Blue Rain's loss in this round could be seen by anyone with a bit of insight: Yu Wenzhou's tactical arrangement was very reasonable, Huang Shaotian's Blade Master was waiting for an opportunity to strike as usual, and Lu Hanwen's Drifting Cloud had taken the initiative to charge ahead. He said that Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain was too far away from him and was somewhat out of sync, but the reason for that was because his Drifting Cloud had moved too quickly. He was out of sync with the entire team.
How could this kind of mistake escape the sharp eyes of Wang Jiexi? Micrograss quickly launched a wave of attacks. The three cut off the support, and the two Witches, Vaccaria and Kind Tree, attacked first. In the end, Blue Rain was just half a beat too slow, causing Lu Hanwen's Drifting Cloud to be destroyed in one wave of attacks. From then on, they were forced into a passive position until they lost this round.
In the end, in the post-match press conference, Team Blue Rain pushed the blame to each other without being serious at all, vaguely saying that they had let down the entire team. This was the team's way of protecting the child Lu Hanwen, but at the same time, it let people see that Lu Hanwen, the youngest player in the Alliance, had an extraordinarily big heart.
Even Micrograss' Wang Jiexi didn't mention Lu Hanwen's mistake in the press conference, but he praised his mental state after the mistake, pointing out that this was something that all players could learn from.
Even on Team Happy's side, Lu Hanwen became a teaching example.
"The new generation in the Yangtze River pushes on the old, and the old die in panic!" Ye Xiu saw Wang Jiexi's praise for Lu Hanwen and began to sigh.
"Who are you talking about, you bastard!" Someone immediately jumped up.
Wei Chen. Ye Xiu was obviously talking about him. Because Wei Chen had been a bit unsettled recently. The reason was none other than the fact that the Challenger League was already in its fifth round, and there were only about 800 teams left. After this round, there would only be about 400 teams left. Happy and Excellent Era were naturally left behind in these four hundred plus teams. And now, the probability of encountering Excellent Era was much higher than when there were over ten thousand teams. Therefore, Wei Chen immediately became nervous again. Happy, it was still too early for them to meet the Excellent Era.
Now that he saw Team Blue Rain's 14-year-old player, Lu Hanwen, acting like a great general, Ye Xiu naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity to provoke Wei Chen. This move was really effective. After Wei Chen angrily jumped up from his seat, he immediately admitted that he definitely couldn't be worse than a junior. With a gloomy face, he went to the side to adjust his state of mind.
Lu Hanwen's strong mental fortitude had already surpassed his skills and was a talent that was favored by others. More and more people began to sincerely acknowledge that this was indeed an amazing kid.
Team Wind Howl was the only team that had clearly hit the wall like Lu Hanwen. It wasn't just one person hitting the wall, but rather the entire team. At the beginning of the season, they had been in the lead the entire time. But starting from Round 8, their results began to fluctuate. After getting a season low of 4 points in Round 8, they had two consecutive 2 points in Round 9 and Round 10, and only managed to get 5 points in Round 11.
Tang Hao was unquestionably a God-level player. In the beginning, he had integrated into Wind Howl, a team that had always used Brawlers as their core, and their chemistry had been quite good. But at the same time, after several rounds, a few problems in the process of getting used to each other were gradually exposed. The experienced teams naturally seized the tail and stomped on it fiercely. After four rounds, Wind Howl still hadn't adjusted properly, and immediately slipped out of the lead.
Under the same circumstances, the old generals gave all of their fellow Glory players a good lesson. Team Tyranny, after steadily accumulating points match after match, was now firmly at the top of the leaderboard. Team Tyranny was also a new team with new members, but they didn't seem to have any problems getting used to each other. After eleven rounds, everyone was no longer talking about whether Team Tyranny could continue to lead, but whether Team Tyranny could break the record of 9 points set by Team Excellent Era in Season 2 in the Alliance with such a steady and outstanding performance. Currently, Team Tyranny, with 97 points in 11 rounds and an average of 8.8 points per match, was still a bit away from the record. They needed to perform even more strongly in the future.
As for the other team, Team Hundred Blossoms, their hard times were finally over. After a disappointing start, Team Hundred Blossoms finally found their groove again. The new duo was maturing day by day, especially Zou Yuan. His control of the new Spitfire character, Bright Blossoms, was getting better and better, making people more and more believe that Zou Yuan's use of the God-level Spitfire character Dazzling Hundred Blossoms after Zhang Jiale's retirement last season wasn't an excessive and hasty decision. Now that he had a custom-made character, Zou Yuan's performance was getting better and better by the day. Team Hundred Blossoms had climbed out of the mud of relegation and was steadily rising.
Speaking of the mud of relegation, there was another team that had always been at the bottom: Heavenly Swords.
Heavenly Swords' situation was actually somewhat similar to Happy's. Having a weak foundation meant that they were weak, but it also meant that there was a lot of room for improvement. After Lou Guanning took a portion of Team Everlasting's foundation, Team Heavenly Swords' strength immediately soared. Their original 20 pieces of Silver equipment suddenly expanded to 41 pieces. Even though some of them weren't complete sets, and some of them might even be the best choice for other classes, as long as they could increase the strength of their characters, they would all equip them. As for Heavenly Swords, even Ye Xiu didn't understand the technical team, they were clearly putting more effort into researching Silver equipment. Every round, Heavenly Swords' characters' equipment seemed to change.
As their strength continued to increase, their results also continued to improve. In Round 11, Team Heavenly Swords' home game against 301 Degrees ended with a score of 7 to 3. This was the first time this season that they had scored more than half of their points, and they had also stepped out of the relegation zone. Their opponent this round was 301 Degrees, who had always been a mid-tier team with stable results. From time to time, they would even put a foot in the door of the playoffs. But this summer, after their Knight player, Xu Bin, left the team, their results had dropped significantly. The All Star Assassin, captain Yang Cong, seemed to be having a hard time keeping things together.
Xu Bin, who had been given the title of "Grind King" due to his unsightly passive playstyle, had once been a player who wasn't very popular among his own fans. Now that he had left the team, his importance was suddenly highlighted. The fans missed him in all sorts of ways, but it was already too late. Xu Bin, who had taken over the All Star Knight character Angelica from Micrograss, was now fully displaying his talents. This season, Xu Bin played a huge part in the success of Micrograss' dual Magic Path playstyle.
The incomparably lively Season 9 was a feast for the eyes of Glory fans. But immediately after, on November 18th, another Monday, Glory officials announced a piece of news that shook the entire Glory community.
For this year's anniversary celebration, apart from the opening of Glory's eleventh server, there would be a new expansion. Glory's level cap, which hadn't been touched in three years, would be raised to Level 75. New quests, new dungeons, new skills, new equipment, new maps … …
For players who enjoyed playing online games, this update was of course incomparably happy. But for the ongoing Pro League, such a big change like the game's update would bring even more unforeseen changes. The already lively Season 9 would become even more confusing.
For the pro team's characters, rapidly leveling up to Level 75 wasn't a problem at all. But along with the level increase, there would be changes to their stats, skills, and equipment, which would inevitably lead to some changes in their tactics. And all of this would happen while they fumbled around. The originally stable situation of the season might very well be thrown into chaos because of this change.
The pro teams obviously didn't like this kind of unforeseen event. But for a game like Glory that was a combination of the MMORPG and the Pro League, it was destined that they wouldn't be able to escape this kind of change. It was just that this update wasn't placed during the summer break, but rather a third of the way through the Pro League. This was a bit abnormal. During the Pro League, not only did they have to run and level, they also had to hurry and research new skills and equipment. If they were even a step slower, they might fall behind in the Pro League. This season was destined to be very busy.
But even so, for the experienced veterans, this kind of situation wasn't unfamiliar to them. This was because Glory had only been stuck at Level 70 for a relatively long time. Before, it had started at Level 50, then Level 55, Level 60, Level 65, and then Level 70.
And the Pro League was only in its ninth season. Of the previous eight seasons, Glory had been stuck at Level 70 for three years. Of the five years before that, four years had been spent fighting in the Pro League. When the news of this update came out, the veterans, who had been working hard since then, suddenly remembered those glorious days.
Level 70 had been stuck at Level 70 for three years. But who would believe that Glory would be stuck at Level 70 and never update again? As a result, even though the Level 70 update hadn't been released for a long time, the pro teams had always been preparing for it. The most basic thing was that they had to have enough materials for all kinds of Silver equipment. When the Level 75 update came out, they immediately had to research new materials and upgrade their Silver equipment to the new level.
And after this news came out, the Alliance immediately announced: During the update week, the fourteenth round of the Pro League would be suspended for a week.
This was obviously to prepare for the update and give the teams more time to adjust. At the same time, the Challenger League would also be suspended for a week.
And this news made Wei Chen, who had just adjusted his mood, feel dark again.
Clearly, this wasn't good news for Happy. Team Excellent Era had prepared for this kind of update. They had years of materials in reserve, but Happy didn't have any! Happy's materials had all been carefully gathered by Ye Xiu. They couldn't afford to fail. Under these circumstances, Happy couldn't afford to rush their equipment up to the completely unknown Level 75!
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