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Chapter 372 A Great Start! [Zeus (Master YE)]

"Congratulations on V5!!" Guan Zeyuan beamed with joy.

"They defeated DK in just over 20 minutes, fully demonstrating their prowess as the number one seed and securing a winning start to this World Championship!"

I remember listening to Guan Zeyuan's post-match summary and nodding in agreement: "The designers actually intended to 'slow down' this version by enhancing {plating resistance} and {tower damage reduction}. In fact, the average time in the previous qualifying rounds was over 30 minutes."

"But V5 is V5, it can still pull off such a fast-paced push!"

"This is a great start for the LPL! We look forward to seeing the teams in the Swiss rounds perform well as well!"

Ye Bo took off his headphones, a bright smile on his face, and high-fived his teammates in celebration.

Although DK is only the fourth seed from LCK, their first victory in the S13 World Championship symbolizes V5 taking the first step on a long journey, which is still something to be happy about.

Most importantly, they successfully executed the plan without revealing any "flaws".

Admittedly, despite gaining an early advantage in the jungle, V5 failed to break through the game as they had done before, and even encountered setbacks in team fights on the Rift.

However, relying on their outstanding team fight performance and operational decisions, they still managed to win in the second battle in the Rift, forcefully steering the pace back to their strengths!
As the commentator said, even if you cover up the IDs, you'll know this is a V5 match!
"Our old system still seems pretty strong!" Xun joked smugly. "Call T1 over! Have them call T1 over!"

"Master Ye filled the cup with kerosene, and Ni filled it first, right?" Beryl teased, then couldn't wait to run to the other side: "Quick, quick! I want to shake hands!"

The entire V5 team, in high spirits, crossed the center of the stage and headed towards the DK players' bench.

In addition to the cheers and encouragement from the audience, you could also hear the commentary, which was evaluating the match.

"Besides the difference in player skill, this match also felt like V5 was suppressing DK's 'game intelligence'!"

"It has to be said that although they didn't follow the latest meta, they are proving that in the face of absolute strength, there's no need to chase the crowd; they can use what they're best at!"

"Looking at the post-match statistics, Xu Ge's Grasshopper team achieved a remarkable 1/7 record."

The camera pans to the DK players' bench.

Four of the five DK players were entering the World Championship for the first time, and all of them looked dejected.

Although Xu Xiu, the only elder brother, was also heartbroken, he still had to comfort him, saying, "It's okay, it's okay. It's everyone's first World Championship, so it's normal to be a little nervous and not perform well!"

A disheartened top laner, Swioo, replied somewhat dejectedly, "Does this mean the play-in stage doesn't count, Xu Ge? It feels so different from the play-in stage. I thought all champion top laners were the same."

"The qualifying rounds are no big deal!" Xu Xiu went to great lengths to comfort everyone.

"Have you guys ever heard of the 'Top 17' award in the World Championship? Making it to the group stage is the real World Championship, so this is definitely the first match!"

Hearing their older brother's comforting words, the four members of DK were able to calm down.

Unfortunately, there was no one to comfort the older brother.
"Yo yo yo! Isn't this Xu Xiu!" Beryl grinned from ear to ear, patting the other man's shoulder with a chuckle. "Long time no see, bro. It seems like it was only twenty minutes ago. I've missed you!"

"Let's go, let's go." Xu Xiu's face fell, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything harsh.

It's my own fault for having just been beaten up.

When he shook hands with Ye Bo, he stared at him with a rather childish gaze, muttering something in a determined tone.

Ye Bo couldn't understand, so he asked Deft, the translator in front of him, after he left the players' seats.

"He means he'll definitely get Syndra back."

"Oh, too bad, he won't have a chance then~"

The Swiss round BO1 schedule is tight, with 7 more matches to play, so only Ye Bo gave a brief interview on site.

While waiting to prepare on the side of the stage, the first MVP selection, which was a foregone conclusion, was displayed on the big screen.

The audience erupted in cheers!

Ye Bo also saw his new official photos taken on the eve of the World Championship—he stood in front of Seoul's landmark building, the Seoul Tower, with one hand behind his back and the other hand slightly extended towards the camera, as if welcoming the participating teams from afar to come and challenge him.

It gives people a sense of déjà vu, like "Huang Feihong of Huzhou".

His highlight reel from this match was also released.

From the seemingly simple yet extremely difficult solo kill in the laning phase with "Blade in My Arms," ​​to the long-range breakthrough with "Using My Body as Bait," the art of split pushing on the sidelines is truly remarkable.
And the most breathtaking of all, "The Sword from Beyond the Heavens"!
The director sent by Riot Games was very good at creating a special "3D panorama" for this operation, using a multi-camera perspective from a high altitude to recreate the experience for everyone.

The sword flowers slashed through the air by the red and white double blades, blooming with neon flashes high in the sky. The layered light of the two swords in his hand was like the open eyes of a demon!
Watching it again once again brought cheers from the audience!
Ye Bo stepped onto the stage once again amidst the roar of the crowd.

Meanwhile, Park Ji-sun, the LCK's leading female host, who is also nicknamed "Goddess" by netizens on the Anti-Japanese Bar for her upcoming marriage to T1's retired player Bang, was already smiling and waiting on stage.

After the noise subsided, Park Ji-sun finally asked her first question.

First of all, congratulations to V5 on winning the opening match!

"So I believe that not only me, but many viewers are also curious about V5's system and playstyle in this opening match, which seems different from the other teams we are familiar with in the Play-In Stage. Does this mean that V5 has a unique understanding of the World Championship version?"

After all, she has the persona of being the 'wife of a former professional gamer'.

Park Ji-sun has always been known for his professionalism in the game in LCK, and he immediately asked a detailed question.

Ye Bo flashed his signature smile and replied somewhat evasively, "Of course, every team has its own understanding of the version. As for us V5, we do prefer the old system."

Park Ji-sun was a translator before, in a position similar to Yu Shuang in the LPL.

So even before the translator could give a reply, she understood the meaning and nodded with a smile.

In her view, receiving this response meant that the "task" she had just received had been accomplished.

She then immediately changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, whether it's the TOP20 players announced before the competition or the MV for the theme song of 'Ascension to Godhood,' you, YE, are very eye-catching, especially the storyline in the theme song, which is completely based on your journey in last year's S-series."

So how do you evaluate this matter?

This is actually an event that has recently caused quite a stir in the LCK.

The theme song music video for this year's event is considered by everyone to be of superior quality, with both special effects and storyline being top-notch, receiving unanimous praise from both domestic and international audiences.

Only the Korean fans of LCK are extremely dissatisfied!

At the time, comments like, "What's going on? Filming a personal documentary?!" and "They're hosting this tournament in Korea this year, and instead of filming scenes from our country, they're just filming this?" and "Faker didn't even get this kind of treatment when he won two S5 championships" were common.

Of course, everyone knows that their strong reaction is because everything in the documentary is a "whipping" of the LCK region's corpse last year!
It's completely tearing open the wound.
Faced with a question that could offend people no matter how you answered, Ye Bo seemed quite calm and picked up the microphone without thinking.

"I think it's a great film." "If I had to say something, I'd say I hope we can turn this documentary into a trailer in the end!"

"After all, our goals for this year's World Championship are exactly the same as our goals for last year's S12 World Championship~"

The Chinese fans at the scene instantly went wild.

The other fans waiting for the translation were only stunned for a moment before cheering and jeering.

Everyone was thrilled by Ye Bo's bold statement!
Only the fans from the Korean region, upon hearing the words relayed by the translator, had their already grim expressions turn even darker!
Park Ji-sun also showed a slightly embarrassed expression.

She glanced at the question following the cue cards: "V5 has received a lot of attention from all sides at this World Championship, and there are high expectations placed on you to complete the 'Road to Gold' challenge. This is very important for you..."

Sensing the oppressive atmosphere in her own section of the audience, she quickly and silently crossed out the question.

Who knows what else they might say?
If Ye Bo were to reply with something like, "Then we'll meet everyone's expectations and crush everyone in this finals, completing our golden journey right at South Korea's doorstep," it would be a different story.

She can't even imagine the mental pressure she must be putting on her fans who just suffered a defeat in the opening match!

To know.

This year's World Championship is being held in South Korea!

"Next... um, last question!" Park Ji-sun paused slightly.

"So, for V5, who do you think is the biggest opponent in this finals, if you had to rank them in the top three?"

This is clearly a very difficult question to answer.

Although Ye Bo did not avoid the question, he still showed a bit of 'high emotional intelligence': "It's hard to rank them. After all, all the teams that can come to the World Championship are very strong. Before the competition, no one can say who is stronger."

"I'll just say which teams I'm most looking forward to playing against: HLE, GEN, and G2!"

Ye Bo's answer was completely sincere.

HLE Hanwha has two old rivals from last year's S-series finals, who are also former teammates in their bot lane duo—not to mention the strong sense of camaraderie and nostalgia, the two sides haven't even played a single match this year, so there's definitely something to look forward to.

GEN, on the other hand, had their former teammate Viper on the team, who also missed the Asian Games and "played very little".

Ye Bo originally wanted to mention T1 last, but he suddenly remembered the funny thing that G2's coach had done on the foreign website, plus the opposing players had also made some tough remarks, so he just blurted it out.

But that's what he said.

The LCK livestream chat was exploding with messages.

[Haha! Hanwha ranks first! I knew Hanwha was the real hidden boss of LCK!]

[They just wanted to reminisce about last year's finals. Anyone with eyes can see that YE actually wanted to talk about GEN first. GEN is the undisputed number one seed!]

What the hell does this mean? No T1?! Who are you calling a jerk?!

Does YE think G2 is stronger than T1?

[Heh, it's just a YE ordering that's getting you all excited, who cares what he says! Who cares!!]

[Ideally, someone wouldn't care~~~~]

Ye Bo had no idea that his casual remark would inexplicably spark a fight in the LCK livestream.

After the interview, he bowed to signal that he was leaving the stage.

And then he walked back to the players' backstage area.

As soon as they stepped into the room, they were greeted by shouts in various languages, and many players from different teams stood up!
This treatment makes it seem like they're all V5 players welcoming Ye Bo back in triumph!
Clearly, these contestants were excited about the exciting match they had just witnessed, especially the "backstage anecdotes" that Ye Bo was unaware of.
Of course, most of them are players from European and American teams.

On the other side, everyone from LCK had a completely blank expression, except for the members of Hanwha, whose expressions were relatively natural.

The breaks between matches are short.

The next round of the Swiss tournament will soon begin.

However, due to the draw rules, the first round of the Swiss system matches was not very suspenseful, and the difference in strength between each team was obvious.

The results were largely in line with most people's expectations.

The only truly thrilling match was against WBG, where top laner TheShy and mid laner Xiaohu took turns being incredibly unreliable. Fortunately, the bot lane duo from the Asian Games finally woke up, and they ultimately managed to defeat North America's number one seed, NRG, without much trouble.

Interestingly...

In the following matches, quite a few teams actually started using the Summer Split version of the system again—after all, not all teams are good at using the World Championship version system that prioritizes the top laner.

This is not hard to find.

V5's "impact" on all teams is very direct.

This also includes T1, which appeared last.

"Zeus used Yone's Q-Flash-W combo to completely break Sivir's shield! He then solo-killed Yeon's Sivir in TL's bot lane!"

"That's the trick I was using too!" Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but tease, "Zeus, you're really putting your knowledge to good use! You stole it right away!"

"However, I saw some analysis of Master Ye's play during the break. Breaking Sivir's shield should be much easier than breaking Malzahar's shield."

The live stream chat was incredibly lively.

[YE: You can call me Master, I'll teach you the ten core competencies of League of Legends!]

[What nonsense is Guan Zeyuan spouting? What do you mean by "stealing"? I'm asking you, what do you mean by "stealing"! So he thinks he can use that maneuver? My Zeus clearly knew it all along! Everyone knows Yone is his specialty! It's just that Yone used it first!]

Don't be so hasty. I beat Yeon this time, but I'll beat you Ye next time!

[Stop pretending, you tadpole! Stop acting like a Zeus fan!]

[Hahaha, Zeus himself said in his post-match interview that he just learned it, and he's still being stubborn. It's not shameful to imitate Master Ye (a famous Chinese physician)~~~]

【T1-Zeus (respected teacher YE)】

And with the conclusion of the first round of eight matches in the Swiss system.

The second round, which will truly determine everyone's fate and is likely to involve many tough battles, is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)