LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 362: To get into the top national team, staying up all night is actually worthwhile.

How would you evaluate Lin Ruo's achievement of surpassing 8600 points, making her poised to break 9000 points and challenge for first place?

[Having defeated top professional player Refuse twice, just how good is Lin Ruo at Dota 2?]

Meanwhile, on the same evening, news about Lin Ruo was already circulating like wildfire on Tieba, and the discussion in the League of Legends community was as heated as ever.

Lin Ruo gave them too many surprises. Indeed, Lin Ruo shouldn't take anything he does seriously when it comes to games. But even so, after only two and a half months of practice, he defeated a professional player and was close to becoming the top player in the country.

The performance and efficiency were undeniably exaggerated, yet the fans couldn't contain their excitement and began discussing it.

Outside, the news of Lin Ruo killing two rejecters in one day spread much wider.

Especially abroad, in Europe and America where Dota 2 has a deeper influence, the news that Lin Ruo challenged the number one spot in the Chinese server and defeated professional player Refuse has inevitably sparked a huge discussion.

The audience in the League of Legends community were all marveling at Lin Ruo's incredible talent and determined to follow in his footsteps and keep up with his amazing skills.

N0tail, the position 5 player from the DOTA2 team OG, also chimed in, expressing his shock with a simple question mark on Twitter.

This is so unbelievable, yet it is an undeniable fact.

He cannot use the fact that CN's Dota 2 level is weak to cover up this fact, because CN had just experienced a championship boom in 16, and they are still a formidable opponent that European and American teams need to be wary of in international competitions.

Therefore, Lin Ruo's victory over the Rejector in the national championship under such circumstances is indeed very impressive.

Even though he hasn't reached the top yet, everyone watching him thinks it's only a matter of time before he sits on the throne of the number one player in the Chinese server.

Compared to the various opponents in the ranked ladder, the only thing that could stop Lin Ruo was probably the match. The day after defeating Refuse, EDG faced FPX, their opponent in the eighth round of the regular season.

The Xiangsong duo, who are far from reaching their peak performance year, still don't seem to have much momentum this year. It seems that a better team is an important prerequisite that cannot be ignored if they want to unleash their individual potential.

FPX, having failed to acquire GimGoon, brought in a top laner from LDL this season, and their performance has naturally been much worse than the team Lin Ruo remembered.

As expected, EDG swept Phoenix, with both games lasting just over 20 minutes, breaking the record for the fastest Bo3 in the LPL this year.

These were the two easiest wins EDG had in the Spring Split. Of course, other matches were also easy, but none were as smooth and effortless as today's.

For example, when facing OMG, the opposing team could often put some pressure on EDG in the early game, while FPX had no ability to suppress EDG even for a minute.

It's the weekend again, and EDG, now in a cross-group matchup, will host RW Xia, the second-place team in the East, at the Shanghai Arena. RW Xia has just won three consecutive games.

With the regular season already halfway through, the current LPL landscape is crystal clear: EDG, the dominant force, leads the Spring Split standings with an undefeated record.

Besides these, the remaining strong teams are all from the top five in the East.

As it turns out, the teams in the East are far more balanced and stronger than those in the West in the overall contest. Even Snake, currently ranked second, has not fared well against the East in the inter-group matches.

Not to mention the older, established powerhouses like WE and OMG, which are already declining and ranked lower.

If it weren't for EDG leading the way, the Western Conference would undoubtedly be considered a mediocre group by the audience.

Unfortunately, EDG was in the West. Facing the formidable Eastern powerhouse RW and his old teammate, Smiley A-Guang, Lin Ruo showed no mercy and delivered a dominant performance today.

The Rengar, employing the same old tricks, left Cuzz's Zac with nowhere to hide, almost recreating the classic performance of Blue Zero.

EDG easily took the first game.

In the second game, Cuzz, playing Jarvan IV, combined with Doinb's Ryze roaming, and RW, with their excellent rhythm, built a gold advantage of over 3000 in the early game. However, even so, they still couldn't stop EDG's overwhelming dominance in team fights.

Lin Ruo, controlling Lee Sin, remained as steady as a mountain. In the Fire Dragon team fight, he flanked from behind, used his ward-hop flash-R to kick out Caitlyn, helping EDG secure the dragon and kills, resulting in a resounding victory.

If one game isn't enough for the team to win, then play another one.

In the second team fight at the mid-lane tower, Lin Ruo, who had clearly kicked in, used a feint to catch the Caitlyn off guard, who was not prepared in time, and used Dragon Tail R Flash to kick Ryze back.

Doinb, who thought he was being careless because he was building tank items, was focused down and killed by Braum's knock-up followed by Exhaust.

RW, whose core player was eliminated as soon as the team engaged, was completely unable to withstand EDG's overwhelming and fierce offensive.

After securing the Baron, EDG destroyed RW's base in 26 minutes, easily ending their three-game winning streak and extending their own winning streak to a staggering nine games.

"Wow, is that Lin's Lee Sin? He can hold the sky with his two feet! Congratulations to EDG!"

Guan Zeyuan, extremely excited, shouted loudly.

Today's victory is significant for EDG, given the tense situation in the Western Conference, which could also be described as a battle of weak teams.

The third to seventh place rankings were neck and neck, which resulted in EDG securing a playoff spot with a perfect record of nine wins in the major matches and a net score of 18 points in the minor matches.

It was a foregone conclusion, but it's something to be happy about.

After completing the usual post-match procedures, as is customary, Abu treated everyone to a meal and ordered the food. The EDG team then boarded the club's van for their small get-together.

Lin Ruo logged back in around 22 PM and immediately glanced at the current leaderboard. Her score of 9050 was very close to that of Kaka, who was ranked first.

The two are only about 100 points apart, which means that with a little effort, it's not impossible for one of them to reach the top of the ladder tonight.

However, this will obviously require some patience.

Without giving it much thought, Lin Ruo slowly played two rounds and narrowed the score difference to less than fifty points before midnight.

Seeing that it was 11:1, Lin Ruo thought he couldn't play a third game and quickly ended the broadcast. However, less than a minute later, he quickly went back on the broadcast and opened the live room.

There's nothing I can do about it; it seems like even God wants him to reach the top of the national server before he goes to sleep.

As for why, unfortunately, Kaka just lost a match and dropped 25 points in a flash. This means that Lin Ruo only needs to win one more game to catch up with the score difference. In addition, with the jump score mechanism, it is inevitable that Lin Ruo will surpass Kaka and reach the top.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Ruo decided to start another game, leaving the viewers who had exited the live stream after seeing the black screen but returned because of the message notification completely bewildered.

I feel like I'm being played by Lin Gengxin every single day. I just want to climb into the screen and beat him to death.

[Didn't he say goodnight? He's coming back to start broadcasting again. Wait a minute, Lin Gou isn't usually very polite.]

[He probably felt the gift money wasn't enough and wanted to do more during the live stream. If someone sends him a big sword, he'll probably end the stream.]

[He even gave him a big sword! I'd kill him!]

[Kaka lost, and LinGou had a chance to reach number one in one go. I was just about to say that when he started streaming.]

[Holy crap, does that mean Lin is going to have his fun tonight?]

(End of this chapter)