Round 35, Thunder's home game, Happy. Between these two teams, there was only a battle for fifth place. Their direct competition wasn't too important. What was important was that the pursuers behind them were very close to the points of both teams. The loser of this match was very likely to drop their ranking and be one step closer to the danger zone.
As for the other three teams, Wind Howl faced Heavenly Swords in their away game, and Hundred Blossoms faced Royal Style in their away game. 301, on the other hand, had faced a series of strong opponents in the last round. They needed to face Micrograss in their home game.
301 was truly a team standing at the edge of a cliff. They were already outside of the playoffs, and the difficult schedule was their biggest obstacle. After this round, they still had to face Blue Rain in the next round, and Happy in the final round …
The live broadcast of Round 35, whether to broadcast Thunder versus Happy, or 301 versus Micrograss, was another dilemma.
In the end, the streamer still chose the match between 301 and Tiny Herb. Although Thunder versus Happy was also crucial, the match between these two teams had already been broadcast once in Round 16. In addition, Happy had many more crucial matches in the following rounds. Round 37 versus Wind Howl and Round 38 versus 301 were both likely to be crucial matches that needed to be broadcast.
The television broadcast could only choose one group, but the media reports gave equal coverage to these two crucial matches of the season. Team 301 became the biggest disruptor of the second half of the season after the winter transfer window. If they hadn't advanced by leaps and bounds, with the success of Team Void and Team Misty Rain, the top eight would have been set in stone.
Many Glory players who loved excitement were happy to see such a troublemaker. 301 gained quite a few neutral supporters because of this. The Life-Risking Strike that they often used now was also very interesting!
May 15th, Round 35 of the Glory Alliance began. 301 welcomed Micrograss into their home game.
"301's home game is full today!" Pan Lin sighed in the broadcast.
"Of course. Now that we've reached this point, it's time for the fans of 301 Degrees to do their best to support the team," Li Yibo said.
"At the start of the season, no one foresaw that Team 301 would have such crazy prospects. No, even halfway through the season, no one could foresee it, "Pan Lin said.
"Who would have thought that 301 Degrees would actually go to Europe to find an expert Knight that suits them?" Li Yibo laughed.
"If 301 Degrees can make it into the playoffs, I think their winter transfer this time will become another classic in the history of transfer," Pan Lin said.
"In next summer's transfer market, I think that the big teams will have a wider view of the world. Who knows, maybe the Glory competition will gradually open up." Li Yibo said.
"But the different competition systems in different places are a major flaw!" Pan Lin lamented.
"There are differences in the competition systems, but they aren't too far apart. In the past, the problems with the progress of the previous versions prevented everyone from interacting. However, in the past two years, the Glory game company has been pushing hard to synchronize the progress of the versions around the world. Last season's Level 75 update was finally synchronized with the rest of the world, "Li Yibo said.
"That's why it's widely rumored that the Glory game company is playing a big game of chess. The reason they've stayed in the Level 70 version for so long is to synchronize the progress of the versions around the world. The game company has been planning for Glory to be able to interact with the rest of the world since a long time ago, "Pan Lin said.
"I don't think that's completely a rumor," Li Yibo nodded, "The Glory game company's operations should have considered this aspect. The Glory competition will have an even more prosperous future! "
"Haha, but right now, let's first pay attention to how our Glory Alliance will play this season! There's not much time left until the first round of the individual competition. Even though the lineup hasn't been displayed on the big screen, we can see that the players on both sides have already gotten up. It looks like they're getting ready to go onstage. On Team 301's side, it's the former Glory pro player from England, Bai Shu, who brought about earth-shattering changes to Team 301 this season. And on Micrograss's side! That's … ah! It's Xu Bin! Micrograss's first player in the individual competition is probably Xu Bin. Wow, what a coincidence. "Pan Lin was a bit excited.
Xu Bin was a former Team 301 player, the player behind Knight Tide. And after Bai Shu arrived at Team 301, the character that Team 301 hadn't been able to find a suitable player for after Xu Bin left, was Knight Tide. In a confrontation between the old and new players, who would be the better player? It really was a very interesting match. The audience didn't seem to have noticed this detail on the player benches, but when the big screen displayed the first match between the two sides, and it was indeed Bai Shu versus Xu Bin, the crowd suddenly became noisy.
Xu Bin's transfer had been a direct exchange with Micrograss for the former All-Star Grappler Li Yihui. But after Li Yihui arrived at Team 301, his All-Star Grappler status was quickly taken away by Samsara's Lu Boyuan. Li Yihui didn't seem to be as valuable to Team 301 as Xu Bin had been in the past. Team 301 hadn't been able to make it into the playoffs last season. In the eyes of the fans, this exchange had been a failure. The character Tide had been shelved for a long time without a successor, which was even more incomprehensible to them.
But now, Team 301 had Bai Shu. Even though they were currently at the edge of a cliff, it had to be known that Bai Shu had only joined Team 301 in the second half of the season. If you really wanted to compare Team 301's record from the first half of the season, Bai Shu's improvement to Team 301 in the second half was like a leap.
The fans couldn't help but like Bai Shu. Their memories of Xu Bin had also quickly faded because of this new replacement. In the minds of Team 301's fans, Xu Bin, known as the Grind King, always dilly-dallying with one opponent. But Bai Shu wasn't like that. In the individual competition, he played fair and square. In the team competition, he was both offensive and defensive. He was good at covering and also good at breaking through. This Knight player from the European League had a different style from the Knights in the domestic Glory circle. He seemed to have a deeper understanding of Knight culture. The so-called Knight's Spirit wasn't just a Knight's Awakening skill. His awareness, his playstyle, and his habits all seemed to flash with the light of the Knight's Spirit. The class under him seemed to symbolize a kind of glory.
This was a different playstyle in different cultures.
There were articles specifically about Bai Shu that analyzed Bai Shu's Knight playstyle from a cultural point of view that was different from the domestic Glory circle.
Then, was it really a foreign monk who knew how to chant scriptures, or was it a local Knight who was better? No one would have thought that in Bai Shu's first match against Micrograss after coming to 301, these two top-tier Knights would directly talk to each other.
Onstage, character loaded.
Bai Shu's map was the Training Field. The terrain wasn't complicated. It was a fair and symmetrical map. As soon as the match began, the two sides immediately saw each other on the map. Bai Shu didn't hesitate. Tide immediately went up to meet him. Xu Bin, on the other hand, hesitated for a moment before controlling Angelica to meet him.
Like this, the two Knights faced each other. The more they walked, the faster they walked, the faster they walked. In the end, they dashed over with Swift Step. The swords and shields in their hands were already in position. They both stared intently at each other's movements, but neither side made the first move.
Ten body positions.
Eight body positions.
Six body positions.
Four body positions!
If they took another step forward, the two sides would be able to raise their shields and slap each other in the face. At this moment, Charge!
Xu Bin's Angelica was the first to use a skill. At a distance of four units, he actually used a Charge. Angelica held his shield in his left hand and his Knight's sword in his right. In an instant, the distance of four units was erased!
Bang!
A loud sound suddenly rang out.
After Angelica's sudden Charge, Bai Shu had actually managed to get Tide behind his shield. Angelica's Charge ended up crashing into Tide's shield.
Silver Life!
This was Tide's Silver shield. Xu Bin had used it for three whole years. Xu Bin knew its properties like the back of his hand. Although 301 had leveled it up to Level 75, and he didn't know if 301 had made any adjustments, Xu Bin believed that 301 shouldn't have erased Silver Life's auto-recovery property.
Silver Life was removed. If Tide's other Silver equipment didn't have any major changes, they would all automatically recover HP.
Fighting Tide for a long time was disadvantageous!
This was Xu Bin's judgment. However, he was known as the Tire Killer King and was famous for his slow pace. Tide had worked hard to create this set of equipment to suit his pace.
One was a character unsuited for long battles, while the other was a slow-paced Tire Killer King. This combination of character and player was incomparably fitting. But now, Tide had become Xu Bin's enemy. He discovered that he needed to conquer his favorite attribute of the past. And to do this, he needed to change his style … …
If the Tire Killer King didn't grind, then what would happen?
After Angelica's Charge was blocked, he immediately began to attack. His rhythm was extremely fast and fierce.
The entire audience was dumbfounded. They were familiar with Xu Bin! This guy in front of them who was actively attacking and had an incomparably fast rhythm, was he really that Xu Bin? Had he changed so much after joining Micrograss? They hadn't noticed!
Pan Lin, who was watching the live broadcast, was also dumbfounded. He stared blankly for a full three seconds before saying, "Right now, Xu Bin is actively attacking."
After saying this, even he himself felt awkward. Xu Bin actively attacking? Was this a bad sentence? Was this a bad combination of subject and predicate?
"Haha, it looks like Xu Bin has a good understanding of Tide's attributes. He knows that if he dilly-dallied against Tide, he'll only get further and further away from victory, so he's forcing himself to change his style!" Li Yibo said.
"This change is too big!" Pan Lin exclaimed.
"It doesn't fit his style at all. It's quite awkward. Bai Shu's defense is very good. Xu Bin's attacks aren't very threatening! "Li Yibo said.
"Then this match … …"
Li Yibo didn't say anything. He wasn't going to predict the outcome of a match right now!
But this time, he didn't, and he regretted it. The end result of the match was exactly as he had predicted. Xu Bin wasn't used to this kind of fighting style, and the style he was good at wasn't enough to deal with Tide. In the end, he was sullenly defeated by Bai Shu.
"How do I say this match … … Bai Shu's tempo was actually quite slow. He also knew how to use Tide's characteristics very well. This match, I feel like it's 301's Xu Bin defeating Micrograss's Xu Bin … … "Li Yibo said.
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