After experiencing the double torture of Guijiu's home court and Liushuangcheng's home court, Nirvana temporarily fell to fifth place in Group B's points.
Nirvana's fans were very nervous, but Xie Mingzhe was very calm.
The key reason why Nirvana fell to fifth place was that after the Star Team lost 0:2 to Oniguro on the first day, they encountered weak teams in the next two games and got a score of 2:0 in two consecutive games.
The points gap between Starry Sky and Nirvana in the group stage was not that big, so Starry Sky temporarily surpassed Nirvana.
Bai Xu was very happy and sent a private message to Tang Muzhou: "I have surpassed your junior brother. Do you think your cousin is better than your junior brother? Maybe our Starry Sky really has a chance to enter the playoffs, hahaha!"
Tang Muzhou replied with two words: "Wake up."
Bai Xu: "...As my cousin, can't you give me some encouragement?"
Tang Muzhou said: "The opponents of the Nirvana Group's outer cycle are the three strongest teams in Group A. After beating these three teams, their points are only 1 point behind Xingkong. If they play one more game, they will surpass you again."
Bai Xu was depressed: "I know, you don't need to remind me!"
He was only happy for two days. After all, it was not easy to surpass Nirvana in the points list. But Bai Xu also knew that Nirvana's opponent in the next round would be Holy Domain. This team was already second-rate in strength. In addition, Holy Domain and Nirvana had many conflicts. Xie Mingzhe would definitely not be polite to Holy Domain.
More importantly, the next game is at Nirvana’s home court!
The home team can choose the map and make targeted arrangements. The Sanctuary will probably be beaten to tears by Nirvana...
May 8, Nirvana Club pre-match meeting.
Chen Qianlin said, "Before the fourth season, the Sanctuary team was a strong team in the league, but in recent years, it has been on a downward spiral because of its complacency. We just need to treat the Sanctuary as an ordinary second-rate team. Don't think too much, and don't think about revenge for me. If you fight with hatred, hatred will sometimes make you too excited and make mistakes. Do you understand?"
Chen Xiao was the first to say, "I understand. Don't worry, brother. We will be stable."
Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master. Brother Chen and I have already discussed in detail how to attack the Holy Land. Let me tell you our ideas first."
He turned on the projection screen, called up the deck and map that he had prepared long ago, and explained in detail: "This time it's Nirvana's home court. There will be two consecutive games. Brother Chen and I plan to command one game each. I will command the first game, picking a few water cards from the Twelve Pins of Jinling. Wang Xifeng and Jia Tanchun will be the main output. The laughter attack and slapping will break the psychological defenses of the Sanctuary players."
"In the second round, Brother Chen played. Qin Xuan also took out the new plant cards that Master made. He used the plant deck as the main force and attacked them head-on. He defeated them as quickly as possible. What do you think, Master?"
First, there is the Hahahaha laughter attack, which annoys the opponent, followed by a wave of defeat. It feels like the laughter and taunting torture the opponent's spirit in the first round, and the violent crushing tortures the opponent's dignity in the second round.
Facing the malicious smile of his young apprentice, Chen Qianlin was speechless: "What you are doing is a bit..."
Chen Xiao said: "That's too much, isn't it?"
Chen Qianlin looked at his brother, not knowing what to say.
Chen Xiao looked into his brother's eyes seriously and said, "Brother, you don't have to care about the past, but as your younger brother and apprentice, Azhe and I just want to beat them up on the field and not let the Holy Domain lose too comfortably. Is that okay?"
Chen Qianlin frowned slightly, and finally said helplessly: "It's up to you. But you must promise me that you will stay calm during the game and not be impulsive and let them take advantage of you."
The two looked at each other and nodded solemnly at the same time: "We promise!"
***
sanctuary club.
Shao Bo paced back and forth in the office, as anxious as an ant in a hot pot.
Ever since he knew that Xie Mingzhe and Tang Muzhou were fellow apprentices, he had been feeling uneasy. When he saw Chen Qianlin personally show up and be interviewed during the match with Guiyu two days ago, he felt even more mixed emotions.
The man in the picture is still as young and handsome as in my memory, but he, who grew up with Chen Qianlin, has become a middle-aged uncle with a bulging belly and bald head. In recent years, he has been busy with business and social activities, often in drinking and dining, and has long forgotten the original intention of establishing the Sanctuary with Chen Qianlin...
When he was 20 years old, he was also a boy who liked card games.
He himself couldn't tell when he changed. It was probably because he saw the numbers on his bank card increasing day by day, and was blinded by money, so he ignored many other things. Now, he has become a rich man, owning the Sanctuary Club, and has made a lot of money with Chen Qianlin's cards. He has always felt that Chen Qianlin is a pretentious and stubborn guy. He could have made more money by cooperating with him, but he insisted on taking him to court...
Now, watching Chen Qianlin's calm and indifferent appearance during the interview, Shao Bo was so angry that he was shaking, as if he could never raise his head in front of this person. He was obviously the winner.
When Fenghua lost 2:0 in the internal battle of Group A, Tang Muzhou's smile made him feel annoyed. Now he is about to fight Nirvana outside the group. It turns out that Nirvana not only has Chen Qianlin's brother, but also a little apprentice...
If they are defeated 2:0 again, where will the Sanctuary put their face?
Thinking of this, Shao Bo's face darkened and he called the manager to come up: "How is the matter I told you to do?"
The manager's expression was very ugly: "Shao, Mr. Shao, you asked me to contact Nirvana's management privately and give them a large sum of money to let them tell us Nirvana's deck. I contacted Jinyue, but I haven't received a reply."
Shao Bo said: "Where is the fat guy?"
The manager's expression became even uglier: "He didn't reply either."
Shao Bo frowned thoughtfully: "Are you sure they received it? Is the price appropriate?"
It was not the first time that Sanctuary had obtained deck information through the other party's guild manager. After all, guild managers were not considered core members of the club, and their salaries were not high. Moreover, they were not as united as the players. Sanctuary had successfully bribed the traitors several times before. Of course, the managers of big clubs like Fenghua and Judgment were not so easy to deal with.
I thought that since the guild managers of Nirvana had all followed Xie Mingzhe halfway through, and they didn't have a deep relationship, it wouldn't be difficult to get Nirvana's deck information by paying a large sum of money. But I didn't expect to keep hitting a wall...
Shao Bo felt something was wrong and said, "You didn't say who you were when you sent the email, did you?"
The manager said seriously: "Of course, I'm not that stupid. I used a small account that I just applied for and did not reveal which club I was from. They shouldn't be suspicious of me."
Shao Bo frowned and said coldly: "Since we can't buy deck information, let the players prepare well and use the latest tactics to catch them off guard. I want to see how long Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe can be so proud!"
At this time, Nirvana dormitory.
Xie Mingzhe had just finished taking a shower when he heard a knock on the door. He opened the door and saw that it was Fatty and Jin Yue.
The two men came to him with laptops and showed Xie Mingzhe the emails they received. "Azhe, someone has been sending me emails these days, asking me to reveal the Nirvana card pool and map to them in advance. They will give me a reward of 1 million crystal coins. It's a private transaction and no one will know. I think this is a bit strange..."
Jin Yue said, "I received it too. I didn't contact you before because I was worried about disturbing your competition. But the rewards in the email kept getting higher and higher. Fatty and I felt something was wrong, so we decided to talk to you."
Xie Mingzhe was simply stunned: "Bribing the guild management? Who would do such a despicable thing?"
Chen Xiao, who heard the noise, said calmly: "It's probably the Holy Land."
Xie Mingzhe: “…”
You are worried about being slapped in the face during the competition, so you are desperate, right? Don't worry, Nirvana will really "slap" you in the face during this competition.
Chen Xiao sneered, "Shao Bo has done this before, and my brother accidentally discovered it. That's why my brother was determined to terminate his contract with Sanctuary. He always thinks money is omnipotent, and he once bribed a player to deliberately let him win during a match."
Xie Mingzhe: “…”
In order to win, he would use any means necessary, which is indeed in line with Shao Bo's style.
But this made Xie Mingzhe more determined. He suppressed his laughter and said, "I think Shao Bo is really stupid sometimes. Does he think he can beat us just by knowing our deck and map? Why doesn't he just give me money and let me give away points in the game?"
Chen Xiao said coldly, "I guess he originally planned to do so, but it suddenly came out that you were Lin Shen's apprentice, so he didn't dare to buy you. As for Xiao Ke and Qin Xuan, Xiao Ke is your follower and will definitely not sell you out; Qin Xuan's family is rich, and he doesn't know the details, so he can only ask the guild management to take action."
Pang Yu said with a smile: "Although my family conditions are average, I would never do such a thing as betraying my buddies!"
Jin Yue pushed his glasses and said, "Besides, we are not stupid. Nirvana has such a good development prospect now. If we sell Nirvana for a million, how can we survive in this circle in the future?"
Chen Xiao patted the two men on the shoulders and said, "Of course I trust you two. Let's not make this public for now. Take screenshots of all the emails as evidence, and expose them online after the game. I was worried that I couldn't kill the Holy Land before, but these idiots came to me... Since they have no bottom line, don't blame me for being rude. This time, I must make the Holy Land famous."
Xie Mingzhe suddenly had an idea and said, "Brother Chen, how about this? Let Qin Xuan take out a few more healing cards and resurrection cards to protect Wang Xifeng. Use Wang Xifeng's Hahaha to keep attacking them. I'm worried that they will use the human death card."
Chen Xiao nodded: "Yes... I have another idea."
Xie Mingzhe asked: "What?"
Chen Xiao said, "Why not just use Wang Xifeng for both games? In the first game, you can laugh slowly, and in the second game, you can cooperate with my frontal attack and make them die of laughter in one wave. Wouldn't it be more lethal to taunt them for two consecutive games?"
“That makes sense!”
The two smiled at each other, discussed it, and then went back to sleep.
***
On May 10, the competition between Nirvana and Sanctuary officially started.
The competition has attracted a lot of attention before it even started. After all, everyone knows about the past between Nirvana and Sanctuary. Although Chen Qianlin said that he didn't want to talk about the past, there is no way his brother and apprentice would let Sanctuary off so easily!
Moreover, Nirvana's recent away games against Guiji and Liushuangcheng did not perform very well, and they were overtaken by Xingkong in the ranking of Group B. If they can defeat Sanctuary in this game, they can firmly sit back in fourth place in Group B.
In the pre-match interview, Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao both said calmly: "We don't have any special ideas for Sanctuary, we will just play normally." "The coach also told us to stay calm and just play normally later. We will try our best to score points."
The two people's smiles were more frank and innocent than the other, as if this was really an ordinary game.
In the first game, Xie Mingzhe was the conductor and he chose the map - Longcui Temple in the Grand View Garden.
This map provides healing. You can steal Miaoyu's tea to recover health, and you can play slowly at a slow pace.
As a result, not long after the game started, the audience heard a strange sound -
Ha ha ha ha!
Before seeing the person, I heard his voice first, and his hearty laughter immediately filled the entire venue.
Audience: “????”
Who is laughing? Why can we hear laughter during a game?
Fenghua Team 2 had already seen Wang Xifeng's newcomers: "..."
There is no sympathy for the Sanctuary, the mental attack from Xie Mingzhe is about to begin!
The author has something to say:
I will just briefly mention the away games of Guiji and Liushuangcheng, and mainly write about the home games during the regular season. I will write about the playoffs in detail!