At the end of the group stage, the teams that finally entered the quarter-finals were Xiaolang, WG and Fengyue from China, Rider and ACK from South Korea, Sukura from Japan, and PD and D2 from the United States.
In addition to Fengyue, the remaining teams are also old teams that have entered the quarterfinals many times. It is a pity that the Live and Show Time teams, two teams with both popularity and strength, both fell in the fierce group. in the game.
But in any case, no matter how competitive the group is, it can still be regarded as a real strong team and the charm of the group stage.
The next day, the official announced the results of the group draw for the quarter-finals. Group A VS Group B, Group C VS Group D, the rule is the first group VS group second.
Maple Moon is the first in Group A. The opponent in the quarter-finals is Japan's Sukura, which is the second in Group B. The opponent of Xiaolang is the Rider, which is the first in Group B, and the opponent of WG is the second in Group C. PD team.
After the schedule of the quarter-finals was announced, the anchor introduced the highlights of each game in detail, almost every game was a life-and-death contest, such as the old enemies of WG and PD, and the battle of the Elementalists between ACK and D2, of course, the most important. There are two interesting ones.
The first is Xiaolang and Rider.
Xiaolang's battle can be described as a near-death experience.
The two teams played in the world finals last year, and the Snapdragon team lost by one point to win the runner-up trophy. It can be said that the first game of this year's quarterfinals is the competition at the finals level.
Netizens are very worried about this. The strength of the Rider team is actually stronger than the Xiaolang team. It is not that the Xiaolang has no hope of winning, but it is difficult to say for sure. And if this game is lost, Xiaolang will stop at the top eight.
The strength of the Xiaolang team this year has improved compared to last year. It is called the most promising Chinese team by the media. Netizens naturally don't want them to lose, but Rider is indeed a big mountain.
On the other hand, if Xiaolang defeats Rider, the road to the championship will be unstoppable.
The second is Maple Moon and Sukura.
In terms of strength, the highest record of the Sukura team so far is only the semi-finals. Judging from the current momentum of Fengyue, the hope of winning is greater, but there is no need for netizens to worry too much about the promotion, but this is extremely A game that may end Miura Takuma's four consecutive years of the world's No. 1 assassin ranking.
Miura Takuma has been playing Assassin since the S2 season. At first, the Assassin was really strong, but as the version weakened, the Assassin was not as good as before. Those Assassin players who had shined in the S2 season have changed careers and played Swordsman, In the powerful professions of Element and Qigong, Miura is the only world-class player who insists on playing Assassin from the beginning to the end.
He said that he initially played assassins because ninjutsu-style assassins were the dream of every Japanese man when he was young. As for why he has insisted on it until now, half of it was because he couldn't give up, and half of it was because the assassin's character was too ingrained.
In the past four years, Miura's Assassin has been weakened year by year as the version weakens, but in the field of Assassin, he is still a well-deserved god.
However, that was before Shen Huai appeared.
Almost everyone who has watched Shen Huai's competition realizes that this year's Assassin ranking is likely to be updated, and it is difficult for Miura to continue to hold this position.
Chinese netizens are full of confidence in Shen Huai, because the name "Cang Yu" has never let them down!
After the group stage, the organizer finally opened up the interview channels of various countries. An official interview meeting was held before the quarter-finals officially kicked off. All players who made it to the quarter-finals must be present for interviews.
Fengyue naturally went too. The interview location was in the central hall of the competition site. All the reporters were in the stands. The clothes of different skin colors, different looks, and different styles felt very formal at first glance.
Hai Xing glanced at it and immediately retracted, "It's like holding a National People's Congress outside, it's too scary!"
Zhou Ning smiled, "It's scary enough, otherwise how can people know our stars?"
Shi Yi comforted, "It doesn't matter, there are seven other teams besides us. With so many people on stage, it's like singing a chorus, so you won't be afraid when you get on stage."
"I'm not afraid!" Hai Xing jumped up immediately, "I didn't expect there were so many people!"
When Shi Yi knew that he had said something wrong, he hurriedly followed him, "Yes, I'm actually a little nervous too."
"Hey! Shen Huai!" A loud voice came from the door, it was Zhang Jiayan.
Shen Huai's eyes lit up, and he immediately greeted him, "How are you? Are your legs better?"
"It's okay, as long as I don't walk too fast now, no one can find me injured." Zhang Jiayan quickly changed the topic, "I watched your game, it's okay, even Xiaolang lost to you. ?"
Hearing him say that, everyone felt proud.
Shen Huai said with a smile, "I also watched your game, and you are invincible and have no rivals."
Zhang Jiayan waved his hands again and again, "I haven't met an expert. If it's in Group A, it's probably going to be difficult."
The two teams exchanged a few words of greetings, and the Japanese team entered.
The battle between Shen Huai and Miura for the number one assassin in the world has become a topic of discussion among netizens all over the world these days.
As soon as Miura entered the door, he met Shen Huai's line of sight. He didn't come to say hello, but just nodded lightly and led the team to the farthest corner from Fengyue.
Fang Ze snorted, "This Miura is quite proud."
Shen Huai said, "Probably not good at speaking."
Zhang Jiayan also said carelessly, "Mipu and Shen Huai have only met a few times, and they are not familiar with each other, so what is there to say?"
Fang Ze twitched the corners of his mouth, thinking that you are just as simple as Captain.
The interview started soon. The Fengyue people entered the arena and sat down in the Chinese team area. When they came to the stage, everyone put on a serious face and raised their hands with extreme caution.
The press conference covered reporters from 16 countries and regions qualified to participate in the World Championship. Everyone prepared questions in advance and spoke unequivocally.
The first person to be asked was Zheng Zhiyi, the leader of the Rider team and the world's number one magician.
His English is very good, and he can answer questions from foreign reporters fluently. Most of the questions are about whether he is confident to win the championship this year, whether his performance in the group stage is not as good as in previous years, whether his state has declined, etc. In the end, he also asked whether he plans to retire.
Zheng Zhiyi's answer was very official, and people couldn't pick out any faults, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he didn't give any nutritious answer at all.
The reporters let him go and started interviewing Kim Seung-joon.
Jin Chengjun did not take a post in the Rider team, but he is a well-deserved ace, and he is also known as the world's No. 1 Solo God. Currently, the single-player Solo winning rate is higher than that of Guan He. He is a well-known figure in the world. A favorite subject of interviews for journalists.
Jin Chengjun has a lazy personality, and he speaks slowly. In addition, his English is not as good as Zheng Zhiyi, and his answer is stumbling, but he is very sincere.
The reporters liked him very much, and the questions were relatively simple.
"Spade, how do you feel about yourself this year?"
"pretty good."
"Are you confident to win the championship?"
"some."
"Xiao Zhang from Team God of War did not participate in the World Championships this year. You should be the number one qigong master in the world. Do you feel that you are missing an opponent?"
Jin Chengjun paused for a while, then said with an expressionless face, "It wasn't a rival at all."
Shi Yi and Fan Jingming laughed at the same time, Hai Xing couldn't understand what they were talking about, so he could only look at them both with eager eyes.
The reporter asked again, "Do you think there are players who can be called your rivals in this year's competition?"
Jin Chengjun still looked calm, and answered simply, "No."
Song Xueyang raised the corner of his mouth slightly, seeing that the players of the other teams didn't react. It was not the first time that Jin Chengjun said this.
After the reporters interviewed the Rider team, it was Xiaolang's turn.
The Three Swordsmen's fast-break style is famous all over the world, and it is also the favorite team to win the World Championship every year, and it is also the focus of reporters' interviews. It's just that Xiaolang didn't go well in the group stage this year. The direct consequence of qualifying second in the group was to meet the old rival Rider in the first game of the quarter-finals.
The questions asked about Guan He are more pointed, such as what would happen if he lost the first game and stopped in the quarter-finals, why did he lose in the group stage to the team that he had beaten in the past, Fengyue, and he played twice in the solo solo Losing to Shen Huai is the state of decline and so on.
Hai Xing couldn't understand what they said, but he could guess that the question was serious, because from the moment Guan He stood up, Zhou Ning's body had been tense.
Guan He is very general, and he can give appropriate answers to the tricky questions of reporters.
After Xiaolang, it was WG's turn. WG's current performance this year is not particularly surprising. The victory lies in playing steadily and the group stage results are very good.
Zhang Jiayan's answer has his usual warm-blooded style, which can basically be summed up as "confidence", "sure to win", and "the championship is ours".
To Hai Xing's surprise, Zhang Jiayan looked rough, and his English was not bad, especially when he used some unfamiliar words when introducing the team's progress this year compared to last year, Hai Xing didn't understand it at all.
The reporters later interviewed Liang Minghui and Jia Yunge. Liang Minghui has always been calm and answered very formally. As for Jia Yunge, Zhang Jiayan answered on his behalf. The reporters were very familiar with them and did not care about these small details.
After that, the reporters interviewed the three teams of ACK, PD, and D2 in turn. The problems were similar, but they were very concerned about Gina's emotional problems.
Gina glanced at Shen Huai and said generously, "I like boys like Wing, but I can't beat him, so forget it!"
Those words made the people at the scene can't help laughing, and then it was the Sukura team's turn.
The overall strength of the Sukura team is average among the top eight teams. This year's performance is similar to that of previous years, but with Shen Huai joining this year, the reporters are obviously very interested in the battle for the world's No. 1 assassin and can't wait to ask.
"Captain Miura, you should have watched Maple Moon's Wing's game. Wing won the 1v1 arena with one opponent and three in the wild card competition. In the group stage, he defeated many great gods. Do you think Wing and Which of you is more powerful?"
Miura's eyes swept over Shen Huai lightly, "Wing's style of play is very different from mine, and it's impossible to say who is more powerful."
The reporter asked again, "Netizens all feel that your position as the world's No. 1 assassin this year may not be preserved, what do you think?"
"I don't think so," he finally answered the question directly, "Wing's assassin is very strong and his style of play is very interesting, but after watching his performance in the wild card tournament, I was thinking about the loopholes of the blood assassin, and now There are eyebrows."
The reporter quickly asked, "You mean you have already thought of a way to deal with Wing?"
Miura said without hesitation, "Yes."
Shi Yi muttered dissatisfiedly, "This Miura was very polite to Master when he was backstage, but now he is saying this in public."
Starfish asked curiously, "What did he say?"
"Go back and tell you."
"… "
Miura concluded, "Japan is the birthplace of the assassin profession. It is a Japanese player and my belief. I will prove to everyone that Japanese assassins are invincible."
After he finished speaking, he bowed deeply and sat down, refusing to accept any more interviews.
In the end, it was Fengyue's turn. The reporters had a lot of questions to ask about this new team that entered the World Championship for the first time, but it was only because of the ranking order. , it was a little confusing for a while.
"It's been many years since there have been new faces in the world's top eight. How are you feeling now, Snow?"
Song Xueyang took the microphone, "I'm very happy. It's every professional player's dream to show his game skills to audiences all over the world."
"Fengyue's performance in the group stage was very good, defeating two teams, Live and Xiaolang, and many teams that entered the World Championship for the first time only stayed for a short period of time, and then never made it to the stage again. Also forgotten by the audience, how long do you think it will take for Fengyue to be remembered by audiences all over the world?"
Song Xueyang smiled and said, "21 days."
The reporters were stunned at first, but they soon understood that it was just 21 days from today to the world finals championship. Does he mean that Fengyue is going to win the championship
This is really arrogant, but the reporters did not take it to heart.
As for the interview before the game, it is definitely necessary to answer the question. It is not shameful to lose the game after trying your best, but it is shameful to think that you will lose without first.
"Snow, you showed amazing marksmanship in the match against the Live team, may I ask you the secret of making every shot?"
Song Xueyang smiled slightly, "Don't shoot when you're not sure you'll hit."
The reporters burst into laughter, "If you say that, I'm afraid I won't be able to fire a single shot."
After asking Song Xueyang, the reporters immediately pointed the microphone at Shen Huai, and this time there were more questions. Starting from why he abandoned the shadow, to the game talent, to the feeling of winning the group stage, and then straight to the theme.
"Excuse me, Wing, the first match of the Maple Moon Quarterfinals is against the Sukura team. Netizens say that this is a match that will determine who is the world's number one assassin. If you think you and Miura captain Solo, who will win ?"
Shen Huai said without thinking, "Me."
"Who do you think is stronger between yourself and Miura?"
"I."
A Japanese reporter was unhappy, and his words were sharp and authentic, "Captain Miura has played assassins longer than you and has more experience in competitions than you. Why do you think you will win?"
Shen Huai looked up at him, "Playing for a long time, rich experience is not a necessary condition for winning."
The Japanese reporter was not convinced, "But you have to admit that Japan has developed Assassins for a longer time than China. Since the launch of the S2 season, Assassins has always been the favorite profession of Japanese players, and Assassins are active everywhere in our domestic competitions. , Japanese players' exploration of the Assassin profession is far better than that of China. As far as I know, there are very few players in China who play Assassins, and even there are very few Assassin players in the game. There should be very little experience.”
Shen Huai stopped talking, and looked straight at him with cold eyes that forced the Japanese reporter to take a half step back.
"On the day of the match between Fengyue and Sukura, will you go to the scene?"
"certainly."
Shen Huai said firmly, "I can show you the Chinese assassins."
The Japanese reporter didn't expect Shen Huai to be so rigid, so he closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Afterwards, they interviewed other people in Fengyue, Zhou Ning's full-strength added a bit of play, Shi Yi and Fan Jingming's alternative duo, and even Hai Xing was asked two questions, but it was Shi Yi who helped him answer.
At the end of the interview, Hai Xing let out a long sigh of relief, "I'm so tired, I'm so tired, I didn't get tired for this hour after playing three hours of competition."
Zhou Ning rubbed his head, "I don't think you're tired, you're just too nervous."
Hai Xing pouted and muttered, "I'm not good at English, and I can't understand what they are saying. Can you not be nervous?"
"Xingxing," Shi Yi pressed his shoulders and said seriously, "you must study English hard."
Starfish: "… "
"If I were a scholar, I wouldn't come to play e-sports."
Shi Yi disagreed, "We play e-sports only because e-sports is our strength, not because we are inferior to others. Look at the great gods in the circle, which one is not versatile? Capable people are better than others in every aspect."
Hai Xing thought about it carefully. Needless to say, Guan Hezi, Zhang Jiayan seems simple-minded and enthusiastic, but he has also practiced English after leading the team for so many years. Shen Huai and Song Xueyang are the top talents in any circle. , Not to mention, even Zhou Ning was also a scholar who could pass the exam back then.
If you think about it like this, you are the only one who is the worst.
He was a little depressed. Zhou Jing saw his frown and said, "My English is not good either. When the game is over, let's sign up for a class."
Hai Xing was instantly grateful, looking at Zhou Jing's eyes as if seeing a bosom friend!
"Hmmmm! I'm not going home during the transfer period this year, let's learn English together!"
Zhou Jing smiled knowingly, "Okay."
Hai Xing cheered, "Great, I can answer the questions myself during the interview next year!"
Although each team also has their own translators, Hai Xing still feels that it is a bit embarrassing to let others help him answer questions. He is determined to study hard, at least not to be embarrassed to Fengyue.
Song Xueyang also strongly agreed with this, "You should study hard, at least, you can also give an acceptance speech at the award ceremony."
Hai Xing immediately laughed, "Then I will also learn the phrase 'failure is the mother of success' and dedicate it to them."
It happened that Miura Takuma led the team away, he still didn't talk to Shen Huai, and he didn't even nod his head, just looked at him lightly and left.
Shen Huai looked at his back and suddenly said to Song Xueyang, "Xueyang, I think..."
"Can."
Before Shen Huai finished speaking, he looked at Song Xueyang in astonishment, his own appearance reflected in those dark eyes, as if he had already seen through his heart.
The author has something to say:
Shen Huai: You know what I want to do
Song Xueyang: I don't know, but no matter what you want to do, I will support you.