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Chapter 323 First Battle of the Intercontinental Tournament: Another Showdown with the Flash Wolves!
However, this current Samsung team truly lives up to its reputation as a team prone to long, drawn-out games.

The opening match between JT and Samsung turned into an extremely drawn-out game right from the start.

It lasted for more than fifty minutes.

Samsung finally wore down JT, giving the LCK region a winning start in this Asian Games.

Next up is the BO1 match between EDG and MVP, which many LPL viewers have been eagerly anticipating.

In fact, for the vast majority of LPL viewers...

They are completely unfamiliar with and know nothing about MVP, who is currently at the bottom of the LCK regular season rankings.

However, the harsh words made by the MVP team's head coach before the match, which expressed his disdain for the LPL region, made many LPL viewers very unhappy.

Everyone is hoping that EDG can thoroughly crush this B team.

You've already fallen to the bottom of the LCK rankings, what are you pretending to be so important about!
Ultimately, EDG successfully won the BO1 match against MVP.
This secured the first point for the LPL region in this Asian Games.

However, the course of this match was far from satisfactory for LPL viewers.

The match lasted for more than forty minutes.

During the match, the two sides went back and forth at times.

Ultimately, EDG managed to secure a hard-fought victory thanks to several key plays by their mid-laner, Scout.

In fact, since Clearlove's return in the Summer Split, EDG's performance has been consistently excellent.

In the first round of the regular season, EDG also defeated WE in their group matchup.

Currently, EDG's summer split record ranks second in Group A of the LPL regular season.

They are definitely among the top four in the LPL right now.

Meanwhile, the opposing MVP team remained unchanged in its roster for the Summer Split.

They are currently ranked at the bottom of the LCK.

The team performed terribly in the LCK Summer Split.

Their overall level is absolutely worthy of their bottom-ranking league position.

Even with such an MVP-caliber team, EDG could only manage a hard-fought victory.

This inevitably made some LPL viewers feel somewhat disheartened.

Is there really such a big gap between our region and LCK?
The first day of the group stage of the Asian Games has concluded with six BO1 matches.

All four teams from the host LMS region are participating.

The final record was one win and three losses.

Currently ranked at the bottom of the three competition zones.

On the first day of the competition, LGD and KT, the runner-up of the LCK Spring Split, both had a bye and did not play.

Of course, this also means that both teams will play two group stage matches tomorrow.

Meanwhile, EDG is on the LPL side, and Samsung is on the LCK side.

They've already played two BO1 matches today and their group stage is over.

The LPL region has a record of two wins and two losses today, temporarily ranking second.

The LCK region is currently in first place in the group stage.

They achieved a record of three wins and one loss today.

Given the current situation.

The LPL region wants to secure first place in its group and advance directly to the finals of this Asian Games.

Therefore, none of the four group stage matches tomorrow can be lost.

Obviously, this is extremely difficult!

The next day, January 7st.

The group stage of the inaugural Asian Games continues.

After today's six BO1 matches, the group stage will be over.

The first battle of the day.

The match is between WE, the runner-up of this year's LPL Spring Split, and KT, the runner-up of this year's LCK Spring Split.

After a fierce battle lasting nearly forty minutes, WE was defeated.

KT is currently at the top of the LCK Summer Split regular season standings.

This spring, KT recruited Pawn, Deft, and Mata, who had just returned to Korea from the LPL.

In addition, there's Smeb, the ROX top laner who was ranked number one among the top 20 players by Riot Games last year, surpassing Faker.

And Score, a veteran player of KT and known as the "Old Captain" jungler.

To form a new generation of galactic warships.

Although they failed to challenge SKT's dominance in the Spring Split and finished as runners-up in the LCK.

But this team's strength is undoubtedly formidable. WE's loss to them is not surprising.

However, this, coupled with the losses in the last two games yesterday, means that...

The LPL region has suffered three consecutive losses in the group stage.

Although the group stage of the intercontinental tournament only determines the rankings and does not directly eliminate players.

However, they suffered three consecutive losses, losing to both South Korean and Taiwanese teams.

It really has a huge impact on the morale of the entire LPL region.

Right now, the LPL desperately needs a victory in the group stage.

Let's boost morale.

The next BO1 match today will be between LGD, the LPL Spring Split champions, and Flash Wolves, the LMS Spring Split champions.

Throughout the group stage, teams from different regions competed against each other based on their Spring Split rankings. Teams with the same ranking were matched up against each other.

Only when the knockout stage reaches a best-of-five series can each region freely arrange the order in which their teams play.

Backstage at the Intercontinental Championship venue.

In the LPL region's rest area.

The television screen on the wall of the lounge.

After WE's base crystal was destroyed by KT.

Zhou Dian got up from his seat and began preparing the things he would need for the match.

The other LGD members also took action.

It was finally their turn to take the stage.

Walking through the player tunnel, Zhou Dian was still replaying the WE vs. KT match in his mind.

KT's top laner Smeb had a profound influence on him.

This player, currently recognized as the best top laner in the LCK, is indeed incredibly strong.

Just now, Jayce played so well that he made WE suffer a lot.

"Let's see if I get a chance to face him in the finals!" Zhou Dian thought to himself.

You can only gain something by fighting against the strong.

No matter how many times you dominate noobs, or how well you dominate them.

It's nothing more than playing chess with a terrible player.

In the group stage, LGD and KT will definitely not face each other.

To meet them, you'd have to wait until the finals.

However, even in the finals, the probability of LGD and KT facing off is not very high.

Everything depends on the order in which the coaching staff arranges their lineup.

Zhou Dian has now implicitly agreed that LCK will take first place in their group and advance directly to the finals of this Intercontinental Cup.

The LPL and LMS regions will play a semi-final match to compete for the other spot in the finals.

As for this semi-final match against the LMS region...

Zhou Dian also assumed that LPL would win.

Playing best-of-five series like this with teams from Taiwan.
If they can't even beat the provincial teams, the LPL region might as well just disband.

Zhou Dian walked out of the contestant passage and onto the main stage.

Apart from the contestant tunnel he just walked out of, the other three sides were filled with spectators.

The circular competition stage extended from the large wall behind him into the audience seats.

The feeling of being surrounded by spectators can create considerable psychological pressure.

Zhou Dian glanced back at his teammates, whose expressions mirrored his own.

Quite calm.

After all, they've already experienced the trials of this year's MSI in Brazil.

The Brazilian audience—that's what you call passionate, that's what you call boisterous, that's what you call putting pressure on the athletes!
It was during the intermission, and audience members kept getting up to go to the restroom.

There was a gap of several meters between the audience and the stage, and a dozen or so cosplayers were in the gap.

Most of them cosplay female characters from League of Legends.

After the LGD players came out of the player tunnel, they were greeted by cosplays of heroes such as Ashe, Nidalee, and Katarina.

Seeing these cosplayers.

Zhou Dian has only one feeling.

Big!
really big!

Taiwanese girls are truly amazing!
(End of this chapter)