[Happy New Year to everyone!] I didn't ask for leave today, isn't it amazing? 】

On the second day, the quarterfinals between IG and G2 were held as scheduled.

Xu Yuan also came to the scene of the game, ready to watch this game.

Because he was a little curious.

Originally, IG and G2 met in the semi-finals, but now it has become the quarterfinals.

So, will there still be the famous scene of Theshy's so-called gods descending to earth?

He was joined by his teammates, and all EDG members came.

After all, they have all played the quarterfinals.

There is not much time left until the semi-finals and finals, and now the training is just to keep the touch.

"Guess the score, I'll guess three to one."

Lee Sang-hyuk wore a baseball cap, put his hands behind his head, and spoke calmly.

"Three to zero."

Xu Yuan spoke firmly.

On the contrary, he was a little curious about why Lee Sang-hyuk felt that IG would lose.

"There is always something new coming out of the European and American teams in BO5, and I think they may be caught off guard by IG."

Lee Sang-hyuk seemed to guess what he was thinking and spoke.

The difference in strength between the two sides is still obvious.

Judging from the strength on paper alone, IG doesn't for G2, and G2 is considered to be clean.

But there are always all sorts of things going on in the real game.

Even the invincible SKT in S6 has overturned in the summer game, can it prove that the team that won SKT is better than them?

Once IG is overshadowed by G2, Lee Sang-hyuk feels that G2 still has a chance to win.

Of course, winning two is, unless today all the IG members make beef noodles before they go on the field, and change from IG to LGD.

"It's impossible, they can't stand the line."

Xu Yuan shook his head directly.

He thinks Lee Sang-hyuk is still a little too overestimated G2, in fact, IG's BP level can also blow up G2, plus the gap in personal ability......

At this time, the gap between IG and G2 is as big as the gap between Frieza and Yamucha.

Theshy beats Wunder, probably more easily than Wunder beats Letme.

In anticipation of everyone, the game officially began.

As soon as BP started, kkoma snorted.

"IG, that's so smart."

Because IG snatched the keg.

He had also studied G2, and he spoke in a deep voice at this moment.

"IG is forcing G2 to make a choice."

There was appreciation in kkoma's eyes, Kim Jingsu's BP was really beautiful, and he really had studied G2.

"G2 likes to play 131, and when G2 wants to choose a 131-point lineup, IG's way to target them is to let go of their AD heroes and grab their AP heroes."

He smiled.

"Because there are very few heroes in the AP that can be divided and swayed."

"There are two possible outcomes of such a choice."

"First, the AP hero that G2 took was counted dead by IG."

"Second ......"

"They got a kitchen knife team."

"Whatever the outcome, IG will be very comfortable."

To be honest, kkoma was a little surprised to see this BP.

Because IG has always given him a clear and innocent feeling, the research on EDG when he played EDG in the summer game was not very deep, but now he has studied the real thing when he plays G2.

He thought that IG would rely on the hard power of the players to eat G2.

"It's over."

KKOMA made such a judgment very calmly.

It's true, the first IG almost finished G2.

G2 on the red side often choose to give their counter to their bottom lane because their bottom lane is so bad.

Without a hero like Tamu who can forcibly be mixed up, it's just a lump.

Therefore, they can only give the counter position that was originally used to the middle and upper lane to the bottom lane, and find a way to make up for the gap in the lane ability of the lower lane.

This tactic works well against RNG.

Because RNG is a team that plays the bottom half of the game, as long as G2 defends well, then RNG can't improve the tempo through the bottom lane.

But now, they are facing the IG.

In S8, Ning Wang and Theshy's Ueno affinity rate is unbeatable, and IG is a team that focuses on the top half of the region.

This is not much different from G2 on a tactical level,

However, IG's individual capabilities are much stronger than G2's.

G2 wants to win IG by playing Nakano, pure wishful thinking.

The second time, Kkoma thought it was a little strange.

"Why does G2 still have a red square?"

What kind of bird did the first red side abuse, G2 is really so iron-headed?

And the win rate of the IG blue side is very high, because there are many heroes who can swing in the middle and upper, and there are also many heroes worth grabbing.

This BO5 ended faster than kkoma thought.

The average game time is 27 minutes and 43 seconds, which is only slightly slower than the current EDG.

"It's boring Bo5."

Xu Yuan sighed.

Although he knew that IG played G2 like this, he didn't see any famous scenes of this BO5.

G2 fell so fast that he didn't even see the gods descend to earth.

I have to say, there are some regrets.

But this is also normal, after all, the current IG has a team like EDG as an opponent, and the strength is higher than the original S8IG.

With G2's ability, it can be considered as good as possible to hold on to 27 minutes.

The next two BO5 games, EDG is not going to watch it.

Not surprisingly, KT, as South Korea's No. 1 seed, managed to nibble on the FW and advance to the semifinals.

In the civil war in Europe and the United States, FNC also relied on the excellent performance of mid-laner Caps and won C9.

Good news: C9 is in the quarterfinals again!

Bad news: C9 is the quarterfinals, it's always the quarterfinals, it's still in the quarterfinals!

At this point, the four teams that have reached the semi-finals have been officially determined:

Upper Section: EDG, KT

Lower half: IG, FNC

At this point, the audience of the LPL is undoubtedly excited.

Is it ......?

Is there a chance to see the LPL civil war taking place in Incheon, South Korea?

IG in the lower half of the district, they are not worried.

Although FNC is the light of Europe and the United States today, it is common sense in the hearts of many LPL viewers that Europe and the United States are equal to the comparison.

However, the KT in the upper half of the area made some people panic.

No matter what time it is, there are always people who like to sing down, and no region is an exception.

KT's strength now is also overwhelming.

Although they lost to IG in the group stage, it stands to reason that EDG can easily beat them, but in fact, it is not.

There is such a thing as a team style in the team, what if it happens to be IG Restraint KT?

After all, he is also the No. 1 seed in South Korea.

In the past, LPL's No. 1 win against LCK No. 2 seed was considered a success.

However, there are not many people who sing the praise, and they are basically scolded for being bloody.

For no other reason, EDG is now ...... The momentum will surpass the original S8's RNG.

In the same spring and summer championships, the team members also won the Asian Games, and the same continental competition was crushed.

The difference is that EDG's World Championship is still strong, and there is no fatigue at all, and whoever fights is taken away in the early twenties.

This dominance is really exaggerated.

In this case, even if there is Hanza, they do not dare to speak loudly.

I can only hope that KT will be able to combat EDG's arrogance.

However, there are people on the LPL side who are afraid, and the LCK also has them.

And, more!

There are some people on the LPL side who are afraid of KT, but everyone on the LCK side is afraid of EDG.

"It's over, EDG...... Is the World Championship for our Korea over? ”

"Although I don't want to admit it, KT's luck is really bad, and it was actually drawn to the same group as EDG, which is not just bad luck, EDG's strength is amazing."

"Isn't it true that none of our Korean teams can reach the finals venue in Incheon?"

"Nope! Don't want this kind of thing! ”

"Ah, can you guys stop talking about frustration, let's lend our strength to KT together! KT，Fighting！ ”

"I can't beat it, I can't beat it at all......"

Even if some Korean viewers angrily scolded those who sang badly, it was still useless.

EDG left a deep impression on LCK.

The earliest impression can be traced back to the MSI of the S5.

S7 They had already forgotten EDG, but they didn't expect EDG to score MSI that year and counterattack SKT, which was recognized as the strongest team at the time.

And at the S competition at the end of the year, he also won against SKT again.

SKT has really lost very few key games in the international competition.

That's why Korean audiences remember EDG so well.

And this year's continental competition and MSI scared them even more.

KZ said that MSI was invincible at that time.

How invincible is the result? The goods that were taken away by EDG 3-0.

In the past two years, EDG's memories to Korean audiences have been gray.

This team is outrageous.

The team that can compete with the current dominance of EDG is probably only S6's SKT.

Only this time, this "SKT" is on the opposite side.

"Whew, it's finally over."

Xu Yuan let go of the mouse, couldn't help but stretch his waist, and moved his muscles and bones.

He was doing his daily mending exercises.

Now there are not many training matches, because KKOMA feels that playing too much sometimes leads to bad form.

He's conserving the player's energy.

Recharge your energy, just for KT this battle!

However, Xu Yuan is an idle person, since there is no training match, let's practice the basic skills.

Hit Rank? Not considered.

Rank will become stupid if you play too long, because the opponent is too rubbish.

You have to say that the basic skills are useful, but it doesn't seem to be so useful.

The strong players are basically not bad.

But if you want to say it's useless, sometimes it's because of the basic skills that the gap is widened.

Distance control is one of the basic skills.

Looking back, everyone was quite busy.

KKOMA spat and flew in helping Xiaotian constantly correct the route of the brush field and the commonly used eye position on the opposite side of the memory.

Nodding in approval from time to time.

He had a very noticeable tiredness on his face and two dark circles under his eyes.

Lee Sang-hyuk and Smeb are constantly soloing heroes like Sword Girl Jace and improving their proficiency.

These heroes belong to the mid-to-upper swing position, and proficiency must be raised.

Even if their proficiency is already very high, there is not much improvement.

But if you hit it a few more times, you can at least keep the feel.

Meiko, on the other hand, kept dragging KT's video repeatedly, analyzing the alignment habits of KT's bottom lane group.

Xu Yuan: ......

Oh no, I'm the most idle?

Wait and continue!

Now, though, let's take a ten-minute break.

He walked towards the rooftop of the training room, ready to blow the wind on it.

Their current training location is a team in the Korean minor league, which is specially connected by KKOMA.

Greet the gorgeous sunset and blow the gentle breeze.

Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, in a good mood.

To be honest, he was already feeling a little bored.

Mainly...... There is no opponent.

Lee Sang-hyuk is willing to continue to fight even if he has won three championships, because his peak is no longer there, and he is not the world No. 1 in the right line.

He has lows and peaks.

And Xu Yuan is different.

Since his debut, he has been winning and winning.

After defeating Bang, there is no one who deserves to be his opponent.

And he has memories of the future, and he clearly knows that there will be few bright ADs in the future.

Emperor Ruler?

Dog-like stuff.

Uzi can abuse it casually now, and Xu Yuan is similar to beating Uzi.

But in this way, the ruler emperor dominated the lower road of the LCK in the next few years.

Even after coming to LPL, countless LPL ADs who still fought did not have the power to fight back.

This had to make Xu Yuan a little disappointed.

This kind of goods...... Can you be the first?

He had to doubt the gold content of those ADs in the back.

The only player that Xu Yuan cares about is DWG's Beryl.

This person is indeed talented, and the strength of his lower road is not low.

But it's just not low.

Beryl's excellence is more manifested in the idea and the overall situation, and the simple alignment is just an ordinary first-class level.

Xu Yuan had to face reality:

It seems that there is no AD that can arouse his interest.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little bored.

"What are you doing here?"

Behind him, Lee Sang-hyuk's voice came.

Xu Yuan turned his head and saw Lee Sang-hyuk carrying Coca-Cola.

He casually handed Xu Yuan a bottle and opened another bottle for himself.

Xu Yuan laughed when he saw it.

"What are you laughing at?"

Lee Sang-hyuk was a little strange.

"I thought you'd open a bottle of Coke and let me drink it with you."

Xu Yuan smiled and spoke.

"Disgusting? When did I get so stingy? ”

Lee Sang-hyuk sneered, purely when he was farting.

Xu Yuan can only say that it is difficult to say.

Lee Sang-hyuk has a classic clip where a few people go out to play, and then when they are tired and want to drink a drink, Lee Sang-hyuk buys a can of Coke and gives it to six people.

In this way, Lee Sang-hyuk is really good to him, and he is even willing to hand a bottle to Xu Yuan.

He was so generous, Xu Yuan really cried to death.

The two of them leaned against the railing and looked at the scenery in the distance.

There was silence for a while.

Suddenly, Lee Sang-hyuk spoke.

"Are you planning to retire?"

There was some hesitation in his voice, but he still asked.

Xu Yuan was slightly stunned,

"Didn't you ask me that question?"

He remembered that during the summer game, Lee Sang-hyuk also asked.

"Yes, I asked, but what you said at the time is to talk about it, I want to hear your thoughts now."

Lee Sang-hyuk nodded slightly and turned his head to look at him.

"Isn't it, there's already an answer?"

Xu Yuan avoided his gaze and looked at the colorful glow in the distant sky.

"Maybe."

"It's already decided?"

Lee Sang-hyuk didn't ask much.

"Well, if nothing else."

He has no rivals left.

Unless he loses to IG this time, maybe he will bring up some interest.

If he wins IG unexpectedly, then he may really choose to retire temporarily.

Because now the lower road ......

In Xu Yuan's eyes, it was too rubbish.

The reason why it is said to be temporary, naturally is because Xu Yuan is ready to wait for S13 to take a look.

When the time comes, think about whether to make a comeback.

This season is the only season that Heo Yuan is more interested in, because Uzi will make a comeback, and Lee Sang-hyuk will also lead the players to a fourth championship again.

The most important thing is that Xu Yuan was very unhappy when he watched Emperor Qi abusing LPL's AD.

Just your name is Emperor Ruler!

Do you really dare to come to LPL?

It's over to see if buddy abuses you or not.

Xu Yuan was going to surprise Emperor Qi.

I hope that when the old opponents meet, Emperor Chi will be able to laugh.

If you can't blush, can Uzi still blush?

He's kind of looking forward to it.

"Sometimes I really envy you."

Lee Sang-hyuk smiled and spoke.

"Your career is as smooth as a soaring dragon."

This is Lee Sang-hyuk's sincere sigh.

Lee Sang-hyuk has persevered to this day, in addition to his unremitting pursuit of the championship, but also because he is missing every time.

It is true that the championship has won a lot, but there are some small regrets every time.

S3 won the championship when it debuted, but it failed in S4, which has the strongest confidence.

S5S6 is a two-time world champion and is about to achieve the great cause of three consecutive championships.

But there was a sudden EDG that broke his winning streak.

Brothers who often play chess know that it is more uncomfortable to be broken than to win the eighth year.

Did Lee Sang-hyuk succeed?

There is no doubt that he is a very successful player and is now number one in terms of honours.

But was it really smooth sailing for him?

No.

So he is different from Xu Yuan.

Every time Lee Sang-hyuk feels bored, there is always a new strong opponent appearing, and the older he is now, the more likely he is to make mistakes in high-intensity BO5.

It's like the reverse permafrost on the MSI of the S11.

But what's funnier is that WBG didn't even make it to the fourth.

Lee Sang-hyuk can still withstand the three.

And what about Xu Yuan?

With a systematic body, even if he doesn't play for a few years, his strength will not decline in any way.

Now his abilities are basically full, and no one can touch his current status as the world's No. 1 ADC.

And after winning S8, he also completely surpassed Bang.

is also a two-time championship, but Xu Yuan is a two-year Grand Slam!

A champion AD who does not decline in form and is always at the peak.

One can imagine how exaggerated his ability is.

It's really normal for him to find boring, because there's really no one to get him interested.

"I'm glad sometimes, I'm glad that I still have opponents."

Lee Sang-hyuk spoke softly.

"If I really don't see any possibility of losing, then this kind of career is too boring."

"The most exciting thing about the competition is the sense of unknown."

Xu Yuan smiled and didn't say anything.

Aren't you also in Versailles?

"Are you ready to keep fighting? After winning the championship this year. ”

He asked.

Although he could probably guess Lee Sang-hyuk's answer, Xu Yuan still wanted to hear his true thoughts in private.

"Fight, why don't you fight?"

Lee Sang-hyuk spoke without hesitation.

"I can feel that more and more excellent mid-laners are emerging, and this kind of future is really exciting."

There was joy in his eyes.

Xu Yuan was silent for two seconds, "Come on." ”

He turned around and prepared to go down.

"Hey, Xu Yuan."

Lee Sang-hyuk stopped him.

“？”

Xu Yuan turned his head, a little puzzled.

"If I can make it to S13, we'll see you at the Worlds."

Lee Sang-hyuk leaned against the railing and spoke casually.

"S7's hatred, I've remembered it until now."

"I'm not happy if I don't send you away once in the World Championship."

The corners of his mouth went up as he spoke.

Although he doesn't want Xu Yuan to retire, since it is Xu Yuan's decision, then Lee Sang-hyuk will choose to respect it.

However, he will also proudly state:

Don't you want to run away after pretending.

Xu Yuan was stunned, he heard what Lee Sang-hyuk meant.

"Humph......"

He snorted, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face, turned around, and waved his left hand.

"Wait, S13, if you're still playing, I'll personally send you out of the World Championship."

"That's what I should say."

Lee Sang-hyuk's smile was even brighter.

He knew that Xu Yuan had already made an agreement with him.

Such...... Pretty good.

Isn't it S13?

I'm Lee Sang-hyuk...... Must enter the World Championship!

He can become a god after retiring, but Lee Sang-hyuk doesn't care.

Just wait for Xu Yuan's return for the World Championship!

If Xu Yuan knew that Lee Sang-hyuk was such a second-class idea, he would probably be out of breath with laughter.

What is the ruthless emperor of esports?

October 27, Gwangju Women's University. Universiade Stadium.

Inside and outside the venue, there are already crowds.

The audience for this game was very large, so many that it was ridiculously large.

If KT loses, there will probably be more spectators in this BO5 than in the final.

After all, it is South Korea's home field, and if there is no Korean team in the final, then the Koreans will look at a fart?

Korean audiences are not like LPL audiences, focusing on a real one.

However, at this time, there was also a wave of emergencies outside the venue.

Generally speaking, there will be a player's standing card outside the stadium.

That's the problem.

Some Korean female viewers secretly painted all kinds of graffiti on the standing cards of EDG players.

Originally, this kind of behavior was understandable, after all, it was a big battle between the divisions, and it was normal for people to hate EDG.

However, EDG's female fans are not joking.

You're drawing graffiti for our contestants, aren't you?

Ok, good, good!

Then I'll just deliberately bang my fist!

EDG female fans directly incarnated as wrist hao, and knocked down the KT player's stand card with a fist.

It's not good to be angry with my Korean sister, so I immediately posted on the Korean forum and Twitter:

Out-of-town fans are so rude!

It can only be said that EDG's female fans are really ruthless enough.

And this incident quickly caused a chaotic war between LCK and LPL fans.

"Hehe, the fans of the West Eight LPL are like this, they don't have any quality at all."

"What did Nishiba call your father for? Didn't you first doodle the EDG player's stand? ”

"Is this the state of etiquette? It's ridiculous! ”

"Laugh at your horse cub species, hey, isn't this the home of South Korea? Let's see if there is a Korean team in Incheon in the final. ”

"The quality of the people in LPL is really poor! Attacks on us personally! ”

"What about your horse, you say? Are you human, just say that I am personally attacking, I feel like a wild dog was kicked to death on the side of the road! ”

In the first stage of the encounter, the old brother of the LPL won a big victory.

LCK viewers have never seen such a curse, and they are completely dumbfounded.

Although the Korean audience has a strong ability to Gank offline, it is ...... on the Internet The LPL audience can only say that they are harmful.

The key is coming!

This can make the LCK audience half angry.

But people are in CN, and they don't have the ability to cross the border, and they can't beat the key mouth cannon.

Give them a hurry.

"KT come on! Be sure to defeat the abominable EDG! ”

"KT cheer me on! This one must not be lost!! ”

“KT！ KT！ KT！ ”

The only thing they could do was cheer for KT.

However, KT, which had arrived at the scene at this time, had a more dignified atmosphere.

"Today's opponent is EDG."

Coach KT spoke in a deep voice.

"They are our biggest enemies in the race for the championship, as long as we pass this hurdle, our chances of winning in the final against IG will not be low."

Although it seems to be a nonsense, the KT coach can only say that.

Or else? Sing down yourself?

EDG is really not easy to fight, but no matter how difficult it is, it has to be played.

KT has long had such an awareness.

Deft had been sitting quietly on the sofa in the lounge, quietly contemplating.

Finally, I ran into it.

Last year, S7 he failed to come to the World Championship, and was disgusted by Xu Yuan on Twitter private messages.

It's been a year.

But here's the bad news: the opponent seems to be stronger.

No, getting stronger?

Where has it become stronger, it has been this intensity for the past two years, so don't really talk nonsense about whether it's good or not.

Sometimes you really should find your own reasons, whether you play rank or not, and whether you practice training or not.

Deft found it, and he practiced it.

But he still wasn't much sure.

In the final analysis, the strength shown by Xu Yuan is really a bit terrifying.

Even the arrogant Deft had to admit it.

"But...... I'm finally able to play you at Worlds. ”

Deft's gaze seemed to penetrate the wall and saw Xu Yuan in another lounge.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

This is his sixth year chasing the title, but no matter what the result, he won't choose to stop there.

"If it's more, there's no need to say more."

In the EDG lounge, kkoma also gathered all the contestants.

He was smiling.

"Beat KT and make it to the finals."

"That's what we're going to do today."

"I believe in you, and you believe in me."

"KT is just a small rock on the road to winning the championship for us, and we can easily cross it."

"Take my words to heart, stay calm whenever you want, and don't relax in the last minute before the end of the game."

"As long as we play normally, KT's World Championship journey is over."

He didn't make any exciting speeches, because the current EDG players are already full of fighting spirit and don't need motivation.

All have the same desire: to reach the final!

Naturally, you don't need kkoma to accentuate the key.

He looked at the players in front of him and remembered the scene when he first came to EDG.

In a flash, has it been almost a year?

Now that the story has progressed to this point, KKOMA believes that there will be a happy ending.

EDG, is the strongest!

He was convinced of this.

Fifteen minutes before the game, the live broadcast rooms of each competition area were in place, and the commentators made opening remarks with smiles on their faces.

Today's LPL commentary is Miller Doll plus Guan Zeyuan, which is also a more classic Iron Triangle.

"Good audience friends, you are now watching the first game of the semifinals of the 2018 League of Legends World Championship, EDG vs. KT!"

"The commentary of this field is brought to you by me, Guan Zeyuan, Teacher Miller and Teacher Doll!"

Colonel Guan's tone was calm and smiling.

"The pre-match VCR of the semi-finals will be broadcast soon, and after the short promotional video, let's look forward to the appearance of EDG and KT players!"

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely warm.

As the home screen went dark, the spirits of all the viewers lifted.

"It's coming!"

(End of chapter)