Chapter 22 Another Slight Change

After the twenty-second round of matches, the standings once again saw only minor changes. Clearly, after half a season of accumulation, each team's score had a certain foundation, and the points gained in one round were hard-pressed to cause significant shifts up or down the leaderboard.

And in the three rounds after the New Year, the most eye-catching team was undoubtedly Team 301.

The opponents that 301 encountered in these three rounds were not weak, namely Void, Tyranny, and Hundred Blossoms, and they ultimately achieved consecutive victories with a score of 9-1 and two scores of 8-2. Bai Shu did not disappoint everyone's curiosity about him, and he had eye-catching performances in all three rounds. Moreover, 301's captain, Yang Cong, had completed his transformation in just a few rounds, and he was no longer the warrior-like assassin who directly hacked and killed on the front line. Cold, cruel, and life-risking, this is the impression that the current number one assassin in the Alliance gives people. And he did it even better than many assassins who were already of this style. Such a clean and neat change of style made people sigh that this player seemed to have been somewhat underestimated.

Although Team 301, who defeated the strong teams in a row, did not improve their ranking, the points gap with the top eight was further narrowed. The Hundred Blossoms team, which they just defeated in this round, now has 131 points and fell to eighth place, and Team 301 is only 8 points away from them.

Another team worth noting is Team Howling. Howling, known as the soft-legged shrimp, had a bloody nose in front of strong teams in the first half of the season. Being defeated 10-0 by Happy and 9-1 by Tiny Herb were their tragic endings in the last two rounds of the first half of the season. In the winter transfer window, they made a big splash by offering a bid to Zhang Xinjie of Tyranny, but in the end, they didn't succeed, and they left the outside world with the impression that they were eager to adjust their team. After that, every team they tried to acquire from took advantage, asking for tens of millions for any player.

Howling was indeed anxious, but they didn't want to be taken advantage of! In their opinion, Zhang Xinjie was a player who could solve their problems, and he was a god and had popularity. They were willing to pay a high price. But now, inexplicably, everyone was asking for tens of millions, which was simply taking advantage of the situation. Howling didn't want to invest so much in those guys who were just backup plans.

Not willing to be slaughtered, and unable to negotiate a suitable player exchange transfer, in the end, the transfer window closed, and Howling achieved nothing. They could only pretend to issue an announcement saying that the team currently trusts the existing lineup and believes that the existing strength is enough to win everything.

Many people who liked to watch the excitement were hoping to see Team Howling continue to stumble! But at this time, the schedule helped Howling. The opponents that Team Howling encountered at the beginning of the second half of the season were not strong. Against Misty Rain, Radiant, and Mild Cut, the soft-legged shrimp was still quite aggressive in front of these teams, taking them down one by one. After Hundred Blossoms lost to 301, they took advantage of the situation to reach seventh place.

What's next? In the twenty-third round, Howling's teammate will be Team Everlasting, a team that has been locked in for relegation along with Seaside this season. It seems that Howling won't be able to stumble for a while.

Those who pay attention to Howling are just those who like to see the results, but the technical fans who truly appreciate the game have many strong match-ups to choose from in the twenty-third round.

Tyranny vs. Happy, Blue Rain vs. Samsara, and the late-developing Team 301 will challenge Team Thunder, who has been abnormally strong in team battles this season, on the road.

After struggling for a while, the TV broadcast finally gave up on the match between Blue Rain and Samsara, the second and first teams in the standings. The main reason was that Samsara, the current first-place team, was leading Blue Rain by as much as 22 points. Even if Blue Rain swept Samsara 10-0, it would not be able to shake Samsara's leading position. Thinking of such a match result, it would be boring.

On the other hand, Tyranny and Happy currently have the same 148 points, and the ranking is based on the last head-to-head match between the two teams. This time, whoever wins will rush to fourth place.

The higher the ranking, the higher the bonuses and dividends that can be obtained at the end of the season. And it also has a slight impact on the playoffs. In the playoff system implemented since last season, the home field advantage in the tie-breaking match after a tie belongs to the team with the higher ranking in the regular season. Although this home field advantage does not include the right to choose the map, the morale boost brought by the home fans still has a certain effect.

The broadcast for the twenty-third round of the match was finally selected to be the match between Happy and Tyranny on the road.

February 21st.

City Q.

After the All-Star Weekend, Team Happy came to this city again.

Tyranny's home stadium actually sent out a large number of security guards to welcome Team Happy. Chen Guo had never seen such a welcome lineup in more than half a season!

"Is it necessary?" Chen Guo said.

"This is an official match, and Ye Xiu is here," the security captain said seriously. But when he said this, a cold light seemed to flash in his eyes, and he glanced at Ye Xiu coldly, his right hand subconsciously touching the rubber baton hanging on his waist.

"Such a big hatred?" Although Chen Guo used to be a Excellent Era fan, she had never come to Tyranny's home stadium with Excellent Era, and she didn't know the atmosphere here. Just after asking this question, she heard someone shout loudly from somewhere: "Ye Xiu, fight me one-on-one!"

Then a bottle of mineral water flew in, and it was very wicked because the lid was unscrewed, and suddenly water splashed on everyone.

"Seven o'clock direction, seven o'clock direction!" The commander of this security team also seemed to be commanding a Glory match, and immediately someone rushed out in the seven o'clock direction to capture the target. As for the result, the Happy members didn't know, they had been quickly escorted into the arena under the protection of the security guards, and had been sent into the waiting room.

"So scary!" Chen Guo sighed with lingering fear, "What if it wasn't water, but sulfuric acid or something?" Chen Guo checked the places on her body that had just been splashed.

Ye Xiu was dumbfounded: "Are you too cruel? What a big hatred?"

Just after he finished speaking, the door of the waiting room was knocked rhythmically, sounding a little eerie and terrifying.

"Who!" Chen Guo immediately became alert.

"Zhang Xinjie," the person outside the door replied.

"Uh..." Chen Guo didn't expect it to be the Great God, so she quickly opened the door.

"I heard you were here, so I came to say hello." Zhang Xinjie greeted everyone in the room, and Chen Guo quickly let him in.

"Who is Tyranny sending out for the individual competition first?" Ye Xiu asked.

A question that easily induces a cold atmosphere, but Zhang Xinjie still answered: "You'll know when the match starts."

"Are you going to be in the team competition?" Ye Xiu asked again.

"No..." Zhang Xinjie said.

"Do you know how to chat?" Chen Guo finally couldn't help it.

"What is there to talk about?" Ye Xiu asked back.

Chen Guo was about to speak, but Zhang Xinjie actually agreed with Ye Xiu's view: "Well, I'm just here to say hello, everyone, good luck, I'll take my leave first." After speaking, he left.

"What?" Chen Guo was at a loss, "Nothing, really just a pure hello? Can it be understood as showing off his existence?"

"Then I'll go show off too!" Ye Xiu got up.

"Do you need me to go too, boss?" Steamed Bun jumped up.

"Whatever!" Ye Xiu didn't care.

"Let's go." Steamed Bun followed.

"I'll go, I'll go too." Fang Rui also joined in the fun.

"Boring." Wei Chen expressed his contempt for these guys, and the others were obedient masters, so naturally they didn't join in the fun.

The three of them went out. The waiting rooms of these two teams are usually next door or opposite each other. Before long, Chen Guo heard Ye Xiu's voice in the outside corridor: "Open the door, I'm here!"

That tone, as if he was at his own home, was so familiar.

The door of Tyranny's waiting room opened. Without anyone inviting him, Ye Xiu went in by himself, and he also brought two people behind him.

"The environment in the home team's waiting room is better!" Ye Xiu said with emotion, "What's the temperature? It's a bit cold in our place." After speaking, he looked at the central air conditioner controller on the wall and skillfully operated it twice.

"What are you doing here?" Han Wenqing asked from the side.

"Courtesy demands reciprocity, just saying hello!" Ye Xiu said.

"Old Lin." Fang Rui was also greeting his old partner Lin Jingyan.

"Number one rogue, Lin Jingyan!" Steamed Bun shouted.

Lin Jingyan was immediately very happy. It had been a long time since anyone had given him this title. This inexplicable guy from Happy seemed to know how to chat!

"The idiots from Happy are here!" Just then, the door of the waiting room was pushed open again, and a person rushed in.

"Speaking ill of people behind their backs, where's your quality?" Ye Xiu turned his head, and the person who rushed in was Zhang Jiale.

"Yo, you're here." Zhang Jiale was as if nothing had happened.

"Was that bottle of mineral water you threw just now!" Ye Xiu said.

"What mineral water?" Zhang Jiale was at a loss.

"Don't pretend, I think that technique is completely the same as when you throw a grenade," Ye Xiu said.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhang Jiale said.

"I'll teach you a lesson in the match," Ye Xiu said, and walked out.

"Teach you a lesson!" Steamed Bun fiercely threatened Zhang Jiale again as he was about to leave.

"The Happy guys... are really inexplicable!" Zhang Jiale watched the two of them leave.

"Was it really you who threw the mineral water?" As a result, even the Tyranny members asked. Obviously, the Tyranny players had quickly heard about what had happened not long ago.

"How could I be so childish!" Zhang Jiale said, "But is it just water? Why not put some paint or something? Let the Happy guys come out with colorful faces, hahaha."

"What a big hatred!" Someone sighed.

"Wow!" Zhang Jiale was startled, "There's still one more."

"There's always been one more..." Lin Jingyan was speechless. Fang Rui came over and chatted with him a few words. Zhang Jiale came in and saw Ye Xiu and Steamed Bun, and didn't even notice that Happy had an ambush here.

"If you come to Happy again, there might be paint or something waiting for you!" Fang Rui said to Zhang Jiale.

"What a big hatred!" Zhang Jiale said.

"Who says it isn't?" Fang Rui smiled, "I'm leaving!" He greeted everyone and left.

"Damn, I really have to be careful next time I go. Those despicable and shameless guys from Happy, I think they can really do it." Zhang Jiale said after Fang Rui left.

"Why is it so cold?" After speaking, Zhang Jiale felt the temperature in the room, and then looked at the air conditioner panel on the wall.

"18 degrees? Are you crazy!" Zhang Jiale shouted.

"Ye Xiu did it..." Everyone noticed that Ye Xiu fiddled with it after he came in.

"I said, they can do anything!" Zhang Jiale said.