LPL History

Chapter 238 A single glance, sweat pouring down, a thousand pounds of pressure collapsing.
WE.B ultimately failed to pull off a miracle and lost to SSB as everyone expected.

But somewhat unexpectedly, WE.B pulled off several perfect team fights at crucial moments, dragging the game to fifty minutes!
If Team B's lineup hadn't been more focused on the early to mid-game, they might have actually won against SSB.

This put Team B's chances of advancing on the brink of elimination.

In the first round of three matches, Team B only managed to defeat the wildcard team, securing one victory.

This is nothing to brag about.

This wildcard team failed to win a single match in Group B.

C9 from North America secured two wins.

As predicted before the start of the World Championship, SSB, the number one seed from the Korean region, dominated Group B, winning all three matches with overwhelming victories.

SSB from Group B and WE.A from Group A, after competing in the first round of the group stage, are considered to be the two strongest teams in this World Championship and favorites to win.

Like SSB, WE.A can be said to dominate Group A, but the two teams are very different.

WE.A is more like a raging tornado, with immense power, leaving nothing but devastation in its wake, and ending the battle swiftly with thunder and lightning.

SSB is more like a frog being slowly boiled in water. You can't quite explain what makes them so strong, but every team that faces SSB is powerless to put up a fight.

With WE.B team suffering another defeat, the pressure on the B team members to make it into the quarterfinals is immense.

In the current situation, if Team B wants to successfully enter the top eight, it must meet two conditions in the second round!
First and foremost, WE.B must defeat two wildcard teams. The wildcard teams are at the bottom with zero wins, making them a must-win target for WE.B.

Secondly, they must defeat C9. If they lose to C9, considering the wildcard teams' strong performance, C9 will have 4 wins. In that case, even if Team B performs exceptionally well and defeats SSB, they will only have 3 wins and will be eliminated.

In this situation, whether Team B can advance depends on SSB's performance.

Because SSB still needs to defeat C9. If SSB loses to C9, then C9 will also be able to get four wins, and WE.B will need to do everything they can to defeat SSB!

In this scenario, WE.B would also achieve a four-win streak if they defeated SSB.

This would result in a situation where three teams each win four games.

According to the rules of the S4 World Championship, even if this situation occurs, there will be no match-fixing first. The first thing to do is to directly select two spots based on the head-to-head results.

However, if Group B meets this condition, the three teams will only form a cyclical win-loss relationship, which will lead to the second decision condition.

The two teams that advance will be determined by the net points difference between teams with the same score!

Net points are the team's total kills minus total deaths. The top two teams with the highest net points advance directly.

If the net points are the same, the official team will continue to compare the economic difference per point between the two teams!

If these stringent conditions still cannot determine a winner, then a single-elimination tiebreaker will be necessary.

Faced with so many harsh conditions, in a sense, Team B might as well be ready to buy plane tickets and go home.

"boom!"

Zhou Li slammed the door to Team B's rest room.

Zhu Kai stood to the side, fanning himself with a small fan.

"Brother Zhou, calm down. Calm down."

Zhu Kai was still fanning himself, while Zhou Li's expression had already changed drastically.

My outburst in Team B's training room was just a way to give these players a warning.

Although Team B's performance in the first round was not good, their improvement was clearly visible.

The reason we lost to C9 was because of the beef noodles; there was nothing we could do about it.

However, just from this match against SSB, it's clear that the current WE.B is definitely stronger than the EDG of the past. Therefore, Zhou Li isn't too worried about the second round of matches.

If WE.B doesn't make any mistakes and SSB doesn't deliberately sabotage the team, then advancing to the quarterfinals shouldn't be a big problem.

However, although not too worried, Zhou Li could not be completely ignored.

After all, Team B has attracted a lot of sponsorships because of him. If they can't even make it into the top eight, Zhou Li's reputation will be ruined.

If they advance to the quarterfinals, Team B's commercial value will increase significantly, allowing him to earn a large sum of money.

Thinking about all this, Zhou Li couldn't help but feel a little irritated.
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"He's here! He's coming!"

LMQ Lounge!
The jungler, Qilin, pulled his head back from outside the door and looked excitedly at Death's Declaration.

"Wei Jun, what happened to putting some pressure on Zhou Li before the match?"

Upon hearing Qilin's words, Death's Declaration stood up and grinned:

"Hey guys, are you serious about this?"

"Give it a shot," the support Mor egged on with a laugh, "This is your only chance to gank him!"

“Alright,” Death Declaration nodded, raising his hands to roll up both sleeves, revealing his muscular biceps.

"Then I'll go show off a bit, put some pressure on him, okay haha."

After saying that, Death Declaration pushed open the door and left.

He strode into the corridor with an imposing air and saw Zhou Li walking towards him.

Zhou Li was wearing WE.A team jerseys and even disposable hotel slippers, looking very casual.

Death Declaration is a full 1.94 meters tall, and with his muscular physique, he usually exudes a great sense of intimidation.

But at this moment, the young man opposite him looked to be about the same height as Death's Declaration.

Upon seeing Zhou Li approach, Death Declaration subconsciously exerted his strength, making all the muscles in his body clench, and stared fiercely at the other party.

When his gaze inadvertently swept across the other person, he was momentarily stunned.

He hadn't noticed it before, but now, looking closely, even through the clothes, Death Declaration could confirm that Zhou Li had definitely practiced.

And it's different from the fake muscles he gets from working out.

When Zhou Li walked, the fabric clung to his waist and abdomen, and the undulating texture of his muscles floated like an underground river—it wasn't the bloated swelling from being filled with protein powder, but rather a steel skeleton forged through countless trials.

In the instant the two crossed paths, Death Declaration clearly saw Zhou Li's forearm muscles suddenly taut like a fully drawn bowstring, the veins bulging out like a tangled vine.

Death Declaration instinctively took a step back and instantly met Zhou Li's gaze.

He stood there, swallowed hard, and watched Zhou Li and Zhu Kai disappear around the corner.

Instead of returning to the lounge, he went straight to the restroom.

Death Declaration covered his groin; it was a bit hot, and he had just been sweating.

8 o'clock at night.

The match between WE.A and LMQ has officially begun.

Eighteen minutes later, the LMQ polar region exploded.

(End of this chapter)