League of Legends: Arrow of Champions

Chapter 723 [744] Home of the Intercontinental Competition

""Liuhuo" refers to the fact that the main star of Scorpio goes westward and eventually disappears. The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the first month of autumn, so "July Liuhuo" means that summer is passing and autumn is coming, and the weather is getting cooler, not hot like To catch fire. "

Liu Handong and Li Yi walked into the bus one after the other, and corrected Li Yi's idiom usage errors ostentatiously, but they were quickly exposed by Xue Yunqi who was sitting in the front seat: "Why, I was just educated yesterday, and I started today." Did you educate others?"

"It's called applying what you've learned."

Liu Handong put away his backpack, sat on the empty seat behind Xue Yunqi, turned his head and asked Lin Xuan who was across the aisle, "Is that right, brother-in-law?"

Lin Xuan ignored him, leaned back in his chair, holding a copy of "The American Trap" in his hand, and was engrossed in reading it.

This book is known to many people because of the current situation and the press conference of a certain domestic company. It is also because of this that Lin Xuan thought of reading this book. I turned it over, but when I looked at it, I found that I was about to finish it.

Jiang Yingxue was sitting on the seat behind him, not wearing earphones, closing her eyes and resting her mind, waiting for the departure to the airport.

The time is approaching mid-July. Because the Intercontinental Tournament is about to start, the LPL Summer Split has deliberately left a few days blank. The top four teams in the Spring Split will represent the LPL in the Asian Tournament, which will be held in Kaohsiung City. SKY is the flight this morning.

The four teams are SKY, Fish Dragon, TL and 419.In the spring split, SKY finally completed the miracle from the bottom of the LPL to winning the championship with a shocking series of four.

Although TL was swept by SKY 0:3 in the semi-finals and the golden body of "Civil War Illusory God" was broken, but in the subsequent third place battle, TL once again proved what it means to be "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse". The 419 team with Wang Hao as the core was once again clearly taught by TL's Korean operation. TL killed 3 0:419 effortlessly, and won the third place, which was not very honorable for them.

In the group stage of the Intercontinental Tournament, during the regional battle, the battle will be strictly in accordance with the ranking of [-], [-], [-], and [-]. Only when it comes to the knockout round, can they not be restricted by the ranking. The fifth game, otherwise the team can not repeat the appearance.

Lin Xuan once heard the saying that "the culture of the Tang and Song Dynasties is in Japan, the culture of the Ming Dynasty is in South Korea, and the culture of the Republic of China is in Taiwan". Although he scoffed at this, he still has a certain curiosity about this legendary and prosperous treasure island of the motherland. , Unfortunately, after landing, they didn't have time to wander around.

But what I saw all the way from the airport to the hotel where I stayed, except for a little more traditional characters, everything else was the same.

Both Fish and Dragons and 419 arrived yesterday, while Lin Xuan and TL came to the hotel arranged by the organizer one after the other. Regarding this division match, before departure, the coaches of the four teams had a discussion. After arriving at the hotel, Zhang San and Ren Fan went over to meet quickly.

SKY defeated STR at MSI, and other clubs were jealous, but in the intercontinental competition, the four teams stood on the same stand after all, so after SKY took the initiative to "strengthen communication and share tactics", the other three teams The team quickly responded enthusiastically.

In fact, in the first Intercontinental Tournament a few years ago, the four LPL teams who lost SKY also had such a sincere cooperation. The advocate of that time was TL, and they successfully defeated LCK. TL was attracted by it. There are countless fans, and they were indeed dazzling in that intercontinental competition, but unfortunately, after a short-lived flash in the pan, they did not change the situation that LPL is getting weaker and weaker in the world competition, and TL's performance is not as satisfactory.

In the LPL summer game that has been going on for nearly a month, SKY's performance is not good. After winning the first victory, it ushered in a four-game losing streak. It is not just Li Yi's problem. The entire SKY, from the coaching staff to the players, seems They are all a bit "fascinated", and there are some operations that fans can't understand. For example, Mu Wanli, after pulling out the sword girl who is almost a god, was still hit by the opponent's top laner for a real solo kill.

This state makes many neutral fans of SKY and LPL not dare to have too much hope for the prospects of this intercontinental competition-of course, there are definitely still some.

This stems from a very simple thing.

In SKY's roster for the intercontinental competition, the sixth substitute is not Zhang Heng from LPL, but Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan broadcasted a live broadcast during this period, and the screen was full of "German Orthopedics", "Kill Lin Xuan, grab Qianqian", "Knife in hand, kill Lin Dog", even if banned, I was too lazy to live broadcast Now, prepare to wait for the limelight to pass.

But it's a pity that even if he doesn't play, these ridicules will never be absent in every SKY game. Now it has developed to the point that as long as it is a League of Legends game, even if it is an LCK or LCS game, there are people.

Maybe someone really turned off Jiang Qianyu because of this, maybe someone really turned black on Lin Xuan because of this, envy, jealousy, disdain, contempt, etc. emotions may exist, but even if it is someone who doesn't like him again, they will not Deny his strength.

Lin Xuan's fingers are recovering well. According to the doctor's instructions, he will be able to resume training and play games in a week or half a month at least, so as to whether Lin Xuan is going to the intercontinental competition, whether he can go, whether he wants to go, How to decide the list... SKY has gone through a lot of embarrassment and discretion.

In the end, it was the decision made by Lin Xuan and Zhang Heng. Lin Xuan said that he could play if necessary, and Zhang Heng said that as long as his brother-in-law could play, he would not waste that spot.

However, although Lin Xuan is on the substitute list, there is only one possibility, and no one wants Lin Xuan to play.Because if we play now, it will definitely affect Lin Xuan's recovery from his injury, which in turn will affect the entire SKY summer split.

Although Lin Xuan was injured, he didn't play training games during this period, but it didn't mean he didn't play games. After the injury, he quickly thought of a temporary "expedient measure".

He injured his index finger, and he can use his little finger, ring finger, and middle finger instead of the index finger to operate. There will definitely be some impact, but if you choose some heroes who are easy to operate, especially those who don’t rely on big moves, you can still use them. call taxi.

After dinner, SKY played two training games with 419, TL and Yulong respectively, a total of six games, and only won one game. This situation is definitely not optimistic, because the schedule of the intercontinental competition is very tight. Their not much time.

The next morning, Zhang San and Ren Fan announced that Lin Xuan had joined the training as an assistant.

The opponent in the first training match was still the Yulong team. Li Yi, Zhang San and Ren Fan watched the two training matches behind him with a strange expression on his face.

"Do you feel like they've been playing you these days?"

Ren Fan, who also had a strange expression on his face, asked in a joking tone.

Li Yi glanced at the two coaches and quickly shook his head.

Zhang San sighed: "Don't talk about you, I also suspect that they have been playing you all this time."

Ren Fan silently added: "Add one."

After Lin Xuan played, the spirit of the whole team was obviously refreshed. Liu Handong became smarter, Mu Wanli stopped slipping, Xue Yunqi knew how to swim away, and even Jiang Yingxue talked less.

Naturally, no one doubted that other people were acting, but after Lin Xuan came on stage, the changes brought to others were too great, which made Zhang San and Ren Fan who understood the reason a little guilty.

They played two training matches with Yulong, one win and one loss, and then they played a training match with LCK. Lin Xuan left again and replaced Li Yi.

"how do you feel?"

"It's still a little uncomfortable."

Lin Xuan didn't hide anything, and there was no way to hide it. It's not that RANK can be played casually. In the professional arena, the strangeness of the game from four fingers to three fingers will inevitably have an incalculable impact on the game.

It’s like being able to release skills accurately without looking at the keyboard at all. All kinds of operations have gone deep into the bones, and the conditioned reflex of the muscles has already been formed. It is too difficult to reverse it in a short time, and even if If he could do it, Lin Xuan would not be able to do that, unless he planned not to press the keyboard with his index finger in the future, otherwise he would have to suffer again after healed.

After the whole day, everyone was very busy. After the replay, Zhang San and Ren Fan had to meet with the coaches of other teams to have a rare tactical exchange.

Zhang San and Ren Fan have undoubtedly become the core of the coaching staff of the four teams, because their opponent in the intercontinental competition is the LCK, and most of the people present are from South Korea, but when it comes to defeating the LCK, there is no doubt Or the two in front of me have more experience.

After private discussions, Zhang San and Ren Fan contributed two sets of tactics, one is the AD jungler style, and the other is the hunger strike style, both of which were originally proposed by Lin Xuan.

The former SKY has been practicing for a while, but the effect is not very good. The latter is a self-prepared big move. It was originally intended to catch a certain team present by surprise. Ideally, they will never come out easily.

In addition to the tactical exchanges of the coaches, the communication between the players has obviously increased a lot compared to that in the LPL. After the implementation of the home and away game system in the LPL, different teams are scattered in different cities. Even when there is a game, it is a game. Going forward, leaving after the game, and there must be one party frustrated, it is really not easy to find a chance to communicate.

This kind of contact is mostly during group activities such as eating and exercising. Xiyan and Jiang Yingxue have undoubtedly become the objects of everyone's attention. As a springboard, Alley got along well in most cases.

As for Jiang Yingxue, no matter because of her singleness or appearance, she is more eye-catching than Xiyan. However, from the beginning to the end, unless she acts alone, no one will initiate a conversation with her except Xiyan, and Even if she acts alone occasionally, except for a few narcissistic or cheerful people, she doesn't think she is acting alone. For example, her mobile phone is probably her partner, and she can just say hello to her mobile phone.

The few people who took the initiative to say hello to her received a response unexpectedly, even if it was just a nod of the head, or a look in the eyes, there was a sense of presence.

Kim Jae-soo, who transferred from TL to the 419 team before the summer game, secretly inquired with Lin Xuan and the others more than once: "I'm really super curious, how do you guys communicate with her, do you rely on your eyes?"

Under normal circumstances, when asked such a question, other people would either point their fingers at Lin Xuan, or answer Lin Xuan, or "the one whose leg was almost broken".

For various reasons, it is inevitable that there will be various conflicts or contradictions in the professional arena. Therefore, such a meeting will actually have some embarrassing scenes. For example, Lin Xuan and Wang Hao arrived at the hotel on the second day In the evening, during dinner, I accidentally sat at the next table. As Wang Hao’s new teammate, Kim Jae-soo had a good chat with everyone in SKY who had defeated him twice. Ask Wang Hao.

This guy who used to be extremely hot-tempered in the game did not show any violent temper when we met, and even made people feel a little shy and immature. Lin Xuan can probably understand that he is so focused on the League of Legends while ignoring reality to some extent, and even It is very common for situations that affect the growth of a certain part of the mind. Human energy is limited, and there are not a few geniuses who are "partial".

Of course, understanding is understanding. If Wang Hao has similar behavior in the future, Lin Xuan will never hesitate to turn his face. Even if he chatted with Wang Hao with a smile at dinner that day, there is no evidence that there was any quarrel. Mark of.

As for the other well-known Like, Lin Xuan had heard about him to some extent before. Former old people like Ren Fan, Zhang Heng, and Zhang San would never have any communication with Like. Qiu Kou is already rare, and although the new generation of players like them may not have such an attitude, it is unrealistic to contact him without any grudges. Even if you don't hate him, your own position is still there.

This is something that cannot be avoided and ignored.

Like obviously knows this well, so he talks and laughs with other people, but he never takes the initiative to join SKY. When some people get close to SKY or Ichthyosaur, most of the time TL is with members of their own team, but they don’t intentionally avoid it, such as making a joke or asking someone to treat them, as long as they are there It will not ignore the share of the opposing team members.

The members of the media operations of each team have posted many photos of each team loving each other, which has caused a certain amount of waves among the LPL fan base, and many people are very pleased.

This gratification didn't last long, because the two-day rest period quickly passed, the intercontinental match officially kicked off, and the LPL lost all on the first day of the match.

If losing to the LCK is barely acceptable, then losing to the LMS is simply a slap in the face of everyone.

What's even more heart-wrenching is that when the LPL loses to anyone on the compatriot's territory in everyone's eyes, there will be loud cheers at the scene.

This makes many people, including the LPL players, have an illusion that they are the foreign team, and the LCK, they enjoy the same treatment here as the home court, especially the two teams of STR and Crane, who play in the LPL or even When I was in the LMS team, many people cheered excitedly even if they punished a crab or removed a ward.

When Lin Xuan sat in the backstage and heard the cheers for the first time, the first Ichthyosaurus team hadn't lost yet. It was just that a ward was removed by the LCK at the beginning of the first level.

At that moment, he simply thought that he was in a foreign country, or that so many international friends traveled thousands of miles to support his team.

Those cheers were especially harsh.

Even if such a scene happened at home in the LCK, it would not make him feel "harsh".

Maybe the group of League of Legends can't explain anything, maybe the record of LPL in the past few years is too inconspicuous, but at least...that's what I see.

　After the release, I realized that Lin Xuan's reaction was wrong, so I made some adjustments.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)