League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 130: His acting skills in feeding kills are terrible; he needs to practice!
The Shanghai Grand Stage, second-floor conference room.

Several middle-aged men wearing uniforms with the LPL logo were gathered around a computer.

"So, how many people are online at any given time?"

Hu Qiming leaned forward, resting one hand on the table, looking down at the computer while asking technician Xiao Wang another question.

"Boss, please wait a moment. The backend statistics are slow, and it's difficult for other platforms to synchronize with ours."

"Hey Lao Hu, calm down, don't rush," a colleague from the same LPL operations team comforted him. "Our domestic viewership ratings have already exceeded expectations, okay?"

"470 million!"

"470 million!"

"I'm worried because the domestic viewership ratings have already far exceeded expectations."

Hu Qiming straightened up, clapping his hands together with a soft sound. Faced with the nearly five million online viewership on TGA and YY alone in China, he couldn't remain calm.

Don't just talk about me. When you guys saw that the number of domestic viewers for the first day of the All-Star Game was about to break five million, your expressions were much more outrageous than mine.

God knows how much everyone was laughing in the office just now.

"Our decision to focus our publicity resources on NXG and JM was definitely the right one."

"It's not just that we made the right choice. Didn't you see that Shanghai sent a lot of people to the site to conduct research? The discussions about the All-Star Game are going to explode this week."

A young man wearing black-rimmed glasses couldn't contain his excitement and chimed in, "Especially the image design and promotional video of our LPL dream team, which immediately topped the trending searches as soon as it was released."

"I have to say, the boss of NXG is a genius!"

“I even feel that genius is an insult to him.”

"I agree. When I first heard that he had set up a studio and wanted to take over the business related to player promotion for the All-Star team, I was dumbfounded."

"Just by looking at the quality of that promotional video, you can tell that the person came prepared."

"I don't know what's wrong with JM's head. The fist bump after the first individual skills competition, and the cheering for the opponent in the team competition, he was so stylish. He almost made me fall for him."

"Based on the current data, I think we'll be busy again in the second half of the year."

"You mean the second division league? We've got it covered. Once we send the data to headquarters tonight, they'll probably be even more excited than we are."

"Moreover, there are only eight teams in the LPL right now. After the All-Star event, with the level of attention we're getting today, there definitely won't be enough spots for all the teams to compete for."

The conversation drifted further and further away.

Just then, technician Xiao Wang shouted.

"The statistics are in!"

"On the first day, the global live viewership reached 880 million!"

"hiss……"

A group of people gasped in unison, having contributed to global warming.

Inside the room, besides several LPL operations executives, there were also a few blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners sitting at the desk.

Leading the group was Riot Games CEO Brandon Beck, who was there to present the championship rings to the Season 2 champions, TPA, at tomorrow's All-Star halftime show.

Thanks to the real-time updates from the translator beside him, the man heard some incredibly exciting news.

470 million!
The total viewership reached nearly nine million.

Wow, my God.

Before 2013, he had thought that partnering with Tencent would quickly promote League of Legends, but he never expected it to give him such a big surprise.

An All-Star event attracted nearly five million viewers in mainland China alone, and that doesn't even include the viewership data from TV5 and other television viewers.

And it can still go up. Today is just the first day of the All-Star Game; the real highlight is tomorrow and the weekend.

Brandon Beck's eyes were fixed on the monitor in the middle of the office, showing LPL's promotional results, which far exceeded expectations. It seemed that everything stemmed from this young man with whom they had exchanged emails several times.

CNLPL—JM!

……

"If the bottom lane is weak, let it go; don't let it get caught."

"Catch Raven!"

Back to the game, NA's top and jungle made a decision: they simply used the low-health bot lane tower to lure LPL's jungler Elise to the bot lane, single-mindedly disrupting the opponent's mid lane rhythm.

"Agreed, we can't let him continue like this."

A mid-lane Riven who was very good at roaming put immense pressure on them. Even without any kills, she managed to whittle down their creep score and jungle resources in just a few minutes.

It even includes a small dragon!
Ten minutes into the game, the minion wave reached the mid lane again. A purple cannon minion was low on health, and Kennen, as if eyeing the gold from those two Ferraris, "unconsciously" took two extra steps forward, preparing to finish it off with a basic attack.

Kennen still had his shuriken in his hand, and Riven, just as Dyrus had expected, used her E skill [Charge] followed by [Broken Wings] for a dash.

Dyrus grinned and pretended to back away, but didn't immediately activate E.

In the video, Riven aggressively continued her advance, unleashing another smooth QA combo, taking away a significant amount of Poppy's health in just two hits.

"drink!"

The Exile's final Q hit knocks Kennen into the air, followed by a basic attack.

On the other side of the camera, W, who was in a hurry to hand over Jiang Ming, who was being used for blood transfusion, was still smiling brightly.

Is it about acting skills?
I am not very talented, but I have watched many action movies with billions of people involved.

How much range does your electric wave have compared to an A minion's attack range? And after you finish attacking, can you still use your E skill to retreat or not? Do you think we don't know?
Just then, Kennen made his move.

Press E skill, [Ultimate Skill - Thunder Armor]

"Yah"

The Ionian ninja dashed forward like lightning, while at the same time, the Lee Sin emerged from the blind spot of the jungle.

"Middle!"

"JM's Flash was a little short, and NA's Ueno and Jungle duo wanted to take action against this Riven."

"In the bottom lane, Xiao Pang and Wei Xiao are also pushing forward simultaneously, and Ming Kai's Spider has also appeared behind the blue team's duo. Both sides attack at the same time."

This time, the director didn't rush to switch to dual-screen mode, but instead kept the ultra-high-definition large screen firmly locked in the middle.

The leadership has made arrangements; the main character of the LPL is in the middle.

With the high speed boost from his E skill, Kennen quickly chased down Riven. To keep his teammates safe and to prevent Riven from counterattacking, Dyrus even played it safe and didn't rush to use his E to apply his passive to the opponent. "I just used my ultimate!"

Boom!

[Secret Technique - Thunderous Prison Attack!]

Countless pillars of lightning fell in the middle lane.

Soon, Raven was covered in lightning marks, triggering the three-layer effect, and Jiang Ming was stunned on the spot.

At this moment, Lee Sin, who had finally reached level six and had his ultimate ability, approached by touching a minion.

[Oh no, Mingkai, what are you doing? Why aren't you protecting the mid laner and instead going to the bot lane?]

[Mingkai, are you awake? This is an All-Star game, not your WE team.]

[Hilarious! It's my fault for breaking my promise. It wasn't that JM wanted to pretend, but she got caught.]

[The mid-lane duo has no sportsmanship!]

The moment the Lee Sin appeared in their field of vision, many viewers in the live stream chat and the audience cried out in despair. From the league to the All-Star game, this was the first time they had ever seen JM get caught and killed by the opponent so early.

Scratch to death?

No, who gave you the courage?

Liang Jingru?

Having secured First Blood and taken down Lee Sin and her own Elise's F4 camp, Riven's level had reached level nine, and her experience bar was just one step away from reaching ten.

What makes you think an 8-level Kennen and a 6-level Lee Sin can successfully gank?

To borrow a classic line from Aatrox—"You think you can kill me?!"

In the game footage, Kennen is seen harassing the stunned Riven, unleashing his Q and W abilities in quick succession, as if afraid of missing out on a full burst of damage in the first wave.

puff!
Lee Sin's Q skill, Sonic Wave, also applies to the champion in one hit.

However, just as Saintvicious stepped forward to finish off the opponent with an AER attack to maximize damage, the air in Summoner's Rift suddenly froze.

"Drink!"

The Exile Blade let out a battle cry.

[A Soul-Shaking Roar]

NA's top and jungle heroes are stunned.

Jiang Ming remained calm. After using W to control the two opponents, he first unleashed a basic attack to avoid wasting the passive basic attack damage.

"They've already crossed that line!"

"Use violence to stop violence!"

[Forward with courage] [The Edge of Exile]

Once the E skill is off cooldown, the user takes a step forward, simultaneously canceling the R skill's recovery animation.

After activating her ultimate ability, the seemingly harmless Rui Mengmeng returned to her former self as the decisive Noxian war goddess, and the rune greatsword that had been destroyed by Elder Suma was revived through the energy of the wind.

call!
Ignite the hook and apply it to the Lee Sin, then A.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
In the blink of an eye, Lee Sin's health bar was reduced to only a quarter after a lightning-fast QA combo!

Eight slashes in one second—how would you handle that?

Fake!

What kind of damage is this?
Saintvicious's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He had no idea that the seemingly unassuming mid-laner who hadn't made a move after getting first blood would actually have such terrifying damage output.

"Get out of here, buddy, get out of here!" Dyrus yelled hysterically.

"OK, OK, it's yours now..."

He couldn't afford to inflict any more damage; he was afraid that if he attacked again, his life would be in danger.

[One Warehouse!]

The dragon swung its tail and kicked out.

The Exile's body was suddenly sent flying backward.

Jiang Ming wasn't in a hurry. After landing his ultimate, he used his three-part Q to smash Kennen, whose skills were all on cooldown.

click!
The greatsword slashed down on Kennen's head, like a blood pump, cutting off another bar of his health bar, which was already affected by the AOE damage from Q.

He adjusted his position and swung his greatsword.

[Exiled Edge] Stage Two - Wind Slash!

The ultimate skill, which has never been weakened, boasts a terrifying projectile speed of 600!

A verdant sword aura swept across the ground, completely enveloping Kennen in front of him, and also—

puff!
Forehead!
The Lee Sin who flashed towards the tower was grazed by the end of Wind Slash.

The latter's health was instantly drained.

CNLPL-JM has eliminated LCS.NA-Saintvicious!

A system kill notification sounded.

The three people outside the venue, including Wawa and Xiaocang, jumped up from their chairs in surprise.

"Counterattack!"

"My God, Riven pulled off a 1v2 comeback and Lee Sin was instantly killed."

Whoosh!

Inside the venue, all the LPL supporters erupted in cheers like a tidal wave. Strange, isn't it?

It's not surprising at all. The Lee Sin, who had lost several jungle camps, was more than a level behind his own Elise. Right now, the level 9 Riven killed a level 6 Lee Sin. With a full three-level stat difference, he even gave Riven an Ignite. It was just too easy.

【? ? ? 】

[Not even a second?]

Goodbye to the health bar disappearing trick, my goodness!

I thought I was already overestimating Riven's damage output, but I didn't expect it to be this exaggerated.

"It's not over yet!"

Right after killing the Lee Sin, Riven, now at level nine, leveled up again.

Level 10 Riven, Level 8 Kennen!

What would happen if neither side had any skills?
Oh dear, this is so hard to guess.

Dyrus looked at Riven, whose health bar had suddenly spiked, with a long face, and cursed the jungler a thousand times in his mind.

Bro, are you just going to use Flash + R to kick Riven back under the tower to her death?

We were afraid that the damage from the two of us wouldn't be enough to kill him, so we were very careful to hold him back first. But you, on the other hand, just gave him a big kill.

In addition to the upgrade, Jiang Ming also received a brand new red buff, which, combined with the continuous attack power boost from his ultimate skill, allowed him to attack again.

boom!
Dyrus had no choice but to use his Flash.

Damn it, this top and jungle gank not only failed to kill the opponent, but also gave them another kill. Considering the losses in the top and bottom lanes, the early game has completely collapsed.

"My fighting spirit...has not been lost!"

Just as Dyrus was regretting the failure of the Ueno synergy, the female warrior in front of the tower did not stop her steps.

Flashback?

If I use Flashbang, I won't die, right?

In a private training match, Jiang Ming might know when to stop and guide his teammates to further compress the opponent's jungle, with the duo lane cooperating with the jungler to push towers, rotate lanes, and take dragons.

But after enjoying the applause and cheers from the audience at the end of today's solo match, Jiang Ming completely freed himself from the shackles in his heart.

Now, sitting in the players' seats is not the owner of the NXG club, nor a streamer seeking perfect program effects, nor the middle-aged man from his previous life whose edges have been smoothed out by life.

He—Jiang Ming—is currently just a nineteen-year-old League of Legends esports player.

If you don't dare to make plays as a League of Legends player and don't have the courage to pursue the limits, how can you possibly reach the top?

If a player cannot completely impress everyone during a competition, then becoming a benchmark in the industry, building an esports powerhouse, and ultimately changing the esports ecosystem is nothing but a pipe dream.

Give others the opportunity to shine, and teach your teammates various skills?
Having returned to S3, possessing a brand-new body and superhuman reflexes, I cannot leave any trace of my amazing skills.
Damn it, then all my rebirths were for nothing!
war!
Thanks to the red buff's slow effect, even with Flash, Kennen was unable to create enough distance and was currently positioned in front of the blue side tower.

At level 10, Jiang Ming's E skill, which he used first, had already cooled down, and his Flash skill had also come back to work.

Forge ahead bravely

boom!
The two heroes were instantly back to square one.

He raised his sword and slashed down heavily at Kennen and his basic attack.

Whoosh!

There was an uproar at the scene.

"JM still wants to play."

"Charge! Damn it, take down Kennen too!"

"The Blind Monk has passed away peacefully. Brother, you should go and join him."

"So exciting, so damn exciting!"

Ding!
The white shield that appeared blocked Kennen's next Q skill, leaving Jiang Ming no extra time to reposition.

The warning from the turret has already been issued; he will at most take two hits from the turret.

One more auto-attack, and the Q skill's cooldown is ready.

【Broken Wings Dance】Cancels the attack animation; click the ground to cancel the Q animation again.

A dance between life and death, the two heroes are competing to see whose health drops faster.

At this point, Kennen's health bar was less than one-fifth full.

Raven's health bar is almost empty.

"Can we kill him?"

The venue, which had been bustling with noise just moments before, suddenly fell silent, and countless people's hearts were in their throats.

In the scene, Raven leaps high into the air for the third time, knocking Kennen, who was trying to perform the "King Qin circling the pillar" routine, flying from the spot.

Instead of finishing off the last basic attack, the W skill, now off cooldown, helped complete the final ritual.

CNLPL-JM killed LCS.A-Dyrus
Double Kill!

Killing Spree!

Following the notification of Lee Sin's death, two more system announcements sounded.

However, no one's attention was diverted from it; they kept their eyes fixed on the Exile, who was locked onto by the turret.

Ding!
Another laser beam struck, slamming heavily onto the hero's body.

do you died?
Even if you die, it's still a win. You managed to kill two Kennen players in a 1v2 situation, and they were even chasing you down under the tower. That's pretty good.

"He's not dead!" The doll's voice teetered on the edge of cracking.

“Raven survived, seven drops of blood, my God.”

The next moment, the audience transformed into Abba people, and the live stream was flooded with countless "666" comments.

There were no other words to describe it; after witnessing the incredible feat firsthand, all that remained for them was awe.

……

The story of the first game was successfully predicted by several veterans from LCS.NA.

Excluding the time for the LPL promotional video, exactly three minutes of the match had passed—well, that was their garbage time.

With three kills in hand, Riven's equipment and level both surpassed time, making her terrifyingly powerful.

Furthermore, the other players on the LPL dream team were also doing well in terms of development. WeiXiao's Caitlyn didn't need any interference from the opponent and was able to develop and dominate without any pressure. In eleven minutes, he had created a nearly thirty-CS lead over Doublelift.

Mingkai's Spider even followed his teammates to invade and counter-jungle, getting plenty of kills.

Going into the enemy's jungle is just so satisfying.

The support player picked a robot hoping to roam around, but the top, mid, and jungle lanes collapsed too quickly. Before she could even make a move, all three lanes were already on a prison journey.

Finally, there's the top lane Malphite. He wasn't pressured much by Kennen in the early game, but later he faced Zed. PDD simply built up a full set of armor to maximize the passive effect of his W.

Fourteen minutes in, NA's seemingly out of it tried to take another look at the dragon, only to be instantly melted by Riven hiding in the bush.

As the game progressed, the LPL team on the purple side, considering that Baron Nashor was about to spawn, moved their strongest hero, Riven, to the top lane, swapping her with Malphite.

From then on, the two heroes who were originally facing off in the mid lane finally reunited after being separated at level four.

Sixteen minutes.

As the defensive towers gradually disappeared and the economic gap widened, Scarra, who had been playing defensively for the entire game, finally unleashed her power.

Yes, he brought along an auxiliary robot.

Outside the blue buff bush in the upper half of the map, Blitzcrank angrily threw his hook at Riven, who had dared to come alone to provide vision.

After unleashing a full QER combo, you'll have maximum crowd control. All you need to do is wait for Scarra to execute her Three Flowers Gathering Technique and finish off Riven.

CNLPL-JM has eliminated LCS.NA Scarra!

The kill announcement came out, but it wasn't what the support player Xpecial expected; the targets had been surprisingly swapped.

From God's perspective, it was clear that the instant Scarra's ultimate landed, Riven, equipped with Black Cleaver, Bloodthirster, and CD boots, stunned Zed on the spot. Before she could even complete her QA combo, she sent Zed back to the fountain with a "Swift Sword Technique".

On stage, Scarra, with a bitter expression, leans back tactically.

Contest slots and all that stuff are so annoying.

With the demise of the mid-laner, the alluring culprit, the robot, naturally cannot escape blame either.

After finishing off Blitzcrank, Rui Mengmeng, with full health thanks to the Bloodthirster, emerged from the jungle with a score of 5.0 and no health remaining, and started taking down the top lane's second tower as if nothing had happened.

……

The esports industry strictly adheres to the law of conservation of happiness.

The more upset the NA players and viewers were, the brighter the smiles were for the LPL players.

Until the 20-minute mark, all three outer turrets of NA were destroyed, while LPL still maintained a zero-death record!
It was even so exaggerated that Raven, who had five points and zero rebounds, was never allowed to perform a solo act in the competition.

Fans of both IG and WE were pleasantly surprised to find that several of their players had made remarkable progress.

First, there's Mingkai, the jungler. He no longer gets lost or wanders around aimlessly. He clears the jungle camps clearly, controls the dragon constantly, and is either ganking or counter-ganking Lee Sin. He never leaves the battlefield when there's a moment when the game is in turmoil.

Smile's performance also exceeded the expectations of WE fans. She transformed into a Piltover Caitlyn who was a robot for last-hitting and pushing towers throughout the game. Her attention was fully focused, either dodging the robot's hook or flashing to dodge Varus's flash-R.

As for the pre-existing conditions that could lead to sudden death, none of them were observed today.

In team fights, he took kiting to the extreme, dealing damage as if he had been on a non-stop diet.

Smile: Of course it won't stop. Don't you see what kind of devil your mid laner is? He flashes into the crowd with ER and leaves the blue team with a bunch of low-health enemies. Forget about coming to care about him as an AD in a team fight. If he's not careful, he might not even get a single kill.

The most surprising thing was PDD.

"Are you kidding me?"

"This unscientific!"

"Flash to bait flash, ultimate hits four, this Malphite must have something wrong with his brain."

"Hey buddy, referee, we're going to report this. The person playing on the court right now isn't PDD himself."

Inside the IG club, four abstract figures crouching in front of computers watching the game were twisted into a ball.

It is said that one's own failure is shameful, but one's brother's success is even more unsettling.

When they saw PDD playing Malphite during the champion selection phase, they felt something was off, and it wasn't until the match started that they truly realized what the problem was.

No, the Malphite is holding his own, constantly kiting Kennen to avoid ganks. Is this really the PDD we know?

The first game ended at 22 and a half minutes.

Without securing Baron Nashor, the game ended the moment PDD's Malphite jungle collided with four opponents.

With the Stone Golem using his ultimate (R) on all four targets, the support Pang Ran could easily follow up with his own ultimate for crowd control.

Finally, when Jiang Ming's Raven entered the scene, Pang Pang belatedly realized that his team had not yet given away any friendly kills. Pang Pang immediately transformed into a movie star.

Not only did he flash in the opposite direction, but he also deliberately ran into Zed's shuriken, and then took two hits from the high ground turret. He dodged left and right for a long time without trying to move away.

Finally, after painstakingly sacrificing their only kill to prevent the opponent from being wiped out, the LPL dream team charged towards the LCS.NA Nexus.

"Looks like he needs to practice his acting skills!"

"They're even worse than those girls on the table tennis team."

　Let's discuss a point. A few days ago, some readers expressed that they were tired of stories where the protagonist is focused on winning matches, and that the emphasis should be on business and other aspects, even downplaying the League of Legends element...

　　The core selling point of this book is to use e-sports traffic to run clubs, develop businesses, and improve e-sports, but it is still an e-sports novel based on LOL.

　　Old Qing is self-aware. A guy in the fan group said something that makes a lot of sense: if you remove the LOL part, do you think anyone will click to read this book?

　　League of Legends is the protagonist's core foundation, and this cannot be touched under any circumstances. The protagonist's rise to prominence is predicated on their influence within the esports scene. Season 3 was an era that championed individual heroism; if you couldn't conquer the field, even if you led your team to a championship, the biggest attention wouldn't be on you, like the Phoenix team in Season 9. (That's why I initially bestowed various buffs upon the protagonist: the top player in the Chinese server, a student at Nanjing University, and a League of Legends tutorial video creator. All that was done to secure the All-Star mid-lane position and even the captain's role.)
　　The first season is mostly about laying the groundwork. Now that it's time to shine, if you skip it because you're tired of seeing those flashy QA plays, what about the Finals? What about the second season?

　　Of course, the focus of this book is definitely on management, training, and development. After S4, with the prerequisites in place, there's no need for you to complain; the protagonist's focus will no longer be on the competition.

　　Finally, Lao Qing continues to write 10,000 words daily, begging for monthly votes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)