The duo competition will be finished in August, and time is tight, so Xie Mingzhe is not in the mood to make new cards. He simply downloaded all the game videos during this period and studied them carefully. He watched all the games in the A-H group stage, and discussed them with his master when he encountered doubts.

Looking at the entire game from the perspective of a bystander, he did find many problems and would improve his tactical thinking. As the master said, he still lacks experience and does not respond sharply in the game, which requires slowly accumulating.

On August 26, the semi-finals of the doubles officially started.

The four Nirvana players and coaches all came to the backstage to watch the game and met many acquaintances here. Xie Mingzhe found that the players who were eliminated before, such as Ye Zhu, Gui Sirui, Bai Xu, Yi Tianyang, etc., all came to watch the game. Obviously, everyone was also thinking the same as Xie Mingzhe - learning the playing style of the masters and joining in the fun.

Ye Zhu and Bai Xu sat together. After seeing Xie Mingzhe, their expressions were a little complicated. Xie Mingzhe walked over and smiled frankly, saying, "I was eliminated. Shouldn't you gloat? Why don't you talk?"

Ye Zhu looked away awkwardly and whispered: "I'm still eliminated..."

Bai Xu thought to himself, after all, you entered the quarterfinals, and I was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Wouldn’t you be slapped in the face by mocking you?

Xie Mingzhe sat openly in the front row, leaving them with the back of their heads. The two little guys were all wrong, and they always felt that there was a boss sitting in the front row, so they closed their mouths throughout the game, for fear that Xie Mingzhe would laugh at him when he said the wrong thing.

As a result, Xie Mingzhe himself smiled happily: "Beautiful! Nie Shen's operation is so good."

In the picture, Nie Yuandao released the beast group and quickly moved to widen the distance. Before Fang Yu's water droplets could bounce, the sharp sound of the golden eagle came from the air. Shan Lan released the bird card and threw the jellyfish of Qiao Xi with a lightning speed. Nie Yuandao's beast card seemed to have eyes on his back, and immediately bit the jellyfish, and instantly gave the card to a second.

——Perfect cooperation between land and air.

The tacit understanding between the master and the apprentice is really amazing, as if all the cards are operated by one person.

Fang Yu and Qiao Xi wanted to drag the rhythm, but Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan wanted to fight quickly.

Shanlan's bird card gave Fang Qiao and the others a headache. The birds flying in the air were too fast, so it was difficult to control it by relying on aquariums to control it. In addition, Nie Yuandao's response on the ground, Nie Lan pushed it over like bulldozing, killing Fang Yu and Qiao Xi directly!

In this game, Nie Lan undoubtedly won the victory.

Xie Mingzhe was very satisfied with watching and sighed: "It's worthy of being the champion duo, it's really a tacit understanding."

Chen Qianlin said appreciatively: "Their tacit understanding is not comparable to ordinary people. Basically, if Shan Lan controls one, Nie Yuandao can kill one. It is moving at the same time in the sky and underground. The speed is too fast and it is difficult for the opponent to defend it."

Yu Ke asked in a low voice: "When we were eight to four, if we met the Shanlan combination, we might be 2:0?"

Xie Mingzhe nodded: "Well, how to crack the playing style of land and air cooperation? We need to study it carefully when we look back. If it really doesn't work, I'll use my fairy card. The fairy card is also a skill in the air. Maybe it can limit Shanlan's birds?"

The second game begins soon.

Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng faced Ling Jingtang and Xu Hang. Before the game, the votes of the audience rarely became 50%:50% balanced. Obviously, both sides were equal and each other had a chance of winning.

In the first game, Tang Xu wanted to attack Vine and control the flow, but Ling Jingtang's weapon was too critical to kill Vine and Rose at the beginning. Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng were behind one game, and Xie Mingzhe was really heartbreaking to see.

I am not nervous when playing the game myself, but I am nervous when watching my senior brother play the game...

Maybe it’s because of concern? Even though I know that my senior brother has a way to deal with it, I am still worried that an accident will be 2:0.

Fortunately, Tang Muzhou quickly stabilized his mentality when he was behind one game. In the second game, he used the plant-range poison-stirring method to kill Ling Xingtang. In the final game, he used the invincibility of the big banyan tree to withstand the most critical outbreak of Ling Shen and turned defeat into victory!

Xie Mingzhe applauded excitedly: "Beautiful! So handsome!"

Pei Jingshan, who was sitting next to him, raised his lips slightly and said, "Your senior brother is happier than him?"

Xie Mingzhe was so angry that Pei Jingshan knew about his relationship with Tang Muzhou. He was indeed a little excited just now. Xie Mingzhe coughed dryly and said calmly: "Senior brother is indeed a good fight."

Pei Jingshan smiled but said nothing. He found that Tang Muzhou and Xie Mingzhe were like each other's fans, and such a relationship was quite harmonious. As friends, there was no need to worry that they would break up for the time being.

The interview took a long time. When Tang Muzhou came to the backstage, the other players had already left one after another. He took the initiative to walk to Xie Mingzhe and others and asked casually: "The final of the doubles competition is August 27, and the individual competition will officially start on September 2. What are your plans during this period? Or prepare for the individual competition or make cards?"

Chen Xiao joked: "You have made all the plant cards, and I can't make any flowers, so I'd better concentrate on preparing for the individual competition."

Xie Mingzhe did not answer, pressed his finger against his chin, thinking about something.

Tang Muzhou did not plan to continue asking questions, changed the topic, and asked softly in Azhe's ear: "Have you finished the classification of immortal cards that I said I would add before?"

Xie Mingzhe came back to his senses and said, "Not yet, I have no inspiration in the near future, so think about it again."

Tang Muzhou's eyes gently encouraged: "No hurry, there is still time."

Everyone went back to the club together. Xie Mingzhe couldn't sleep in the dormitory, so he simply logged into his game account. It turned out that Yu Ke and Qin Xuan were both online in the middle of the night, and the friend list showed that the two were building their own arena.

Xie Mingzhe went in curiously and looked at it. It turned out that the two were fighting seriously, practicing the club cards one by one. Since Xie Mingzhe knew that their password for the ring was 8888, he entered the password directly and quietly, and neither of them noticed him.

Xie Mingzhe watched it for a long time, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan practiced and discussed.

It was late at night, and they didn't even plan to go to bed.

Xie Mingzhe looked at the time at 02:30 in the upper right corner, and his eyes felt a little hot.

In fact, he knew that since the two combinations of Nirvana in the doubles were eliminated, there had been a lot of criticism on the Internet. Because of his high popularity and Tang Muzhou's support, the black fans who scolded him were driven away. Weibo was very calm recently, and fans cheered him up every day.

Chen Xiao is almost the same. After all, Chen Qianlin has a relationship, and he is a good friend of Tang Muzhou. In addition, he is handsome, Yan is righteous. Although he was eliminated in the top 16, not many people scolded him.

But Yu Ke and Qin Xuan have been suffering from the cyber violence of "You are the burden of oil". Some of them are even Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe's irrational fans, who feel that they have dragged down their male gods and caused the male gods to be eliminated in the double-person match.

Qin Xuan and Yu Ke didn't say anything on the surface, but they were trying hard to train...

At 2:30 in the morning, they were still carefully studying the data of each card.

Xie Mingzhe felt really uncomfortable when he watched this scene.

Both of them were dragged into the water by Xie Mingzhe.

When I used the reason of "being a ghost card for you" to trick Xiao Ke over and used the excuse of "being a scene" to pull Qin Xuan into the team. If it weren't for Xie Mingzhe, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan might have become professional players.

Although Qin Xuan and Xiao Ke are still far from the first-tier players, Xie Mingzhe believes in their potential. Qin Xuan has helped him a lot during this period. The design of each card has Qin Xuan's hard work. Although Xiao Ke is heartless, he is everyone's pistachio, very well-behaved and very hardworking.

He has always believed that Qin Xuan's calmness and Xiao Ke's sharpness will become the most powerful weapon to become Nirvana. As a commander, he who uses the weapon will never make any mistakes in the doubles game.

Since you drag someone into the water, you should be responsible to the end.

Xiao Ke and Qin Xuan are now facing unprecedented pressure. If the team battle in Nirvana cannot achieve results, there will only be more condemnations about them online. At that time, Xie Mingzhe will feel sorry for his teammates.

The senior brother mentioned today that the individual race will begin soon after the double race.

According to the league's competition system, individual matches are divided into 8 groups. Each group will play a round-robin match with points first. After the match, they will go to eight and eight, and the championship will be decided. The schedule will be as close as the doubles, and you will have to play one match every two days.

Under such a close event arrangement, Xie Mingzhe didn't have much time to think about how to make cards and improve decks. After the individual competition, it was a team battle immediately, and he still needed to study the opponent's team battle routines...

I thought I would have a lot of time, but when I really got to the game, I realized that I didn’t have enough time at all.

Moreover, the most important point that distinguishes individual competitions from doubles is that the opponents are very strong and are top students selected from the entire league!

The group stage will not be as easy as the doubles. No matter whether you meet great gods like Nie Yuandao, Ling Jingtang, or Pei Jingshan, Gui Sirui and other new generations, if you don’t prepare seriously, you will definitely be beaten by blood.

Individual matches every three days, studying opponents on the first day, practicing on the second day, playing on the third day, and repeating the cycle - how can he make cards if this continues? How can he prepare for the team competition? But he cannot deal with opponents in the individual match casually in order to make cards, that is disrespectful to the game.

What can we do to have the best of both worlds?

Xie Mingzhe withdrew from the ring room between Xiao Ke and Qin Xuan and fell into deep thought.

***

The next evening, everyone came to the finals together.

Nie Yuandao, Shan Lan vs Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng, this two-person match was particularly fierce!

The finals increased the number of games, and for the sake of ratings and excitement, it became a five-game three-win system for bo5.

Both sides have been bitten very tightly from the beginning. Nie Lan won one game, Tang Xu moved back to one game, and turned into 1:1. Then Tang Muzhou won the third game with his vine control style and overturned the score. As a result, Nie Lan caught up again in the fourth game, becoming 2:2!

The battle situation was particularly intense, and the decisive game was probably luck. Two of the three random maps were the ultimate kills. Tang Muzhou forbidden one, but Nie Yuandao left another one. Shan Lan relied on the flexibly repelled from the air to force Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng into a desperate situation, and finally won the victory in a thrilling way.

Wu Yue almost jumped up excitedly: "Congratulations to Nie Yuandao, Shan Lan won the championship of the 11th season doubles!" Liu Chen followed closely: "Congratulations to Nie Lan for creating the myth of three consecutive championships in the doubles, and he is truly the boss of the doubles!"

Tang Muzhou walked over with grace and shook hands with Nie Yuandao: "Congratulations."

Nie Yuandao smiled and said, "The last one is still quite successful."

Shan Lan followed his master and his eyes were red - is this the best gift he left to him before he retired? He really couldn't bear to leave his master, but no one could change the decision Nie Yuandao made.

Tang Muzhou knew the inside story of Nie Shen’s preparation for retirement, sighed softly in his heart, patted Shan Lan on the shoulder, and joked: “Three consecutive championships are enough for you to be proud for a long time.”

Shan Lan forced a smile: "Thank you, I won with my master."

Nie Yuandao raised his eyebrows: "What are you saying? You are also very powerful. Last year's individual competition champion won for nothing?"

Shan Lan lowered her head and felt embarrassed. Xu Changfeng echoed: "That's right, I lost to you last year and only won the runner-up. Don't be humble."

Shan Lan smiled, shook hands with Tang Xu, and then followed the master backstage.

The award ceremony will be held at the end of the season, so after the duo, the contestants only need to accept interviews and wait for the final year-end ceremony to receive the award.

Seeing Tang Muzhou return to the backstage, Xie Mingzhe took the initiative to walk forward and joked: "I almost won, do you need comfort?"

Tang Muzhou nodded: "If you need it, how do you plan to comfort me?"

Xie Mingzhe thought hard and said, "I invite you to dinner, we are the only two of us."

Tang Muzhou happily agreed.

Instead of going to the shop outside, the two of them bought a late-night snack and went back to Tang Muzhou's villa to eat. Under the warm light, the two sat in the restaurant and had a happy meal, as if they were back to their own small home.

Tang Muzhou suddenly grabbed Xie Mingzhe's hand and asked, "What's wrong? I'm in a bad mood. Is it because my senior brother didn't win the championship?"

Xie Mingzhe looked up and said, "You and Xu Changfeng have won the double championship. It doesn't matter if you win the runner-up this year. You just treat it as collecting medals of different colors. How could I feel bad because of this?"

Tang Muzhou's eyes were even gentler: "What's wrong? You've been staring blankly since the day of the semi-finals. What are you thinking?"

Xie Mingzhe: "..."

No one noticed his abnormality, but Tang Muzhou still noticed it. The people in front of him were indeed the one who cared about him the most. He didn't dare to tell his master if he had something in his heart. Maybe it would be better to talk to his senior brother?

Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe cleared his throat and said, "Star Card League, is there any precedent for players to abstain in individual competitions?"
To be continued...