I just turned eighteen, and you want me to make a comeback?

Chapter 66-Brutal promotion, the battle for the quarterfinals!
For four days, everyone was preparing seriously.

Darshan had originally planned to retire after this S5, wanting to leave behind a glorious final performance in his career, but he didn't expect to be beaten so badly...

At this time, if he announced his upcoming retirement, his fans would not only not try to keep him, but would instead sarcastically say that he was forced to retire by Yuan Shen.

This is not okay.

He must save face!
Darshan works hard every day to train...stress resistance techniques.

Darshan controlled the Stone Man, resisting the pressure while thinking, "I'm not a coward. This is a strategic necessity. I'm a team player. I don't need to compete with opponents online. I'm good at handling pressure, not a loser..."

On the LCK side, KOO team is also having a hard time.

KOO is the first Korean team in LCK history to be shut out in an international tournament. How could they not be angry?

Although there have been many teams in the past that were not as good as them.

For example, Samsung was sent home in the round of 3 in S, and Najin was defeated by OMG - with White Shield.

However, as the team that performed the worst in this World Championship and the only one that did not take first place in the group, KOO learned from their mistakes and was determined to take revenge on Flash Wolves.

Although they won two games in the first round, second only to Flash Wolves, their chances of qualifying are very high.

But the clean sheet record still nailed them to the pillar of shame.

We must fight back in the second round!

……

The four days of the offseason passed in the blink of an eye.

The second round of group matches came quickly.

But even if it's only four days, many viewers are still eagerly waiting.

"I'm going to die if I don't have any games to watch."

"The second round seems to be a foregone conclusion. One more win for Flash Wolves and SKT will secure their place."

"What do you know? The second round of the group stage is always the most exciting. All the tricks will be brought out, all kinds of point-grabbing moves. You will definitely see a lot of unconventional lineups."

Said an old player who has watched the S game for several years.

There was a lot of discussion on the barrage.

The schedule for the second round of group matches is different from that of the first round.

In the first round of the group stage, each team will play three BO1 matches in four days, with one bye day. They will play a maximum of one BO1 per day and will not play repeatedly.

Such a schedule not only allows everyone to have enough time to prepare tactics and adjust their status, but also allows each group of teams to maintain a fairly high exposure rate.

Starting from the second round of group matches, all matches of a group will be completed every day.

Each team will play at least three BO1 matches.

If there is a tie, an extra game will be played until the qualifying spots are decided.

In other words, two teams will enter the quarterfinals every day, and two teams will be eliminated and leave the world championship stage.

On October 10, the final match of Group B, where the host team FNC is located, will be held.

After a fierce competition, the final result was both reasonable and unexpected.

FNC, which performed well in the first round, still maintained a very good competitive state, winning all three games and advancing as the first in the group with a score of 5-1.

Huni used Nasus, Riven, and Fiora in the three games respectively, and played an absolutely dominant performance in each game.

Especially when using Riven to face IG, a wave of teleportation support and a quad kill under the tower defeated IG.

The team that advanced second from the group was not the North American pride C9, nor IG, but AHQ.

Ximen completely exploded in the second round. Whether it was Fizz, Twisted Fate, or Kassadin, they all played at a very high level, leading the team to consecutive victories over IG and C9, winning the second qualifying ticket in Group B.

The first day of competition ended and the audience became excited.

The birth of the two quarterfinal teams means that the two teams bid farewell to the World Championship and end their S5 journey early.

But there is no way, the World Championship is so cruel.

On October 10th, Group C began, and the wildcard team BKT was still struggling to win.

After defeating BKT, EDG faced SKT again.

This time, EDG exerted all its strength, but still couldn't stop SKT's winning streak.

The top laner AJ was killed by MaRin again, and this time it was Noxus who defeated the crocodile...

There is nothing more heart-breaking than killing someone.

Just when LPL fans were worried that SKT would play like EDG and deliberately lose to H2K, SKT proved one thing with their actions.

They look down on all teams equally, no matter if you are EDG or Yue Lun...

SKT defeated H2K in an almost overwhelming manner, and Yue Lun ultimately failed to fulfill his long-cherished wish of revenge on the big devil.

With the same score of 3-2, EDG and H2K began to compete for the last ticket.

In the life-and-death game, EDG chose a four-protect-one lineup with Malphite on top and Lulu in the middle, and restricted H2K from beginning to end.

In the 32-minute game, H2K only got one kill and EDG won easily.

The Group C competition is over, SKT is first in the group and EDG is second.

The comments that were originally filled with insults suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although many people criticized Mingkai for reaching the quarterfinals each time in the two World Championships, they felt exhausted to be able to reach the quarterfinals this time.

The difference between SKT in the World Championship and MSI is really huge!

The overwhelming dominance makes it impossible for people to muster even the slightest desire to resist.

Even the S4 champion mid laner Pawn felt like he had no place to use his strength when facing Faker.

H2K and BKT, head back home.

There are only twelve teams left fighting in the World Championship.

On October 10, the Group D competition kicked off.

After giving up the unrealistic idea of ​​"fire forging iron", LGD exerted all its strength.

After defeating KT 1-0 in the first game, they won consecutive games, defeating TSM and OG in succession.

Just when everyone thought LGD would play a tiebreaker with KT for the top spot in the group, problems arose with KT.

In the match against OG, Xpeke fully demonstrated his strength as a veteran mage. Not only did he kill Nagne alone in the lane, he also roamed around crazily with the jungler, and after a fierce battle of 40 minutes, they narrowly defeated KT.

KT lost in the last game before the extra game with LGD, so the extra game that was originally planned was naturally shelved.

"LGD ranked first in the group, KT ranked second."

When Miller said this, all LPL viewers breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, the European brothers were very supportive. It really scared me to death."

"Damn it, if we hadn't let Tienan go, there wouldn't have been so much trouble. Wouldn't it have been over if we had just beaten him earlier?"

"If anyone dares to release Tienan again, I'll spray him so hard that he won't even recognize me!"

……

There was a lot of discussion on forums and BBS, and some even believed that even the weakest team in LPL could fight against Flash Wolves if they got Malphite.

Of course, some people also asked in confusion on the forum.

"Why does the red team have to ban both Malphite and Gangplank? Can't they just ban one or both and take one of each?"

There was a lot of discussion below the post, and everyone had their own opinions.

Soon, a man who was said to have been a coach of a top professional team came out to answer.

"Taiwanese Iron Man has a higher priority than Gangplank. It can even be said that this hero is fully capable of killing the game before Gangplank develops."

(End of this chapter)