Wind Howl lost.
They lost extremely miserably.
Even though their team competition always seemed to bully the weak and fear the strong, in the individual competition, Wind Howl's performance had always been pretty good. Against Samsara, they got 2 points, against Tyranny, 4 points, against Blue Rain, 3 points. Apart from being slightly weaker against Samsara, against Tyranny and Blue Rain, Wind Howl even had the upper hand in the individual competition.
But in the team competition? A team that lacked strategy seemed like it couldn't even withstand a single blow from a strong opponent. The team competition clearly wasn't something that could be won by hot-bloodedness and willpower alone. And this time, they didn't even manage to win in the individual competition.
0-10, Wind Howl lost cleanly. Amidst the screams and laughter of Happy's fans, the six players who had participated in the team competition were just like the team emblem in their fan club, unable to fly up again.
This was the first time Wind Howl had lost like this this season. In fact, it had been quite a few years since they'd had a record of zero points. When was the last time Wind Howl had been swept clean like this? Wind Howl's members were all at a loss! Their time in the team was shorter than the last. Had they ever paid attention to Wind Howl's history? They, who hated and abandoned Wind Howl's dirty play for so many years, probably didn't even care about the team's past and traditions.
Happy's members received the cheers and left the stage. 10-0, it was another 10-0, and winning a 10-0 against a strong team like Wind Howl was obviously something to be happy about. Especially since their performance from start to finish had been so outstanding. Ye Xiu had come up and crushed Tang Hao, Fang Rui had set a new record for a 1v3, and then easily defeated their opponents in the team competition. Just as Wind Howl's diehard fans began to doubt the team, Happy's fans' confidence in the team swelled.
In the press conference that followed, even Liu Hao wasn't in the mood to try and curry favor with the media. Amidst all sorts of doubts, after giving a few very official speeches, Wind Howl forcefully ended their press conference. Happy's players then went on stage, and Fang Rui was immediately surrounded by onlookers. How much of a hot topic would there be for a history-making first versus three match against their former mother team? The reporters had been eagerly preparing all sorts of questions since the end of the competition. At this moment, they were throwing them out boldly. Happy that the others were completely transparent in this press conference.
It was just the eighteenth round. Happy's wild victory over Wind Howl was undoubtedly the highlight, and Samsara, who had always been at a 10 to 0 record with them, had once again lost to Happy. In their home game against Thunder, Samsara lost an individual round and won 9 to 1. And for this round of televised matches, the broadcasters finally had no regrets. This was truly a very exciting match, especially the final team battle.
In terms of players and characters, the disparity between the two teams was too great. Especially when a reporter directly added up the value of the players and characters in the team competition. The impact of the data made people feel that this was simply an egg striking a rock. In the end, the two teams fought bitterly for 33 minutes. For a powerhouse like Samsara, this was extremely rare. It could be seen just how strong of a sniper they were.
Thunderclap relied on their lineup, which seemed extremely cheap in comparison to Samsara's lineup, to fight to the death with Samsara.
In the end, Samsara won with great difficulty. Some people even felt that it was fortunate that this was Samsara's home game. If it had been Thunder's home game, perhaps Samsara's unbeatable team record might have been broken. And then there was the strategy that Samsara used to secure their victory. It was the same strategy that Happy had used to defeat Thunder in Round 16.
Samsara's Sun Xiang had forcefully broken through all sorts of restrictions and outperformed himself to tie down Xiao Shiqin. Even though his One Leaf Of Autumn couldn't attack like the unspecialized Lord Grim, the other members of Samsara were still a level higher than Team Happy's. In the end, Samsara used this opportunity to crush Thunder's strategy in one fell swoop.
This was a violent destruction of perfection. Many people felt sorry for Thunder. And after this destruction, the topic of whether or not to allow voice chat was brought up again. This time, Thunderclap, who had once taken advantage of this situation, finally became a pitiful victim along with Blue Rain after suffering this loss twice.
And this time, the voice opposing the ban was exceptionally clear: the rules were stifling the development of Glory.
When a strategy was destroyed by such violence, it was easy to imagine, who would do such detailed research in the future? Because even if they did, it would be useless. After several teams used this strategy in succession, the commanders of these tactical teams would probably be restrained and suppressed in all sorts of ways. The goal was simply to make it so that they didn't have time to type.
This was the destruction of Glory's tactics. In the long run, what we would see would be a violent confrontation of hand speed. And Glory's culture shouldn't be limited to just this!
The voices opposing the ban were powerful and resonant. This time, all sides paid more attention to it than before.
Team Thunder was the first to benefit from this rule, and then became the victim twice. And they were, without a doubt, the team that had maximized the effectiveness of their tactics. Before this season, Thunder had been such a team, but at that time, they hadn't performed so heaven-defying. Who would have thought that after Xiao Shiqin went to the Challenger League, it was as if he had been plated with gold?
Even if he was defeated by Happy in Round 16, it didn't shake his confidence in the slightest. In front of this heaven-defying opponent, Samsara, Xiao Shiqin once again made meticulous preparations. He once again firmly believed that Team Thunder had the ability to defeat any opponent.
This determination moved many people. Xiao Shiqin's popularity this season had skyrocketed because of this. Leading a group of nameless, ordinary players to achieve such brilliant results was something that had never happened before in the history of the Alliance. Happy, who was known as a grassroots team, actually had three All Star players on the team, two All Star characters, and a freakish unspecialized that the entire Alliance couldn't get used to. No one thought of Happy as a grassroots team anymore.
Even though Thunder still lost to Samsara, this loss had a huge impact. The condemnation of the voice chat rules had become more and more popular. Many people were even asking for the rules not to be changed until next season. This sort of thing should be changed immediately if it could be changed.
The Alliance obviously couldn't change it just because they said so. After last time, they had been researching this issue. Under the pressure of public opinion, it was once again discussed. And after Round 18, there were some changes in the standings. Samsara's strong lead didn't change. After Happy crushed Wind Howl, their ranking rose again. They were now in fifth place, with the same points as Team Tyranny. In this round, Team Tyranny lost to Hundred Blossoms 2 to 8 in their home game. Because of Zhang Jiale, there was some conflict between the two teams. Hundred Blossoms' victory in their away game made the Hundred Blossoms fans feel proud and elated. But Tyranny's fans were very hot-blooded. That day, Tyranny's stadium almost broke out into a fight. Even though it started because of the excessive provocation from Hundred Blossoms' fans, this sort of conflict usually required the home team to take responsibility.
Fortunately, he wasn't injured in the end. The Alliance gave Tyranny a stern warning and settled the matter. Team Tyranny was angered, and because of this round's loss, they fell to fourth place, the same as Team Happy, with 127 points.
Blue Rain and Micrograss had each taken down their opponents, and were currently in second and third place.
On Blue Rain's side, they had been worried about losing points to weaker opponents, but recently, Team Blue Rain had only been in a slump for a while. Now that they had adjusted themselves, their results immediately improved. In just a few matches, they had reached second place on the leaderboards. Micrograss continued their beautiful undefeated streak in the group arena. They only lost one individual round against Misty Rain, winning 9 to 1.
Misty Rain's situation was getting worse and worse. With 87 points, they were 21 points away from the playoff zone. Behind them was Team Miracle, who had 83 points and was about to crush them. And this new team, Team Miracle, seemed to be improving the more they played. If Team Misty Rain still had hope of making the playoffs, then Miracle, who was only 4 points behind Misty Rain, seemed to have a very good chance as well.
This had a lot to do with the change in mentality of the three original Excellent Era players in Team Miracle.
These three were originally very depressed about their current situation, and they all hoped that they could quickly find a new home. They all worked hard, but how much of this was for the team was unknown. But after their hard work, Team Miracle actually managed to achieve some results. Praise came from all sides, and they were overjoyed.
They were born in a rich family, and there, they were all supporting characters. When the team achieved results, it was very rarely because of them. But now, in this Miracle Battle Team, the three of them gradually felt like they were the masters of the team. The team's results were achieved through their hard work. The cheers of the fans were given to them from the bottom of their hearts. This kind of happiness made them gradually feel satisfied. The thoughts of biting off more than they could chew from being in a rich family were gradually put down. The three communicated privately, and they all acknowledged that being in Team Miracle seemed to be pretty good.
The three started to not only fight for themselves, but for the team. And so, the new team's results became more and more stable. Now that the season was halfway through, they were actually in 12th place.
If it weren't for Happy stealing the limelight, Team Miracle really would live up to their name and become the most miraculous new team in Glory history.
But even in this environment, Miracle was no longer ignored by people.
After 18 rounds, the media reported on the situation of the Alliance after this round, as well as the topics that had stirred up. But just two days after this round ended, a very eye-catching piece of news appeared in the headlines of all the major media outlets.
Team Wind Howl bid 15 million to buy Zhang Xinjie from Team Tyranny.
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