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Chapter 176 LPL: Chen Sheng, we miss you, LCK: I have a girl group, what do you have?

Looking back at history and looking at the future, except for the Rabbit Team in S7, there has never been a 'strong team' like ANX. And the Rabbit Team is still a European team and is not a wild card.

The so-called strength of major competition areas around the world is shrinking, but it is just empty talk in dreams and self-talk.

Everyone in SKT picked up the team uniforms on the backs of their chairs, walked out of the game room, and walked to the ANX game room to shake hands.

Unlike other teams, although they lost this game, the atmosphere within the ANX team was very active, and there was not too much loss or regret.

Support Likkrit even had pride and excitement on his face. To be able to play like this with SKT, they had exceeded everyone's expectations before the game, including themselves.

"You are really too strong. I hope we have another chance to meet again in the future."

Likkrit said to Chen Yiqiu during the handshake.

What he said is that there is still a chance to meet. With their current points score of 2/1 in the first round of the group stage and the current ranking of Group A, as long as they don't kneel three times in a row in the second round, there is a high probability that they will have a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.

Due to the competition system, teams in the same group cannot meet in the quarter-finals draw, so the encounter here refers to the semi-finals.

It can be seen that his heart is not small and his expectations are high.

Perhaps just like that sentence, you still have to have dreams, what if they come true?

Chen Yiqiu and others could only send blessings to them and walked to the center of the stage.

"This is the style of a master. SKT deserves to be the best team in the world."

Everyone in ANX was watching with excitement. After losing to SKT, they seemed to have turned into SKT fans.

……

On the other side, after the bow, SKT returned to their backstage amid cheers and cheers.

——Their first round of this year's S competition group stage has ended. Although the first round of the group stage will officially end tomorrow, they can take a 'holiday' early.

The victory in the first round of the group stage was not beyond their expectations, but it was still a bit unexpected in the process.

IM and G2 are nothing to be afraid of, but ANX, which no one is optimistic about, is now closing in on points.

"There are no underdogs in the S game. We need to continue to work hard in the future."

As a senior Internet addict, Lee Sang Hyuk has already begun planning to practice N more training matches after the holidays.

"No, brother, don't do it."

When Pei Junzhi saw his state, his face became tense: "Where's the promised vacation? You're bullying me!"

"The training games cannot be thrown away, but if I can have a short and wonderful vacation to taste the local food in San Francisco, I think this is a very happy thing."

It is rare for Lee Jae-wan to stand on the same front as Bae Jun-sik.

"I will apply to Kkoma."

Unexpectedly, Lee Sang Hyuk was surprisingly 'easy to talk to', which surprised Bae Jun Sik and Lee Jae Wan.

At the same time, he secretly speculated.

Apply? Isn’t it because I applied for a vacation without any days off? !

"Where's Eunjeong? Eunjeong is presiding over it~"

At this time, Chen Yiqiu's strange voice sounded, and everyone suddenly realized.

Everyone looked at Li Sang Hyuk with scrutiny and admiration.

Big Brother Bengi nodded repeatedly, Sang Hyuk is finally not so boring anymore.

Lee Sang Hyuk looked at his eyes, nose, and heart, and his face did not change color, but the base of his ears was slightly red.

Chen Yiqiu gritted his teeth as he watched.

Damn it. Seeing that you have a girlfriend, I wish you would die.

You are no longer the Lee Sang Hyuk I knew.

"Yiqiu, you are a good person."

Pei Junzhi thought that if it weren't for Chen Yiqiu, how could the many Chu Nan brothers in their team have the happy life they have today?

On the contrary, Chen Yiqiu himself seemed to be alone.

It really burns itself and illuminates us.

The nickname given by the LPL division is indeed correct. When the saint is alive, he will kowtow to me!

Chen Yiqiu had a forced smile on his face. It wasn't until the MVP of this game was awarded to him that his expression relaxed a little.

Well, I have an MVP, do you have one?

"I used to feel a strong desire to compete for MVP when I saw it, but when I thought about the embrace of host Ji Xuan, I suddenly felt that something like MVP was dispensable and meaningless."

Pei Junzhi happened to comment without hesitation: "Only those with empty hearts need MVP to comfort themselves."

Lee Sang Hyuk heard these words very familiar, as if he was talking about his past self, but now he feels that it is no big deal.

I no longer meet this 'condition'.

Chen Yiqiu's face turned slightly dark, thinking to himself, what happened to MVP? MVP is honor and good, but you just don't have it!

There were jokes and moments of banter, and the atmosphere in the team was very relaxed.

After all, on the grandest stage at the end of the year, after completing the first round victory, everyone wanted to relax.

Five minutes later, the post-match interview came as scheduled, and Chen Yiqiu was invited to the LPL division.

Lee Sang Hyuk was invited to the European Division, Bae Junsik LCK.

After everyone parted ways, Chen Yiqiu went to the LPL interview booth alone. Along the way, he could clearly notice that his popularity at the scene had completely exceeded that on the first day of the group stage, and he had become the 'protagonist' of the competition.

It seems that the Sword Girl in this game has given everyone such a shock and influence that Chen Yiqiu's reputation in this S game has reached a peak.

The person interviewing him this time was LPL host Ren Dong. He arrived in front of the camera and the interview began.

……

at the same time.

In the five-man interview room of ANX after the game, media from various competition regions around the world rushed to ask questions.

A duel with SKT, a "regretful defeat", made ANX receive more attention and popularity than yesterday and the day before yesterday when they won two games in a row.

It can be seen that SKT's current status in the minds of audiences around the world is that Faker made a name for himself with a solo kill in the middle. A fierce battle with SKT is almost equal to winning outside the game.

Faced with this, a reporter from the Chinese Tuwan e-sports media asked, "How do you evaluate the Reaper players?"

ANX top laner Smurf said bluntly: "He is the number one top laner in the world."

There was some commotion off the field.

Assistant Likkrit said in surprise: "Isn't this true?"

ADaMiracle nodded: "Reaper's personal ability is so strong that I think he is the Faker of the previous team. Although he has not yet won the S championship, he is a shocking player."

"Playing against a 'legendary' player like him is something we did not dare to think about before the start of the S competition. I hope we will have the opportunity to meet again in the future."

The media's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they nodded repeatedly. They had already thought of the title after today's game.

——"ANX was beaten into a fan, calling Reaper the number one in the world"

——"Although he did not win the championship, Reaper's strength is already the number one top laner this year, and the God King deserves the title. 》

——"The world's No. 1 top laner?" First in history! 》

——"Three stars!" SKT won the first round of the group stage, and the team uniform may have another star! 》

……

European interview booth.

"We will most likely consider resting and relaxing, and then prepare seriously for the second round and strive to win the S game and qualify."

"The atmosphere in the team has always been very good. I like the current atmosphere in the team very much, and I like my players and friends."

……

In the LCK interview room, Pei Junzhi said with a smile: "Everyone is now working together to achieve higher honors."

"Reaper brings a lot of fun to our team and we would lose our energy without him."

"Me? I like Reaper, he is my best friend."

Pei Junzhi bared his teeth and smiled.

……

LPL interview booth.

"We will work harder to advance to the quarter-finals and then the final world finals."

After answering Ren Dong's last question, Chen Yiqiu returned to the backstage.

Then I saw that my teammates had packed their things and were getting ready to leave happily.

"Don't watch the game?"

Chen Yiqiu was surprised.

"What are you looking at? I checked on my phone on the way. There aren't many races left today."

Pei Junzhi said urgently: "Quick, quick, quick, I need to be released now!"

Chen Yiqiu: "..."

He looked at Lee Sang Hyuk with a completely unfamiliar look: "You also need to be released?"

"No, I'm going to stay up and train all night today."

Lee Sang Hyuk shook his head expressionlessly.

"Okay! This is the Xianghe I know!"

Chen Yiqiu was satisfied and blurted out: "I'll accompany you for a while..." Before he finished speaking, he heard Li Sang Hyuk add: "Because tomorrow is a holiday, I have to go shopping with host Eun Jing, so I can only compress the training time to the evening and stay up all night. .”

"..."

"Boring."

Chen Yiqiu shook his head solemnly, thinking that Xiang He was too boring. He was full of brains now, which was very abnormal.

You must learn from EDG's Abramovich and do something drastic, such as... scolding him to wake him up.

With a 'heavy' heart, everyone in SKT returned to the hotel, but no one proposed to 'liberate' now as they should be training and watching games.

It was all a joke before. SKT had already decided that if they won the first round of the group stage, they would have a day off, so there was no need to worry about holidays.

The group stage will officially end tomorrow and will not start until the day after tomorrow.

In this way, the whole day passed the next day, and SKT watched the entire day's schedule at the hotel.

After four days of fierce competition in the group stage, the battle for the points rankings of the four major groups has finally come to an end.

Some are happy and some are sad.

In Group A, SKT came out on top without any doubt. In the first round of the group stage, they won three out of three games. With 3/0 points, they ranked first in the group and basically qualified for the quarterfinals.

ANX ranked second behind SKT with 2/1 points. The game they lost was to SKT yesterday.

As for G2 and IM, one is 1/2 and the other is 0/3. IM had an extremely difficult time in the first World Championship.

If G2 is "good" in the second round, IM may still have the miracle of qualifying in theory, but... depending on the status, there is a high probability that it will be buried in advance.

Although the LPL region had already expected this, seeing IM pulling their hips like this in the S game, they still couldn't help but curse.

During this time, none of the five IMs were spared.

Of course, some people defend them and think that in one season, from the secondary league to the LPL and then to the S competition, IM has performed very well now.

After all the chaos, the pattern of Group A has been settled.

Group B is a group without much suspense. Due to changes in the world's timeline, ANX was assigned to SKT's Group A.

Group B, where ROX is located, naturally has no single enemy. The same 3/0 points as SKT show the power of one of the two kings of LCK.

It also seems to indicate that in this year's S competition, SKT and ROX are destined to have a peak battle, and perhaps the final battle.

Group C, the group of "EDG's Wonderful Journey", EDG in the first round of the group stage, transformed themselves from superstars to comedians in just three days. Although their points in the first round were good, 2/1, But AHQ also has 2/1 points, which is the same as them.

H2K1/2，巴西外卡INTZ1/2（EDG贡献）。

Therefore, Group C should be regarded as the most "anxious" group among the groups in this S competition. The scores of the four teams are very close. Whether they can qualify or advance depends on their performance in the second round.

The final group D is more abstract, similar to group C, with three 2/1s. Only the North American CLG is in extremely poor condition. Like IM, they were beaten 0/3 in the first round.

At the end of the fourth day of the competition, the five CLG brothers burst into tears, which made people lament the cruelty of the S competition. They were almost destined to be eliminated early, and there was only a theoretical possibility of qualifying.

In this way, the first round of the S competition group stage has officially come to an end. The qualifying situation for groups A and B is relatively clear, while C and D are extremely anxious.

Coincidentally, the two teams that are the 'biggest hope' in this year's LPL division, EDG and RNG, are located in groups C and D respectively.

Therefore, as soon as the offseason began, the LPL division had already exploded.

[The most promising year? ! 】

[No, RNG is okay, except for Samsung, they have won. I see EDG in the first round of the group stage, qualifying is a bit uncertain. 】

[What a fuss, just a routine operation. 】

[I didn’t expect to lose the wild card and be kicked like a ball. 】

[Is it a wasted reputation for a horse to step on a flying arrow? 】

[It’s really embarrassing to be thrown abroad now. Everyone now knows how to play EDG, just choose jungle blind man! 】

[This year’s No. 1 seeds are all trash. Is there really going to be a civil war against the Phantom God? 】

Since among the four groups, except for SKT, the other No. 2 seeds, such as G, EDG, and FW, are extremely underperforming, it is estimated that TSM will be added soon.

The names of the Four Illusory Gods were thus established.

The phantom gods strike hard in the civil war, are historically dominant, are submissive in foreign wars, and are clowns all over the world. This has become the hottest topic recently.

Of course, where there are clowns, there are also 'superstars' who truly shine in the world.

In this group stage, Reaper and Peanut are all new 'surprises' that have come into view.

The extreme dominance shown by Chen Yiqiu and Xiaohuahua in the group stage, as well as their very personal style of play, including appearance, speech and behavior, have made them the most popular and popular star players in this S competition so far.

On the night after the first round of the group stage, Riot Games officially released a poll to select the best player in the first round.

Among them, Chen Yiqiu ranked first in the number of fault votes, and Xiaohuahua ranked first in the jungle position in fault votes.

——There is nothing better than becoming famous in one battle.

The holy land that all professional players in the world dream of, the S competition. Their lifelong pursuit of entering the S competition is just for this moment, right?

In addition to individual players, teams such as ANX have also gained a large number of fans.

The Russian Big Brothers have been officially recognized as the strongest wild card in history and the biggest upset team this year.

Gaining hundreds of millions of attention and expectations.

There are also various... For example, the RNG team's Mala Xiangguo and Xiaohu, especially the former, have a fierce and aggressive jungle style. Like Chen Yiqiu and Xiaohuahua, they are both players who made their debut on the S stage and became famous in one battle.

There are so many different things.

"This is the charm of the S competition. This is especially true for this S competition. The group stage alone can be called the most 'chaotic', the most 'exciting' and the most hilarious competition in history."

Nine o'clock in the evening.

LPL official club.

Jin Yibo couldn't help but sigh when he saw the increase in popularity visible to the naked eye on the Internet, which more than doubled the increase in last year's S game.

On this grand stage, some people ride the wind and waves and become famous in one battle, while some people are ruined and lose their reputation overnight. Such joys and sorrows are not the same. Only in comparison can the charm of the S game be revealed, which is a unique charm that other events do not have.

"By the way, has Xuanfa finalized it?"

After stretching, Jin Yibo asked about another 'big thing'.

"nailed it."

The assistant next to him had a smile on his face and his eyes sparkled under his glasses: "Just take a look, Reaper will definitely feel our sincerity and enthusiasm this time."

"Ah That's good."

Jin Yibo nodded with satisfaction and added: "By the way, we are all about fame and fortune. In addition to fame, we also want to give profit. Several clubs that previously wanted to sign Reaper for the new season asked them to discuss with the capital behind them and give them the maximum price."

"We can lobby him then."

"...Okay" the assistant was startled and nodded.

But he couldn't hide his surprise.

Wasn't the previous offer enough? This is more than the most valuable factory director in LPL last year.

Still want to improve?

Jin Yibo seemed to see what he was thinking and said with a smile: "Times have changed. The league is on the right track and getting better and better. This year's S competition is undoubtedly a success. By analogy, next year the S competition will be held in our country. The Bird's Nest ah."

"At that time, the popularity of the alliance will reach an unprecedented height. Whether we can seize this development opportunity depends entirely on ourselves..."

The assistant was stunned.

That's right, we can't just think about now, we have to consider the importance of S7 next year.

That's a bird's nest...

"I'll make arrangements now."

Thinking of this, the assistant couldn't wait and turned around and went out.

……

In the early hours of that night, similar headlines appeared in major domestic e-sports media and even mainstream media.

——"The first round of the 2016 Global Finals group stage came to an end, with SKT winning 3/0. Countless viewers in the LPL region cried: Reaper, I miss you. 》

——"Book of Thousands of Blood!" Reaper’s return to LPL is just around the corner! 》

——"In terms of being the biggest contributor to SKT's victory, Chen Sheng deserves the title!" 》

——"The contrast in the first round of the group stage is strong!" Reaper may become the biggest winner and return to LPL at a sky-high price in the new season! 》

——"Homecoming in splendor!" RNG's market price is five times higher and wants to re-sign with Reaper! 》

It was overwhelming and passionate.

After briefly 'testing' Chen Yiqiu's status and performance in the first round of the group stage, You Qi realized that the opponent might really take off on the S6 stage and grow into one of the protagonists of this year's World Championship, with his popularity skyrocketing.

The LPL competition area has finally begun to end, preparing to 'show sincerity' and 'show benefit'.

At first, when you went to the LCK, we were all under attack. Now we are all over the Internet, and we are promoting you to the position of the representative card of the LPL. Aren't you moved?

Jin Yibo firmly believes that no one in this world does not want to return home in rich clothes, and what he has to do now is not only to make Chen Yiqiu feel the 'temptation' of returning home in rich clothes, but also to strengthen this treatment and feeling several times.

I don’t believe you are not tempted!

……

The next day, Korean mainstream media broke the news - "CJ Team wants to spend a huge amount of money to reorganize CJ Team. Behind the scenes, CJ Entertainment Group said: Reaper will be given priority. The CJ Women's Team is a fan of Reaper and is very optimistic about SKT winning the championship." 》

LCK: We have played the female team king card, how should you respond?

LPL: Okay, okay, let’s play like this!

(End of this chapter)