The top 32 teams will start a group round-robin tournament, which is somewhat similar to the competition system of other sports events such as the Earth Era World Cup and the Olympics.

There are eight groups, each with four players. The round-robin competition is ranked based on points, and the top two players advance to the top 16.

Xie Mingzhe was placed in Group A. The other three players were not very strong, so he won the group stage quite easily, winning three games in a row 2:0. So far, his record has reached 88 consecutive wins.

Fans were very excited to see the winning streak continue to increase. The ratings for every game that Fatty participated in were terrifying. The official noticed this and sent more famous commentators to keep an eye on Fatty's group.

In Group B, Chen Xiao was equally impressive, defeating three players in a row and advancing to the top 16 with a perfect record.

The ID "Above the Clouds" is not as famous as Uncle Fat, and the ratings of his live broadcasts are average, but this person's special card deck has already attracted widespread attention from the professional league.

Pei Jingshan already knew that he was Chen Xiao, so all the members of the Dark Night City Club would watch every game he participated in. On the Ghost Hell side, since Lao Zheng suspected that the person standing behind Nirvana was Chen Qianlin, he also brought the players to watch the Group B game.

Although other clubs don’t know the identity of “Above the Clouds” yet, his unique dark plant deck is indeed very eye-catching. The top players are also watching his games and found that his playing style is extremely fierce, completely different from that of Fatty.

In Group F, Yu Ke encountered strong opponents, but fortunately there were no reserve masters. Yu Ke thrillingly defeated his opponent 2:1 on the first day of competition, and then won the next two games in a row 2:0, entering the top 16 with the first place result.

Qin Xuan in Group G was in a bad situation. He encountered a reserve expert of the Judgement. The opponent happened to use a fire beast card with extremely strong explosive power. His strategy of "bleeding stacking" to slowly drag the opponent to death failed, and he was directly defeated by the opponent 2:0. Fortunately, Qin Xuan had first-class psychological quality and quickly adjusted his mentality. In the next two games, he was very stubborn and dragged the game to the late stage, forcing the opponent to lose blood to death.

Qin Xuan made it to the top 16 with a score of 0:2 in one game and 2:1 in two games!

All four players from Nirvana made it to the top 16, which made Chen Qianlin very happy.

However, according to the rules of the next round, groups A, B, C, and D will compete against groups H, G, F, and E respectively, the first place in group B will play against the second place in group G, which means that Chen Xiao and Qin Xuan actually collided in the round of 16!

Qin Xuan had never beaten Chen Xiao in any team training match. The two were still partners in the doubles match, so there was no suspense about winning or losing, and Qin Xuan actually let go of the pressure.

Yu Ke secretly went to Chen Xiao to plead for mercy, saying, "Brother Chen, Qin Xuan's style is not suitable for a one-on-one duel! It's not easy for him to get to where he is now. In tomorrow's match, can you please show some mercy and not abuse him too harshly?"

Chen Xiao smiled and rubbed Xiao Ke's head, saying, "If I give in to him, it will hurt his self-esteem, understand?"

Yu Ke seemed to understand but not quite.

Chen Xiao said: "The greatest respect for him is to fight with all your strength. In this way, even if he loses, he will lose with a clear conscience. I deliberately let him win, just like teasing him, which will make him feel even worse. Don't worry, I know what to do."

Yu Ke understood now, nodded and said, "Okay!"

Tomorrow's match is a Nirvana internal battle, who should I cheer for? Yu Ke was a little confused, and finally made a very smart decision. It would be right to shout "Come on Nirvana" when the time comes!

The next night, the knockout round of 16 to 8 began.

Xie Mingzhe's opponent was the second place in Group H, a folk master who used water-based marine life cards.

He took out six gold cards without hesitation, and brought the instant-death card Xishi. At the critical moment, "Xishi Sinks the Fish" instantly killed the opponent's school of fish that was controlling the field. Then, relying on the advantage of the gold system's strong critical strike, he focused fire on the opponent's squishy skin and quickly established a card difference.

The hand difference is the key in the game.

But sometimes, a big card difference does not necessarily mean victory, for example, when encountering Gui Sirui's late-stage card, Ghoul, even if the opponent has three or four more cards than him, he can rely on the late-stage burst to clear the field and reap the rewards.

However, the water deck does not have such explosive cards. Xie Mingzhe seized the "control" feature of the water deck and killed several key control cards of the opponent in a row, making it impossible for the opponent's control skills to connect, completely breaking up the opponent's control chain and taking the initiative into his own hands.

This made the water deck very difficult to play against, and Xie Mingzhe won his first victory without a doubt.

In the second game, the opponent changed his strategy and wanted to rely on strong control to attack the water system in one wave, but Xie Mingzhe also changed his strategy. After seeing the opponent's deck, he immediately replaced Xishi with the hidden card Nuwa.

As a result, the opponent's water system was able to use strong control and finally focused fire to kill Guan Yu, but Nuwa resurrected one of her babies, and the opponent's attack was in vain.

Seeing this, Zheng Feng couldn't help but praise: "Uncle Fatty's awareness has improved a lot. He has learned to adjust the deck according to circumstances."

Gui Sirui said: "Fat Uncle will definitely win this game. I am more concerned about the next Nirvana civil war. The one between Yunxiao Zhishang and QX uses all dark plant cards. It should be very exciting."

Zheng Feng smiled and nodded: "That's true, but after the next game, it will no longer be a secret that QX is a member of Nirvana. After all, their decks are so similar."

Xie Mingzhe lived up to everyone's expectations and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, with his winning streak reaching 90 games.

The second match was between the first in Group B and the second in Group G, Yunxiao Zhishang and QX. At the beginning of the match, when both sides announced their decks, the audience was a little confused: "Both players are using plant cards!" "And the style is very similar, blood-red, dark purple, and black plants, is this a dark plant deck?" "Is QX also a Nirvana player?"

In the alliance group, Ye Zhu jumped out and shouted, "I found the fourth player of Nirvana, it must be this QX! The deck he used is similar to Yunxiao Zhishang, and there are duplicate cards in it. The Dark Ice that Yunxiao Zhishang took out was also used by QX before!"

Shan Lan: “…Everyone has seen it.”

As early as the round of 32 group matches, after seeing QX's dark plant card, many people had guessed that he was a Nirvana player, but after seeing the Nirvana civil war today, it was even more certain.

Chen Xiao and Qin Xuan were fighting each other, and all the members of Nirvana Club came to watch enthusiastically.

Yu Ke whispered in Qin Xuan's ear: "Brother Chen is very strong, don't put too much pressure on him, just do your best!"

Qin Xuan's expression was calm: "Yes, I know."

He knew that he couldn't beat Chen Xiao, so he didn't have much hope and just wanted to learn something from Brother Chen.

Therefore, the civil war in Nirvana was not fierce at all, but instead had a strange sense of warmth.

Because many experts have seen that this was a very attentive coaching match.

The deck that Chen Xiao took out was the set of plant cards that Qin Xuan was most familiar with. He deliberately slowed down the pace so that Qin Xuan could see clearly his every move - when to take control and when to start the explosion. It was completely like a teacher demonstrating to students.

Qin Xuan was suppressed by Chen Xiao from beginning to end. People who didn't know the truth only thought that he was beaten particularly badly, but Qin Xuan knew in his heart that Brother Chen was actually cultivating his observation ability and response speed. Although he undoubtedly lost two games in a row, he lost with a convinced heart!

Compared to Brother Chen, his strength is far inferior and he has no chance of winning in a one-on-one fight.

He only knew that in future team battles, he could give Brother Chen the best assistance and double Brother Chen's strength. This was what he should do.

At the end of the game, Chen Xiao defeated his teammate 2:0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Everyone was too embarrassed to come forward to congratulate him, after all, he had defeated his teammate. Instead, Qin Xuan took the initiative to walk over and said seriously: "Congratulations, Brother Chen, you are really amazing."

Chen Xiao smiled heartily, patted Qin Xuan on the shoulder and said, "I beat you twice in a row, aren't you angry?"

Qin Xuan shook his head: "No, I know myself well."

This guy's calmness sometimes made Chen Xiao couldn't help but admire him. Despite his young age, he was so calm. No matter what happened around him, his expression rarely changed. Compared with the noisy Yu Ke, there was a world of difference between them.

However, although Yu Ke is impulsive, he is very strong.

He used an extremely fast focused assassination style of play, and Hei Wuchang accumulated Yin and Yang marks continuously, clearing the field in one wave, and ended the game in just 10 minutes in the knockout round, defeating the opponent 2:0 and advancing to the quarterfinals!

Nirvana's Fat Uncle, Yunxiao Zhishang, and Ke Xiaoke, all three made it to the quarterfinals, which surprised the netizens.

Many people also sighed on Fat Uncle’s personal homepage: “Is Nirvana so strong!” “Fat Uncle, Yunxiao Zhishang and Ke Xiaoke, three of the top eight in the Grandmaster Tournament are from Nirvana Guild, so awesome!” “Looking forward to Fat Uncle’s appearance, don’t worry, the die-hard fans will not dislike your looks!” “There are so many good-looking players in the league, and our Fat Uncle has a unique painting style, so it doesn’t matter if he is not handsome, right!”

Xie Mingzhe was speechless when he saw the comments from his fans.

The quarterfinals will be the day after tomorrow, and they must go to the official designated venue for a real fight. He and Brother Chen will reveal their identities together.

The scene must have been spectacular.

He had only heard of netizens who were too ugly to be seen in public, but he felt that he might set a precedent of "being too handsome to be seen in public, and fans turning against him".

The author has something to say:

Tomorrow will be the day when Pipizhe and Brother Chen will be exposed, but Tang Shen’s senior brother identity can still be kept secret for a while.

Tang Muzhou said: Anyway, the money for the dinner has been saved, so I'll save it and earn some interest :)