Chapter 179 Tactics

After the first two rounds, Tyranny had two points, and Excellent Era had three. However, Excellent Era's fans weren't particularly happy. For the current Excellent Era, points were almost irrelevant. More points wouldn't get them into the playoffs, and fewer points wouldn't get them relegated to the bottom two.

Excellent Era's fans wanted to see a thrilling match, a match with momentum. They didn't necessarily have to beat Tyranny, but they had to give Tyranny trouble, make things difficult for them. For Excellent Era, whose performance was no longer promising, their fans had entered a state of enjoying the process without caring about the result.

The break before the team competition was always longer, and commentators Pan Lin and Li Yibo discussed this issue. These experienced industry insiders had a clear understanding of the current situation of both teams.

The Happy Internet Cafe was also buzzing with discussion. The atmosphere of broadcasting Excellent Era's matches was somewhat reappearing. To be honest, Chen Guo missed this atmosphere. Watching the customers unanimously support Excellent Era, she couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

After a 20-minute break, the team competition finally began. Both sides fielded their most skilled lineups, which they had used during the league.

The Happy Internet Cafe quickly boiled over with excitement, cheering for Team Excellent Era. But no one expected that this team competition would be a cold shower for Excellent Era's fans from start to finish.

Team Excellent Era charged forward with vigor, making supporters feel their confidence and fighting spirit. However, a few minutes into the match, any Glory player with a little knowledge could see that Team Excellent Era was at an absolute disadvantage.

Tactics!

What determined this match was not fighting spirit, not confidence, not skill, not performance, not experience, but tactics.

And the most eye-catching person in this match was undoubtedly Zhang Xinjie of Team Tiny Herb.

However, tactics are not as straightforward as a brilliant operation, which can be displayed to the audience in a few seconds and instantly arouse their emotions. Tactics are more profound, sometimes like a novel full of foreshadowing, with a plain and dull beginning. But when the tactics begin to bear fruit, that's the beginning of the tactical climax. Successive attacks allow the audience to appreciate the purpose of some plain and dull places at the beginning.

This match was like that. The first few minutes seemed like ordinary confrontations, but after enduring that period, Tyranny began to constantly gain advantages and seize the upper hand. The commentators and guests analyzed the intentions of both sides from the beginning, and at this moment, they combined the confrontations of the previous few minutes to analyze the entire situation and tactical layout thoroughly.

"This is the exciting stuff," Ye Xiu praised.

"Indeed," Chen Guo nodded. Because she had completely abandoned her identity as an Excellent Era fan, she didn't look as listless as the other Excellent Era supporters in the internet cafe. She objectively and enthusiastically appreciated Zhang Xinjie's tactical layout in this battle.

"A lone wolf like Sun Xiang is afraid of well-prepared, targeted tactics. Not to mention Tyranny, whose strength is not below Excellent Era, even Team Thunderclap could easily defeat the current Excellent Era," Ye Xiu said.

"Because they have Xiao Shiqin," Chen Guo naturally knew the famous name of this one of the four tactical masters.

"That's right."

"What about the current Excellent Era? Are there still people who are good at tactics?" Chen Guo asked.

In the entire league, no one's answer to this question would be more authoritative than Ye Xiu's. After a few seconds of silence, Ye Xiu slowly shook his head.

"Hmph... retribution," Chen Guo said impolitely. Excellent Era certainly used to have a tactical master; Ye Xiu was one of the four tactical masters. And after Excellent Era forced Ye Xiu away, they had so many problems. For Chen Guo, who already disliked them, it was of course gratifying.

"This season, Excellent Era is just like this."

With Ye Xiu's final comment, Tyranny's team match against Excellent Era ended with Tyranny's victory. Judging from the final result on paper, Tyranny, with only two players left, seemed to have won miserably. But anyone who had watched the entire match would know that it was a certain, albeit miserable, victory. In team competitions, the number of remaining players doesn't change the score, so sometimes it's more effective to trade lives and end the match decisively.

At the post-match press conference, these old rivals rarely engaged in fiery confrontation, but this was just a superficial phenomenon.

Tyranny simply said a few words about the match, and then talked about their prospects and goals for the season, discussing their plans for the playoffs. All of this was something that Excellent Era wouldn't have this season. Some professional reporters, who were good at finding hidden meanings, immediately felt that Tyranny was indicating that Excellent Era was no longer at their level, so they didn't bother to talk about them.

On Excellent Era's side, the voices of the losers were naturally quieter. Excellent Era politely praised Tyranny's excellent tactics in the team competition, and casually pointed out that because it was Tyranny's home game, they could have such well-prepared tactics. Finally, they regrettably said that there would be no more opportunities to play against Tyranny this season, and hoped that both sides would present more exciting matches to the audience next season.

The statement was equally subtle, and the reporters, who were good at finding topics, found that the content implied by Excellent Era seemed to be the concept of "a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late."

Excellent Era was well aware of the emotions of their supporters at this moment, and didn't dare to shout rashly. After losing, acting like a stubborn dead duck would seem undignified and low-class. Although Excellent Era hadn't touched the championship trophy for four years, they had three consecutive championships, and they always considered themselves the number one team in the Glory Alliance.

The press conference ended harmoniously, and the broadcast at Happy Internet Cafe also came to an end. The audience began to leave listlessly. Looking at these dejected faces, Chen Guo really wanted to grab them and ask, "Have you ever missed Ye Qiu?"

Chen Guo didn't do it after all, because Ye Xiu, the person involved, was sitting calmly on the side! She felt that if she jumped out as the leader, she wouldn't be thanked by the person involved, and the possibility of being despised was higher.

After seeing off this large group of guests, Ye Xiu and Chen Guo cleaned up the front desk and went to their usual gaming machines, logging into their respective accounts.

"How is it? Any gains recently?" Ye Xiu asked.

Chen Guo numbly shook her head and turned to look at Ye Xiu's screen, "What level are you?"

"Level 49, hitting 50 tonight," Ye Xiu said.

The historic moment was finally coming. Chen Guo decided to stay up as much as possible tonight to commemorate this glorious moment.

"What are you planning to do after level 50?" Chen Guo asked.

"First, I'll get the quests, do the process, and wait for the others to level up," Ye Xiu said.

"It's really a waste of time..." Chen Guo sighed. "For ordinary players, the things in the quest process are tedious because they can't do them frequently, so they repeat the practice frequently. But for Ye Xiu, Chen Guo believes that he will pass them all at once, without repetition, one step at a time, so the challenge process of the Heavenly Domain won't take too much time. On the other hand, in the arena, waiting for the general public to reach level 50 would normally take a month. Now there are Spring Festival quests, but few normal people play as hard as Ye Xiu and the others, so their leveling speed is not representative. With the help of this event, it would take at least half a month for a large number of players to pour in. For half a month, Ye Xiu can be said to be trapped here, with nothing to do."

That night, Chen Guo really didn't sleep at all, doing event quests while paying attention to Lord Grim's experience bar. Finally, she witnessed this historic moment. In the vibrant white light, Lord Grim perfectly grew to level 50, and was the first player in the tenth server to reach level 50.

Due to the Spring Festival, the 24-hour leveling methods of the major guilds were not very effective. These days, Ye Xiu leveled more diligently. In addition, Chen Guo didn't give up on helping Ye Xiu level. During these seven days, Lord Grim became the true number one in the tenth server.