At noon the next day, after having lunch at the hotel, the six teams from China rushed to the center of the competition.

In the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the invitational tournament will be held, as well as the announcement of the grouping of the 36 participating teams, and finally the participating teams will appear on the stage, and at half past seven in the evening, the first game of the invitational tournament will be officially started.

Coming to the competition center, through the vouchers of the participating players, Fang Mutian and the others came to the rest hall specially prepared by the organizer for the players.

Fang Mutian and the other six teams were not the first team to arrive at the center of the competition, and when they came to the lounge, there were already several teams inside.

Seeing Fang Mutian and them coming, the contestants who were originally chatting looked at them one by one, not only did their faces not look relaxed, but they were extremely dignified.

Because these teams are very aware of the strength of the Huaxia team, and in recent years, the level of Dota has developed even more rapidly, although none of the teams that can come to participate in the Seattle Dota 2 Invitational are weak, but these teams know very well that if they meet the Huaxia team in the game, it will be their most difficult game.

It is not an easy task to snatch a precious point from the Huaxia team.

There are many countries that come to participate in the invitational tournament, in addition to China, there are also some countries such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore and so on, and among these countries, there are not always some strong teams, and some teams are not even much weaker than the Chinese team.

After looking at the team logos of these teams, I knew that they were from Japan, South Korea, and Villa.

The strength of these countries is not strong, if you are welcome, if you meet the Chinese team, they will definitely lose, what is the competitive level of Villa, Fang Mutian does not know, but he still has some understanding of Japan and South Korea.

Japan and South Korea, although they are not very good in DOTA, but their competitive level is very strong, such as the competitive game StarCraft, the world's large-scale competitions, most of the championships have fallen into the hands of Koreans, it is enough to see that their competitive level is not bad.

In other words, the competitive level of these two countries is stronger than that of Huaxia, after all, Huaxia started relatively late, and many aspects cannot be compared with others, but the rapid development of the competitive industry in recent years, I believe that it will not take long to catch up with them, and even surpass them It is not impossible.

Fang Mutian and the others came to the side and sat down, a group of people almost surrounded Fang Mutian, and said excitedly: "Fang Dashen, we just learned from Lao Chen just now that you are the author of the two masterpieces "Shenkeng" and "The Black-bellied President's Wife", and hearing this news shocked us. ”

"Yes, originally we thought that Fang Dashen's game was so good, and he would definitely spend a lot of time on the game, but I didn't expect you to have time to write a novel, it's really admirable."

"Fang Dashen, don't you know, now I don't even look at other novels except your novels, you see, I'm your loyal fan, can you sign me?"

", you want to get signed and line up behind me."

"I asked for the autograph first, so why should I go to the back of you and line up?"

"Because Lao Tzu is your captain."

"The captain is mighty, the captain is domineering, and the captain dominates the rivers and lakes."

"Fang Dashen, the novel you wrote is really good, we are all your die-hard book fans, you can sign us."

Nowadays, young people almost all like to read novels, although these professional players have a very large amount of training every day, but in their spare time, reading novels is still their favorite thing to pass the time.

Looking at the excited and excited looks, Fang Mutian couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect that the news that he was the author of the novel would spread so quickly, but he didn't think to hide it, because his editor had discussed with him about the author's annual meeting before, he did not refuse, and gladly agreed, not to mention anything else, with the results of his two novels, he was enough to be eligible to participate in this year's annual meeting of authors of Zongheng Chinese Network.

Fang Mutian said: "It's okay to sign, I'll sign it for you when I go back, it's no problem to have as much as you want." ”

"Okay, okay, we'll wait for your words." Seeing that Fang Mutian agreed, they were so excited that they couldn't find the southeast and northwest.

"By the way, Great God Fang, the book of "Shenkeng" is finished, I heard that you are going to open a new book tonight?" One asked.

Fang Mutian nodded and said: "Yes, a new book will be opened tonight, the name of the new book is "Xianyuan", which belongs to the category of Xianxia, please cheer you on it when the time comes." ”

"This point Fang Dashen, you put a hundred hearts, we are all your loyal book lovers, you open a new book, you don't need to say it, we will all go to cheer."

"That's it, Fang Dashen, your novel is so exciting to read, and the storyline is so exciting, even if the captain asks us to train, we will skip the shift to cheer."

"I approve, we won't train tonight, we'll all go to cheer for Fang Dashen." The captain of Team RT made the decision immediately.

Fang Mutian was stunned and said: "You don't have to be so enthusiastic, don't forget the purpose of coming to Seattle, the things in front of you are the most important, as for my novel, it doesn't matter when you go to the show." ”

The captain of the FANTY team said, "It's okay, how much time did it take to cheer for Fang Dashen?" After we are done, we have time to train, and that time is nothing? We also know the purpose of coming here this time, and we will arrange the time. ”

"That's it, it won't take much time to support Fang Dashen, after the support is over, we will continue to train, and there will be no delay between the two." The captain of the ant team also said with a smile.

"Shameless captain."

"The captain is despicable."

"The captain is not human."

The members of several teams immediately shouted very unpleasantly, but they also knew very well in their hearts that they had come to Seattle to seize glory, and this was the most important thing, and other things could be put aside for the time being.

Time was lost in a group of people fighting, and during this time, the rest of the participating teams also came to the lounge one by one, and the latest one who came was the DG team who met with Fang Mutian and them, and sparked when they met for the first time.

The people of the DG team saw Fang Mutian and them, except for Bill, the faces of the others were not good-looking, they glared at them fiercely, and went to the other side.

The opening ceremony began quickly, at the opening ceremony, the organizers made a long speech for nearly two hours, and after the speeches, the thirty-six teams took the stage one by one, and after the stage, the organizers asked Demon to make a brief speech.

Seeing that the organizer asked Demon to speak, the six teams in Huaxia were very angry, after all, this year's SOLO World Champion is Fang Mutian, and it should be Fang Mutian who should speak, not Demon The second in the world.

As for the members of the DG team, they looked at them proudly, as if they had a sense of superiority.

However, Fang Mutian didn't care, it didn't matter who spoke to him.

After Demon's speech, the organizer announced the grouping of the 36 participating teams in the invitational tournament.

The 36 participating teams were divided into four groups: A, B, C, and D, with eight teams in each group, and each group was divided into four small confrontation groups.

Before the semi-finals, the tournament was a knockout round of BO3, and if you lose two games, you are out, and the winner advances to the next round.

Fang Mutian and their firefly team were divided into Group C, in this group, in addition to Fang Mutian and them, there was also the Chinese team of the ant team. The DG team, on the other hand, was in Group A, and was not assigned to a group with the Firefly team.

Seeing the grouping, the faces of the members of the ant team suddenly darkened, and they cried: "It's over, it's over, I can't even enter the top eight, why is my luck so bad, and I actually got into a group with the group of perverts of the Firefly team?" ”

The face of the RT team on the other side is not very good-looking, because they are in a group with the DG team, in their opinion, although the strength of the DG team is not as good as the Firefly team, but compared to their RT team, it is still stronger, and when they meet the DG team, it is difficult to advance.

Being in a group with the DG team, although the members of the RT team don't feel very comfortable, but they are much better than the ant team, after all, no matter how strong the DG team is, it can't compare to the firefly team, and if you are in a group with the firefly team, it is really dead and alive.

In a group with the DG team, although the chance of winning is very slim, but you can still fight, and the strength of the RT team is not bad, and it is not without the qualification to challenge the DG team.

Before the quarterfinals, there was no encounter with the Firefly team, which made the Huaxia team not have much confidence, and the DG team, which made the other three teams really breathe a sigh of relief.

Without encountering the Firefly team and the DG team, as long as they are more careful during the game, it is not difficult to get into the quarterfinals, after all, their strength is not weak.

"Old horse, please mourn and change." After learning about the grouping of the competition, the captain of the FLY team said to the captain of the ant team.

Because the captain of the Ant team especially likes a hero called Centaur in DOTA, everyone in the competitive circle calls him Old Horse.

"Yes, I didn't expect your team's luck to be so bad, and they actually encountered Fang Dashen before the quarterfinals, it's really unlucky." The captain of Team FANTY said the same.

The muscles on the face of the captain of the ant team, Lao Ma, twitched, and stared at a few people: "How do I feel that you guys are not comforting me, but gloating?" ”

"No, no, everyone is a friend, how can you gloat? We're really comforting you. Several people hurriedly shook their heads.

"When we met Fang Dashen and them, our luck was indeed quite back." Lao Ma glanced at a few people and said, "However, even if we know that it is not the opponent of Fang Dashen and them, we will do our best." ”

"Come on, although we know that in the end you will be killed by Fang Dashen and them with a score of 2:0, we will still cheer for you." The Firebird said from the side.

At the end of the opening ceremony, when the contestants on the stage stepped down, Fang Mutian and the others met with the DG team.

"You were lucky not to meet us before the quarterfinals, and you should thank God that he blessed you." Demon stared at Fang Mutiandao.

"Really? But I'm sorry, I don't believe in God. Fang Mutian glanced at him and said, "In my opinion, you guys are also quite lucky, you didn't meet us before the quarterfinals, I originally wanted to kill you as soon as possible, but I didn't expect the organizer not to give us this opportunity, you should also thank the Buddha." ”

"Who is the Buddha?" Demon was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "I don't want to fight with you, I'll see you in the arena when the time comes, and remember, remember the bet between us." ”

"I've always remembered, but don't you forget." Fang Mutian said lightly.

Demon glanced at Fang Mutian deeply, stopped talking, and left with a few members of the team who were staring at each other.

And Bill, one of them, secretly nodded respectfully to the other party, and followed Demon them.

"It's so arrogant, I really thought they were the best in the world for the DG team." Firebird was very upset when he saw the proud appearance of the people of the DG team.

"That is, Great God Fang, when you meet them, you have to teach them a hard lesson, it's best to abuse them and can't take care of themselves." The people from Team FANTY also said.

Fang Mutian said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as we meet their DG team, we will definitely not be soft." ”

After dinner, Fang Mutian and the others returned to the arena, and at half past seven in the evening, the first game of the Seattle Dota 2 Invitational officially began.

In the first match, the two sides were Team DG and a team from Sweden called Glede.