In the second round, this strategy was not very useful. The Monarch Descends was already prepared for this. Their Clerics buffed the entire team with a defensive buff.
However, it was still useless. The only person in The Monarch Descends that Zhao Mingwei found troublesome was Eye of the Storm.
In the second round, they split up the battlefield. Hidden Blade in Brocade Robe was replaced after one round, and Hundred Miles Moyan, as a Supplicant, was brought up to fight a normal team battle.
In the second round, The Monarch Descends used their teamwork and strength to win against The Monarch Descends in ten minutes. There was no suspense at all.
Perhaps the old players of The Monarch Descends were outdated in the game of Dispute, but the game of Saint Ghost was slowly returning to its peak.
There was no suspense in the subsequent matches of the other teams. The one that attracted the most attention was the match between Viking Nuclei and Grey Eye Guild, which ended in a one-sided defeat.
The Top 16 competition ended in a short period of time. The competition was very exciting, but it was still not very popular. Jiang Qiao did not care about this, but the frontline reporter did!
She was so concerned that she kept asking for instructions from the officials, asking them to do some official programs to promote this competition.
Jiang Qiao agreed, and so on the eve of the Top 8, the frontline reporter pulled Star Bookmen along to do a pre-match analysis program.
The title of the program was also very sarcastic … It was "Are the professional players of Dispute still the 'top' players in Saint Ghost?"
The title seemed to be a bit sarcastic, but the frontline reporter was very serious about it. She also tried to invite some guests from the major guilds to do the program, but no one dared to go on such an offensive program. Only one man accepted the invitation.
That was Boss Yin.
"Let us welcome the boss of Viking Nuclei, Mr Silver Ash to participate in this discussion." The frontline reporter applauded Boss Yin's arrival.
The location of the live broadcast was still the arena that was set up outside of Path of Ascension.
"Hello everyone."
No matter what, Director Yin was someone who had seen a lot of the world. When he walked onto the live broadcast stage, he was very calm. Under the signal of the frontline reporter, he sat down in the guest seat.
"Well then, let's get straight to the point. The Top 16 is over, and the two teams from Nuclear Revolution have successfully made it to the Top 8. You've seen the performance of the other teams in the Top 18. Most of the players from these teams have served in the Professional League War before. Do you think that the players from the Professional League War are still the best players in Saint Ghost?"
"This question is a little ridiculous. I feel like I'm risking my life by answering it. There are a lot of anti-fans looking for reasons to slander us." Mr. Yin scratched his cheek, not knowing where to start.
"If you find it inconvenient, you can ask another question."
The frontline reporters also knew that this question was too ridiculous, but every fan who had watched the Holy Ghost League actually had an answer in their hearts. It was just that no one dared to say it.
"Let's not change the question, let me put it another way."
Of course, Director Yin had no intention of avoiding this question. He participated in this show to remind all the professional players from the Professional League War, or rather, the top players in Saint Ghost. "Let's change 'top' to 'limit'. That would be a VR professional player. So what's the limit of a VR player's control?"
"Limit … Then where do you think the limit is?"
When the frontline reporter heard Director Yin's correction, he felt that it wasn't that offensive, and it was very fitting to the previous question.
"Let me put it this way. The first time VR games became popular was fifteen years ago, or eighteen years ago. I remember it very clearly. I happened to be in my third year of middle school, and there was a test that was a thousand-meter run. At that time, I directly fainted after finishing the run." Director Yin suddenly said something completely unrelated to the current topic.
"I seem to have fainted on this point before." Stars Bookmen also revealed their own dark history.
"Yes, at that time, my physique was very poor, very poor. At that time, I saw on the news that primary and secondary school students across the country had a general abnormality due to sitting in front of the computer and playing on their phones for too long. I've already seen this news for a few years, but after VR online games became popular, this news rarely appeared again."
"Are you trying to say that VR games improved the physique of the citizens?" The frontline reporter keenly pointed out the key part of Director Yin's words.
"You can say that VR games are a form of play that requires a lot of physical strength. The physical training of professional players is the most basic of basic skills, which also leads to the physical fitness of professional athletes, or even stronger. But this is already the standard from five years ago."
"Then … the current standard …"
"It's hard for me to say the current standard, so I'll directly use an actual example. Holy Ghost can strengthen the player's physical fitness. This is something that has been proven by research. The reason for the current research is that the VR equipment's simulation clothing itself has this effect. I don't know if this research is correct or not, but don't you guys feel that there are some players in the top 16 teams who are ridiculously strong?" Director Yin directly said what the frontline reporter really wanted to talk about.
That was, in the top 16 players, there were some players whose skill levels were clearly not on the same level as the other players.
"I won't talk about the players from the other clubs. Let's take our club's player, Spinning Clouds, for example. His technique and physical fitness have already started to evolve to another level."
Director Yin very clearly said his own opinion. At the same time, his gaze looked towards the camera of the live broadcast, as if he was looking at those top players who thought, "Anyway, I'm already doing well in Strife and don't need to improve any more."
"Sweeping Scattered Cloud's performance against the Grey Pupil Society was already strong enough. He was strong to the point where he could even fight one against three, one against five. Perhaps the Grey Pupil Society's members aren't weak when placed in Discord, but in the Holy Spirit, have their standards dropped?
No, their level in Holy Ghost didn't drop, but Spinning Clouds' level has increased!
It has already increased to the point where there's a huge gap between them and the current Strife players! "
"Then, Director Yin, what you mean is … if Spinning Clouds returns to Strife to compete, will he still completely crush Grey Eye Society?" The frontline reporter carefully asked this question that would still offend quite a few people.
"Yes, that's what I think. Strife has many flaws. Lag, the number of frames in the match, the effects of skills can't even keep up with the player's mechanics. But Holy Ghost doesn't exist. The upper limit of Holy Ghost's mechanics is much higher than Strife's, and the requirements for physical fitness are also the same. Our player, Spinning Clouds, has already surpassed his own limits and is chasing after a higher realm. If the players from the other clubs still remain stagnant, I'm afraid … they will lose very badly."
Director Yin's words really pulled a lot of hatred onto Spinning Clouds. However, Spinning Clouds was indeed worthy of such praise. The dominance he displayed against the five professional players of Grey Eye Society in the top 16 was something that all the spectators saw with their own eyes.
Monster, cheat-like comments continuously popped up on the screen.
"Then, what do you think Spinning Clouds' current limit is?"
"This … I don't know. Spinning Clouds is still growing. This is something that I feel very gratified about. Finally, I hope that all the Holy Ghost players can surpass themselves and reach the peak."
After the frontline reporter asked Director Yin a few questions related to the competition and the future plans of the game, the interview ended just like that.
At this time, in the training room of the villa that Zhao Mingwei led his team to, Lin Xi had just finished watching the interview between the frontline reporter and Director Yin while holding a bowl of instant noodles.
"Indeed, I feel that some of the recent opponents are so strong that they are like monsters." Lin Xi ate a mouthful of braised beef noodles and complained.
"Doesn't our team also have one?" The team's Priest Baili Moyan said as he pointed at Zhao Mingwei, who was sitting on the sofa and dozing off.
But at this time, Qi Junzi was outside the training room of the villa, listening to someone's phone call. From Qi Junzi's tone, he seemed to be very angry.
"It's that club again?" Lin Xi looked at Qi Junzi hanging up the phone and asked curiously.
"Grey Eye Society, they offered 500 million to buy our team's naming rights."
Qi Junzi's voice also sounded a bit emotional. "Looks like they already think that we are a popular team to win the championship."
"500 million. It's a problem whether I can earn 500 million in this lifetime. Tsk tsk, why don't we give the naming rights to them?" Lin Xi seemed to be a bit moved.
"If you win the championship, it won't just be 500 million!"
Gentleman Qi directly threw a rag at Lin Xi. Lin Xi dodged it in a flash. Then, Gentleman Qi took a blanket and covered Zhao Mingwei, who was dozing off.
"What if … we don't win the championship?" Baili Moyan said a very scary possibility.
"The prize money for third place is enough, even though it's not as much as 500 million." Qi Junzi said.
"Prepare for the quarterfinals."
Zhao Mingwei had already opened his eyes at this time. He had been investigating Thorne's whereabouts on the Path of Ascension these past few days, but unfortunately, there was no news.