Chapter 53 The Score of 5 to 3!!

"We won, five to three!!" Chen Guo on the Happy team's bench was ecstatic. Although the match wasn't over yet, taking two head points in the individual competition was a very good result. Especially since this was Team Samsara's home field, and everyone had witnessed the Samsara players' skillful use of the Stone Bell Forest Cave map. Under such circumstances, Happy managing to win the individual competition with a score of five to three was something to celebrate.

Ordinary players also understood the importance of two head points, and the away team's stands were filled with cheers. The home team's Samsara fans were naturally disappointed. Today's individual competition had been very frustrating for them. Their core captain, Zhou Zekai, had been defeated in the first match, plunging the entire stadium into a depressed mood. It had been difficult enough for Jiang Botao to pull them back, but then Lu Boyuan had lost quite badly. Du Ming's super performance had cheered them up, but then the despicable Fang Rui had poured cold water all over them.

At this point, Samsara was significantly behind in the individual competition, with only Sun Xiang remaining. Expectations for victory were already somewhat extravagant. However, Sun Xiang's confident appearance when he entered the arena still made many people's eyes light up, but the result...

Everyone had such high expectations for him, but he hadn't even managed to defeat one opponent. The Samsara fans' hearts were filled with disappointment, and they were naturally dissatisfied with Sun Xiang's performance. When the players left the stage at the end of the individual competition, the Samsara fans booed Sun Xiang to express their displeasure.

Sun Xiang lowered his head, silent, his heart filled with embarrassment. However, the pro players were more sympathetic to him. This was because his performance in this match wasn't actually worse than Lu Boyuan's, who had also lost quite badly. On the contrary, Sun Xiang had shown some impressive moments in this match, but unfortunately, they had all been erased by Fang Rui.

Fang Rui...

He could be said to have practically defeated two opponents on his own, successfully securing two head points. This was the performance worthy of the highest salary and the strongest character. Fang Rui was satisfied, and the Samsara fans' boos at Sun Xiang sounded like praise to him. Fang Rui unceremoniously smiled, waved, and paid his respects to the Samsara fans, as if everyone was really cheering for him.

The Samsara fans were unhappy with Sun Xiang's performance, but they weren't so angry that they would cheer for their opponents to mock their own team. Fang Rui's smug actions caused them to restrain their boos at Sun Xiang, and then, in unison, they booed Fang Rui. The Samsara team, including Sun Xiang, couldn't help but glance at Fang Rui, their eyes revealing gratitude. That aggro pull was amazing!

But Fang Rui didn't care about that. He returned to the player's seat still full of vigor.

"How was it? Tell me, how did I play!" Fang Rui roared at Ye Xiu.

"You played well, very well." Ye Xiu clapped his hands in praise.

"I admire your honesty!" Fang Rui said. The frustration that had been building up since the playoffs had finally been released today. Fang Rui felt that he was in excellent condition, his golden right hand was burning, and he was already eager to start the upcoming team competition. He kept looking towards the Samsara player's seat, and whenever someone looked over, he immediately showed them a provocative expression.

"Where's that glass of water I had cooling? Bring it over and let him calm down." Ye Xiu called out.

The water was what Fang Rui had asked Su Mucheng to cool for him when he went on stage. Su Mucheng had indeed cooled a glass for him when she came back. As a result, Fang Rui didn't even know if he remembered what he had said, and he took it and drank it all in one gulp.

"The water's still hot!" Fang Rui shouted, "Have you heard the story of Wen Jiu Zhan Hua Xiong (warming wine to slay Hua Xiong)?"

"We've all heard it, let's talk about the match next." Ye Xiu quickly replied.

"Oh, oh, talk about the match." Fang Rui also quickly straightened his attitude. He was quite restrained when he got carried away. The Wretched Flow, after all, was best at changing the tempo.

Neither team returned to the preparation room. They just made preparations for the upcoming team competition on their respective player's seats.

A moment later, the referee came to call the players from both teams to the stage. The already determined team competition lineup was displayed on the big electronic screen.

Happy's six players for the team competition were: Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Fang Rui, Qiao Yifan, An Wenyi, and Baozi.

Samsara's team was: Zhou Zekai, Jiang Botao, Sun Xiang, Lu Boyuan, Fang Minghua, and Du Ming.

Both teams had made slight adjustments to their lineups compared to the first round.

For Happy, Tang Rou did not play in this team competition and was replaced by Qiao Yifan; for Samsara, the assassin player Wu Qi, who played in the previous round, was on the bench this round and was replaced by Du Ming as the sixth player.

Every player looked forward to and cherished the opportunity to play in a match, especially on a big stage like the Grand Finals. Du Ming's opportunities to play for Samsara were not as stable as the core players. To get the chance to play in the team competition in the Grand Finals was quite rare.

But even so, Du Ming couldn't help but have a little more expectation. But after seeing that Happy's lineup didn't include Tang Rou, his expectation immediately vanished.

What a pity!

Du Ming was about to sigh when he suddenly noticed the expressions of his teammates and quickly swallowed the sigh back down.

Inappropriate!

He had such a rare opportunity to play, yet he was regretting that it was inappropriate.

Thinking this, Du Ming composed himself, raised his head, and strode forward, actively being the first to walk towards the stage.

"Tang Rou didn't actually play." Behind him, Jiang Botao and Fang Minghua discussed in a low voice as they moved forward.

"Yeah, miscalculation." Fang Minghua said.

"But Du Ming's condition today is really quite good." Jiang Botao said.

"I said it a long time ago, the power of love." Fang Minghua said.

"But the love isn't on the stage right now!" Jiang Botao said.

"But the love is watching from below!" Fang Minghua said.

"I knew we could have had him play in the first match." Jiang Botao said.

"Let's adjust during the match!" Fang Minghua said.

Soon, the players from both teams, six each, lined up on the field and began the mutual greetings before the team competition.

Zhou Zekai didn't talk much, basically just smiling at people as a greeting. The first greeting from Samsara had to be made by their vice-captain, Jiang Botao.

"The individual competition was very exciting." Jiang Botao said as he shook Ye Xiu's hand.

"The more exciting stuff is yet to come." Ye Xiu smiled.

"I hope senior won't be so scary." Jiang Botao said.

"Are you scared?" Ye Xiu said.

"A little, but I have to go up even if I'm scared!" Jiang Botao said.

"Why force yourself?" Ye Xiu smiled.

"You two...are you done chatting?" Su Mucheng, who was right behind Ye Xiu, couldn't bear it anymore. The pre-match greeting procedure was usually two teams lining up, and then the captains of the two teams would start shaking hands one by one. As a result, Ye Xiu had just shaken hands with Jiang Botao, the vice-captain of Samsara who was standing in second place, and the two of them started chatting back and forth, causing the team to get stuck and not move forward, and everyone behind them was staring at each other!

"Haha, Sister Su is anxious." Jiang Botao could chat with anyone. He let Ye Xiu go and immediately greeted Su Mucheng, who was in second place for Happy.

Every match had its established procedures, and no one paid too much attention to what happened during them. Soon, the two sides finished greeting each other and, under the referee's instruction, walked towards their respective competition seats.

Samsara's home stadium erupted with cheers.

Although they had lost two head points in the individual competition, the real result would only be known after the team competition. It was very common to make up for two head points in the team competition. Therefore, Team Samsara and their fans, who were temporarily behind at this time, did not appear anxious.

So what if they were behind by two head points? Wouldn't it be good to just make up for it in the team competition? Make it up, and then they would win today's match, win the Grand Finals, they would be the champions, and they would create the Samsara Dynasty!

A historic moment was very likely to be born today. This gave the Samsara players and fans endless motivation, which allowed them to maintain their tenacity even when they were behind by two head points.

And Happy, they were facing a match they couldn't lose. Simply winning two head points in the individual competition was not enough. They also had to strive for victory in the team competition in order to have a chance to fight for a decisive victory in the third round. Otherwise, their journey this season would end here, which no one wanted to see.

"Let's go!" The players from both teams encouraged each other one last time, and then they all went into their competition seats.

The referee looked at the time.

A match that could potentially write history had to be maintained in the best possible condition.

The second hand ticked, and when it swept to 9:25 PM exactly, the referee announced, "The match begins!"

Loading, map loading, character loading. The several loading progress bars that rushed forward all seemed to carry a murderous aura, as if they were competing with each other to see who would be first.

Lord Grim, loading complete.

One Autumn Leaf, loading complete.

Dancing Rain, loading complete.

Wave Excursion, loading complete.

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Until finally, the map was loaded, and the match officially began!

The map was the Serke City Warehouse.

It was a town map, but because of the large area of the warehouse, this map had a huge indoor area, thus giving it a multi-layered feel that ordinary outdoor maps did not have. The various stacked goods inside the warehouse created a maze-like terrain, and some of the goods might even provide assistance in battle. Teams that did not use this map often would probably not be able to fully understand it.

Commentators Pan Lin and Li Yibo introduced the map to the audience, and the characters of both teams had finished refreshing in the map in the east and west.

This map was a real excerpt from the Great Warehouse scene of Serke City, one of the main cities in the Heavenly Domain. It was an asymmetrical map. The two teams that refreshed in the east and west each had terrain that they could utilize. However, Happy, who were playing as the away team, obviously needed some observation to understand the map, while Samsara, the home team, had already set off as a team after refreshing, not heading straight in, but advancing in a southwest direction.

The warehouse in the southwest direction had a chimney on top, which was more elevated than the other warehouses. It was lonely, but it was the highest point on the map.

Team Samsara seemed to be heading in that direction, but this chimney was closer to Happy's spawn point. And it was so conspicuous on the map that it was quickly spotted by the members of Happy.

Hu Die Lan