Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 6: Encounter Finals
When I hurried to find the defeated Afeng and wanted to comfort him, I discovered that he seemed quite calm and not as depressed and lost as I had expected.
"How is it? Are you okay?" I looked . He had always been brooding over the playboy and dreamed of seeking revenge. He hoped to get justice in the game, but now he failed again. He should be extremely upset, but he acted so calm. As the saying goes, there is no greater sorrow than a dead heart. Was he hit too hard and became discouraged and lost his fighting spirit?
"It's just a loss of a game, what can happen to me?" Seeing my nervous look, A Feng laughed and said, "Don't worry, I never thought I could do anything to Playboy from the beginning. In the real world, I have no qualifications to fight him. Although there is still a gap here, it is not that big. At least I am no longer powerless to fight back. This is a long-lasting war, and I will not take temporary gains and losses to heart."
I was too worried and confused, in fact, I was too nervous. With Afeng's personality and his deep hatred for playboys, he would never give up easily. After taking the bracelet back, I sat down beside him silently. No matter what, I would accompany him in the struggle, for our friendship and for the help he gave me when I was in the most difficult time.
"I was still too nervous," Ah Feng said, suppressing his smile. There was still a trace of regret in his words. "Knowing his identity is really a pressure on me. The more I want to show myself well, the more I can't let go. It's easier said than done. I still need to work hard to improve!"
What comforted us a little was that in the competition for the quarterfinals, Hua Mantian was "lucky" to encounter the Yamato spirit. He was eliminated in an internal fight and stopped in the top 16. Looking at his slightly frustrated face because of the failure, I praised the Yamato spirit in my heart. However, Bai Yunjian also collided with Bajiu Gaoge in this round, which was another internal fight among the team members. In the end, Bajiu Gaoge narrowly won and advanced to the quarterfinals.
After a fierce battle, the individual competition finally came to a conclusion. Long Xing Tian Xia once again defeated his old rival Yamato Spirit in the finals, winning the individual championship for the third time in a row and defending his honor as the top player in the Eastern Continent. The defeated Yamato Spirit expressed his feelings in a sour tone in the on-site interview with the reporter of Tian Media. At the end, as the defending champion, he claimed that he would go all out in the next team competition, meet the challenge of Long Xing Tian Xia, and strive to win again to make up for the regret of losing the individual competition.
However, the most sensational news in the individual competition of this conference was not that Long Xing Tian Xia won the championship again, but that a dark horse emerged out of nowhere, overcoming all the obstacles along the way, defeating masters such as Dongying Hero and Ganges God of War, and reaching the semi-finals. Although she was frustrated by Long Xing Tian Xia in the semi-finals, she immediately defeated Bajiu Gaoge in the competition for third place and became the most dazzling new star. What's more, this dark horse is actually a female player. It is even more surprising that she can achieve such outstanding results in a battle that has always been dominated by men.
The black horse's name is Golden Sunflower, a Korean player, a mid-level knight, and a five-color zebra as pet, which is a top-level agile mount. Not only is it fast, but its stamina is not much inferior to that of a mammoth or a white rhinoceros. In addition, she has superb fighting skills, and her tactics are rather strange. Even a master like Bajiugaoge was caught off guard. If her appearance was not so ordinary, far from being beautiful, she would have immediately become the dream lover of many male players.
After the individual competition is over, the team competition, which is the most valued by players, will begin. This is also a great opportunity for major forces to attract players to join. As the saying goes, people tend to move up, and players naturally choose to rely on teams that they think are more promising, hoping to get better development. The team competition is an opportunity to show overall strength. Once you get a place or have an excellent performance, it is definitely the best opportunity for publicity.
According to the latest opinion poll released by "Tian Media", the team with the greatest hope of winning this team competition is none other than Long Xing Tian Xia, which includes this year's individual champion Long Xing Tian Xia, fourth place Ba Jiu Gao Ge, one of the top 16 Bai Yun Jian, one of the top 64 Feng Yu Zhe, one of the top 128 Zi You Zai, and they will form a joint team with the champion of the first team competition, the current Tong Xin Meng Mercenary Group. The long-silent first job changer of "Tian Xia", the necromancer A'dai, has made a comeback. Their reputation and strength are unmatched.
The second is the Hua Mantian team, which is still a joint team with Yamato Spirit's Sun Never Sets Mercenary Group. As the defending champion of the last team competition, it has Yamato Spirit, the runner-up of this individual competition, Hua Mantian, one of the top 16, Dongying Yingxiong and Damo Guyan in the top 64, and Yamamoto Kyushu in the top 128. It is said that they have tried their best to invite a necromancer Skynet to join, and the lineup is better than the previous one. Moreover, they are full of confidence in winning the championship again in front of the public. Although the possibility of showmanship cannot be ruled out, their real strength is definitely not to be underestimated. They are recognized as the biggest obstacle for the Longxing Tianxia team to win the championship.
If we have to find another team that has the strength to compete with Long Xing Tian Xia and Hua Man Tian, it must be the Goryeo Warrior Team. As the third place in the last team competition, they have Han Chao Zhengtong among the top 16, Goryeo Warriors among the top 32, and Xingyao among the top 128. This time, they have the joining of the third place in the individual competition, Golden Sunflower. If they perform well and have a little bit of luck, they may not have no chance to succeed.
There are several other teams with strength and characteristics, such as the Ganges War God Team, which ranked fourth in the last session. It is composed of all Indian players. It has the Ganges War God, one of the top eight in the individual competition, the Bodhi Tree in the top 32, and the Golden Lion in the top 128. In addition, the seeded player Lion Head who was defeated by Afeng in the group stage is also their main member. The fighting style is quite tenacious. The Korean Warrior Team, which did not have the Golden Sunflower to join the last group competition, won a narrow victory after a hard fight, which can be said to be quite lucky. There is also the Nameless Team. Although there are not many top masters, the strength of the players is relatively average. It is the team with the smallest difference between the main lineup and the non-main lineup among all the participating teams. Although the hope of entering the top three is not great, it is the most concerned by the strong teams. If they are a little careless, they may capsize in the gutter. As for the Yanhuang Descendants Team, it can be called an international team. Its members are composed of players from many countries. The slogan they play is "Friendship first, competition second, participation is important", which has attracted a lot of attention. However, the most beautiful scenery in the entire competition is the Fenghua team, which is composed of all female players. Their strength may not be outstanding, but the main players in the team, Fenghua, Edelweiss, Hongyan, Yixiao Qingcheng, etc. are all stunning beauties with extremely high popularity. They have the largest lineup of cheerleaders. Once you feel sympathy for them during the game, you are likely to be taken advantage of by them.
Unlike the individual competition, where the number of participants and the scale of the competition are constantly expanding, due to the continuous elimination of the weak and the survival of the strong, and the merger of some teams to enhance their strength and select the strongest lineup to compete, many small teams at the beginning either disbanded due to hopelessness of development or became dependent on other powerful teams. Therefore, although the average strength of the teams participating in the group competition has improved a lot, the number of participating teams is not as good as the first session, showing a trend of gradual decrease. According to the latest group competition rules, all teams are divided into eight groups for preliminaries. For the same reason, the historical results are also combined to rank eight seeded teams and included in each group. Only the first place in the group can qualify for the next round, and then the opponents of the elimination round are still randomly determined by the system until the top three are decided.
The team competition emphasizes the overall strength of the team. It is not like the individual competition where upsets are likely to occur, and it is unlikely that an unknown strong team will emerge out of nowhere. With the strength of our team, qualifying from the group should be no problem. However, Long Xing Tian Xia is still not careless. Although in order to conceal their strength, they did not play with the main lineup, but every game must have at least two absolute main players. Except for me, the undead wizard with a lower fighting level, who did not appear on the stage to make a fool of myself and avoid being seen through, the seven of them took turns to play. One is to be safe and avoid any accidents, and the other is to warm up and get a feel for it.
Without any surprises, we successfully qualified from the group stage and became the second team to advance to the quarterfinals after Hua Mantian Team. They also adopted the same strategy as us, breaking up the main lineup to conceal their strength. The mysterious necromancer Skynet also did not show up in the group stage, making it difficult to recognize his true face. I had the opportunity to meet other necromancers, and they might be "geniuses" like me. I was very curious about this colleague. Moreover, we were both third-level professions. I had used skeleton warriors and zombies two months ago, and I had artifacts in my hands, but Hua Mantian was still so confident. I didn't know what amazing means he could use.
The top eight teams have finally been decided, namely, Long Xing Tian Xia Team, Hua Man Tian Team, Goryeo Warrior Team, Ganges God of War Team, Yan Huang Zi Sun Team, Wu Ming Team, Feng Hua Team and Resurrection Bird Team. As expected before the game, there were no dark horses and all the seeded players qualified.
The matchup was soon formed. Fortunately, we avoided the two strong teams, Hua Mantian and Goryeo Warriors, and met the weakest Resurrection Bird Team among the top eight. The time limit for each elimination match is half an hour. In order to test the overall strength of the team, the interval between matches has been shortened to fifteen minutes. If the team is too seriously injured, it will be difficult to fully recover before the next match, and it is necessary to rest for a round. Long Xing Tianxia's goal is not to defeat a certain team, but to win the championship. If it fights a strong team in advance, it must play with the main lineup. Even if it wins, it will be seriously injured. If it encounters a strong team again in the next round, and the opponent's strength has not suffered too much damage, the situation will not be optimistic. Hua Mantian's luck is also good. He encountered the Yanhuang Zisun team. It is estimated that there will be no big problem in winning. The other four teams are not so lucky. Goryeo Warriors encountered the Ganges War God, and the most average Wuming encountered the most popular Fenghua. The strength of each team is almost the same, and it is really hard to predict how to win or lose.
Since they knew the opponent's strengths and weaknesses and in order to preserve their strength and prepare for two consecutive tough battles after entering the semi-finals, Long Xing Tian Xia did not let the main players play in the match against Resurrection Bird, but played entirely with the substitute lineup. Even so, they still won the victory relatively easily. As two teams in the quarter-finals, the gap in strength was so huge, showing a clear polarization trend.
The strength of the Yanhuang Descendants team is obviously higher than that of the Resurrection Bird. Hua Mantian even took the risk of playing with a substitute lineup, without any main members. Facing the opponent who was attacking with all their strength, the situation was not advantageous, and they only managed to get through after a hard fight. The match between the Goryeo Warriors and the Ganges War God surprised many people. The battle between the two teams that sent all their main players was not as evenly matched as expected before the game, but presented a one-sided situation. Relying on the outstanding performance of the Golden Sunflower and the close cooperation with the Goryeo Warriors and the Korean and North Korean orthodoxies, the Goryeo Warriors team caught the opponent off guard, took the initiative on the field at the beginning, attacked with all their strength, and did not give the opponent a chance to breathe, and won the game without any danger. And the beauties of the Fenghua team became more and more courageous in the overwhelming cheers of the audience, and it can even be said that they played their strength beyond their level, and finally defeated the Wuming team and won the last place in the semi-finals.
We did not continue our good luck in the semi-finals. Our opponents were neither the weaker Fenghua team nor the strongest Hua Mantian team. We were sniped by the Goryeo warriors in this round. Leaving a weaker opponent to our rival Hua Mantian was what we least wanted to see. Once our strength was depleted too much, it would be difficult to play in the following final.
I can't play. "Summoning the Dead" consumes 80% of my mental power, which cannot be recovered in just fifteen minutes. If I use it in the semi-finals, I will definitely miss the final against Hua Mantian, and then there will be no one to deal with the opponent's dead wizard. After some consideration, Long Xingtianxia took all six main players including Afeng to the field, striving to defeat the opponent as soon as possible and reduce their own losses. The bet was that the main players of the Goryeo Warriors team had not fully recovered and could not exert their full strength. After all, the Ganges War Gods were also a veteran team, and it was impossible to defeat them without paying some price.
Long Xing Tianxia encountered the golden sunflower, and with the help of the winding vines among the white clouds, the speed of the five-colored zebra was suppressed, making her role much less effective than in the previous game; Afeng entangled Han Chao Zhengtong and fought with him without fighting him head-on; the Korean warrior was targeted by Yun Wuying, who shot arrows left and right, not seeking to hurt the enemy, but trying to control his range of activities as much as possible, not letting him roam around and use his strengths as an assassin; as for Xingyao, he was stopped by another substitute player, and they fought against each other with their own strengths. His sacrifice bought time for Bajiugaoge and the others, so that they could concentrate their superior forces to deal with the remaining four weaker opponents.
The outcome confirmed Long Xingtianxia's guess. The Goryeo warriors had indeed not fully recovered. Under continuous pressure, they began to show signs of fatigue in the middle of the battle. Some of them could not hold on any longer. We quickly seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack. As we had expected, we won the semi-final without too much damage to their vitality and successfully advanced to the finals.
In the other semi-final, Hua Mantian still played with a substitute lineup. Fenghua team narrowly defeated Wuming team, but the team itself suffered heavy losses. Several main players such as Fenghua and Edelweiss were absent, and most of the players were substitutes. Although they were quite tenacious, they were eventually defeated due to their slightly inferior strength and missed the final.
The final of the third "World Heroes Conference" group competition will be held between the old rivals Long Xing Tian Xia Team and Hua Man Tian Team. Whether A Feng can successfully realize his plan to contain Hua Hua Gong Zi depends on whether we can defeat him in the final and win the championship!
