Chapter 455: The Grand Final Begins

The knockout round of the National Professional Players League finals sounds like a very long schedule, but in fact the competition time is only one day. From 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, there were a total of 31 1v1 games, a very cruel game to determine the outcome. Although it sounds like a dark horse has a great chance of appearing, it is actually not the case. A few years ago, there was a dark horse. It was very dark. It was the first time to participate in an S-level professional game and won the championship. His name is Tianbufang...

The venue for the finals is still in the arena in Brasov, the capital of the neutral country Veschi. Since the tickets for the finals are not included in the season tickets, very few spectators get tickets. About half of the tickets are distributed by the competition committee. Yes, the other half of the tickets are bought by the lucky audience. The price of tickets for the finals on the black market is as high as 8,000-15,000, which is 20-30 times higher than the official price. Those who can grab the tickets are really lucky , most viewers can only watch it through live TV, and the game also provides some so-called "magic crystal screens" for people to watch.

Here I want to explain a little bit that the role of the finals is to determine the champion, runner-up and third place, not the ranking of the players. The ranking of the players has already been decided during the round robin. For example, last season each side ranked first in the round robin, and then won the championship in the finals. The Magic Kitchen, which ranked second in the round robin, lost to Tianbufang in the semi-finals, and finally won the third place. However, when introducing the Magic Kitchen, it was still ranked second in the S-level league.

The ranking of the s-level players for this season has now been determined, and the new top ten masters in the country have also been announced. Basically, the name is nothing more than a change, but there are some differences in the rankings. The biggest improvement is Feng Yiliu. This guy has risen from the eighth place in the last quarter to the fourth place now. The progress is very large. It can be said that it is very difficult to adapt to the new game. success.

As for the hard-working Li Huailin, the 24th place in the S-level, this ranking will always follow him to the next quarter's competition position. The competition for the next quarter will start in 3 months, that is, next year.

Also because the competition in the fourth quarter will only be held next year, the finals in the third quarter will become the last champion of this year. A champion, everyone must want to leave their name on this new game. Needless to say, all professional players have seized the time to practice.

It was 8:30 in the morning when Li Huailin arrived at the venue. There is still half an hour before the game will officially start, but the scene is obviously overcrowded. I didn't expect everyone to come so early. Now the gate of the arena is full of people. Although they can't get in, this is the only place where they can watch the game for free, and the atmosphere here is also very good, so many players come here to watch the game.

Li Huailin took a look, and it was obvious that some changes had taken place in this arena. The venue feels much bigger and accommodates more people. Not only that, but also specially prepared a lot of player lounges, one for each company.

Li Huailin was led by the staff to the rest room signed by Huaxing Company.

When he entered, there were already many people inside. Li Jianyi and a group of people who had never seen him in the company were busy everywhere. And Feng Yiliu and Fenghuo Lienzhan are already in place.

"My God, you finally showed up." Li Jianyi was about to cry when he saw Li Huailin appearing at the door. Although Li Huailin had told Li Jianyi yesterday that he was going to participate in the competition today, this guy really couldn't say no. Well, it wasn't until the real person appeared that Li Jianyi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huilin, finally came out." Feng Yiliu also came up and said, the last time Li Huailin hadn't seen each other since he was a child for a week, Feng Yiliu came up and patted Li Huailin's shoulder, and then whispered, "The summoning is very important." Get angry, be careful if you catch her later..."

"Hehe..." Li Huailin could only say hehe, he really didn't care what happened to him.

"Brother Niubi, you are really too big." Although Fenghuo Lienzhan here said he came to say hello, his tone was not very good, mainly because he had a deep affection for Huaxing Company, and these days Huaxing The company has been hacked and it is about to die. The reason is naturally Li Huailin. Fenghuo Lianzhan is also a little bit upset, so his tone is not very good.

Li Huailin took a look and found that the surrounding staff of Huaxing Company also looked at Li Huailin with some displeasure. The situation of Huaxing these days is indeed not good, and they are also a little bit unbearable.

"I'm very sorry, everyone." Li Huailin said very seriously, "I did cause you trouble this time, and I didn't expect to encounter such a troublesome thing. Don't worry, I'm here to solve this problem in today's game .”

Li Huailin's apology surprised everyone. I didn't expect Brother Niubi to apologize so simply, and he seemed very sincere, which made their resentment dissipate a little. The previous Fenghuo Lianzhan was also a little stunned. He was ready to clash with Li Huailin, but he didn't expect that the other party would back down.

"What are you going to do?" Fenghuo Lianzhan's complexion also improved a little bit. He only had opinions on Li Huailin because of the company's relationship, not against Li Huailin. Seeing Li Huailin's attitude, he calmed down a little now. Since he also wants to solve the company's problems now, he is in the same camp. Everyone should think of a way to see if they can cooperate.

"I provoked this matter, and I will be responsible for it." Li Huailin said, "So many things that have come out now are actually people doubting my strength, so it is still easy to solve. First pretend to be aggressive and then slap my face. All problems are resolved immediately."

"Do you want to win the championship?" Fenghuo Lienzhan probably understood what Li Huailin meant, and asked out loud.

"The championship must be won, and there must be some extra ingredients." Li Huailin said.

"Additional ingredients?" Fenghuo Lienzhan asked.

"Simply put, just pretend to look like it." Li Huailin said with a smile.

"It would be great if we could win the championship so smoothly." Fenghuo Lienzhan said, "The personal bonus of the champion can be 10 million, and if you win it, the percentage of the broadcaster's share to our company will also increase. It can indeed solve a lot of problems. Question, but I don’t have the ability, my goal is to enter the top 8, so there will be a bonus of about 500,000, how about you, Xiaoyu, do you have any hope of winning the championship this time?”

"Probably not..." Feng Yiliu said, he can still fight Magic Kitchen and Rufeng Shizhen. He really thinks that he can't fight against Li Huailin. If he is the best luck, he should be one of Tianbufang or Li Huailin. Catch up on the final and finish second.

"How are the finals arranged?" Li Huailin asked.

The two also knew that Li Huailin was participating for the first time, so they explained to him. A total of 32 players will participate in the finals, and the winner will be determined in one game. The best situation is that 32 players will advance to 16, 16 will advance to 8, 8 will advance to 4, semi-finals, and finals. There will be a total of 5 games. This lottery is more beneficial to the high-ranked players, because the first 16 players draw lots first, and the lots they draw are separated in the top 32, and then the 16-24 players in the S-level and the 8 players in the A-level will draw lots Become their opponents, so that the top 16 players in the first round will meet the S-level players or A-level players in the lower rankings. Generally speaking, it is easy to advance to the top 16, and they will meet in the second round The top 16 players can be said to be a benefit to them.

Beacon Lianzhan ranked 17th in the round-robin competition this quarter, and Li Huailin ranked 24th, both of which are second-tier players, so they will meet the top 16 players in the first round, which seems to be a disadvantage.

"It's really bad luck. Why is it ranked 17th? If I get another place, I can get a belly..." Fenghuo Lienzhan was also very depressed when he talked about this. Ranking 17 is very bad now, because it is possible to draw each other in the first round... that would be too miserable.

"Haha, it would be fun if I draw each other in the first round." Li Huailin said with a smile, "Do you think so?"

"Only you can laugh against that kind of pervert." Fenghuo Lienzhan is not a person who holds grudges. Li Huailin has already apologized. Now that he has chatted a few words, his grievances are much less, and now he can have a fight with Li Huailin. Just kidding.

"The best situation is that everyone who can play will be assigned to my half, and Xiaoyu will go to the other half, so that we can meet in the final." Li Huailin said with a smile.

"Are you really sure that you can win the battle?" Fenghuo Lien Chan asked here. Although Li Huailin only played a few games, he also showed amazing strength. Fenghuo Lienzhan also knew it, but Tianjiafang is also a monster type Yes, the two didn't meet each other in the round-robin match, and Fenghuo Lianzhan really couldn't see which of the two would win.

"I think there seems to be a big gap in level between me and the world." Li Huailin said, "In short, it's best to meet this guy in the first round."

"Everyone, it's almost time, we're going to the arena." Li Jianyi, who was next to him, walked over and said.

"Anyway, it's the last championship of this year, and I'll fight for it too, Xiaoyu, brother, let's work together!" Fenghuo Lienzhan stretched out a hand and said.

"Come on!" Feng Yiliu also stretched out his hand to hold Fenghuo Lienzhan.

"Come on." Li Huailin also stretched out his hand, and the hands of the three of them stacked together, and then they slammed down hard.

"Come on Huaxing!" The staff members were also affected by the momentum of the three of them and shouted together.

"Huaxing Entertainment, players of Huaxing Entertainment, the lottery is about to start, please go to the arena to gather." The shouts of the competition staff came from outside the door.

"Let's go."