Hu Die Lan
Chapter 1367 The Struggle Continues
Brilliant, brilliant beyond his expectations. Was his level really so outdated? He used to be a member of the championship team, but now had he fallen to this point? Thinking of the Tyranny Team, his former teammate, his former captain, still fighting on the field. Whenever people thought, "That's about it, he should retire," he resolutely told everyone: "Next year again."
Next year, next year, next year.
From Li Yibo's retirement until now, it had already been six years. Li Yibo was a bit older than him, but back then, had he really reached the point where he had to retire? No… not really. It was just that he had won the championship that year, so Li Yibo, who was already not young, suddenly felt that this was the best time to retire.
This was called a graceful exit at the height of one's career. Li Yibo always felt that his decision was very smart. But now, he began to ask himself, was his decision because he lacked something? Han Wenqing, who had also won a championship, why was he still fighting desperately today? Wang Jiexi, who already had two championships in hand, why was he still restraining his playing style for the sake of Tiny Herb?
Fallen.
Tiny Herb's healer actually became the first character to fall in this match. After going around in such a big circle, Thunder's ultimate goal was still the most ordinary, to kill the healer first. How many tactical changes were there, and how many details ensured their success? Li Yibo felt dizzy, he… was really too bad.
Losing the healer was a universally fatal problem. Perhaps it was because Thunder relaxed slightly after successfully killing the healer, resulting in Tiny Herb launching an extremely strong counterattack at this time. Fortunately, Thunder finally stabilized their position and didn't rush to fight Tiny Herb to the death. Instead, they slowly dragged the battle into a positional warfare, starting to maximize the fact that they had a healer. In the end, Thunder won, reversing the score to 6-4, achieving a double kill against Tiny Herb this season, with both scores being 6-4. The lag in the individual competition showed that their players' individual skills were indeed slightly inferior, but when they came together as a team, they had a fighting power that was not inferior to any team in the league.
This was not just a tactical issue. The Thunder players' tactical execution and team awareness could be said to be among the best in the league.
"Thunder wins, wins on the road, truly wonderful, especially the team competition!" the commentator Pan Lin shouted.
"Yes. However, Thunder's outstanding team competition record, even defeating strong teams, but they are not in the top four on the standings. Their players' performance in individual events is still worrying. With the current playoff system, if the individual competition lags too much, it will put a lot of pressure on the team competition!" Li Yibo said factually. The playoff system was a five-player arena competition, plus the team competition, counting the number of heads. If Thunder lost too many heads in the arena competition, the pressure and limitations on the team competition would be great. This would definitely affect the richness and flexibility of their tactics.
"You're right, but this problem can't be solved just by saying it can be solved," Pan Lin said regretfully.
"Thunder may still need one or two players with outstanding individual strength to take charge!" Li Yibo said with emotion.
"Yes, yes." Pan Lin nodded repeatedly. "This match between Tiny Herb and Thunder is over. Now there are some other matches that have been completed. We still have some time, let's take a look at the results of other matches together."
"Ah!" Pan Lin had just finished speaking, and then, after seeing the match information transmitted from other venues, he was shocked.
"Yan Yu versus Void, Yan Yu didn't use a healer!" Pan Lin shouted.
"Oh? This is imitating the tactics of Team Howling," Li Yibo said.
"No, they are… a team of six, without any healers," Pan Lin shouted.
"And the result?" Li Yibo asked.
"Void won…" Pan Lin's tone was slightly regretful. This couldn't be said to be ingratiating himself, but seeing that Yan Yu had worked so hard to this point, many people would have a trace of expectation for them emotionally, but unfortunately, Howling transformed and succeeded, while Yan Yu transformed strongly, but still lost the game.
"Yan Yu Team's lineup, to be honest, is not very suitable for using this kind of play..." Li Yibo was also sighing as he looked at Yan Yu Team's roster at this time. Obviously, many people had a consensus on this issue, but how many people really knew the helplessness behind Yan Yu?
"7 to 3. Void defeated Yan Yu. This season, Yan Yu can be said to have completely lost hope..." In the live broadcast, Pan Lin finally dared to say this. Void was the team whose ranking was in front of Yan Yu. Defeating Yan Yu in a direct dialogue was naturally a strong snipe at Yan Yu. There were still six rounds of the league left, and Yan Yu's season could indeed be said to be really over.
"At the same time that the game ended, Team 301 completely defeated Team Mighty Wind 10 to 0, Team Samsara defeated Team He Wu 9 to 1, Team Tyranny defeated Team Zhao Hua 9 to 1, and Team Happy defeated Team Misty Cloud 8 to 2," Pan Lin quickly reported the results of the matches that had already been released.
"Oh? How did Happy lose 2 points?" Li Yibo asked.
"It was… the individual competition…" Pan Lin quickly scanned the match information. "Luo Ji and Wei Chen each lost a match."
"These two from Happy..." Li Yibo really wanted to comment, but he lost confidence again. These were Happy's players… Everyone from Happy, no matter who, he felt was particularly unpredictable.
This feeling was really uncomfortable… Li Yibo felt melancholy again. He imagined what it would be like if such a self was standing on the competition field. Unable to see through his opponent, indecisive, and worried. On the field, this self would lose the game, and in the commentary booth now, this self was frequently slapped in the face, to the point where it was difficult to speak.
"Ah, another match result is out!" Pan Lin was really a lifesaver this time, not letting Li Yibo continue to round out how the two were, but announcing the newly refreshed news.
"Team Howling… won Team Hundred Blossoms 10 to 0 at home!" Pan Lin announced the result with full of amazement. After all, it was not unusual to get a 10 to 0 victory over Team Hundred Blossoms. Team Hundred Blossoms had defeated Tiny Herb in the last round. Such a strong team was actually defeated by Howling. Howling was strong individually, and now they had found a way to play as a team. It seemed like they had suddenly awakened.
"Team 301 and Howling are really biting each other tightly!" Pan Lin laughed. "After this round, the scores of the two teams are still exactly the same!"
"But the scores of the other teams are different!" Li Yibo said.
Pan Lin was stunned, and then took another look at the real-time standings. Team 301 and Howling each scored a 10 to 0 victory, especially Howling, who had blown up Team Hundred Blossoms. The two teams were now squeezing into the top eight together, while Team Hundred Blossoms, with 199 points, had dropped to ninth, 5 points behind the top eight.
"If I remember correctly, Team Hundred Blossoms' next schedule is quite difficult," Li Yibo said.
"That's right." Pan Lin had already pulled out the schedule. "Team Hundred Blossoms' opponents in the next six rounds are Team Misty Rain, Team Void, Team Royal Wind, Team Thunder, Team Tyranny, and Team Samsara…"
"It seems… Team Hundred Blossoms needs some good luck now!" Li Yibo said.
"I didn't expect such a change to happen at this time. As expected, no one can relax until the last moment," Pan Lin said.
"Yes!"
"Okay, this broadcast is over here. See you next week, viewers." Pan Lin finally announced the end of the broadcast. The 32nd round of the competition also ended completely shortly after. The standings, which had been calm for a long time, really changed dramatically after this round. Especially among the top ten, Team Blue Rain rose to 3rd, Team Tiny Herb dropped to 4th; Team Happy rose to 5th, Team Thunder dropped to 6th; Team Howling and Team 301 rose to 7th and 8th respectively, while Team Hundred Blossoms dropped two places directly and dropped out of the playoff zone.
After that, from 10th to 12th, the rankings of the three teams did not change at all. But after Team Royal Wind, Team Misty Rain, at this point, was almost desperate for the playoffs.
"In the end, we still lost..."
This round was still Misty Rain's home game. After the end of the match, Chu Yunxiu, sitting in the player seat, looked at the score on the electronic screen, watching the audience start to leave. She heard a lot of sighs and curses from the audience, and saw her teammates sitting next to her without saying a word.
"You guys go first, I'll sit here for a while," Chu Yunxiu said.
"The press conference will start soon," Li Hua reminded her.
"Why don't you go? I want to rest for a while," Chu Yunxiu said.
A complete defeat that eliminated hope for the season, the captain not attending the press conference after the match was obviously not very appropriate. But after a slight hesitation, Li Hua nodded, "Okay."
Her teammates left one by one, and some of them looked back at Chu Yunxiu with some worry. Chu Yunxiu didn't care, just continued to look at the score on the electronic screen. The audience in the stands behind her were also leaving in an orderly manner. Among the noise, there were sighs and criticisms of Team Misty Rain.
So tired…
Chu Yunxiu really wanted to lie down on the player seat.
Outsiders said that she was a bit weak, and that she brought the entire team down with her. Perhaps that was the case, she was not strong enough after all, and always felt tired easily. If she was not the captain, how great would that be? Chu Yunxiu thought blankly.
32 rounds, another team said goodbye to this season in advance. What will Misty Rain's future be like? People may care, but this is not the focus right now. After 32 rounds, the top eight changed dramatically. Team Hundred Blossoms was actually thrown out of the playoffs by Team 301 and Team Howling. It seems that the fight this season is far from over! From 5th to 9th, the score difference is only 13. The fight is not just between Team 301, Team Howling, and Team Hundred Blossoms. Team Happy and Team Thunder, if they are not careful, I am afraid they will also fall behind quickly.