"We won, 5 to 3!!" Happy's teammate, Chen Guo, was excited. Even though the match hadn't ended yet, getting two points in the group arena was a very good result. Especially since this was Samsara's home game. Everyone had seen how Samsara's players skillfully utilized Stone Forest Cave. Under these circumstances, Happy was still able to win the group arena with a 5 to 3 score. This was something to be happy about.
Of course, the ordinary players knew the importance of two points, and the away team spectator stands were also filled with joy. Samsara's fans were naturally disappointed. Today's group arena had made them very vexed. Their core captain, Zhou Zekai, had been defeated in the first match. The entire match had sunk into a slump. Jiang Botao had managed to pull him back, but Lu Boyuan had lost miserably. Du Ming's exceptional performance had made them happy, but then the dirty Fang Rui poured cold water on their faces.
At this moment, Samsara had fallen behind by quite a bit. With only Sun Xiang left, their hopes for victory had become somewhat extravagant. However, Sun Xiang's confident appearance when he went onstage had made many people's hearts light up. But in the end …
He had given everyone so much hope, but in the end, he hadn't taken down a single opponent. Samsara's fans were filled with disappointment. They naturally weren't satisfied with Sun Xiang's performance. When the group arena ended and the players left the stage, Samsara's fans booed Sun Xiang to express their dissatisfaction.
Sun Xiang lowered his head. He was silent. His heart was filled with awkwardness. However, the pro players sympathized with him. This was because his performance in this match hadn't been any worse than Lu Boyuan's, who had also lost miserably. On the contrary, Sun Xiang's performance had been quite eye-catching. Unfortunately, in the end, he had been completely obliterated by Fang Rui.
Fang Rui …
It could be said that it was a 1v2. Successfully taking two points for himself was worthy of the highest pay and the performance of the strongest character. Fang Rui was satisfied, and the boos from Samsara's fans towards Sun Xiang were like praise for him. Fang Rui smiled, waved, and saluted to the Samsara fans, as if they were really cheering for him.
Samsara's fans weren't happy with Sun Xiang's performance, but they weren't angry enough to cheer for their opponent to mock their own team. Fang Rui's proud behavior made them stop booing Sun Xiang. Instead, they booed Fang Rui. Team Samsara, including Sun Xiang, couldn't help but glance at Fang Rui, their eyes filled with gratitude. This aggro pulling was awesome!
But Fang Rui didn't care about that. He was still in high spirits after returning to his seat.
"How is it? Just tell me, how was it! "Fang Rui roared at Ye Xiu.
"Good play, good play." Ye Xiu clapped his hands in praise.
"I admire your honesty!" Fang Rui said. The anger that had been bottled up since the playoffs was finally released. Fang Rui felt like he was in top condition. His Golden Right Hand was burning. He couldn't wait for the team competition to begin. As a result, he kept looking towards Samsara's bench. Whenever someone looked over, he would immediately give them a provocative look.
"Where's that cup of water you gave him? Bring it over so he can calm down. "Ye Xiu yelled.
Fang Rui had told Su Mucheng to bring him the water before he went onstage. When Su Mucheng returned, she really did give him a cup. But when it was brought over, Fang Rui didn't know if he still remembered what he had said, but he drank it in one gulp after taking it.
"The water is still warm!" Fang Rui yelled, "Have you heard the story of 'Slaying Hwa Xiong with warm wine'?"
"We've heard of it. Let's talk about the match next." Ye Xiu quickly replied.
"Oh, oh, let's talk about the match." Fang Rui immediately corrected his attitude. There was a limit to how much he could get carried away with his success. Playing dirty was best at changing the pace of things.
The two teams didn't return to their prep rooms. Just like that, they went to their respective player benches to prepare for the upcoming team competition.
A moment later, the referee came over and called for the players to come onstage. The already confirmed team competition lineups were displayed on the big screen.
Happy's six players for the team competition were: Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Fang Rui, Qiao Yifan, An Wenyi, and Baozi.
Team Samsara's lineups were: Zhou Zekai, Jiang Botao, Sun Xiang, Lu Boyuan, Fang Minghua, and Du Ming.
The lineups of the two teams were slightly adjusted compared to the first round.
On Happy's side, Tang Rou didn't appear in this team competition and was replaced by Qiao Yifan. On Samsara's side, Wu Qi, the Assassin from last round, sat in the player area, with Du Ming as the sixth player.
As for the opportunity to appear in a match, especially on such a big stage like the finals, every player looked forward to it and cherished it. Du Ming's chances to appear in the team competition weren't as stable as Samsara's core players. Being able to appear in the team competition in the finals was quite rare.
But even so, it couldn't stop Du Ming from looking forward to it. But when he saw that Happy's lineups didn't include Tang Rou, his hopes immediately vanished.
What a pity!
Du Ming was just about to sigh, when he suddenly saw the expressions on his teammates' faces. He immediately swallowed his sigh.
It's not appropriate!
It's such a rare opportunity to appear on stage, yet he was still regretting that it wasn't appropriate.
Du Ming thought to himself. He sorted out his emotions and walked forward with his head held high. He was the first to walk onto the stage.
"Tang Rou actually didn't appear." Behind him, Jiang Botao and Fang Minghua whispered to each other as they walked.
"Yeah, we miscalculated," Fang Minghua said.
"But Du Ming's condition today is really good," Jiang Botao said.
"Didn't I say it earlier? The power of love," Fang Minghua said.
"But love isn't on stage yet!" Jiang Botao said.
"But love is watching from the sidelines!" Fang Minghua said.
"If I had known earlier, I would have let him go first," Jiang Botao said.
"We'll adjust it during the match!" Fang Minghua said.
Soon, the players of the two teams, each with six players, lined up on stage and began the pre-match greetings.
Zhou Zekai didn't say much. Basically, a smile was enough to greet someone. The first greeting from Samsara's side was from their vice-captain, Jiang Botao.
"The group arena was very exciting," Jiang Botao said as he shook Ye Xiu's hand.
"The more exciting part is yet to come," Ye Xiu smiled.
"I hope senior isn't so scary," Jiang Botao said.
"Are you scared?" Ye Xiu said.
"A little, but no matter how scared I am, I still have to go!" Jiang Botao said.
"Why force yourself?" Ye Xiu smiled.
"You two … are you done chatting?" Su Mucheng, who was right behind Ye Xiu, couldn't take it anymore. This was the pre-match greeting procedure. Usually, the two teams lined up and then, starting from the two team captains, shook hands one by one. But as soon as Ye Xiu grabbed hold of Samsara's second-ranked vice-captain, Jiang Botao, the two started chatting, causing the team to be stuck at a standstill. Everyone at the back was staring at each other with wide eyes!
"Ha, Sister Su is getting impatient." Jiang Botao could chat with anyone. After letting Ye Xiu go, he immediately started chatting with Su Mucheng, who was in second place in Happy's team.
Every match had its own procedure. No one would pay too much attention to what was going on. Soon, the two teams finished greeting each other. Under the referee's instructions, they walked towards the player booths.
At this moment, Samsara's home stadium exploded with cheers.
Even though they had lost two points in the group arena, the true result would only be known after the team competition. It was very common for teams to win by two points in a team competition. As a result, Samsara and their fans, who were lagging behind, weren't worried.
So what if they were lagging behind by two points? As long as they could catch up in the team competition, wouldn't that be fine? If they caught up, then they would win today's match and the finals. They would be the champions and start a new dynasty of Samsara!
This historical moment was very likely to be born today. This gave Samsara's players and fans endless motivation. This allowed them to maintain their tenacity even though they were down by two points.
And Happy was facing a match that they couldn't lose. Winning by two points in the group arena wasn't enough. They had to win the team competition as well. Only then would they have a chance to win the third round. Otherwise, their journey this season would come to an end here. No one wanted to see that happen.
"Good luck!" The players of the two teams cheered each other on one last time before entering the player booths one after another.
The referee looked at the time.
This was a match that could go down in history. They had to maintain everything to the best of their ability.
The second hand turned. When it reached 21: 25, the referee announced the start of the match!
Loading. Map loading. Characters loading. The loading progress bars seemed to be filled with murderous intent, as if they were arguing with each other about who was first and who was last.
Lord Grim, loading complete.
Cloud Piercer, loading complete.
Dancing Rain, loading complete.
Empty Waves, loading complete.
… …
In the end, the map finished loading. The match officially began!
Map: Sark City's Warehouse.
It was a town map, but because of the warehouse's large size, this map had a large indoor area, giving it a sense of multiple levels that normal maps didn't have. And inside the warehouse, there were all sorts of goods stacked up, creating a maze-like terrain. Moreover, some of the goods might even be useful in battle. If a team didn't use this map often, they might not be able to grasp it clearly.
Pan Lin and Li Yibo introduced the map to the audience. The characters of the two teams had already spawned on the map.
This map was taken from one of the main cities in the Heavenly Domain, Sark City's Warehouse. It was an asymmetrical map. The two teams spawned on the east and west sides each had their own terrain that they could take advantage of. But the away team Happy clearly needed to observe to understand the map. As for the home team, Samsara, as soon as they spawned, the entire team set out. They didn't go straight, but instead headed southwest.
On top of the warehouse in the southwest direction, there was an additional chimney. It was lonely, but it was the highest point on the map.
Samsara seemed to be heading in this direction, but this chimney was closer to Happy's spawn point. And because it was so conspicuous on the map, it was quickly seen by Happy.
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My condition tonight really wasn't good. I'd only finished this chapter now. I'll try to write more during the day!
Recently, everyone has been working very hard to get on the leaderboards. Apart from updating, there's nothing I can give back to everyone. Yesterday, I asked Soaring Wind for a lucky draw software. It's a bit complicated, but I'm still researching it.
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