LPL didn't want me? I joined SKT instead!

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"Look at me!"

Without any warning, Xiao Yan's Verus suddenly launched an attack!

R Flash!

It wasn't a Flash + R combo, but rather using Flash the instant the R skill was cast to cancel the casting animation, making the [Chains of Corruption] so fast that the trajectory was completely invisible!

This scene left everyone dumbfounded. An ADC with no mobility skills actually dared to initiate a team fight with his ultimate (R-Flash)?

But the next second, the doubts turned into amazement.

The chains of corruption, like venomous snakes, precisely bit down on Xia, who was positioned at the front!

"Sang-hyeok hyung!"

Without Xiao Yan needing to say anything, Faker's Orianna already understood. Just as Xayah was immobilized and Ryze instinctively tried to move backward to create distance—

The ball has arrived.

Command: Shockwave!

boom!

Faker's ultimate was timed perfectly! Xayah was immobilized and unable to move, and Ryze was about to use Flash when he found that Orianna's ball blocked his escape route!

Strangulate!

The massive shockwave pulled the two of them together violently!

"Damn it! Both carries are dead! Xiao Yan's R-flash engage was so decisive! The moment he stunned Xayah, Faker's ultimate hit both of them! He didn't even give Ryze time to break the chain!" Miller shouted until his voice was hoarse.

Without its two cores, MSF is like a tiger with its teeth pulled, completely vulnerable to being slaughtered.

Quadra Kill!

Quadra kill!

Although Huni's giant worm bit the last person to death, stealing the pentakill, the cheers from the audience were still deafening.

Huni scratched his head awkwardly: "Uh... sorry, I bit too fast."

Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head: "It's alright, as long as we won."

23 minutes.

SKT destroyed MSF's base crystal.

3: 0!

A thoroughly satisfying sweep!

In this round, Xiao Yan's Verus score was 11-0-6.

Output percentage: 42%.

Counter-economic differential: +5800.

The moment the director displayed the post-match data panel, the tone of the comments in the entire live stream completely changed.

All the previous ridicule, insults, and doubts seem so pale and powerless at this moment.

【? ? ? ? ? ? 】

[Was this damage dealt by a human? 42%?]

Who just called him a hoodlum? Come out and show yourself!

[That movement, that reaction, that initiation... I apologize, I was a little too loud just now.]

To be honest, this Varus has a bit of the feel of Bang at his peak in Season 5, maybe even more aggressive!

[Royal Tradition: ... (Silence)]

[Pork Offal: ... (Plays dead)]

[60E: This newbie has some talent, but he's still far behind his brother-in-law.]

On stage, Xiao Yan took off his headphones and listened to the deafening cheers from the audience, but his expression remained calm.

He stood up, straightened his team uniform, and then looked at the camera.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the screen, staring directly at everyone who had just been verbally attacking him on the keyboard.

He didn't speak, but gently patted the SKT team logo on his chest, then raised a finger and put it to his lips.

Lie.

Quiet.

The performance is over. Now, it's time to shut up.

Post-match interview area.

Host Ren Dong straightened his suit, a professional smile on his face, but his eyes betrayed an undisguised excitement. As an LPL host, he knew all too well what the current buzz was all about. The young man standing next to him was now the biggest talking point in the entire League of Legends community.

"Congratulations to SKT for defeating MSF 3-0 and advancing to the semifinals! First, I'd like to ask Xiao Yan, your Varus performance in the third game was simply godlike, especially that flash-initiated team fight. What were you thinking at that moment?"

Xiao Yan took the microphone, smiled slightly, revealing a set of white teeth. The smile was particularly dazzling under the spotlight, yet it also conveyed a profound meaning that was hard to fathom.

"Actually, I didn't think too much about it." Xiao Yan's voice resounded throughout the venue through the speakers, clear and calm. "It's mainly because when I played Hanbing last time, I heard that many friends online had a lot of opinions about me."

Ren Dong was taken aback, not expecting Xiao Yan to bring this up on his own initiative.

Xiao Yan continued, his tone relaxed as if he were chatting casually: "When I was resting after the match, I glanced at my phone and saw a lot of people saying that I was 'slacking off,' that I only knew how to use my E skill to open up vision, that I didn't dare to deal damage, and some even said that if you sprinkled some rice on your keyboard, a chicken could peck at it better than me."

A low murmur of laughter rose from the audience, but there was more awkwardness than anything else.

"So this time I thought, since everyone thinks I'm not 'solo' enough or 'showy' enough, then I'll be a little more serious." Xiao Yan shrugged, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes. "After all, if I don't show some real skills, some people might really think that any AD can win a game in SKT."

These words immediately caused an uproar in the live streaming chat rooms across China.

The "haters" who had temporarily shut down because of Xiao Yan's godlike performance in the third round suddenly jumped up like cats whose tails had been stepped on.

[RNG die-hard fan: Haha, you're acting all high and mighty just because you beat a second-rate European team like MSF? Go play Dragon Ball if you're so capable!]

[Pig (die-hard EDG fan): A petty person who got lucky! So what if he got a few kills by luck? It's a fact that he played Ashe poorly in the last game, and I can't even say that?]

[60E (die-hard WE fan): You think you're the boss of SKT just because we let you carry? You're really putting yourself on the spot.]

[A casual observer commented: "Hilarious! They won the game and still have to be sarcastic towards the audience. Their emotional intelligence is off the charts. Waiting for RNG to teach them a lesson in the next match!"]

Even though Xiao Yan had just achieved a 42% damage output, and even though his Varus was like a god descending to earth, in the eyes of these "haters" who already had preconceived notions, admitting that Xiao Yan was strong was more painful than killing them.

They would rather believe that MSF was too weak and that their SKT teammates were too strong than admit that Xiao Yan himself was strong.

Ren Dong looked at the cue card in his hand, a fine layer of sweat forming on his forehead. The next question was the main event of the day, and the one the director had specifically instructed him to ask.

He hesitated for a moment, then raised the microphone, raising his voice slightly in an attempt to drown out the noise in the room:

"Ahem, it seems Xiao Yan is very concerned about external opinions. Speaking of opinions, a top LPL player, who is also an old acquaintance of yours—Uzi—once issued you a 'challenge' during a live stream."

Upon hearing the name "Uzi," the audience erupted in cheers.

"Uzi! Uzi! Uzi!"

Cheers erupted everywhere, as if this were RNG's home ground.

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, his expression unchanged, and simply looked at Ren Dong, signaling him to continue.

Ren Dong took a deep breath and uttered the sentence that had already gone viral online:

"Uzi said in his livestream: 'If I meet SKT at the Bird's Nest and I can't defeat Xiao Yan head-on, if I can't crush him, I, Jian Zihao, will retire on the spot!' Xiao Yan, what's your response to this fiery declaration and Uzi's determination to face you in the finals?"

The entire room fell silent instantly.

Everyone held their breath, countless eyes fixed on Xiao Yan on the big screen. The live stream chat also paused briefly, everyone waiting for this earth-shattering collision.

Is it a rebuttal? Is it humility? Or is it ignoring it?

Xiao Yan held the microphone but didn't answer immediately. He first lowered his head, as if thinking about something, then the corners of his mouth slowly turned up, forming an extremely contemptuous, even somewhat pitying, arc.

"Oh……"

A soft laugh came through the microphone clearly.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yan raised his head, looking directly at the camera, his eyes filled with a knowing and mocking gaze:

"Determination? The smell of gunpowder?"

He shook his head, his tone so calm it was frightening:

"Teacher Ren Dong, you may have misunderstood. In my opinion, this is not some kind of bloody oath, but rather a... very shrewd 'nonsense'."

"Nonsense?" Ren Dong's eyes widened, completely unable to follow Xiao Yan's train of thought.

"That's right." Xiao Yan switched hands to hold the microphone, standing ramrod straight, exuding an aura of dominance. "Uzi said he'd crush me at the 'Bird's Nest,' or he'd retire. Sounds inspiring, right?"

"But has anyone thought about this?"

Xiao Yan extended a finger and gently shook it:

"Why does it have to be the Bird's Nest?"

"We're currently in the group stage, and we've even been placed in the same group. To be even more specific, our next opponent is RNG. If RNG were truly capable, they should have said 'wait for me in the group stage,' not 'wait for me in the finals.'"

At this point, Xiao Yan paused, his smile deepening—a smile that seemed to kill and pierce the heart.

"I think Uzi is actually quite smart. You could even say he's the most astute person in the LPL."

Ren Dong felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He sensed that Xiao Yan's next words were going to be explosive, but he still asked out of curiosity, "Why...why do you say that?"

Xiao Yan looked at the camera and said, word by word, with perfect clarity:

"Because he knows very well that RNG... has no chance of getting into the Bird's Nest."

boom--!!!

This sentence was like a nuclear bomb, instantly detonating in the Wuhan Gymnasium and across the entire Chinese internet!

After a moment of deathly silence, the audience erupted in deafening boos and curses.

"Holy crap! What did you say?!"

"That's incredibly arrogant! Who do you think you are?!"

"RNG can't get into the Bird's Nest? Who are you cursing?!"

"Get out of China! Traitorous trash!"

The live stream chat was completely overwhelmed. The server even lagged at that moment, the dense barrage of comments like a locust swarm, blotting out the sky.

【？？？？？？？？？？？】

What did I just hear? He said RNG won't make it to the finals?

[This is insane! This person is absolutely insane! How dare they say something like that on LPL turf?!]

[Royal supporters, gather! Flood his Weibo account!]

Is this the quality SKT has? Cursing their opponents?

[Just waiting for RNG to slap you in the face! Let's see how you cry then!]

Where were you when Uzi won second place? Do you even have the right to comment on Uzi?

However, despite the deafening boos and the malice that seemed to leap off the screen, Xiao Yan remained completely unfazed. Not content with that, he continued, microphone in hand, slowly and deliberately delivering the final blow:

"So, his oath was basically a 'risk-free deal'."

"If he says that, then even if he encounters us in the group stage and loses to us, he doesn't have to fulfill his 'retirement' bet. Because he's talking about the Bird's Nest, not the group stage. As for going to the Bird's Nest, let me be frank, RNG can't even get into the Bird's Nest."

"He gained traffic, established a persona, and got his fans excited, all without taking any risks. I heard about his scheme all over Seoul."

After speaking, Xiao Yan made an extremely gentlemanly "please" gesture towards the camera.

"You..." Ren Dong was completely dumbfounded. He had hosted the LPL for so many years and had never seen a player so outspoken. This wasn't just making threats; it was like digging up RNG's ancestral grave and then dancing on it.

He didn't even dare to ask any more questions. He hurriedly said a few closing remarks and then signaled the director to cut the screen.

But it was all too late.

Xiao Yan's words spread to every corner of the internet at the speed of light.

Weibo's trending topics list crashed instantly.

#Xiao Yan mocks Uzi's shrewdness#

#Xiao Yan asserts that RNG will not be able to enter the Bird's Nest#

#The most arrogant interview in history#

#RoyalFanRage#

All major forums, Baidu Tieba, Hupu, and Zhihu have been overrun.

Especially on Hupu's League of Legends section, the comments section for this match was ablaze with heated debate.

Xiao Yan's perfect performance against Verus had initially earned him a score as high as 9.8. However, within just ten minutes of the interview ending, countless angry "royal fans," "pig fans," and casual viewers who had been swayed by the narrative flooded in, frantically giving him a score of 1.

[Hupu Rating: SKT-Xiao Yan]

Current rating: 2.5 stars

[Number of reviews: 15+]

The comments section was even more appalling:

[ID: Uzi Forever God]: This is what you call character! What's the use of playing well if you can't be a decent person? Get out of here!

[ID: Royal Never Give Up]: Waiting for Faker to carry you off the field in the semifinals. You still want to enter the Bird's Nest? Dream on!

[ID: 7777777]: Although I'm a fan of RNG, I'm on their side this time. This guy is too arrogant, he must be punished!

[ID: Rational Fan]: To be fair, the plays were spot-on, but the language was just too foul. RNG is in such good form this year, why can't they get in?

[ID: Anti-Pressure Bar Management]: LOL, this rating is 2.5, even lower than Clearlove's 4396. This is what happens when you offend LPL fans!

In the backstage lounge.

Looking at the conspicuous "2.5 stars" on his phone and the tens of thousands of vile insults below, Xiao Yan not only wasn't angry, but instead laughed out loud.

"2.5 points? Tsk tsk tsk, these guys are really united."

He casually closed Hupu, and just as he expected, those pro-Hupu users were bombarding him with criticism.

Moreover, there were 60E and Pigs cheering from behind. Although they looked down on Uzi, they looked down on Xiao Yan even more. At this time, they were on the same side, and their common enemy was naturally Xiao Yan.

However, Xiao Yan didn't care. The angrier they were now, the more they would break down when they defeated RNG in the next match. He couldn't even imagine how generous the reward would be for all the RNG fans breaking down after they shut out RNG in the next match.

That's right, he's going to shut out RNG!

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