LPL History

Chapter 103 A European Beauty Throws a Jade Belt, E-sports Tang Monk Crosses the Ocean (5K Bonus Chapter)

Blue side: WE Esports Club VS Red side: Azubu Frost Esports Club.

Top lane: (caomei) Olaf VS (shy) Shen.

Jungler: (clearlove) Twisted Treant VS (CloudTemplar) Amumu.

Mid Lane: (Lion) Lux vs. (RapidStar) Twisted Fate.

ADC: (weixiao) Airplane VS (woong) Caitlyn of Piltover.

Support: (FzzF) Sona VS (madlife) Zyra.

Perhaps it was because it was match point, or perhaps it was because the AZF players had lost their fighting spirit.

This time, unlike in the past, they didn't confidently group up and charge into the enemy's jungle as a team.

On WE's side, there was no plan for a level 1 team fight. After everyone took their positions, Zhou Li went to the mid lane and started dancing.

Both sides went online, and after Zhou Li picked a mage hero, RapidStar, who had comfortably reached level six in the previous game, put on the Pain Mask at the start of this game.

Zhou Li's dominance in the mid lane was terrifying.

This stems from his understanding of minion waves, his perfect mastery of the hero, his extremely high precision in skill usage, and his absolute confidence.

On the other hand, RapidStar has already been thoroughly defeated by Zhou Li in several consecutive encounters.

In a competition, mindset is the primary factor affecting performance.

If someone is intimidated before the match even begins, it's hard to expect them to perform well in the game.

In this game, AZF picked Shen for the top lane, clearly indicating that they were planning to change their strategy and focus on the bottom lane.

In this way, Zhou Li no longer needs to worry about Madlife's frequent wanderings disgusting him.

He pressed forward and attacked with exceptional ferocity.

With his highly accurate E skill and various insidious minion-traveling Qs, RapidStar had to call for help from his jungler to relieve the pressure when he reached level four in the laning phase.

After finally reaching level six, the cards were in very poor condition.

After RapidStar wanted to recall to base to replenish his resources, he used Twisted Fate's ultimate ability to look for opportunities in the bottom lane.

However, Lux kept pushing the lane relentlessly, which gave him a headache.

CloudTemplar, who happened to be positioned near the Four Ghosts, saw Zhou Li standing so far forward and spoke up:

"First, catch the middle wave."

"OK."

Glorious's condition wasn't actually very good at the moment.

Because of the frequent lane pressure and health trades, his health was actually only a little over half.

If Amumu can land his Q on Lux, then with the help of Twisted Fate's crowd control, he can completely take Lux down in one combo.

From the commentary booth, seeing Amumu's movements, Longhair spoke up:

"AZF is about to make a move against Lion, and Lion seems unaware of the approaching danger!"

When Amumu appeared on his right, Zhou Li's brain was already spinning rapidly.

At this moment, the card is at his six o'clock position, while Amumu is at his five o'clock position.

CloudTemplar knew that Lux still had Flash, so he didn't rush to use his Q skill. Instead, he wanted to close the distance and pressure Zhou Li's movement space, forcing Lux to use her Q skill!
As long as Lux uses her Q skill, no matter who she targets, CloudTemplar and RapidStar are absolutely confident they can dodge it with Flash.

Without his only crowd control ability, even with Flash, Lux could easily be chased down and killed by the two opponents.

The cards are gradually moving to the front, seemingly trying to lure Lux into using her Q ability.

"AZF's positioning is really tricky! Lion's going to be in trouble... Oh! What's that?!"

Joker stared wide-eyed at the scene unfolding on the screen in disbelief.

The instant Lux used her Q skill, she suddenly used Flash!

However, the direction of this flash wasn't backward! It was to the right!

Previously, the card was at the six o'clock position of the Radiant, and Amumu was at the five o'clock position of the Radiant.

After this flash, Glorious arrived at the four o'clock position from where she was just now!

I forcibly adjusted my position, the card's position, and Amumu's position from the initial triangular formation to a straight line!
Triangle Q Flash!
Because Lux initiated with Q, RapidStar and CloudTemplar had no time to react!

They were pinned to the spot!

Then, Lux immediately activated her ultimate ability!
[The Final Flash!]

[WE_lion (Luminous Lady) has defeated AZF_RapidStar (Twisted Fate)!]

First blood!

"boom!!!"

An incredulous gasp erupted from the audience.

Lux then used her E skill on Amumu, who was already down to half health, and unleashed a full A-level combo.

With Twisted Fate dead, Amumu's damage alone was simply insufficient to take down Lux.

CloudTemplar was beaten so badly it fled in panic.

Upon seeing Lux's Q skill used again, CloudTemplar didn't dare gamble on his positioning and immediately used Flash.

The live stream chat exploded with excitement.

【Wow! What's going on?! Two against one, and one got killed and the other was flashed away! Do they even know how to play the game?!】

Holy crap, that Q-flash was so damn cool!

I knew it; in Brother Zhou's eyes, everything can shine.

The most impressive part of this play wasn't the Q-flash maneuver itself, but the calculation and control of the angle – it was absolutely amazing.

[No way, why does Brother Zhou know so many fancy tricks?]

Sometimes it really seems absurd. How long has League of Legends been around? Even if Zhou Li played day and night, how long could he play? The champions he picked were so good that even a pro player would feel like they'd been playing for nothing. Most importantly, how come those pro players hadn't figured out the mechanics, but he did? This question has bothered me for a long time, and the two most reasonable explanations I can offer are: 1. Zhou Li is a genius, an absolute genius. 2. Zhou Li is a master of time management. Both explanations are indispensable.

[I vaguely remember one of the commentators saying that Zhou Li was a time traveler.]

Those who believe this have already achieved something in this lifetime.

Song Zude also said that Liu Yifei's elementary school classmates told her she was transgender.

[Haha, there's a clown here! Everyone come and laugh at him!]

AZF players' bench.

There was an unusual silence at this moment.

This explosion in the mid lane didn't cause any significant disruption to the two players.

Already numb.

What can you do if the other side plays the game like this?
They keep pulling out new things they've never seen before, as if aliens are beating up their Stone Age primitives.

After RapidStar respawned, he glanced at the bottom lane.

WE's bot lane was very smart; knowing that Twisted Fate had respawned, they immediately gave up pushing the lane.

RapidStar glanced at the road again.

In the top lane, they usually push the lane but don't farm much, so they don't have many opportunities.

So he could only continue walking towards the middle of the road.

After wearing the mask of pain for five minutes, AZF finally found an opportunity in the bottom lane when WE's vision had just disappeared.

The card player used his ultimate to teleport to the bottom lane. Although Clearlove had already counter-ganked in the bottom lane, AZF's Amumu also arrived.

The two sides clashed in the bottom lane, and woong ultimately secured the kill on the support Sona.

Just as AZF was about to retreat after finally regaining some rhythm, Zhou Li's brilliance arrived late.

At this point, none of the four AZF members were in good condition, but they still had a numerical advantage.

Faced with the arrogant and aggressive push that prevented everyone from returning to base, AZF immediately decided to counterattack!

Lux dodged Zyra's Q and Amumu's Q with her positioning, but was pinned in place by RapidStar's Twisted Fate's flash and yellow card.

Radiance was instantly focused down, and her health plummeted!
Upon seeing this, Quan Yongjun couldn't help but shout excitedly!

"Oh! Lion! He's being a bit too cocky this time! Trying to 2v4 with Maokai?! RapidStar has stunned Lux! Oh, Lion is giving away an opportunity!!"

However, what Guanghui did at this moment shocked everyone!

Lux has activated her ultimate ability, Final Flash!

However, the ultimate move was aimed behind him!
"Wow! Lion!! He finally made a fatal mistake! Was he too nervous? Lux used her ultimate in the wrong direction!!"

Korean netizens started laughing when they saw Lux's reverse ultimate.

RapidStar couldn't help but laugh and curse.

"Haha, what an idiot."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than he saw Glorious suddenly use Flash!

And this flash wasn't a backward flash, but a direct flash to his face!
At the same time, RapidStar saw his health bar instantly drop by more than half!

The heavily wounded policewoman standing further behind him was instantly killed!

Lux, with her face close, unleashed her Q skill, instantly killing the low-health Twisted Fate, then used her E skill to blast away the low-health Zyra on the other side!

Just moments ago it was a one-sided 4v2, but in the blink of an eye, AZF has lost three members, leaving only Amumu!
【Triple Kill!!!】

"boom!!"

The incredulous cheers from the audience nearly shook the dome!
"what's the situation?"

Quan Yongjun stared blankly at the suddenly changed situation, muttering:
"What's going on? Why did Woong suddenly die?! What happened?!"

The scene was so bizarre that netizens around the world reacted in unison.

That's a question mark.

Amumu, who survived, was entangled by a large tree and was eventually killed by Radiance.

Quadra kill!

At the same time, good news also came from the upper route.

A mentally unstable Shy attempted to dive Strawberry's tower, but Strawberry skillfully maneuvered around the pillar under the tower and managed to turn the tables and secure a kill.

【ACE!】

In a single team fight, AZF suffered a complete wipeout! "Wow! What happened?!"

In the live stream, Changmao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Coach, can you tell me what just happened? I don't understand at all! How did Twisted Fate and the policewoman's health suddenly drop to zero?!"

When Joker heard Longhair ask him a question, he stammered awkwardly.

You fucking ask me? Who am I supposed to ask?
I've never seen this kid play Lux.

Some astute netizens have already begun to speculate.

[Was that an R-flash? This damage looks like it was taken from Lux's R.]

[It should be, but Lux's R-flash is too ridiculous, you can't even see the projectile trajectory?]

[Damn, I was just wondering why Brother Zhou would use his ultimate move in the opposite direction, and I was even about to swear.]

[The female police officer and the card player were instantly killed even with a flash; I can only say it's outrageous.]

The director then began replaying the footage.

The Radiance of the Reverse Ultimate suddenly flashed and appeared right in front of the card.

Then the card and the policewoman died instantly.

After the second slow-motion replay, it was finally confirmed that the cards and the female police officer's health was reduced because they had been hit by Lux's ultimate.

Regardless of this version or later versions, Lux has always been able to use R-Flash.

However, the effect of R-flash is different.

In later versions, Lux's R-Flash could only adjust the position of her own hero, but could not change the path of her ultimate.

The R-flash can only be used to create distance when the opponent is close to you and about to die, so its practicality is not high.

However, in the current version of Lux's R-Flash, the path of her ultimate skill deals damage based on the direction Lux is facing after flashing!

What's even more bizarre is that the animation of Lux's ultimate ability doesn't adjust based on her position after using her R-flash.

In other words, visually, Lux's ultimate ability still appears to be fired in the direction behind her.

However, the direction of the ultimate skill was in front of Lux's Flash direction!

This is a disgusting place.

Let's not even talk about how Glorious's reverse conference made everyone lower their guard.

And the fact that this ultimate move doesn't display the projectile trajectory makes it even more difficult to defend against.

This is why netizens were initially confused about what had happened.

Because the cards and the policewoman's health seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Seeing that Radiance had secured a quadra kill, AZF had completely lost the will to fight.

The team members even argued about whether or not to surrender.

After all, it's the decisive game, so surrendering directly would seem too unseemly.

But if they don't surrender, it's foreseeable that the rest of the match will become pure torture.

The AZF members fell silent after exchanging no further words.

However, a consensus has been reached in terms of ideology.

They will not surrender physically, but they will surrender mentally.

This is very much in line with the behavior of Koreans.

It's like how South Korea is nominally a sovereign nation, but in reality it's just a colony of America.

However, they still misjudged the benevolence of Zhou Li.

Although the situation was already one-sided, Zhou Li, after realizing that AZF was afraid of domestic pressure and dared not surrender, simply stopped pushing.

The nightmare of OGN is now playing out once again in front of the AZF members.

Faced with Zhou Li's humiliation, the AZF members finally could not bear it any longer and surrendered after thirty minutes.

Lux's ultimate ability can shoot people straight into the fountain and kill them instantly, so why not surrender?!

However, this also made AZF the first team in the World Championship to choose to surrender in a crucial game.

Looking at his own exploding base, RapidStar looked up at the WE players' bench on the other side.

Zhou Li had already stood up, celebrating his victory to the fullest.

The AZF members had different expressions; some were furious, while others were dejected. They got up and left the stage.

Back in the lounge, CloudTemplar was still muttering curses under his breath.

He pulled out a few tissues and said:

Anyone want to go to the bathroom together?

Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, CloudTemplar walked towards the toilet alone.

He had just run into the bathroom clutching his stomach when he realized a huge shadow was looming over him from behind.

CloudTemplar turned his head and saw five men wearing strange masks standing behind him.

There are pigs, monkeys, and bald monks...

Three of them were exceptionally large; just standing at the toilet door gave one a sense of suffocation.

"Oh! Who are you? What do you want?!"

CloudTemplar's eyes widened, and he retreated repeatedly.

After realizing the other party's intentions, CloudTemplar spoke up:
"Anyway, can I take a dump first? I'm really at the door!"

Unfortunately, the burly men in front of them clearly couldn't understand Korean.

AZF lounge.

The group is preparing to be interviewed by the media.

Although they lost the match, there were still post-match interviews.

They simply couldn't stand on the stage in the spotlight like the victors.

What they are left with is regret and tears.

"It's a pity that our journey to the World Championship this year has come to an end. We performed very poorly and let our fans down..."

RapidStar choked up and started crying as he spoke.

He was genuinely crying; he wasn't faking it.

God knows what he went through in the past month.

From being the mid-laner of South Korea's strongest team to now being ridiculed by netizens worldwide, and even facing a petition from Chinese netizens demanding his retirement.

I'm afraid my career is over.

Infected by RapidStar, the members of AZF also burst into tears.

At this moment, a reporter asked:
Why can't I see CloudTemplar?

RapidStar wiped away his tears: "He went to take a dump."

On stage, Team WE is being interviewed.

The cheers at the Garen Center did not subside even after the game ended.

Zhou Li's performance in the competition made these foreigners feel as if they had discovered a new continent, and they were extremely excited.

The interviewer for Team WE was Sjokz, a female host who had just entered the esports field.

On stage, Zhou Li only needed to make eye contact with Ming Kai across from him for a moment before he saw his own historical record turn the page.

[Amidst the clashing swords of the world, his heroic figure commands respect from all sides. Beauties of Europe are captivated, their red makeup adorned in adoration, all enamored with Zhou Yu.]

Your outstanding performance on the world stage has made the European female host fall head over heels for you.

[Unlocked miscellaneous character: Sjokz. Acquired ability: Fluent in English.]

Looking at the actual contents, Zhou Li's expression became somewhat strange.

I feel like I've really become Tang Sanzang (the monk in Journey to the West).

But upon closer reflection, it would be truly abnormal if, given my current abilities and performance, I were still looked down upon.

It's important to know that Zhou Li inherently possesses both personal charisma and the qualities of a socialite.

In addition, there's the overwhelming power he displayed on the world stage.

It's really hard not to be optimistic about this among the women in the esports circle.

Even the likes of Mingkai Uzi have female fans, so it's perfectly reasonable that Zhou Li is loved wherever he goes.

At this moment, Zhou Li was clearly standing in the middle of the WE team, but Sjokz had obviously ignored everyone else.

He only had eyes for Zhou Li.

"Lion, congratulations on winning today's match and successfully advancing to the semifinals of this World Championship. Do you have anything to say about today's match?"

Sjokz bypassed Mingkai and the others and looked directly at Zhou Li.

Because Strawberry and Mingkai were between her and Zhou Li, the kind-hearted Mingkai thought of helping to take the microphone and hand it to Zhou Li.

However, the moment he made a move, Sjokz found an opportunity.

He squeezed in and stood next to Zhou Li.

Mingkai awkwardly touched his nose, pretending nothing had happened.

Seeing Sjokz's drooling gaze, netizens instantly lost their composure.

[It's over, I'm done playing, and now it's all stringy again.]

[Hahaha, Mingkai is just a clown.]

[Gentleman: Ming Kai.]

[No way, after driving a Hummer, is Brother Zhou planning to drive a foreign car now?]

[Our holy monk from the Great Tang Dynasty in the East, having crossed the sea eastward and returned, is now embarking on another westward expedition?]

[Brother Zhou works so hard, bringing glory to the country on stage and in bed too.]

Regarding updates, I was busy yesterday and missed the second update, so I'm making up for it today. There will be two more updates today. After the book is published, each chapter is usually 5K words, and during the free period, it's 2K words, so even after publication, there will still be two updates. As for the update schedule, I'm working hard to adjust it. Because I don't have any drafts saved up, and the update volume has increased recently, I'll be able to establish a fixed update schedule once I can write more each day and have a stockpile of chapters. Finally, thank you all for your support.

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