Samsara, Micrograss. They were the only two teams in the Alliance that had won the championship twice. However, Samsara had won the championship twice in a row. Compared to Micrograss, who had won the championship twice in a row, Samsara was clearly stronger. In addition, Samsara was currently on their way to a third consecutive championship. As for Micrograss? They hadn't gained anything for two years in a row.
Right now, a large portion of Micrograss was no longer the Micrograss that had won the championship twice. The God of Healing, Fang Shiqian, and the ordinary but diligent and reliable Knight, Deng Fusheng, had both left Micrograss and Glory.
After winning the championship twice, Micrograss was undergoing a rebuild. Everyone could clearly see that Micrograss's most important player, the Magician Wang Jiexi, was about to retire. Many of the players who had joined the Alliance in the third season had already retired. Famous players usually retired later than the average player. But for the famous players in the third season, Team Seaside's All Star player, Zhao Yang, had just announced his retirement at the end of last season. Team 301's captain, Yang Cong, had also given up his core position after Bai Shu joined. It was clear that he had already made preparations to hand it over.
Wang Jiexi was still Micrograss's main force, the absolute core, the most indispensable player.
How much longer could Micrograss rely on Wang Jiexi? Everyone who paid attention to Micrograss was very concerned about this question. From his performance onstage, it didn't seem like Wang Jiexi had deteriorated in any way. However, the player's age was there for all to see. This phenomenon that didn't seem to conform to the laws of time could be explained by one word: overdraft.
Yang Cong, who had stepped down from his core position, if he continued to lower his standards, he might slowly enter the rotation and become a substitute. At this rate, he might be able to play for another two years, three years, or even longer.
As for Wang Jiexi?
If he continued to do his best to lead Micrograss forward, how much longer could he last?
Everyone was very worried, but they couldn't help but admire his unrelenting spirit for the sake of the team. As long as he could persevere, everyone was willing to see his sacrifice. Of course, they also hoped that this sacrifice would yield results.
However, Samsara, who stood in front of Wang Jiexi and Micrograss, was still as strong as ever.
Compared to Micrograss, Samsara was a team at the peak. Most of their players had joined the Alliance in Season 5 and 6, and now they were all at the peak of their professional careers. The newer ones were like Sun Xiang, who was also a Season 7 player. He had experience in small teams, powerhouses, and even the Challenger League before joining Samsara. Sun Xiang's four years of professional career had been very colorful. Many veterans couldn't compare to him.
Defeated Blue Rain in the Season 8 finals.
Defeated Tyranny in the Season 9 finals.
They were up against Micrograss in the semifinals of the season.
Samsara was hunting down the former champion powerhouses one by one. They seemed to be using this method to tell everyone that a new chapter had been opened in the Glory Alliance, and that Samsara would be the initiator of this new chapter. Even if many people were unwilling to see this, they could not deny the power of Samsara.
For example, the two teams that were currently watching this match together.
Tyranny. The team was old, the players were old, and they refused to step down from the stage. They probably had an even stronger desire to do so. Happy was a new team with a bunch of rookies. They should have been a team from an even newer era than Samsara, but this team had Ye Xiu, Wei Chen, Su Mucheng from the Golden Generation, and Fang Rui, who was in the same generation as Samsara's Zhou Zekai. The composition was so complicated that it was hard to describe Happy's attitude towards Samsara.
But in the face of the competition between Micrograss and Samsara, neither team hesitated to look favorably on Samsara.
As Samsara's home team, the map they chose didn't seem to be too strategic. It was just a map they were more familiar with, and then they had a real fight with Micrograss.
5 to 4.
Zhou Zekai, who had been guarding Samsara's fourth seat, finally put an end to this group arena.
After that, in the team competition, Samsara seriously took advantage of their home map advantage. They didn't underestimate their opponents at all.
"What do you think?" Ye Xiu asked Zhang Xinjie after seeing that the match was more than halfway done.
Zhang Xinjie, who never gave ambiguous answers, rarely made predictions about the unfinished match. But this time, he gave a very clear answer: "Samsara wins."
Yes, Samsara wins.
The situation was clear enough.
"What do you think of Samsara? Go ahead and say it. You won't need it anyways, "Ye Xiu said with a smile.
How could Zhang Xinjie not understand the meaning behind his words? He smiled and ignored him. Zhang Jiale, who was behind him, leaned forward and countered Ye Xiu, "Why don't you tell us your thoughts on Samsara?"
"Very strong," Ye Xiu said.
"Nonsense," Zhang Jiale said.
"Even stronger than last year," Ye Xiu said.
Silence.
Last year, Samsara had defeated Tyranny in the finals. Tyranny had lost to Unforgiving Time. And this time? They had been killed by Time for another year, while Samsara had become even stronger.
The era really was about to change.
Even if one of the two teams managed to snipe Samsara, whether it was Tyranny's players or Ye Xiu, they clearly couldn't continue to be Samsara's opponents.
Samsara would make a comeback, but what about them? Their era was about to end.
"Even if they're stumbling blocks, we'll make them stumble," Han Wenqing said.
Everyone understood what he meant. Stumbling blocks could temporarily hinder their opponents, but they couldn't tie them down forever. Right now, they could only be stumbling blocks. No matter what, Han Wenqing was still able to accept the unavoidable truth.
"And then we'll trample them to death." Suddenly, someone behind Ye Xiu added.
Ye Xiu turned around and saw Tang Rou, Bao Zi, Qiao Yifan, Mo Fan, An Wenyi, Luo Ji …
They didn't belong to the era of those old guys. The old generals were stumbling blocks, but they weren't. For Ye Xiu and the others, this was the end, but for them, it was only the beginning.
"Well said." Ye Xiu smiled. "Let us pave the way for you!"
"Crush Samsara!" Zhang Jiale said.
"Crazy. Your mission is to be ruthlessly killed by us. "Ye Xiu looked at him with disdain.
"F * ck!" Zhang Jiale almost died from anger. He had been too engrossed in his role. For a moment, he had forgotten that the people in front of him were their mortal enemies.
"Let's go. You guys should pack up and prepare to die!" Ye Xiu said as he stood up.
The match wasn't over yet, but even Zhang Xinjie dared to make a prediction. The suspense of this match was already over. Ye Xiu led the Happy people away.
"Can we just let that guy walk away so smugly?" Zhang Jiale said angrily. He was very unhappy that no one refuted Ye Xiu's trash talk.
"If trash talk was useful, what's the point of having a match?" Han Wenqing said.
"It's just trash talk, right?" Lin Jingyan said sincerely.
There was a moment of silence.
"Fuck," Han Wenqing cursed helplessly.
"Oh!" At this moment, Song Qiying suddenly let out a gasp of surprise. His gaze was still focused on the unfinished match.
Everyone looked at the match.
The match that had originally been thought to be without suspense had unexpectedly turned into another twist. Even though the result hadn't been changed in the end, but …
"I came to a conclusion too early." Zhang Xinjie said. That meant that the twists and turns in the second half of the match had been caused by the new generation of Micrograss players, Liu Xiaobie and Gao Yingjie. Even though they hadn't been able to reverse the situation, they had created hope for a reversal.
Samsara had won, taking another step towards their goal of three consecutive championships. Micrograss had lost, but people had unexpectedly discovered that Micrograss would also have a different tomorrow. Perhaps Micrograss wouldn't fall completely after Wang Jiexi left, as many people had feared.
Tomorrow. Everyone had a tomorrow.
Tomorrow for Happy was the last day of rest before the second round of the finals.
"Then, what needs to be said needs to be said." Happy's group once again gathered together, and Ye Xiu gave a speech.
"Let alone you guys, I've never played a match like this in the third round," Ye Xiu said.
"I've never played it either," Wei Chen added.
"You haven't played it as long as I have!" Fang Rui disdained.
"All of you, shut up!" Chen Guo raged.
There was silence.
"Continue," Chen Guo said to Ye Xiu.
Ye Xiu let out a long sigh. Out of habit, he thought that "shut up" included him.
"Before the match, we didn't know the map, so we couldn't make any specific arrangements. Even the lineup needed to be decided on the spot. So, every one of us needs to be prepared to go on stage at any time. I hope everyone understands this point, "Ye Xiu said.
"Understood." Everyone nodded.
"There won't be any arrangements for today. Everyone, prepare yourselves. Do whatever you want. In any case, we need to be in our best condition for tomorrow's match. Last night, everyone heard that the Tyranny of Han Wenqing had set them as a stumbling block, so we can only fulfill his wish and kick them away, "Ye Xiu said.
Everyone laughed. Everyone had heard Han Wenqing's words, but they all knew that it wasn't a setting for Team Tyranny. It was just the veteran's thoughts. The stumbling block clearly included Ye Xiu, but Ye Xiu was actually using it as a pretext to make a fuss. Who would take it seriously!
"Kick them away!!" Baozi shouted.
Happy. Everyone facepalmed. There were indeed people who took it seriously!
"Our goal is to become the champion. I wonder if anyone watched the content of last night's match after we left? "Ye Xiu said.
"I saw the comments online, so I took a look," An Wenyi said. "Micrograss almost made a comeback."
"Oh?" There were quite a few surprised voices. Sure enough, the majority of people didn't pay attention to that match after that.
"Did you see that? This is a match. It's full of possibilities until the last moment. Even in a match like yesterday, when everyone thought that Samsara would win for sure, miracles still exist, "Ye Xiu said.
"To the outside world, winning the Challenger League was a miracle. Winning the Pro League was even more miraculous. Since they think so highly of us, we can only reluctantly create a miracle for them to see, "Ye Xiu said.
Everyone laughed again. A miracle was a miracle, but what was there to see! He was talking nonsense again.
"Create a miracle!" But this time, his nonsense received everyone's heartfelt support. Whether it was out loud or in their hearts, they all repeated the same words.
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