You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

Chapter 317 Nine Thousand Ze Li!

"The Red Legion has captured the Rift Herald!"

The news of the vanguard's kill resounded throughout the entire arena, echoing heavily in the empty space.

If there were audience members in the audience, this would surely elicit a chorus of cheers from countless spectators.

Fortunately, the dense barrage of comments in the live stream made up for this.

【send! 】

[Gun! Ready to fire!]

[Wow, Flandre just charged in and brute force his way in? He'd be dead if Meiko hadn't used his ultimate!]

It's all a scheme, don't you understand?

I don't believe Flandre would have such a scheme; it seems like he's just messing around.

It doesn't matter, as long as the result is good, it's a good drive.

[Little Fei's Seven-Level Murder Ring is over.]

Two for five, plus the capture of the vanguard—everyone knows what this team fight signifies.

From the player shots in the lower right corner of the screen, you can see that all of the RNG players have put on pain masks on their faces.

It took a lot of effort to finally kill Xerath once, thus resetting his killing ring to zero.

After the team fight, this guy got two kills and three assists, instantly stacking seven layers of damage.

Why would you use a hook?
Xiao Hu even smiled with relief, having no choice but to accept this cruel reality.

Before the match, Xiaohu thought that EDG could win one or two games before they could fully regain their form.

Looking back now, it seems to have had a touch of dreaming.

Standing in front of them was last year's peak EDG team!

When he went out again, Xerath had already evolved the lost chapter into Luden.

When Xerath has an advantage, he is invincible. Not only is his damage ridiculously high, but his range is also unbelievably long!

Q+W can clear a wave of minions from a thousand yards away, allowing Xerath to hold off RNG's mid-lane push alone.

Moreover, Xerath also has a long-range turret with extremely high damage and coverage across the entire map. Whether it's ganking or providing support, Xerath will definitely be there in the first instance!

At the 10-minute mark, EDG took the initiative to initiate a play, ganking Breathing Bro's Fiora on the side lane.

Breathing Bro's side lane is RNG's lifeline. They are now relying on Breathing Bro to break through, so their support speed is extremely fast.

The two sides quickly started fighting again.

This time, neither side gained a clear advantage, and the dispute ended with a two-for-two exchange.

But Ming Jing emerged as the biggest winner once again, securing a kill and an assist without even leaving the mid lane, officially completing his kill streak.

When they returned to the city, the murder ring had evolved into the Book of Murder.

In the blink of an eye, at the twenty-two-minute mark, the murder book flipped through the pages again, jumping from the tenth floor to the twenty-second floor.

Additionally, Xerath has an extra hat in his inventory.

From this point on, Xerath's damage output started to change.

In the dragon team fight, GALA only managed to use his W to stun the enemy before Xerath hit him with a Q.

A single Q with 500 AP triggers Luden's Echo, instantly taking away nearly half of GALA's health!
This terrified GALA, who quickly ran away.

But the next second, Xerath unleashed his ultimate ability and started urinating!
GALA instantly got goosebumps and quickly moved around, trying to distract Xerath.

But this thing is useless against Ming Jing. When he is extremely focused, Kaisa's movements are completely predictable.

Seize the moment when Kai'Sa turns around and fires a shot!
GALA only took two steps before realizing that he couldn't dodge the shot. He could only accelerate with E and barely get out of the red circle.

But the E skill's speed boost had barely ended when another shot landed, locking him in place!

GALA pressed the Gale Displacement again, barely managing to pull away.

Immediately afterwards, another shot was fired!
GALA was out of options at this point. He still had half his health left, so he should be able to withstand one shot without much trouble.
But this shot almost scared him to death.

A solid shot landed, and Kai'Sa, who already had half health, lost another 30% of her health!

At this rate, if the final shot hits, Kai'Sa will be killed on the spot!

At that very moment, another cannon shot came blasting in!

What's truly disheartening is that this shot still effectively shut down any possibility of dodging or maneuvering.

GALA had no other choice but to grit his teeth and use a dodge to avoid the fatal final blow.

Seeing this, Mingjing felt only regret.

Kai'Sa with Flash and Gale is still a bit hard to kill. If you could just kill her with your pee from a distance, that would be so cool.

Fortunately, after defeating Kai'Sa, the team fight was no longer in doubt.

Jie Jie and Holy Gun Bro had been waiting for a long time. They didn't care about anything else and just rushed in!

GALA is in extremely poor condition right now, with all his skills on cooldown, and he needs to return to base to replenish his supplies. The RNG players have no intention of engaging in team fights.

But the monkey and Gnar's entry was unreasonable. Zeli, with Lulu's speed boost, also rushed forward at a rapid pace, giving off a feeling that she wouldn't leave until she was killed, and they forcibly grappled with each other.

This 4v5 team fight was destined to end in a crushing defeat for RNG.

After securing a decisive 5-0 exchange, EDG then took the dragon and Baron, entering the final cleanup phase.

After returning to base to upgrade their equipment, EDG methodically began split pushing. Utilizing the Baron buff and Xerath's ranged poke, RNG was unable to defend their towers and watched helplessly as all three lanes of high ground were breached.

Soon, three lanes of super minions surged into RNG's high ground, forcing RNG to initiate the final team fight.

With a flash of golden light, Ming's Titan flashed into the fray, only to be caught by Viper's Zephyr with a single hook!

It has to be said that this team fight was quite tricky. If the situation had been deadlocked, this could have been the winning hook!
However, the economic disparity between the two sides is enormous, and it's definitely not something that can be turned around simply by hooking the center position.

Meiko's Lulu quickly cast a shield, ultimate, and Locket of the Iron Solari, instantly making Zeli's health bar incredibly high. In the blink of an eye, she still looked like the tankiest player on the field!
Viper didn't hold back either. Zephyr hit all five of them with her ultimate, first unleashing a wave of AOE damage, then fighting fiercely, relentlessly using her Q ability, seemingly with no intention of surviving.

Viper was eventually focused down and killed, but he drew too much firepower, allowing Mingjing to unleash his full potential from the rear!

Xerath took down enemies with a single shot, and together with Gnar and Wukong, whose combat power was also considerable after their items were completed, they crushed the enemy team fight and ended the game!

"Three to zero!"

Wang Duoduo was well-prepared and shouted loudly: "Let's congratulate EDG! They swept RNG 3-0 and are the first to advance to the winners' bracket finals!"

The lights on the top of the stadium flashed continuously before converging on the EDG players' bench. The five boys stood up laughing and exchanging fist bumps in celebration before heading towards the RNG players' bench.

Inside the live stream, countless viewers were also discussing it.

EDG is still fierce; they can beat LPL teams with their eyes closed.

There's definitely something to say about EDG playing against LPL teams; those who think EDG can't beat RNG are truly ridiculous.

[Now the royal supporters are all speechless, it's a 3-0 quick victory]

[Regarding the "never work overtime" part]

Ming Jing, with a relaxed smile on his face, exchanged fist bumps with the RNG members.

GALA looked quite upset, after all, under Mingjing's targeting, his gaming experience in these three games was extremely poor! Mingjing was also quite helpless about this.

When playing games, who else are you targeting if not the AD carry?

Xiao Hu's face remained calm.

He's been a professional player for so many years and is used to failure, not to mention that what he's doing now can't even be considered a failure.

There's the loser's bracket after that, and then the gauntlet. With the points from the Spring Split champions, they should have no problem making it to the World Championship.

"Good luck," Ming Jing said. "Let's make it to the World Championship together."

Xiao Hu nodded: "Let's wait and see in the finals."

"Hesitating." Ming Jing smiled and nodded, then punched the audience all the way down the stage. After bowing to the audience in the center of the stage, he left with the team.

We invited Ming Jing for the post-match interview again.

There was no way around it; his performance in these three games was just too outstanding, so we couldn't help but invite him.

However, this interview didn't have any surprises; Ming Jing just gave standard answers and answered questions quickly.

There was no other way; Abu had already ordered, so of course he had to hurry!

Otherwise, we won't be able to get anything hot.

"After advancing to the winners' bracket final, EDG's opponent will be either Top Esports or JD Gaming. Phi, what are your thoughts on this match?"

Without much thought, Ming Jing replied directly, "Kanavi said yesterday that he hoped to play against EDG in the finals. Now that EDG has advanced, I hope he can do it too. I also hope to have a match against JD Gaming."

Upon hearing this, the live chat was flooded with comments expressing tears.

He still hasn't forgotten JD.com!

After all the post-match procedures were completed, the EDG team quickly got into their cars and headed to the restaurant.

Upon opening the door to the private room, a table was already laden with steaming hot food, all of which were everyone's favorite dishes.

As one of the first coaches in the LPL, Abu is absolutely professional when it comes to ordering food. Having worked with the team for almost two years, he has already recorded the players' tastes and habits.

Ming Jing enjoyed his meal while reading the competition reviews on the forum.

The forum was still quite lively at this time.

With EDG's official victory over RNG, the doubts in the forum have almost completely disappeared, and the forum has now completely returned to its previous mode of one-man rule.

EDG supporters dominated the entire patch, some were clearing out their opponents, some were celebrating, and some were already eyeing the championship.

But for Ming Jing, he still liked the overwhelming wave of doubts that came with it some time ago, as it gave him extra strength.

This kind of content is actually rather uninteresting right now.

If there aren't two opposing factions, can it still be called resistance?

Ming Jing was bored and casually clicked refresh twice.

Many people are also discussing the LCK playoffs that are taking place today.

A major event also happened in LCK today.

DK, who dominated the region for two years, failed to even make it to the finals this time and was eliminated early.

Perhaps the two consecutive runner-up finishes completely shattered the team's morale, and DK's performance this year can be described as a complete collapse.

This time, they didn't even get to face T1, let alone play against them, and were easily swept 3-0 by GEN.

As a result, netizens also noticed the team GEN and the mid-laner named Chovy in GEN's team. It was he who suppressed Showmaker so badly that DK could not put up any decent resistance from beginning to end.

After T1, there's GEN.

Using DK as a benchmark, it's clear that the strength of LCK has improved significantly this year. From DK's previous dominance, strong teams have emerged, somewhat reminiscent of a return to its peak. LPL's consecutive championships this year may be particularly difficult.

Of course, it's too early to say that.

EDG's current task is to first qualify for the World Championship.

One game away from becoming the second seed.

Overnight, it's now August 23rd, and the second half of the winners' bracket semifinals, TES vs JDG, is about to begin.

Because of Ming Jing's interview yesterday, countless people have paid extra attention to this match.

The audience really wants to see what JDG has to say!
Everyone understood that Top Esports had a significantly higher chance of winning this match on the surface.

After all, the annual cost of five players on Top Esports is more than double that of JD Gaming.

How does this compare?
In just the first game, the style of play was obviously off. JackeyLove locked in Draven, and although he had a bad start and died once in lane, he persevered and accumulated a lot of stacks by last-hitting minions. He also made a big play in the Baron fight and instantly became the most fed player in the game.

After gaining an economic lead, Draven began to showcase pure stats. With his Eclipse armor penetration, Draven could take down squishy targets in two hits. JDG simply couldn't withstand it and quickly lost the first game!

Despite losing the first game, JDG remained calm and quickly adjusted in the second game. Kanavi focused on the top lane this time, helping Wayward to kill 369 repeatedly and establish a solid advantage in the top lane.

Although TES also made trades in the bottom lane and secured two dragons, it did not affect the overall situation.

JDG then used their huge lead in the top half of the map to control the Rift Herald, and then used the Rift Herald to feed the first tower bounty to AD Hope, quickly widening the economic gap.

Taking advantage of the economic disadvantage, JDG began to control the water dragon.

In the blink of an eye, when the time came to 35 minutes, JDG had already controlled four Water Dragons, forming a rare sight in hundreds of games with all Water Dragon Souls, and their economic lead was as high as 10,000.

Seeing this, even Guan Daxiao gave TES a death sentence, believing that JDG was bound to win this game.

Perhaps Guan Daxiao was indeed under some kind of curse, or perhaps the TES players had amazing resilience; even in such a desperate situation, they did not give up.

Even in the late game, JackeyLove's Zeli equipment was still competitive, which was the source of their confidence in turning the tide.

First, in the battle to defend the base, Zeli dealt 10,000 damage in a single wave, repelling JDG's double dragon push. In the subsequent Elder Dragon team fight, JackeyLove also dealt damage throughout the entire fight, forcibly winning the team fight despite the presence of four Water Dragons, helping the team control the Elder Dragon and extend their lives once again!

Looking at it again now, TES's economic deficit has almost been caught up.

In the final crucial jungle team fight, Zeli initiated the fight herself, using her E to charge into the crowd and coordinating with Lulu's ultimate to deal considerable control. Then, her ultimate exploded instantly, successfully reversing this crucial game where they were down by 10,000 gold!

With a score of 2-0, TES is just one step away from victory!
The MVP award was undoubtedly given to JackeyLove after the game.

After playing for more than 50 minutes, Zeli dealt a terrifying 92113 points of damage, accounting for 51.2% of the total damage and achieving a 339.2% damage conversion rate.

"Wow, 90,000 damage? That's a record-breaking performance!" Even Saint Gun was stunned watching the match. "He dealt 51% of the damage by himself? Even Ming Jing has never dealt that much damage before!"

Upon hearing this, Ming Jing smiled and shook his head, "Indeed, we never fought. That's too much of an exaggeration."

Although Ming Jing often achieved a damage share of 40+ during the S10 World Championship, he never actually achieved 50%.

The main reason is that Mingjing never lets the game last this long. When he plays AD, either the team gets crushed in the early game and he can't get ahead, or he gets four or five items and then crushes the opponent in two team fights.

"Then it should have been sent, right?" Meiko sighed as well. "It's still a little short, JD.com."

Although JDG's performance today was surprising, they controlled the early game advantage in both games, and even led by 10,000 at one point in the second game.

But it didn't work!

They're down 0-2, how can they advance?
"It's really going to be tough." Ming Jing was also staring at the screen, having given up hope.

After losing a 10,000 gold lead, the most serious problem for JDG players is maintaining their mental stability.

(End of this chapter)