The King’s Return

Chapter 168: Top eight list

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After the match between Xiao Han and Xu Lang, Ye Chao said: "Only God, you are the commentator today, can you give a brief summary of this match?"

Cheng Wei said simply: "Xiao Han played very well."

Ye Chao: "... Is that all?"

Cheng Wei nodded: "Well, this is the most incisive summary, don't you think?" Ye Chao said helplessly: "Well, Hanshen really played very well. He is indeed a player who has participated in the World Series. Xu Lang personally The strength is not weak, but it is still inferior to Hanshen. Next is the second match between Group B and Group F. Su Cheng vs. Lu Boyu, and the long-range luthier and long-range black umbrella are also very interesting. Immediately after the advertisement return!"

The live broadcast platform began to insert commercials, Xiao Han returned to the backstage lounge, walked to Qin Mo and sat down naturally, leaned into his ear and said, "I won, is there any reward?"

"No." Qin Mo glanced at him: "Didn't you deserve to win? You still want a reward from me?"

Xiao Han said softly: "Shen He and Liu Hong entered the top sixteen and you gave them bonuses, why didn't I?"

Qin Mo leaned over and said, "You are Mo Jue's boss, is it interesting to give yourself a bonus?"

The two got together and whispered, completely treating the teammates next to them as air, Shen He couldn't stand it anymore, coughed and reminded: "Cough, master, the game is about to start!"

After the commercial ended, Qin Mo sat up straight with a serious face, and moved his gaze to the big live screen.

This match between Su Cheng VS Lu Boyu was also very exciting. Su Cheng's long-range luthier's sonic attack range is extremely wide, and Lu Boyu's black umbrella formation is also a group attack skill with a wide range. , The large-scale confrontation between the sound wave and the umbrella array really has the effect of "shattering the earth".

In the end, Su Cheng won the game with a score of 2:1 and reached the quarterfinals.

The morning game is all over here, and there will be four group duels in the afternoon, which will determine the remaining eight finals.

***

After watching the game, Mo Jue and the others followed Liu Xiang to a nearby restaurant for lunch. While eating, they suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind: "Han Shen, what a coincidence, I actually met you in the restaurant!"

—It turned out to be Xu Lang who was defeated by Xiao Han just this morning.

Xu Lang is only about eighteen years old, with good facial features and bright eyes. Just looking at this face, he can be regarded as above-average level, but it is a pity that his EQ is too low. He publicly mocked professional players on Weibo, pulling the entire professional circle hated by countless fans.

After he lost the game this morning, he posted a lot of messages on Weibo: "You can't be too Xu Lang!" "Yesterday, you said that professional players are nothing more than that. Is it cool to be slapped in the face by Hanshen today?" "There is still face to delete Off Weibo! We’ve already taken screenshots!” “If you don’t admit that you’re a pro player and continue to hate professional players, I’ll still respect you as a man, but you’re such a coward for admitting so soon!”

"Being a man can't be too Xu Lang" even became a hot topic and was forwarded tens of thousands.

Shen He wanted to laugh when he saw him, the embarrassment of slapping himself was nothing more than that, right? In order not to overwhelm him by laughing in person, Shen He could only cough and stare down at the rice in front of him.

Xiao Han greeted him calmly, "Coincident."

Xu Lang came over and said, "Can I sit here?"

The five people sitting at this table are all members of Team Mo Jue, and there happened to be vacant seats. Xiao Han expressed doubts about Xu Lang's sudden desire to sit here, and asked directly, "What's the matter with you?"

Xu Lang blushed and said: "Today's fight against Hanshen made me realize the gap between myself and professional players. I feel very sorry for belittling professional players before. I have deleted that Weibo..."

Xiao Han waved his hand coolly: "It's okay, you just spoke a little frivolously, and you didn't do anything outrageous, so there's no need to apologize."

Xu Lang followed up and said: "I was singled out in online games before, and I have never met an opponent. I always thought that my level was already at its peak, but after I played against you today, I realized what a real master is." .”

Xiao Han, who was praised a few times, was in a good mood, and said frankly: "Thank you for your compliment, I accept it."

Xu Lang scratched his head, stood still and refused to leave, hesitant to speak, looking at Xiao Han with eyes full of admiration.

Qin Mo saw through his thoughts, frowned and asked, "What? You want to recognize Xiao Han as your master?"

Moshen's eyes were really sharp, and he couldn't hide his small thoughts from the other party. Xu Lang had no choice but to say brazenly, "I don't know if I have this honor. I want to recognize Hanshen as my master and teach me some fighting skills."

Xiao Han said: "Aren't you unwilling to be a professional player?"

Xu Lang explained: "I just entered university this year, and I still have to take care of my studies. Playing games can only be used as a hobby. I never thought about becoming a professional e-sports player..."

Shen He couldn't help but interjected: "Then why do you worship Hanshen as your master? If you don't join our Mojue team, isn't Hanshen teaching you for nothing?"

Xu Lang also realized that his request was a little too much. He said it just now, but he just felt that the level of Hanshen was very high. He wanted to learn some skills from Hanshen, but he didn't think too much. At this time, when Shen He reminded him, Xu Lang immediately changed his words. : "Sorry, I wasn't thoughtful..."

Xiao Han couldn't help laughing at his embarrassment, and said, "You don't need to be a teacher, just add me as a friend, and I will give you advice when I have time."

Xu Lang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you Hanshen, thank you so much!"

Shen He's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that Hanshen would guide this guy in his spare time.

On the way back to the hotel after lunch, Shen He asked suspiciously: "Han God, why did you guide him? He already said that he wants to go to school and not play e-sports..."

Xiao Han said: "Since he really likes this game, it doesn't matter if he gives you some guidance. There is still a lot of room for him to improve."

Qin Mo understands Xiao Han's choice very well. In fact, for Xiao Han, giving advice to Xu Lang is as easy as an Olympiad champion helping a middle school student with a few math problems. But for Xu Lang, Xiao Han's advice is very important. It may allow him to break through the current bottleneck and greatly improve his combat awareness.

Xiao Han's willingness to guide this folk expert obviously saw that his talent is not bad, and he has a heart of repentance, so he just did it conveniently.

After returning to the hotel, Xiao Han was a little curious: "I promised to guide Xu Lang, why didn't you ask me why?"

Qin Mo said, "It's not necessary."

Xiao Han smiled: "Because you understand my thoughts, right?"

Qin Mo nodded: "Yes."

Xiao Han gently wrapped his arms around Qin Mo's shoulders, and said, "You still understand me. Although Xu Lang is a little frivolous, I beat him to the core and asked me to teach him. I appreciate his thick skin. "

Qin Mo gave him a funny look: "You have been in Longyin for a few years, and you start to appreciate thick-skinned people?"

Xiao Han said: "Many people just want to save face and suffer. Even if they do something wrong, they don't admit it. They make mistakes again and again. I think it is necessary to be thick-skinned, otherwise I won't be able to catch you."

Qin Mo: "..."

He was obviously talking about Xu Lang's question in a serious manner, but suddenly the topic changed in the last sentence, and the topic changed so quickly that Qin Mo couldn't help being stunned.

After a while, Qin Mo came to his senses, frowned and said, "Have you ever chased me?"

Xiao Han looked puzzled: "I ran all the way to Nanjing to meet you, and I did everything I could to become your vice-captain, caring for you and caring for you, didn't you realize that I was quietly pursuing you before?"

Qin Mo said: "Your usual language expressions are too direct, I can't understand these tactful behaviors."

Xiao Han had no choice but to stop being tactful, leaned over to enclose his lips, put his tongue into his mouth, kissed him deeply until his cheeks were slightly flushed, and then withdrew and asked in a low voice, "Can you understand now?"

Qin Mo: "..."

He decided to ignore Xiao Han, turned around and went to sleep. Xiao Han smiled and walked over to squeeze on the same bed with him, and hugged Qin Mo from behind: "In the future, my expression will be more direct. Anyway, if it is too euphemistic, you won't understand it." Jin Qin Mo's clothes hem, gently touched up along the smooth belly.

Qin Mo immediately grabbed his groping hand, and said in a cold voice, "Try moving around again!"

Xiao Han immediately stopped moving, and said obediently: "I dare not."

The corners of Qin Mo's lips raised slightly, he put aside his hand and said, "Go back to your bed and sleep."

Xiao Han was cheeky: "I want to sleep with you in my arms."

Qin Mo frowned: "Don't you think it's too crowded for two big men to sleep in such a small bed? Go back to sleep."

Xiao Han had no choice but to turn over and go back to the single bed next door.

Looking at Qin Mo's slender back, he couldn't help recalling the feeling when he hugged Qin Mo just now—Qin Mo's waist line is flexible, without a trace of excess fat, his skin is smooth and delicate, and it feels very good to the touch. Unfortunately, he only touched it. Twice, Qin Mo chased him away before touching him enough.

Xiao Han silently made up his mind that he must put a large double bed in the bedroom in the future. The double bed is not crowded. Qin Mo can't find a reason to drive him away, so they can sleep together, right

The more Xiao Han thought about it, the happier he became. He slept soundly this time, and his dream was full of spring.

***

In the afternoon, Qin Mo and Xiao Han came to the game site again. Although they had finished playing, Shen He and Liu Hong still had a game. Besides, there were many masters in the game in the afternoon, so they also wanted to go to the game site to see for themselves.

Cheng Wei is still the guest commentator. Obviously, he will be the commentator for the 16-to-8 game all day today.

In the first match between Shen He and Chen Jiang, Cheng Wei said earnestly when predicting before the match: "I heard that Shen He is Qin Mo's apprentice. In the previous group match, Shen He won against He Yue. I am very optimistic about this match." Shen He."

As soon as these words were said, the audience immediately wailed for Shen He: "It's over, it's over! Xiaohe will be poisoned by Cheng Wei!" "What Cheng Wei said, I always feel that Xiaohe will lose!" Milk!"

Qin Mo, who was watching the game backstage, felt that Cheng Wei's tainted milk might be effective again this time.

In the group stage, Shen He's victory against He Yue actually had a certain element of luck. He Yue didn't know Shen He's style of play, and was distracted by Shen He's random fight. However, Chen Jiang's level is obviously higher than his junior sister He Yue. Although he is also the descendant of Xue Ke, the captain of the Seven Star Grass, Chen Jiang has been apprenticed to his teacher earlier than He Yue, and has been training in the Seven Star Grass Club longer than his younger sister. In addition to his strong personal skills, his tactical literacy, overall situation view, and command ability are all top-notch. Only such players will be the best candidates for the captain of the Frost Moon team.

As the champion of the Long Whip School of Xuanbing Palace, Chen Jiang's single-handed strength is definitely among the best.

Liu Hong had fought against him during his time in the Martial Arts Alliance, and knew his level. When Shen He confronted such a captain-level master, everyone was already mentally prepared that Shen He would lose.

Shen He's performance today is also remarkable. Although he lost to Chen Jiang 0:2 in the end, he caused a lot of trouble for Chen Jiang in the process and played at his own level.

At the end of the game, Team Chen was still typing on the public screen to praise him: "You are a very talented rookie, Moshen has really good eyesight."

Shen He put on a row of smiling faces: "Thank you Team Chen for the compliment, I will work hard O(∩_∩)O"

Chen Jiang thought the little monkey was cute, so he took the initiative to shake hands with him, and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.

Shen He defeated his junior sister He Yue in the group stage, and lost to his senior brother Chen Jiang in the knockout round. The audience and fans expressed their acceptance of this result.

It's just that Cheng Wei's "crow's mouth" can't be cleaned up completely. He said that whoever wins will lose, and this mouth is quite invincible.

***

After losing the game, Shen He did not show any frustration, his face was still happy, and he was still praising Chen Jiang when he returned to the backstage: "Team Chen is really good! Much better than Sister He Yue! I feel that my next step will be guessed by him, and I will be tied up in the fight."

Qin Mo said: "That's because Chen Jiang's consciousness is stronger than yours, and he has more experience in competitions than you, so he can predict the law of your skill release."

Shen He nodded: "Well, it's the same long-whip flow. I should use different thinking when facing different players. I used the same method I used to deal with He Yue to deal with her senior brother. It was really a mistake!"

Qin Mo patted the little apprentice on the shoulder lightly: "As a rookie, your performance is already very good, take your time."

Encouraged by his master, Shen He was immediately full of energy, picked up his phone and sent a text message to Li Muran: "I lost~~"

— Li Muran sent a 100 yuan red envelope.

Shen He was surprised: "Why do you get red envelopes if you lose?!"

Li Muran said: "Consolation prize."

Shen He: "..."

***

The second match between Group C and Group G is Nie Yuzhu VS Xie Changming. Nie Yuzhu's strength is unquestionable. The Tongque Shao team's personal apprentice has completely inherited the Shao team's calm and sharp melee style.

It is also the Xuanbing Palace's double circulation style of play. Liu Hong fights more violently and passionately, but Nie Yuzhu is so calm that it makes the opponent's spine shudder. He is like a hunter who watches the prey fall into the trap with cold eyes. , he was able to unleash terrifying explosive combos in an instant, causing huge damage!

Although Xie Changming is the master of the Luoying Valley sect and is very popular among netizens, he was still slightly inferior to Team Nie and lost the game.

So far, the duel between Group C and Group G is over, leaving only the last two groups, Sang Jun VS Li Junru, Liu Hong VS Yuan Xi.

The first match between Sang Joon and Li Junru was extremely intense.

Sang Jun is the vice-captain of the Dynasty team. He is an old partner with the captain Chu Jianxin. He used to play as an assassin. Claw genre, also won the champion of this genre in the sect competition.

Xiao Han and Sang Jun have played against each other many times in the league before, and Xiao Han has a 60% winning rate against him. It can be seen that Sang Jun is indeed a very strong player, and he can compete with the world-class assassin Hanshen. . However, the number of assassins in the national team is limited, and there are other great assassins in the Miracle League. Sang Jun has never been selected for the national team, but this does not deny his level.

Li Junru is also an excellent player. Liu Hong directly defeated her 2:0 in the group stage. Besides Liu Hong's own strength is not weak, another reason is that she lacks understanding of Liu Hong.

But Li Junru knew Sang Jun very well.

They are both players from the Miracle League. Sang Jun and Li Junru have also played against each other in the field before. In this game, both sides did their best for the top eight places, and they also showed their housekeeping skills. Sang Jun used a fast and explosive style of play on the home map to win a round first, and Li Junru used poisonous attack and consumption to win a round in the home map. After a 1:1 draw, the system randomly selected a complicated villa map in the final tiebreaker , Li Junru used the advantage of long-range hands to fight attrition, while Sang Jun used the assassin's stealth assassination to fight guerrillas. The battle was dragged on for ten minutes. Explosive skill will kill the poisoned opponent in one blow.

Li Junru defeated Sang Jun. This result surprised many netizens. After all, in the true one-on-one strength of the Dynasty team, Sang Jun is the strongest.

As a result, Lin Yao, who is usually unknown, made it to the quarterfinals, but Sang Jun failed to make it.

Sang Jun behaved very gracefully, walked to the middle of the big stage, shook hands with Li Junru, and joked: "Junru, you are really getting more and more fierce."

Li Junru said calmly: "Thank you."

Seeing the girl's steady footsteps when she turned to step off the stage, her straight back, and the neat ponytail behind her head, Sang Jun suddenly had a strange feeling—Li Junru, a female contestant, might be more terrifying than everyone imagined.

Since her debut, she has been silently following Captain Liu Xiang, looking very quiet and well-behaved. There have been rumors before that Liu Xiang wanted to hand over the captain to her, but Mr. Xu disagreed, so she gave up. Since It is the person Liu Xiang is optimistic about, and his strength is definitely not bad—it is impossible to be as obedient and docile as he appears on the surface.

Perhaps, Li Junru's quiet and docile appearance is the heart of a king who dares to compete with other male players.

The Guose Tianxiang club had a really strange accident, and the "insider" on Weibo broke the news just right. It pushed Xu Lin, the general manager, to the bottom of the valley, and there was no way to clear it up. When I played against Li Junru today, I clearly felt the fierce and terrifying explosive power of this female player under her calm appearance. Sang Jun suddenly had a guess whether the "insider" who pushed Mr. Xu into the water might have something to do with Li Junru

After returning to the backstage, Sang Jun sat next to the captain and said, "For the first team, I suddenly have a hunch that there may be a big change in the beauty of the country."

Chu Jianxin wondered, "What change?"

Sang Jun touched his chin thoughtfully: "I always feel that behind all this, someone is planning a strategy, quietly controlling the field and keeping pace. If my prediction is correct, Mr. Xu may be forced to step down and the club will change its owner. …”

Chu Jianxin frowned: "It's a good thing that Mr. Xu's businesswoman left the e-sports circle. The beautiful girls are really having a hard time."

Sang Jun smiled wryly: "But in this way, the team of Guose Tianxiang may become our strong enemy in the future."

Chu Jianxin patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Relax, the beauty of the country is at best a small boss, and Mo Jue is the big boss."

Sang Jun sighed: "... yes!"

***

The last match was Yuan Xi VS Liu Hong.

Liu Hong defeated Li Junru in the group stage before, and the victory was very simple and beautiful, but it was a bit difficult to play against Yuan Xi today.

Yuan Xi has been playing Summoner since his debut, and has three years of competition experience, and even participated in two World Championships. Liu Hong has never played against him, and he doesn't know much about him. Moreover, since Yuan Xi ran away angrily and was persuaded to return by Qiu Zongping, he gave up his plan to be the captain and devoted himself to studying the summoner's style of play. During this time, his level has improved a lot, and his style of play is different from Qin Mo. Instead of taking Qin Mo's pet control route, he just maximized the pet's attack and used the pet to continuously crit to suppress the opponent.

Summon pets to besiege opponents, and exploding pets can also cause damage to opponents. For Yuan Xi, pets are not his partners to assist him in combat—it is his weapon!

This barbaric style of play gave Liu Hong a headache.

At the beginning of the first round, Yuan Xi's pet explosion disrupted the rhythm. In the second round, Liu Hong immediately adjusted his state and pulled it back to a 1:1 tie. In the third round, the map randomly picked up by the system happened to be Mingzhou Square. This kind of square map is not an advantage for ordinary summoners, because there are no obstacles on the map, and there is no way to use pet card slots to control opponents. But for Yuan Xi, This kind of empty map was just what he wanted.

There is no need for a map around the position, the two naturally launched a fierce confrontation at the beginning of the game. Yuan Xi's equipment added a lot of critical strikes and critical strike damage, so the damage dealt was higher than that of Liu Hong. Although Liu Hong used the trap to trap him A few times, but in the end, because of a little bit of output difference, it was a pity to lose with a small gap of 5% blood volume.

For this result, Liu Hong can also accept it calmly. After all, she has only turned into an output not long ago. The reason why she can win against Li Junru is because she and Li Junru have been together day and night for three years, and she knows Li Junru well enough. Yuan Xi has been playing games for so many years. After correcting his mentality, he devoted himself to studying. His strength is indeed very strong. Now Yuan Xi's single-handed ability is even stronger than that of Qiu Zongping. Liu Hong's loss in this match can be regarded as convincing.

When shaking hands in the middle of the stage, Liu Hong said gracefully: "Congratulations."

Yuan Xi scratched her head and said happily: "Thank you, you played well too!"

After returning to the backstage, Liu Hong took the initiative to smile at his teammates, as if he didn't mind.

Qin Mo also comforted him and said, "It's okay, victory or defeat is a common matter, just do your best."

Liu Hong nodded: "En."

In fact, netizens also found that there were too many unexpected results in this league. Liu Hong defeated Li Junru. As a result, Liu Hong failed to enter the quarterfinals, but Li Junru made it instead. Sang Jun, whom everyone was optimistic about, did not enter, but Lin Yao entered instead. What made the fans even more surprised was that Lin Shuangcheng, the captain of the sword song who was very popular before, actually lost Waterloo in the group stage. What happened to him made the fans very puzzled.

Therefore, it is actually unreasonable to judge the strength of a professional player based on one or two wins and losses. Who is more powerful requires a large amount of data for comprehensive analysis.

Ye Chao joked: "Wei Shen has been poisoned all day today, and the list of our top eight players is finally released."

Cheng Wei was depressed: "Fortunately, I only need to explain today's game. I hope that the guests you invite tomorrow will not be crowed."

Liang Ru said: "Tomorrow's guests can't be announced yet, but they will definitely surprise everyone. Let's take a look at the list of players who have entered the quarterfinals."

The list of the top eight players was released on the big screen.

Lin Yao, Qin Mo, Xiao Han, Su Cheng, Chen Jiang, Nie Yuzhu, Li Junru, Yuan Xi.

Mo Jue took two spots and became the winner in life once again.