On Thursday night, Xie Mingzhe returned to the Nirvana Club. Everyone heard that the official and the alliance unanimously approved his application for the independence of the Immortal Race. They were very happy for him. Chi Yingying suggested that everyone go out to dinner to celebrate, and Chen Qianlin did not object.
The management, players and coaches of the Nirvana Guild came to a nearby restaurant and had a happy reunion dinner. Chen Qianlin took the initiative to pay the bill, which is a reward for everyone who has been busy for so long.
Yu Ke asked excitedly: "Azhe, when will the official announcement be made? Do you want to announce this batch of Immortal Race cards in advance?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "The announcement of the independence of the immortals will come out in two days, but I will not announce the cards for the time being. These are all new cards that are ready to play in the team competition. I want to announce them together before the team competition starts."
Chen Qianlin nodded in agreement: "This is the best way, you can leave some time to let everyone familiarize yourself with your new batch of cards."
Yu Ke has been familiar with the new cards under Chen Qianlin's arrangement since he was out of the individual competition. Most of the cards he controlled in the team competition were ghost cards. The output cards of this batch of newly made fairy cards were controlled by Xie Mingzhe, and the auxiliary cards were handed over to him. Qin Xuan, it is unlikely that it will fall into Yu Ke's hands.
But as a member of Nirvana, it is also necessary to be familiar with the cards of teammates, so Yu Ke practiced very seriously. At present, he has already mastered the Eight Immortals series and the Thunder God series. Ready to start practicing tomorrow.
Chen Qianlin was very aware of Yu Ke's training situation, but he was more worried about Chen Xiao.
Seeing Chen Xiaozheng chatting with Chi Yingying with a smile, Chen Qianlin turned around and asked, "You also have to familiarize yourself with the new cards that Azhe made. You still have to play individual tournaments, is there enough time?"
When he met his brother's eyes, Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat, he immediately restrained his smile, and replied earnestly, "Yes, I will take the time to practice."
Xie Mingzhe was very confident in Chen Xiao and said, "Brother Chen is so savvy, he must be familiar with it very quickly!"
Chen Qianlin didn't say much, and changed the subject: "How are you preparing for the individual competition tomorrow night?"
Chen Xiao touched his nose: "Almost..."
Chen Qianlin said: "You go back with me ahead of time after dinner, and I'll take a look at your deck and tactics."
Chen Xiao was flattered and nodded quickly: "Well."
Since A Zhe abstained in the individual competition, Chen Qianlin didn't care much about him during this time, but spent a lot of time on Yu Ke and Qin Xuan's training, as well as A Zhe's card data, Chen Xiao was almost completely stocked . The tactical arrangement and deck selection were all decided by Chen Xiao himself. Occasionally, he wanted to ask Chen Qianlin, but every time he went to the office to see how hard it was for his brother, Chen Xiao was too embarrassed to disturb him.
In the group stage, Chen Xiao met Qiao Xi, Zhen Man, and Liu Jingxu. All three of them had won awards in the individual competition. Liu Jingxu was also the champion of the individual competition in the eighth season. 10% of netizens support Chen Xiao in qualifying. He is in such a "death group", and his chances of qualifying are indeed very slim.
However, Chen Xiao's performance in the group stage was unexpectedly tenacious. On both occasions, he pulled two games in a row and came back from a 0:1 deficit, 2:1 Zhen Man, 2:1 Qiao Xi, and the final points 2 points, and entered the round of 16 with the second place in the group.
The process of qualifying was frightening, and Chen Xiao also learned a lot from it.
After three intense group matches, he finally regained the confidence he had when he fought with Tang Muzhou five years ago.
Five years ago, he was still a high-spirited teenager. He dreamed that one day he could stand on the stage and become an excellent professional poker player. He and his brother formed a duo team, hand in hand, and won the double championship of the professional league.
At that time, he was too simple. He played games purely to admire his elder brother for many years. As long as he could be with his elder brother, he would do whatever he wanted. But now, his mood has completely changed - he likes this arena, he likes these cards, he formed the Nirvana Club to return to the league, not for his brother Chen Qianlin, but to realize a dream that was not realized when he was young .
—He wants to stand on the podium of the professional league and hold the trophy with his own hands!
This urgent desire, with the end of the group stage, magnified infinitely in Chen Xiao's heart.
Azhe abstained, Xiao Ke was out, and Nirvana was the only one left. If he didn't win the prize in the individual competition, Nirvana could be said to be wiped out in the two small events of doubles and individual this year. Fans are eagerly looking forward to it. In the past few days, his Weibo is full of "Chen Ge Come on" messages. He is under a lot of pressure, but also full of motivation.
Tomorrow is the individual competition "Sixteen to Eight", AB/CD/EF/GH, two or two groups will fight against each other. As the second place in Group B, his opponent is Zheng Feng from the first place in Group A.
Against Lao Zheng, an experienced player, no matter how he looked at him, he had no chance of winning. Chen Xiao has been preparing carefully for the past two days, trying to play the strongest level. He did not expect that the day before the game, Chen Qianlin actually took the initiative to say To guide him
Looking at his brother's calm eyes, Chen Xiao had mixed feelings in his heart.
After the dinner, everyone returned to the club together. A Zhe and the others went to the training room to familiarize themselves with the new cards, while Chen Xiao followed his brother to the conference room alone. As soon as the door closed, there were only two brothers left in the huge conference room. Chen Xiao had a ghost in his heart and didn't dare to look into each other's eyes, so he turned his head and pretended to be relaxed: "Brother, why don't you... look at me first The card group you picked?"
Chen Qianlin said calmly: "Well, you can show me the projection screen."
Chen Xiao connected his optical brain to the projection screen, and enlarged the prepared two deck plans on the screen. Chen Qianlin looked at it with a serious look, and quickly said: "Replace the blood-sucking vine, Zheng Feng's The deck is very defensive, and this healing card is too slow. Also, replace the group attack with a single attack, bring ayahuasca, snapdragon, and your new post-production cards Black Parrot, Midnight Secret, and Black Lily."
Chen Xiao's consciousness is not bad. Hearing his words, his eyes suddenly lit up: "You mean, hit a wave of instant kills directly?"
Chen Qianlin nodded: "Zheng Feng is the strongest defensive player in the league. If you drag him down, he will not give you any chance. You can only seize the crucial moment to fight and take away his output cards. , you win."
Chen Xiao frowned, and said not quite confidently: "However, I haven't fought many of these newly made cards, so I'm not particularly skilled."
Chen Qianlin looked at him: "I believe you can."
Chen Xiao was stunned.
In Chen Qianlin's indifferent eyes, a rare gentleness appeared.
Just like when he was a child, he was bullied in the class, wronged by the teacher, and secretly sullen when he got home. After Chen Qianlin found out, he came over and squatted beside him, rubbed his head lightly, and said, "Chen Xiao, Don't be sad, my brother believes in you."
The warmth of that moment took root in the very young Chen Xiao's heart, and he has been unable to forget it for so many years.
Now, hearing the words "I believe in you" again, Chen Xiao even has the urge to shed tears in his eyes.
He took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions, met his brother's eyes, and said decisively and firmly: "I will try my best not to disappoint you."
Chen Qianlin raised his lips slightly: "Okay. Let A Zhe practice with you. I think he is also happy to see the power of your new card."
Chen Xiao nodded vigorously: "Well, I'm going to find Azhe!"
Instructing Chen Xiao on this genius before the game, time was indeed very tight, but Chen Qianlin knew this little brother very well - Chen Xiao is the kind of person who pushes himself to the limit but will break through himself.
I remember that he had a serious illness in junior high school. He missed more than a month of classes. After returning to school, he could not keep up with many courses. His parents were worried that he would affect the high school entrance examination. Study hard and get into the best school.
There is such a ruthless energy in Chen Xiao - Ruthless to himself!
Otherwise, he would not have left the league because of contract issues, and he would remain unknown for five years before returning.
Looking at his brother's tall and straight back when he left, Chen Qianlin sighed in his heart and sent a message to Tang Muzhou: "Tomorrow, in the knockout match between Chen Xiao and Lao Zheng, do you think Chen Xiao has any hope of winning?"
Tang Muzhou smiled and said, "Master has always been calm, and he is most open to the results of the game. Why is he not calm at this time?"
Chen Qianlin couldn't explain why, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. It was because of him that Chen Xiao got into a contract dispute and lost the best five years. He hopes that his younger brother can realize his dream this time. If he is eliminated from the 16-to-8 individual competition, Chen Xiao will be very sad. He doesn't want to see it. A sad expression appeared on his brother's face.
Tang Muzhou quickly replied: "I think Chen Xiao has hope. He performed very well in the group stage. He won against Zhen Man and Qiao Xi, and the one he lost to Liu Jingxu was just bad luck. The strongest dark horse in the individual competition."
Chen Qianlin said, "I hope so."
The words of the eldest apprentice are always objective and have a kind of reassuring power. Chen Qianlin breathed a sigh of relief, put down his light brain, and turned around to the next training room.
Chen Xiao was preparing to fight with Xie Mingzhe, Xie Mingzhe tutted his tongue and said, "Brother Chen, your dark plant cards are very violent, the output is really high, I like black parrot and midnight secret."
Yu Ke also praised: "Yes, yes, pure black flowers are super cool!"
Chen Xiao said proudly: "This is a rare species I found from my brother's botanical notes. The black parrot is actually a mutated black tulip with feather-like serrations on the edges of the petals, which look like A parrot with high fighting spirit. Midnight Secret is an artificially cultivated black hyacinth. Does this group of flowers look like an enlarged version of a mulberry?"
Yu Ke nodded with a smile: "It does! It's very unfriendly to intensive phobia."
Chen Qianlin coughed lightly and said, "Alright, let's prepare for training."
Chen Xiao immediately sat up straight and said seriously: "Azhe, practice with me, and look for the feeling of these new cards. I will bring them to the arena tomorrow."
Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao have been making cards separately during this period of time. He is not familiar with the new cards made by Brother Chen, so he is naturally happy to practice with Brother Chen.
The two started a game, and soon Yu Ke and Qin Xuan also joined in, and the four of them were racing against each other to test new cards.
Although Chen Xiao said that "the new cards are not very proficient", when he actually operated it, everyone found that he knew his card skills by heart. Be humble in front of your brother.
These Dark Plant cards are powerful in lethality, and everyone is full of confidence in Brother Chen in tomorrow's game.
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The next day, Xie Mingzhe and Yu Ke got up early and consciously accompany Chen Xiao to train. As the only seedling left in the Nirvana individual competition, Chen Xiao's treatment is of course VIP level.
As Chen Qianlin expected, under the pressure of time constraints and great pressure, Chen Xiao really broke through himself and quickly mastered this new deck in a short period of time.
It was not until Chen Xiao stably maintained this fierce state that Chen Qianlin stopped and brought everyone to the arena ahead of schedule.
Today, there are two 16-to-8 games, the first is Chen Xiao vs Zheng Feng.
Xie Mingzhe met the long-lost Tang Muzhou in the backstage. The other party smiled at him and took the initiative to point to the seat next to him. Xie Mingzhe consciously ran over and sat next to his senior brother. Talking in my brother's ear is ignorant.
Everyone didn't know that what Xie Mingzhe told Tang Muzhou was the news that was about to alarm the alliance: "My application for an independent immortal card has been passed, and I have made a total of 43 immortal cards!"
Tang Muzhou showed a hint of surprise on his face, but he was relieved quickly and said with a smile, "Congratulations."
The younger brother has a flexible way of thinking about making cards and can make 30 immortal cards that meet the application conditions in a short period of time. He is not surprised, but he did not expect that Xie Mingzhe actually overfulfilled the task - he made more than 40 immortal cards!
It seems that in the playoffs, Nirvana's card pool is enough. I don't know what strange fairy cards the younger brother has made
Xie Mingzhe and his senior brother smiled at each other, did not continue the topic, and turned to look at the big screen.
Chen Xiao and Zheng Feng have already stepped onto the big stage. After the commentator introduced the two players, they called up the pre-match prediction data—20%:80%.
Wu Yuedao: "Only 20% of the audience support Chen Xiao's victory. Judging from the past results, this data is very reasonable. After all, Lao Zheng is a veteran player who has played for ten years. It's a pity that he didn't win a game that season, and although he did well after returning to the league this year, it's still a little difficult to beat Lao Zheng."
Su Yang, however, put forward a different opinion, saying: "Not necessarily, Chen Xiao has developed a dark plant play after coming back this time. It can be seen from the group stage that this player has great potential - and don't forget Now, the man standing behind him."
Wu Yue didn't react for a while: "The man standing behind him?"
Su Yang smiled and said: "Chen Qianlin! His brother and Zheng Feng are old rivals for many years. Qianlin's research on Zheng Feng is absolutely meticulous to every hair and every pore. With Chen Qianlin to help choose the deck, it is absolutely He will target Zheng Feng to the death, and he will not give him a way to survive."
Everyone: "… "
Why does it sound like there is a deep hatred
Chen Qianlin sat backstage with an expressionless face.
Tang Muzhou held back a smile and said, "Senior Su Yang's commentary style is getting more and more free, but what he said makes sense. Chen Xiao beat Lao Zheng, originally four or six, but with the help of Master, it can be improved to five or five. ."
Xie Mingzhe agreed: "Well, Brother Chen's deck is matched by Master, I have confidence in him!"
In the warm applause of the audience, the game officially began.