After winning the first game in a thrilling manner, Nirvana continued to use the "Map of Granny Liu Entering the Grand View Garden" in the second game, but replaced the gold cards with earth cards. Xie Mingzhe wanted to use the Iron Fan Princess system to perform displacement and strong control when Granny Liu crossed the bridge.

Compared to the chaos of Jia Xu and Zhuge Liang combined with Zhao Yun's seven charges, the displacement and control system of Princess Iron Fan and Bull Demon King is also very useful. Just let Princess Iron Fan blow the opponent's ghost card into the river, or let Bull Demon King's melee knockback knock the opponent's card off the stone bridge. The card that falls into the water will naturally be exiled because it can't keep up with Granny Liu's speed.

The game started, Guiyu continued to attack fiercely, while Nirvana defended passively.

Just like in the last game, when Granny Liu stepped onto the stone bridge, Nirvana started to launch a full-scale counterattack.

The linkage system of Princess Iron Fan, Bull Demon King and Red Boy was quickly summoned by Xie Mingzhe.

Princess Iron Fan swung the palm leaf fan in her hand fiercely, and was about to blow away the cards of Ghost Hell. However, Lao Zheng fell for this trick in the first round, so he would be on guard in the second round. Almost at the same time when Xie Mingzhe summoned Princess Iron Fan, Liu Jingxu of Ghost Hell immediately summoned a super auxiliary card - Demon King!

The design of the Monster King card is also very unique. In his "human form", he is a handsome man with the majestic demeanor of the king of the monster world. The skill "The Coming of the Monster King" can mark out an area of ​​30×30 meters, making all of his cards immune to any control and revealing the true form of all monster cards.

The transformation skills of monster cards usually have a time limit. For example, if a fox demon just changes into a "human form" and wants to transform into a "fox form", it has to wait for 30 seconds for the skill to cool down. However, the Monster King card can refresh the transformation skills of all monster cards, allowing the monsters to perform a group transformation.

Liu Jingxu's fox demon, cat demon, charm demon and tiger demon all transformed into demon form the moment the demon king appeared, and used the control-free time given by the demon king to flexibly advance into Nirvana's formation.

At the same time, Wei Xiaotian's Grim Reaper released the "Death Curse" mark, Gui Sirui's red and white female ghost and hanged ghost attacked from a distance, assisted Liu Jingxu's four demon form cards, and instantly killed Princess Iron Fan!

This wave of counterattack caught Nirvana off guard. The key was the group transformation of the "Demon King" card, which allowed Liu Jingxu to deal extremely high damage in an instant. After the death of Princess Iron Fan, although the Bull Demon King relied on his melee attack ability to knock several cards of the Ghost Hell off the stone bridge, the card gap between the two sides was not too big.

In the last game, there was a reversal on the stone bridge, but in the second game, because Guiyu was prepared, Xie Mingzhe's plan to exile at least 7 cards of the opponent on the stone bridge failed.

When Granny Liu walked across the stone bridge, the number of cards on both sides was equal, and the final battle became particularly crucial.

In this game, Gui Sirui did not summon the late-stage card Ghoul.

Probably because he received a letter from Jia Xu in the last game and was forced to become a "traitor", Gui Sirui didn't want the corpse-eating ghost to suffer mental torture again, so he changed to a new card - the hungry ghost.

This Joker card appears for the first time this season. The Hungry Ghost is skinny and almost nothing but skin and bones. Gui Sirui has painted the image of a long-term hungry young man vividly. He has a dull expression and opens his mouth wide, looking for food everywhere...

The skill design of the Hungry Ghost is similar to that of the Ghoul. The Ghoul devours corpses to increase its own attack power, while the Hungry Ghost directly devours the attack power of the designated opponent and converts it into its own attack.

The person Gui Sirui was aiming at was the Black Impermanence with the Yin and Yang mark that Yu Ke had been hiding for a long time.

The Hungry Ghost directly ate the Black Impermanence's attack, destroying the Black Impermanence's combat power while also increasing its own output. The effect of this card is no worse than Tang Muzhou's Flower-Transferring and Grafting.

Nirvana's output in the final battle was insufficient, and unfortunately lost to Guiji by 2 cards.

The game ended in a 1:1 score.

This score was no surprise to everyone. Before the game started, Nie Yuandao had predicted that the result of the game would be 1:1. It was unrealistic for Nirvana to use a similar routine to get 2 points from Guiyu in a row. Guiyu's reaction in the second game was indeed fast enough. The appearance of new cards such as "Demon King" and "Hungry Ghost" also proved that Guiyu attached great importance to the game with Nirvana.

Xie Mingzhe quickly accepted the result, took off his helmet, walked to the center of the stage and shook hands with the person opposite him.

Old Zheng patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him, "You played well today. I am very optimistic about you. No matter what the final result of Nirvana is, this season's best rookie award is definitely yours."

Xie Mingzhe felt embarrassed by the compliment, so he had to maintain a polite smile, shook hands with the great Zheng Feng, and said, "The senior has passed away, but I dare not think about whether I will get the award or not. There are many strong teams in Group B, so I can only take one step at a time."

Zheng Feng laughed and said, "You are still so young, you have a bright future!"

When I returned to the backstage, reporters were already waiting there. When they saw Xie Mingzhe come out, they immediately rushed over to surround him, vying to ask questions: "After beating Liushuang City 2:0 and Guiyu 1:1, Nirvana has scored 3 points in a row, and the gap between Nirvana and Xingkong in the Group B standings has widened to 5 points. Nirvana should be able to qualify from Group B and enter the playoffs, right?"

Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "It's not entirely certain. Nirvana now has 51 points. Although Starry Sky has 46 points, which is 5 points behind us, Starry Sky still has three games to play. It is theoretically possible for Starry Sky to surpass Nirvana by getting 6 points in three games."

A reporter nearby laughed and said, "Nirvana still has one game to play. Unless Star Sky wins three games in a row with a score of 2:0 and also wins 2:0 against Fenghua, and Nirvana wins 0:2 against Fenghua, then the possibility you mentioned will only occur."

Xie Mingzhe immediately looked at the female reporter with admiration: "You are good at math. This situation is indeed possible, so I still can't relax. At least I won't let my senior brother shave my head when I play Fenghua."

The reporters burst into laughter, and all felt that Xie Mingzhe was too humble.

In fact, at this point the possibility of the Starry Sky team qualifying is less than 1%. In the second game tonight, Starry Sky vs. Fenghua, it is Fenghua's home court. Winning 2:0 is simply a joke.

However, Xie Mingzhe knew not to brag in front of reporters. The standings had not yet been finalized. Even though he knew in his heart that Nirvana was getting closer and closer to the goal of qualifying, he still had to be humble.

Bai Xu, who was watching the interview from the backstage, looked a little depressed.

Unexpectedly, the one who ultimately decided who would qualify was Fenghua.

If Fenghua lost to Xingkong 0:2, but won Nirvana 2:0, then Xingkong could recover the 4-point difference at one time, and then win the other two teams 2:0 in a row, so as to surpass Nirvana. This extreme condition was too difficult to achieve. Bai Xu himself couldn't believe that he won 2:0 against Tang Muzhou. He turned his head to secretly glance at his brother, but met Tang Muzhou's gaze.

Tang Muzhou seemed to see through his brother's thoughts and whispered in his ear in a gentle voice, "Want a 2:0?"

Bai Xu's heart skipped a beat: "What do you mean by that?"

Tang Muzhou smiled slightly and added: "I'm 2, you're 0 - 2:0 is really easy."

Bai Xu almost choked up, gave him a vicious look, stood up and walked directly to the preparation area.

Xie Mingzhe, who was being interviewed next door, was still talking: "In the next game against Fenghua, I will of course try my best to get a point from my senior brother... As for the lineup, the last surprise of the regular season is reserved for my senior brother."

Tang Muzhou, who was watching the game from the backstage, had a smile on his face and looked calm. However, the players of Fenghua Team 2 felt a chill down their spines - in the last round of Nirvana's home court, the first game of "Marriage Tree" forced the cards to fall in love, and the second game of "Daughter Kingdom" forced the cards to have children. Fenghua's plant cards were almost ruined by Xie Mingzhe.

After all, this time it was Fenghua's home game, and Nirvana had no say in the scene. Tang Muzhou would definitely not choose such a weird scene. Obviously, the "surprise" Xie Mingzhe mentioned was in the deck.

The final surprise? What surprise gift package has Xie Mingzhe prepared?

***

After the interview, Xie Mingzhe sat in the spectator seats and patiently watched the second game.

The match between Starry Sky and Fenghua was extremely intense. Bai Xu was obviously fighting to the death today. This was also Starry Sky's last chance.

However, Tang Muzhou did not show mercy just because he was his brother. Today, Tang Muzhou also took out the strongest deck of the Fenghua team, using Xu Changfeng's cooling style of play. In the first game, he accelerated the release of skills and defeated Xingkong in 8 minutes. In the second game, he changed his strategy and used the vine control tactics to make Xingkong's space division play impossible.

From the choice of the map to the arrangement of the deck, Tang Muzhou completely treated Starry Sky as a strong team like Judge. Therefore, Bai Xu was completely helpless in front of him and was defeated for two consecutive games!

As Tang Muzhou said before the game: I'm 2, you're 0 - 2:0 is indeed very easy.

This result also completely shattered Bai Xu's dream of qualifying. Starry Sky only had 2 games left, and was 5 points behind Nirvana. Theoretically, Starry Sky had no chance of qualifying for the playoffs this season.

After the game, Tang Muzhou stopped Bai Xu in the backstage.

Bai Xu's head drooped like an eggplant hit by frost, his eyes were red, and he looked like he was about to cry. Tang Muzhou smiled, rubbed his brother's head and said, "I've said before that the Star Team has no hope of qualifying, but you still didn't believe me. Today's two games are to make you realize the gap between the Star Team and the strong teams."

Bai Xu lowered his head and said nothing.

Tang Muzhou continued, "You scored points in the last round-robin tournament and tied with Guiyu and Liushuangcheng 1:1 in away games. It's not that your strength is similar to theirs, but that they didn't bring out their strongest lineup to deal with you."

When Nirvana played against Guiji and Liushuangcheng, the score was 0:2 on the road, but Xingkong tied with 1:1, which was the key for Xingkong to catch up with Nirvana in the round-robin stage. Bai Xu was very happy at the time, thinking that he could tie with a strong team on the road, but Nirvana didn't get any points, saying that Xingkong was very strong and qualified to compete with Nirvana for a place in the playoffs.

Now, Tang Muzhou's pouring of cold water on Bai Xu made him sober up completely.

A 1:1 draw does not mean that the two teams are equal in strength, but because the strong team simply did not use its strongest lineup to target you - you are not qualified.

Bai Xu knew it very well, but he was too proud to admit defeat in front of his brother, so he could only keep silent. Tang Muzhou continued to rub his head and said, "Don't have unrealistic fantasies. The most important thing for you now is to enrich your tactics and lay a solid foundation. Learn from Azhe. He spent several months just making cards. Every step he took was very solid. Nirvana's foundation is much better than yours."

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned Nirvana, but as soon as Tang Muzhou mentioned Xie Mingzhe, Bai Xu finally lost his patience and stared at him with wide eyes, saying, "Xie Mingzhe again! I'm always wrong in everything I do, and you only criticize me. Xie Mingzhe is always right in everything he does, and you can't wait to praise him to the sky, right?!"

Tang Muzhou smiled and said, "Finally I said something right."

Bai Xu was almost angry to death, and couldn't help but said: "Junior brother, junior brother, you keep talking about junior brother every day, why don't you just recognize him as your brother!"

Xie Mingzhe happened to be passing by the lounge. Hearing this conversation, he immediately stopped and curiously poked his head inside. After discovering that it was his senior brother and Bai Xu, he walked in with a smile, closed the door, and said, "Are you scolding your brother?"

When Tang Muzhou saw him, his eyes immediately became gentle, and he whispered, "Xiaobai is still young and not very sensible. As his elder brother, I should give him some guidance to prevent him from going astray."

Xie Mingzhe walked up to Xiaobai with a smile, patted his shoulder and said, "After today's game, Star Sky is doomed to not make it to the playoffs. Are you feeling particularly sad and depressed?"

Bai Xu lowered his head and said nothing.

Xie Mingzhe said gently with an elder brother's attitude: "It doesn't matter if we can't make it to the playoffs this season. There is still next year. Laying a solid foundation is the key. Look at the Shadow Team. Shao Mengchen played for six seasons and only made it to the playoffs this year. She didn't say anything. You are so young and you have just started. Don't be impatient. Take your time."

Tang Muzhou followed up and said, "Azhe is right. Calm down first and study the other masters in the league carefully to find your own flaws. There will be individual competitions in the second half of the year. If you work harder, you may be able to make it to the top 16 in the individual competitions."

Xie Mingzhe agreed: "You can participate in both the individual and doubles competitions. Don't be discouraged, there is still plenty of time!"

Bai Xu was so embarrassed by the comfort that he interrupted the two with a red face: "You two are just like my parents, nagging me like this! I know the reason, you don't need to emphasize it again and again."

Xie Mingzhe was stunned for a moment, and immediately corrected himself: "The phrase 'husband and wife follow' is not used correctly, it should be 'singing in unison'."

Tang Muzhou smiled but said nothing - he felt his brother's wording was very accurate.

It was just a casual remark just now, and after Xie Mingzhe corrected it, Bai Xu suddenly felt that there was a strange tacit understanding between Tang and Xie, a tacit understanding that went beyond friendship, but not like lovers. He scratched his head, and simply stopped thinking about it when he couldn't figure it out. When he turned around and left, he pretended to be calm and turned back to Xie Mingzhe and said, "Xie Mingzhe, don't forget the things you promised to send me." Then he ran away immediately.

Tang Muzhou was puzzled: "What are you going to send him?"

Xie Mingzhe coughed lightly and suppressed his laughter, "At that time, he secretly snatched Nirvana's peripherals and accidentally forwarded them to his personal Weibo. I happened to see it, so I promised to send him a big red Yueying baby pillow."

"..." Is Bai Xu's mind still at the age of 8? Tang Muzhou rubbed his forehead helplessly and said, "I scold you with my mouth, but I am still thinking about your pillow in my heart. How childish!"

Xie Mingzhe didn't mind at all: "He and Ye Zhu are both my black, the kind of black that turns pink naturally when deep inside. I decided to send Ye Zhu a pillow as well, a signed version by Fatty Uncle, hahahaha, I wonder what his reaction will be after receiving it?"

Tang Muzhou: “…”

I guess he wanted to hit you but also liked you secretly, so he secretly put the pillow away with great conflict.

Xie Mingzhe's method of using a pillow to provoke Ye Zhu is really asking for a beating. Tang Muzhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he changed the subject and said, "Just now I heard you say in the interview that you prepared a surprise for your senior brother at the end of the regular season. It seems that you are going to use a wood deck to play against Fenghua?"

Xie Mingzhe did not hide it and said frankly: "Brother, you know all the decks of the metal, earth, water, and fire elements. The only secret I didn't tell you is the wood element. Anyway, Nirvana is sure to qualify now, and I don't have any pressure on points. In the next game against Fenghua, I can try out the new cards."

Tang Muzhou smiled and nodded: "Okay, then Senior Brother will also prepare some surprises for you."