LPL History

Chapter 226 The Three Continents Treat the Butcher's Blade with Indifference, The Chinese Laborers Laugh, and Han Xiong Lightly
The style of European teams is actually quite similar to that of the early LPL.

That means relying on the individual abilities of the players to fight!

Therefore, compared to the agonizing strategy of facing Korean teams, FNC would rather have a real fight with WE.A.

As the saying goes, great effort can produce miracles. In FNC's view, their chances of winning against WE.A might be greater than their chances of winning against Korean teams.

Although there is a Korean team in Group A, they are only the third seed, which is the best possible draw result for FNC.

The top laner's wife looked at the group roster and joked with a smile:
"Cyanide, WE.A is the only team in the world that revolves around a jungler! Have you seen his Lee Sin highlights? Flying around like crazy! Zhou's triangle kill! Have you seen it? Didn't you feel a lot of pressure?"

Hearing her sister-in-law's words, Cyanide smiled and said:

"If I can't beat them, can't I just run away? I just need to cling to xpeke and Rekkles, they'll carry anyway."

The current FNC team has two absolute core players.

One is mid laner xpeke, and the other is Rekkles.

Rekkles can be considered Europe's strongest rising star.

His dominant performance made him virtually unstoppable in the bottom lane of the European region, earning him the nickname "European Gao Xuecheng" from netizens.

And that's where Ou Cheng's nickname came from.

Upon hearing Cyanide's words, the support player Yellowstar smiled and said:

"You're too modest, Cyanide. You're our champion jungler!"

"That's right," my sister-in-law chimed in, "I want to see you make that kid named Zhou Li cry!"

Seeing the two men flattering him, Cyanide burst into laughter.

"I might not be able to do it alone, but I have Xpeke! I've seen their mid laner, he's just a kid who only knows how to play Lulu!"

"Overall, we had a pretty good group draw this time, and we must win the championship this year!!"
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Amei Rika.

LMQ Esports Club.

This North American club is the purest all-Chinese team, and is even jokingly referred to by netizens as the "Chinese University of Science and Technology Expedition Team".

LMQ was originally Royal Never Give Up's second team. After entering the LPL, they chose to sell their LPL slot and move to North America.

And the company that bought this spot was EDG.

Upon seeing that they had been placed in Group A with WE.A, the LMQ club instantly became excited.

"Haha, it was Zhou Li who bought EDG, right?"

Upon hearing what the mid-laner Xiaowei said, Death's Declaration spoke up:

"This can be considered revenge for us."

If it weren't for EDG, they would still be fighting in the LPL right now, and they wouldn't need to come to Amirika as Chinese laborers.

Mor, the support player, asked, "Should we let the group stage slide?"

Xiao Wei smiled with a look of disgust.

"Hey bro, can you stop bragging? You're saying you'd let them win? Even if they let us win, we still might not win. They've got a 21-game winning streak in the LPL! They've been bots against EDG, OMG, and Royal Club."

“Hey, what’s there to be afraid of?” Mor looked at the jungler NoName. “What Zhou Li? It’s just our Zhou Qilin’s clumsy imitation. Look, we both have the surname Zhou, but our Qilin’s name is better.”

Noname, the jungler, is definitely the captain of the suicide squad in the LMQ team.

However, this isn't entirely a negative term. The main reason is that Wuming prefers high-risk champions like Lee Sin and initiates team fights very aggressively, often relying on shrewd plays, resulting in a relatively low KDA—only 3 in the Summer Split. But once he initiates a team fight, it's usually a highlight reel that gets the audience's adrenaline pumping.

Not long ago, he even pulled off a stunning three-stage dash and spinning kick with Lee Sin.

Hearing Mor's sarcastic remark, Wuming's face darkened, and he quickly said:

"Stop talking nonsense, or 60e will come after you!"

“Actually, I have a bold idea,” Xiao Weixiao looked at Death’s Declaration, “Let’s have Death’s Declaration block Zhou Li before the match, hahaha.”

Everyone laughed, and the LMQ training room was filled with a happy atmosphere, except for the top laner Shenchao, who remained silent.

He looked at the video of Zhou Li's match playing on his computer, as well as the images of the other players in the lower right corner, and for some reason, he felt a tremendous pressure.

He didn't know how to describe this feeling. If he had to, it would be like that line from the fantasy novel he had just read.

Bloodline suppression.
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South Korea.

NJWS Club.

As South Korea's third seed, no team dares to underestimate them.

Even the NJWS players themselves maintained an extremely confident state at this moment, because they had crushed last season's world champions SKT in the gauntlet stage!

Therefore, even when they saw that they would be facing the LPL's number one seed in the group stage, the NJWS players did not feel much psychological pressure.

This stems not only from their own confidence, but also from the fact that LPL's performance on the world stage in the previous year was rather lackluster.

Look at the All-Star game, even when SKT was in a slump, they still managed to crush OMG, the so-called strongest team in the LPL at the time, 3-0.

However, SKT, whose form was gradually recovering in the summer split, was crushed by them.

Therefore, WE.A's so-called winning streak in the LPL is really meaningless in the eyes of Korean teams.

The only thing that makes NJWS a little worried is that they are a team that relies on team fights and late-game compositions to decide the outcome, while WE.A is a highly aggressive team that focuses on the early and mid-game.

This will put them under considerable pressure in the early stages.

To manage the early game tempo effectively, the key naturally lies with the jungler.

So at this moment, while the other NJWS players were chatting and laughing, only the jungler Watch looked very serious.

Although this was the first time he had learned about Zhou Li, he felt for some reason as if he had played against him before.

Seeing Watch's serious expression, ADC player zefa said with a smile:

"Relax, Jay, Dragon Kingdom will help you."

Yu Longguo (Ggoong) is the mid-laner for NJWS, and his playstyle is extremely aggressive.

Hearing zefa's words, Ggoong nodded arrogantly and said:

"To be honest, I care more about FNC, after all, their mid laner is Xpeke, while WE.A's mid laner is just someone who can only play Lulu." Xpeke is known as the King of Assassins, and Ggoong is also a player who loves playing assassins, especially Zed.

Players like this would have a very low opinion of Xiye's habit of playing Lulu and hanging out in the mid lane every day.
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Magic City.

Zhu Kai looked at the edited content on Zhou Li's phone, appearing somewhat uneasy.

"Brother Zhou, are we really going to post this? Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Zhou Li glanced at Zhu Kai.

"Xiao Zhu, you seem to have gotten a little too arrogant lately."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Zhu Kai was startled and quickly lowered his head.

Yes, how dare a cook like him boss the boss around?

Xi Ye and the others watched Zhu Kai with smiles.

Seeing Zhu Kai get scolded made the others feel incredibly happy.

This head chef, relying on being favored by the boss, always bullied them.

Currently, within WE.A, everyone calls Zhu Kaida the First Chief Steward.

Seeing Zhu Kai standing at attention as if he was being beaten, Zhou Li spoke up:

"The group draw for this World Championship is arguably the worst possible outcome for WE.A."

Hearing Zhou Li's words, Tabe asked with some confusion:
"Brother Zhou, what do you mean?"

From Tabe's perspective, this group draw is clearly the best possible outcome for WE.

The other three teams in the group are not particularly strong. In Tabe's opinion, it would be a huge upset if WE.A were to advance from the group stage as the second-place team.

FNC, despite being a long-established and prestigious club, has had disappointing results in recent years' world championships, earning them the nickname "European losers" from netizens.

I will definitely participate in the World Championships, but making it to the quarterfinals would be a success.

LMQ, formerly Royal Never Give Up's second team, was competitive in the North American region but not particularly strong, barely making it into the World Championship as the third seed.

The royal family fought them all without saying a word, yet LMQ's second team was even more formidable than their first team...

It seems that's not necessarily true.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Tabe had already studied these three teams as soon as the group assignments were announced.

In his view, LMQ was the weakest of the three teams.

As for the South Korean team NJWS...

If we had to say who in Group A could pose a threat to WE.A, it would only be NJWS.

Although NJWS is only the third seed, the strength of the entire Korean region is undeniable. The match where SKT swept the highly anticipated OMG 3-0 at the All-Star tournament is still fresh in everyone's mind. Like most LPL viewers, Tabe is no exception and also has some fear of Korea.

But no matter what, he was only South Korea's third seed.

So Tabe couldn't understand how facing such weak teams could be the worst group.
Zhou Li began by editing the article:

"Haven't you had enough of grinding in the LPL? You finally made it to the World Championship, but there's no challenge at all. Not only will it not improve your skills, it will also make us complacent when facing truly strong opponents."

Zhu Kai immediately jumped out and said:

"I get it, Brother Zhou! So you're sending this stuff to provoke them and make things a little more difficult for us!"

Zhou Li suddenly grinned.

"clever!"
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9 month 15 day.

Most clubs have already begun preparations to travel to Taipei, the host city of the group stage of this year's World Championship.

Amid this tense atmosphere, a huge uproar suddenly erupted on Twitter.

This morning, Zhou Li, the captain and jungler of the WE.A team, suddenly posted a message on his newly registered Twitter account.

The group stage is about to begin, and I hope everyone trains hard. I only want to play against elites, not trash. I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but frankly, everyone here is trash. @LMQ Esports Club, @FNC Esports Club, @NJWS Esports Club.

This tweet immediately caused an uproar among Summoners around the world.

At first, some netizens thought it was an account that someone was deliberately impersonating. In response to the doubts, the account posted another video not long after.

The person in the video is Zhou Li, dressed in a white tank top and beach shorts, exuding a relaxed vibe.

"Hello everyone, this is Zhou Li from WE.A. Some people have asked me if this account is being impersonated. I would like to make this statement now: this account is indeed mine, and the content posted on this account is also mine. If the content on this account has offended anyone, then I will not apologize."

Faced with Zhou Li's unreasonable and disrespectful behavior, LMQ, FNC, and NJWS clubs, along with their players, quickly retaliated on Twitter, sparking a war of words.

Fans from all sides engaged in a heated online debate, and various media outlets rushed to report on the incident, plunging the entire esports community into chaos.

9 month 16 day.

Zhou Li glanced at his phone one last time before takeoff and said with a smile:

"See, the buzz has come, and so have the sponsorships."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Mingkai, who was staring blankly at the flight attendant's black stockings.

WE.A and WE.B were on the same flight.

"Mingkai, stop watching. If you want to see it, go watch your QQ video with Abu yourself."

The factory manager's face stiffened, and he immediately looked away.

Then it dawned on him that Brother Zhou was referring to him!

"Brother Zhou, I don't have Abu's contact information. I deleted it a long time ago."

Zhou Li chuckled and closed his eyes to rest.

"You better be."

Mingkai sat up straight, but he had already made up his mind.

The first thing I did after the plane landed was to delete Abu!
(End of this chapter)