<h4>Chapter 215 – Finals (1)</h4>
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The schedule for the yoffs was rtively tight. After the semi-finals, the Cann team only had three days of rest. Li Cangyu didn’t intend to return to Changsha. Instead, he found an Inte cafe near the hotel where everyone could focus on training.
In the regr season, Cann won against Wind Colour 2:1 in an away match while Wind Colour won 2:1 at the home. The two sides were tied but Li Cangyu was well aware that Wind Colour didn’t do their best in the regr season. In particr, Ling Xuefeng didn’t appear in two games and sent the neers to train.
Ling Xuefeng wouldn’t be so rxed in the finals and it would be more difficult to y.
The major teams of the Miracle League had distinctive features. Wind Colour might be dominated by the dark style but the overall configuration of yers was very reasonable. Their tactics weren’t too singr. The ck magicians would give negative states while the summoners controlled the opponents. This lineup had a strong overall force. They could move forward and retreat, attack and defend. Ling Xuefeng’s stablemand also made Wind Colour an extremely difficult enemy.
However, Li Cangyu wasn’t stressed about the result of the finals. He had already reached this stage and winning or losing wasn’t his obsession. Instead, he was very excited at the thought of ying in the finals and wasn’t able to sleep well these days.
The result of Cat God’s hyperactive spirit was that all team members once again entered the devil training. It was impossible to improve the level of their game in just three days. The more important thing was to consolidate their previous training results in case they drop the chain in the finals.
The intensity of the training was high but everyone’s mood was rtively rxed.Ah Shu said very happily, “It is also good to be runner-ups. The runner-up also gets a money reward.”
The eyes of the teenagers lit up and Old Zhang couldn’t help patting him on the back. “Don’t be so worldly okay? The significance of the prize isn’t money… although I also like the prize money.”
Bai Xuan watched their boisterous actions with a warm smile, like he was watching his own family.
He had followed Li Cangyu for many years and the atmosphere of the former team wasn’t so harmonious. Due to their frequent losses, everyone’s mood was always low and they weren’t happy when training. Now it was different. Everyone moved shoulder to shoulder, struggling until they finally reached the finals and could aim for the championship.
Cann had already be a first-ss team in the league.
Li Cangyu saw Bai Xuan’s thoughtful expression and joked, “Are you starting to feel it now?”
Bai Xuan looked back at him and smile. “So many years have passed and I didn’t think that one day I could really enter the finals. Strangely, my mood is rxed and I’m not nervous at all.
Li Cangyu nodded. “I am the same. At this step, winning or losing isn’t important. Of course, being able to take the championship is still the best oue.”
Bai Xuan reached out a hand. “Then let’s try it!”
***
The atmosphere on Cann’s side was rxed and the yers of Wind Colour also weren’t nervous. The yers seemed confident in defeating Cann.
Ling Xuefeng called everyone to a pre-match meeting and said seriously, “Don’t underestimate the Cann team. Their tacticalyout has the most possible changes in the Miracle League and thebination of eight sses will produce a variety of different effects. Li Cangyu has high tactical literacy and I can’t guess what type ofbinations he will send in the finals.”
Sure enough, Captain Ling couldn’t guess whenever he encountered Cann…
Ling Xuefeng paused before continuing, “However, the changes doesn’t change the Cann team. We just need to grasp their core and find out how to deal with it…”
The captain started to patiently analyze the characteristics and weaknesses of eachbination. The yers listened carefully. After the pre-match meeting, everyone consciously sat down at theirputers to start the final training.
***
Time flew extremely quickly and three days passed in an instant. The finals of the seventh season of the Miracle League finally opened on the weekend at 9 a.m. at the main venue in Beijing.
The price of the ticket for the finals was extremely high but it was sold out in less than 10 minutes. The venue was crowded with people while the VIP stands were particrly star-studded. Tan Shitian, Cheng Wei, the Su Yu brothers of the Flying Feathers team, the Lou Zhangbination of the Ghost Spirits team, Red Fox’s captain and vice-captain, the best auxiliary Chu Yan, the hunter Jiang Xu, etc. All the gods who were famous in the Miracle League came to watch the finals.
It could be seen that the great gods of other teams were very interested in this old confrontation and came to witness a wonderful moment.
The audience was in high spirits and the number of people watching the Inte live broadcast reached record highs. The front page headlines of e-sports websites were all full of guesses and prospects…
After many years, the oldest opponents were meeting for the first time in the finals. This alone was enough to detonate the audience’s attention.
In thementators’ room, Kou Hongyi’s hairs were pricking up with excitement and his voice was very high-pitched. “Audience members, the finals between Cann and Wind Colour is about to begin! The yers from both sides had already arrived on the big stage. Let’s first look at the yers of both teams!”
On the big stage where lights were shing, the two teams stood next to each other. Li Cangyu and Ling Xuefeng stood side by side while the other yers fanned out next to them. The Wind Colour team members on the left were wearing red and ck uniforms. The Cann members on the right were wearing blue and white. The couple clothes really made it seem like a fateful match.
Information appeared on the big screen while the camera zoomed in on the corresponding yer.
Li Cangyu was very handsome as he smiled at the camera. He waved and greeted everyone. Vice-Captain Bai had a gentle smile while Ah Shu deliberately brushed at his bangs to look cool. Old Zhang grinned boldly. Among the teenagers, Xiao Han still showed a cold expression, Zhuo Hang behaved graciously, Gu Siming was excited and Li Xiaojiang shyly lowered her head.
The eight people with different personalities formed the Cann team. It really wasn’t easy to get here and the audience warmly apuded them.
The yers on the Wind Colour side also performed calmly. After all, Wind Colour had entered the finalsst season and won the championship. This grand scene wasmonce for everyone.
The host handed the microphone to Li Cangyu and asked, “Cat God, this is your first time leading the team into the finals. What do you want to say to everyone?”
Li Cangyu took the microphone and smiled. “I am very happy to enter the finals. I am also grateful for everyone’s support, especially the friends who came to the venue from far away. Thank you!”
The spectators wearing the Cann uniform jumped from their seats with excitement and cheers filled the venue.
The host then asked, “What do you want to say to your opponent before the start of the game?”
Li Cangyu nced at Ling Xuefeng and smiled. “Captain Ling, refuel.”
The audience, “…”
Cat God, he is your opponent. Why are you cheering him on?
The host was also surprised for a moment before recovering. Then he asked Ling Xuefeng. “Cough, what does Captain Ling want to say?”
Ling Xuefeng looked at Li Cangyu and replied calmly, “You should also refuel.”
The audience, “…”
These two people were unprecedented opponents yet they were cheering for each other?
What about the fated enemies where one lived and one died? The two of them were supposed to look at each other with fiery eyes and say things like e on’, or ‘wait for me to abuse you.’ What was with the cheers?
Cheng Wei looked dazed. “I haven’t seen any opponents cheering for each other before a game.”
Everyone around him nodded in agreement.
After the simple interview, the yers of both sides walked into their respective soundproof rooms and connected their mouse and keyboard to perform the final debugging.
At 10 o’clock in the morning, the match officially started!
The two captains went to the referee and started to draw lots. Ling Xuefeng made a ‘please’ gesture and said, “You first.”
Li Cangyu smiled. “You first.”
Ling Xuefeng didn’t argue and put his hand into the box to pull out an envelope. Li Cangyu took the other one and the two people opened it at the same time. Wind Colour was first and Cann was second!
In the finals, the second team was actually more disadvantageous. If the first team won two games then the back team would have to win two consecutive games and the possibility of making aeback was very small. Therefore, every game must be yed cautiously. Cann absolutely couldn’t let Wind Colour take the lead to score 2:0.
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Li Cangyu returned to the soundproof room and waited for the n submitted by Wind Colour. Ling Xuefeng didn’t hesitate to submit the lineup that had already been set—team battle, Wilderness Ridge!
The appearance of this map made many audience members scream, with even the great gods in the VIP stands showing admiring expressions. It was a seven star, the highest difficulty map. This was a fierce choice that was really worthy of Ling Xuefeng!
The Wind Colour lineup was then shown on the big screen. Ling Xuefeng and Qin Mo’s mentor and apprentice summoningbination, Yan Ruiwen and Guo Xuan’s double ck magicianbination, the beast berserker Liao Zhenyu in the front row and the blood kin sacrifice He Qun.
Li Cangyu had guessed this lineup before. After all, it was Wind Colour’s most stable and regr lineup.
This Wilderness Ridge map was really hard to fight in because it was a death map withplicated terrain. This was actually a cemetery. If yers stepped on a grave then they would be directly buried in the ground and killed. More important, the tombstones in the map changed frequently, which was equivalent to a set of flowing death traps.
Li Cangyu thought for a long time while the audience members were tense. It wasn’t until the final three seconds that Cann submitted their lineup.
—Gu Siming, Zhang Jueming, the Shu Baibination, Li Cangyu and Xiao Han.
This was also a regr lineup for the Cann team. The audience didn’t understand why he had to think about it for so long. Only the great gods sitting in the stands knew that Cat God had been thinking for so long because he was thinking about a tactical solution to deal with Wind Colour, not the lineup.
The other side had made a fierce move so he had to calm down and think about the context of the game.
As for what countermeasures he came up with in his head, only he would know before the game started.