translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
The game between FTW and TPT was the finale for the day.
There were three games a day, and the third game would only begin after the first two were finished.
According to their past experience, the possibility of a late game was very likely, so they would have to wait even if they arrived early.
By the time they finished their make-up and the pre-game interview, the current game was only in their second match of the set.
What was interesting was that the team playing outside was a team they were familiar with––GOQ.
It was that team that had been beaten into tears by Wei Xiao, then forced to review the game afterwards.
Wei Xiao took a look. “They’ve made significant progress.”
Chen Feng was also watching the situation. “We’re halfway through the regular season. Many teams have started to come together.”
The live projection showed the two teams that were playing an extremely tense game.
GOQ had already won a small match. In this match, they started off very aggressively, and the storm hunter that had been caught by Wei Xiao and forced to review the replay was playing very well. Several times, he stepped on raindrops in just the right way, making it so that his opponent either couldn’t deal damage, or had no way to escape.
Seeing that Ning Zhehan and Yue Wenle had also leaned over to watch, Chen Feng said, “Enough. We’ll probably be going up on stage soon. Go and warm up.”
As an old expert, he could see that the game wouldn’t last long.
GOQ was in full swing, and the other side had already been beaten into a mess. They wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.
The regular season had already been going for over a month, and the team rankings had gradually stabilized.
FTW was first place in Group A, and RR was in second place.
In Group B, 3U was in first place, and TPT was in second place.
The other teams had also honed their fighting spirit and started the big battle to snatch up points in the second half of the season.
In the regular season, each team had to play a full 19 games. This type of real combat was worth 100 private training matches.
By now, every team had played at least ten games. The period of acclimatisation they needed was now done, and the adapting they had to do had already happened. The last nine games were the final key to the playoffs.
Whether or not they could reach the top four in their groups would depend on how they played in the second half of the season.
FTW’s record was very beautiful. Other than losing to 3U, they’d won every other game.
Reasonably speaking, this notable achievement should mean that they would be first in their group with no suspense.
But RR was chasing after them relentlessly, biting at FTW’s butt and only falling behind by one point.
In tonight’s game of FTW vs TPT, if they lost, then RR could surpass FTW with their net points advantage and become number one in the group.
Although it was only a temporary first place, if FTW could win against TPT tonight, then their ability to defend their position as number one until the very end would be as high as 70%!
So, this game was very important. For FTW, this game was extremely important!
Wei Xiao naturally wouldn’t talk about the concerns he had hidden in his heart, but he told his teammates, “We lost to 3U, so we can’t lose to TPT this time.”
There was weight in his words.
In the current domestic competition zone, the strongest four teams had already come out into the open.
FTW, RR, 3U, TPT.
The achievements of these four teams were also very dazzling. They bit closely at each other’s heels, and at the same time, they left the third place in both groups far behind in the dust.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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FTW had lost to 3U.
RR lost to TPT.
If FTW then lost to TPT, then it was almost equivalent to saying that Group B was strong, and Group A was weak.
Although there was no competitive relationship between Group A and Group B, who would be willing to be compared like that?
Out of the teams who stood there on the field, who was willing to be worse than anyone else?!
What’s more, they would still meet each other in the playoffs. If they lost now, then lost again, how would they have the confidence to win the championship during the playoffs?!
Chen Feng nodded. “Play well and win this game.”
He could save a lot of inspirational energy with Wei Xiao there. This guy was able to inject the whole team with chicken blood with just a few words.
Wei Xiao looked at Chen Feng. “Coach, it’ll be hard on you.”
Chen Feng: “!”
He was taken by surprise by Wei Xiao’s gaze. Chen Feng was so startled that his heart leapt.
No wonder Little Ning was apprehensive of him, no wonder an old pro like Yue Wenle listened to him.
When this brat turned serious, he really had an impressive presence.
Chen Feng understood what he meant, “Don’t worry. I know what to do.”
At 8:40PM, FTW and TPT walked out from behind the scenes to the front of the stage and sat down in their respective areas.
They checked their peripherals, adjusted the machines to their liking, then made a final check with the referee.
A fierce battle was imminent.
It was impossible to bring in his cell phone when playing in a competition.
Wei Xiao stared at the time on the screen even as his heart flew over to the other side of the earth.
At the start of the first match between FTW and TPT, Lu Feng had also started his check-up for the fifth week of his physiotherapy.
More than half of the two month long treatment had already taken place. If there was no turn for the better, was it necessary for him to waste time with the remaining three weeks?
When he thought of Wei Xiao, who was carrying so much pressure during the regular season, Lu Feng’s chest was filled with a deep pain.
If…
Lu Feng closed his eyes. He made a decision in his heart.
Wei Xiao didn’t know anything, and he didn’t try to think about anything. He only focused on the match in front of him, putting all the emotions that had been suppressed over the past week into the field.
He’d win the game and take first place in the group.
As long as he went forward bravely, the captain would get better.
––The faith in his heart would never be extinguished, and his belief would never fall.
This was the insistence that supported Wei Xiao!
The BP segment would never be quick for any game against TPT.
TPT was undoubtedly a strong team. This team that had ‘the strongest brain’ Fu Li also had an added layer of mystery.
No matter which team it was, they would grow bald when they met TPT.
It wasn’t just the five starters in the canyon who went bald. The coach who was responsible for the BP would grow even more bald.
Other teams only had one coach during the BP segment, but TPT had two!
And this other ‘coach’ could still follow them into the canyon and kill people until they had no armor left. It was too much of a bug.
The director understood the audience’s tastes very well and first gave them a close-up of Wei Xiao.
They’d arrived early for the day’s game and there’d been enough time, so when the make-up artist saw that Wei Xiao’s attitude didn’t seem as cold as before, she’d given him a new hairstyle.
Wei Xiao’s short hair was black and glossy, but the tips of his hair liked to curl, giving it a bit of a childish look. The make-up artist today was the same one who’d worked on him when they played against HU, and this little sister who’d been frozen by a refrigerator last time was now eager and ready for action, giving Wei Xiao an extremely ‘alpha’ hairstyle.
She’d pushed up the hair over his forehead, pressed down the slightly curled tips of his hair, then set the style with hair gel. Just a glance at his side profile was enough to freeze others into ice!
The little make-up artist sister was delighted, “Cool!”
Aiya, who would’ve thought that she’d get such a feel for doing make-up for e-sports players?
With this hair style, when the camera gave a close-up, all the little sisters in the scrolling comments immediately turned into shrieking chickens in an instant––
“God Q is so alpha-like! I love this hairstyle!”
“What kind of big treasure is Quiet? He can be salty, sweet, cool, and warm, fellow sisters, there will be no regrets if you jump into this pit!”
“I don’t know if it’s just my illusion, but ever since Close left the team, Quiet has grown more handsome day by day.”
“FTW’s jungler position has good feng shui. It makes people increasingly handsome.”
“Ahhhh, if the great demon king doesn’t come back soon, I’m going to change my marriage target!!!”
The director cut the lens to TPT.
Eurostar was a well-known drama maker. How much of a drama maker?
If the camera switched to him, he’d first give it a wink, and then start mouthing the words: I love…
Fans: “Ahhhhhh, Euro God, I love you too!”
“Today’s Star-star is still a sweet hearted little darling!”
“Ah, I’m dead, I’ve been electrocuted to death by this wink!”
The camera panned to the left, showing TPT’s captain Fu Li, a cold-blooded study god.
He was one of the few who wore glasses in the professional circle. The long and slender golden framed glasses had extremely fine and detailed carvings on the side. The classic cross markings were particularly conspicuous under the dazzling stage lights.
Fu Li’s gaze skimmed over the camera, gaining a lot of screams on the scrolling comments in response.
“When it comes to refined rascals, I only respect Captain Fu!”
“I’m getting down on my knees for this quaking S aura!”
“Daily sense of confusion. Am I chasing e-sports or idols? How come they all look so good?!”
“Fellow sisters, how about the Li-Star CP?”
The audience couldn’t hear the team chat and could only stare at the players’ faces and scream.
The professional game fans were concerned, and had been trying to analyze the situation according to the BP.
Chen Feng: “They banned the shadow thief.”
Wei Xiao: “It’s okay.”
That was to be expected. FTW had played four games in the recent week, and as long as someone dared to let the shadow thief out, Wei Xiao would use nine light arcs to teach them how to behave. How could TPT let the shadow thief out to play?
Chen Feng was pondering over what line-up to use.
This was the meaning behind the sentence that Wei Xiao had said to him before the game.
When they played against TPT, it was too tiring for the coach. He had to think about too many things.
You ban one, I ban one, you choose one, I choose one. This seemingly relaxed BP actually contained countless mysteries.
It was no exaggeration to say that a good BP segment was just as effective as a chess game when it came to burning the brain.
They had to consider the other side’s routines, fight for a good line-up for themselves, and also guard against a counterattack from the other side. After this back and forth, the decision on which hero to ban and take during the BP segment would only be made at the last second almost every time.
What hero Wei Xiao used was very important for FTW.
As the core of the team, the talent he chose would directly determine the final line-up of the team.
If he took talents with explosive damage like the shadow thief and hidden thief, then the team would have to consider how to make up for any shortfalls in a balanced group battle; if he used talents that tended towards group fights like the berserker thief or immortal thief, then his teammates would need to make up for his low damage in the early stages and overall control.
Wei Xiao’s hero pool was very wide, and there were many talents to choose from, but…
TPT’s team chat.
Eurostar spoke thoughtlessly as usual, “Quiet can play anything. It’s no use banning the shadow thief. He’s the one who trained up Asleep’s berserker thief, and his immortal thief and blood thief are also very good. I was abused so miserably at his hands yingyingying……”
Fu Li stared at the screen. “He can play anything, but his teammates can’t cooperate with everything.”
Yes, that was FTW’s current problem.
Quiet and Close were both talent kaleidoscopes.
They could use anything, and they could use everything very well, but this was a 5v5 game, and the line-ups and routines had to have their own rhythm. As long as his teammates were restricted to death, even if his hero pool was as deep as the sea, he would still be limited to taking out only the fish that remained.
Chen Feng sensed it. “Fu Li is forcing you to take the berserker thief.”
Wei Xiao didn’t say anything.
Chen Feng pondered, “During TPT’s game against 3U, Asleep was targeted very tightly.”
3U’s berserker thief could be said to be one of the China Glory circle’s signboards. Even FTW had been defeated by this cooperation back then, but TPT had gone up despite the difficulties and defeated Asleep’s berserker thief, landing a heavy blow on 3U.
Now, they wanted to use the same routine on FTW.
Force Wei Xiao to take the berserker thief, then use the same restraint technique against FTW?
This would be looking down on TPT too much.
As a famous pit excavator in Glory, the pits that came from Captain Fu’s shovel came one after another, and there were no duplicates. It all depended on which pit you wanted to jump into.
Chen Feng frowned. “Take the berserker thief?”
Wei Xiao: “Take it.”
He was very curious about the ‘big gift pack’ that Fu Li had prepared for him.
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Way too nervous now. ty for chapter
Happy Chinese new year!!! And now I regrettably jump into this pit hahayahaha thanks for the update!!!
新年 快乐, happy Chinese new year.. keep healthy and always happy..
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I’m drooling over Capt Fu description. dammmit my megane-con is so weak>///<
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Ahhhh why am I more excited than Wei Xiao? I’m very much sure that Little Wei has a more surprising surprise for them~
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