Looking back on history and looking to the future, except for the rabbit team of S7, there has never been a 'strong team' like ANX, and the rabbit team is still a European team and does not belong to the wild card.

The so-called strength of the world's major regions is shrinking, but it is just empty words in a dream, and they are babbling about themselves.

SKT everyone picked up the jerseys on the back of their chairs, walked out of the game room, and walked to the ANX game room to shake hands.

Unlike other teams, although this game was lost, the atmosphere in the ANX team was very active, and there were not too many disappointments and regrets.

There was even a hint of pride and excitement on Likkrit's face, and to be able to play like this with SKT, they had already exceeded everyone's expectations before the game, including themselves.

"You guys are really too strong, I hope we will have a chance to meet in the future."

During the handshake, Likkrit said to Chen Yiqiu.

What he said is that there is still a chance to meet, with their current 2/1 points in the first round of the group stage, and the current ranking of Group A, as long as they do not kneel three times 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, the draw for the quarterfinals cannot meet the teams in the group, so the meeting here refers to the semi-finals.

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

Perhaps, as the saying goes, dreams still have to be had, what if they come true?

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

"This is the style of a master, and SKT deserves to be the number one team in the world."

The ANX crowd was swaying, and after losing to SKT, they seemed to be a bit of an SKT fan.

……

On the other side, after the bow, SKT returned to its backstage in the face of the cheers and sounds of the sky.

- The first round of their group stage of this year's S stage has ended, and although the first round of the group stage will officially end tomorrow, they can take an early 'holiday'.

The results of winning the first round of the group stage were not unexpected, but there was still a bit of a surprise in the middle of the process.

IM and G2 are not to be feared, but ANX, which no one is optimistic about, is now pressing for points.

"There are no weak teams in the S race, we still need to continue to work hard in the future."

Lee Sang-hyuk, as a veteran Internet addict, has already begun to plan to practice more training matches N times after the holiday.

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

As soon as Pei Junzhi saw his state, his face pulled down: "What about the promised holiday?" You're 'bullying' me! ”

"You can't miss a training match, but if you can have a short vacation and try the local food in San Francisco, I think it's a very happy thing."

Lee Jae-wan is rarely on the same front as Bae Jun-sik.

"I'll apply to Kkoma."

Unexpectedly, Lee Sang-hyuk's surprisingly 'easy talk' surprised Bae Jun-sik and Lee Jae-wan.

At the same time, he secretly speculated.

Application? It won't be a holiday application, right?!

"Eun Jing, Eun Jing presided~"

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

One by one, they looked at Lee Sang-hyuk with scrutiny and appreciation.

Big brother Bengi nodded again and again, Sanghyuk, this kid, is finally not so boring.

Lee Sang-hyuk looked at his nose and nose and heart, and his face did not change color, but the roots of his ears were slightly red.

Chen Yiqiu, who was watching it, gritted his teeth.

Damn it, I wish you had a 'girlfriend'.

You're not the Lee Sang-hyuk I know anymore.

"Yiqiu, you're a good person."

Pei Junzhi remembered that if it weren't for Chen Yiqiu, how could the many Chunan brothers in their team have a happy life today?

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

It's really burning ourselves and illuminating us.

The nickname given by the LPL division is really right, the saint is alive, and he kowtows to me!

Chen Yiqiu had a reluctant smile on his face, and his face was not soothed a little until the MVP of this game was given to him.

Well, I have an MVP, do you have?

"I used to feel a lot of desire to compete for MVP, but when I thought of the embrace of Zhixuan, I suddenly felt that MVP was dispensable and meaningless."

Bae Jun-sik happened to comment without knowing whether he was alive or dead: "Only those who have an empty heart need MVP to comfort themselves." ”

Lee Sang-hyuk was familiar with this, as if he was talking about his former self, but now he feels that it is not a big deal.

I don't meet this 'condition' anymore.

Chen Yiqiu's face was slightly dark, and he secretly thought to himself, what's wrong with MVP, MVP is honor, it's good, you just don't have it!

Jokes and a moment of play, the atmosphere in the team is very relaxed.

After all, on the grandest stage at the end of this year, the first round of all victories was completed, and everyone wanted to relax their mood.

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 Jun-sik LCK.

Everyone separated, Chen Yiqiu went to the LPL interview seat alone, and everywhere he passed along the way, he could clearly notice that his popularity on the scene had completely surpassed that of the first day of the group stage and became the 'protagonist' of the arena.

It seems that the sword girl in this game has brought everyone a great shock and influence, which has made Chen Yiqiu's reputation in this S competition reach a peak.

This interview with him was Ren Dong, the first brother of LPL host, and when he arrived in front of the camera, the interview began.

……

Meanwhile.

In the five-person interview booth after the ANX race, the media from all over the world competed to ask questions.

A matchup with SKT, 'regrettable defeat', made ANX more concerned and sought after 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 really a single kill in the middle of the road Faker has made a name for himself, and the fierce battle with SKT is about equal to winning hemp off the field.

In the face, a reporter from the Chinese rabbit play e-sports media asked "how do you evaluate the Reaper players".

ANX top laner Smurf is blunt: "He's the world's No. 1 top laner. ”

There was a slight commotion off the field.

Auxiliary Likkrit was surprised: "Isn't that true? ”

ADaMiracle nodded: "Reaper's individual ability is strong, I think he is the Faker in the upper unit, although he has not won the S championship yet, he is a shocking player. ”

"Playing against a 'legendary' player like him is something we didn't dare to think about before the start of the S Match, and I hope we will have the opportunity to meet again in the future."

The eyes of the media off the field lit up, and they nodded again and again, and they had already thought about the title after today's game.

- "ANX was branded as a fan, calling Reaper the world's No. 1"

- "Although he didn't win the championship, Reaper's strength is already the first on the list this year, and the God King deserves it." 》

- "The World's No. 1 Order? History first! 》

- "Three Stars! SKT won the first round of the group stage, and the team may add another star! 》

……

Interview seat for the European Division.

"There is a high probability that we will consider resting and relaxing in the future, and then seriously prepare for the second round and strive to win all the S competitions."

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

……

In the LCK interview seat, Bae Jun-sik smiled and said, "Everyone is now twisted into a rope and wants to hit a higher honor." ”

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

"Me? I love Reaper, he's my best friend. ”

Bae Junzhi grinned.

……

LPL Interview Booth.

"We're going to work harder and get to the quarter-finals and then the world finals."

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

Then I saw that my teammates had packed up their things and were ready to leave with great interest.

"Don't watch the game?"

Chen Yiqiu was surprised.

"Look at it, look at my phone on the road, there is not much schedule left today."

Bae Jun-sik said eagerly: "Hurry up, hurry up, I need to release it now!" ”

Chen Yiqiu: "......"

looked at Lee Sang-hyuk with a completely unfamiliar gaze: "You also need to be released?" ”

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

Lee Sang-hyuk shook his head expressionlessly.

"Good! This is the Sanghyuk I know! ”

Chen Yiqiu was satisfied, and blurted out: "I'll accompany you..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Lee Sang-hyuk add: "Because tomorrow is a holiday, I have to accompany Eun Jing to go shopping together, so I can only compress the training time to the evening and stay all night." ”

“……”

"Uninteresting."

Chen Yiqiu shook his head suddenly, feeling that Sanghyuk was too boring, he was now full of brains, which was very abnormal.

You have to learn from EDG's Abu and do something drastic, such as... Wake him up.

With a 'heavy' heart, SKT and the others returned to the hotel, but no one proposed to 'liberate' the training that should be trained, and the competition that should be watched by the competition.

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

Wait until the group stage officially ends tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will start.

In this way, the next day passed all day, and SKT watched the whole day at the hotel.

After four days of fierce competition, the battle for the points ranking of the four groups has finally come to an end.

A few families are happy and a few are sad.

In Group A, SKT won the first place without any suspense, winning three games in the first round of the group stage, ranking first in the group with 3/0 points, and basically qualified for the quarterfinals.

ANX is second behind SKT with 2/1 points, having lost the game yesterday to SKT.

As for G2 and IM, one is 1/2 and the other is 0/3, and IM's first World Championship is extremely difficult.

If the second round of G2 is 'powerful', IM may still have the miracle of theoretical qualification, but... Looking at the state, there is a high probability that it was buried in advance.

Although the LPL division had expected this, seeing IM pulling his hips so much in the S competition, he couldn't help but scold.

During this time, none of the five IM people were spared.

Of course, there are also people who save their respect, thinking that in a season's time, from the minor league to the LPL, to the S game, IM is now playing very well.

One after another, the pattern of Group A was settled.

Group B is a group that does not have much suspense, because of the changes in the timeline of this world, ANX was assigned to Group A of SKT.

ROX's Group B naturally has no rivals, with the same 3/0 points as SKT, showing the strength of one of the two kings of the LCK.

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

Group C, the group of "EDG Wonderful Travel", EDG in the first round of the group stage, in just three days, beat themselves from superstars to comedians, although their points in the first round were good, 2/1, but AHQ is also 2/1 points, the same as them.

H2K1/2, Brazilian wild card INTZ1/2 (EDG contribution).

Therefore, Group C should be regarded as the most 'anxious' group among the several groups in this S competition, and the scores of their four teams are very similar, and whether they can qualify and advance depends on the second round of performance.

The final group D is more abstract, similar to Group C, three 2/1, only the North American CLG is in odd bad form, and like IM, it was beaten 0/3 in the first round.

At the end of the fourth day of the game, the five big brothers of CLG cried into tears, which made people feel the cruelty of the S game, they were almost doomed to be eliminated early, and there was only the possibility of qualifying theoretically.

In this way, the first round of the group stage of the S competition officially ended, and the situation of qualifying for groups A and B was relatively clear, while C and D were extremely anxious.

Coincidentally, the two teams with the 'greatest hope' in this year's LPL region, EDG and RNG, are 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, which has won, I look at the state of the first round of the EDG group stage, and the qualification is a bit hanging. 】

[Fuss, waste Kai's routine operation. 】

[I didn't expect to lose a wild card and be kicked as a ball. 】

[Is it a waste of fame for horses to step on flying arrows? 】

[It's really embarrassing to be thrown abroad, everyone now knows how to play EDG, just choose to fight the jungler blind! ] 】

[This year's No. 1 seed is all waste, is it really a civil war phantom god? ] 】

Since the other No. 1 seeds in the four groups are extremely strained, such as G2, EDG, and FW, except for SKT, it is estimated that a TSM will have to be added soon.

The names of the four phantom gods were thus established.

The phantom gods have hit hard in the civil war, the historical dominance, the foreign war is submissive, and the clowns all over the world have become the hottest topic recently.

Of course, if there are clowns and fun people, there are real 'superstars' in the starry world.

In this group stage, Reaper and Peanut are all new 'surprises' that have entered the eye.

Chen Yiqiu and Xiao Peanut's extreme dominance in the group stage, as well as their very personal style of play, including appearance, speech and demeanor, have become the most popular and popular star players in this S tournament so far.

On the evening of the first round of the group stage, Riot officially released a vote for the best player in the first round.

Among them, Chen Yiqiu ranked first with the number of fault votes, and Little Peanut ranked first in the jungler position.

- Fight to fame, nothing more than this.

The holy place of dreams of all professional players in the world, the S game, is it not for this moment that I want to enter the S race in my life?

In addition to individual players, teams like 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.

Hundreds of millions of attention and expectations.

And all sorts... For example, the RNG team's spicy fragrant pot, Xiaohu, especially the former, has a fierce and aggressive jungler style, and like Chen Yiqiu and Xiao Peanut, they are both players who appeared on the S stage for the first time and became famous in one fight.

And so on.

"This is the charm of the S competition, especially this S competition, just the group stage, it can be called the most 'chaotic', the most 'exciting', and the most stalks in history."

Nine o'clock in the evening.

Official club of the LPL.

Jin Yibo looked at the increase in popularity visible to the naked eye on the Internet, which exceeded the double increase in last year's S competition, and couldn't help but sigh.

On this grand stage, some people ride the wind and waves, become famous in one fight, and some people lose their reputation and lose their reputation overnight, so the joys and sorrows are not the same, in contrast, they can show the charm of the S race, and the unique charm that other events do not have.

"By the way, has it been finalized over there?"

Stretching his waist, Jin Yibo asked about another 'big thing'.

"That's it."

The assistant next to him had a smile on his face, and his eyes under the glasses flashed: "You see, this time Reaper will definitely feel our sincerity and enthusiasm." ”

"Hmm... That's good. ”

Jin Yibo nodded with satisfaction and added: "By the way, we are both fame and fortune, in addition to fame, we also want to give profit, and several clubs that wanted to sign Reaper in the new season, let them discuss with the capital behind them, and give a maximum price." ”

"When the time comes, we can also lobby him."

“…… Okay," the assistant was stunned and nodded.

But I couldn't hide my surprise in my heart.

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

Still want to improve?

Jin Yibo seemed to see his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Times have changed, the league is on the right track, and it is getting better and better, this year's S competition is undoubtedly a success, by analogy, next year will be held in our country, the Bird's Nest." ”

"At that time, the popularity of the alliance will come to an unprecedented height, and whether we can grasp this development opportunity depends on ourselves..."

The assistant was stunned.

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

That's a bird's nest...

"I'll arrange it 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 group stage of the 2016 World Finals ended, SKT won 3/0, and countless viewers in the LPL division cried: Reaper, I miss you." 》

- "Ten Thousand Blood Books! Reaper's return to the LPL is just around the corner! 》

——"On the biggest contributor to SKT's total victory, Chen Sheng deserves it!" 》

- "The first round of the group stage is very contrasting! Reaper may become the biggest winner, and the sky-high price will return to the LPL in the new season! 》

- "Homecoming! RNG broke out five times the price of the market, and wants to re-sign with Reaper! 》

Mountains and seas, surging enthusiasm.

After briefly 'testing' Chen Yiqiu's state and performance in the first round of the group stage, he especially noticed that the opponent might really want to take off on the stage of S6 and grow into one of the protagonists of this year's World Championship, and his popularity skyrocketed.

The LPL division has finally begun to get off the field, ready to 'show sincerity' and 'know for profit'.

At the beginning, when you went to the LCK, we were all black, and now we are blowing it all over the network, and you are promoted to the status of the LPL representative card, aren't you excited?

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

I don't believe you're not tempted!

……

The next day, the mainstream media of Korean media broke the news - "The CJ team wants to spend a lot of money to reorganize the CJ team, and the CJ Entertainment Group behind it said: Give priority to Reaper, CJ girl group is a fan of Reaper, and is very optimistic about SKT winning the championship." 》

LCK: We played the girl group ace card, how should you respond?

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

(End of chapter)