LOL: My talent is top-tier, my professional skills are unparalleled.

Chapter 300: The Most Painful Year for 60E!
If you're just doing it for money, becoming a game companion, streamer, or boosting agent can bring in much more money than playing professionally.

With Xiaotian's current skills, he could easily earn hundreds of thousands of yuan a month as an amateur player, such as a gaming companion or a player who helps others.

However, when he first joined EDG, his salary was only 8,000. It wasn't until recently, when Abu officially promoted him to the first team, that his salary reached the level of a starting player.

"The player we're interviewing today is Xiaotian, who is also EDG's starting rookie jungler this year. Let's give this talented newcomer a round of applause to encourage him!"

The audience erupted in thunderous applause!
Xiao Tian then took the opportunity to give a brief self-introduction.

"How would you rate your performance in your LPL Summer Split debut today?" Yu Shuang asked in an interview.

"I'd give it a 70/100. Actually, there were many things I didn't do well, but my teammates were just too strong. They basically carried me to victory."

Xiao Tian smiled shyly.

"Haha, it seems that Xiaotian is quite modest. So what are your expectations for the future?"

When Xiao Tian heard the question, he paused noticeably for a moment, then answered with a resolute look in his eyes:
"I will cherish this hard-won opportunity, improve my skills, and strive to keep up with my teammates and not hold them back."

"I also hope that in the future I can become a pillar of the team like Yao Ge, and I also hope to lift the world championship trophy!"

Backstage at EDG, Wang Yao jokingly said, "Seven, it looks like your position is really going to be taken by Tian. From now on, Gao Tianliang will have to farm your jungle."

"This kid had better play seriously, or I'll go up there and take my second championship!" the factory manager said with a wicked smile.

Abu couldn't stop smiling. Competition is the driving force, and he couldn't wait for his team members to work together so that EDG's performance would remain consistently stable.

When it came to the post-match scoring session, even the usually strict fans gave Xiaotian a high score of 9.4!
"Xiaotian is really promising! He's finally secured a starting position after being rotated out of the jungle role. He's EDG's new crown prince!"

"..."

Abu took his team to eat, drink, and have fun in the surrounding area, celebrating thoroughly before returning to the team base with the players.

As usual, Zhu Kai and Mao Kai conducted a post-match review for the team members. Although there weren't many points to note, there were still some things that needed attention.

"Everyone did one thing very well today, which was to maintain communication with teammates at all times. However, Xiaotian is still not perceptive enough about the minion waves in lane and needs to observe the minion waves more carefully. Your teammates in lane also need to give timely feedback to the jungler."

"As long as we can maintain high-frequency communication, everyone can focus more on laning in the early stages, instead of engaging in meaningless screen switching to obtain information on the map."

The EDG team listened attentively, working hard to identify and address any shortcomings in their strategies, aiming to perform even better in the upcoming matches.

The schedule for the 2018 LPL Summer Split was very tight.

Firstly, the Rift Rivals would take up space in the Summer Split schedule; secondly, the Asian Games would also take up space in the schedule; and thirdly, there are simply too many teams in the LPL.

EDG only had one day of rest before facing their second opponent in the Summer Split.

Team WE!

Last year, WE2.0 gave 60E countless hopes, but after only one year of success, it completely failed.

The departure of Coach Hongmi not only plunged WE into a slump, but the revelation at the end of last year that Condi was addicted to bath and massage also plunged the team into a lot of off-field controversy.

Without Coach Hongmi's supervision, the WE players basically let loose.

Condi's brother-in-law frequented nightclubs with internet celebrities, and his brain was controlled by his own "dragon" (referring to his penis), making him the number one "ladybug" in the LPL.

957 is an older player, and his performance has been declining.

WE is basically being carried by Xiye alone right now, and Mystic's performance is like Duan Yu's Six Meridian Divine Sword, sometimes effective and sometimes not. This year can be said to be the most painful year for the 60E fans!
Of course, what 60E finds most unacceptable is that while the brother-in-law finally had a good performance, Xiye just didn't.

When Xiye played well, his brother-in-law played terribly, and it was a case of both sides putting on a show.

A WE team in such a state of disintegration poses absolutely no threat to EDG.

In this game, Xiaotian completely crushed WE's rookie jungler, Xigua.

After defeating WE and achieving two consecutive victories, EDG finally got two days of rest.

After their two-day break, they faced their third opponent, the strongest in the Western Conference: IG!
Although IG suffered a surprising defeat to WE in the first round of the Summer Split, that was because IG fielded Duke as their top laner at the time.

In their second match against OMG, IG brought out their trump card, TheShy.

Attentive netizens noticed that TheShy has a very noticeable scar on his arm, which looks like a large centipede wrapped around his arm.

One can imagine how severe TheShy's hand injury was, and it is precisely because of this that many IG fans have criticized the management on IG's official Weibo account.

"Su Xiaoluo and Aning from BYD are complete bastards! It's outrageous that they can still stay in IG's management!"

"Shy was just at his peak, or even before he got injured. It's such a pity."

"Believe in the complete IG team! Believe in IG's trident!"

"IG, go go go!"

"..."

Although TheShy had a hand injury, judging from the course and result of the game, his hand injury was not a big problem, or rather, he recovered quite well.

TheShy immediately picked Irelia for top lane and dominated OMG's veteran top laner, Xiyang, showcasing his impressive competitive form.

After many years in the industry, Xi Yang has truly reached the twilight of his career this year, being completely outmatched by rising stars in the LPL top lane!

In the end, IG easily defeated OMG.

In the post-match interview, Rookie said with a smile:

"I'll be facing EDG in the next round. I lost to Wang Yao in our first encounter this year, and it was a pretty bad loss. I hope I can get my revenge when we meet again the day after tomorrow."

"This is a shared idea of ​​our entire team. We want EDG, who have maintained their undefeated record, to also taste the bitterness of being defeated."

This is a blatant declaration of war against EDG!
When Wang Yao saw this interview at the club, the online viewers in the bullet screen were also fueling the fire.

"Pass it down, the chicken said he wants to hold Yao down and beat him!"

"Pass it down, the chicken says he's going to take Yao's first blood!"

"Pass it on..."

Seeing the online viewers' amused and gossipy attitude, Wang Yao jokingly remarked:

"There's only one thing to watch out for when beating a chicken: don't make it cry, or it'll secretly wipe its snot on you."

"I deeply understand this stance!"

(End of this chapter)