadcast was Thunder's captain, Tang Hao, returning to the player bench and kicking away a mineral water bottle.
Anyone could see Tang Hao's dissatisfaction with this match.
They won the individual competition with 2 points, won the group arena, and charged into the team competition with a 4 to 1 lead. But in the end, in their home game, they were defeated by Thunderclap with their tails between their legs.
Did Thunderclap have any stars?
Xiao Shiqin obviously counted, but in the group arena, he didn't have any chance of winning against Tang Hao. Tang Hao really didn't care about anyone in Team Thunder. But in the team competition, this group of people that he didn't care about beat them to a pulp on Wind Howl's home map.
"This is a disgrace!!" In the post-match press conference, Tang Hao fully expressed his dissatisfaction. He didn't point out any of his team members. He just expressed his dissatisfaction with his team losing to Thunderclap. Even though Thunderclap was ranked third in the rankings in Round 13, Tang Hao clearly didn't think of Thunder as a strong team.
"If we keep losing like this, I really don't know what the team can use to compete for the championship," Tang Hao said.
The championship was Tang Hao's goal. It was also Wind Howl's goal. They were no longer satisfied with being a tourist group in the playoffs. But this season, Wind Howl's performance couldn't be said to be stable. It wasn't even as strong as last season. In the thirteenth round, they were ranked sixth with 86 points. Even though the gap between them and the other strong teams wasn't too big, this clearly wasn't enough to satisfy Tang Hao. Even in the regular season, he still hoped that his team could reach Samsara's level. But now, after the fourteenth round, Samsara was ranked first with 123 points, while Wind Howl was still ranked sixth with 90 points. The gap had widened by 33 points.
Samsara, this was the opponent that Tang Hao should be facing. Thunderclap? How could a team that popped up out of nowhere stop Wind Howl? In the end, Thunderclap just had to stop them by a small step. No wonder Tang Hao was so displeased.
After the fourteenth round, even though Happy had crushed Samsara in the last six rounds, Samsara's 123 points lead still left them in the dust. In second place, Team Blue Rain currently had 99 points. They weren't even on the same level as Samsara.
Even more frightening was that Samsara had already experienced a devilish schedule at the beginning of the season. Those teams that could have sniped them had already fallen. Their next opponents, even if they had done a bit of research on Samsara, the disparity in strength meant that they were nothing more than cannon fodder for Samsara. It was hard to see how these teams could drag down Samsara.
Wasn't this season's suspense ending a little too quickly?
Quite a few media outlets, players, and commentators expressed similar sentiments. Samsara's momentum was unstoppable this time. Bright Green and Seaside's decline didn't seem like they could save themselves. Now that these spots had been locked in, the only thing left to watch was the fight for the other spots in the playoffs.
301, Void, Misty Rain. These three teams were outside of the playoff zone, but they still maintained their aggressiveness.
These three teams, you guys have to work hard!
Everyone was silently praying. If these three teams didn't put in some effort and create some chaos in the playoff zone, then this season's regular season really wouldn't be fun at all!
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A little late, ha! Tonight, the high-end, western-style point rankings had a little glitch again. It was a high-end glitch in the functions. Very impressive! (To be continued.) If you like this work, I welcome you to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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