After the regular season ended, the sixteen top teams that had qualified from the four major regions would have a month to rest.
The first round of the playoffs did not require a draw. The matchups for the first round depended on rankings and regions. It had long been decided that this year would be Southeast Region versus Southwest Region, and Northeast District versus Northwest Region.
For example, Silver Frost Team, the top seed from the Southeast Region, would face the fourth-place team from the Southwest Region.
White Phoenix Team, as the second seed, would face the Southwest Region's third-place team, and so on.
There would be no intraregional matchups in the first round.
Because of this rule, every playoff team paid close attention to the other three regions, especially the region that had been designated as its opponent.
After discovering this monster team with a one-hundred-percent win rate in the Southeast Region, the playoff teams from the Northeast District, Northwest Region, and Southwest Region were all a little panicked.
For fuck's sake, four Hero Classes plus an Elite Tier tank loaded with premium gear, all above Level 8—they were qualified to challenge for the Super Cup, weren't they?
Their performance in the latter half of the season had been especially terrifying. Even with a crippled four-man lineup, they had steamrolled every other team along the way. How were they supposed to fight them once they had their full roster in the playoffs?
They would rather face Silver Frost Team, the Southeast Region's top seed, than White Phoenix Team, the second seed—this was the consensus among the playoff teams from the other three regions.
The playoff rankings in the Northeast District and Northwest Region had long been set in stone. Since the regional pairings had also been determined in advance,