Beauty and the Bodyguard

Everyone was obviously not satisfied.

Apart from the big news that Li Shenzhou gave up on the spot, there was only one match today. Although it was a semi-final match, the intensity was not bad, but compared with the last round of the quarter-finals, it was obviously inferior in terms of topicality and scene.

If the game was not enough, gossip would make up for it.

The discussion from all sides was getting more and more intense, and Lin Yi, the protagonist of the party, was inevitably pushed to the forefront again.

With the help of some people, the saying of the dark side of match-fixing was once again rampant.

Even if there was no problem in the procedure, at least it caused a lot of waves in the public opinion.

After all, conspiracy theories are the most popular.

From an outsider's perspective, watching Lin Yi as the rookie king making it all the way to the finals, especially after the match-fixing incident involving Jiang Shenzi, and now Li Shenzhou gave up in the semi-finals, it would be abnormal to say that there was no trick in this.

Although some people argued, Lin Yi himself did not say a word about it.

He knew very well that this kind of public opinion could not be controlled at all, and any explanation would become a cover-up, which would only make it worse.

The best response at the moment is not to respond.

When the Zenith Championship is won, the storm will naturally subside gradually.

Under the expectation of everyone, the Zenith Championship Finals officially kicked off.

Xu Longyin started the game.

At this point, he and Xia Chun’s strength could not keep up. Even the weakest one on the opposite side was enough to suppress them.

In fact, even he himself did not have high expectations.

As much as he could grind was as much as he could.

The highlight of the game finally fell on Lin Yi himself.

Facts have proved that Xu Longyin is indeed not an opponent, but perhaps because of motivation, he performed well.

He and Xia Chun successfully exchanged the opponent’s starting lineup and forced the second person out.

Cao Kou.

The whole audience was stunned.

"Can't you sit still and go on the field?"

Cao Kou is undoubtedly the core figure of the opposing team, and is a big shot on the Tiangang list.

Although his ranking is not high, only the 30th on the Tiangang list, being able to be on the list itself represents his strength, not to mention that he has led the team all the way here, which is enough to prove his quality.

But in such a critical occasion, the core figures are normally the last to appear.

After all, the final decisive battle must be carried on one's own shoulders.

Cao Kou came out in the second round, is it to catch Lin Yi off guard?

"Is he afraid of Lin Yi?"

Everyone couldn't help but doubt.

To be honest, with the strength shown by Lin Yi, most people stood on his side between him and Cao Kou.

Cao Kou didn't dare to defend the bottom and came out. In everyone's opinion, the biggest possibility was that he didn't want to completely confront Lin Yi.

Changing the previous tactic of going out in the second round probably wanted to play a misaligned advantage.

In this way, at least on the psychological level, Cao Kou can reduce the worries of defending the bottom and can let go of his hands and feet to the maximum extent.

As long as he can cause enough consumption to Lin Yi, even if he loses in the end, he can still count on his teammates.

"Isn't he thinking too much?"

Anyone with a little bit of vision sneered at this.

The special competition system of the Zenith Competition is destined to be unable to copy the strategy of Tian Ji's horse racing. No matter how the tactics are arranged in the front, they still have to pass Lin Yi in the end.

If you can't pass it, you can't pass it. No matter how you operate, it's useless.

Even Cao Kou himself didn't have the confidence to deal with Lin Yi head-on, but he pinned his hopes on teammates who were weaker than him. Is it possible?

However, Cao Kou's strength as a big boss on the Tiangang list is there after all. After the second serve, he quickly carried Xia Chun away and met Lin Yi almost unscathed.

Under the attention of the crowd, Lin Yi calmly appeared on the stage.

Feeling the aura from Lin Yi, Cao Kou wanted to say a few polite words, but in the end he shut his mouth wisely, as if facing a great enemy, and instinctively put on a defensive posture.

The audience was not surprised at all.

Unconsciously, in their eyes, Lin Yi's status has surpassed that of the general Tiangang list bosses.

Although he is not as good as Li Shenzhou, who ranks in the top five, at least the Tiangang list bosses who rank at the bottom can no longer be easily colliding.

This has even formed a consensus.

In the end, Lin Yi's performance did not disappoint them.

Cao Kou's fight was not bad, at least he still played with the momentum he deserved on the scene, and once formed a stalemate with Lin Yi, but that was it.

There is no other reason, Lin Yi now has a lot of powerful paradigms.

Overlord Unarmor, Dimensional Boundary, True Light Shield, Tombstone, Summoning Souls...

Basically no one can resist a set of them.

After all, not everyone is like Luo Xianwang, holding a copy of the forbidden book of the Heavenly Dao in his hand.

Cao Kou went all out, but the final result was only to bite off twenty layers of Lin Yi's true destiny, that's all.

"The winner is decided, we can congratulate Lin Yi."

Watching Lin Yi's fans open champagne at halftime, no one in the audience stood up to refute.

Cao Kou had already performed beyond his level, barely fighting off less than half of Lin Yi's true life. The third person who came next to defend the bottom, no matter how explosive he was, could not be better than him.

What's more, so far Lin Yi has not used the fake demon.

In other words, he has not used his full strength.

No matter from which angle, the outcome is no suspense.

However, just as everyone was preparing to leave, the third person who came on the opposite side to defend the bottom surprised the audience.

"What's going on? A replacement?"

Everyone was already familiar with the three people in the Cao Kou team, but the one who came on the court at this moment was an absolute stranger.

The whole audience looked at the referee.

According to the rules of the Zenith Competition, all participants must register before the start of the main competition, and there is no possibility of substitution in the middle of the game.

Otherwise, if substitutions can be made in the middle of the game, a lot of shady dealings will definitely emerge in a minute.

The referee clarified: "Chu Qingyu has been registered before the main competition and is a substitute for the Cao Kou team, which meets the rules of the competition."

The whole audience was silent.

The Zenith Competition has a tight schedule. Even with the protection of the Medical Department, it is inevitable that some people will not be able to fully recover within a day.

Therefore, in addition to the three official members, each participating team can have one more substitute member.

But in most cases, substitute members basically have no chance to appear on the stage and are easily overlooked.

Especially the Cao Kou group itself has not received much attention. If they had not made it all the way to the finals, they would probably be just a runner-up in the eyes of everyone, not to mention the substitutes in their group.

There was a lot of discussion in the stands.

Looking at the thin young man slowly walking towards Lin Yi in the field, Wan Shiyong's eyelids jumped and he stood up suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

Mo Laofeng didn't understand.

Although the substitute was a bit unexpected and the relevant information was almost blank, they, as senior selection officials, saw that this person's strength was definitely not that strong.