LPL History

Chapter 145: The Vanguard Against Korea Regains Its Might, the Dragon King Returns with an Unknown Identity

From the perspective of a smile.

Teng Yangtianxia is truly a good person.

He had only just joined WE, but he had already completely accepted himself as a member of WE and shared their hatred of the enemy.

I imagine that in future competitions, I will give it my all to win.

WE's departure of Mingkai might not be a bad thing.

The addition of Shan Ni Ruo may bring about new changes to WE.

He looked at the live stream screen, where Draven was still arrogantly charging forward to tank the tower.

"How dare he go up and attack the tower?"

As a fellow ADC, even WeiXiao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw Zhou Li's actions.

From this position, all you need to do is use Gragas's E flash...

His thoughts had barely drifted to this point when, on the live stream, Gragas had already made his move!
Faker's "meatball impact" was executed quickly and decisively.

Almost the instant the E skill was activated, he used Flash, leaving everyone in a daze with no time to react.

"Wow! Faker's E-Flash!!"

The live stream was filled with Jeon Yongjun's excited shouts!

Draven was lifted up by Gragas' belly, and then Gragas unleashed his ultimate ability in mid-air!
【Exploding barrels! 】

The giant barrel exploded on the ground, about to slam Draven's body into the turret!

Jeon Yongjun even stood up excitedly!

"Bombed back... Wow! Did I miss?!"

He let out a wail, and on the live stream, Zhou Li's Draven, relying on the instant acceleration of W, made a reverse movement, directly causing Faker's ultimate, which was thrown behind Draven, to miss by a hair's breadth!

How quickly was mercury added in the Zhou Dynasty ritual?

The instant the Gragas's E-Flash stunned Draven, Draven had already used Quicksilver to remove the stun!
It was so fast that even Faker couldn't react in time and instinctively unleashed his ultimate!
The Gragas' ultimate failed to knock Draven back, which created a brief gap in SKT's subsequent skill combos.

poohmandu's mouse pointer had already landed on the predicted spot, but after seeing that Draven hadn't been blasted back, he paused briefly before moving the mouse pointer to unleash his ultimate ability towards Draven's location.

This time may be less than a second.

But that gave Curly enough time to react!

Draven was hit by Sona's ultimate and was about to start dancing when Curly's Crucible broke the control!

Meanwhile, the prince, who was waiting at the four ghosts, had already used his EQ combo to poke them, but was interrupted by Draven's E skill!
This prevents the chicken from unleashing its ultimate move immediately.

Draven even used his W skill to create distance!

Without hesitation, the chicken immediately used Flash!
He activated his ultimate ability and sat down on Draven!

At the same time, Gragas' Q skill exploded at Draven's feet!
The moment Thresh used his crucible to dispel Sona's ultimate, Faker already had a bad feeling.

Because he knew that there was no further control over their side!

The only thing we can do now is see if we can force Draven to die with damage output as soon as possible!

After being bombarded with a series of skills, Draven's health was reduced to less than 100 HP!

But they weren't instantly defeated by SKT!

This might be due to the shield provided by the lantern Thresh dropped.

Perhaps it was Draven's instantaneous reaction that interrupted Jarvan IV's EQ combo with his E skill. He then auto-attacked once and healed himself. The moment the axe returned to its place, he activated both W skills, creating a small distance in a short time and causing Corki to miss two auto-attacks!
But it's definitely not just because of good luck!

Draven lit the lantern during Jarvan IV's ultimate, creating distance once again!
At this point, almost all of SKT's skills had been used up!

As we all know, League of Legends is a turn-based game.

When all of SKT's skills were in a cooldown period, Draven's slaughter began!

The axe in Draven's hand made a crisp sound and began to spin!

A knife!

Two knives!

Three swords!

With three slashes, the stupid prince died instantly!
What's even more critical is that Piglet's plane had just flown up using its W skill to deal additional damage.

Draven's health was so low that Corki could have killed him with just one auto-attack.

However, after Draven killed the prince with three strikes, he used Bloodthirster to immediately restore his health!

WE Club, Shan Ni Ruo's eyes widened!

"Holy crap! They're still alive?! Piglet! The supply planes are about to start again, let's fly up and deliver them!!"

"Your mother's Draven doesn't even treat planes like human beings! He killed it with two slashes and he's still charging forward! Zhou Li, what are you doing! I beg you, don't kill him!!"

Zhou Li, as if possessed, charged straight into SKT's defensive tower with two axes flying in his hands.

One knife, two knives!

Take down Sona!

One cut, two cuts, three cuts!!
Faker's mouth was agape as he was hacked open by Draven.

Lee Sang-hyeok is like that; no matter how shocked or panicked he is, his mouth can only open wide enough to fit a quail egg.

Gragas used his E skill to try and escape, but Draven finally unleashed his ultimate at that moment!
Quadra kill!

From the commentary booth, Miller shouted excitedly:
"My God! What kind of match am I watching?! This Draven is on fire!! Nobody can stop him!"

"He hacked his way from Nantianmen all the way to the Blue House!!"

The live stream room is now filled with question marks.

【? ? ? ? ? 】

【No way, Zhou Chu, what are you doing?! Don't go too far!! Are you trying to kill us off and leave the critics no chance?!】

[Damn, Zhou Chu is really something!]

[This instant solution is fucking ridiculous; he didn't even wiggle his butt.]

[This is insane! If EDG's boss didn't have this ability, what was he doing during the Summer Split?]

[You think Zhou Chu was banned by EDG, but actually Zhou Chu felt that LPL didn't deserve him playing.]

The axe in the Zhou ritual can be said to have awakened a large number of people.

But there are still quite a few staunch 60e users who are blind to the truth and keep spamming "garbage".

Shan Niruo instantly turned pale and slumped into a chair.

Seeing Shan Niruo's state, he smiled and patted her shoulder reassuringly.

"This Draven player's proficiency is indeed quite high..."

Shan Niruo's hands were trembling slightly.

He silently took out his phone and glanced at it.

"Holy crap! SKT is a bunch of idiots! Are they even human? Getting slashed like that by Draven? What kind of game are they playing? Why did the support even pick Sona? A champion with a shield and crowd control could easily kill Draven!"

After saying that, Shan Ni Ruo stood up abruptly.

"Where are you going, Piggy?"

He smiled and asked.

Shan Ni did not respond with a smile, but instead walked to a deserted corner like a walking corpse.

"Hey boss, I'd like to get another advance on my salary..."

"That's right... I was robbed by a thief... Yes, I just went out for a short while and it was stolen."

"They called the police, of course they called the police. They really had to call the police after he was beaten like that..."
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The official live streaming channel of South Korea.

The exclamations of surprise from the two female hosts seemed to linger in the air, echoing endlessly.

Quan Yongjun felt a headache coming on.

"Wow! This guy is amazing! He's chasing and fighting four people all by himself? And he even stormed into SKT's base!"

"Yeah, that's insane. His support player will definitely fall in love with him!"

In the live broadcast, the director cut the camera to Zhou Li.

Noticing the camera, Zhou Li turned his head and smiled, making a two and a four gesture with his hands respectively.

It means two quadra kills.

Even after the quadra kill, Zhou Li showed no excitement on his face.

Instead, he wore a slightly teasing yet nonchalant smile.

It was as if this quadra kill meant nothing to him.

Zhao Enjing clutched her chest.

"Look how calm he is, as if nothing has happened."

Lee Hyun-kyung started drawing silk.

"I feel like I've seen this person somewhere before, they give me such a familiar feeling."

"Cough cough."

Quan Yongjun coughed twice, and seeing that the two of them had started to swoon over each other, he quickly steered the conversation back to the game. "Ah... in that case, it seems like SKT's chances of winning are slim... this Draven... ugh... he's already killed 17 people... his score is 17-0-0."

"Wow, I've only seen this kind of record a handful of times in professional matches. They're absolutely insane."

Because it was the group stage, and SKT was still far from achieving the same level of prestige as they would later, Kim Dong-jun couldn't stand it anymore and started criticizing them.

"To be honest, SKT's performance today was absolutely outrageous! How did they manage to get seventeen kills with just one Draven? It felt like they were just feeding the enemy!"

"Is it because they had such a smooth run in the group stage that they've become so arrogant? Wow! They're really making a fool of themselves. SKT is completely disgracing the OGN region and Korean esports!"

"I think the best thing SKT can do right now is to press their ESC key immediately, find the surrender button, and press it right away! What are they going to do if they don't surrender? Are they going to wait for Draven and Thresh to stand outside their fountain and spawn-camp them?"

Kim Dong-jun's words quickly caused an uproar among South Korean netizens.

[SKT is trash, go to hell!]

[You shameful thing, don't ever come back to Korea!]

[Stupid SKT, a team of traitors to Korea!]

Piglet, you're as stupid as your name suggests.

[Ugh, I've never seen such an embarrassing match before. I feel like I'm going to be traumatized.]

Meanwhile, on the SKT players' bench.

The atmosphere had become stagnant.

Zhu Rang could no longer suppress his wicked smile.

Faker's face was a little pale, and his eyes were scanning the screen faster than ever before, trying to calm his inner panic.

They stared at the gray screen, helplessly watching EDG push down the outer turret in the middle lane, the second turret, and even the high ground.

At this moment, Lee Sang-hyeok couldn't help but reflect on his actions.

If he had played Ahri and Kassadin instead of Gragas in this game, he might have been able to deal with this Draven.

Unfortunately, Zed was taken down.

Having been stabbed to death twice, Poohmandu was on the verge of a mental breakdown, and thus offered constructive suggestions.

"Why don't we just surrender? It's just one group stage match."

Poohmandu's suggestion was undoubtedly wise.

Given the current situation, SKT has no chance of turning the tide.

As the game progressed, Draven's rampage not only gave him an economic lead, but also allowed the other positions on EDG to develop their strength.

SKT has won all their matches in the first round of the group stage. Even if they concede this game, it is highly unlikely to affect their advancement to the quarterfinals.

Forcing the team to continue could easily cause psychological problems for the players.

Just as Lee Sang-hyeok was about to speak, Pig Rang's voice rang out first.

"We have to kill this Draven at least once, even if it's just once. This kid is just too arrogant!"

Hearing what Zhu Rang said, Lee Sang-hyeok frowned and asked:

"He didn't have Flash or Cleanse, so we couldn't kill him. How do we kill him now?"

"Let's have one last team fight! One last push! I've farmed up!"

Mr. Oki spoke first.

"My weapon is still capable of restraining Draven."

five minutes later.

[Penta Kill!]

Poohmandu clutched his head in pain.

"Damn it! I told you you could have ordered it, but you insisted on giving him a pentakill!!"

The other four members of SKT remained silent.

Only the bottom right corner quickly lit up with five green lights.

From the commentary booth, Miller shouted excitedly:
"SKT surrendered immediately! Lion's pentakill completely shattered SKT's confidence! Wow, that Draven was so cool! This should be the first pentakill in this World Championship!! And Draven's score! 22-0-0! That's outrageous!! This is also the highest kill streak record in this World Championship! I feel like you can't even get that many kills in ranked games!!"

The doll also laughed and joked:
"I feel the most outrageous thing is not the 22, but the two 0s that follow."

The total number of players is 25:4.

Draven scored 22 goals by himself, without a single assist.

But it's clear that Draven didn't get an assist because he headshot the enemy.

It's because those 22 kills were all earned through his own hard work and the efforts of Thresh.

"Congratulations to EDG for defeating SKT! Their record in the group stage is now four wins and one loss, tied for first place with SKT!"

"I feel that if nothing unexpected happens next, EDG should have a high probability of advancing."

Seeing the red "defeat" on the screen, Lee Sang-hyeok stood up with a sense of helplessness.

He looked towards the EDG players' bench, where a young man was also looking at him.

Lee Sang-hyeok was stunned for a moment. The other person smiled at him and turned to leave.

He couldn't understand the meaning behind the other person's smile.

I could only feel my heart pounding wildly.

After the match between SKT and EDG.

The clubs participating in the World Championships can be said to have reacted immediately upon hearing the news.

Zhou Li's performance in this match was so dazzling that they simply couldn't ignore him.

All the clubs began to investigate Zhou Li's information.

However, when they saw Zhou Li's information, everyone was stunned again.

The hotel where SKT is resting.

At this moment, everyone gathered together.

SKT's head coach, Kkoma, is reading aloud information about the Zhou Dynasty's rituals.

"Zhou Li, professional ID: lion, 18 years old. He was once the team manager of the LPL team IG Esports Club. According to the information I found, Zhou Li's League of Legends rank at that time was - he had never played ranked games. Moreover, his reputation as the manager of IG team seemed to be not very good, because he often made the players play cards and delay training, and was eventually fired by IG team."

The SKT players listened to Kkoma's story with varying expressions.

According to records, before leaving IG, Zhou Li played as an ADC in an LPL preseason match. He played Kog'Maw, the Mouth of the Abyss. This was his first appearance in a match, and he achieved a score of 13-0-4 and even got a pentakill.

As Koma finished speaking, a series of gasps of cold air filled the room.

He paused deliberately to see the expressions on everyone's faces, which were exactly the same as when he first found the information.

Pig couldn't help but ask suspiciously:
"Didn't you just say that when he was with IG, he hadn't even played ranked games? How could he achieve this result in his first professional match?!"

Kouma didn't explain after hearing what Zhu Rang said.

In fact, he wanted to explain but didn't know how, because even he didn't understand it. He simply said:

"In short, this is all the information I found. As for what exactly happened in between, I don't know. I will collect his match videos for everyone to watch later."

Piglet clearly didn't believe the authenticity of the information Kouma had and started joking.

"If someone who has never played ranked games can dominate in a professional match, then how bad is the LPL?"

Daiki also shared his opinion.

"Yeah, if he were really that good, why would IG fire him?"

Hearing the doubts from the crowd, Koma didn't say anything, but continued:

"After leaving IG, he started playing ranked games on the Chinese server and our Korean server. He then used Kog'Maw and Graves to reach the top of both servers. His ID on the Korean server was LILI."

Lee Sang-hyeok recalled for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"Oh! I do remember this ID. Not only was he number one in the Korean server, but back then, he had three accounts that were ranked number one in the Korean server, because the IDs were very similar."

Piglet thought for a while, seemingly recalling some unpleasant memory, and remained silent.

“Haha, I remember that too,” Benji laughed. “Back then, Piglet was always throwing tantrums and cursing at the base, apparently because Lili kept stealing his points.”

He leaned closer and teased, "If I remember correctly, you haven't won a single game when you're matched with him, have you?"

The silly chicken's teasing made the pig furious.

However, as Benji's junior, he didn't dare to say anything. He could only blush and stammer something about AD not being able to determine the outcome of the game, and that he was just lucky.

The official South Korean live stream.

At this moment, Quan Yongjun had also obtained first-hand information and was introducing Zhou Li's situation in the live broadcast room.

The person making the announcement is Lee Hyun-kyung.

"After reaching the top spot on both servers, Zhou Li, perhaps dissatisfied with being fired by the IG team, subsequently acquired... Royal Never Give Up... team..."

Her speech slowed down.

As a seasoned host, Lee Hyun-kyung even paused briefly, only continuing in a somewhat incredulous tone after rubbing her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things:

"He acquired the then LPL team Royal Never Give Up (RNG) and reorganized it into the current EDG esports club."

Zhao Enjing covered her mouth in surprise.

"Oh! So Zhou Li himself is the owner of the EDG team?"

(End of this chapter)