Alliance: If you block my contract, I will just start!

EDG's outstanding performance in the regular season successfully dispelled Xiao Xiaodi's idea of returning, and he could only let his agent contact other teams.

But it goes without saying that if a player comes to the club on his own initiative, the club will definitely not offer too high a price, even if the younger player holds the title of champion mid laner.

Not every club can offer generous conditions to players, and Xiaodi is not Shen Lang. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that EDG won the championship last year mainly because of Shen Lang, and the value of other people did not increase much.

It can be seen from the winter transfer period that there are many clubs trying to poach Shen Lang, but there are not many clubs trying to poach Meiko and iboy, and the prices offered are not very high.

As for the Korean club that contacted Xiaodi, God knows what their intentions are. Normally, if they were coming for Scout, then that club would not have abandoned him after Scout left EDG.

After defeating BLG, EDG's regular season ranking finally squeezed into the top eight. Unless the performance in subsequent games is too poor, there will be no problem in advancing to the playoffs.

This wave of winning streak also made the fans feel relieved, and they also shouted slogans very arrogantly at this time:

Northern Expedition!!!

As more people started shouting slogans, Abu also became interested.

You should know that before the holiday, EDG was ranked last in the regular season. After returning from the holiday, they fought their way up from the last place, which is indeed a very eye-catching thing.

But it is not so easy to march north. EDG is now ranked eighth. The teams ahead are not pushovers, so it is not so easy to move up in the rankings.

So before the next game, Abu found Shen Lang.

Abin and Jiejie are indeed in very good shape, but the strength of the youth training midfielder is still far behind Shen Lang. Abu wants Shen Lang to play in subsequent games so that the Northern Expedition can be realized.

"After resting for so long, it should be enough. I should go on the court now to warm up my hands so that I can maintain my form in the playoffs."

Abu spoke very humbly.

However, Shen Lang was unmoved: "That won't do. I played before because the club might not be able to advance. Now that the promotion is almost certain, why would I play again?"

He had also seen remarks about the "Northern Expedition" in the forum, but Shen looked down upon such gimmicks. If he really wanted to attract attention, he could just curse at Kwon Jong-hyuk.

"RNG is now ranked ahead of us. You don't want Kwon Joong Hyuk to be mean to you on Weibo, do you?"

Abu suddenly had an idea and decided to find another way.

Shen Lang frowned slightly when he heard this.

It's true, Abu's words really hit his sore spot. Shen Lang was not afraid of Quan Zhonghe's ridicule, but it was quite disgusting.

"That's fine, but let the substitute play first. If we lose the first game, then I'll play."

Shen Lang quickly came up with a compromise.

Even though there are flaws in the mid lane, EDG's strength is not bad. There are definitely not many teams that can force Shen Lang to appear on the field, and several of them have been foreseen at the beginning of the regular season.

This year's spring regular season adopts a single round-robin group system. Each team only needs to play 15 games, and the top eight teams with the highest points will advance. EDG's current record is 6-4, and there are only 5 games left in the regular season.

The game proceeded in an orderly manner, EDG still maintained its winning streak, and RNG quickly adjusted its status. However, as the regular season came to an end, EDG's position in the standings gradually surpassed RNG.

Saturday, October 3.

"After Weiwu came on the court, EDG showed a completely different fighting power. After a 28-minute battle, they successfully defeated WE and won today's game. In the last game of the regular season, WE was unable to resist EDG's northern expedition."

"11-4!!"

"After losing four games in a row in the regular season, EDG successfully won 11 games in a row in the subsequent games, going from last in the group to third in the group."

Wawa's excited voice echoed in the competition venue of Zhengda Plaza.

After this game, EDG's regular season journey also came to an end. The record of 11-4 was the same as that of IG and TES. However, according to official rules, there is no need for extra games, and the ranking is based on comparing small points.

EDG's score was lower than IG but higher than TES, and it finally advanced to the playoffs with the third place in the group.

In fact, whether it is third or fourth, it is all the same in Shen Lang’s opinion, as long as it is higher than RNG ranked sixth.

On the second day, after the match between WE and JDG, the 2019 Spring Split regular season officially came to an end, and eight teams emerged and entered the playoffs, namely:

FPX, IG, EDG, TES.

WE, RNG, SDG, JDG.

This result was within Shen Lang's expectations, but it surprised many netizens.

The first place in the regular season is actually FPX.

FPX’s performance last year was not bad, but it was definitely not a top team in the LPL.

This year, their adjustments during the transfer period were also very simple. They bought an unknown jungler from SN and a mid laner with good performance from RW.

It was such a simple adjustment that allowed them to dominate the regular season.

It was really unexpected that the veteran strong teams such as EDG, RNG, and IG all lost to them.

Equally surprising is SDG. As a team that just entered the LPL, they actually made it to the playoffs. Regardless of their performance in the playoffs, being able to enter the playoffs is a success for them.

After the regular season, the top-ranked teams will get a long rest period.

According to official rules, the playoffs will first be between the eighth and fifth, and the sixth and seventh. The winner of the former will play against the fourth, and the winner of the latter will play against the third. After the winner is determined, they will play against the first and second.

Such a rule is obviously more reasonable than dividing the team into the Eastern and Western divisions last season. However, there is also a problem. The schedule is basically fixed, and after the ranking is released, each team can basically guess their opponent.

However, for the club, this is not a problem, but a good thing.

Take EDG for example.

Their opponent in the first playoff game is the winner of RNG and SDG, which means they only need to focus on these two teams during this period. At this time, they already know their opponent after winning, which is the second-ranked IG. There is no problem in studying subsequent opponents in advance.

"First we beat RNG, then we beat IG, and finally we beat FPX in the finals... No, why does it feel like our playoffs are so intense?"

After thinking about the schedule clearly, Abu couldn't help but frown.

RNG and IG are old strong teams, FPX is the new dark horse. If EDG wants to win the championship, it will have to defeat both the new and old strong teams.

Shen Lang's expression was exactly the opposite. He showed excitement on his face: "Great, I can meet RNG again in the playoffs. I have another chance to beat them!"