Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 239 The Esports Flag Rises Slowly

After killing Xayah, Li Luo reacted with lightning speed, immediately creating distance between himself and Gangplank, and dodging Rakan's W.

At this point, only Captain Logario and his two companions remained to deal damage, and they were already in a state of rout!
Li Ge's finger was already on his E skill. Once the team made the decision to escape, he, as the deep-lying player, would immediately sacrifice himself to let the captain escape.

Even without crowd control abilities, Shen and Nautilus, along with Kai'Sa, might not be able to kill you instantly. If this play is well executed, all three of them can escape.

Conversely, if Kai'Sa gets carried away in the chase, she can wait for her W skill to cool down, and then use her crowd control combined with Gangplank's damage to instantly kill Kai'Sa.

Even if we switch, it's not a loss, after all, Kai'Sa has a big bounty on her head!

But Li Ge's fleeting fantasy was shattered the moment he pressed the E skill.

Kai'Sa landed a basic attack, canceling the attack's animation with her W skill, but Galio, who was still at nearly half health, was instantly killed after taking two hits.

"Impossible? Kai'Sa's damage is wrong! Galio has 2400 health, even at half health he'd still have around 1000, and she just died instantly?"

Deft, watching the black-and-white TV, instinctively shouted out, and he even wanted to help Li call a timeout.

The next second, when the icon that popped up in the kill box wasn't Kai'Sa but Taliyah, the group understood.

Taliyah's E skill, Scatter Stones, has a crucial effect in addition to the initial slow damage and the stone explosion damage four seconds later.

When local heroes are pulled or pushed through the stone-scattering formation while charging forward, they will trigger stone damage.

In a later version update, Taliyah, without any buffs or nerfs, suddenly became famous in competitive play.

In the match between SKT and AF, Taliyah almost one-shotted Alistar at full health with a single EW skill. According to data calculations, Taliyah's E skill can deal five times the damage.

Stepping on Taliyah's E will instantly kill you; the damage is ridiculously high.

For example, there are countless instances where Graves uses his E skill in the Stone Pile and dies instantly, or Nautilus hooks a wall and his health mysteriously disappears when passing through the Stone Pile.

Galio's E skill is no exception. Although this is a version where Taliyah's E skill has not yet shown bugged damage, the damage looks exaggerated but is not abnormal due to the mechanism of Taliyah's E skill.

"OMG?! Kai'Sa! What kind of damage is that?!"

"Huh?! The Korean team suffered a complete defeat in this team fight, and there's no way they can turn the tide!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Kai'Sa's performance was so stunning. Unlike before, this kind of scene where someone's health bar disappears in an instant shouldn't happen to an ADC, but this time, in front of a global audience, the raging Kai'Sa instantly killed someone!
The viewers didn't care who got the kill; they cheered when they saw how smoothly Kai'Sa predicted her skills and how perfectly she interspersed her basic attacks with various small movements.

At this moment, Li Luo fully demonstrated the charm of AD.

"Smeb's bucket has been placed! Where is this location?! Trying to escape!"

"My god, the bucket was destroyed by the puppy, and it's stuck on the captain's cooldown, omg?!"

In the blink of an eye, three of the four South Korean players who had been hoping to defeat Taliyah were suddenly eliminated!

Only Rakan remained, using his E skill to attach himself to the captain's body, then using his W to fly away, barely clinging to life!
Twenty minutes have passed, and the dough is being kneaded!
Mata, the only survivor, was once the brains of RNG and the strongest core of the Korean players. At this moment, he recalled to base and stood on the high ground, watching Shen push in the mid lane and listening to the mournful cry of the dying Baron. He was stunned!
The next moment, he shuddered and his face turned deathly pale.

"It's over. It's all over."

"We lost this match. We won the Asian Games championship."

The fat on Mata's neck jiggled as he muttered to himself. No one paid any attention to Mata. Even the usually strong Lee felt his strength waning.

Why did a strategy that was so effective last year collapse in less than six months?

Seeing the five members of the Chinese team, buffed by the Dragon and bathed in its blood, return to base, everyone held their breath and was speechless.

Miller felt a sudden rush of oxygen to his brain and shouted, trembling:
"We won this team fight. I think with an 11,000 gold lead at 20 minutes and the Baron buff, the Korean team is at an unstoppable point!"

"Next wave, if we win the next wave, we'll be..."

At this point, the three of them—Wawa, Miller, and Ren Dong—turned to look at the flag behind them, which was reflecting a red light.

Chinese red! That's the color of hope!
"Ahhhhh!!!!"

"China is awesome! RNG is awesome! Uzi is awesome!!!"

"China will win! Defeat the Koreans and uphold our national prestige!!!"

"Waiting for a championship win, damn it, I've been sitting in the toilet for an hour!!!"

"Chinese spirit, charge!!!"

The shouts reached the ears of the people competing in the middle of the match. You see, in Jakarta, where the competition is held outdoors, there are soundproof rooms, but they are of little use.

The cheers that erupted were actually from esports fans who had spontaneously gathered outside the venue; the volume was astounding.

On the plaza outside the stadium, as the Chinese team assembled and prepared to attack, everyone's face was flushed with excitement, and the red flags they had spontaneously prepared were waving like electric ones outside the stadium.

Can the Korean team handle this team fight?
The answer is yes.

The moment Titan hooked the blind man, the battle was over.

"China Team, Uzi, Little Dog!! Champion! Gold Medal!"

"Kill the blind man, don't be impulsive. Wait for a wave of minions. Galiolo is going to cut off the minion wave, stop them, don't let them get past!!!"

When everyone saw the blind man die, they realized something.

At this moment, Xiangguo was so excited that he couldn't contain himself, shouting "Push push push, kill kill kill!"

"Galio, Rakan, how can you withstand the damage? Although you've bought some time, with only Captain and Xayah left in 30 seconds, it's useless!!"

"The minion wave is here! Protect our minion wave, don't be reckless!! Push it down!!!"

in the game.

With a wave of equipment advantage and the Baron buff, the Korean team's defense line was finally crushed. Not only the outside world, but even Chris, who was in the locker room at this moment, felt his legs go weak and squatted down on the ground. All thoughts in his mind were cleared, and he completely entered a state of forgetting himself and the world!
This state is an exhilarating peak that is countless times more satisfying than the final sprint before entering the sage mode.

The sudden release of dopamine caused even Wolf, who hadn't yet participated, to twitch in the corner next to the water dispenser.

If you win the championship, you'll get a gold medal!
From today onward, all the trophies displayed in the honor showcase are meaningless; only the gold medal hanging at the very top is the best proof of our strength.

"Push! Push the hell away! Anyone who gets in my way today is dead!"

Surprisingly, Letme, who is usually quiet and aloof, stood up and shouted loudly despite being restrained by the referee.

"China.Uzi killed Korea.deft"

"ACE!" The entire team was wiped out!

"The alpaca is dead, the pilot is dead, may Mr. Dai rest in peace, I think we can now shout out the words that have been weighing on our hearts!"

"We won!! We won!! We are the champions!! We are the gold medalists!! We are another peak in League of Legends!!"

boom!
After diving the tower to kill Xayah, Letme, who was still focused on pushing the tower, finally took down the high ground tower. In this tower dive kill, the Chinese team went completely on a killing spree on the high ground.

There were no rules, no tactics, and no commands needed. All that could be thought of and heard were two words:

"kill!"

"push!"

The fastest respawning Blind Man has 14 seconds left, but if there's only one minion or hero in front, the turret's defense mechanism won't be triggered. In those 14 seconds, it's completely the Korean team's Death God.

This wave, the South Korean team is really going to die (1) (4).

As the mid-lane inhibitor tower was destroyed, the crystal didn't last two seconds either, collapsing to the ground with a thud.

The first tower to be demolished! The blind man's respawn time is 7 seconds!
When the second tower also collapsed, leaving only bare crystal, the blind man couldn't catch up!
"Ahhhhh!!!"

"Nice, nice!!"

"Brothers, we won!! We won!! We are the gold medalists, we are the gold medal athletes!!"

"We're no longer those internet-addicted teenagers playing games, boohoo~ I, Li Yuanhao, will one day win a gold medal! My life will be worth it!"

There is a five-second time difference between the player's camera footage on the screen and the in-game visuals.

While the five players were still pushing the large crystal in the game, the others in the camera had already jumped up, ripped off their headphones, and hugged each other, crying tears of joy.

This scene brought tears to everyone's eyes.

Why can a patriotic movie like Wolf Warrior 2 be so tear-jerking? Ultimately, it comes down to the sacred and inviolable sense of belonging that everyone holds in their hearts!

Those who offend China, no matter how far away, will be punished!

A strong sense of national pride filled everyone's heart.

After a five-second delay, a blue victory icon appeared on the viewing screen, right before everyone's eyes.

At this moment, no victory has ever felt as exhilarating as it does now!
The match is over. This time, there was no suspense. It wasn't a drawn-out contest between evenly matched teams; it was a 3-2 victory thanks to the protagonist's aura.

The League of Legends esports finals at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games saw China face off against South Korea.

Three to zero!
we are the champion!
Their overwhelming achievement earned them the most prestigious honor in the history of esports, in an international competition.

Esports Gold Medal!

"Congratulations to Team China! You have won the finals of this match! You have won the championship in the League of Legends esports event at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games! You have brought honor to our country with a gold medal! Now we can proudly say that within Asia, China's esports strength is this!"

As he spoke, Miller proudly gave a thumbs-up, showering him with praise!

Why be humble? Why be afraid of becoming arrogant?

If we win the championship, we should celebrate together. If we win the championship, I'll praise you!

The on-site commentator was even more excited. Teacher Duoduo was standing in the audience, already trembling with excitement, just waiting for the camera to cut to her so she could express all the pride in her heart.

"If miracles have a color, it must be Chinese red; if strength has a color, it must also be Chinese red!"

"Congratulations to the Chinese team, congratulations to RNG, congratulations to Uzi, and congratulations to every staff member who has devoted their efforts to our League of Legends esports project. You all deserve this gold medal and this honor!"

Needless to say, the audience spontaneously started chanting "China is awesome!" even though there were no treasure chests to grab.

Inside Zhengda Plaza.

IG also finished their match at the same time, unfortunately losing 0-2 to LGD, who were at the bottom of the Spring Split.

If they had lost 1-2, we could have said they were careless, but this score can only be described as an upset.

When the LGD team finished shaking hands with IG and came to the center of the stage to bow to all the audience, countless fans wearing IG and LGD support jerseys stood up and cheered as if they had received a command.

The IG players, still somewhat frustrated after losing the game, were preparing to leave when they were taken aback by the behavior of the spectators and didn't know what to do.

But the next second, the cheers of the entire audience made them gasp for breath.

"Team China is awesome! Ahhhhh! Today, the color of League of Legends must be Chinese red!"

"Damn, I regret not being there!"

"China is awesome! Uzi is awesome!"

At this moment, fans of both IG and LGD took out the small red flags they had prepared before the match and started waving them in the stadium.

Although each person's red flag is small, when they are put together, their red color is breathtaking!
The Chinese text in the live stream of the opening match disappeared at that moment, and in its place, a series of red flag emojis appeared.

No one questioned why such a scene occurred in today's opening match.

The two commentators who were broadcasting the opening match choked up and couldn't utter a single word to express their feelings after seeing the result on their phones.

The stadium was quiet, with no fans or spectators, but the passion in everyone's hearts could not be concealed.

So what if the venue is empty with thousands of people!
So what if we're playing away!
Sooner or later, I will make this place ablaze with the five-star red flag, and let the Chinese dominate this project!
After League of Legends, the second esports event will be Dota 2.

Unfortunately, the Dota 2 tournaments clashed with The International (TI), and given that Japan and South Korea lacked the strength to compete in the Asian region, the only competitive region worth watching was Southeast Asia.

Compared to the explosive popularity of League of Legends, it paled in comparison.

After the celebration, Li Luo packed up his peripherals, stood up, and walked towards the South Korean team on the other side.

The tradition of shaking hands after the games was not abandoned at the Asian Games.

As expected, the Korean team, just like after losing S7 and MSI, remained incredulous and speechless.

There was no choice but to continue mocking those who had put in the effort, nor was there time for it.

Now, go back to the lounge, put your things down, and in five minutes, it will be the part everyone is most looking forward to!
Almost simultaneously, several people turned their gaze to the very center of the stadium.

Today, the red flag of esports is about to rise!
(End of this chapter)