LPL History

Chapter 287 Zhou Jun, inheriting the giant divine weapon, suffers seven sins; the invincible war worm, the battle child, displays its might.

After fully unlocking the ancient historical records, Zhou Li had become quite proficient in this skill.

Just as he had guessed, the ill-fated Imp was indeed the easiest character to win over and unlock.

At this moment, in his mind, the Records of the Grand Historian had already turned to the first page of S5.

[A certain Goryeo, nicknamed "Divine Soldier," rose to prominence shortly after his debut, conquering the World Championship with Samsung White and winning the S4 title, lifting the Summoner's Cup. Yet, despite achieving such supreme glory, he still harbored a strong desire to prove himself, a feeling that was difficult to alleviate.]

Initially, his fellow Mata members repeatedly bullied him, causing him to become repressed due to his sensitive nature. Later, he crossed the sea to China, determined to demonstrate his talent and prove his superiority over Deft. However, burdened by heavy responsibilities, he gradually developed a drinking habit. His behavior became extremely unruly, spending his time either in his dormitory or indulging in debauchery. Over time, his spirit weakened, and he was swindled by the Jingtian clan, losing all his wealth, ultimately leading to mental confusion.

But with your arrival, fate changed. You valued his talent and released him from his stubbornness, even using his madness to warn his conscience. Thus, the divine soldiers were filled with fear of the madman. From then on, his nature became more open and honest, his fighting spirit sharpened, and his peak was extended for several more years. Your merits are immeasurable; they should be inscribed in stone!

—From the Records of the Grand Historian, "The Biography of the Giant Warrior"

[Giant Soldier, a Korean. He debuted at his peak, winning the S4 World Championship with Samsung White. However, even after achieving the highest honor for a Summoner, Giant Soldier was constantly torn between his own shortcomings and his desire to prove himself. Within the team, Mata's bullying and suppression created a repressed and sensitive mindset in him. After coming to China, he desperately wanted to prove his abilities and show that he was better than Deft. Under this immense psychological pressure, Giant Soldier developed an alcoholism problem. He lived an extremely disciplined life, spending his time either at the team's base or in bars. At the same time, his personality began to show some problems, eventually leading to his encounter with a wicked woman named Ida Yakiniku, who swindled him out of all his savings. This became the final straw, driving him completely insane.]

[But your appearance changed Colossus. Your recognition of Colossus freed him from his obsession with self-justification, and your mental illness also instilled fear and resistance in Colossus towards mental illness. Colossus became more confident and cheerful, which allowed him to maintain his performance in professional matches and extend his peak period. You have done a great service.]

[Key character (Colossus) unlocked, ability gained: Seven Deadly Sins.]

[Seven Deadly Sins: At the start of each match, one ability is randomly selected from the Seven Deadly Sins.]

[Enraged: "Not as good as Daiput?! I just blasted Daiput to pieces four hours ago!" Offensive ability increased by 10%.]

[Jealousy: "If the streamer insists on playing professionally like Daipute, Daipute won't even be worth a hair on my leg." This refers to increased kill potential when other players on your team have more kills than you.]

Laziness: "Out of cigarettes, only one pack left, too lazy to go buy more. Is there anyone in Nantong who can support me?" Refusing to support teammates will increase your overall attributes the longer you stay in a solo lane, up to a maximum of 20%.

[Gluttony: "The streamer must have gained ten kilograms. He can eat seven hundred yuan worth of food by himself." His understanding of minion waves has greatly improved, his last-hitting ability has greatly improved, and his farming ability has greatly improved.]

[Greed: "Damn, you're still farming minions! Stop farming!" Last-hitting minions on a non-friendly lane grants a 10% increase to all attributes.]

[Lust: "Opens mouth very quickly." All attributes are increased by 10% when using a female hero.]

[Arrogance: "No one can gain the streamer's approval; the streamer only approves of themselves." Aside from showing off, you can't gain any advantage from this ability.]

[Heroes: Dr. Mundo (the schizophrenic doctor) and Sion (the irrational madman) are at perfect proficiency.]

Zhou Li looked at the dense text in the Records of the Grand Historian, and after reading it, he couldn't help but want to hug Imp and give him a kiss.

I never expected that Pupu could provide him with so many abilities, including perfect proficiency with two heroes.

This directly solves Zhou Li's biggest problem of having too few capabilities.

Meanwhile, the EDG players had already joined the room.

As soon as both sides entered the BP (Ban/Pick) phase, Zhou Li saw a system notification pop up.

[Seven Deadly Sins Draw - You drew Pride.]

[Arrogance: You cannot gain any advantage from this ability.]

Zhou Li's face darkened when he saw that he had drawn a useless skill with a one-in-seven chance right from the start.

But he soon felt relieved.

It's just a training match anyway, so there's no need to be too flashy.

Chris clearly didn't trust Zhou Li's abilities, and his lineup choices revolved around building around Imp.

When it was his turn, he simply said, "Give me some meat."

“OK,” Zhou Li nodded, and then locked the big bug.

At this point, he also discovered that although he had quickly unlocked the proficiency of three heroes, all three heroes were tanks.

Does this mean I should develop into a blue-collar top laner?

This was clearly unacceptable to the Zhou rites.

"It seems I need to focus more on unlocking more historical content. No matter how well you play the blue-collar game, no one will notice you."

It wasn't that Zhou Li intentionally wanted to steal the limelight.

But that's just the way it is.

No matter how well you play tank champions as a top laner, in everyone's eyes, you are someone who can be replaced.

Both sides quickly completed the draft phase and entered the game.

EDG player seats.

Kou Rou strolled leisurely up the road.

The confrontation with Zhou Li did not put any pressure on Kou Rou.

Although I don't know why this kid suddenly acted so crazy today, it's not like we haven't fought each other before.

Whether it was in the Demacia Cup, in training, or occasionally in ranked matches, I could completely dominate the opponent's lane.

Therefore, in Koro's opinion, the main reason why Zhou Li was able to achieve such good results in those two ranked matches was simply because the person he was matched up against was too bad.

Mala Xiangguo is a wild game, and that A Ni Cake Shop is even worse.

It's more believable that Zhou Li suddenly attained enlightenment, rather than that his opponent was simply too weak.

Moreover, some players are like that; they're fierce as tigers in ranked matches, but become as bad as dogs in actual competitions.

Therefore, the confident braised pork belly did not take the Zhou rituals seriously.

After all, he is the top laner in the LPL.

Moreover, Koro1 was playing a counter pick in this game, and after seeing that the opponent had picked Cho'Gath, he immediately picked Kennen as a follow-up pick.

Long-ranged players dominate short-ranged opponents, pure enjoyment.
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Twenty minutes later.

Abu stood up and clapped his hands.

"Okay, that's enough. Let's call it a day."

Seeing that all the EDG players had quit the game, Abu put his hands on his hips and said:

"Everyone played pretty well this game, except for one or two people."

After saying that, he looked at the braised pork belly, who was staring blankly at something.

After 20 minutes, EDG was only 3,000 gold behind LGD, which means they played very well in this scrim.

Because EDG is a team that prefers to play a slow-paced, macro-oriented game and drag the game into the late game, and their lineup in this match was also geared towards the late game.

At this point in time, lagging behind by 3,000 in the economy is perfectly acceptable.

In fact, in an official match, EDG's chances of winning could be considered very high.

Fat General and Deft have clearly begun to integrate into EDG. Of course, the main reason for this is that EDG itself is a team that imitates the Korean style of operation, so these two Korean players do not need to change their game rhythm.

The only thing that Abu was unhappy about was that in this scrim, if it weren't for someone, they wouldn't even be 3,000 gold behind.

"Kourou, what's wrong with you?" Abu looked at the culprit, his tone filled with undisguised anger. "I gave you Kennen as a counter to Cho'Gath, and you got solo killed by Cho'Gath three times in lane! What were you doing!"

All eyes of the EDG players turned to Koro1.

Playing Kennen and getting solo killed by Cho'Gath is indeed a bit too abstract.

Kou Rou, who was singled out by Abu, looked embarrassed.

Unbeknownst to everyone, compared to his heroic spirit twenty minutes ago, Kou Rou's face was now somewhat pale.

His face flushed red and then paled, and he stammered as he spoke:

“There weren’t three times… there was one time when the enemy came to gank…” “Fine,” Abu clearly didn’t want to get entangled with Koro, and simply said, “Then let me ask you again, you’re playing Kennen, why were you able to get solo killed twice by Cho’Gath?”

That's why Koroki hates Abu so much.

That sharp-tongued, mean-spirited woman always manages to hit the nail on the head.

Although he wanted to refute it, he also felt that what Abu said made a lot of sense.

Yes!

Why did he get solo killed twice in lane by a Cho'Gath when he was playing Kennen?
Kou Rou wanted to say something, but didn't know how.

The guy Zhou Li on the other side is behaving very strangely today.

The feeling he got was completely different from before.

But if you had to pinpoint the difference, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

In fact, this is because Zhou Li plays the big bug, a seemingly clumsy and brainless tank hero that can confuse opponents in such a simple and unpretentious way.

Champions like Cho'Gath only have four skills, each independent of the others, so there's no such thing as combos. Even if you put a Bronze player and a Challenger player together, their skills will be the same.

However, if you play fighter champions like Jayce or Riven, you can easily tell who is Bronze and who is Challenger.

Therefore, as far as Kou Rou was concerned, he could sense that Zhou Li had become more powerful.

But he couldn't quite put his finger on what had made him stronger.

It's possible that my skills have become more accurate, but skill accuracy often depends on feel.

His positioning might have become more refined, but he couldn't quite pinpoint exactly how refined it was in just twenty minutes.

In short, he felt that Zhou Li had become stronger, but at the same time, he felt that he himself had become weaker.

Although he was solo killed twice, Kou Rou was clearly unwilling to admit that his opponent was stronger than him, after all, he had completely dominated Zhou Li in the past.

For a moment, Kou Rou stammered again, unsure how to answer.

“You really have a problem with your thinking,” Abu’s criticism came at the right time. “Just because it’s not an official match, you’re not taking it seriously at all? Is this your professional attitude?!”

Abu's words were like a wake-up call, making Kou Rou suddenly understand.

Yeah, how could he possibly lose to that worst Korean player, Zhou Li!

It must be because I was a bit careless and not serious enough!
Kou Rou suddenly felt that the world had become much brighter, and even his dislike for Abu lessened a bit.

"If you continue like this, EDG isn't short of players to fill the top lane!"

Abu was still attacking when Koro1 suddenly turned around and said with a smile:
"My mine."

Kou Rou's bizarre attitude stunned everyone.

You know, Kou Rou used to be very impatient with Abu's lectures, so why did he suddenly change his tune today?!
Abu was startled by Kou Rou's bright, sunny smile and instinctively took two steps back.

Her momentum faltered, and she spoke:

"Let's get serious and start the next round."

The two sides quickly began the second training match.

Zhou Li clearly has no status in LGD, and this time LGD actually let Zhou Li lock in the big bug on the first floor.

"Jace?"

Upon seeing LGD's player selection, Abu spoke up.

As it turns out, Kennan of Koro1 had a lot of problems, and this is a good opportunity to test him again.

Kou Rou nodded, but then immediately shook his head.

"Trolls, trolls are easy to beat."

Hearing the hesitant tone of the braised pork, the factory manager teased him.

"This isn't like you, Tong Yang."

Seemingly realizing his own inadvertent lack of confidence, Kou Rou's tone hardened.

"No, it's just that he kept spamming me with question marks, which was really annoying. I just want to dominate his lane this game!"

LGD players' bench.

Zhou Li was already half-slumped in the chair.

He realized that he truly has no human rights whatsoever while he's with LGD.

Tell him to get a big bug from the first floor? Is that something your mother would do?

Chris probably thought he played Cho'Gath really well in the last game, while Zhou Li played some other heroes poorly, so he treated him like some Cho'Gath pro.

It was just a training match, and Zhou Li didn't bother arguing with Chris.

If Chris dares to let him have a big bug on the first floor during the actual competition, Zhou Li's mental illness will flare up.

Moreover, after the previous match, Zhou Li also knew that LGD's overall strength was indeed strong.

So even if he just coasts along, it won't be a big problem.

Thinking of this, Zhou Li simply chose to lie down.

I've played C for three seasons, so what's wrong with just one more season?
Zhou Li remembers that even without him, LGD won the runner-up in the Spring Split and the champion in the Summer Split that year, which can be said to be very strong, until they collapsed at the World Championship.

In other words, he can just coast along and easily make it to the World Championships before putting up his best, wouldn't that be much easier?

Having figured this out, Zhou Li was completely resigned to his fate.

Twenty minutes later.

A smile spread across Kou Rou's face, as if he had returned to the confident young man he once was.

Although he failed to kill Zhou Li in a solo kill to avenge himself, he kept Zhou Li under the tower the whole time.

Kou Rou played with confidence and style in this game!
At the last moment, he also slammed his keyboard down, returning the question mark that Zhou Li had previously raised to him.

He had no idea how much trouble his question had caused.

The LGD base at this time.

Zhou Li was furious!

If it weren't for Pupu holding him back, he would have rushed headfirst into the computer screen, then followed the internet cable to chop up the braised pork.

"Damn it, this kid is giving me a question mark!"

"Pfft, did you see that? He's using a question mark on my phone!"

"I hate it when people ask me questions!"

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Chris quickly said, "Our first match in the Spring Split is against EDG in a couple of days. You can get your revenge then."

Hearing this, Zhou Li calmed down a bit.

However, even though that's what they said, even LGD's teammates clearly didn't have any expectations that Zhou Li could get revenge.

Chris has even started looking for ways to buy some tranquilizers.

(End of this chapter)