October 17th.

The final round of the quarterfinals, H2K vs. ANX.

The fairy tale in the wild card region failed to continue in the knockout round, H2K gave enough respect to the three fire men, Yue Lun repeatedly created a single kill, and won the MVP in this round of sweeping.

Despite the defeat of ANX, the crowd was extremely friendly and always gave them a round of applause when they got the kill.

5 people tried their best to fight, raised their arms and shouted when they won, and smiled indifferently when they lost.

"The wild card is the experience baby who gives points and is slaughtered by others."

ANX proves that this view is wrong.

The miracles they have created have inspired many teams that are also wild card players and will leave a mark on the history of esports forever.

"Ryu, what is your wish after entering the Final Four?"

The flesh on Yue Lun's face bulged: "Win the semifinals, and then compete with SKT." ”

haunted by dreams and thoughts, it's still that calamity.

Forever the background emperor.

I tried to survive the catastrophe.

But...

"I understand Yue Lun's feelings, but this is too rude to the Tigers, and the probability of SKT entering the finals is fifty percent."

This is the objective opinion of ordinary passers-by.

Fans are already shouting "Bold! ”

"Yue Lun hinted that SKT was promoted, disrespectful to the god of luck, and was he not afraid of divine punishment?"

……

The day after the quarterfinals.

The four teams that participated in the semifinals arrived in New York, the largest city and port in the United States, but also voted the "dirtiest city".

Madison Square Garden, located in Midtown Manhattan, is a basketball mecca that can host nearly 20,000 spectators.

On October 19, all four teams came to familiarize themselves with the venue, and there was a little delay in shooting a promotional video.

It's very friendly when everyone meets on the sidelines.

For example, Nofe will also chat with the buckles, talk and laugh, and there is no feeling that you will have to 'live or die' in a few days.

"Li Jin, come, let's take a photo."

Stupid Chicken came up with his phone.

Li Jin gestured with a scissor hand very cooperatively.

Little Peanut and Smeb on the side took the opportunity to get in front of the camera and do weird moves.

"Is it a memorial?"

"Then after losing the semi-finals, I sent out this dynamic: 'This is the biggest contributor to the victory of s3 and s5skt, and this year SKT lost him, and skt didn't even touch the floor in Los Angeles, and I regret it, and Sanghyuk drank a lot. Yes, the third crown is gone. ’”

Li Jin's vivid description made the surrounding tigers laugh like ducks.

Stupid looked at him speechlessly.

"You guy, you still like to dream so much."

Stupid Chicken curled the corners of his mouth, "When I win the semi-finals, I will attach this photo next to the SKT group photo." When I was interviewed, I would say..."

"We brought him to the Staples Centre in this way and thanked him for his contributions to SKT in the past."

"Well, it's good enough for you."

"Great, I thank you." Li Jin seemed to be smiling, and he didn't compare himself with the stupid chicken.

It was the stupid chicken's early victory declaration that aroused the fighting spirit of the little peanut on the side.

"Stupid chicken senior, you have to be careful in the semifinals, I want to raise pigs in your wild area."

Yes?

The stupid chicken thought that he had heard it wrong, and he looked at the little peanut with a smile: "There is no beard on his mouth, who taught me to talk big in front of me." ”

Li Jin pointed: "Wanghu, that's a line for clearlove." ”

"Uh-oh."

"Then I'll raise chickens in his wild area."

Stupid chicken didn't take it seriously.

"You still raise my chickens, and I'll eat your four chickens about the same."

Li Jin and Stupid Chicken slept in the same dormitory before, this guy's personality is relatively cute, and they have a good relationship, so Stupid Chicken came up and communicated without being abrupt.

When leaving the square garden, Li Jin had a look collision with Kuo Ma, Li Guapi and others.

You can see that the SKT gang is in a very good state of mind.

They are facing the semi-finals with a sense of poise.

……

"Jinxi, let's plan the training matches for the next few days."

"I was thinking, should I try it in training ahead of time? It's only the last two days. ”

"You didn't say I was about to mention it."

After returning to the hotel's temporary training room, Li Jin emphasized after hearing Nofe's proposal:

"I suggest that it be the same as before, we just know for ourselves, don't use it for training matches, and don't leave them any reaction time."

"Okay, listen to you."

Nofe is not a stubborn person.

Li Jin knew in his heart that the hole card effect was quack, and there was no need to try it at all.

With other teams, it would be very difficult to beat this full-fledged SKT team in BO5.

But with ROX as the foundation, coupled with the advance design, Li Jin is sure to make SKT the whole circle.

This set of combination punches, he has been thinking about for half a season.

Gorilla: They had a training match with SSG.

Li Jin analyzed the characteristics of SKT and ROX, and talked about planning with Nofe, and Nofe was more surprised and excited the more he listened!

"Good, good!"

He clapped his hands, and suddenly looked happy.

"Jinxi, it's good that you're in ROX, it's really not a wonderful thing to be an opponent with you."

"Brother Lu Zhe, I also admire your talent."

Li Jin praised: "During the summer window, only one phone call from you moved me, and no one else could do it." ”

"Haha, that's it..."

The two laughed happily.

……

October 21, the night before the semi-finals between ROX and SKT.

Li Jin lay back in bed early.

He awakens the system in his mind and sorts out the most important attributes.

In 2016, his main positioning was support, and he had T0 level support strength.

And it is paired with auxiliary positioning enhancement skills, so he can use some strange support heroes to play a good effect.

Other positions only have T3 strength, and it is okay to play Rank, but it is far from enough to face top teams.

The Tigers have a 16-2 record in the summer.

With 32 small wins, you can get only 320 points.

Coupled with the usual high-intensity Rank, original retention points, forwarding koi accumulation, and the results obtained from this World Championship, there are a total of 2,200 points on the body.

In addition, there are 3 opportunities for cross-border positioning.

For example, bring T0-level strength from the support position to the mid-laner.

This is already the upper limit of Faker.

But Li Jin still feels that it is not stable enough.

He is confident that he can play better than Kuro, and if Li Guapi is in full condition, he will not be able to win it easily, and if Bang suddenly becomes powerful, there will be other situations.

Steady, a little more steady!

It's directly related to next season, so no surprises will be accepted.

Li Jin's attention was focused on the "consumable skill lottery".

100 points will be drawn once, and up to 3 additional protections will be successful.

This thing is very pitiful, but thinking that the number of cross-border positioning is enough, it seems that there is no need to save points.

Draw out!

Splurge!

After 100 points, many skill light balls in the brain are flying.

"Click!"

The sound of glass breaking.

"The host has a bye in this round of lottery and enters the protection addition mode."

"0/3 of the current protection progress."

Li Jin's face turned dark, and he heard a clicking sound continuously.

Three more times, and finally I heard a "ding" sound.

"Congratulations to the host!"

"This time, I drew a consumable skill: the emperor of holding urine."

"The Emperor of Holding Urine: The mutation skill from the old emperor of Europe, which can be triggered after the urine desire is generated in the game, comprehensively stimulates the response and insight ability, and the more urine is enough, the greater the improvement."

(Note: You can drink a lot of water before the game, but you should also use it with caution, once the urine collapses, the effect will be completely lost, and you will enter a weak period.) ）

Made, the skills are quite strong.

But it's also a double-edged sword, in case of collapse, the global community will die.

Li Jin didn't dare to imagine that kind of picture.

He continued to smoke again.

This time, 300 points were used.

"This time I drew a consumable skill: Yellow Star Moment."

"Yellow Star Moment: A dark skill from Yellowstar, when you release the skill in the bottom lane of the triangle grass, your mind will not be clear."

Is this a fart?

"The host can choose to shatter and reduce to one shard, and ten shards can be reused with one skill."

Tom's, that's a.

Dark?

The series with the most barrages is.

Directly smashed, 300 points for a fragment, Li Jin felt that his liver was hurting.

……

[Bear Spread] x1, smash. Shards +1.

[Gangzi Happy Fish] x1, smashed. Shards +1.

……

"Angry Shot Contestants: The skills of God and V from Oscar Night greatly improve the host's acting skills, and give away the head without any flaws."

Smash, shard +1.

……

Li Jinren was numb, and he withdrew from the system.

Four dark skills in a row, costing a total of 1,000 points.

He turned on his phone and forwarded a koi fish in his personal feed.

Re-draw.

This time, it's finally not a dark skill.

Li Jin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Congratulations to the host!"

"This time, I drew a consumable skill: Ancestor's Wrath."

"Ancestor's Wrath: The mutation skill from EDG Jungler Saiwen Ancestor, triggers a surging anger when your F4 is stolen, sublimates the host's dynamic vision capture judgment ability, greatly improves the skill hit rate, and punishes the opponent with a one-shot accurate skill!"

……