After the Match

The November 28 match caused quite a stir in Jinghai Base City.

It was only a B-League match, but it was a hometown derby between a rising team and an established powerhouse. It had caught the attention of Jinghai City residents from the start.

Local newspapers and media outlets covered it relentlessly.

[Unbelievable! How an established powerhouse was shut out]

[Shocking! Newcomers could be the league's biggest dark horse]

[Not for lack of trying! An analysis of Jingwu Team vs. White Phoenix Team]

On the whole, Jinghai City's local papers split into two camps.

One camp showered the White Phoenix Team with praise, especially Bai Xiaowen. They threw around phrases like "the strongest dark horse," "championship favorites," and "peaking on debut" as if praise cost nothing.

The other camp took the opposite line, making every excuse it could for the Jingwu Team. The first match's map had been unfavorable, for instance: Zombie Maze City played too much to Bai Xiaowen's strengths. The second match had merely been a fluke. If the White Phoenix Team had been assigned to the Bloodtop Troll faction on the surface and disrupted while fighting the boss, they would have been wiped out too.

Neither camp could convince the other.

The Jingwu Team had spent years building its presence in Jinghai City. In both reputation and strength, it was beyond anything the Super God Guild could match. If the White Phoenix Team had been shut out instead, probably not a single paper would have defended it. At most, they would have said the young team still needed more experience.

But whatever the papers said, the White Phoenix Team had won. The Jingwu Guild had no choice but to hand over its hard-won B-Tier mission qualification to the Super God Guild.

Gloom hung over the Jingwu Guild.