October 14th.

Day 5 of the group stage.

Starting today, the group stage officially enters the second round of the intense schedule, with two teams leaving the stage of the World Finals every day.

And the game started right from Group B, where QG is located.

Today's match starts with QG vs. GRX.

It was a 3-0 vs. 0-3 battle, with the first in the group playing the fourth in the group.

At this time, in the QG lounge backstage, everyone was discussing the candidates for the next battle.

It is said that playing as a substitute in QG is a pleasure, and it is reflected in this place.

You only need to mix one game in the group stage to get a champion skin and enjoy tens of millions of shares.

"Yan Junze." Xiangguo opened his mouth and said: "You choose a knife girl or Qinggang Shadow, I will go up two levels directly to help you say?" Cool it off! ”

Xiangguo used to be teammates with Letme, and he knew that Letme also debuted as a warrior a few years ago, and last year he also put aside RNG to play Qinggang Shadow.

It's just sent to RNG play.

When Letme heard this, her head shook like a drum: "Orne, Orn"

When the incense pot heard this, he shook his head again and again.

I can't help it!

This is already the case, and the QG people are not entangled, so they simply go on stage and take out an Orn for Letme, and the incense pot lives on the lower road to help Uzi.

Although the intention of this style of play is obvious, and it obviously doesn't fit well with the version, but fortunately, QG's overall strength is here, and the opponent's strength is not strong, so of course victory is not a problem.

In the end, it took 27 minutes, relying on Letme Orn's wave of spiritual ultimate, Uzikasha's ultimate, flew into the back row, flashed and purified to evade the key skills on the opposite side in turn, and then exploded all his output on the back row of GRX, melting GRX double C instantly!

After this victory, QG's group stage score came to 4-0 and they have already secured their qualifying places in advance.

"The qualification is stable. Next, it's up to us to see if we can win the group. Backstage, Banbazi looked at the current Group B standings.

Behind QG at 4-0 is SKT at 2-1.

SKT has one more game to come.

If SKT loses, then QG's group leader will be secured; If SKT wins, it will inevitably be necessary for both teams to fight for the first place.

In the following matches, SKT also lived up to expectations, successfully defeated GAM, and stood in front of QG.

Chen Dongqing sighed secretly.

Looks like I'm going to have to do it!

Chen Dongqing rolled up his sleeves and stepped onto the stage.

After the big cut of the World Championship version of Daomei and Akali, they are no longer a non-ban mandatory ranks, and they have a lot of scruples when choosing.

In this game, SKT also seemed to have broken the can, choosing to believe in Huni, and while promoting him back to the starting line-up, he also put the BP focus in the top half.

And in BP, SKT's idea is also quite novel, they chose to release the sword girl, and locked the sword demon in advance.

The result can only be said to be unfriendly.

The knife sister was cut, what does it have to do with Chen Dongqing?

When did his knife sister live on that disarming?

He usually killed the opposite side twice before level six.

The same goes for this one.

Luni also wanted to compete with Chen Dongqing in the early stage, and he came up to exchange blood for quite passion.

But the result was that he was first dodged by Chen Dongqing in a wave of operations, and then because he was close to the knife sister, the second stage Q did not hit the sword blade damage, and the last third stage Q was evaded by another Q skill of the knife sister.

The sum of the three skills hit the knife sister with 200 blood, but the knife sister chased him and slashed him, directly cutting out his flash!

Huni can only hand in TP to return to the city to make up for the state, but he has just launched TP, and the barrel of the incense pot is ready next to him.

The meat and eggs are hungry and stunned with the twin blades of the wings, and the two controls keep up and send the spring water back to Huni directly!

Backstage, Kkoma couldn't help but hold his forehead for a while.

I knew it was a mistake to get Huni on it.

He's delivering it faster than Untara!

Next to him, Untara was quite calm, humming a little song in her heart.

Don't really say it, as long as you don't play QG, then the mood is happy!

QG: That's not a human fight!

The outcome of the game was not at all expected.

Chen Dongqing took off, and then he crossed the opposite side alone, which is a classic plot of QG.

After SKT won this point, QG's top position in the group was no longer hindered, and in the final game against GAM, QG won the game in 27 minutes, playing a mediocre group stage six consecutive wins, and marching into the knockout stage!

October 15th.

The second round of Group D is back in the fire.

Before the game, it was said that Group D was the real group of death, and the level of the four teams was evenly matched, and everyone had the possibility of qualifying.

Judging by the results, this is indeed the case.

With 2-1 FW and FPX, 1-2 TL and SSG, the gap between the four teams is really not big.

At noon, Chen Dongqing met the senior brother who was about to go to the scene when he was having lunch.

"Hey!" The senior brother took the initiative to greet Chen Dongqing.

"Going to play?" Chen Dongqing walked over and accosted: "This time, do you have a good chance of entering the quarterfinals?" ”

The big brother is a real North American phantom god, he has fought all the way from S1, and the number of league champions is not even less than Chen Dongqing!

But perhaps due to luck and some other uncontrollable factors, he has not yet broken through the top 16 except for the ancient version of S1, which has reached the semi-finals once.

"I don't know." The senior brother was frank, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know, it is very difficult for us to qualify for Group D. ”

"It's not a big problem." Chen Dongqing smiled and shook hands with the senior brother: "I believe in you." ”

When the senior brother heard this, his face immediately turned serious: "Thank you for your faith!" I'll try. ”

"Don't get me wrong." Chen Dongqing quipped: "I'm just trying to find an easy opponent for my knockout." ”

“oh！ shit！ The senior brother punched Chen Dongqing and said happily: "Then you just wait, I will definitely enter the knockout round and kick your damn ass!" ”

Chen Dongqing watched the senior brother get into the car and go to the venue, then turned around and took the elevator back to the training room.

This wave of competition is quite crucial.

After all, in addition to them, LPL's brother team FPX is also in this group.

Soon, the time came to four o'clock in the afternoon, and the game began.

As soon as it came up, it was the battle between FPX and TL!

Chen Dongqing sat on the chair and stared at the game in front of him seriously.

Chen Dongqing really hopes that the senior brother can qualify, because he hopes that every hard-working esports player can have a good ending.

But Chen Dongqing prefers FPX to qualify, because they represent the LPL.

If the 2-1 FPX can win this point, then they can basically lock in the qualification spot in advance.

Thankfully, this FPX team rarely disappoints when it comes to foreign wars.

In this game, Doinb and Karsa's rhythm is flying again, and the two run back and forth on the entire map, suppressing all three ways of TL!

The big brother is actually Xiaoyou on the line, but he is powerless to return to this situation, and finally watched the game fail.

Chen Dongqing sighed secretly in his heart.

It can only be said that if the senior brother wants to qualify, it may be a bit difficult.

The TL of 1-3 can no longer withstand any failure.

They will have to win all the way and will need the cooperation of the rest of the group to qualify.

But fortunately, soon someone came to accompany them.

After the two teams got off the field, the 2-1 Lightning Wolves and the 1-2 Samsung took the stage to start the second showdown.

In this game, the lightning wolf played steadily, bulldozing the opponent in 35 minutes, and pulled the score to the same 3-1 as FPX!

And Samsung received another loss, coming to the same 1-3 as TL!

Then came the battle between Samsung and TL!

This game is a real battle of life and death, and whoever loses will leave this stage!

At this time, in the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center, countless spectators have folded their hands and prayed for Samsung again.

Everyone understands how Samsung has been targeted by designers this year.

The deletion of the Green Jungle Knife, the weakening of the incense burner, the alteration of the wild area, and the change of the core of the game, Samsung has all been victims along the way.

This series of changes has allowed them to go from last year's 3-0 sweep of SKT and defeat to QG in the Bird's Nest to the current brink of elimination in the group stage.

Even after being targeted, South Korean viewers still hope that Samsung can enter the knockout round.

Reaching the quarterfinals is considered a success!

In this game, TL Nakano made a mistake in the 2v2 at the beginning, which caused the game to enter a disadvantage.

When the game came to fifteen minutes, the head-to-head ratio of the two sides had already reached 6-3, and Samsung was ahead of the 3,000 economy!

Countless Korean audiences in the audience were extremely excited, and every time Samsung played a little advantage, they immediately gave a surging call, and everyone was extremely excited!

As long as you pass the TL level and win the final FPX, you can hope for the quarterfinals!

In the face of such a situation, the senior brother could not see any expression on his face, and continued to calmly deal with the line of troops in front of him, accelerating his development.

It's not just three stars that shoulder the hopes of the division.

The teams that came to this world competition, everyone shouldered the expectations of countless spectators in their respective regions, and everyone had a reason not to lose!

So far, the North American division has never achieved any decent achievements, and the No. 1 seed is in the top 16 every year!

Big Brother really needs to win this game!

Although the situation is 6-3, the eldest brother's Kaisha has only three heads in the team, which is 3-0-0.

As long as he doesn't die, TL can still win!

In 17 minutes, the two sides started a small dragon team battle.

Senior brother Kai'Sa operates perfectly, first cooperating with his teammates to dispose of Cuvee and the crown, and then flying into the back row with a big move, and then killing the ruler emperor!

“Triple kill！”

At the same time that the big brother's record came to 6-0, TL also controlled this fire dragon and brought the game back to parity!

The suspense of the game returned, and the Korean audience in the audience immediately became silent, and the heartbeats of countless people began to accelerate.

In the end, the game lasted until 43 minutes, and the big brother had already played a perfect record of 9-0-3, becoming the first person in the game to wear six gods.

Everyone in Samsung knows how to win the game, and they pour their goal on the big brother Kaisha, and countless firepower is vented in the past!

The senior brother was bathed in a rain of bullets, but he didn't panic at all, Kaisha relied on stealth and flashing to pull back and forth, dodging Samsung's multiple waves of face attacks, and finally relied on the resurrection armor and the ruler emperor to exchange one, and won this wave of key team battles.

The resurrected elder brother and the surviving teammates pushed forward in a wave and ended the game!

2-3, TL still has a chance to live!

1-4, Samsung confirmed the elimination.

When Samsung left the stage, countless audiences in the audience wailed, and everyone couldn't accept it!

The three stars and everyone left the scene with their heads down, and Emperor Qi felt a little sad in his heart.

Because of this round of 16, he even feels like his career is starting to darken.

This year, he thinks he is stronger than last year, but because of the version limitations, the final result is far worse than last year.

Will the version come back next year?

Or, if all his achievements need to rely on versions, on designers, then can he be called a strong man?

At this time, in the South Korean live broadcast room, countless viewers also collectively broke the defense.

But unfortunately, because this year's competition is in South Korea, the audience can't say anything like letting Samsung come back.

[Samsung is really a shame for Korea!] You are not qualified to go back to Seoul, just follow TL to the United States! 】

[Samsung, let's get out of South Korea!] Don't even have a face! 】

[Ouch, still talking about this kind of thing, do you have good SKT results? Something that was double-killed by QG! 】

[Being killed by QG is also the second and top eight of the group, it's better than you, the top 16, right?] 】

[The quarterfinals are better than at home, hehe! 】

It's no wonder that Koreans are in a hurry.

The last time a team in Korea was eliminated in the top 16 was even back in 2013!

At that time, the Korean division was still called OGN.

Samsung can also be regarded as making history, they can be said to be the first top 16 team in the LCK era.

I didn't mourn for the elimination of Samsung for a moment, and what came to the battlefield immediately was FPX and Lightning Wolf!

This game is also very crucial.

For TL, FPX has to win.

Even if TL passes the Samsung level, their qualifying situation is not clear.

After all, even if they win, it will only be 2-3, and they have one last game left in the group stage, which is against the leader of the group, the lightning wolf, which is in the last game of the day.

And in the current battle between FPX and Lightning Wolf, if FPX wins, then FPX is 4-1, Lightning Wolf is 3-2, then TL has the opportunity to tie the score through the last game, and then advance in the extra round.

But if the Lightning Wolves win, then the Lightning Wolves are 4-1 and the FPX is 3-2.

And FPX can also score points through the weakest Samsung in the future, so even if TL wins the lightning wolf in the follow-up, their score is likely not enough, and they will not even be eligible for the playoffs.

Backstage, the elder brother looked at the screen with a little hope in his heart.

FPX, everyone is of Chinese blood, give some strength!

You guys just won me, now it's time to give something back!

Players from both sides took the stage, and the fourth game began today!

Of course, there is no need for the big brother to say, the FPX people will also want to win this game.

In the first round of the group stage, FPX lost to the Lightning Wolves.

They won't allow themselves to be double-killed!

In this match, their midfield linkage is still brave and brings the rhythm to fly.

In only 24 minutes, he speeded through the Lightning Wolves and won the fourth point in the group stage!

With a 4-1 FPX, they became the first team in the group to confirm their qualification!

After the FPX crowd finished playing, they didn't take a break and took the stage again to face Samsung!

On the one hand, it is confirmed that the promotion, on the other hand, it is confirmed that the elimination, both teams have no fighting spirit at the moment, this game played for more than forty minutes, and in the end FPX successfully scored a point!

5-1, FPX confirms the top spot in the group and advances to the quarterfinals!

Chen Dongqing sat on a hotel chair and clenched his fists.

Yes, lived up to his expectations!

Then, Chen Dongqing looked at the schedule again.

Next, it's up to the lightning wolf and TL.

The big brother repacked his keyboard and took to the stage.

FPX won them today, but it also created opportunities for them.

Of course, the elder brother will not miss this opportunity.

3-2 on one side and 2-3 on the other.

There is a resurrection armor on one side, and on the other hand, he stands on the edge of a cliff.

Of course, the senior brother will not shrug.

In the sixth game, the big brother broke through the lower lane of the Lightning Wolves at the beginning, and the policewoman hugged and advanced to a perfect rhythm and won the game in 35 minutes!

The two sides are 3-3 and go into the play-off!

In the play-off, the two sides played all the way to 50 minutes, and the balance of power on both sides came and went, and countless spectators shouted that they needed ventilators and fast-acting heart-saving pills!

In the end, it was still relying on the perfect performance of the senior brother, and he won the playoff with TL with an exaggerated record of 13-3-7!

4-3, TL entered the quarterfinals as the second in Group D!

The big brother who won the game stood on the stage and roared angrily, hugging his teammates excitedly!

Although the Korean audience in the audience did not give him much applause, he did not need to be heard.

He only knows that there must be countless people cheering for him in the live broadcast room of the North American event, and that's enough!

After returning from the game, the senior brother successively found the FPX players and Chen Dongqing, took a photo with the FPX players, and then found Chen Dongqing's side, exchanged team uniforms with Chen Dongqing, and thanked Chen Dongqing for his blessings.

"Goodbye to the quarterfinals?" Chen Dongqing asked with a smile.

“Oh！ No！ Senior Brother hurriedly stretched out his hand and declined, "I don't want to meet you in the quarterfinals!" ”

The senior brother was like a plague god, and quickly ran away.

Over the next two days, the group stage continued.

The matches in Group A and Group C were also completed sequentially.

These two groups are not as dangerous as Group D.

On the side of Group A, IG lost revenge and lost to FNC again in the second round.

Chen Dongqing watched this game and understood the reason why FNC could double kill IG.

The key point is that FNC is also a mid-laner team.

And FNC's mid laner is Europe's No. 1 mid laner, Caps.

In Europe, which is rich in French kings, Caps can do the first, and his strength should not be underestimated.

With Caps locked up in Rookie, the rhythm of the IG is difficult to unfold, and naturally there will be problems.

But fortunately, although it was double-killed from above, IG can still rely on the bottom to score points steadily, so there is no problem in second place in the group.

As for the final Group C, the result was a little unexpected, the team leader KT came out of the first place steadily, and finally the second place in the group was won by G2, who was promoted to the play-in tournament.

At this point, the top eight places have finally been finalized!

The other six teams that advanced in the first three days all came to the scene at this moment, just waiting for the lottery ceremony to begin!

Chen Dongqing sat down in the backstage lounge, staring at the live broadcast on the screen in front of him.

The South Korean audience at the scene visibly did not welcome him, and every time he went on stage, there was a boo from the ground.

So he didn't bother to participate in the lottery at all, so that the incense pot would show his face on stage.

If the audience sees that it is an incense pot, maybe they won't be able to boo?

But it's a pity that the shhh

Hearing a clear burst of boos from the audience, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but clap his hands happily and laugh.

Ok, good, good! What a shhh!

Xiangguo was still pretending to be forced before he came to power, saying that he was very popular in South Korea, and Koreans wanted to buy him every day, and they would definitely not boo him.

Obviously, the incense pot is thinking too much.

In the eyes of Koreans, QG's people are enemies!

The incense pot was also impatient, and when he heard such boos from the audience, he was almost anxious.

But fortunately, he is also a little measured, and he still did not have a seizure on this kind of big stage witnessed by the whole world.

At this time, the lottery guest Princess Flame has taken the stage again for the elimination draw of the quarterfinals.

In front of him are two transparent glass jars, containing the first and second glue balls of the group.

In this draw, eight teams will be paired in pairs in accordance with the [Principle of Avoidance in the Half of the Same Group].

Seeing that Princess Celestia had taken the lead in reaching into the pool of the first place in the group, everyone in the lounge was talking.

"How can I say it, is there any explanation for this wave of lottery?" Uzi asked, "Which team is easier to fight?" ”

"Needless to say?" Xiaohu replied without thinking: "It must be G2!" They came up in the play-in tournament, and they only advanced if they were lucky! ”

"Then let's have a G2!" Shi Senming clasped his hands on the side: "It's cool to have a G2!" ”

Chen Dongqing rubbed his chin on the side, not knowing what to say for a while

As he was discussing, Flame had already opened the first glue ball in his hand.

Coincidentally, Flame is his own family - KT.

There is nothing to say about this first-round draw, it is nothing more than to allocate the four group winners into four squares, and even if it has an impact, it will get the semi-finals.

Chen Dongqing watched Flame continue to draw the second lot.

At such a moment, Chen Dongqing even wanted to pull himself out.

Chen Dongqing didn't mind stopping the South Korean team directly in the semifinals.

Immediately after, the second draw was drawn.

Unfortunately, it's not QG.

This time it was FPX that was drawn, and it was assigned in the same half as KT.

If both teams make it, they will be opponents in the semi-finals!

QG, on the other hand, was drawn out in the third draw and settled in the bottom half.

The FNC left at the end is automatically filled in the last box, and also enters the bottom half.

Chen Dongqing looked at this grouping and couldn't help but squint slightly.

This draw feels okay! Pretty good for the stomach!

There are two benefits in total.

The first is because G2 and KT are from the same group, and if G2 is drawn to the upper half of the group according to the principle of avoiding the half of the same group, it will automatically be postponed down to the QG in the lower half.

The second is that because IG and FNC are in the same group, IG will not fall into the bottom half.

In other words, they will not have any civil war until the finals!

For Chen Dongqing, it doesn't matter if he plays G2 or not. If there is no civil war, it is the best sign.

Flame reached into the second pool of the group, and after a bit of churning, the draw was in!

Sure enough, God's hand!

G2！

"Huh? G2 was drawn to the KT group? Xiaohu was dumbfounded for a while, ", the Korean guys are so lucky!" ”

"You're talking about Gohachi!" Shi Senming said excitedly on the side: "G2 is ours!" ”

"Huh? Oh! Xiaohu suddenly understood something, and turned his gaze back to the screen!

In the picture, the name of G2 continues to be postponed, and finally it is postponed to the QG group in the lower half of the district!

At the scene, a smile also appeared on the face of the incense pot, and he walked to the center of the stage and shook hands with G2's support player Wadid!

Seeing this scene, Xiaohu only felt a hot air surging up from the dantian, and immediately blushed with excitement, and immediately wanted to laugh out loud!

But he didn't laugh for the first time, but suppressed his emotions and glanced at the second father next to him first.

When he saw that his second father Uzi was also smiling excitedly, Xiaohu slapped his thigh, ejected from the chair, and laughed out loud.

"Good! Ok, good, good! A smile bloomed on Xiaohu's face, and his duck voice echoed in the room: "Good sign!" Good sign! ”

But just after laughing for two seconds, Xiaohu suddenly saw that the big dad was sitting on a chair, expressionless, and even a little serious.

Xiaohu's smile instantly retracted and he sat back in his chair.

Mine, mine.

I was impulsive.

We are QG, the number one team in history. It's just a lottery, what's so funny!? It's like you haven't won!

The more you get to this time, the more you have to behave calmly, so that you can have a tone!

Xiaohu picked up the fat house happy water on the side and took a sip slowly.

Eh, don't say it! It's really delicious!

Chen Dongqing behaved so calmly, of course, not for the sake of concave tone

In fact, the reason is very simple, mainly because the G2 signing awakened some bad memories for him, making him feel a little abstract, that's all

Of course, there is really nothing to be happy about in this lottery.

They are the team that is going to win the championship!

Drawing? It doesn't matter.

Now you just let QG go to the wheel battle to fight seven and win, and if you win all of them, you can get the Super Holy Grail with infinite gold content, and Chen Dongqing dares to accept it gladly!

In the middle of the screen, Flame has reached into the pool again and continues to draw lots.

In the second draw, Flame drew out the IG and merged into the KT group.

"Ah" Shi Senming looked at this sign and scratched his head, "This is a little uncomfortable!" ”

IG and KT, one is the second team in Group A, the team that was double-killed by FNC, and the other is the first in Group C, crushing all the way to the promotion, and the difference in strength is quite obvious.

This signing is not friendly to LPL!

At this time, in the live broadcast room in South Korea, countless viewers were extremely excited!

Okay, good, here!

It just feels right!

The quarterfinals are against IG, and there is FPX in the same half.

Then play QG again in the finals!

A string of three!

Isn't this the script of S6QG?

Countless Korean viewers are gearing up and full of confidence in KT.

Can I still beat your IG and FPX?

Immediately afterward, Flame continued to carry.

In the third hand, Flame pulled out SKT and merged into the FPX group.

The Korean audience in the audience was even happier for a while.

Ok, good, good! Ok, good, good!

It just feels right!

Aren't you very arrogant? Isn't it said that only IG and FPX are strong teams?

I'll knock you out in the quarterfinals, see how you pretend!

At this point, the draw has been decided.

In order to ensure fairness, Flame drew the last draw and drew the final TL into the final FNC group.

At this point, the quarterfinals are confirmed!

Top half: KT vs. IG, FPX vs. SKT

Bottom half: QG vs. G2, FNC vs. TL

Chen Dongqing looked at the battle map, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook.

Good sign!

Why is it said to be a good sign?

I can only say that I understand everything I understand, and I can't say much about what I don't understand.

"Let's go, let's eat!" Seeing that the incense pot was back, Chen Dongqing stood up and prepared to leave with his teammates.

They didn't come to play today, and they didn't bring any peripherals or anything, so they didn't need to go back to the hotel, they could go directly to the restaurant to eat.

As soon as he walked out of the lounge, Chen Dongqing also saw two brother teams in the same division.

The quarterfinals were all drawn to the Korean team, and the faces of the two teams were not good-looking, and they were somewhat worried.

"Yo, how dignified are you?" Chen Dongqing walked over and said hello.

"You drew lots and put this on hold, right?" Lin Weixiang said indignantly: "Your luck is really invincible, there is no pressure at all in the group stage, and three European and American teams are directly drawn in the knockout round, what does this mean?" ”

Chen Dongqing patted his chest: "Luck is also part of strength, do you understand?" ”

The members of both teams didn't want to talk too much about the pretender, they had to go back to studying the opponents in the knockout round.

"Relax, the Korean team is rubbish right now." Chen Dongqing stopped joking, and said seriously: "Don't be pressured, with your strength, you can win casually." ”

The members of the two teams turned around and showed puzzled expressions.

No matter how garbage the Korean team is, it's also the Korean team!

"I believe that you can win, and you have to have faith in yourself." Chen Dongqing finally said:

"Okay, let's make a promise, we'll see you in the final, how about it?"

Hearing this, the members of the FPX and IG teams couldn't help but glance at each other.

See you in the final?

Take 10,000 steps back, even if they can win the quarterfinals of both teams, they will not be able to make it to the finals.

After all, they belong to the same half, and the semi-finals are to meet.

At most, only one team can reach the final.

But. Who says this team isn't their own?

"Come on! Make an appointment, who is afraid of whom? Ning Wang said on the side: "Regardless of FPX, our IG is definitely going to enter the finals!" ”

On the side, Liu Qingsong sneered: "You guys win KT first." ”

JackeyLove was quite arrogant and said proudly: "Forget how we abuse KT in the intercontinental competition?" Rest assured, just win! Then let's make an agreement between the two teams first, and we'll see you in the top four! ”

"Come on! See you in the Final Four! ”

The three LPL teams do not give in to each other and make an agreement with each other.

The 2018 World Finals, the knockout stage, has also officially kicked off! (End of chapter)