April quickly passed by. In this month, the Pro Alliance had completed five regular season matches, with only two remaining. Many of the rankings had already been settled. First was the regular season's first place. It looked like Blue Rain wouldn't have any problems taking it. In these five matches, Team Blue Rain had displayed their usual consistency. With two matches remaining, they were still ahead of the second place Samsara by five points. Their opponents in the last two matches were teams that had no hope of making it to the playoffs, but had no chance of being relegated either. Being five points ahead of Samsara under these circumstances didn't seem like Blue Rain's style at all. As a result, most people had already accepted the fact that Team Blue Rain would be first in the regular season.
As for the remaining second to fourth place, although their points had changed slightly after these five matches, their rankings hadn't changed. They were still Samsara, Micrograss, and Tyranny. After this, Misty Rain was locked into fifth place, while Void was locked into sixth place. Both of them had already secured a spot in the playoffs.
Seventh place was 301 Degrees. There was still a theoretical possibility that they would lose a spot in the playoffs. As a result, this theoretical possibility, in other words, was a miracle. This didn't happen often, so 301 Degrees' entry into the playoffs was already a foregone conclusion.
The final spot would be decided between Wind Howl and Thunderclap. The former contenders, Royal Style, had completely lost their chance. As for Team Hundred Blossoms, they were similar to Team 301. They only had a theoretical chance, so of course, they were considered eliminated from the competition.
As a result, in the last two matches, the only ones who would be worried were the fans of Wind Howl and Thunderclap. But no matter what, one of the two teams would eventually be kicked out of the playoffs. This was the ruthlessness of competition in the pro scene.
Compared to the competition for a spot in the playoffs, the two eliminated positions were not very popular. Moreover, they usually did not attract much attention from the fans. After all, in this long season, there were a total of 38 matches. Under the test of a full score of 380 points, the two teams that would fall to the bottom could really be called the two lousy teams. It wasn't that there weren't people who liked such a team, but there definitely wouldn't be many of them. Naturally, there wouldn't be much attention on them.
However, this year was an exception. Excellent Era, a team that had once created a dynasty of miracles, seemed to be determined to create a miracle this season. Excellent Era's elimination was a theoretical possibility. Everyone, from the industry insiders to the media and fans, thought that it was possible. However, the Excellent Era seemed to be good at creating miracles. They wanted to turn this theory into reality.
It was just that such a miracle really hurt those close to him and delighted those who hated him.
In the last two rounds, the 20th place team Mysterious Fantasy would be eliminated. However, no one cared about the life and death of this team that had been in the last place since the beginning of the season. On the other hand, Excellent Era continued to fall to the second last place and was relegated. This was already the topic of countless commentators and writers this season.
However, because Excellent Era wasn't as stable as Mysterious Fantasy, there were still some ups and downs. As a result, there were still quite a few comments reminiscing about the past. According to the statistics of those who were paying attention, Excellent Era seemed determined to be relegated this season, but in reality, they were still pacing back and forth outside the relegation gate most of the time. This was actually only the second time that they had actually made such a comeback.
Then when was the first time?
Excellent Era's fans quickly remembered. It was still winter at that time. At that time, their captain for seven years, Ye Qiu, had announced his retirement from Excellent Era. At that time, Sun Jia, a second-year genius who had already become a God, came to Excellent Era and took the most legendary character in Glory, Battle God One Leaf Of Autumn.
At that time, everyone had been disappointed. At that time, they had been hopeful. At that time, they had hoped to see a miracle.
And now, a miracle had really happened!
However, this wasn't a miracle that they wanted to see. Even when Excellent Era fell to the second last place for the first time in the winter, when the fans' hearts were as cold as the weather, they still didn't believe that such a thing would happen. But this time, with only two matches left, Excellent Era was only five points behind the eighteenth place team, Bright Green.
Coincidentally, this difference was the same as the difference between Samsara and Blue Rain. Because Team Blue Rain was stable, everyone already thought that Blue Rain would be in first place. But here? Everyone also thought that this was a foregone conclusion because Excellent Era was also very stable. The difference was that Blue Rain was steadily gaining points, while Excellent Era was steadily losing points. These two teams should have been equally famous powerhouses, but now, they were very different from each other. Fortunately, Blue Rain and Excellent Era didn't have any disputes. If it were Tyranny, who had been rivals for so many years, who knew how many topics of ridicule would have popped up.
Even now, Excellent Era received more and more ridicule from those who hit them while they were down. After all, a tall tree attracts the wind. Many people had hoped that they would be unlucky! However, they had always thought that Excellent Era's relegation was just a fantasy. Who would have thought that it would actually become reality? This was the climax of their fantasies. Countless people were overjoyed.
On the other hand, Excellent Era's fans were unexpectedly calm. Apart from Excellent Era's poor performance, which made them somewhat numb, Excellent Era's public relations also played a role. In Excellent Era's statement, they called this season an "unparalleled disappointment" and said that the team was currently in an "unprecedented predicament". They also said that the club had been "sparing no effort", but "the problem has yet to be solved".
In the statement, they even mentioned that the club had tried to contact the retired captain Ye Qiu, hoping that Ye Qiu could help them find the problem as a consultant. Unfortunately, Ye Qiu had rejected them.
This was undoubtedly a small tactic to shift the hatred. On one hand, it showed that they had been working hard, and on the other hand, it was also a tactful way to explain why the problem couldn't be solved. When this report came out, Chen Guo was so angry that she slammed the table and scolded them for being shameless. However, many fans believed this and thus, there were many dissatisfied comments about Ye Qiu. However, when Ye Xiu saw the news, he only said one sentence: "It's the truth!"
"It's true, but what do they mean by this! It's as if Excellent Era's mess was also your responsibility! "Chen Guo continued to be angry.
At this moment, Wei Chen looked at Chen Guo strangely: "Isn't it his responsibility? If he hadn't wiped out Team One in the game, no matter how bad Excellent Era's performance was, they wouldn't have been in such a mess. They actually fell to the point of being relegated. "
"They reaped what they sowed," Chen Guo emphasized.
"Women! Cowardly kindness, but unreasonable protectiveness. It's in their nature, "Wei Chen lamented.
"Don't argue, don't argue." Ye Xiu hurriedly stopped the two.
"It's my responsibility that Excellent Era was relegated." Ye Xiu expressed his grief. He didn't wait for Chen Guo to refute and immediately continued: "But who knew that wiping them out in the game would turn out like this? No one wanted something like this to happen. However, results couldn't be forced. They're still young and have plenty of opportunities. The most important thing is that they can't give up so easily. I don't know what they plan to do in the future. Sigh, too many things have happened recently. I want to be alone for a bit. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first. "
After Ye Xiu finished speaking, he took out a cigarette and left. Wei Chen and Chen Guo looked at each other. After a long time, Chen Guo finally said: "Why does that sound so familiar?"
"… …" Wei Chen.
Excellent Era's relegation didn't change because of anyone's discussion. On May 13th, the Glory Professional Alliance's season eight regular season finale finally put an end to all of the variables.
Blue Rain, Samsara, Micrograss, Tyranny, Misty Rain, Void, 301 Degrees, and Thunder entered the playoffs. The other teams finished their Season 8 matches a week after the start of the summer. Excellent Era, ranked 19th, and Mysterious Fantasy, ranked 20th, were the two teams that had been relegated. In the history of the Alliance, being relegated was very likely the beginning of a team's disappearance. But this time, Excellent Era was one of the teams that had been relegated. This once glorious team naturally led to countless debates.
Some people began to mourn the fall of a dynasty, while others were confident that Excellent Era wouldn't fall.
Excellent Era's club also quickly made a statement after the final rankings were confirmed. They admitted that this season had been a disaster, but it definitely wasn't the end of the world. Following that, a series of comforting announcements were made. The team's ace player, Sun Xiang, wouldn't leave the team because of this. The weight of the announcement was very heavy.
But a one-sided statement wasn't enough to make people believe it. Not long after, Sun Xiang also admitted in an interview that he would be with Excellent Era through this most difficult time. At the same time, he described a series of heartwarming events that he had received from everyone in the club since joining Excellent Era. This proved that even though he had only joined Excellent Era for half a year, the friendship between the two sides hadn't faded in the slightest. It wouldn't be shaken by relegation at all.
"In next season's Challenger League, I will lead Excellent Era back to this stage!" Sun Xiang said to the reporter with a confident smile at the end of the interview.
The above was the end of the interview. Chen Guo, who was reading the newspaper, couldn't help but vomit.
Sun Xiang, of course, wasn't the only Excellent Era player that the media wanted to interview.
Excellent Era's other super popular player, the All Star Su Mucheng. There was also the vice-captain, Liu Hao, who seemed to be supporting the entire team. There were also other first and second string players. The reporters were everywhere, trying to dig up as much information about Excellent Era as possible.
But unfortunately, whether it was because of personal reasons or because of the club, these people all refused to be interviewed by the media. This made the perceptive media feel that Excellent Era wasn't as calm as they appeared to be. But under the cover of this calm, what kind of movements would there be?
Right now wasn't a good time to dig into this. After all, after two weeks of rest, the season's climax: the battle for the season's championship would begin. No matter what, at this time, these eight teams should be the focus of attention in the Glory circle.
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Excellent Era had been eliminated! Everyone knew what the main event was going to be. What would everyone's future be like? This really was a long term preview. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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