LPL History

Chapter 154 Tango's Nine Turns Urge the Dead Souls, A Single Letter of Surrender Weeps on the Han River
Miller's words drew most people's attention to the equipment gap between the two sides.

Holy crap, the Iceborn Gear is this good?!

[Outrageous! Would Zhou Chu steal money?]

[Zhou Chu's Ice Mage might not be a main E-class character, wow, this guy has a lot of weird tricks up his sleeve.]

[Other professional players are terrified of making mistakes when they get to the World Championship, but Zhou Chu is still doing research even though he's already in the semifinals?]

This is Zhou Chu from our LPL! Do you have a Zhou Chu like this in OGN?

EDG player seats.

Zhou Li glanced at his money and headed on his way.

He decided to fight two more waves of soldiers before returning to town, so he could buy a pickaxe when he got back.

However, just as he logged on, Expession's weapon master also came online.

Faced with the three-piece Ice set, only the weapon in NJS's lineup is not afraid of facing Ice in a one-on-one situation.

After all, no matter the version, Jax is always the ADC's worst nightmare.

Moreover, although the weapon was severely suppressed by EDG's bot lane duo in the early game, it still gained some room to develop after the lane was swapped back.

There is no way to limit a champion like Shen to split push and farm.

Therefore, the weapon at this point has already been made with Trinity Force, plus a Bilgewater scimitar.

Ice may seem to have three pieces of equipment, but it will all be smashed to pieces in front of weapons.

After all, with the weapon's Bilgewater Scimitar, a single pull and the activation of Counterstorm would allow it to chase down and smash the Frostbolt.

The same applies to Expession.

Upon seeing the ice appear in his field of vision, Expession muttered under his breath:
"Hey brat, if he dares to come up here, I'll smash his head in."

The watch that was closer to Expension spoke up:

"Let me take a look."

As soon as the Lee Sin started moving, Expession began swearing.

"Ugh! What a disgusting guy, he keeps spouting nonsense."

"Does it hurt? It doesn't hurt at all. Is there too much blue stuff? It's like a fly."

"Oh no, I'm really going to get angry!"

After using her W skill on him three times, Hanbing became even more arrogant this time, actually daring to directly attack him!

Expession simply couldn't tolerate even a little bit!
Keep in mind that Ashe's attack range is 600 yards, and the weapon's Q skill, Leap Slash, also has a range of 600 yards!

In other words, as long as Ashe gets the weapon, the weapon can jump onto Ashe's face!

Expession couldn't understand who gave Hanbing the courage to come up and attack him all by himself!
Seeing Hanbing approach, EXpession hovered his mouse over Hanbing and frantically pressed Q.

But Hanbing was just feinting and immediately retreated.

Ice Spirit Boots are equipped with Swift Boots, and Expession knows he can't keep up with Ice Spirit's movement speed if he tries to chase her head-on.

Having scared off the arrogant Ice, Expession was about to turn back.

However, as soon as he turned around, Han Bing also turned around and chased after him.

"It's over!"

In the commentary booth, Miller couldn't help but shout out.

"Zhou Li has triggered his passive skill, inviting his opponent to dance the tango!"

Watching the weapon and the ice relentlessly advance and retreat on the live stream, the doll couldn't help but say:

"Tango is just walking and swaying, taking three steps and then leaping back twice, taking five steps and then bending down, taking six steps and then waving your hand, and then you walk and sway, that's tango."

Expession stared intently at Hanbing's movements, then suddenly changed his rhythm—

"Caught!"

He activated Counterattack Storm and was about to jump in, but the moment he pressed Q, a piercing notification sound rang out indicating that he was too far away.

Expession's mind instantly conjured up countless solutions.

He knew that having been tricked into unleashing the counterattack storm, he now had no other choice but to teleport forward!

The Weapon Master flashed and used Q to jump in, but Zhou Li's reaction was too fast. He used Flash the instant the Weapon Master jumped in, and immediately created distance!
The weapon's counterattack storm was turned off by Expesion himself, but it didn't stun the Ice, who had immediately created distance.

Expession's heart skipped a beat; he knew he was doomed!

Ashe's W skill immediately slows down the weapon, then she activates her Q skill and starts scratching!
Expession knew he had no way out and could only grit his teeth and keep going.

He used his Bilgewater scimitar to slow down the ice.

But the difference between the two is so small that they can never reach each other no matter what.

However, although Ashe's damage is not high, we also need to consider what equipment Zhou Li has at this time.

With the three-piece Frost set, hitting a weapon without physical resistance will be incredibly painful!

In EDG's voice chat, only Zhou Li's voice could be heard!

"My turn!"

"My turn!"

"My turn!"

"It's my turn again!"

At this moment, Watch's Lee Sin finally arrived. Seeing that the weapon had already lost half of its health, his first reaction was to apply a shield to the weapon and use it as a stepping stone to chase after Ashe.

However, as soon as he used W, Ashe unleashed her ultimate ability!

"boom!"

The magic crystal arrow stunned the blind monk in place, and Expession could only control his weapon to retreat quickly and wait for the skill cooldown.

Adhering to the ADC principle of "targeting the closest enemy," Zhou Li did not choose to chase after the weapon.

They shifted their firepower towards Lee Sin.

In such close proximity, Ashe's ultimate ability doesn't stun for very long.

Lee Sin quickly broke free from the control. Watch knew that the ADC in front of him had incredibly skillful movement, so he chose the safest approach!
E flashes his hand!
However, Zhou Li seemed to have anticipated Watch's actions and started sprinting ahead of time!

In this match, Zhou Li still used the Sprint skill.

It's truly unfair that Caitlyn takes Ghost while Ashe doesn't.

In League of Legends, so many champions can choose to pair with any Summoner Spell, but there are only two champions who will lose their soul if they don't take Ghost!
One of them is Darius in the top lane!
One of them is Ashe in the bottom lane!

And it was this instantaneous speed that caused Lee Sin's E skill to miss completely!

Seeing that his E-Flash missed, Watch paused for a moment, but muscle memory had already made him use his Q skill!
The ending was naturally turned around by Han Bing with a nonchalant attitude.

The match has now come down to Zhou Li's turn!

The barrage of arrows, combined with the slow effect of his Q skill, made it extremely difficult for Lee Sin to move.

Watch tried several times to turn around and kick Hanbing away.

But the ice kept them firmly at the limit of their distance, and they just couldn't touch them!

Upholding the spirit of never giving up, Expession was unwilling to abandon his teammates, so he gritted his teeth and used his Q skill to jump in!
QAW instantly reduced Frost's health by a third.

But that's all.

[Double kill!]

As the sound effects of a double kill played, the director immediately showed Zhou Li's first-person perspective replay.

"My turn!"

"My turn!"

Switch screens.

"Shenchao, keep leading, no need for big shots."

"Curly Hair, go and set up vision control in the jungle."

Switch screens.

"My turn!"

"It's my turn again!"

Zhou Li's mesmerizing voice rang out instantly!

"My God!" Miller couldn't hold back any longer in the commentary booth. "Lion is going too far! How come it's always your turn?!"

"I don't even know what words to use to describe this pulling and tugging! It's practically turning the glass red-hot!" the doll chimed in. "Elegant, so elegant!"

"This is the right way to use ice!"

The live stream room was now filled with question marks.

【? ? ? ? 】

Holy crap, this pulling and tugging is giving me the creeps.

I was narrow-minded before; it turns out that sprinting is the true romance unique to ADCs.

[The typical signs of a scumbag like Zhou Chu: 1. He makes whoever he ejaculates pregnant. 2. He's always pulling and tugging at her, going in and out.]

This brings us to the archery ceremony mentioned in the Zhou Dynasty's rites. It just goes to show that some people are good at playing ADC (Attack Damage Carry), they have a special advantage.

[Come and learn with me: Those who practice archery do not merely learn it for the skill; the archery etiquette established by the ancient sage Duke Zhou requires our careful understanding.]

In the practice of archery, the Zhou rituals were still far too authoritative.

[You thought it was Zhou Chu's exposed backside, but actually Zhou Chu used his backside to lure the snake out of its hole.]

NJS players' bench.

The two who had been killed by the ice were silent, while Pray started to rage again.

"Ah! What are you guys doing?! Why are you feeding the enemy kills again?!" For Pray, the outcome of the game was now secondary.

Your KDA needs to be better than the enemy Lion's.

It was so hard for Ashe to get many kills in this game, but then her two brain-dead teammates, the top and jungle, worked together and one died and the other fed. It was disgusting.

Listening to Pray's unrestrained remarks, Watch finally couldn't hold back this time.

"Shut your stinking mouth, you brat! Do you want me to teach you how to be a decent human being? You piece of trash, have I ever given you face?"

Watch had clearly been holding back Pray for a long time, and when he finally opened his mouth, it was like a barrage of bullets, lasting for almost three minutes in the voice chat.

Then, NJS's voice chat fell into complete silence.

After a while, mid laner Nagen finally spoke:

"The enemy team is grouped up. I'll find an opportunity to use Ashe."

"How do I open it?" Pray started muttering again. "He's already gone home and bought mercury."

"Then let's not fight!" Watch, in its red-hot state, cursed. "Let's just surrender! Surrender now!"

Watch immediately clicked "surrender".

Before Pray could say anything more, four green lights had already lit up in the bottom right corner of his teammate's profile.

NJS's surrender came suddenly and inexplicably, so much so that many people hadn't even reacted before the NJS players had already stood up and left their seats.

At the Korean commentary booth, Jeon Yong-jun's eyes widened.

"Oh! They've surrendered already? So suddenly?!"

Logically speaking, even if someone were to surrender, it should only be done after a team fight has been completed and it's confirmed that there's absolutely no hope left.

What's more, this is on the stage of the World Championship semi-finals!
If this game is decided, it will directly hand EDG match point!
NJS just went straight to that?!

Kim Dong-jun sighed.

"It seems like there's something off between the NJS players. Did they have a fight? I saw that when Da and the others left, they left Pray behind all by himself."

"Ah, I don't know what happened, but the atmosphere is really strange. NJS needs to make some adjustments during the break... I hope they can get back into form."

Quan Yongjun nodded and said:

"In that case, congratulations to EDG for winning the second game and reaching match point. Lion is definitely the culprit for ruining the atmosphere within NJS. If I were being kited around like that in a game, I would be very angry too."

Zhao Enjing asked with concern:

"Is there really no way to deal with this? It seems like Lion always manages to leave everyone helpless."

Quan Yongjun sighed and analyzed:
"There are solutions, but Ashe is quite vulnerable to lineups that can dive in. In this game, NJS didn't have any strong backline-diving heroes, so they didn't have a good way to deal with this Ashe who was too well-farmed."

Kim Dong-jun couldn't help but pour cold water on the idea.

"Don't forget, he's not just good at Ashe. Draven, Caitlyn, and as far as I know, when he was in the LPL, he played Vayne, Ezreal, and many other champions very well."

Quan Yongjun fell silent.

Yes, what's most terrifying about this person isn't just their incredible skills, but also their bottomless pool of heroes.

"Just like you said, I suddenly have a suspicion that terrifies me even more."

Upon hearing Jeon Yong-jun's words, Kim Dong-jun asked:
"What guess?"

"I feel that his choice of which hero to use is entirely like a way of showing off his hero pool to the public."

Zhao Enjing blinked: "Eh, really?"

"Think about it, from the start of the World Championship until now, he has never used the same champion twice. But actually, he can usually choose popular champions like Vayne and Ezreal, and they fit the team composition well. But he always pulls out something new and surprising. From the moment he picked Draven, our thinking was led astray. We always felt that he was a master of a certain champion, and he seemed to really enjoy the feeling of constantly proving us wrong, so he just kept bringing out new champions and shocking us time and time again."

After Quan Yongjun finished speaking, he added somewhat sourly.
"She's really good at showcasing herself."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lee Hyun-kyung's voice suddenly rang out.

"Then the prerequisite is obviously that he has enough to show."
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Domestic internet platforms.

At this point, things had completely descended into chaos.

EDG and Zhou Li's performance in the semifinals clearly left the 60e fans somewhat bewildered.

Facing South Korea's top seed, they easily dominated both sets, showcasing terrifying strength—

Can't we really let EDG win the championship?!
How will those 60e survive then?
Shouldn't they be severely punished?
In addition, the high level of interest in the semi-finals led to a large influx of casual viewers into the live stream.

They were unaware of the complex relationship between WE and EDG.

All I know is that EDG represents Chinese League of Legends, represents LPL, and is the last remaining LPL team, currently playing against a Korean team.

In addition, Zhou Li's outstanding performances in the two consecutive matches quickly attracted a large number of fans.

In this situation, many of the comments that were originally flooding the comment section, such as "plane crash" and "may your whole family die," were washed away, thus purifying the comment section environment.

But this undoubtedly stirred up the nerves of the 60e.

They started a fierce online battle in the comments section.

No matter how desperately the 60e fans struggled, they couldn't change the fact that WE hadn't even made it to the World Championship, while EDG had already begun their charge towards the title.

The wheels of history keep turning, and the 60e group is gradually heading towards extinction.

They will be replaced by a group of Guodian fans whose core ideology is "inheriting etiquette and opening up the way, competing without end" and whose moral standard is the gentlemanly virtue of "Zhou Li".
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Although some matches are formatted as best-of-five (BO5), the entire match is actually over after just two games.

When the third game began and the NJS players stepped onto the stage, their flushed faces already foreshadowed their inevitable defeat in the third game.

Under immense pressure and internal team conflicts, NJS failed to live up to the expectations of Korean fans in the third game, displaying poor performance and sloppy tactics.

Zhou Li selected Sivir, perfectly defusing wave after wave of crises in the face of NJS's mindless targeting.

NJS's excessive focus on the bottom lane directly led to the collapse of their mid and top lanes.

"Congratulations to EDG Esports Club for defeating Korea's number one seed team, Najin Black Sword, with a score of 3:0! They have successfully advanced to the finals!!"

From the commentary booth came Miller's excited shouts.

"They will face SKT, also from the Korean region, in the finals at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in six days!!"

"EDG! They have made history! They are the first Chinese League of Legends team to reach the semifinals of the World Championship, and also the first Chinese League of Legends team to reach the finals!"

"Six days from now, can EDG create another miracle at Staples Center? Let's wait and see!!"

"Congratulations EDG!"

"Dear viewers, see you in six days!!"

EDG's backstage lounge.

At this moment, Lu Benwei and the others were celebrating excitedly, as if they had gone mad.

From the very beginning, the team was not favored and suffered all kinds of abuse, until now they have defeated the number one seed from South Korea to enter the final.

It was indeed difficult for these young men, who were not very old, to control their emotions.

Seeing that the crowd had been going crazy for a long time without showing any signs of stopping, Zhou Li naturally had a way to calm them down.

“Lu Benwei, for making loud noises and speaking incoherently, is fined 500 yuan.”

"..."

The lounge fell silent instantly.

"Wow, Brother Zhou, you're really targeting me."

"Reflect more on your own problems. Why am I only targeting you and not others?"

"why?"

"because I like it."

"..."

"I'm telling you this for your own good, because I consider you a true brother. If others don't care about you, who would bother with you? Don't you think so?"

Tabe is outspoken:

“Brother Zhou, my relatives have said this to me many times.”

"Tabe's stupidity is a five-hundred-dollar fine. Wei, do you feel any better now?"

Lu Benwei chuckled slyly.

"Hahaha, you stupid Tabe, you deserve it."

"Lu Benwei insulted his teammates and was fined 500 yuan."

"..."

Why isn't Ah Wei saying anything?

"Awei is dead. You chose him, Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Li joked with everyone for a while, then looked at the equally excited little fat boy.

We're going to lead Uzbekistan to victory!

Oh well, if we win, we win.

After all, the puppy has been trained to be obedient by now.

Zhou Li recalled reading novels in his previous life and often seeing comments saying that the "bathing dog" was not worthy of winning the championship.

It just shows how narrow-minded they are.

How much semen does a champion have?

The number of global champions is approaching fifty.

But how many people are in the Hall of Fame?
Whether or not there is a champion, it will not prevent our god from ascending to the temple.

LCK has their god, Lee Sang-hyeok.

We in the LPL also have our own god-tier UZI!
Tell me, in what way is LPL worse than LCK?!
Remember this: your given name might be wrong, but your nickname will never be wrong.

Uzi, forever a god!
(End of this chapter)