As Xia Chiyu had expected, Asura obviously had no intention of appearing again in a short period of time. Xia Chiyu guessed that under the tracking of the White Crane Company, even if it was Asura, it would not be so simple to practice to level ninety. So in the past few days, Xia Chiyu and the four of them have been very idle, and they can focus on their game in the Yanxia Cup.

As the schedule progressed, their "seeded" privilege allowed them to avoid the other seeded teams. This seeded team is converted into points based on the position won by the team in previous competitions, and then ranked according to the total points, so the unseeded team is either a newly established team or a weak team.

Xia Chiyu and the four of them passed the next two rounds of games in a row and entered the top 16.

The top 16 to the quarterfinals are still offline matches, but the top four and the championship and runner-up matches after the top 8 will become online competitions, and they need to be participated in at the competition location designated by the organizer of the Yanxia Cup, which actually makes Xia Chiyu a little worried: if the matter of their participation is known by Asura, the other party may seize the opportunity of their game to take action in the game.

However, even if it is on the organizer, Xia Chiyu and the four of them can log in to the official server at any time through the guò game device, and then suspend the game through the mediation of the White Crane Company, thinking of this, Xia Chiyu will temporarily put his mind at ease.

"From the round of 16 to the championship, it lasts a month. Either way, I'd like you to finish at least the top four, and while it may be a bit difficult, I'm pretty confident for your recent lookout. The city where the top four to the championship and runner-up are played is Nanhua Tianyi Game Center. Xu Shuo announced in front of Xia Chiyu and the others.

Then, he looked at Lin Qianxue and the others on the side, and said with a smile: "At that time, the family can only bring four, and the company's funds are limited, please understand." ”

"It's okay, you leave the place to Enron, Yuxi and Xiaoman, and a few of us will pay for it." Lin Qianxue pointed at herself, Fei Fei and Zhang Zinuo indifferently.

"It's all the daughters of wealthy families......" Xia Chiyu said to himself with a dry smile, Xu Shuo nodded and said, "So." That's it. You practice hard these days, then come with me on Thursday to meet your sponsors, give you a day off on Friday, start the first round of the round of 16 on Saturday, and give me a good show when the time comes, that's all! ”

"Can I take a leave of absence to meet the sponsor?" Gu Qinyan said with a flat face, Xia Chiyu, Su Xing and Reis raised their hands together and echoed: "And me." "I have the disease that kills me when I see a sponsor."

"No, if you're a professional gamer, you have to learn how to deal with it." Xu Shuo said with a smile, and then turned around and left. And Xia Chiyu and others went to the game and Liu Yiyu and others informed them of the time of the game. As for their entry into the top 16, Liu Yiyu and others have long known that they have been watching Xia Chiyu's four-person game recently.

"Really? Nanhua City, it's not far from our side......" Liu Yiyu thought for a while and asked, "If you make it to the top four, how long will you have to play there?" “

"One week, the first week of last year decided the top two teams in the upper bracket, and then the six teams in the lower bracket played a round-robin tournament using the points system, and finally the two teams with the highest points and the two teams in the upper bracket played the semi-finals to the championship and runner-up." Xia Chiyu explained. Then he shrugged his shoulders, "So, if our strength is too poor, we will probably be back the next day after we go." But if there is one of the rings, 2v2 and 3v3 that can reach the top four and the championship and runner-up finals. Probably going to stay there for a week. ”

"It's been a week, and we just want to travel over there, come on." Liu Yiyu hammered Xia Chiyu's shoulder, "When the time comes, you will reach the finals." We'll go to the scene to cheer you on, and then go on a tour by the way. ”

"Ah, thank you. We'll try. Reis said with a wry smile.

After reaching the round of 16, the schedule is not as easy as before. Including their teams, eight of the nine seeded teams made it to the top 16, and only one seeded team was eliminated by a new team due to an upset. So that means they're bound to meet a seeded team in the next two rounds.

Xia Chiyu is still very confident in their strength, but they are nervous to participate in the competition for the first time, so they do not stay in the official uniform these days, but stay in the competition uniform all day long to conduct 1V1 and 2V2 practice matches with each other, while modifying the slight deficiencies in skills, while ensuring that they can remember the rhythm of the competition uniform during the official competition.

There is still a big difference between the competition uniform and the official uniform, especially for their field skills. Because the domain skill can basically kill the half-blooded enemy in an instant with a skill, because it's just a skill, it's impossible to start a system defense effect such as stun protection or combo correction, so you can hit the enemy by surprise.

However, in the tournament suit, this damage has been greatly weakened, and it cannot be used as a "finishing move", and as for how to use it, it will have to be decided on an ad hoc basis according to the different domain skills of each of them.

They've been practising on their uniforms all this time, and on Wednesday, the next qualifying has already come out.

"Our opponent is the Hanlin team of 'Hallym Esports'." Xia Chiyu checked the schedule and said.

"Hanlin E-sports...... How, are they awesome? Zhang Zinuo brought the food to the table and asked, Lin Qianxue held her pointed chin and frowned: "It's the seed team, it's really bad luck." ”

Due to the high intensity of their practice recently, Zhang Zinuo, Lin Qianxue and others also took the time to accompany them as much as possible, and always cooked in person at noon, not letting them order takeout, and supporting them mentally and nutritionally.

"It's not bad luck...... After all, eight of the top 16 teams are seeded, and the chance of one in two is not surprising. Xia Chiyu said with a wry smile, "And this Hanlin E-sports is only the fourth seeded team, one of the top four teams last year, but it won the third place." If you want to talk about luck, it can be regarded as decent, and it is not lucky if you are not unlucky. ”

"What's more, sooner or later, you have to meet the seed team, and it's better to meet early than later." Gu Qinyan hugged his arm and replied, "Getting used to the strength and rhythm of the seeded players early will also help in the future matches." This tournament is a best-of-three game, which should be enough for us to gather information about the opponent and defeat it. ”

"But you still have to keep your domain skills, right?" Lacey asked, somewhat worried.

"Yes, the players on the opposing team are already gathering intelligence. The last time we played, a couple of other seeded teams came to see the game. Xia Chiyu explained.

"That's okay, we basically kept using only some small skills in the previous battles, and they can only see our general battle routines and core skill settings from them." Su Xing smirked, "Our big skills have basically not been used much in the Hot Summer Cup, not to mention domain skills and passive domain skills. ”

"Don't take it lightly, although I plan to save my domain skills for the finals, I can't lose the game before then, after all, the opponents are all seeded opponents." Xia Chiyu instructed, "That's basically it." So ......"

Speaking of this, Xia Chiyu sighed and said, "Let's go back and prepare for tomorrow's meeting with the sponsor." ”

As soon as the words fell, the three Gu Qinyan at the scene sighed in unison.

"Okay, just talk to the sponsor for a meal, and I don't need you to do anything." Yuxi patted Gu Qinyan's head on the side and comforted.

Having said that, Xia Chiyu and the four of them didn't know what they were going to do after meeting the sponsor. However, after meeting with the sponsor the next day, it is nothing more than a meal, and then the sponsor explains to them why they like them. Tell me about your own products, that's all. Most of the time, Xu Shuo answered most of the questions in their place.

After exchanging politeness, Xia Chiyu found that all they had to do was to use the game equipment provided by these sponsors. Then just ask them some advice on how to use it. Most of the rest of the time was the two sides boasting about each other, either Xu Shuo bragging about the strength of the four of them, or these sponsors bragging about how good their goods were.

"You guys just go back to practice, it's going to be a game the day after tomorrow. We have a contract this time. If you reach the top four, these sponsors will sign a formal and long-term contract with our company. Just when Xia Chiyu and the four of them were already irritable, Xu Shuo said with a righteous face. Saved them from this boring hype.

In fact, most of these sponsors are here for their current fame in the official server, but this is only a short-term publicity effect, any smash hit events in the game will pass, and only the position in the game is long-term publicity. These sponsors are not sure about the strength of their suits, which is why they have made this request for a long-term signing.

Thursday was a long day with these sponsors, and on Friday they couldn't really rest.

"This is what you want, the video of the game of Hanlin E-sports, it's not easy to find, we only found the match of thirty-two into sixteen, and their first game at the beginning of the previous audition, we bought it from a stinky and shameless profiteer at a high price." Lin Qianxue said, opening the two videos in a text jiàn folder.

"Ah, I'm sorry for you." Xia Chiyu said with a smile, Lin Qianxue's face suddenly turned red, and she muttered: "Really, what does it matter, do you still need to see each other like this?" I'm just reporting to you, not ......"

Immediately, everyone began to observe the situation of Hanlin E-sports. There were a total of five players on their team, and in both games they ended the battle with only two players, so they didn't actually get much information.

However, the other party is the same for their team, in this competition, Xia Chiyu and the four of them only used some basic skills, most of them won by strategy, and the other party should not be able to find out much about them.

"In short, I can only find their basic skills and some habits." Xia Chiyu sighed and said.

By watching the video of the game to dig for intelligence, it will be more effective when the strength of the two teams is more balanced after the round of 16. Until then, it will only be necessary to test the temporary coping ability of the players on both sides. Therefore, on this day, Xia Chiyu and the four of them briefly discussed some of the tactics against Hanlin E-sports, and then rested early.

On Saturday, their race officially began. The round of 16 was different from any of the previous auditions they had played. In the previous competition, the spectators sitting in the arena were sparsely populated, basically only the guilds and friends of the two sides, but now in this round of 16 competition, not only the ordinary audience seats are crowded, but even the VIP seats that need to be booked for money are full.

However, it is a pity that most of the people come for Hallym Esports.

AO is a game, the official server and the competition server can basically be regarded as two games, with their own fandom. Players who often pay attention to the game server do not necessarily pay attention to the official server, so although Xia Chiyu and the four of them are currently very popular in the official server, there are not many viewers who come for them on the spot.

What's more, the reputation of Xia Chiyu and the four of them in formal clothes is not all positive publicity......

On the other hand, Hanlin E-sports, this is already an old team and quite powerful, but the third place won last year is already the best result of the e-sports company.

But it is precisely because of this third place that their e-sports company has attracted more sponsorship, so as to select better players and coaches, so that their overall strength has increased a lot. This year, Hallym Esports has also achieved good results against other strong esports companies in previous competitions, so this time it has attracted a lot of attention.

Coupled with the publicity of the organizers, Hallym Esports is "one of the four most promising teams to win the championship" this year.

"How to say it, it is worthy of the third place in last year's Yanxia Cup 2V2......" Xia Chiyu looked around and muttered to himself.

"yes, Lacey, don't play out of order because of stage fright." Gu Qinyan glanced at Lacey and said.

"No, it was different last time." Lacey smiled and said, "So, let's decide the order of today's appearances, right?" ”

Generally speaking, in the three sports of 1V1, 2V2, and 3V3, each esports team in AO has its own focus project, while the other two projects usually adopt a "do your best" attitude.

For example, Hallym Esports, they avoid the most popular 3V3 and focus on 2V2, which will be much higher at the level of 2V2 than the other two. But Xia Chiyu has no intention of giving up on any of the competitions, this is their debut match, and he hopes to achieve at least the top four in all three events.

"Wake you up or keep it as a secret weapon, 2v2 me and Lacey, that's all." Xia Chiyu said simply, patted Gu Qinyan and Lacey on the back and said, "Okay, let's get ready and go on the stage, and grab all the audience of those guys!" (To be continued......)