In the second stage of the regular season, there would be a knockout round. The bottom two teams in Group S would cross over with the top two teams in Group A. The team with the highest points would enter Group S, while the team with the lowest points would drop back to Group A.
The knockout round was set up to prevent the weak teams from entering Group S and the strong teams from dropping into Group A.
After the match, the Tianheng team returned backstage and went straight to Yueying's lounge.
Xu Zhuo immediately walked up to Chi Shuo and hugged him, smiling, "Good job!"
Ye Shaoyang took the initiative to sit beside Xie Weiyu. Xie Weiyu smiled at him, "Your lineup today was quite interesting. You won beautifully."
Ye Shaoyang said softly, "Next up is the knockout round. We'll be fighting Yaoguang."
Xie Weiyu quickly adjusted his mood and said, "I'll do my best."
The two teams stayed at the venue to watch the last match of Group S, Yaoguang VS Huowen, and lost in the end. At this point, the second round of the regular season was over.
Group S, Yaoguang lost 4 and won 1. Wolf Clan lost 5 and won 0. They were facing the risk of being relegated.
Group A, Tianheng and Yueying were qualified to advance.
These four teams would be placed in the "knockout round" and compete against each other.
In other words, Tianheng VS Yaoguang and Wolf Clan, Yueying VS Yaoguang and Wolf Clan, and the top two teams in Group A and bottom two teams in Group S would compete against each other. In the end, Group S would be decided based on the number of wins and the number of wins.
The knockout round was scheduled for next weekend at the Star City eSports Center.
Xu Zhuo took the initiative to treat everyone to supper. The members of the Tianheng and Yueying teams went to a nearby hot pot. Chi Shuo, Xu Zhuo, Ye Shaoyang, and Xie Weiyu sat at the same table.
Xu Zhuo said straightforwardly, "Wolf Clan has lost five times in a row in Group S. They are not strong enough to stay in Group S. It should not be difficult to beat them. The key is still Yaoguang... Chi Shuo, what do you think?"
Chi Shuo said faintly, "In the elimination round, the points of all four teams will be reset to zero. The top two teams will be selected based on the number of wins and net points. If we beat Wolf Clan, it would be best if we could get 20 points and get 2 points. If we beat Yaoguang, as long as both of our teams beat them, they will undoubtedly be relegated. "
Xie Weiyu suddenly said, "Yaoguang is not weak. Their results in Group S are not good, but they just can't keep up with the pace." Everyone turned to look at him. Xie Weiyu's face was pale, but he spoke very seriously, "I have led this team before. Yaoguang's top and mid laner are all very good players. This season, the marksman Yumao, although..."
Ye Shaoyang finished for him, "Although he is very arrogant, he does have some skills. His [Sharpshooter] is very good. He is very accurate at long-range sniping and has even gotten a pentakill. "
Xie Weiyu forced a smile and nodded, "Yes. So we can't be careless. "
Xu Zhuo frowned, "This little brat has just debuted, and he is already so arrogant. Their boss is even more disgusting. He often buys a water army to create hype. He publishes one article after another and has bought a lot of media outlets. I think we should not surf the Internet for the next week. Who knows, we might see some negative news about ourselves. "
The arrangements for the elimination round were quickly released.
May 8th, Saturday night, 19: 00 Tianheng VS Yaoguang. 21: 00 Yueying VS Wolf Clan.
May 9th, Sunday night, 19: 00 Yueying VS Yaoguang. 21: 00 Tianheng VS Wolf Clan.
After these four games, two new members of Group S would be officially admitted according to the rules of the number of wins and net points. The remaining two would be demoted back to Group A.
The week passed very peacefully. Tianheng also seized the time to practice their lineup. On Friday morning, everyone flew to Star City. Ye Shaoyang was bored on the way to the hotel. He opened Weibo and saw a trending topic — —
# God Wars S10 Marksman Strength Rankings #
A blogger with the ID "God Wars Professional Statistician" posted a ranking that compared the performance of each team's marksman this season, including the number of kills per game, KDA score, MVP number, and so on.
Ranked first was Zhao Xinping's sister from Northern Shepherd. She had won a total of 11 MVP awards.
Ranked second was actually Yaoguang's marksman, Yumao.
He had won ten MVPs, including the eight MVPs he had won in Group A and the two MVPs he had won in Group S by winning a few rounds.
He had an average of seven kills per game and a KDA score of 9.5. His record was very impressive.
Ranked third was Jing Zhe's marksman, JZ-Im Round.
Xie Yuan had won six MVP awards. It was not that he was bad, but more than half of Jing Zhe's MVP awards had been taken away by Fang Zhengqing. They obviously had no intention of fighting for the MVP award this season. They would not give in to each other. Whoever wanted to take the award would take it.
Further down were the marksmen from Group S and Group A.
Group B had been eliminated and would not be included in the statistics.
Xie Weiyu was ranked sixth.
As for Cheng Xing...
He was ranked last.
Cheng Xing's statistics were indeed pitiful. He had only won two MVP awards and only had three kills per game.
Most of the marksmen were the core of the team's damage output. Tianheng's midlaner had performed too well and had lost most of their kills to Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang. Ye Shaoyang had won the most MVP awards, so Cheng Xing's ranking among the marksmen was poor.
In fact, it was meaningless to single out a single position on the ranking.
Every team's situation was different. The key reason why Tianheng's marksmen had a poor record was that their midlaner had won too many MVP awards. For example, Jing Zhe's Xie Yuan was ranked lower than Yaoguang Yumao. Did that mean that Xie Yuan was worse than Yumao?
Yaoguang VS Jing Zhe, didn't they still lose?
Moreover, so what if they won more MVP awards in Group A?
If they couldn't win the MVP award in Group S, it meant that they were still not good enough.
Ye Shaoyang glanced at the comments section. Sure enough, a group of fans had started to brainlessly praise Yaoguang's new marksman.
Yumao was still a rookie, but he had won 10 MVP awards. How amazing!
Feather was the most eye-catching shooter of the season with five kills in his debut.
Last season, the top three marksmen in the league were Beimu Xinping, Jing Zhe Yuanyuan, and Yaoguang Xiao Yu. This season, the top three marksmen should be Beimu Xinping, Jing Zhe Yuanyuan, and Yaoguang Yumao!
Xiao Yu was already done for. His record was so bad that it was unbearable to look at. Putting him and Sister Xinping together was an insult to Sister Xinping.
After he went to Yueying, Yueying's results dropped drastically. He was simply a cancer to the team.
You're all talking about Xiao Yu. Did no one notice Fanxing, who was ranked last?
Tianheng's Little Xingxing had won the most times in the league this season.
Little Xingxing was either dying or on his way to death. Tianheng's bottom lane had been turned into a dead lane by him.
If not for his master being the captain of Tianheng, would he have been able to play in the starting lineup?
Lieyang was still quite good, but Xingxing was the weakest marksman in the league. No one would have any objections, right?
Who asked him to have an amazing master? His master's master was also a shareholder of Tianheng.
If he was placed in any other team, he would be scolded to death. If he was placed in Tianheng, he could just lie down and win.
Tianheng Fanxing, he could just lie down and win.
Ye Shaoyang frowned. The timing of this ranking was too coincidental.
During the Pro League, the officials would release a ranking of all the players. The sudden release of the "Marksman Ranking" today highlighted Yaoguang Yumao's excellent results and Xie Weiyu's and Cheng Xing's terrible results.
You couldn't just look at a single position when looking at the statistics. This was a principle that all pro players understood.
If you singled out Qin Yizhu, he would also be the top laner in the Pro League. This was because his role in Tianheng was to carry, resist pressure, and take damage for his teammates. He would definitely die a lot.
But the netizens didn't care about this. They took the opportunity to mock Xie Weiyu and Cheng Xing.
It was hard not to think too much about this.
Moreover, the style of the comments was very strange. Some pretended to be Zhao Xinping's fans and took the opportunity to trample on Xie Weiyu. They said that Xiao Yu wasn't worthy of being compared to the top marksmen in the league. Some pretended to be Jing Zhe's fans and mocked Cheng Xing. They even made up a rhyming phrase, "Tianheng Fanxing, he could just lie down and win."
There were always a lot of keyboard warriors and anti-fans online. But most of the time, they were picked out and scolded when they lost a match. For example, if Tianheng lost, it would be Cheng Xing's fault. It was normal for anti-fans to suddenly appear and scold him.
But today, Tianheng didn't even play a match. They had won the previous match beautifully. Suddenly, a bunch of people came out and scolded Cheng Xing as the "League's Noblest Marksman." This was a little strange.
Ye Shaoyang sent the link to the topic to Chi Shuo and typed: "Is Yaoguang behind this again?"
Chi Shuo: "Most likely. I saw it just now. The timing of this ranking was very clever. "
Ye Shaoyang frowned. "We have a match tomorrow. Don't let Little Xing see it. It will affect his mental state."
Chi Shuo: "… He already saw it."
Ye Shaoyang turned his head and saw Cheng Xing picking up his phone and scrolling through Weibo. His face was very pale.
Little Xing had a habit. Every time he went to a new city for a match, he would take photos and post them on his WeChat Moments as a souvenir. But everyone had been to Star City many times. Last year's playoffs were hosted here. There was nothing to take photos of on the way from the airport to the hotel, so he was bored and started scrolling through Weibo. He happened to see this topic.
The League's Noblest Marksman.
His record was so bad that he couldn't even look at it.
If his master wasn't the captain of Tianheng, he wouldn't have been able to play in the starting lineup.
Tianheng Fanxing. His ability won by lying down.
Those mocking and ridiculing comments made Cheng Xing's face turn uglier and uglier.
The teenager's fingers stiffened as he held his phone. His eyes were a little red. These words were like needles that stabbed into the depths of his heart and poked his most sensitive nerve.
He had been winning by lying down. If it weren't for Brother Yang and his master, he wouldn't have been able to turn the tide.
He was indeed … the weakest player in Tianheng.
Suddenly, his phone was taken away. Cheng Xing looked up and saw Ye Shaoyang smiling. "Don't keep staring at your phone. Think about what to eat later."
In the front seat, the team leader, Tang Can, who already knew about this, immediately followed the topic. "We won't be eating at the hotel tonight. I booked a restaurant for everyone. Let's go eat lobster!"
There was a burst of cheers in the car.
Cheng Xing took a deep breath and pretended to be relaxed. "Okay, I like lobster too."
No one took the initiative to mention this matter. The group of people had dinner happily.
After returning to the hotel, Chi Shuo was about to talk to Cheng Xing when he heard a knock on the door. He opened the door and saw Ye Shaoyang standing at the door. "Captain Chi, do you want to talk to Little Xing? After all, he's still young. If his mentality is affected by this matter, I'm worried that he will make mistakes tomorrow. "
The two of them thought of the same thing again.
Chi Shuo whispered, "I was just about to go. Let's go."
In the room next door, Cheng Xing had just washed his face. He turned on his laptop and was about to log into Weibo when the doorbell suddenly rang. He opened the door and saw Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang standing at the door.
Cheng Xing was stunned. He scratched his head and said, "Master, Brother Yang, are you looking for me?"
The two of them walked in. Ye Shaoyang said bluntly, "Did you see the topic on Weibo?"
Cheng Xing lowered his head. "Yeah."
Ye Shaoyang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You really took it seriously? This is obviously Yaoguang's psychological warfare. It's not like you don't know how they used to slander me. "
Cheng Xing was stunned. "Huh? Is it Yaoguang's doing? " He thought that some netizens had really made this shooter ranking list. The data on the list was indeed correct. His record … was really ugly at the moment.
Chi Shuo looked at his disciple and said calmly, "They wanted to slander Shaoyang before, but they realized that Shaoyang was too arrogant to slander, so they changed their target. The game is tomorrow. If your mentality collapses and you make mistakes during the game, Yaoguang will be able to win Tianheng and keep their position in Group S. Do you understand? "
Cheng Xing was stunned. "Can, can they do that?"
Ye Shaoyang said, "There are 18 teams in the Pro League. There will always be some weird clubs that don't play by the rules. Don't take this to heart. Your record isn't good at the moment. It's not because you're weak, but because everyone is looking out for me. They want me to be the MVP of the season, so they gave me a lot of kills. "
Cheng Xing remembered the discussion in the group. They did say that they wanted Shaoyang to be the MVP of the season.
At this moment, his phone rang. A message popped up in the "Tianheng Family" group that Qujiang had created.
Jiang Shui: "Little Xing, are you there? I'm here to find you. I made the third episode of the "100 Ways to Die" series.
Fanxing: "…"
Candle: "I'm here too. I just went to the supermarket to buy a lot of snacks."
The doorbell rang again. Cheng Xing opened the door and saw Qujiang and Qin Yizhu.
Seeing that Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang were also there, the two of them were stunned for a moment and exchanged a knowing look.
After entering the house, Qujiang opened the video he made on his laptop and played it for Cheng Xing. "The third episode," Little Xing's Way to Die Collection ". It's a compilation of all the clips of you being killed in Group B and Group A. The music is even sadder."
Cheng Xing was originally sad, but when he heard the sad music, he laughed. "Brother Qu, you're too much!"
Ye Shaoyang reached out his hand and gently rubbed Cheng Xing's head. "Don't think too much. We'll always be by your side. They want to break your mentality before the game. Don't fall for their trick. "
Cheng Xing felt a warm current in his heart. He nodded seriously. "Okay, I know. I won't think about it anymore. Tomorrow, we'll beat Yaoguang!"
Qin Yizhu: "That's right. Beat Yaoguang!"
When Coach Lin came over, he saw that all five members of Tianheng were there. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Sigh, as a coach, I'm supposed to do the psychological counseling for the team members before the game. You guys beat me to it again?"
Qujiang suggested, "Coach, you can just give us half of your salary next month."
Qin Yizhu: "That's right. Give us half."
Coach Lin walked over and looked at Cheng Xing. He saw that the little guy's expression had returned to normal and there was a smile in his eyes. Obviously, this matter was over.
Coach Lin breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Then I won't say much. Tomorrow, everyone, do your best. "
He took the initiative to extend his hand. Everyone immediately folded their hands and shouted in unison, "Tianheng, do your best!"
The coach and the team members left Cheng Xing's room one by one.
Chi Shuo was the last to leave. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and looked at Cheng Xing. Cheng Xing was walking everyone out. When he saw his master look at him, he immediately froze. The teenager's legs were together and his posture was upright, as if he was about to salute.
He was really afraid of his master.
Chi Shuo's lips curled up slightly. He said in a low voice, "I'm not an emotional person. Letting you play in the starting lineup has nothing to do with whether you're my disciple or not. It's because your talent is outstanding enough. You're the best player in Tianheng's training camp. "
Cheng Xing was stunned for a moment. He looked up at Chi Shuo in disbelief.
"Don't worry about those rumors. From this season onwards, you're not just my disciple. "Chi Shuo paused and looked at the teenager in front of him gently." You're also my teammate. "
You're not just my disciple, you're also my teammate.
This simple sentence was the greatest recognition for Cheng Xing!
He had decided to become an esports player and join Tianheng because he was a fan of Chi Shuo. Therefore, he had shamelessly acknowledged Chi Shuo as his master and learned to play in the jungle from Chi Shuo.
But now, he was no longer Chi Shuo's fan, disciple, or follower.
He was Chi Shuo's teammate.
He needed to fight side by side with Chi Shuo. He needed to face all the setbacks and difficulties together with Chi Shuo. He needed to grow and mature as soon as possible. He needed to become his master's assistant, not a little disciple who was protected by Chi Shuo.
Cheng Xing looked up at Chi Shuo. The teenager's eyes were red, but his expression was resolute. He took a deep breath and said seriously, "I know. Don't worry, Captain Chi. I won't screw up during the game! "
Chi Shuo smiled and patted the teenager on the shoulder. "Good luck."
Outside the door, Ye Shaoyang watched this scene with mixed feelings.
Chi Shuo was really a good captain. Wasn't it the good fortune of the people of Tianheng to have met Chi Shuo?
Tianheng did not have the strength to become a world champion at the moment.
However, Ye Shaoyang believed that with Cheng Xing's growth and Qu Jiang's adaptation to the support position, Tian Huan would eventually become a team of 5 people working together as one. They would have no weaknesses and would be indestructible!
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