Xie Mingzhe's birthday was indeed grand. He was the number one trending search on the day, which was particularly impressive, with more traffic than many big stars in the entertainment industry. Because fans pushed the topic to the top of the trending search, many players in the professional league also knew that today was Xie Mingzhe's birthday, and people who were close to him would naturally comment or forward it.

Tang Muzhou was the first to forward it, with only one simple blessing: "Happy birthday, junior brother."

Then, young players such as Pei Jingshan and Gui Sirui forwarded the message to express their blessings.

Shanlan was just forwarding it out of courtesy, but many fans were joking in the comments: "It's Ah Zhe's birthday, Lanlan, do you want to accept his proposal?" "Xie Mingzhe has grown up. According to the law, you can register for marriage on his birthday next year. Xiaolan, don't worry!" "Lanlan also forwarded it? You haven't responded to his proposal, are you willing or not?"

Shan Lan regretted it so much that his intestines turned green - he really dug a huge hole for himself. Why did he have the brain to provoke Xie Mingzhe at that time?

As a result, Nie Yuandao also retweeted it - but he retweeted Shanlan's Weibo and only sent a cake emoticon to express his blessing.

Thinking that Master must have seen the jokes from fans in the comments, Shan Lan panicked, and didn't know whether to explain, so she blushed and sent a message to Nie Yuandao: "Master, are you asleep?"

Nie Yuan replied with one word: "Yeah."

Shan Lan: “…”

You fell asleep, is that the ghost replying to me?

Is the master angry? Shan Lan was a little scared, so she mustered up the courage to send him a message: "Master, I was just joking with Xie Mingzhe about the All-Star event. I don't have any feelings towards him. I didn't expect that after so long, the fans would still hold on to it. I reposted his birthday Weibo, and the fans left comments to tease me. I hope you don't misunderstand."

Nie Yuandao replied with three words: "I know."

Then he sent another voice message, saying in a low voice: "Don't think too much, there is a game tomorrow, go to bed early."

Shan Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief, lay down, covered himself with the quilt, and replied with a smile, "Good night, Master."

It was almost dawn, and Xie Mingzhe was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He had been scrolling through the videos made by fans on Weibo - Azhe's card collection that makes people angry. This video was really amazing. It cut Qin Keqing persuading plants to hang themselves, Wang Xifeng's laughter, Yue Lao forcing love, and today's Pan Jinlian drinking medicine, etc., all into one video. It's so infuriating just looking at it!

At this moment, Tang Muzhou suddenly sent him a message: "I know you are still awake. If you are interested in what I asked you about Yi Tianyang today, I will tell you about it."

Xie Mingzhe immediately perked up, closed his Weibo, sat up from under the covers, and turned on the voice call: "Tell me quickly, Senior Brother! What is the origin of this Yi Tianyang? I only heard that he used to be the most powerful assistant in the entire alliance?"

"Yes." Tang Muzhou's voice carried a hint of sexy laziness in the middle of the night. He lay on the bed and whispered to Xie Mingzhe: "Tian Yang is good friends with me and Pei Jingshan. I am two years older than them. We played this game together a long time ago. In the fifth season, I became a professional player and founded the Fenghua Club. At that time, they were still in high school."

"In the seventh season, Pei Jingshan was originally going to play in the professional competition with Yi Tianyang, but something happened at Tianyang's home, so Pei Jingshan had to come alone to compete. He happened to meet Ye Zhu. Ye Zhu was very young at the time, but he was extremely talented, so Pei Jingshan took him to the competition. They didn't win a prize in the doubles event, but Pei Jingshan won the championship and successfully founded the Dark Night City."

"Yeah, and then what?" Xie Mingzhe listened very carefully.

"After his family problems were solved, he simply became a formal player through the Grandmaster Tournament. I invited him at the time, but he felt that we had too many Fenghua masters and didn't need him. Instead, Pei Jingshan had more opportunities. So he went to help Pei Jingshan and Ye Zhu, serving as a support in team battles. It was also in that season that Dark Night City won the team championship."

"According to you, Dark Night City's championship has a lot to do with him?" Xie Mingzhe asked curiously.

"Well, you know the importance of support in teamfights. If you start a teamfight well, you can defeat the opponent in one wave. If you put protection in time, you can also prevent your teammates from being wiped out. Yi Tianyang's awareness is indeed impeccable. In the eighth season of Dark Night City, the teamfights were terrifyingly strong. If he hadn't joined, we wouldn't have won the championship."

Tang Muzhou paused, then said, "At that time, Yi Tianyang was recognized as the top assistant in the professional league. Later, when the new players in the Dark Night City were being trained, he terminated his contract with the club due to academic problems, returned to school, and was admitted to graduate school. Although his information is still retained in the league and he has not retired, he has indeed disappeared for two years."

"Disappeared for two years? Why didn't you go to the Dark Night City after you came back, but joined the Star Rangers instead?"

"The contract he signed with the club is calculated on a yearly basis, unlike most players who sign long-term contracts. His contract with Dark Night City expired a long time ago, so he is free to go wherever he wants after returning." Tang Muzhou thought for a while and said, "Tian Yang is a person who does things spontaneously. He hates being restricted by others and does whatever he wants. He went to help Bai Xu probably because Bai Xu needed him more, and Xiao Bai is not a reliable guy. He is also good at coaxing people when he speaks sweetly. Maybe he made some promises to him."

"Oh, it seems that after he joins Starry Sky, the strength of the Starry Sky team will be greatly improved." Xie Mingzhe is very clear about the impact of supports on a team. Supports generally control and protect cards. They can attack or defend, and they need to control the rhythm of the entire game. As his senior brother said, if the team fight is started well, it is possible to defeat the opponent in one wave.

In the team competition, Star Sky has no hope this season. They didn’t even make it to the playoffs. They can only wait until next year.

But it is equally important to have a strong assistant in the doubles competition. Bai Xu's personal strength is actually quite strong, but he is too young and impatient, and he lacks experience, so he was beaten so badly in the first half of the year.

However, after being abused and criticized by his brother, Xiao Bai has long since come to his senses. He has been working hard to train. In the training group some time ago, this guy never missed a day and challenged the arena every night to PK with the masters. Xiao Ke can make rapid progress in a short period of time, and Bai Xu's progress will definitely not be inferior to Xiao Ke.

With the support of Yi Tianyang who has rich competition experience, the strength of this combination should not be underestimated.

Xie Mingzhe thinks Xiaobai is very cute, and usually he always pranks Xiaobai and makes jokes about him. But when it comes to the competition, he will not underestimate any of his opponents - especially Bai Xu, who has excellent card-making skills and a unique style.

It takes a while for one to see the performance with new eyes. It has been nearly two months since the first half of the year's competition. Xie Mingzhe has no idea how much Bai Xu has grown now, nor does he know how much help Yi Tianyang can give to Bai Xu. Xie Mingzhe is not sure of winning the next game against this pair.

Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe couldn't help but ask, "In the next game, who do you think has a better chance of winning, me or Xiaobai?"

Tang Muzhou said without hesitation: "Of course it's you."

Xie Mingzhe said, "Not necessarily. Xiaobai's talent is much higher than our Xiaoke's. He can also create original starry sky cards. Now he has the help of Yi Tianyang, a first-class assistant. The outcome of the next game is hard to determine!" He paused and joked, "Why don't you teach me a few tricks to deal with your old friend?"

Tang Muzhou smiled slightly: "Now you don't need my guidance anymore, prepare well, I have confidence in you."

——Senior brother has confidence in you.

This sentence warmed Xie Mingzhe's heart. He actually had confidence in himself. He said "not necessarily" just because he didn't want to be too confident before the game. Even if he had the help of Yi Tianyang, a first-class assistant, he was not afraid. Anyway, he just had to be fully prepared and do his best.

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The next day, Xie Mingzhe got up early in the morning to study the Star Team's decks from the first half of the year and tried to come up with a battle plan. He knew that Bai Xu would definitely take out new cards, so he also took out a lot of new cards and practiced with Yu Ke.

The doubles competition is divided into 8 groups, with a total of 48 pairs participating. Each group has to play in a round-robin tournament, so the schedule is very tight. Yesterday, there was only one match scheduled because it was connected to the opening ceremony, but the next day, there were 8 matches scheduled from noon to night, one for each group.

The afternoon matches were between players he didn't know, and Xie Mingzhe didn't have time to watch them, so he and Xiao Ke focused on practicing the coordination of the new deck.

But at 8pm, a Group C match was scheduled. Xie Mingzhe set an alarm to watch this match because it was a match between Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan, the two most favored candidates to win the doubles competition!

Their opponents were from a second-rate team that wasn't very famous, so there was no doubt about the outcome of the match; the Nie-Lan combination would definitely win. Xie Mingzhe wanted to see it with his own eyes, just to find out what the strength of the top doubles players was like.

Facts have also proved that his decision to watch the game in person was correct.

The combination of Nie Yuandao and Shanlan is so powerful that it is a bit scary. Shanlan's air strikes, combined with Nie Yuandao's land battles, the beast flocks and bird flocks attack at the same time. The opponent often loses sight of one thing while focusing on the other. When focusing on the sky, they forget about the ground, and when dealing with the beasts on the ground, they ignore the attacks from the sky...

He was so exhausted that he had no power to fight back!

Xie Mingzhe couldn't help but sigh in his heart - he and Xiao Ke were still far from being a top partner in the doubles competition.

But it doesn’t matter, they still have room for improvement and can continue to cultivate their tacit understanding.

Nie Lan is a player who has already reached the top. It is very difficult for her to break through herself. Xie Mingzhe and Yu Ke are like climbers now. They will slowly climb towards the top. Although they may not reach the top, they can try their best to reach a height that satisfies them.

In tomorrow's game he will face Bai Xu and Yi Tianyang. Bai Xu's deck has "Cosmic Wormhole" teleportation, and it will be difficult to deal with the continuous opening of wormholes to fight the teleportation flow. The reason why he can easily win against Starry Sky in the regular season is mainly because the other players of Starry Sky are relatively weak and the cooperation is not good.

But now, Yi Tianyang's joining really made Xie Mingzhe feel jealous.

If this former number one assistant were to control the "Cosmic Wormhole" teleportation card, the game scene would definitely become extremely flexible - Bai Xu's cards are teleported everywhere, and it is difficult to kill them all in one wave, so a one-wave harvesting strategy like Pan Jinlian would definitely not work. As soon as Pan Jinlian appeared, Yi Tian would use the teleportation to teleport all of Bai Xu's cards away. Not to mention harvesting, he might not even be able to kill a single card in one second.

It is crucial to be able to quickly catch up when the other party is transmitting.

How can I keep up?

Xie Mingzhe suddenly thought of a very extreme way of playing.

In fact, the best way to fight this kind of teleportation flow is Ye Zhu's tracking flow, release the transparent butterfly to track, you collectively teleport, I collectively teleport, and there is no way to escape. But Nirvana does not have a tracking card like the transparent butterfly, so Xie Mingzhe came up with a compromise.

——Dual acceleration, four-wheel drive.

You can teleport very quickly, but you can't send the card out of the game venue, right?

The size of the game map is limited, and he and Xiao Ke only have a chance of winning if they can catch up quickly when the opponent teleports.

It's time for the Five Ghost Emperors to appear!

only……

Whether the highway in the ghost world can be driven is a test of Xiao Ke's operation.

But Xie Mingzhe thought that instead of letting Xiao Ke wait until the team match to play the complicated card "Five-sided Ghost Emperor", which could lead to the loss of the team fight due to a mistake in operation, it would be better to practice in advance and master this card. At least in the doubles group match, losing a game or winning a game doesn't matter much, but if Nirvana loses the team match, it will be eliminated!

Fortunately, Xiao Ke also supported Xie Mingzhe's idea. The two practiced the Five-Directional Ghost Emperor's high-speed fighting method for a whole day, and practiced for a whole day the next day. They did not arrive at the competition venue until after dinner.

The doubles matches were arranged in reverse order, from Group A to Group H the day before, and today it was from Group H to Group A.

Therefore, Group A's match today was scheduled to be the last, and theoretically it should have started at 21:00. However, because the matches of the other groups today were very long, each game of Group D/C/B lasted more than 10 minutes, which resulted in the last game starting later than expected.

Xie Mingzhe waited for a long time backstage until 22:30, when the staff came to inform him and Xiao Ke to get ready to go on stage.