The next day was Sunday, and Yu Ke and Qin Xuan both had a day off, so Chen Qianlin gathered everyone together to play the arena team ranking.

The ranking matches of Star Card Storm are divided into individual, duo and team groups. The points obtained in each mode are different. The points you can get by winning a team match are naturally the highest, and you can upgrade the fastest, but the prerequisite is good cooperation.

Although you can rely on single combat to gain points and reach the master level, not everyone likes to fight alone. There are also many people who play in team competitions, especially some friends you know in real life, such as college classmates, company colleagues, etc. They prefer to form a team of 4 to play in team competitions, so that they can take care of each other.

It is also common for a master player to lead a few friends of average level. Of course, if you want to play team ranking alone, you can also enter the "single row" or "double row" mode and let the system find teammates for you.

Xie Mingzhe and three other players formed a fixed team to participate in the ranking competition. Since all four of them were at the "Star Card Master" rank, the system matched them with players at the Master rank, and they were also in a fixed team.

The team we met in the first game was very strong.

This was Xie Mingzhe's first time as a conductor, and he was a little nervous. The deck he used was Plan A prepared by his master, but he didn't have much confidence in his ability to respond on the spot.

The opposing team should be a group of friends and family in the game, and all the cards are the same animal cards. From the surface of the cards, Nirvana's cards are slightly stronger than the opponent's, but in actual combat, it is found that... the coordination of the four people is completely disconnected!

For example. Qin Xuan's control skills haven't been released yet, and Yu Ke rushed forward. Xie Mingzhe was ready to focus on the opponent's output card, but Chen Xiao wanted to kill the treatment card first. With so many cards, the situation was in chaos, and Xie Mingzhe's eyes were dazzled.

The funniest time was when Yu Ke wanted to send Nie Xiaoqian to kill the opponent's low-health card, but Qin Xuan's healing card happened to move to the front to heal his teammates. Nie Xiaoqian shook out her hair and instantly pulled Qin Xuan's plant card in front of Hei Wuchang.

Qin Xuan: “…”

Yu Ke: “…………”

The two of them were as depressed as if their left foot tripped over their right foot while walking, and they complained to each other in their hearts: What a stupid teammate!

Xie Mingzhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was the first time that the four of them cooperated in a team battle, and they lost miserably.

After the game, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Chen Xiao touched his nose and coughed: "Ahem, I think we still lack tacit understanding."

Chen Qianlin said calmly: "It's not that you lack tacit understanding, but that you don't have any tacit understanding at all."

Everyone: “…”

The coach's words are so heartbreaking.

But this statement is indeed very true. The four of them have never participated in a team fight. They have no idea how their teammates move or their ideas about how to play. They often fail to connect their skills and interfere with each other's movements.

It's normal that they can't beat the long-term cooperation between friends and family in the game.

Chen Qianlin said: "The deck is just the foundation, especially in team battles. If you don't cooperate well, you won't be able to unleash even half of the power of this deck. Now is the beginning, don't be discouraged, practice in the ranking matches for half a month before you can see."

Everyone had no choice but to practice.

They were unable to defeat some of the folk masters they met in the qualifying rounds, and Xie Mingzhe was too embarrassed to challenge the people from Fenghua Team 2. He decided to practice cooperation and cultivate his command awareness, and then go find his senior brother after the four of them had almost gotten used to each other.

Otherwise, if teammates make unreasonable moves and block each other's skills, wouldn't Fenghua's people laugh to death if they see this oolong?

***

Time flies, and it is already mid-December.

The four of them trained together every day, and their tacit understanding gradually developed in the constant Oolongs. The four members of Nirvana formed a ranking team with trumpets. From the initial consecutive losses, the winning rate later exceeded 50%, and it was steadily improving.

Since Yu Ke and Qin Xuan were about to take their final exams, Chen Qianlin slowed down their training and allowed them to review seriously first.

Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao focused on learning conducting skills from Chen Qianlin. They would save the slow-motion replays of every game in the professional league and repeatedly analyze every detail. Gradually, both of them gained some of their own insights into actual combat command.

In mid-December, the tenth season was coming to an end and the regular season had entered its most intense stage.

What made Xie Mingzhe even more excited was that the official website of the Professional League finally released an important notice - registration for the 11th National Star Card Master Invitational Tournament will officially start on December 15 and will last until December 31. All players at the Star Card Master level can register freely.

The Star Card Master Invitational Tournament is the only channel to enter the Star Card Professional League. The number of applicants each year easily exceeds one million, but only a few are ultimately qualified to register as professional players. The competition is so fierce that it is hard to imagine.

Xie Mingzhe and his three companions must overcome a huge number of obstacles and obtain the registration qualification. Otherwise, they will not be able to participate in the league next year. The pressure is enormous.

Even Yu Ke, who was usually calm and composed, felt nervous.

The night the alliance issued the announcement, Chen Qianlin gathered everyone to explain the competition system in detail, saying, "The Grandmasters Tournament is divided into three stages: preliminary round, semi-final and final. In the preliminary round, opponents are randomly matched. Each person plays ten games. Those with a winning rate of more than 60% advance to the next round, and those with a winning rate of less than 60% are eliminated directly. This will continue until the top 100 players are decided. I think you will have no problem at this stage."

A 60% winning rate is something we can still achieve easily.

"The key is the semi-finals, the top 100 qualifying round, which is a very cruel elimination system. Players can prioritize the upper and lower halves according to their winning rate in the preliminary round. The two halves will compete against each other to produce the top 32 players to enter the final round. If you make a mistake at this stage, you may be eliminated directly." Chen Qianlin looked at everyone and said calmly, "There are only four players in our club. If anyone fails to make it to the top 32, it means that this player will not be eligible to register with the alliance, and we can only give up next year's team competition."

Everyone: “…”

After preparing for so long, who would be willing to give up?

However, who can guarantee that there will be no problems with the only channel, the Masters Tournament?

Xie Mingzhe was also unsure. The "Top 100 Contest" that Master mentioned was a 100-to-32 elimination round, and the competition was very fierce. The four of them could choose the same half to avoid running into each other, but there would definitely be experts in the other half, and if they were careless for a moment, they might lose the game, and all their efforts would be wasted.

The four of them fell silent at the same time, not knowing what to say.

"I have confidence in the four of you, and you should have more confidence in yourselves." Chen Qianlin paused, looked at the four people one by one, and said in a very cold voice, "We are going for the trophy of the eleventh season next year. If you can't even make it to the Grandmaster Invitational, you can ID yourself and uninstall the game."

"..." Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The coach's words were really venomous, but they also hit the nail on the head. In the future, they will face top players like Tang Muzhou and Nie Yuandao. If they can't even make it to the Masters, they might as well quit playing games and go home to study.

"Hey, come on, everyone. We can do it." The coach was a little fierce, so Chen Xiao had to smile and smooth things over, "Register first, then we'll talk."

"Tonight, all four of you go to the official website to register." Chen Qianlin said calmly, "The Masters Tournament is an online tournament. You don't need to show your face in the early stages, and you can choose any ID you want. The identities of the players will only be made public in the final rounds. You can use any name you want, because in the professional league, everyone must use their real name."

"Then I'll continue to use Ke Xiaoke!" Yu Ke said with his head tilted, "I will never use the ID Gui Shao again." After all, he had offended the referee, and he didn't want to cause trouble for the club.

"I'll still use the name Fat Uncle." Xie Mingzhe said with a smile, "Anyway, the cards I make are very conspicuous. Even if I don't use the ID Fat Uncle, everyone will know it's me."

Qin Xuan used the name "QX" and Chen Xiao used the ID "Above the Clouds". The four of them registered on the official website together. They were all shocked to see the number on the registration interface soar to 100,000 in an instant.

There are so many people. The registration channel has been open for less than half a day, and the number of people has exceeded 100,000. With half a month of registration time, the number of contestants may exceed one million in the end!

However, no matter how many opponents there are, they will not stop the Nirvana team from moving forward.

They will definitely pass the Star Card Master Invitational Tournament and obtain the registration qualification for the Professional League.

As the coach said, they were heading for the Professional League trophy, how could they die on the way? !