Fantasy Westward Journey: Return to 2005

Chapter 1457 Bad premonition, 'top' lineup!
"Oh wow, it's Beastmaster who's here to ban the pick this round?"

"The one who came up in 2008 is Abai. It seems like they are under a lot of internal pressure. They even have to personally command the ban and pick."

"Nonsense! Bianliang City is one point ahead right at the start. Would you feel a lot of pressure if it were you?"

"Don't worry, maybe we'll be two points ahead in another hour."

"Two points for your grandma's big stick! I believe this round of 2008 will be a heavy punch, just wait!"

"What kind of punch is that? The Seven Wounds Fist that can kill you?"

"Stop arguing, stop arguing, the ban is about to start..."

When Shouye and Abai went on stage one after another, they found that all the banned players of the two teams in this round had been replaced.

Many viewers who were looking forward to Qiancheng's appearance couldn't help but feel disappointed, so they simply started the war again and kept scolding each other.

While the two teams of fans were madly scolding each other in the audience, Shouye and Abai looked at each other after they came on stage. Shouye could obviously see the surprise in Abai's eyes.

To be honest, Abai’s facial expression management was somewhat unsuccessful when he first came on stage.

After all, he had just been badly beaten by Fang Yun in the last round. Even if he had a strong mental state, he couldn't hold on any longer.

But after seeing Shouye, his expression instantly turned from cloudy to sunny.

That’s right, in Abai’s eyes, Shouye at this moment was no different from his long-lost brother.

He was not sure whether Beastmaster was brought up simply to be banned or to play in the next round, but no matter what, Beastmaster's appearance eased his originally tense mentality a lot.

As there were too many people watching in the audience, the two did not speak. They just exchanged glances briefly before going to their respective computers.

And when they sat down in front of the computer, the second round of bans and picks in the All-Star Finals BO3 officially started!
The entire ban and pick process is not long.

A moment later, as the second round ban results of the two teams were displayed on the big screen in the center of the stage, the audience, who had just been quiet for a while, immediately started arguing again!

"What's going on? Is Bianliang City still banning the Lion Camel and the Underworld?"

"Are you planning to play this strategy to the end?"

"2008 has changed. This time they banned the Tang Dynasty and the Underworld!"

"It seems that Abai and his team are determined to break up this point-killing combination this round."

"That makes sense. The combination of Qiancheng and Hades is too powerful. Whoever they stare at will die. Can you bear it?"

"But the Tang Dynasty Underworld is banned, so doesn't that mean Brother Renzi will be released?"

"Let's get started, I can't wait to see Brother Blade kill everyone!"

Looking at the ban and pick results of the two teams displayed on the screen, we found that Bianliang City still maintained the ban and pick from the previous round. Although everyone was surprised, they were not very surprised.

After all, their performance in the last round was perfect. Unless there are special circumstances, it would be right to remain unchanged.

Compared to the Bianliang City that has always remained unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances, the bans and picks in this round of 2008 are more interesting.

The killing combination of Qiancheng + Difu is too strong, so it is normal for them to choose to dismantle it in this round.

But the problem is that after banning the Tang Dynasty and the underworld, no one will take care of Qianren, the Lion Camel.

Perhaps, 2008 thinks that Thousand Blades + Hell is easier to deal with than Thousand Cities + Hell?

The audience had a heated discussion about the second round of bans and picks for both sides, while Abai and Shouye, whose bans and picks had ended, had left the stage and returned to the lounge to make preparations for the battle.

"What do you mean, Lord Cheng? Your Tang Dynasty and Sujiu's Underworld are banned this time. Which one do you plan to give up?"

After returning to the lounge, Shouye excitedly looked for Fang Fangyun, intending to discuss the second round of lineup arrangements with him immediately.

Fang Yun seemed a little bored after hearing this, and waved his hand casually, "Didn't I just tell you that you can play freely in this round, and you can play however you want."

"How can that happen!"

Seeing that Fang Yun didn't want to care, Shouye suddenly became anxious, "Whether my buddy can beat Abai this time depends entirely on you, old man!"

"you--"

Seeing that Beast Master started to throw a tantrum again, Fang Yun rubbed his forehead helplessly, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "You say, A Bai banned Datang and the Underworld this time and deliberately released Qianren. Could this be a trap?"

"Eh? That makes sense!"

After hearing what he said, Shouye, who was originally still thinking about something, raised his eyebrows and said, "He played this trick in the last round. Although he failed, it was indeed quite intimidating."

"so."

Seeing that Shouye had listened, Fang Yun spread his hands and said, "Since the other party might be setting a trap, if you don't want to fall into it, you can just do the opposite!"

"I understand!"

Although he always felt that something was not right, Shouye, who only had half an hour left to arrange the lineup, could not care less. He nodded and immediately called on everyone in the room to form a lineup.

As soon as Shouye left, Fang Yun continued to browse the forum.

But after a while, as the voices of the discussion of Shouye and others continued to reach his ears, Fang Yun's expression became more and more weird.

Do these guys know what they are talking about?

However, although he became more speechless the more he listened, Fang Yun still had no intention of intervening.

Since we are delegating power, we should delegate it to the bottom. Besides, although the lineup discussed by Shouye and others is weird, maybe it can also work wonders?
Ignoring them, Fang Yun continued to browse the forum until Shouye, Li Sitong, Meng Ge, Liu Siyu and Liu Ximeng came to him. Only then did Fang Yun raise his head.

"We have arranged the lineup. Lord Cheng, would you like to review it?"

Seeing Fang Yun looking up, Shouye raised the notebook in his hand, intending to let him take a look.

But Fang Yun, who had listened to their entire discussion, simply waved his hand and refused.

My goodness, just listening to it was enough to make him uncomfortable. If he took another look at it, he would probably explode.

Seeing this, Shouye didn't force him. He waved at him and left the lounge with the four people behind him and Xiaoqing.

After Shouye and his five companions left, Fang Yun immediately came to the monitor used by their players to watch the game, ready to watch this "exciting duel" carefully.

At the same time, the competition scene.

As the second round of the BO3 finals approaches, the audience who have gathered at the venue again are discussing the possible lineups that the two teams may choose in this round before the players go on stage.

"What do you think of the lineup that Bianliang City will have this round?"

"Is there any need to think about this? Just replace Qiancheng with Qianren and keep the other four the same. That's enough to give 2008 a hard time!"

"I think it's unlikely. After suffering such a huge loss in the first round in 2008, how could they not be more vigilant?"

"I think the 2008 lineup may surprise most people."

"In any case, 2008 has been forced into a corner. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely fight hard this time."

"If fighting hard was useful, Bianliang City wouldn't have won so many championships..."

Bianliang City's performance in the first round can almost be described as 'perfect'.

Facing the recognized dark horse in 2008, they not only pinned the opponent to the ground, but also for the first time fully demonstrated their dominance that was far beyond the public's imagination!
Because of this, many viewers who watched the first round of the game subconsciously felt that.

As long as Bianliang City maintains its original lineup and replaces Qiancheng with Qianren, it will be enough to crush 2008 again and get its third All-Star trophy!

Compared with the public's extremely high level of trust in Bianliang City, the performance of the 2008 team led by Abai in the first round was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Just as Fang Yun commented after the game, 2008 used a lineup similar to that of Bianliang City in the first round, but ultimately failed to achieve the desired effect and was suppressed by Bianliang City from beginning to end. The scene was indeed a bit ugly.

Although they relied on their powerful hardware and command to fight with Bianliang City until the 27th round before being defeated.

But this is not enough to increase the public's expectations of them. Instead, more and more people believe that this BO3 is likely to end with a score of 2-0.

Of course, the game is not over yet, so it is too early to say this now.

But as I said before, in 2008 we have no choice but to burn our boats.

While bringing out the lineup that you are best at, you must also muster the courage to fight the Bianliang City face to face with bayonets. Only in this way can you bite off a piece of meat from the undefeated Bianliang City!

Just like that, the audience below the stage started making all kinds of speculations about the lineups of the two teams, while the 2008 team led by Abai and the Bianliang City team led by Shouye had already stepped onto the stage at the signal of the on-site staff.

When the audience saw the five people who appeared in 2008, they did not show much surprise, because their team members had hardly changed.

On the contrary, the Bianliang City caused an uproar when they found out that they, who had taken down one city first, actually took down Qiancheng in this round and let Shouye lead the team!
"No... Damn?!"

"Turtle, Master Beast really got on?"

"It's understandable that Shouye came on, but why did Chengge leave?"

"It's not just Brother Cheng who is under the city of Bianliang. They have replaced almost all the players from the first round!"

"Damn it, I suddenly have a very bad feeling..."

Looking at Shouye standing on the stage and waving to greet the audience, the fans in Bianliang City were staring at each other in amazement.

It is well known that the city of Bianliang likes to make trouble. Although people complain about it all the time, they can accept it.

But the problem is, this is the All-Star Finals!

A major change of players in such an important game, especially when their own team was leading by one point.

Such operation is indeed abstract to the extreme!

Compared to the Bianliang City fans who were staring in amazement, the 2008 fans at this time felt relieved after confirming that Bianliang City was not one of the thousands of cities.

Although they don't want to admit it, the fact is that the ID Qiancheng brings too much oppression to them!

After the bloody first round, many 2008 fans were actually prepared for the team to lose to Bianliang City in the final.

It's just a loss to the No. 1 player in Fantasy World, but it's like no one has ever lost before...

But now, with Bianliang City taking the initiative to change its commander, they suddenly felt that they were capable again!

Qiancheng brought them the double pressure of hard power and oppression, and without such a powerful general, Bianliang City in the second round suddenly seemed not so scary.

In this way, the audience below the stage started a heated debate about the players of the two teams in this round.

The two teams on the stage have already taken their positions and are making the final preparations before the game.

After a while, it was exactly four o'clock in the afternoon.

Under the common anticipation of countless fantasy players online and offline, the screen in the center of the stage lit up instantly, and the second round of the BO3 of the third All-Star offline finals finally officially started!

As soon as the game started, everyone couldn't wait to observe the lineups chosen by the two teams for this round.

When the lineups of both sides were fully revealed to everyone, the entire venue suddenly exploded with a buzz!

"no no……"

"What's going on? What kind of crappy lineup is this in Bianliang City?"

"Qianyan, Qianzun, Qianchou, Yutou, Rumeng...where is my brother Renzi?!"

"Is this the key? The key is that Bianliang City didn't even bring any physical troops this round!"

"Isn't the most important thing that Qianchou has turned into a Flame Demon God..."

"Two mages, no! It looks like three mages, one seal and one support, and they're using a tiger formation. This lineup, I can only say 'top-notch'..."

"Damn it, damn it, I said earlier that I had a bad premonition, and it actually f*cking came true!"

Looking at Qianchou and others standing on the field and stepping on the Tiger Wing Formation to transform into the Flame Demon God, many fans who had expected them to continue to strike hard in this round were dumbfounded.

They had a hunch that the city of Bianliang might perform some traditional pranks this time, but they never thought they would dare to do it so big!

They had used a similar lineup in a previous round, and although they won in the end, anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was because their opponent was weak.

But it’s different now. The opponent may have the 2008 representative team led by a billion-dollar family.

When facing such top masters, you still dare to put out such an abstract lineup. Do you really not treat them as human beings at all?
Compared to the Bianliang City team, whose lineup was extremely abstract, the 2008 lineup was at the other extreme.

"Rich woman, goblin, fairy, nun, Bai Ye... three attacks and two seals, is 2008 going to fight for his life?"

"Three super DPS, two high-speed sealers, no nurse, and a bird formation that accelerates everyone. This is definitely a tightrope-walking lineup!"

"If I remember correctly, the bird formation seems to be the Great Tiger-killing Formation, right?"

"That's right. In this round, Bianliang City really played themselves into trouble. Not only was their lineup incompetent, but they were also severely defeated by 2008..."

"Two words, they deserve it! I really don't know what they were thinking. Can't they just use the lineup honestly?"

"But this is the style of Bianliang City. Be steady and spend money. Maybe we'll have to give up today..."

"I think you are too pessimistic. This is not the first time that Bianliang City has been playing like this. Before the results are revealed, I am inclined to believe them first..."

The lineup of Bianliang City and 2008 was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

2008 was okay. Although the lineup was walking a tightrope, everyone could understand it. After all, this was a life-and-death game, and if they didn't show their swords, they would go home.

However, the lineup of Bianliang City makes no sense.

But as that spectator said, no matter how abstract their lineup is, before the result of this matchup comes out, the only thing they can do is to believe first and then question.

Of course, they certainly couldn't imagine it.

The instigator of this nervous lineup in Bianliang City happened to be Qiancheng, whom they trusted the most...

Just like that, with the audience looking at them in silence, curiosity, confusion and other complex expressions.

As the 30-second countdown at the top of the screen disappeared, the second round of the BO2008 duel, which was a matter of life and death in 3, finally officially began!

(End of this chapter)