On the planet Aquamarine, the Throne of Gods was facing someone they didn't expect, one of the four largest Chinese guilds, the Fried Eggplant with Fish.
When the final round of qualifiers ended, the names of the qualifier winners were announced. All the players were excited, and the audience's attention was at its peak.
The qualifiers were just the appetizer. The regular season was the main course!
Out of thousands of teams and hundreds of thousands of players, there were only thirty-eight teams for the group stage and sixty-two players for the individual stage. From now on, the competition would be on a normal schedule, unlike the Qualifiers. Every match would be intense.
Among those who advanced, the majority were still Chinese, a few from other countries also advanced, and there were only 3 teams that are not part of Clubs.
Among Han Xiao's followers, Maple Moon did not participate, Bunhitdog and his group of 'reporters' lost in the first round, only Hao Tian and Frenzy Sword advanced to the next round, both in the group and individual tournaments.
A few days later, the secondary league also finished its matches, and only the top two made it to the regular season. In the end, there were forty teams in the group stage and sixty-four players in the individual stage.
The official website announced the results of the random group selection for the regular season. Players were evenly distributed into groups A, B, C, and D. For each group, there were ten teams in the group bracket and sixteen players in the individual bracket.
The regular season used a points system, where teams battled against each other in rotation. Only the two teams with the highest points would be eligible for the next stage in the group brackets. In the individual bracket, four players from each group would advance to the next stage.
The players' jaws dropped when they saw the list of groups.
Fried Eggplant with Fish, Dynasty, and Deep Sky, three powerhouses, were all in Group A!
Furthermore, the Dragon-Tiger Club and the Sky Palace Club were also in Group A along with another team of foreign clubs, including the Throne of Gods Club. This was the Death Group!
With so many strong teams, only two could advance from this group stage. At least one of the powerhouses would be eliminated from the competition. This news threw the fans of those teams into turmoil.
This left the Throne of Gods players even more desperate, they fought tooth and nail to get this far, only to be pitted against one of the Big Four in the first round.
They still had eight more rounds to fight, and they were unsure whether to use their trump card too early.
In a private room of the Throne of Gods, Jupiter clenched his teeth and spoke. -I wanted to save this for the individual round, but it seems I can't hold it any longer.
The group looked at the leader in surprise.
Jupiter sighed and spoke. -The club got this for a high price, originally it was to qualify me for the individual events, but now it seems we can only bet on the group stage.
-What is it?- A player named Hermes asked curiously.
Jupiter opened the inventory and took something out, a card appeared in front of them. None of them were surprised, because summoning cards were very common, but looking at the figure on the card, the group froze.
A little girl with a bright smile and platinum blonde hair.
[Character Summon Card: Aurora]
[Ability: "Infinity Vitality" (B) ― For 30 seconds, recovers 50% of Max HP per second.]
[Uses: 0/1]
The group stared at the card with evident shock in their eyes.
-Damn! - One of them finally managed to say, this shit was way too OP!