Seven days later, in the semi-finals of the World Dispute.
The groups for the semi-finals were very interesting … Team White Sword from Korea versus Team Cola Maniac from China, and Team Titan from Eagle versus Team Nuclei from China.
Sovereign Descent was already eliminated in the quarterfinals, and the entire Chinese esports community was on tenterhooks in the semi-finals.
Jiang Qiao was also paying attention to the two semi-finals. The forums in China were extremely unsettled. Based on the results of previous international tournaments, most players did not think that Cola Maniac could defeat Team White Sword. Team Nuclei and Team Titan, on the other hand, might be able to put up a fight.
To quote one of the forum members … if both teams won, it would be like celebrating the new year in the Chinese esports community. If both teams lost, it would be like attending a funeral.
Most people were looking forward to Team Nuclei advancing to the finals. After all, they were the first seed in the Chinese division.
Today, all the players in China who were paying attention to the World Dispute were destined to set off firecrackers to celebrate!
That was because Team Cola Maniac defeated Team White Sword with a score of 9: 3!
Team Nuclei defeated Team Titan with a score of 8: 4!
Two Chinese teams met in the finals of the international tournament!
Ever since the World Dispute was held, there had never been two teams from the same country meeting in the finals at the same time.
South Korea did not manage to do it, and neither did the Eagle Nation. However, China managed to achieve it today.
Not only did the entire World Dispute player community enter a festive mood, but the players in the Holy Spirit also began to set off fireworks to celebrate this moment in history.
After the end of the semi-finals, the four teams of Cola Mania found a Sichuan hot pot restaurant near California to have a meal together under the consultation of their coach, Bei You.
The gathering was very lively. It was impossible to tell that the two teams were enemies who had to fight to the death just a second ago.
No matter how you looked at it, pro players were still youths in their twenties. Even though the atmosphere wasn't that great after Team White Sword and Team Titan lost, there was a beautiful girl like Lu Wei and the two female players from Team White Sword and Team Cola. The atmosphere wasn't as heavy.
However, Lu Wei began to cry after drinking. Even if she was such a cheerful child, she could only cry to vent her inner emotions in the face of this painful defeat. But there was only one champion … there were countless losers. This was the cruelty of eSports.
But compared to the warm atmosphere of the party, Caramel seemed a lot gloomier. He sat alone in a corner, biting his thumb, holding his phone to check the recent developments of the Holy Spirits in the country.
To be honest … Caramel's performance in the game was outstanding, but in real life, he was more of a gloomy otaku, the kind that wasn't welcomed by any women.
On the other hand, Swirling Remnant Cloud was now surrounded by a large group of big sisters from the Eagle Nation. He seemed to be at a loss and kept calling out to Mo Shigui, saying that he wanted to sit somewhere else or go out for some fresh air.
Ahem … Back to the topic at hand. Although Caramel had been busy with the international tournament, she had been paying attention to the Holy Spirit's movements.
This included the matter of Coke Mania working with five other guilds to build a city. But Caramel was more concerned about the Holy Spirit Challenge and the two new Eternal NPCs.
The Holy Spirit Challenge was equivalent to the Holy Spirit's first official online league. It would be held in about seven days, and he could still make it back after the finals.
Although he had to focus on the finals, he was more concerned about the NPCs participating in the Holy Spirit Challenge than the Holy Spirit Challenge. And there were two Eternal NPCs on the list of participating NPCs.
Eternal.
To Caramel, this was equivalent to a nightmare. The shadow of Thorne defeating him in public was still lingering in Caramel's heart.
Now, the Holy Spirit had welcomed two new Eternal characters, the Archer Rose and her brother, the Fire Blade Heuzer … These two characters lived up to the title of Eternal.
From the day the update was released, an arena was set up in Cola Mania's stronghold. Just like when Thorne had just been updated, the players who went up to challenge him couldn't find their bearings.
Could it be that these were two new characters on the same level as Thorne?
Seeing this, Caramel felt inexplicably annoyed. Originally, the World Tournament should have been his life's glory. Becoming the champion of the World Tournament should have been his dream.
But after defeating team White Sword, he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart. It wasn't because team White Sword was weak, but because he felt that the characters he was competing for could no longer keep up with his movements!
This was a feeling that Caramel could feel. There was a limit to what the characters in the Dispute could do, and Caramel had already reached this limit. No matter how much he wanted to break through, there was no way he could.
This feeling was as irritating as swinging a sword while handcuffed. He couldn't swing his sword as freely as he could in the Holy Spirit.
Next was the existence of Thorne, which made Caramel want to go online and challenge him at all times!
This time, there were two new Eternal … This made Caramel's urge to challenge them even more urgent.
But Caramel still resisted. His professionalism was so high that during the World Tournament, Caramel didn't log into the Holy Spirit even once.
He wanted to become the champion of the World Tournament, not only for himself, but also for his teammates and the staff who worked hard for Cola behind the scenes.
Now, he had to suppress his desire for the Holy Spirit!
"Caramel …"
Suddenly, Caramel heard someone speaking in broken Chinese. Caramel raised his head and saw that Bai Di of Team White Sword was already sitting beside him.
Bai Di was different from his arrogant nickname. In reality, he was a very shy big boy. He was also regarded as a professional player at the Holy Monk level, just like Zhao Mingwei.
What was a Holy Monk?
Money, reputation, and status were all floating clouds in front of these players. They only needed to be able to play games and have a group of good teammates.
The difference between Bai Di and Zhao Mingwei was that Zhao Mingwei had given up on women for the sake of playing games. Bai Di, on the other hand, had publicly announced that he had a girl he liked, and she was a female host. But that female host had recently married a Korean celebrity.
Therefore, every time Caramel saw this person, the only thing that came to his mind was, "Be strong!
Can a woman give you the world championship?
No! "
"What's the matter?" While Caramel was speaking, North Swim's coach acted as a translator.
"He said he got the Holy Spirit test. I think it was given by our club's boss, Air Bubble, but he doesn't know how to climb over the wall. He wants you to carry him online." After North Swim finished translating, he said to Bai Di, "That won't do!
We're going to play the finals soon. We'll carry you after that. "
Caramel wanted to respond in the same way, but when he was scrolling through the Holy Spirit Catfight Group, Air Bubble suddenly posted a video link, which stopped Caramel from scrolling.
The video was related to Eternal Rose. Rose's current record was 121 wins and three losses. All three losses were to professional players from the Abyss Temple, but there were no videos on the internet.
The three players from the Abyss Temple also complained in the group after the match, "It's too f * cking hard!"
The title shared by Air Bubble had a big "Race" prefix at the beginning, and the full title was …
"[Race] Eternal Rose Speed Pass, 2 Minutes 21 Seconds" Publisher: Giggle.
F * ck!
When Caramel saw the word "Race" in the title, he really wanted to curse. The ID "Giggle" was definitely Zhao Mingwei, and it was an official ID on YouTube!
This ID had more than three million fans, but there was no video below it.
Zhao Mingwei's sudden release of this video was no less popular than Jumping Core and Cola Fever entering the world championship!
And Zhao Mingwei's "Race" prefix was equivalent to … provocation!
Race … as the name suggested, it was an activity initiated by Zhao Mingwei to speed through a certain game dungeon or challenge a certain game level. If it was a single-player game, then it might be the entire process of a single-player game.
Speed Pass was more popular in the Chinese single-player game circle. After all, online games relied on the stats of equipment.
However, Caramel was certain that having good equipment was useless against Rose. While the other pro players were still vexed over Rose's overwhelming strength and could barely fight her on equal footing, Zhao Mingwei directly released a speed-through video?
This was completely an open provocation!
"Air Bubble: Guild Master Remnant Heart, come out to see the gods!
Remnant Heart. "
"Remnant Heart: Don't @ me!
Why are you @ me?
Isn't this the normal operation of Master Smiler? "
"Lake Fairy: This is a guide video that Master Smiler released, but I really doubt that Rose's character really has a backdoor strategy."
"Lone Eye Black Mountain: No!
Absolutely not!
She's also a Beta level AI like Thorne, but not as precise as Thorne. I fought with her for five minutes before I found a big flaw and defeated her!
Before this, I tried three times. "
Lone Eye Black Mountain was one of the top players in the Abyss Temple, a Summoner.
"No Update Today: Our guild's Master Smiler is open for business. He's accepting all kinds of speed passes. Alright, I'm kidding. Is the era of the great race about to begin?"
"Caffeine: First of all, you have to make sure that when you race, you don't get into a car accident and fall to the bottom of the mountain."
Because of this video, the Holy Ghost Catfight Group was instantly livelier. But Zhao Mingwei's racing video undoubtedly … aroused the passion of the professional players in China and some top players.
Rose and Heuzer's difficulty was not as insurmountable as Thorne's. The two of them were like professional players in excellent condition. They were not unbeatable, but at the same time extremely challenging.
Caramel looked at the pile of messages in the Holy Ghost Catfight Group. Right now, he really wanted to go online and ask Rose or Heuzer for advice.
But he had to hold it in!
The feeling of Holy Ghost Catfight was too different from the feeling of Strife. Once he got used to the free fighting rhythm in Holy Ghost Catfight, returning to Strife would definitely … be difficult.
"Captain, the player from Jumping Core said that he wants to go online today. If we go online together, we won't fight and just enjoy the scenery." The other members of Cola Mania seemed to have heard the news too.
"Then let's make it clear first. Just enjoy the scenery, no fighting."
Caramel tried to keep himself calm. If both teams were not in good condition, then it was equivalent to being in good condition!
"No problem!" Someone shouted.