Full-time: Starting from Ye Xiu vs. Faker

Chapter 487 Five Fierce Rounds, One Move Difficult
"Let's congratulate SKT for continuing their good form from the quarterfinals and getting off to a winning start!"

"...Congratulations to Fan Hua for quickly adjusting her personnel and tactics after losing the first game, and winning back a round!"

"Awesome! Brother Le! Fan Hua has won two games in a row and holds two match points. We're ready for battle!"

"...LCK's last hope held on to its last hope on the brink of elimination. Faker delivered one of the most stunning performances of the entire S-series."

"Looks like...we're going to hear battle songs again today...let's move on to the decisive game between the two teams!"

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"To be honest, is this Fei-sensei really a being that humans can rival?"

After watching the first four matches of both teams, Pei Yunteng couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

This time, the flowers are in trouble.

It has to be said that Zhang Jiale is quite skilled. Pei Yunteng searched his limited memory for a long time but couldn't find an AD player whose overall performance this season was better than Zhang Jiale's.

The other positions in the group are also filled with skilled players. Even Xi Ye, under the guidance of his older brother, is much stronger than the Greek nest that Pei remembered.

If you put this team in any S-series tournament from Pei Yunteng's previous life, they would be qualified to win a championship.

But now, Pei Yunteng has absolutely no confidence in whether they can defeat the SKT team in front of them.

However, the configuration of this SKT team is actually not that luxurious.

The reason is simple: he saw a concept god in the mid lane.

In the first three games, I don't know how KkOma coached Faker, but his playstyle seemed closer to his style in S6, or even the two championships after that. His playstyle was relatively team-oriented, and he was good at covering for the team and stepping up in crucial moments.

Coupled with Fei Laotou's significantly better form than his previous two championship wins, they maintained a dominant mid-lane throughout, forcing Fan Hua to focus their efforts on the bottom lane.

But as the fourth game progressed, Pei Yunteng was astonished to discover:

While the conventional playstyle is relatively team-oriented, this version of Fei will also employ the extremely dazzling and individualistic playstyle that Fei used during his "shrimp rice" era.

In other words, this is the true, complete Faker, possessing the mindset and composure of a 28-year-old Faker, as well as the reaction speed, skills, and spirit of a 17-year-old Faker.

I don't know if it was to keep my secrets or to avoid misleading the team before, but in any case, Fei played relatively steadily in the previous three games.

While he could reliably suppress the young Xi Ye online, he wasn't strong enough to consistently dominate him.

Occasionally, Xiye would even retaliate by solo killing Faker, suggesting that the two were at least evenly matched in terms of gameplay.

As a result, when Fan Hua took the lead with two match points thanks to the valiant performance of the bottom lane team, Fei finally tore off the mask of "team mid laner".

Shrimp rice, let's get started!

In the fourth game, Xiye was completely dominated by Faker's Orianna, getting two solo kills and one gank in less than ten minutes, and then started to wreak havoc everywhere.

They dominated the jungle, then moved to the side lanes; they dominated the side lanes, then seized resources. After several team fights, they won the fourth game with overwhelming force, achieving the biggest kill difference of the day.

The audience, who were initially excited because of the temporary lead of the group, were stunned.

Who is this kid? Pei Yunteng had never seen Ye Xiu play when he was young, but he estimated that even someone as strong as Lao Ye wouldn't be much stronger than this Conceptual God Flying Teacher at the same age.

"This is going to be interesting." Pei Yunteng was surprisingly in a good mood at this moment.

Although Fei is indeed ridiculously strong, the LPL has also developed very well this time.

Even against a team like Fei and SKT, they can still put up a good fight against many other teams.

Based on the performance of Fan Hua in the fifth game, even if they are not likely to win, they seem to be able to counter Fei Laoshi's sudden surge in performance to some extent.

In the fifth game, Xiye didn't get killed three times in ten minutes like in the previous game, so he can be considered to have accomplished a certain amount of delaying mission.

Together with the fierce resistance from the other routes, they managed to hold the situation aloft.

At least for now, they don't seem to show any particularly obvious signs of defeat.

Faced with such a formidable array of strategies, even if SKT manages to win, they will inevitably need to unleash even more of their hidden strengths.
Therefore, unless Blue Rain and Happy engage in an internal battle that completely destroys each other's intelligence, SKT's tactical reserves will not have such a huge advantage in the finals.

Both teams are more experienced and mature in the mid lane than Xiye.

The intensity of the final should be no less than this one.

As long as LPL doesn't show a hopeless lack of strength, like being slaughtered by others, then at least in the short term, Pei Yunteng doesn't need to worry about fans losing trust in the players.

As for whether the contestants will be heartbroken because they didn't win the championship... well, we can only hope that they will live up to expectations.

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The back-and-forth battle between the two sides was ultimately broken by a near-perfect ultimate move during the Elder Dragon fight.

God knows how Faker managed to throw such a sneaky shot from such a tricky angle, so much so that even someone as quick as Zhang Jiale, perhaps due to fatigue from playing five games, was a fraction of a second slower in reacting to the shot.

When they tried to turn around and move away, the magic ball had already unleashed a huge suction force and impact, instantly sucking the two carries and the support into severely injured groups.

Knowing that Faker's Orianna was so powerful that it was impossible to counter, the team had already paid great attention to spreading out their positions. However, a fleeting moment of carelessness was caught by the seventeen-year-old Fei.

Zhang Jiale wanted to make a last-ditch effort with his last sliver of health, but Faker wasn't going to give him that chance. He flashed and used his Q to secure the final kill for Zhang Jiale in this World Championship.
Looking at the now gray screen, Zhang Jiale's face showed a slight daze, even though his hands were still operating subconsciously.

"Well, at least I'm not second place." For no reason, this thought suddenly flashed through his mind, even briefly diluting the feeling of helplessness and heartache.

Unlike in the past, this time the Blooming Flowers team has no disadvantages in terms of lineup, no bad teammates, no internal conflicts or psychological problems, and no despairing injuries.

The true strongest state, the strongest state without any worries.

They also delivered an impressive performance, fighting their way to the semifinals, including a hard-fought victory against the LCK's number one seed, proving the value of their MSI championship.

For Zhang Jiale, this was definitely the most dreamlike journey of his career.

But... it seems this is where it ends.

(End of this chapter)