As the 20th approaches, more and more contestants come to the hotel to check in.
On the 14th, Meng Buhui, Gu Jialuo, and Menghuan Tianxin arrived separately. It was naturally lively again when everyone met each other. Meng Buhui was a young handsome guy with a medium build, while Gu Jialuo was still a high school student. It was unknown how his family agreed to let him come to Shanghai alone.
Dreamy Sweetheart is a typical ****. She is obviously twenty years old, but has a very cute baby face. She is quite pretty, and her round and bulging breasts are no less beautiful than Han Yingxue's. They make Fatty Han and Meng Buhui dry their mouths, and also make the little boy Gu Jialuo blush.
Other participating teams also arrived one after another, but because everyone's appearance in the game had been changed to a certain extent, some of them could still be recognized after a closer look, while some of them looked completely different from the game.
Zhang Yang received Xue Qianxun's secret message in the game and found out that she had checked into the hotel with the main force of Yi Nu Hong Yan, and the two sides agreed to have dinner together in the evening.
At half past six, the nine people from Da Mo Gu Yan and the five beauties from Yi Nu Hong Yan met at the entrance of the hotel restaurant, then found a private room and sat together at an extra-large round table.
The five-member group of Angry Beauties are: Xue Qianxun, Shui Xiu Huaxiang, Thorn Blood Rose, Gentle Poison and Peerless Dancer. They are all outstanding beauties, especially Xue Qianxun and Peerless Dancer. One is a charming young woman in the prime of her life, and the other is a ** girl with glasses and a slender waist and plump buttocks. I don't know how many eyeballs they have attracted along the way!
Of the fourteen people, nine were women, all of whom could be called beauties, and some were stunningly beautiful, making it seem like there were more yin than yang! Fatty Han and Meng Buhui were like fish in water, constantly making jokes and making the atmosphere very lively.
The little boy Gu Jialuo became the target of teasing by the girls, who would ask him if he had a girlfriend or if he had his first kiss, making the boy blush. Fatty Han and Meng Buhui were so angry that they wished they could switch places with the little boy and endure the teasing by the girls.
By December 19, all 160 people from 32 participating teams had signed in and checked in. Sun Xinyu was the last to arrive. Fatty Han and the others were stunned when they saw this cold beauty. No one had expected that the taciturn assassin who usually wore a mask on his face could be so stunning!
On the evening of the 20th, the organizing committee held the opening ceremony of the finals of Sword Pointing to the Sky in the main exhibition hall of the hotel which could accommodate 10,000 people. It was also broadcast live in the game and many big names in film, television and music were invited to attend. The host was Liu Wanfei, a well-known domestic ** beauty. She had a pair of big breasts of at least 36D in a black low-cut dress, with one-third of her breasts exposed!
But this sexy beauty likes to stomp her feet to act young. Every time she stomps her feet, her breasts bounce around, which dazzles countless men!
"It looks good?" Han Yingxue suddenly turned her head and said to Zhang Yang who was watching with great interest.
"It looks good!" Zhang Yang answered subconsciously.
"Pervert!" Several girls at the same table spat at the same time.
Zhang Yang laughed and said, "I mean the lights on the stage are really beautiful, colorful!"
"You're just making excuses!"
Zhang Yang pointed at Fatty Han and Meng Buhui, who were already drooling, and said, "Why don't you talk about them?"
"I don't know who they are!"
After showing off her skills for a while, Liu Wanfei finally talked about the highlight of the opening ceremony - the 32 teams were divided into groups by drawing lots!
The 32 teams are divided into eight groups for a double elimination, and the top 16 will enter the next round. The remaining matches are also a best-of-three system. In order to maintain fairness as much as possible, the four teams in each main city will never be divided into the same group to prevent a team from deliberately letting the game go.
In the center of the booth, there are four cardboard boxes that are only big enough for one hand to fit in. The captains of each team take turns to play in the order of the eight main cities and touch the ball numbers representing their groups in the cardboard boxes. The first cardboard box contains groups a and b, the second cardboard box contains groups c and d, the third cardboard box contains groups e and f, and the fourth cardboard box contains groups g and h.
The rules of the double elimination game are: a1 vs. a2, a3 vs. a4, the winning team enters the winners group, and the losing team enters the losers group. Then the winning team of the winners group advances as the group leader. The loser of the winners group then faces the winner of the losers group, and whoever wins advances as the second place in the group.
Because losing twice means elimination, this system is called double elimination. Compared with the round-robin system, double elimination only requires five games, and there will be no tie-breaks. The disadvantage is that there is a serious phenomenon of "team restraint", and a team may be eliminated after losing twice to another team.
Groups a, b, c, and d are the upper half of the competition, and groups e, f, g, and h are the lower half. If the teams from the upper and lower regions want to compete against each other, they will have to wait until the finals.
As long as you make it to the top 16, you will get a level +1 reward. If you make it to the top 8, in addition to a level +1, you will also get a chance to draw a lottery, at least a bronze item, and there is a 10% chance of drawing a silver item.
The team that reaches the semi-finals will receive a level +2 reward, at least one silver item in the lottery, and a 10% chance of winning a gold item!
The runner-up team will have all its members' levels increased by 3, will receive at least one gold item in the lottery, and will have a 10% chance of winning a purple gold item!
The winning team will have all its members' levels increased by 3, skill points increased by 1, receive at least one gold item in the lottery, and have a 30% chance of winning a purple gold item!
In addition, one player from the champion team will be selected as MVP, and will receive an extra level +1, as well as a second chance to draw a gold item as a base, with a 50% chance of winning a purple gold item!
Any team that participates in offline competitions can get prize money, ranging from 20,000 to 1 million.
Although everyone already knew about these rewards, when they heard Liu Wanfei say them again, they still caused bursts of exclamations.
Liu Wanfei pulled her collar, which was a little drooping, and said in a sentimental voice: "Dear audience, now is the most exciting moment! Next, the captains of the 32 participating teams will appear one by one and draw the specific matchups for the group stage! Everyone, please welcome Mr. Jian Zhimang, the captain of the Black Dragon City Light Team 1, to the stage with enthusiastic applause!"
Bang bang bang!
In addition to the 32 participating teams and 160 players, the organizing committee also invited many lucky players to watch the game on site, and many players came to Shanghai and Jinyuan Hotel at their own expense to experience this event in person. The exhibition hall with 10,000 people was not only full, but the back row was also filled with enthusiastic players, some of whom even held flags with the team they supported written on them, which was very iron-clad.
When Jian Zhimang walked towards the booth, thousands of players applauded and cheered. Guangmang Guild is also a well-established gaming guild in China with a large number of fans, and Jian Zhimang is a handsome young man with elegant manners, which made the female fans scream frequently.
Jian Zhimang came to the cardboard box with "No. 1" written on it, reached his hand in, and took out a red ball with "B2" written on it. After showing it to the camera and the audience in the back row, he handed the red ball to the etiquette lady on the side.
On the other side of the game board, another etiquette lady put the "Light" sign on the B2 position, indicating that a team had been decided.
Then, Mr. Qingshan, the president of the Yanhuang Guild in Green Willow City, came on stage and drew the blue ball with the number "c4" written on it from box "No. 2".
Baifa Yizhong is the captain of the second team. He was the sixth person to go on stage and drew D2.
Although there were many female players in the participating teams, there was only one female captain, Xue Qianxun, so when she stepped onto the stage, the audience immediately erupted in warm cheers. The two beauties competing on the same stage gave the audience a feast for the eyes and set off a small climax.
"Now, let's applaud and welcome Mr. Zhan Yu, the captain of the Da Mo Guyan team, to the stage! Da Mo Guyan is the only guild among the 32 participating teams that has two teams qualifying. This is a very remarkable result!" Liu Wanfei said, clapping her hands.
Da Mo Guyan is currently on the verge of becoming the strongest guild in China, and Zhang Yang is also firmly in the position of the number one tank, extremely popular among players. As soon as he stood up, he was immediately greeted with countless applause, and many female fans threw handkerchiefs and scarves at him. The most outrageous thing was that some woman actually threw out a fierce mask that still had her body temperature!
Zhang Yang reached into the cardboard box and took out a blue ball with "F2" on it. The etiquette lady in front of the game board immediately put the sign of "Da Mo Gu Yan Team 1" on the F2 position.
The "draw" activity lasted for half an hour, and finally the 32 teams were divided into groups, but the official competition will start from tomorrow, with two group matches every day. The quarterfinals will be held on the 25th and 26th, the semi-finals on the 27th, the semi-finals on the 28th, and the finals, closing ceremony and draw on the 29th.
Of the four teams that came out of Baiyu City, Yi Nu Hong Yan was in Group A, Ling Tian was in Group H, the second team of Bai Fa Yi Zhong was in Group D, and Zhang Yang and his team were in Group F. Theoretically, the two teams of Damao Guyan had the possibility of meeting in the finals.
However, Zhang Yang was not optimistic about this. There were many powerful teams in the upper half of the league that would enter the S-level league in the future. For example, Yi Nu Hong Yan was a very strong opponent. In addition, there were also super strong teams such as Guang Mang, Huang Tian, and Lan Hai! It was too difficult for them to break through the siege with Bai Fa Yi Zhong!
Of course, there is no shortage of powerful guilds like Brilliant Star and Dawn in the lower half of the competition, so it is also quite difficult to qualify successfully!
After the opening ceremony, everyone returned to their rooms. Zhang Yang just put on his gaming helmet and went online, and he saw in the game notice board that the number of viewers for the opening ceremony of Sword Pointing to the Sky in China had reached 50 million, and it was constantly displayed in red letters, indicating how popular "Miracle" is now!
The day passed quickly. At 7:00 pm on the 21st, Group A started first. After five fierce matches, Yi Nu Hong Yan and Lun Hui successfully qualified. At 8:30, Group B also started five matches. In the end, Guang Man and Feng Yun were superior and won two qualifying spots.
At 7 o'clock in the evening on the 22nd, the competition of Group C began, and the Huangtian and Yanhuang Guilds advanced.
It was still half past eight when the first match of Group D began, with Team Da Mo Gu Yan 2 facing Team Cang Hai Zhi Yue.
"Shayu, Tianxin, can they win?" Han Yingxue said from the audience. The game scenes will be displayed on the big screen in the exhibition hall, and professional commentators will explain the tactics and advantages and disadvantages of both sides, while the players of both sides will sit in the temporary competition cabins on both sides.
Zhang Yang's face was solemn, he said: "It's very difficult! Among Fatty and his friends, only Meng Buhui can be called a top expert. Gu Jialuo and Baifa Yizhong are still a little green. Fatty Han's output is okay, but if he is targeted by others, he probably won't even use his life-saving skills, he will just wait for death! The odds are 50-50, it all depends on luck!"
The battle started quickly, but unfortunately, Fatty Han's dull appearance immediately made him the target of concentrated fire. Although Meng Buhui tried his best to control the opponent's two outputs with a sneak attack and a blinding, he only lasted a little longer. Ten seconds later, the opponent launched a new round of concentrated fire, successfully killed the fat man, and finally won with two surviving team members!
The second team of Da Mo Gu Yan fell into the loser group.
In another match in the same group, Lan Hai easily defeated Rebirth from the Ashes, and defeated Canghai Zhiyue in the winner group match, qualifying as the group leader!
In the loser group match, Meng Buhui showed his great power and almost defeated his opponent by himself, leaving the team with hope of qualifying.
The final battle is still between Team 2 of Desert Guyan and Team Moon in the Sea.
Having tasted the sweetness, Cang Hai Zhi Yue used the same trick again, and put the focus of the breakthrough on Fatty Han again. Although they were not Saint Seiya, they would not be stupid enough to fall in the same place twice. Instead, they used Fatty Han as bait to pull apart the opponent's formation. Although Fatty Han still died, he successfully killed one of the opponent's output!
After a chaotic battle, one person from each side died. In this kind of endgame, the role of the master was highlighted. Meng Buhui's positioning was graceful, his awareness was sharp, and his big mouth kept swearing, which forced the opponent to make a fatal mistake and ruined the treatment.
3v2, and the opponent has no treatment, so the only way is to wait for death!
In the end, Team Damoguyan 2 entered the top 16 with a sweet battle of revenge, stepping on the corpse of Canghaizhiyue!
On the third night, the Group E competition ended, and Genesis and Honor advanced.
At 8:30, the first match of Group F started, with Da Mo Gu Yan facing Qing Chun Sui Nian.
The other five people are -
Son of Holy Light, level 62, dwarf male, holy knight, health points 15230.
Baiyun Wuxiu, level 61, human female, berserker, health 13980.
Frozen Starmark, level 62, orc male, fury warrior, health points 14260.
Fuwawa, level 62, elf male, Beastmaster Hunter, health 13650.
Gentle Fire, Level 61, Human Male, Assassination Rogue, HP 14520.