You actually want me to...

As for Group C, they really ended up fighting with DK and the fish.

Imperial Warriors DFM took down North America's pride C9 right from the start, and then almost defeated their Korean rivals DK. But that wasn't all. In the second round, A-P's "fourth game must win" buff was triggered, and he directly defeated DK.

They had already lost to TES in the book, but through hard work, they changed and became a stronger team now.

But DK never anticipated that... during the playoffs, TES would be playing scrims with teams from all regions except the LCK, thus artificially boosting the rankings of all regions except the LCK and successfully reverting everything back to its original timeline.

Even Genshin Impact fans ultimately couldn't escape miHoYo's allure.

He successfully transitioned from a knight to a traveler, and took his meditation training to a higher level.

The three teams that have advanced from the group stage are:

Group A: TES, PGG

Group B: MAD, PSG

Group C: DK, C9

The six teams have entered the double round-robin knockout stage.

At this moment, inside the TES club, Knight was looking at the images of the six teams advancing on his computer screen, while occasionally glancing up at the scenery outside the hotel, looking completely distracted.

"What's wrong? I've noticed you've been staring outside for the past few days, wanting to go out and play?" Roland, who had just finished receiving advanced combat records in the conference room, was met with Knight's conflicted expression as soon as he came out.

"I consulted a fortune teller a few years ago, and he said I would be troubled by love in the next few years. Now that those years have almost passed, it's about time this happened."

Roland frowned, carefully examined Knight's condition, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, you've already encountered it, you just don't know it."

"You saw it?"

"No... I mean, have you ever thought about what the fortune teller meant by being troubled by love—is it actually the pandemic that's causing the trouble?"

"??????"

"If you put it that way, it sounds like I've encountered fortune tellers who said the same thing before." After thinking about it, Roland felt that fortune telling was actually quite mysterious, since so many fortune tellers gave similar results, and yet they were still somewhat accurate.

"Don't you have a girlfriend? Are you also suffering from the pandemic?"

"No, there's still the stock market, isn't there? I've actually been stuck with this stuff for the past few years. Fortune tellers are pretty good."

Knight: ......

Of course, jokes aside, everyone can still distinguish between what's important and what's urgent.

Honestly, you only realize how tempting some places are after you go abroad. Take Iceland, for example; they have quite a few female fans who enthusiastically welcome them. The principle that professional gamers are naive and rich is universal, no matter the region. After all, they're just ordinary people struggling to survive, living under pressure, having to cooperate with blindfolded shouting, and even foaming at the mouth while forced to swallow it all down. It's not easy for them!

To accommodate these very few foreign enthusiasts, White Crescent and King Ban's approach was to inadvertently reveal the hotel and location of DK's group.

"Do you think we've gone a little too far by doing this?"

"It's okay. The only one who can open doors without training is Genshin Impact. He's not interested in the real world."

"I didn't expect that you, a young man full of vigor, would be able to resist these temptations."

Hearing this, Roland patted White Crescent's shoulder and sighed silently, saying, "The situation is not right under the current circumstances. If you hadn't checked that it was a new car before buying it, it wouldn't have been worth it at all. The main problem is that there are risks involved. It's safer to take Didi, and you can also experience different car models."

"So, do you regret it?"

"No, not at all. With cars, the longer you drive them, the less you can tell whether the interior is new or old. If conditions allow, it's actually quite good to buy it sooner rather than later." After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, everything understood without being said.

Contending for Hegemony: Chapter Twenty: Cultivating Immortality is Defying the Heavens

The first match of the knockout stage was the highly anticipated TES vs. DK.

As the champions and runners-up of S10, and as the fateful battle between Doctor and Knight, the competition between these two teams undoubtedly attracted the attention of League of Legends fans all over the world. Even though the match between the two teams was already in the early hours of the morning in China, countless LPL fans were still waiting in front of their screens.

Hurry up, I've been waiting until almost dawn.

[Hmph, cultivating immortality is inherently defying the heavens; how can you, fellow cultivator, so easily fall before dawn?]

[Staying up all night is so great, it's always so great! Don't worry, nothing bad will happen, just look at me!]

Staying up late is bad for your health; I suggest staying up all night. I want to cultivate immortality; I'll ascend to heaven from this place.

It's just that young people in China these days are quite unique, possessing American lifestyles, Japanese hobbies, Russian temperaments, British sexuality, Chinese appetites, and African luck. That's why so many people stay up late at night watching live streams. Of course, the main reason is that there are too many single people with lots of energy to release at night. That's how it is (doge).

The TES team, who arrived at the venue early to go through security, coincidentally bumped into the DK team, who had also arrived at the same time. The moment Genshin Impact saw Roland, his eyes lit up. He grabbed his phone and ran to Roland, frantically gesturing and muttering Korean. He practically gave Roland a run for his money.

"Ah Shui, come here quickly and translate what he said."

???

"No, he was speaking Korean. I don't know it either."

"Didn't you team up with Song Sheng and Xiu Nan for over a year? You haven't learned Korean in over a year?"

"Shouldn't their normal thought process be that they learn Chinese? Are you acting like EDG from a few years ago?"

Seeing that JKL couldn't be relied on, Roland could only look around for someone who could act as a translator. Fortunately, the qualifying rounds had already ended, and his girlfriend Xiran had joined the second batch of the team to fight against Iceland. She came to his rescue.

Seeing Genshin's brother frantically speaking Korean as if he had met a savior, all Roland could do was take a small step forward to separate himself from Xiran, and then carefully watch Genshin's brother's movements.

It wasn't until more than ten seconds later that hope Ran nodded, pointed at Genshin Impact's phone, and said with a strange look:

"He means that he has discovered a new game and is now a traveler."

"Clam?"

"He said that the Knight's power might not be enough for him to defeat you, but the Traveler certainly could. He looks forward to fighting you with all his might at MSI to avenge himself. If he loses, he'll make sure you get ten Keqings in a row when you draw cards later."

"..."

Even as Genshin Impact's character left, Roland remained completely bewildered, watching his departing figure before letting out a silent sigh.

This kid looks like he's half-dead.

Compared to the DK in Season 10, it's really hard to tell whether the Season 11 version of DK is a buff or a nerf.

You might say it's been buffed, but the top laner has gone from being the world's number one top laner, Nuguri, to Khan now. It's not that Khan isn't strong, but there's something mystical about him. If this were a mobile game, his passive ability would definitely be "Unrivaled".

But if you say it's been weakened, it also brought in the legendary coach, Kouma.

Looking at the entire League of Legends scene, there are only two people in the world whose overall strength is enough to make them good coaches: Kkoma and Redmi.

It's not that their draft picks are the best in the world. Of course, their draft pick abilities are not bad either. But if we only talk about draft picks, then Abu's name should probably be added to this list. The reason they are called good coaches is that they can switch between the roles of strict coach and loving father, and can maximize the value of the players in the team based on their characteristics.

Take Redmi as an example.

The year he worked at JD.com, JD.com's Black Eight legend.

When he left the team and returned to JD.com, 369, who was being criticized by the entire internet, was given a second spring in his career.

This is a skill that a good coach should possess.

"So, what's the arrangement for today?" Looking at his teammates who were all eager to try, Roland turned to White Crescent, who was sitting on the sofa. White Crescent had always been the one to make the decisions about the team's lineup.

"For the match, Ah Le, get ready to go on stage."

"Yes!" Upon hearing the news that he could play, Ah Le, who was already tired of sitting on the bench, jumped up excitedly.

UOL and PGG are one thing.

After all, they were two weak teams, and the top laners from those two teams really didn't interest him in playing against them.

But now it's DK.

For a player eager to improve, the fear is not that their skills are inferior to their opponent's, but that they cannot even get the most basic opportunity to play when there is a strong opponent in front of them.

"As for the tactics, Aban, I'll leave them to you."

"Playing dirty tricks or playing the real game?"

"Let's use the same strategy as last year and see what the current situation is with Death Knights."

Because LPL suffered greatly from SKT's stellar performance in the past, essentially being dominated within the region, barely qualifying for Worlds, and then dominating others at Worlds, LPL didn't believe a single thing about DK's performance in the group stage.

What kind of feeling does the Death Knight give off at this time?

The team faltered early on and only managed to turn the tide through late-game strategy. This means the team had a lot of problems in the early and mid-game, including issues with laning, team fights, teamwork, and resource management. These are mistakes that don't seem like those of an LCK team.

This means that when Roland traveled through time, Season 11 had not yet begun.

If he had time-traveled a year later, he might have realized that DK genuinely hadn't realized his own problem, rather than putting on an act. Because of this wonderful misunderstanding, TES always saw DK as their number one enemy, a master of acting, fearing that if they relaxed their guard, he would be like SKT back in the day, hiding for a long time before unleashing his full power and wiping them out.

For every player on TES.

In the MSI tournament, there were three teams that had to go all out no matter what.

The first one is the provincial team PSG. After all, they are backed by a shady forum. If this lousy place wins, wouldn't all the major forums in China explode instantly?

But don't forget.

Every time Taiwan experiences a power outage, up to 80% of the trolls and rhythm masters on major domestic software forums disappear at once, demonstrating the extent of Taiwan's infiltration into the internet.

The second one is Japan's DFM, but they were eliminated in the group stage and are not under consideration.

As for the last one, it naturally comes down to LCK's DK.

One generation resists Korea, and every generation resists Korea.

With LPL already having won three consecutive championships, who wins is really not important to many LPL fans. Even if C9 wins, everyone will just gladly accept and congratulate C9, because if Perkz gets this honor, he will definitely do all sorts of amazing things on Twitter.

But LCK is no good, LCK is really no good.

Who wins the championship is not important to LPL; the only thing that is important to LPL is that LCK cannot win the championship!

The Battle for Supremacy: Chapter Twenty-One: Unrecognized Talent

As the atmosphere in the stadium grew increasingly intense, the players from both teams quickly took their seats in the stands.

Of course, the commentator offstage was a bit upset. After playing a whole series of group matches, when it came time to face a tough opponent, he was suddenly pushed back to the bench. Who could he complain to?

The prophet at this moment is like Lu Xiucai from the TV series "My Own Swordsman".

Before filming, the director told him that he was going to film a story about a talented but unappreciated scholar, so he bought a copy of the Analects of Confucius and memorized it. But when the filming started, the director said that the Analects were not needed and that the play didn't have it. Suddenly, the feeling of being a talented but unappreciated scholar came through.

But there was no way around it. Although he wanted to go up, he still wasn't very confident if he really had to face DK's support, Genshin Impact.

soon.

First round of bans:

DK: Renekton, Thresh, Riven