Mingkai, if you're this cowardly, you should just go home and raise pigs.

"Dear audience, please give EDG a round of applause and let's congratulate them with the greatest enthusiasm! With a perfect score of 6-0, they have secured the first place in Group A and advanced to the next round."

I remember shouting with my arms raised: "They will represent the LPL alongside RNG and WE to begin their journey in the World Championship knockout stage."

"And because they both qualified as group winners, they won't meet before the semifinals," Guan Zeyuan said, equally excited.

"Moreover, as the top team in their group, if they defeat the other second-place teams, then there will definitely be two teams meeting in the semifinals, guaranteeing at least one of them a spot in the finals at the Bird's Nest! This year... is truly the most promising year for the LPL!"

"I commentated on the S5 World Championship finals! It was an all-Korean affair! And I commentated on the S6 World Championship finals again! It was still an all-Korean affair!" Miller excitedly wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes.

He cried out in anguish, "Back then, I thought, how wonderful it would be to commentate on a finals match featuring an LPL team! After two years of waiting, I finally saw hope!"

"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah..."

Hearing the commentator's excited and emotional delivery, the audience erupted in deafening cheers once again.

……

After destroying SKT's base crystal, amidst cheers from the commentators and shouts from the audience, the EDG players went to the SKT players' bench to shake hands with them.

The members of EDG were naturally overjoyed, all of them excited and thrilled.

Even Mingkai was incredibly excited at this moment.

Although he had already led EDG to victory against SKT twice at MSI, this was the first time he had officially defeated Faker on the world stage!

As a fellow veteran, how could Mingkai not be excited?

Zhou Hanyang walked at the front, and the first person he met was Huni.

Zhou Hanyang shook hands with Huni with his right hand, patted Huni's shoulder with his left hand, and whispered in his ear, "Good Jess, you played nicely, keep it up!"

Although Huni doesn't understand Chinese, he has played professionally for a long time and has met many Chinese players, so he naturally understands the meaning of these words.

Huni, who had been quite dejected, suddenly felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

Did he cheer me on?

He actually cheered me on?

Huni immediately felt an overwhelming sense of shame.

Your opponents are cheering you on, proving that they acknowledge your abilities, while you remain here feeling frustrated.

Damn me!

Huni clenched her teeth tightly.

What he didn't know was that Zhou Hanyang was cheering him on because he was genuinely worried that Huni would break down mentally.

Then, in the knockout stage, they lost to other teams.

In this way, even if they win the championship in the end, many people will label it as having no real value.

Zhou Hanyang felt he had to defeat Faker and SKT head-on in a best-of-five series!

When shaking hands with Faker, Faker gave Zhou Hanyang a rare thumbs-up, indicating his approval of Zhou Hanyang.

"I'll be waiting for you at the Bird's Nest." Zhou Hanyang immediately smiled.

"Huh?" Faker was slightly taken aback, not understanding Zhou Hanyang's words.

"See you in the finals!" Zhou Hanyang simplified his words.

This time, Faker clearly understood and immediately nodded in agreement with a smile.

They both qualified from Group A, so they will be placed in different halves of the bracket when playing the knockout stage.

In other words, they will not meet in the knockout stage before the final.

Scout exchanged a few words with Faker and then returned to the backstage lounge of the competition venue.

They were greeted with cheers.

Securing first place in the group is exciting enough, but the fact that they beat SKT to the top of the group makes it even more exciting.

When everyone returned to the backstage meeting room, the MVP of this game was displayed on the big screen.

The MVP of this game went to Scout's Tristana.

His stats are simply too impressive.

The data shows 11-1-6, with the only time the player was killed was during the final high ground raid.

Moreover, Scout's Tristana had an astonishing 38 damage per minute in this game, after all, Zhou Hanyang, the 'damage king,' was playing a semi-tanky Gragas in this game.

In addition, the small cannon's economic share reached 41%, and its damage conversion rate reached 146%!

This statistic makes him a worthy MVP.

Scout, having won the MVP award, naturally had to give a post-match interview.

Although Scout can now communicate in basic Chinese, he still needs a translator's help when facing on-camera interviews, and he hasn't said anything offensive.

After the interview, the draw for the knockout stage took place.

EDG and SKT are the two teams that have advanced from Group A!

LZ and FNC are the two teams that have advanced from Group B!

RNG and SSG are the two teams that have advanced from Group C!

WE and MSF advanced from Group D!

Each team in the knockout stage needs to send a player to participate in the draw ceremony.

Meiko is heading to the draw ceremony for EDG!

SKT's representative at the draw ceremony was naturally Wolf!!!

LZ is playing support CorillA!!!

Caps was the one representing FNC at the draw ceremony!

RNG's representative for the draw ceremony was Ming!

CoreJJ was the one from SSG who attended the draw ceremony!

Ben is the one from WE who will be attending the draw ceremony!

Ignar was the MSF representative attending the draw ceremony!

The host then explained the rules of the lottery to everyone.

However, most viewers have no interest in this part and are too lazy to listen to this nonsense.

Simply put, teams that advance from the same group will be placed in different halves of the bracket.

Secondly, in the quarterfinals, all the group winners played against the runners-up from other groups.

In addition, the first-place team in the group has the priority to choose sides in the quarterfinals, and from the second game onwards, the losing side chooses sides!

After a lengthy explanation of the lottery rules that lasted more than ten minutes, the lottery process officially began.

All the viewers were filled with anticipation!

The person who drew the lots was OMG's current mid-laner, Cold!

The main reason is that most esports players look too...unique.

After all, drawing lots requires not only not being nervous in front of the camera, but also having a good posture.

Posture is something that needs to be cultivated from a young age.

Most children from wealthy families don't have that, let alone a group of 'internet-addicted teenagers'?

At the host's prompting, Leng Shao took a ball from the number one seed pool!

The first team I drew was EDG!

The crowd erupted in deafening cheers. After all, this was China's home ground, and the majority of the audience were LPL fans.

Next, we will continue to draw the number one seed team.

Soon, Leng Shao opened the second ball!

When the second ball was scored, cheers erupted again from the crowd.

Moreover, the cheers this time far exceeded those last time.

The sound almost completely overturned the entire competition venue.

All the spectators who came to watch the game felt that their voices were almost hoarse from shouting.

The second number one seed is Team LZ!

This means that if either side defeats their opponent, they will meet in the semifinals.

Before the match, Khan made sarcastic remarks to Zhou Hanyang, and Zhou Hanyang did not tolerate Khan's behavior. It can be said that although the match has not yet started, the atmosphere between the two sides is already very tense.

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