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Chapter 156 What do you mean by being number one in the Korean server? Zhou Shen, what do you mean by being number one in the Korean server?

Zhou Dian used all his interaction points on Friday morning to draw the new ability.

Next, if they can defeat EDG in tomorrow's semifinals, they will advance to the LPL finals.

The newly acquired [Void Champion] ability will finally come in handy.

However, before the LPL playoffs semifinals begin.

Another competition also attracted the attention of many LPL viewers.

This refers to the LPL promotion/relegation tournament.

On Friday afternoon, the final two promotion/relegation matches of the LPL Spring Split kicked off.

The first promotion/relegation match was between VG and DAN.

Everyone thought VG would easily win this BO5 and secure their place in the league.

Even if VG performs poorly in the LPL Spring Split today.

Beating you to third place in the second division is a piece of cake, isn't it?

Based solely on the names of VG's mid and jungle players, easyhoon and bengi, no one would think VG would lose to DAN.

After all, DAN, who was only the third place winner in this year's LSPL Spring Split, doesn't really have much of a reputation.

The most famous player on the team is their mid laner, Ggoong.

This Ggoong is a South Korean player.

Because his game ID looks very similar to that of the older brother Gogoing, he is jokingly referred to as the "second brother of Korea" by Chinese audiences.

Ggoong's fame in China mainly stems from the quarterfinals of the S4 World Championship, where OMG swept Najin White Shield 3-0.

Ggoong was the mid laner for Najin White Shield at the time.

Aside from Ggoong, the most famous person in the DAN team is their head coach, White Crescent.

The other four starting players on the DAN team are completely unknown, with no fame or presence whatsoever.

With a team like this, you're telling me VG can't beat them?

All VG fans have been criticizing the team for the entire Spring Split because of their poor performance this year.

However, many believe that VG will easily defeat DAN and secure their place in the league.

Therefore, many VG fans did not cheer for their home team in the relegation battle.

Instead, they're still criticizing the team.

Because they never even considered that their home team would lose this game.

However, the result of the competition surprised everyone.

VG actually lost to the DAN team.

Moreover, they lost 1-3, and VG couldn't even make it to the fifth and decisive game.

In this crucial BO5 match, three-time world champion jungler Bengi had a poor performance and was outmatched by the enemy jungler.

This has led many viewers to exclaim that Faker's prestige is still rising.

The champion players who left SKT have been performing worse and worse!

Thus, DAN became the first LSPL team to be promoted to the LPL through the promotion/relegation system since the LPL began.

Previously, only the LSPL champion of the season was promoted to LPL through direct promotion.

Without exception, none of the other secondary league teams participating in the promotion/relegation matches have ever won a promotion/relegation match.

Today, the DAN team has made history.

When DAN destroyed VG's base crystal in the fourth game of the BO5 series.

The coaching staff and team leader of DAN team all rushed from backstage to the main stage and hugged the five team members on stage.

In any competitive sport, the joy and sense of accomplishment of being promoted from a lower-level league to a higher-level league is no less than winning the top league championship.

At the same time, at the LGD team base.

Dgc silently clapped in his office.

He was happy for his good friend, White Crescent.

Thinking back to two months ago, I realized that I was able to get this job as the head coach of LGD thanks to White Crescent's recommendation.

Hopefully, the upgraded DAN team can establish itself in the LPL.

We don't want to be relegated after the Summer Split.

After the match between VG and DAN, it will be the promotion/relegation match between Snake and YM.

This match garnered significantly more attention than the previous promotion/relegation match.

The number of viewers in the live stream was even comparable to that of the LPL first round playoffs two days ago.

The competition is extremely popular.

Snake, needless to say, has accumulated quite a few fans in the two and a half years since he joined the LPL.

As for the YM team, it's because the team owner is PDD.

They are definitely the most famous and popular secondary league team this year.

And they will leave the other LSPL teams far behind.

However, no matter how high your popularity or traffic,

In the end, competitions are all about skill.

Team YM has lost the LSPL finals twice in a row.

They missed the chance to be directly promoted to the LPL twice in a row.

Last year in the LSPL Summer Split, they lost to Doinb's NB.Y in the finals.
In today's LSPL Spring Split finals, they lost again to SNG, led by Langx.

However, the repeated upgrade failures did not stop PDD from praising his team members enthusiastically.

The goal, of course, is to sell the players they have to the LPL for a good price.

YM's popularity far surpasses that of other LSPL teams, which is inseparable from PDD's constant praise during his live streams.

Recently, Knight, the mid-laner for YM, also reached the top of the Korean server rankings in solo queue.

PDD also kept praising Knight, making him sound like he was the best in the world.

For PDD, whether YM can be promoted to LPL is not that important.

The most important thing now is to market Knight.

No matter which LPL club wants to buy Knight, PDD is determined to make a hefty profit from him.

You know what, even though PDD's price was extremely high.

However, a few LPL clubs that are short of mid laners are indeed interested and are negotiating with PDD.

Because PDD's asking price is indeed a bit too high.

In the past, these clubs wouldn't have even bothered to continue negotiating with PDD.

PDD really has to thank Zhou Dian for the reason these clubs are still willing to continue negotiations. The reason is simple.

Who was the last Chinese player to reach the top of the Korean server solo queue rankings?
It's Zhou Dian!
It's LGD's current top laner, Zhou!

What is Zhou Dian's performance like in the LPL?
That's obvious to everyone.

It was precisely because of Zhou Dian's outstanding performance that these LPL clubs were willing to continue negotiating with PDD, who was asking for exorbitant prices.

Of course, today's promotion/relegation match between YM and Snake will be a key opportunity for these interested clubs to assess Knight.

Actually, this happened before the two promotion/relegation matches started today.

Viewers generally believe that VG will easily defeat DAN and secure their place in the league.

YM, on the other hand, has a chance to defeat Snake and become the first secondary league team to win the promotion/relegation match.

The reason why many viewers are optimistic about YM is, of course, inseparable from PDD's constant hype.

Now that DAN has defeated VG...

Many viewers who already had high hopes for YM are now even more optimistic that YM can be promoted.

You, the LSPL third-place finisher, can win the promotion/relegation tournament, but I, the LSPL runner-up, can't?
However, it turns out.

The teams in the second-tier league are simply not strong enough.

DAN's victory over VG wasn't because DAN was particularly strong.

The main problem is that VG's recent performance has been just too poor.

Snake played as expected, but YM couldn't handle it.

In less than two hours, Snake easily swept YM 3-0.

The three-game match.

The time taken in each game is getting shorter and shorter.

YM's resistance weakened with each game.

By the third game, it was clear that YM's players were having mental issues.

Incredibly, their base crystal was destroyed by the opponent in less than 22 minutes.

With Snake's veteran players who have been in the LPL for several years and have lost many playoff games, it's incredibly easy for them to handle YM's players who have no experience in top-tier leagues.

After winning the match 3-0, several players on the Snake bench, including Zz1tai, Flandre, SofM, and Crystal, all looked relaxed.

He didn't seem very excited.

Indeed, for these players, a mere promotion/relegation match is nothing to worry about.

If you want to win, then winning is a piece of cake.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the main stage, in YM's contestant seat, several YM players looked completely bewildered.

The game was lost just like that?

I feel like I lost in a completely inexplicable way!
I don't even know where we went wrong; we just found ourselves at a disadvantage as the game went on.

As the game went on, the disadvantages grew larger and larger.

As the game progressed, YM's players lost their way and their performance plummeted, resulting in increasingly shorter match times.

After shaking hands with the Snake players, who were completely numb, YM's jungler Ning began packing up his peripherals.

While packing up, he would occasionally glance at his mid-laner, Knight.

Ning was really angry.

Damn it, aren't you Knight the number one solo queue player in the Korean server?!
You're usually pretty awesome in matches, why do you keep building Mejai's Soulstealer all the time?
Why is it that today, after merely making a gesture, it completely lacks substance?

In all three games, Ning's jungle was invaded by Sofm in every single game.

However, in every game, their own mid laner couldn't provide support, and it was always the enemy's Zz1tai who came first.

After these few games, Ning was thoroughly annoyed by Sofm.

In addition to her anger, Ning also felt a deep sense of loss.

When will I finally be able to play in the LPL?
Knight knew Ning was watching him, but he didn't have the courage to meet Ning's gaze.

So Knight lowered his head even further.

Knight only realized what was happening when his four teammates were almost inside the player tunnel, and quickly jogged to catch up.

Upon returning to the backstage lounge, Ning, without even putting down his peripherals, went straight to PDD and said:
"Teacher Piao, I really can't take it anymore, I really want to play in the LPL!"

Upon hearing this, PDD patted Ning on the shoulder and comforted him for a while.

But Ning remained silent.

PDD pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, Gao Zhenning, after IG was eliminated from the playoffs yesterday, Kid seems to be reluctant to continue playing in the Summer Split."

"If you really don't want to stay with the team, I'll contact IG and ask them to arrange a trial for you!"

"Really?" Ning's previously dim eyes immediately lit up.

Meanwhile, in the rest area of ​​the Snake team next door.

Snake manager Zuo Wu and head coach Zhu Kai waited at the entrance of the locker room and gave each of the returning players a high-five in celebration.

Zuo Wu's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

He knew that he had at least kept his manager's position.

Zhu Kai was also relieved that he had kept his job.

The promotion/relegation match between Snake and YM has ended.

Snake successfully avoided relegation and remained in the LPL.

YM failed to advance and will continue to play in the secondary league during the summer season.

However, the aftershocks of this match on the internet have not yet subsided.

The main reason is that PDD usually boasts too much about his team, and now that they've been thoroughly humiliated, it's backfired.

Especially after Knight reached number one in solo queue on the Korean server recently.

During his live streams, PDD often intentionally or unintentionally compares Knight to Zhou Dian.

The only reason they had this one thing in common was that both of them had reached the top rank in the Korean server through solo queue.

According to PDD, it's like Knight could perform at the same level as Zhou Dian if he went to play in the LPL now.

Believe it or not, quite a few people in PDD's live stream actually believed what PDD was saying.

With YM losing the promotion/relegation match, Knight's performance was completely outclassed by Zz1tai.

That evening, after PDD started his live stream, many viewers teased him about the incident.

What makes you, Knight, number one in the Korean server? What makes Zhou Shen number one in the Korean server?

This comment flooded PDD's live stream.

(End of this chapter)