Time flies extremely fast, and both players are intensively preparing for the playoffs.
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.
On October 17, the first round of the playoffs officially started.
Saturday night was Fenghua vs. Shadow, and Fenghua won 3:0 neatly.
Xie Mingzhe was lying on the bed, tossing and turning. He has been wondering whether the strategy against Xu Xingtu will work. He finally fell asleep in a daze. In his dream, he suddenly returned to the All-Star game. He saw from the perspective of God that in the survival mode of the deserted island, Ling Jingtang was alone with Zheng, Gui, Nie, and Lan. It is really brilliant to attract two groups of masters and students to fight and reap the benefits.
If it wasn't for Xie Mingzhe and his senior brother joining forces, Ling Jingtang would have been the final winner in that match.
Later, in the character design, the skill that Lao Zheng designed for Ling Jingtang was "It's very sad to have no apprentice"... Ling Jingtang seems to be the only one among the five senior gods who has confiscated apprentices
Xie Mingzhe was dreaming in a daze, and when he woke up the next morning, he always felt uneasy when he thought of this strange dream.
Ling Jingtang's hand of weapon cards made the alliance change the review rules for gold-type cards for him, and the style of play was extremely cold, sharp and violent. His performance in the All-Stars made Xie Mingzhe admirable. Lingshen never put on the air of being a big god. He looked very kind. He often grabbed red envelopes in the group and joked with young players... However, this person is actually very rational and can be in difficult situations. find the best solution.
Nirvana wants to use Xu Xingtu as a breakthrough, will Lingshen be unprepared
When Xie Mingzhe met Chen Xiao and Chen Qianlin in the restaurant, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, Lingshen has no apprentices, right? I remember Lao Zheng always laughing at him about this. Do you know why he doesn't accept apprentices?"
Chen Qianlin was stunned: "Why did you ask this all of a sudden?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "I just have some doubts. There are so many talented newcomers in the temples. Ling Jingtang never thought of accepting an apprentice and passing the weapon card to his apprentice? If he wanted to accept it, many people would definitely be rushing to apprentice. ."
Chen Qianlin shook his head and said, "I don't know why he doesn't accept apprentices. I'm not very familiar with Ling Jingtang."
Among the five veteran players, Chen Qianlin had the best relationship with Su Yang, the average relationship with Zheng Feng and Nie Yuandao, and the least communication with Ling Jingtang, so he really didn't know much about the Temple of the Gods.
Xie Mingzhe had no choice but to stop asking. It seems that not many people know what Master does not know. It's just that Ling Jingtang seems to have many secrets on his body, which are hard to see through.
In the afternoon, everyone practiced their tactics again. At 6:30 in the evening, everyone came to the competition site after eating ahead of schedule.
At this time, the scene was already crowded with fans of the two clubs, and there were cheering posters of "Come on Nirvana" and "Victory in the Temple of the Gods".
The official game will start at seven o'clock.
Xie Mingzhe met many acquaintances backstage. As soon as Bai Xu saw him, he ran over and asked, "Who does Diaochan like? Is it the young and handsome Lu Bu? It doesn't mean that he has a strange taste. He likes the old man Dong Zhuo, right?"
Xie Mingzhe laughed and teased him: "Why should I tell you? You and Ye Zhu unite as my black fan."
Bai Xu was stunned for a while, then clarified seriously: "Nothing, I'm not familiar with Ye Zhu."
"..." What an unprincipled guy, Xie Mingzhe stretched out his hand and rubbed his brother Bai's head, and said, "Diaochan and Lu Bu ended up together. The specific story will be completed in Card Encyclopedia, you can pay attention to it."
Bai Xu, who guessed right, asked excitedly, "Then Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tang Muzhou grabbed him by the back and took his younger brother to the side like a chicken: "Ask about these messy influences on the game, and I will have the opportunity to let you, Brother Azhe, tell you a good story in the future."
Bai Xu's ears were slightly red: "Who wants to listen to his story! I asked Ye Zhu for it."
After he finished speaking, he smeared oil on the soles of his feet and ran away, as if he had forgotten what he said just now, "He doesn't know Ye Zhu well"
Xie Mingzhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, looked at Tang Muzhou and said, "Come to watch the battle in person?"
Tang Muzhou smiled and said, "Yeah. Fenghua has finished the first round, and the next match will be half a month later. Anyway, I'm idle. I'll come to the scene to cheer you on in person."
Xie Mingzhe shook his hand and said, "Then take advantage of my brother's luck in winning the first game and give me some luck."
The two were chatting, and the players from the Pantheon also arrived.
Xie Mingzhe looked back and saw Ling Jingtang pushing a wheelchair in front of him. On the wheelchair was a handsome young man. Behind him were three players, Xu Hang, Xu Xingtu, Zhou Xingchen, and the manager sister of the temple.
The atmosphere in the backstage suddenly became weird. Lao Zheng was the first to regain his senses, walked over and said with a smile: "It's rare! Ye Suqian, the rumored card maker of the Temple of the Gods, came to watch the battle in person today?"
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Ye Suqian's lips, and he nodded politely at him: "Senior, long time no see."
Xie Mingzhe was very surprised and asked Tang Muzhou in a low voice, "Why is he here?"
"This game is of great significance. The Internet is saying that this is a 'fight of gods'. It is the first open confrontation between gods and gods. It is normal for him to come to watch the game in person." Tang Muzhou explained, "Don't think too much, Have a good fight later."
"Yeah." Xie Mingzhe agreed, and when he looked back, it happened to meet Ye Suqian's eyes.
The man's eyes were clear and bright, as if he could look into people's hearts. He didn't seem to be hostile to Xie Mingzhe, but took the initiative to smile when his eyes met, like an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.
Xie Mingzhe walked over to say hello: "Hello, Ye Suqian, this is the first time we meet in reality."
Xie Mingzhe met him in the game a long time ago. He told Xie Mingzhe about the origin of the magic card, and said to Xie Mingzhe, "I hope you can come up with more interesting original cards when we meet next time. When you become a professional player, Let's fight again."
Now that we meet again, Xie Mingzhe not only took out the original card, but also established a new race that is enough to compete with the god card - the immortal race.
Ye Suqian raised his head and looked at him: "It is indeed the first time we meet in reality, hello, Xie Mingzhe."
Xie Mingzhe looked at him carefully, it may be because of his illness since childhood. His face was paler than ordinary people, but he did not look weak. A blanket covers his legs, a thin blanket covering his ankles. Although he can only look up at others in a wheelchair, his eyes are very calm, there is no feeling of "lower class" at all, but there is a hint of arrogance in his eyes.
Xie Mingzhe smiled, leaned into Ye Suqian's ear and said softly, "Don't pay attention to those comments on the Internet. I did not make a fairy card to replace your magic card. I also approve of your magic card."
"I know." Ye Suqian looked at Xie Mingzhe and said in a voice that was audible to each other: "Cards of any race have their reasons for existence. Those who discuss replacement or not, don't understand the meaning of making cards at all."
"So you came to the scene in person today, didn't you come to Xingshi to ask the guilt?" Xie Mingzhe said jokingly. Then, he heard Ye Suqian's soft voice in his ears: "I'm here, just to fulfill a promise with you."
"...Agreement?" Xie Mingzhe looked blank.
"What are the two of you whispering?" Ling Jingtang interrupted the two with a smile, Ye Suqian nodded to Xie Mingzhe, and then said to Ling Jingtang, "It's time to prepare."
"Well, see you at the arena." Ling Jingtang said goodbye to everyone and left with a wheelchair.
Looking at their backs, Xie Mingzhe still didn't understand what Ye Suqian meant. What is the contract
***
At half past seven, the game officially started.
Players from both sides came to the big stage with warm applause.
Nirvana took the lead - Chen Xiao, Xie Mingzhe, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan took the stage in turn.
Since Xie Mingzhe abstained from the individual competition, he has not been seen in public for a month and a half. Fans miss him very much. When they saw him come out, the audience immediately burst into screams. The posters and Nirvana's cheering posters were all held up high, and the fans at the scene even excitedly played the crowd: "Nirvana, come on!"
The shouting was deafening.
Su Yang sighed: "Nirvana's popularity is really high!"
Wu Yuedao: "Although Nirvana won the fourth place in Group B in the regular season in the first half of the year and qualified for the playoffs in a thrilling way, the current Nirvana is no longer the team that had a hard time qualifying. After half a year of training, his strength has increased greatly, and Chen Xiao also won the third runner-up in the individual competition!"
Liu Chen said: "Besides, Xie Mingzhe abstained from the individual tournament to prepare the deck and created an original type of immortal card. The card pool announced by Nirvana this time really opened my eyes. I still can't remember the top ten kings of hell. , the names of the Eight Immortals and Seven Stars…”
Su Yang said with a smile: "I can't remember, so I'm looking forward to Nirvana's performance in the playoffs."
Wu Yuedao: "Let us welcome the four players of Nirvana with warm applause!"
The profiles of the four players were played on the big screen, and the cards were often used. The audience's applause almost overturned the roof.
Liu Chen said: "Next, the four players from the Temple of Affection will play."
Wu Yue followed Nian and introduced: "The Temple of the Gods is a veteran team established in the second season. The representative player Ling Jingtang, I believe everyone is very familiar with it. Today, he will bring his teammates..."
On the big stage, following the spotlight to find Ling Jingtang's figure, the audience found a strange scene—
I saw Ling Jingtang pushing a wheelchair onto the big stage. On the wheelchair sat a pale, handsome young man. His expression was calm, his hands rested on his knees, and his upper body was wearing the team uniform of the Pantheon. The uniform made him look very thin, and his legs were covered by a thin blanket that fell down to his ankles.
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
Audiences:"????"
The barrage in the live broadcast room was almost going crazy: "Fuck, what's the situation?" "Where is the wheelchair man? Are there players with disabled legs in the Temple of the Gods?" "Could it be the legendary Temple of the Gods? Chief card designer, right?"
"What does it mean to push a designer onto the stage! Lingshen is making a big joke!" "Am I dreaming? This is Ye Suqian? The creator of the magic card?" what the hell?"
The audience was stunned, and for a while they could not understand what the operation of the pantheon was doing.
Chen Qianlin, who was watching the game in the background, saw this, his face changed slightly: "I didn't expect it to be like this... I underestimated Ling Jingtang."
Tang Muzhou looked complicated: "Substituting people in battle, Ling Jingtang's move is really ruthless."
Xie Mingzhe wanted to drop his helmet at this time!
Nirvana's recent preparations for tactics are all based on "targeting Xu Xingtu" and "prioritizing the destruction of Xu Xingtu". It was completely unexpected that Xu Xingtu would not play, but actually replaced him with Ye Suqian, who had never played in the professional league!
Ling Jingtang was really unexpected.
No wonder he has been restless these days. It turned out that the recent dream was a warning to him—don't underestimate Ling Jingtang.
Being able to survive in the All-Star Desert Island Survival Mode alone to the finals, and let Zheng Gui and Nie Lan compete against each other, and reap the benefits of a fisherman, Ling Jingtang's calmness and wisdom are not comparable to ordinary people - he It was obvious that Xu Xingtu would become a flaw in the temples, so he simply replaced this flaw!
What is Ye Suqian's style of play? No one knows how to deal with it
At this moment, Xie Mingzhe only felt a chill down his spine.
Ye Suqian said just now that it was to fulfill a promise, and he finally figured it out.
Ye Suqian once told him in the game that when he became a professional player, there would be another real duel. I thought that the "showdown" the other party was talking about meant the production of cards, but unexpectedly, the other party actually came to the arena in person!
In the middle of Wu Yue's words, she almost bit her tongue when she suddenly saw Ling Jingtang pushing her wheelchair onto the stage.
Afraid that the information would be leaked, the names of the contestants on both sides will be sent to the commentary three minutes before the start of the game. Ling Jingtang really pushed the wheelchair onto the stage, Wu Yue was in a complicated mood, and his voice trembled as he said, "The one in the wheelchair is Ye Suqian, the chief card designer of the Temple of the Gods, the original author of the divine card, today... Not to watch the game, but to compete!"
Liu Chen said: "Today's four contestants in the Temple of the Gods do include Ye Suqian. Ling Jingtang submitted a substitution application a week ago. In this match, Xu Xingtu was replaced with Ye Suqian."
Su Yang was just explaining the guests and didn't know about it at all. Suddenly seeing Ye Suqian in a wheelchair, he was frightened. After a moment of silence, he said, "Ye Suqian rarely appears in public, and has always been the behind-the-scenes designer of the temples of the gods. , he made all the magic cards, and even he participated in the design of some of Lingjingtang's weapon cards, but I didn't expect him to... come to play the game in person?"
Backstage, Ye Zhu and Bai Xu, who were discussing the follow-up to the Legend of the White Snake, immediately stopped the discussion.
Bai Xu's eyes widened: "This is all right? Isn't Ye Suqian a professional designer? He can still play games?"
Tang Muzhou replied in a low voice, "He is also a professional player."
Bai Xu turned his head to look at his brother, and found that his expression was extremely complicated. He said word by word: "In the fifth season, I played against him in the Masters, and his strength was not inferior to mine, and he won the runner-up in the Masters. It's just that , he was in a wheelchair at the time, and there was too much controversy about him on the Internet. After he signed the Pantheon, he retired to the background and never played a game as a professional player - but he was indeed a professional player, and the league has always had him registration information.”
Listening to Tang Muzhou's narration, the great gods watching the battle in the background looked at each other in dismay.
Having only played in the Masters and never participated in the professional league, Ye Suqian's lack of experience in competitions would be Ye Suqian's biggest flaw.
However, as the original author of the magic card, his knowledge of each magic card is definitely far more than Xu Xingtu. Moreover, he also participated in the design of many cards in the Temple of the Gods, and even in order to make "Piranha" an instant-death card for Xie Mingzhe, his familiarity with teammates and opponents was no less than Xu Xingtu.
The team match was directed by Ling Jingtang. As long as he kept up with Ling Jingtang's rhythm, he could play a perfect match.
Thinking of this, everyone sweated for Xie Mingzhe.
Before, when the Nirvana deck was announced, everyone was sympathetic to Lingshen—poor Lingjingtang had to be familiar with so many bizarre cards from Nirvana in a short period of time, right
However, now, everyone began to sympathize with Xie Mingzhe - Nirvana definitely did not expect that Ling Jingtang would make a temporary substitution. As a result, the previous tactical arrangement would be useless.
Xie Mingzhe pitted Lingjingtang, and Lingjingtang pitted Xie Mingzhe again. The two sides pitted each other and tied.
The game has not yet started, and the psychological warfare is so intense... It seems that the game will be a "fight of gods"!