Amid the screams of the audience, the players from Fenghua and Guihe appeared on the big stage, neatly dressed in their team uniforms.
This was the first time Xie Mingzhe saw his senior wearing a team uniform.
Individual players can wear whatever they want, but for the sake of collective honor in team competitions, the league stipulates that players must wear club uniforms.
Fenghua's uniforms are designed to be very fresh, with white as the base color and some green leaves and vines on them. Tang Muzhou is already very good-looking, and after putting on the uniform, he instantly transformed into a gentle male god in a campus idol drama. He is very young, and there is no sense of incongruity in wearing this uniform to shoot a campus movie.
Although Xu Changfeng, Lao Zheng, and Gui Sirui were all handsome and had their own characteristics, Xie Mingzhe was immediately attracted by his senior brother. This kind of elegant temperament was something that others could not learn. Perhaps because he was familiar with Tang Muzhou, Xie Mingzhe liked him more and more and could not help but look at him for a few more seconds until the camera shifted to Guiyu.
The Onihell uniform is pure black with a blood-red skull logo on the shoulder, which is very consistent with the style of the club.
Old Zheng has a more outgoing personality, and his features are tough. Although Gui Sirui is playing a joker, he is not gloomy at all, and his smile is very sunny. Liu Jingxu is said to be a research maniac, with a serious face. When he comes to play a game, he is like a scientist walking into a laboratory.
Xie Mingzhe noticed Wei Xiaotian, who was walking at the end. The 16-year-old boy had not grown up yet. He was about the same height as Yu Ke, about 165cm tall. He was very small and followed the team obediently, seemingly without much presence. But the boy's eyes were bright, and Xie Mingzhe had a hunch that this guy might really bring surprises to everyone.
The two players sat down on the swivel chairs and put on their helmets, and the big screen switched to the game images.
Xie Mingzhe had learned some of the rules of team competitions before, but when he saw it in person, he felt something completely different.
Compared to individual competitions, team competitions are much more complicated and intense. During the pre-match preparation phase alone, he felt the intensity of the two teams' commanders' deployment of troops.
In the first game, since Fenghua Club was playing at home, Tang Muzhou was undoubtedly the commander. The map he submitted was "Forest Trap". This map had many traps under the cover of leaves. Cards that fell into the traps would be frozen for 3 seconds, and the requirements for positioning were very strict.
When the deck was announced, Xie Mingzhe was dazzled by it.
Unlike the 7v7 individual competition, the team competition is a 20v20 big team battle, with 16 open cards and 4 hidden cards. The specific cards that will be handed to which team member will be decided by the commander. In some extreme cases, there will even be a situation where a player controls 4 hidden cards.
When it comes to the team competition stage, the deck's bonuses become particularly important.
In individual competitions, deck bonuses are obtained when there are 5 or more cards of the same series, while in team competitions, deck bonuses are obtained when there are 10 or more cards of the same series.
The 16 cards announced by Fenghua are all wood-type cards. The attribute of the deck chosen by Tang Muzhou is "Reduced the cooldown of all card skills by 20%". It is obvious that Fenghua wants to use the "cooldown flow" style of play around Xu Changfeng in this game.
Ghost Hell is undoubtedly an earth-based deck, and the deck attribute chosen by Lao Zheng is "Increase the critical damage of all cards by 20%."
The female commentator analyzed: "Old Zheng chose the critical hit bonus, not the defense. It seems that he will not play defensive counterattack in this game?"
The male commentator said: "The combination of the Joker and the Monster can deal terrible critical damage. The Hell Ghost should play more actively in this round."
What made everyone even more confused was that after Fenghua announced the deck, Lao Zheng quickly removed his hidden cards and replaced them with four cards in a row.
Xie Mingzhe was extremely excited when he saw this scene: "They changed four hidden cards in a row. Do they have a secret weapon?"
Yu Ke asked curiously, "Will they bring Lin Daiyu? You can only bring one instant death card per game. If you play against Fenghua, it would be very useful to bring Lin Daiyu. Maybe Fenghua will also bring Cao Chong to restrict Lao Zheng's elephant."
The commanders of both teams quickly distributed their decks, and the game officially began.
Fenghua used seven or eight cards in succession at the beginning. Tang Muzhou's big banyan tree stood in the middle for protection, Shen An's fruit tree was ready to attack, Xu Changfeng accelerated, and Zhen Man's venomous snakes were arranged on the ground. The four of them cooperated well, and all the cards were kept within 30 meters of the banyan tree shield, so they could take care of each other at any time.
On the Hell side, Lao Zheng's earth-type defense card rushed in the front, followed closely by a group of demons and monsters.
There are too many cards in team battles, and if you want to take care of the overall situation, it requires a very high level of commander awareness.
At the beginning, both sides quickly arranged their battle formations, and the battle was about to begin. When the distance between the cards of both sides reached 30 meters, Tang Muzhou decisively ordered: "Fight!"
As expected, Cao Chong appeared on Fenghua's side. The boat in the child's hand quickly enlarged and directly locked up the elephant in front of Lao Zheng Chong. There was a burst of booing at the scene. This scene was really funny.
The audience complained: "Guess how long it takes Cao Chong to weigh an elephant?" "This card made by Fatty is so disgusting!" "Sympathize with the elephant." "Give the kid an electronic scale!"
The commentator said helplessly: "The elephant has been exiled, and the defense system of the ghost hell will definitely be affected!"
However, Lao Zheng retaliated and immediately let Lin Daiyu kill Xu Changfeng's acceleration card Hyacinthus in seconds.
Watching the sudden acceleration of the pace on the field, Xie Mingzhe also understood more clearly the significance of his senior brother's promotion of instant death cards.
Instant death cards are cards that target the core cards of both sides, destroying the opponent's attack and defense system at the fastest speed, forcing the opponent to change his mindset quickly. If the commander is not calm enough, when his key card is killed within 1 second, the mental shock he suffers may affect his judgment of the battle situation.
On the contrary, if the players are aware enough, the existence of dead cards will only interrupt the rhythm of the game and will not affect the outcome of the game.
The death of Hyacinthus made Fenghua's fans feel uneasy, but the next moment, Xu Changfeng directly summoned a phoenix tree, activated the resurrection skill, and Hyacinthus bloomed beautiful white flowers again, and the whole group accelerated!
Tang Muzhou's rose language was raised one after another, and Shen An's apples, bananas, and pineapples were thrown over in one breath!
The Hell of Hell was not afraid either. Lao Zheng directly opened the earth wall and the whole group counterattacked. All of Shen An's fruits were bounced back and hit their own plant cards.
Almost at the same time, Tang Muzhou activated the range of invincibility - the protection of the sacred tree!
The green barrier accurately protects teammates within the range, making the entire team invincible for 3 seconds!
This exciting exchange of offense and defense not only drew thunderous applause from the audience, but Hsieh Ming-che also couldn't help but applaud.
The evenly matched and tit-for-tat team battles were so exciting to watch.
He sat up straight, his clear eyes fixed on the big screen, afraid of missing any exciting moments.
After a wave of skill exchanges, both sides had cards with low health. Zhen Man's role in the team battle was similar to that of an assassin. She found the opportunity first, released the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake and the Black Mamba, and rushed directly into the opponent's lineup, biting the two low-health cards to death in an instant!
Gui Sirui was unwilling to fall behind, and in the chaos, the hanged ghost threw out the rope in his hand and strangled Shen An's apple tree from a distance. Liu Jingxu's fox demon followed closely behind, using the advantage of the demon card's agility to kill Xu Changfeng's flower card with one tail.
At this moment, a blood-red eye suddenly appeared in the sight of the audience.
——Death stare.
It was the 16-year-old newcomer Wei Xiaotian of Guiyu who activated his card skill and aimed at the thousand-year-old sacred tree that Tang Muzhou had just summoned.
The moment the blood-red eyes opened, Gui Sirui and Liu Jingxu's joker and monster cards acted collectively, and the Millennium Divine Tree was just summoned, but was killed instantly without even using any skills!
Tang Muzhou's face changed: "Not good."
Xu Changfeng was also a little surprised: "What is this?"
Tang Muzhou said: "Hidden card, mark skill, everyone retreat 10 meters!"
At the command, the entire Fenghua group retreated. But soon after, the Hell released a witch dressed in black. The witch raised her staff and muttered something, and then a black shadow appeared on the top of Xu Changfeng's bellflower - the mark of death.
The next moment, Gui Sirui and Liu Jingxu's joker and monster cards seemed to be marked and "guided". They gathered together automatically and quickly killed all of Xu Changfeng's group healing cards.
This change happened so quickly that the audience was stunned.
Xie Mingzhe was sitting in the audience, shocked. He didn't even understand why Guiyu's concentrated fire speed was so fast. Among dozens of cards, he suddenly attacked and killed Tang Muzhou's full-health output card and Xu Changfeng's full-health treatment card in seconds.
To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. Guiji's strategy of killing the key card did greatly disrupt Fenghua's rhythm.
Although Tang Muzhou reacted quickly and Fenghua began to quickly adjust his position to look for opportunities to counterattack, this wave of rapid movement caused Fenghua to have 2 fewer cards than Guijiu in an instant.
The two sides fought fiercely until the end, and the entire Fenghua deck was wiped out. The Guiyu team relied on the defensive advantage of the earth element to keep Lao Zheng's Stone Spirit and Stone Giant cards.
——In the first round, Guiji wins!
Xie Mingzhe naturally hoped that his senior brother would win, but Guiyu played a very good game. What puzzled him was how Guiyu could kill the Millennium God Tree and Wind Bell Grass in an instant under the protection of so many cards.
Seeing his confusion, Chen Qianlin explained in a low voice: "This is a new marking style of play."
Xie Mingzhe turned around and said, "Master, are you talking about the sudden appearance of the death eye staring at me? And the witch's death mark?"
Chen Qianlin said, "Well, I paid special attention to it. These two hidden cards are the new team battle cards submitted by Guiyu this season, and they are controlled by the newcomer Wei Xiaotian. Wei Xiaotian does nothing but focus on the opponent's key card. Once the opponent's key card comes out, he will mark it immediately. The mark will automatically attract the ghost cards and monster cards of his own side within the range, and all the output will be directed to the marked card."
Import and export! This is the scary part of tag flow!
The teamfight was a mess, and the most feared thing was that the firepower was dispersed. If you could cripple the opponent but not kill them, and let the opponent's healing card recover, then it would be a waste of effort. Once a card was marked, the surrounding output would automatically transfer to the marked card as if it was guided. No matter how well Tang Muzhou's thousand-year-old sacred tree was protected, it would be killed instantly.
Chen Xiao exclaimed: "Marking style, Guihei really knows how to play. I just looked at Wei Xiaotian's cards, Witch, Grim Reaper, and Cursed Doll, which have the skills of Death Mark, Death Gaze, and Death Curse respectively. When these three cards are on the field at the same time, they can also trigger the linkage of group marking and increase the critical damage of the team."
Yu Ke said excitedly: "Is this the marking method? Focusing fire on the Key card is really powerful!"
Xie Mingzhe fell into deep thought.
He has an endless supply of card-making materials, and his awareness and talent are not bad, so he has always been confident in himself. But today's team match was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, making him realize that he is actually still a rookie.
He can't lead a teamfight. There are too many players in the league who are better than him.
In the individual competition, maybe he can still get some good results with his weird decks.
But how to play Nirvana in a team match? There are so many cards. Look at the cooperation between Fenghua and Guiji. 20 cards attack and retreat, and the formation is orderly. What about Nirvana? If four people go up, it will probably be a mess...
Now, if Nirvana encounters clubs like Fenghua and Guiyu, he will be pinned to the ground and abused.
Xie Mingzhe took a deep breath to calm himself down. He had brought Yu Ke and Qin Xuan into the club. Once the official competition started next year, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan would definitely have to take a leave of absence, otherwise there would not be enough time. He did not want the two alumni to leave with disappointment and regret. He had to win the individual competition, and he could not be too bad in the Nirvana team competition.
He only considered himself when making cards before, and it’s time for him to study his teammates’ decks carefully.