You are number one in the world, do you have to be obsessed with the whole job?

Chapter 220 Xu Cheng: Brother, what kind of champion are you? 【Ask monthly ticket】

"Hello~~~~!!"

On the stage, the Roaring Emperor wore a brown-red suit, combed his hair to look like an adult, and walked to the edge of the stage with a passionate expression.

The rosiness on his face indicated how excited he was at the moment.

The iconic roar and amazing lung capacity are releasing the cry——

"Welcome to the stage of the quarter-finals of the 2018 Global Finals. This is Busan, South Korea. Friends in Busan, how are you~~~~~~~~~~!!"

Whoa! !

The most respect and applause was given to this experienced ace host off the court.

"Wow……!"

The Roaring Emperor is obviously a maniac character.

The higher the cheers of the audience off the field, the stronger his state and business level.

"So... After nearly half a month of competition, now, there are only eight top teams from [-] competition regions around the world, and they are still on this stage."

"The road ahead is long and the blood is stained with thorns. If you want to get the highest honor, you have to overcome the thorns, break through the mountains and rivers, and climb to the top!"

The Roaring Emperor took a deep breath, and roared loudly: "Then... let us welcome the two protagonists who have reached the summit today, and the two teams—to ~~field~~~!!"

The words fall.

Countless streams of dry ice smoke suddenly burst out on the stage.

Bang bang.

Behind the two sides of the stage, EDG and KT all filed out and made their debut on the stage!
EDG is still wearing the familiar black uniforms, while KT is wearing black and white uniforms.

The two sides move from left to right, and move towards the middle together.

In the end, a total of ten people lined up and faced the public.

"EDG! EDG!!"

"KT! KT!!"

"KT!! KT!!"

There were unparalleled cheers and shouts from the audience.

The sound of "KT" cheering one after another has penetrated the entire Busan Convention and Exhibition Center and spread to the outside world...

That's home field advantage...

Korean audiences, the support for KT is too great!
Just like the EDG of S7 back then.

Even though EDG has more fans around the world and Xu Cheng has many admirers in Korea, but... at this moment, when the two teams are standing face to face, the audience still unconditionally choose to support KT.

In this regard, everyone in EDG was surprised, but not surprised.

It can't be said that they are very depressed, but the scene in front of them will more or less arouse their desire to win.

For the outcome of today's game!
"Wow...Looking at the state of the players on both sides, I feel that today they are full of confidence and energy, and they have adjusted very well."

Roaring Emperor was very satisfied with the audience's reaction.

He nodded with a smile, and then said: "Then... First, let us introduce the team on the right."

"They are the uncrowned kings from the LCK division, representing the No. 8 seed of the LCK this year, and known as one of the strongest favorites in S[-]—KT~~~!!"

"First of all, the world's number one top laner in S6, very good at attacking and carrying, the strongest player in Korea's top laner, top laner—Smeb!!"

The audience off the field became even crazier.

Smeb, who was dressed in an exquisite team uniform, also smiled and waved towards the audience vigorously.

After waving, he turned sideways and waved friendlyly to Xu Cheng, who was also ranked first on the other side.

"Wow……!"

"Smeb is so handsome!"

"He's waving to Murder? It's so warm..."

"Ouba is the strongest!! Oppa is so humble!"

"...How do I feel, he looks like a senior greeting a junior..."

"According to the playing time, Buddha is indeed Smeb's junior..."

Hot discussion.

Everyone's understanding of Smeb's sudden greeting to Xu Cheng who is opposite him is different.

But what is certain is that this is an unexpected link that the director did not arrange in advance.

Xu Cheng also briefly responded to Smeb, looking generous.

In the following time, the rest of KT also played in turn.

The appearance of each contestant will cause sensational noise and applause in Busan.

This scene can be said to fully demonstrate the four words of home field advantage.

After the final appearance of the coach and substitute, Roaring Emperor took a deep breath and said in the most passionate tone:

"Then the next step is what everyone is familiar with... the champion of the last global finals, and at the same time, once again challenged for the second S championship—EDG~~~!!"

"Known as the world's number one top laner, with sharp maneuvers and gorgeous skills, the top laner of the LPL hero—Murder!!!"

boom! !

"Buddha! Buddha!!"

"Buddha, fuck Smeb, this guy just waved too much!!"

"Buddha is awesome!! Buddha is the best in the world!"

The strength of the audience off the court was not as high as that of KT, but due to the desperate support of many Chinese fans, it caused a great sensation, not much weaker than KT and the others.

As for the rest of EDG, it seems unsatisfactory.

Puppies are the second most popular.

A grand appearance ceremony ended.

The members of EDG and KT temporarily bid farewell to the stage, entered the competition seats, and began to adjust the equipment and prepare for the competition.

the other side.

Camera switch.

Also came to the commentary seats of each competition area.

"Thanks to the host... Welcome to the first match of the 2018 Global Finals quarter-finals BO5. This is the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center. Hello everyone, I am Guan Zeyuan!"

"Hi everyone, I'm Rita..."

"Hi everyone, I am... Zhang Wei."

in the lens.

Colonel Rita, and a person familiar to many LPL audiences, appeared in the camera.

Zhang Wei, who once starred in "Love Apartment", and a loyal fan of the LPL competition area, appeared in the commentary box with a suit and a smile on his face.

His appearance was a bit of a surprise.

After all, according to past practice, even if Zhang Wei is going to appear, it should be in the semi-finals or even the commentary of the finals.

Although stars will also be invited to the commentary seats of the quarterfinals, he will not be invited as a "standard match for the finals".

But think again about the importance and gold content of today's game, who are the two sides in the battle...

Everyone vaguely had an answer.

It seems...

Even the officials feel that today's game is no less than the final of the S8 finals!
In fact it is.

Today's game, whether it is the strength of the two teams, or the gold content, attention, traffic, popularity, popularity...

It can already be compared with this year's finals.

The "S8 finals staged in advance" mentioned earlier is not just a joke!

"Wow... the audience at the scene are very enthusiastic."

Colonel Guan made a joke at the opening, but it was also from the heart.

After the audience saw Zhang Wei, of course they gave due applause.

"Although today is only the top eight, but...the top eight seems to be very important..."

Rita got stuck in the middle of her sentence.

"Well...it's like this, although the quarterfinals are very important, but...today's game is especially important!"

"I think... I don't need to say more, everyone understands it, right?"

Guan Zeyuan laughed and joked.

There was laughter from the audience, and Guan Zeyuan continued: "Then I believe that Teacher Zhang is here today, the audience is very excited, and Teacher Zhang himself should be very excited, right?"

"Ah."

Zhang Wei seemed a little cautious, but he covered it up well.

A little excitedly said: "EDG is playing KT...I think today's game is really not to be missed, even if you miss the S8 finals, you can't miss today's game..."

"Uh……!"

Even if you miss the finals, you can't miss today's game...

This rating is a bit too high.

The two people next to him were slightly taken aback.

But the colonel quickly came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "You can't say that... It should be said that today's game, for many old audiences, is full of feelings."

"Moreover, in terms of strength and gold content, I personally think that EDG's fight against KT may really be sparks hitting the earth, and the gold content is pulled to the extreme!"

"That's right." Zhang Wei also realized that he had slipped his words just now, and quickly said, "That's what I meant."

"Of course, I still feel that today's game will definitely become a classic."

"I agree with this sentence."

Guan Zeyuan nodded, and took advantage of the opportunity to bring the topic to the point: "It can even be said that today's BO5 is the most interesting and strongest BO8 since the start of S5 so far!"

"So how much everyone is looking forward to, how much we are looking forward to at this moment."

"Then let's analyze the specific strengths of the two sides in today's match... EDG vs. KT, I personally think that the odds of winning for both sides are infinitely close to [-]-[-]."

After a year of training, Rita is no longer just a vase, especially with Xu Cheng leading her. She is quite heroic.

At this moment, she pointed Jiang Shan at the commentary booth and said:
"Whether it's EDG, the champion of the last S tournament, or KT, whose personal abilities are outstanding in every aspect, the duel between the two will definitely collide with unimaginable sparks."

"The strongest is against the strongest, and the tip of a needle is against the awn."

Guan Zeyuan nodded and said: "I agree with what Rita said, that is, the two teams that are fighting today...their personal abilities are very strong!"

"I don't need to say more about EDG. Everyone is familiar with my own team."

"For KT, just one top laner Smeb, I think it will attract everyone's attention and vigilance."

Zhang Weidao: "Smeb is indeed very strong. His personal ability and operation are extremely outstanding. He may be the only player in the world who can go head-to-head with Buddha."

"Smeb... S6 was officially rated as the world's number one top laner. Although he didn't play S in S7, but judging from his state and performance this year, to be honest... we must not be careless today."

Guan Zeyuan said seriously:

"Because the top unit is too important in the current version. This version is almost the top version. The victory or defeat of each team depends on its own top lane. Once there is a problem in the top lane, the probability of winning or losing may fluctuate beyond the limit. Imagine the big..."

"As we all know, our strongest is on the road..."

Hearing the sound, there was a burst of laughter in the audience.

indeed.

Everyone doesn't think Smeb can surpass Murder, but everyone is more certain that Smeb is undoubtedly the one who poses the greatest threat to Xu Cheng compared to other top laners in the S game.

The game is full of surprises, e-sports, before the last step, who can guarantee to have the last laugh?
If you simply compete with past honors and recent status, then you don't need to compete at all, and you can directly award EDG with a trophy.

If the pressure on Xu Cheng from the top laner in other S games is only 60, or even 50...

The pressure that Smeb brought to Xu Cheng was 70, or even 80.

This is the same difference in quality.

Who can think of the end?
Who is the strongest top laner in S8?
Before the results of today's competition come out, everything is still unknown.

Several people were chatting, and the director off the field had already given a reminder.

Guan Zeyuan shook his head.

"Yes... Then we just talked about Murder and Smeb, who is stronger, I think the two players on the field also have each other's answer in their hearts."

"Let's listen together, what do these two world-class top laners have to say...!"

The words fall.

The director switched to the big screen.

The big dark screen suddenly lit up.

Wearing a handsome team uniform, Smeb, who has been out of the LPL audience's field of vision for two years, appeared in front of the camera with a smile on his face.

The signature squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The quarter-finals met EDG... It was a very pleasant surprise for all of us."

"Hmm...why is it a surprise...maybe because there are many players in our team who have great confidence in defeating the LPL, or the EDG team...and they have more experience in dealing with teams in the LPL division."

When Smeb said this, he shrugged.

The expression on his face is also very calm, which means "everyone understands everything, so I don't need to say more."

Sure enough, because of this sentence, there was a commotion in the field.

"Murder's words... Personally, I admire this player very much."

"We have played against each other a few times before, but I lost to him, so I am very unwilling. I think I didn't play my best at that time."

In the shot, Smeb mentioned Xu Cheng, which is also the core issue of the official.

His expression was flat, and he didn't have the extreme admiration for Xu Cheng in the previous interviews with the top laners of other teams.

"As for how I felt about him...it's not a big feeling, if I have to say it...it's actually a pity."

oh?Pity?

Everyone was stunned.

The director in the camera also seemed to be stunned, and asked a question.

"It's a pity... of course it's because I failed to advance to last year's S game, and it was a close call."

Smeb looked serious, and said solemnly: "And I think, according to our strength, if we advanced to the S game last year, then in the case of SKT's poor state, we should be able to win the S7 championship."

"It's really a pity..."

If you were promoted last year, the S7 championship would be yours?
? ? ? ?
For an instant.

The entire scene in Busan, as well as the live broadcast rooms of the competitions around the world, were all blown up!
At this time, everyone understood why Smeb was calm and confident from the beginning to the end when he faced EDG.

This brother of affection thinks that with the intensity of last year's S game, if they change them, they can also win the S game champion!

This…

This is really...

Speechless.

Yes, many people felt a little embarrassed when they heard this sentence.

My heart said that since you were so strong last year, why didn't you advance to the S competition?
You said it yourself, you can win the championship if you advance to the S competition, but why didn't you advance?
But the same.

No matter how many flaws there are in Smeb's words, everyone can already hear the arrogance and conceit in his heart from these few short sentences.

In the eyes of this player, Murder and EDG are not the invincible and invincible monsters in the eyes of other teams outside.

They can be defeated.

Disgusting confidence.

It's been a long time since I saw any top laner of the LCK team dare to say such a thing in public.

There was a lot of noise, cheers and boos.

At this time, the director also switched to the other side.

Xu Cheng's shot.

Xu Cheng, who was dressed in a classic EDG team uniform, didn't have many BBs. Facing the director's question, "What do you think of Smeb's words?"

He said a word calmly:

"Brother, what champion are you?"

Bro, what champion are you?
? ? ? ? !

This sentence can be said to be a heart-pounding blow to the chest. The level A produced a critical strike, and it also came with a certain degree of armor-piercing state.

Accepting the pre-match trash talk interview with Xu Cheng, sitting opposite Smeb, after hearing the meaning of this sentence translated by the translator.

Almost a mouthful of blood spewed out.

The face that was originally smiling confidently was slightly distorted.

Nothing more, a world champion stands in front of you, asking you with doubts and curiosity: "Brother, what kind of champion are you?"

It's even more embarrassing and embarrassing.

Xu Cheng didn't even need to speak too much, and he didn't need to be like Smeb, who obviously didn't have any honor, but tried his best to prove himself.

He only needs a simple sentence, light and airy, without a trace of fireworks, to make the other party speechless in an instant.

It's hard to argue.

A team that hasn't even made it to the S tournament, is it more confident than a dynasty that is about to get a grand slam?

Brother, you have really been in the LCK for a long time!

Now it's S8, times have changed!

Because this conversation was so classic and wonderful, Xu Cheng explained and expressed everything with just one sentence.

That concludes the short pre-match trash talk session.

But the violent barrage on the scene and in the live broadcast room will not just disappear.

"Wow……!"

In the comments section, Guan Zeyuan turned his head in surprise, exchanged a glance with the two commentators beside him, and couldn't help saying, "This trash talk...is really..."

"Knife crit."

Zhang Wei commented with a smile.

"puff…"

Rita laughed straight away.

Needless to say, this evaluation is really vivid.

"It's really a bit tit-for-tat."

As a field controller, Guan Zeyuan was much more stable than these two, mainly because he didn't dare to talk nonsense while standing on this stage.

After calming down, he said, "From the pre-match declarations of the two top players in the world, who may be ranked in the top two, we can smell the smell of gunpowder through the screen."

"Generally speaking, KT is still very confident. Buddha's words...um...simple and direct, hit the nail on the head!"

Rita pretended to be fair and gave her opinion.

"That's right... Anyway, from the speeches of Smeb and Murder, it can be seen that the two players are full of confidence in their own strength and the overall strength of their team."

"This means that in the coming time, the two teams will definitely not let everyone down...Okay, the front director is ready, let's hand over the camera to the commentary booth together!"

The director announced that Guan Zeyuan's words fell.

The director switched cameras and came to the commentary booth.

Doll Miller and PDD, who are responsible for explaining today's highlight, appeared in turn.

Several people briefly introduced themselves, and analyzed everything that should be analyzed.

After chatting for a few words, following the announcement from the director ahead.

The camera switches to the contestants' benches on both sides, showing Xu Cheng a close-up.

The baby took a deep breath and said loudly: "The 2018 Global Finals quarter-final BO5 first match officially begins!"

(End of this chapter)