LOL: I just turned 18, let me fight back and be reborn

Chapter 386 The Top Eight are Finalized, Old Friends Meet! 《Psychological Suggestion Techniques》!
At noon, the final suspense of the Swiss cruise ship will be revealed.

In contrast, LNG and DK both drew relatively weak teams.

WBG's subsequent draw luck was really bad—they actually drew the strongest team besides LPL and LCK in the 1-2 pool: [TL]!
It's important to understand that this Team Liquid (TL) is no longer the North American team led by Doublelife a few years ago; it has undergone a complete overhaul and rebuild.

It's a true "blood transfusion"!
The reason is simply because the current TL is a purebred, all-Korean team!
The top laner is SKT's original top laner, DaMu, and the support is GEN's original champion, CoreJJ. These two are also "domestic players" holding US green cards—like the marksman YEON, who is of Korean-American descent, they do not occupy foreign player slots.

This is also due to the fact that the North American region has had no achievements in the past ten years, so Riot Games set up "custom rules" specifically for them.

Other regions either look at the place of origin or the place of registration, but North America is unique in that it looks at "real-time nationality".

The foreign player slots were taken by mid-laner Haeri (Korean) and jungler Pyosik.

That's right.

It's that jungler from last year's runner-up DRX, and also the former teammate of the current V5 bot lane duo!

At the same time, the head coach of this TL team is even the former SKT top laner, the first FMVP top laner in the history of the World Championship: Marin!
This team, consisting of six members of pure Korean descent, and even boasting four S-series champions, is a truly all-Korean team.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them the LCK's "fifth seed"!

If it weren't for their bad luck in the draw, where they drew T1 in the first round, they might not have ended up in the 1-2 situation.

"Can you close the account?" Saint Gun looked at the WBG members walking onto the stage, seemingly even more nervous than if he were going to go on stage himself.

Ye Bo, standing nearby, was also a little worried for them.

No wonder people don't believe them.

The main reason is that in TL's first match against T1, it was a close and hard-fought battle that lasted for nearly 40 minutes. TL was even leading until the end of the match, and only lost to T1 due to a small mistake at the last minute.

This is in stark contrast to WBG's near-shutout loss yesterday (1-14), making it hard not to worry.

Fortunately, League of Legends is never a simple matter of {A beats B, B beats C, then A will definitely beat C}; in fact, it's almost entirely unrelated.

The facts have proven that V5's training with WBG over the past few days has been effective!

"Pyosik still wants to gank mid, but Xiaohu needs to make some plays!!"

"Xiaohu pulled off a counter-kill under the tower! No, wait, it's a double kill!!"

"Don't take a tiger for granted! Little Tiger stepped up this game! His laning style is completely different from the previous two days!"

"Is this still Little Tiger!?"

Pyosik's attempt to attack the mid lane failed, and he had already given up.

But Xiaohu actually did something "abnormal"—he actually turned around and "seduce" her when he was at very low health!
If he had prioritized survival and stability a few days ago, he certainly wouldn't have performed like this.

But he actually did it!

The victory in the mid lane, although it may not seem like it widened the economic gap, has clearly begun to change the situation.

This is also a point that is "overlooked" by many people.

Sometimes you feel that it's hard to kill someone even if you play aggressively, so you might as well play it safe and develop steadily. But often, once your opponent realizes that you are aggressive enough, they will inadvertently become cautious and even timid.

It is precisely this indirect influence that has this effect.

It often becomes the key to victory at crucial moments!

"Hong Changxian is still the same as ever." Beryl sighed and shook his head as he looked at his former teammate.

Pyosik was a very "brainless" jungler when he was with DRX last year, relying heavily on his support's command and remote control.

Now that he's in the leadership position at TL, without anyone to advise him, he's likely to become lost if he can't find his rhythm.

And these are the same countermeasures that Beryl taught the WBG team yesterday.

no way.

Although they were teammates before, Beryl now feels that he is, after all, an LPL player.
[I told you P was a liability at last year's World Championship, DRX's only team to make it to the top 16 is about to be decided~~~]

[Wait a minute? The rumor that Master Ye gave Xiao Hu special training is true? He looks completely different now! Is this even Xiao Hu?!]

[The Tiger's Evolution! The Crawling Zone → Emerging from the Cocoon into a Fly!]

[Those who said WBG would be defeated by the Korean team before the match? Step forward!]

【^^, getting a reskinned version of seed #5 is such a hassle, I'll just give you a DK in 2-2 and you'll behave.】

Despite defeating TL, none of the WBG members relaxed.

They all knew that the real battle might be yet to come.

In the second round of the draw, LNG and G2 were drawn separately, and the final natural allocation was carried out.

Both WBG and DK felt a jolt of fear.

"The final matchup will be WBG vs. DK!"

"The final quarterfinal spot, the last round showdown between the fourth seeds from the two major regions! Let's wait and see tomorrow!"

That night.

Ye Bo gave Xiao Hu another "special training".

"Xu Xiu's laning style is quite different from other LCK mid laners." Ye Bo thought back to his memory of the match against DK: "That's right!"

"He's a bit like you from before, Tiger!"

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Xiao Hu didn't know if the other person was insulting him.

However, DK had just defeated WBG in the play-in stage not long ago, and by a large margin.

At this moment, Xiaohu clearly lacked confidence.

In Ye Bo's view, the most important thing to make Xiao Hu unleash his full potential is to keep him confident and believe that he is not that strong.

Ye Bo came up with a method called "psychological suggestion".

"Tiger, imagine yourself as Faker, and then beat the opposing 'Little Tiger'! — Believe me, Xiu Meike is really about the same level as you now!"

Little Tiger obediently closed his eyes.

But after a short while, he shook his head blankly: "No, I can't imagine it at all, I can't relate to it!"

"Then, imagine yourself in my shoes?" Ye Bo continued to offer suggestions.

After listening, Xiao Hu closed his eyes again and shook his head even faster.

"I can't imagine myself closing my eyes; I can only imagine myself facing off against you."

Ye Bo felt that something was amiss.

He was having a mental brainstorming session.

Is it possible that all mid-lane players would leave him with such memories?

"I've got it!" Ye Bo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"You can try putting yourself in Uzi's shoes!"

"Imagine you are Uzi now, and Xu Xiu sitting across from you tomorrow is 'Little Tiger'."

Don't tell me yet.

This is really useful!
Compared to Lee Sang-hyeok and Ye Bo, who have no interaction in daily life and only have various "painful memories" of facing each other on the field, Uzi is Xiaohu's long-time teammate, so Xiaohu is extremely familiar with him.

It's so immersive!
The better news is that, although they are teammates and not playing the same position against each other, there is still a certain psychological effect of "suppression".
[Final day of the Swiss cruise]

LNG and G2 unsurprisingly defeated C9 and MAD, two European and American teams, to advance to the quarterfinals.

The final match will determine the last spot in the quarterfinals.

Everyone in the stadium was filled with anticipation. "In the final match, LPL and LCK are destined to face off; only three teams can advance to the quarterfinals!"

Let's wait and see!

The home team's Roaring Emperor seemed to be in a good mood.

After all, judging from past performance, DK is indeed superior.

This tournament is also very important for the LCK region. As the S-series held on home soil, if a team is eliminated in the round of 16 during the quarterfinals, the quarterfinals will be significantly reduced by one team.

In any case, this will be a huge blow to the morale of the competition area!
LCK failed to win a single international championship all year, and even suffered a defeat against LPL at MSI, which turned into an "inter-regional war". Now, they desperately need the World Championship to "boost morale" for all viewers!
Xu Xiu also looked excited, feeling very satisfied that he could lead such a youthful DK team to the quarterfinals!
Before the minion waves even reached the lane, the two mid laners met in the mid lane.

Xu Xiu wanted to have a friendly interaction with the other party.

However, when he tried to press Ctrl+4 for the "Laugh" key, his hand slipped and he accidentally pressed Ctrl+3 for the "Dance" key instead.

Interestingly, Xu Xiu's chosen heroine for this match, Syndra, has a dance move that involves basically just waving her hands – a "hand gesture dance".
Xiao Hu witnessed this scene.

Suddenly, I felt like I was starting to get into it.

When he, controlling the Tsar, pressed the "laugh" button in response, Xu Xiu on the other side immediately responded with a "laugh" as well.
That's right! That's right!
All right!

Xiao Hu's eyes gradually hardened.

A surge of excitement welled up inside her, and even her face seemed to turn a little flushed.

"Brother Xu! What's Brother Xu doing?! It looks like Brother Xu is about to get solo killed!?"

"Single kill!!!"

"Xiaohu got a solo kill in the mid lane! Xiaohu! Xiaohu burned himself out in WBG's do-or-die game! He was burning with passion!!"

Not only were the LPL commentators on the commentary stage extremely excited, but the V5 team members backstage also jumped up in surprise.

At that moment, Ye Bo suddenly pointed to the live footage on the screen.

"Huh?? Why did the mid-lane cam go black?!"

It was an incredible coincidence.

Just then, the camera in front of the WBG players' bench, specifically the one for the mid-laner, suddenly malfunctioned, flickering intermittently.
And out of the ten people present, he was the only one who broke the rules!
The comments section clearly noticed this scene very quickly as well.

[Dude, is it physical burnout? It's burned like this!? It even dried out the camera!]

[Sometimes invisible, sometimes bursting with power, appearing and disappearing, perfectly matching the performance on the field!]

[Don't be so cynical, it's actually a successful summoning of Akali's human form; this is her entering and exiting the Mist Array!]

[I'm an electrician. This situation is due to voltage instability and a broken circuit. So the question is—why is the voltage unstable?]

Is it because it's impossible to do without it?

【I don't care! Brother Xu is the district head! Brother Xu is the district head!】

When the mid laner who was supporting the DK's rhythm fell, the situation instantly deteriorated.

WBG secured the first victory, and with their confidence soaring, they grew stronger with each battle, while DK's players became increasingly confused.

Xu Xiu was already lying on the chair with a relieved smile on her face.

WBG ultimately defeated DK 2-0!

"Congratulations to WBG!!!" Miller shouted excitedly on the commentary stage: "They have become the last team to enter the quarterfinals of S13, which also means that all four LPL teams have entered the quarterfinals!"

"This will be the first time in LPL history that all four teams have made it to the quarterfinals, and it will be the best result in our region's history!"

"This also marks another time that Gala, a player on the team, has reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship."

Compared to the jubilation of the LPL commentators, the LCK commentators at the home stadium clearly didn't look too happy.

LCK fans in the stands immediately cut off the view.

Various opinions emerged, including "It doesn't matter," "Nobody cares about the fourth seed anyway," and "WBG will just be a stepping stone for T1 if they get in," showing a stark contrast to the cheers and shouts at the start of the game.

And a brief post-match interview at the scene.

Xiao Hu looked radiant and nodded without hesitation when asked about the online rumors that V5 helped with training.

"It's true. The entire V5 team sacrificed their rest time to help us train. We are very grateful to them."

"Master Ye's help to me, in particular, has been immense in every way!"

Xiao Hu couldn't go into too much detail.

However, judging from his expression and what just happened on the field, netizens have already started creating their own creative works.

It wasn't until the quarterfinals draw, which had been delayed for a while, began that everyone's attention was finally drawn.

The lottery table is still in the form of a "lucky bag".

The host explained the tournament rules: "It's worth mentioning that this year's quarterfinals will still follow the same rules as previous quarterfinals."

"Now, please welcome our quarterfinals raffle guest, player Khan!"

Khan, who had just retired from the military this year, had a buzz cut, looked like he had lost more than ten pounds, and had an honest face, walked onto the stage and bowed to the audience.

He then grabbed a brocade pouch and opened it, and cheers immediately erupted from below.

"The first team drawn is T1!"

"Then their opponent will be LNG, the third seed from the LPL region!"

"This will be a closely contested match. Now, let's have Khan draw the second team."

The live broadcast director showed a backstage shot.

The T1 players remained expressionless upon seeing the results.

The LNG players, who had just won two consecutive games and advanced to the quarterfinals, did not seem to have much of a reaction.

Scout, aware that the camera was focused on him, gave the camera a nonchalant smile, trying to portray a calm and collected demeanor.

However, if the result of the first group of draws is acceptable to both sides.

As soon as the results of the second group were announced, LPL viewers widened their eyes and raised questions.

"Fuck!!"

"Holy crap, you can even get a domestic match like this?! JDG?!"

"What bad luck for WBG?"

It was as if WBG had used up his luck in another time and space, as he drew the worst possible lot again.

It directly triggered a civil war!
Although LPL teams occupy four of the eight quarterfinal spots, it's not surprising that an internal battle could occur given the odds.

But this is certainly not good news for WBG fans.

"At least we won't have a civil war now."

"Is it our turn? Isn't it our turn?"

The V5 players didn't have the energy to pay attention to others for a moment, and then they saw themselves being pulled out of the pool.

Following closely behind them was HLE Hanwha, a team with which they share a deep bond, having many "old teammates" on both sides!

"They've really come!"

The last two brocade pouches automatically formed a pair.

The final quarterfinal matchups are out!

T1 vs LNG
JDG vs WBG
V5vsHLE
GEN vs G2
(End of this chapter)