LPL History

Chapter 221 Eight Battles End in Death at Jinmen, Zhou Yu's Secret Scheme to Destroy Men

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai.

EDG backstage.

Ed Zhu sat on the sofa, watching the live broadcast with a gloomy expression.

"Wow! EDG seems to have given up a bit in this wave! Only Clearlove survived! But facing WE.A's subsequent Baron push, it feels like Clearlove alone won't be able to hold on!"

Listening to the commentary on TV, Edju looked at Abu beside him and said:

"Is this the guarantee that you and I made time and time again?"

Since WE.A defeated EDG to win the LPL Summer Split championship, according to the rules of the World Championship, the two teams still need to have a best-of-five (BO5) match to become the LPL's number one seed and directly win a ticket to the World Championship!

EDG could have directly become the number one seed and entered the finals if they had just won the Summer Split championship.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Li emerged out of nowhere, leading a youth training team that was virtually unstoppable in the LPL.

At this moment, facing a best-of-five series to compete for a spot in the World Championship, EDG is once again pushed to the brink.

After being crushed in the first two games without any suspense, EDG showed some improvement in the third game, but they have now been pushed back to WE.A's high ground and are about to lose the game.

As a result, EDG will have to participate in the subsequent qualifiers, competing with Royal Club, OMG, and LGD for the other two spots in the World Championship.

Furthermore, EDG's performance has been declining, having lost to Royal Club and OMG in the playoffs, making their chances of participating in the World Championship uncertain.

This clearly made Eddie Zhu very dissatisfied.

Although he is a top-tier rich second-generation, spending tens of millions to buy an LPL spot and establish EDG is just a piece of cake for him.

However, the problems faced by second-generation rich kids starting their own businesses are never just about money.

EDG's situation can't get any worse right now.

As the team with the worst reputation in the LPL right now, if they still can't make it to the World Championship this year, then this club can be said to have absolutely no commercial value.

What Edward Zhu found even more unacceptable was that, not only did they have a bad reputation and no achievements, but recently EDG had been playing against WE.A repeatedly, and every game they were treated like bots by WE.A. It was utterly humiliating.

There are widespread rumors that he's a brainless rich kid who was fooled by Abu to the point of being crippled. He spent tens of millions to win the Spring Split championship, but ended up failing to qualify for the World Championship.

So even though Abu was much more attentive to him than before, calling him "boss" in a childish voice, Ed Zhu was clearly getting more and more annoyed with Abu.

If that bastard hadn't lied to me back then, saying he was fully capable of coaching EDG, which led to EDG being suppressed by WE.A in every aspect of tactical drafting, we wouldn't be suffering such a huge loss now.

He knew that when WE.A first entered the LPL, they immediately brought in former Royal Club support player Tabe as their coach.

For a rich second-generation like him, money may not be the problem, but the pressure from his family when things are not done well and the embarrassment and loss of face caused by being ridiculed by the public are what he finds most unacceptable.

So, seeing that EDG was about to be swept 3-0 again, and facing WE.A with a 0-8 record, Edward Zhu needed Abu to give him an explanation.

At this moment, Abu was also extremely angry.

The target of their anger was naturally those disappointing teammates.

This was the first time the boss had come offline to personally oversee the match. Before the game, he repeatedly told him that they had to win at least one game no matter what, but they were still completely crushed by WE.A.

When Edju asked him a question, Abu also pretended to be very angry.

"I'm really speechless. I really don't understand what Mingkai is doing with those words. He keeps holding back his ultimate move. It feels like there's something wrong with his thinking!"

After much deliberation, Abu decided to make Mingkai take the blame.

Everyone knows that he and Mingkai have the best relationship, so targeting Mingkai at this time would further prove his impartiality and loyalty to the club.

However, Ed Zhu is clearly no longer buying into Abu's tactics.

"I don't want to hear whose responsibility it is! I just want to know if you can guarantee that EDG will make it to the World Championship in the next qualifiers!" Upon hearing Edward Zhu's words, Abu instinctively wanted to make a guarantee as usual, but this time, the words stuck in his throat.

He knew this might be the last chance Edju would give him.

He didn't know what would happen to the players if EDG failed again in the qualifiers, but he knew he would definitely be fired.

However, given the current situation, he really dared not make any guarantees.

He is very clear about the current state of the EDG players. It can be said that Zhou Li alone has destroyed the morale of all of them.

After being defeated by Royal Club and OMG in the playoffs, the players' confidence was completely destroyed.

Right now, it's fair to say that no one on EDG is in good form!

When it comes to the World Championship qualifiers, facing Royal Club, OMG, and even LGD, Abu thinks that Zhou Li might continue to do what he did in the playoffs and pull some dirty tricks on these clubs behind their backs.

EDG really doesn't have much confidence in winning this battle right now!

Seeing Abu hesitate and not utter a sound for a long time, Edward understood.

Miller's voice was shouting in the live stream!
"In that case, WE.A can end the game in one fell swoop! They won all eight games against EDG! They've also secured the first ticket to the S4 League of Legends World Championship!!"

"Congratulations to WE.A! We hope this number one seed from our LPL can continue to unleash their youthful energy at this World Championship!"

"At the same time, it's a real shame for EDG. However, EDG's World Championship journey is not over yet. They will participate in the qualifiers, joining Royal Club, OMG, and LGD to compete for the second and third World Championship tickets! Keep it up!"

In the live stream, Miller's voice pierced Edward's ears like needles.

Without saying a word, he stood up and walked outside.

It's obvious that he doesn't want to see these team members at all.
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WE Esports Club.

Zhou Li chuckled and pushed open the door to Pei Le's office.

"President Pei, it's been a long time."

Upon seeing Zhou Li, Pei Le's smile was as radiant as a chrysanthemum.

With WE.A making it to the World Championship, the reputation of the WE club is now even greater than it was in late 12 to mid-13.

At the beginning of the year, with the departure of Factory Director and Curly Hair and the severe decline in WE's performance, even Pei Le himself believed that WE's era was over.

Unexpectedly, such a remarkable talent emerged from the youth training team.

Pei Le's loss of the pig may actually be a blessing in disguise!

In Pei Le's eyes, Zhou Li was simply his lucky star. Coupled with Zhou Li's mysterious background that allowed him to easily produce millions, Pei Le treated Zhou Li with utmost respect.

"Mr. Zhou, I've been wanting to see you, but you've been too busy."

Zhou Li sat down opposite Pei Le and began to speak:

"President Pei, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Seeing the smile on Zhou Li's face, Pei Le felt a chill run down her spine. Every time this kid smiled like that, someone in some corner of the world was bound to suffer.

"what's up?"

Zhou Li lowered his voice and said mysteriously:
"I heard that Edward Zhu doesn't want to stay in the esports scene anymore because EDG's recent performance has been terrible?"

"I have a bold idea..."

(End of this chapter)