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Chapter 151 Advancing to the Finals: The Battle of the Strongest Region!

"Hey, Rat, what are you doing?! I've been ganked four times in three minutes in mid lane! Can't you even look at my mid lane?!"

In the Snake team's voice chat, Song Wen's furious roar could be heard.

"Didn't you say that when disaster strikes, everyone should flee for their lives and rely on their own abilities?"

Song Wen chuckled: "I was just kidding, bro. This guy's been waiting for me again. Hurry up and get here."

"How am I supposed to get here?" Wang Ke asked helplessly. "The enemy keeps invading my jungle, and you keep telling me to come to mid lane. How am I supposed to get here?!"

"Then just let him have it!" Song Wen said unhappily. "Why are you farming jungle monsters when you're playing Sejuani? Did that girl give you the flu?! Let him go so you can gank mid!"

Wang Ke glanced at the middle lane.

"If no one can come, how can we win a 2v2? Let's all rely on our own skills."

"What are you afraid of! The other guy is a noob! I've been ganked the whole time, and I've even out-damaged him three times, can't you see that?"

Faced with Song Wen's request, Wang Ke sighed.

"Here it comes, here it comes."

In fact, from the moment Song Wen uttered the phrase "everyone relies on their own abilities," he knew that Song Wen was going to suffer a lot.

After all, who doesn't know that Snake Esports' core player is you, their mid-laner?

JT's core player is also mid-laner fofo.

If the other side doesn't target you, who will they target?

Fortunately, in the current version, everyone is playing a more passive jungler style, otherwise their mid-jungle duo would probably get their heads smashed.

Wang Ke controlled Sejuani to move to the mid lane.

The two teams' mid and jungle players exchanged a few words, and then stopped short of a fight.

This match between the two sides can be described as somewhat dull.

For more than twenty minutes, not a single person had been killed on either side.

In contrast, JT showed great initiative during this period, constantly looking for opportunities to break the deadlock.

But by this time, the Snake team, under Wang Ke's tutelage, had developed a high level of discipline, which prevented JT from finding any opportunities.

Moreover, judging from the situation, although JT was the one taking the initiative, there was no difference in the economy between the two sides.

This was after Snake Team gave up the Rift Herald, allowing JT to push down an extra turret.

But JT didn't get the Rift Herald for nothing.

In return, Snake Team has secured two dragons.

For the Snake team, there is certainly no need for them to rush.

Although both sides fielded late-game lineups, Snake Team had a significantly greater advantage.

The first thing is to split push in the top lane.

Saint Gun previously faced intense training from LCK teams every day, but today he easily defeated a small Moring team.

Despite being short-ranged against long-ranged opponents, they managed to achieve a significant advantage in last-hitting.

Moreover, compared to Gnar, Shen's ability to provide support while split pushing is definitely much stronger.

There isn't a significant difference in the mid-lane matchups between the two sides.

But this is not because fofo has Song Wen's strength.

It was because Song Wen was almost always fighting two opponents in the mid lane.

While Wanderer is also a late-game mage carry, he is still slightly inferior to Azir.

As for the bottom lane, they gained an advantage during the laning phase.

There is a clear gap in individual skill between the two teams, and it can be said that the Snake team has a clear advantage in all three lanes.

The reason why the game looks so close now is simply because the Snake team's lineup focuses its power on the later stages, and Wang Ke was somewhat inactive in today's game.

As for why Wang Ke is not taking action, don't ask.

The mouse had his own plans when he opened Q.

It wasn't until the 24th minute of the game that JT finally seized an opportunity and killed Lulu, who had made a mistake in positioning her vision.

This kill didn't actually bring JT any other benefits.

But that was enough to make the audience at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center excited.

In the commentary booth, Chashao said, "JT played exceptionally well today! They were very proactive! In contrast, Snake Esports seemed completely different from yesterday; they looked like they used up all their energy against SKT and just collapsed today!"

Egg also analyzed, "Indeed, today's Snake team looks completely different from yesterday's team. It feels like they're imitating the Korean team's macro-management style. Judging from their appearance, they seem to want to drag the game into the late game and decide the outcome with a single team fight, but our JT team's late-game fighting strength is actually not weak either."

Chashao continued, "The most important thing is that Black and White haven't had any standout performances so far today. Fofo has absolutely no disadvantage against Black. Everyone says that Black's individual ability has surpassed Faker's, so can I also assume that Fofo has surpassed Faker?"

As they talked, they got more and more excited.

They even started discussing how LMS should continue to arrange their lineups after defeating Snake Esports.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese netizens in the live stream were also extremely excited.

Wow, is JT really that awesome?

The snake team was completely unable to retaliate.

[Damn, that's it! It feels so good!]

Why isn't Hei Chu pretending today?

That's just how the LPL is; they're arrogant and don't respect the LMS at all.

[Haha, looks like Ultraman! He beat SKT yesterday and his team is in serious trouble today.]

[It's a backrest, why use such a positive metaphor?]

If JT can beat Snake Esports, I'm going to buy ten Jay Chou albums to support them.

But the Taiwanese people's excitement didn't last long.

After securing a kill on the support, both sides entered a dull, predictable phase of gameplay.

And then the strange thing happened.

JT was clearly on the offensive the whole time, while Snake was on the defensive the whole time.

But when the game reached the 32nd minute, everyone was surprised to find that Snake's economy had actually surpassed JT's.

They're leading by two thousand!

And almost all of those two thousand gold went into the mid-lane's economy.

Because of Song Wen's finishing blow, he was already far ahead.

The Tsar's finishing blows have now reached 370.

In contrast, fofo only received 280 knives, while the Tsar was down by a full 90 knives!

At this moment, Cha Siu finally noticed something was wrong and said, "This Tsar's finishing moves are weird! He's already done 370 finishing moves! That's 90 more than Fofo! How did he manage that?"

Egg couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, this guy has a 0-0-0 score, does he even need to farm enough minions to get four items?"

"This won't do. JT feels we need to curb this Tsar's power. This guy is just too overpowered."

By this time, the JT members had naturally noticed the problem.

So they decided to go directly to force the Dragon Team.

The game had been going on for 32 minutes, and neither side had even taken down the first Baron.

Since neither side has an absolute certainty of winning the team fight, the side that initiates the Baron Nashor fight will definitely suffer a loss.

But as the competition has progressed, JT has clearly realized a problem.

If this drags on, the Snake team could completely outmaneuver them.

After seeing JT's movements, Snake Team naturally followed suit.

Unlike JT's five-man lineup, Snake's Shen continued to split push in the bottom lane.

JT clearly wanted to force an engagement and open up the game in this team fight; they didn't want to drag it out any longer.

This naturally requires Gnar to directly confront the enemy and find opportunities to initiate team fights.

But the Snake team's team fight positioning was just too solid.

The Tsar never even appeared in the vision of Gragas and Gnar, only occasionally running to the mid lane to clear the minion wave.

The bot lane duo also positioned themselves cautiously, not even giving Gragas the distance to use his E-Flash.

The two sides tugged at each other for a while in front of the big dragon pit, and the snake team was as slippery as an eel.

Ultimately, under immense pressure from the minion wave, Gragas had no choice but to use his E to engage and force Xayah to use her ultimate.

Then Sejuani tanked the Gragas, and the frontliners on both sides absorbed a wave of damage. After using Flash, they all went back to base.

Both sides exchanged summoner spells and ultimate abilities.

However, JT lost their second turret in the bottom lane as a result.

Subsequently, the Snake team immediately began a 3-1-1 split push.

Snake's handling of the minion waves was so good that JT couldn't keep up at all.

Several lane rotations caused JT to inexplicably lose the second mid-lane tower again.

Subsequently, Snake Team's vision was completely extended into JT's jungle.

The Snake team was clearly intentionally controlling the pace of the game.

They finally took down the dragon at the 34-minute mark.

This is to delay the spawning of the Elder Dragon.

At 37 minutes, JT, feeling dizzy from being pulled around, once again attempted to force a team fight through Baron Nashor.

This time, JT was clearly much smarter; instead of having Gnar team up, they sent him to split push.

But JT soon discovered that as the game progressed, Shen's equipment became better and better, and Gnar could no longer carry Shen.

He even managed to force out Gnar's Flash by taking advantage of an opportunity.

Left with no other choice, JT had to abandon its plan to force a team into a group once again.

However, this led to the Snake team stealing the second tower in the top lane.

At this moment, the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center has fallen silent.

It's not that the game was so boring that it made you want to sleep, but rather that the game gave you a strange sense of suffocation.

JT didn't seem to have made any mistakes, so why did they end up with only the high ground towers left?

Even now, neither side has actually had a proper 5v5 team fight!

At this moment, Chashao, who had been relaxed earlier, exclaimed in the commentary booth, "Snake Team's playstyle today is absolutely insane! Do you know how I feel right now? It's like I've been thrown into the sea, and the waves are crashing one after another. Although they're not raging, I'm about to drown, and I can't breathe at all!"

Egg couldn't help but say, "Their choice of tactics today was something we completely didn't anticipate before the match. Facing Snake's skillful lane-swapping strategy, JT really seemed to have no experience in dealing with it. Before today's match, JT's coaching staff was probably thinking about how to fight Snake in the early and mid-game, and how to engage in team fights. But they didn't expect them to choose such a method. It's really quite cunning."

Chashao continued anxiously, "JT still seems to lack decisiveness in initiating team fights! They need to find a way to force an engagement, no matter who they target, just to get the team fight going. Otherwise, continuing like this is a slow death."

Taiwanese viewers in the live stream were somewhat distraught.

[What is he doing?! Beer Man just teleported in and unleashed his ultimate attack!]

The way the Snake team plays is truly despicable.

[Exactly! If you're so capable, come and fight me head-on! What kind of skill is this?]

[This is so boring, I'm getting sleepy.]

[Jay Chou, do you still want me to buy your records?!]

When the game reached the 40-minute mark, the Snake team had inexplicably gained an 8,000 gold lead.

They neither attacked the Baron nor the Elder Dragon.

They kept chipping away at JT's high ground tower's health by using a 311 split push strategy.

Every time JT gets anxious and tries to rush in to initiate a team fight, they immediately start talking about things from a completely different perspective, making JT's players feel nauseous and as if ants are crawling all over them.

This feeling of being slowly boiled like a frog in lukewarm water quickly got the JT members a little hooked.

What devastated the JT team even more was that two minutes later, the broadcast announced that the Elder Dragon had been killed.

The reason they didn't realize this was because the rest of the Snake team were almost always online.

This ancient dragon was defeated by the Tsar in a solo battle.

At the same time, the Snake team members disappeared almost instantly, clearly heading straight for Baron Nashor.

At this point, JT had no other choice.

Even though they knew the enemy team had the Baron buff, they still had to engage in this team fight, otherwise, if the enemy team got both Baron buffs, they would be out of the game.

But at this point, JT's upper jungle was completely dark, and they still had to gradually build up their vision.

Morning, the top laner, was clearly overwhelmed by the suffocating situation and took the lead alone in the presence of Gnar.

But at least he was traveling along the upper route.

As a result, the Tsar performed a reverse parking maneuver on him, pushing Gnar back into the faces of the five Snake team members through the wall.

Gnar was instantly killed, and JT lost the right to contest Baron.

Gragas tried to steal the dragon, but Sejuani found his position and forced him to use Flash.

At 43 minutes, Snake Team, empowered by both the Baron buff and the Elder Dragon buff, pushed forward again.

It was the familiar 311, but JT was powerless to resist at this moment.

At 46 minutes, JT's three lanes were breached, and the economic difference between the two sides had reached a huge 14,000.

But the Snake team left without hesitation, showing no regrets.

At this moment, Cha Shao finally realized what was going on and said with a strange expression, "To be honest, didn't the Snake Team's game today seem like they were just using us as practice?"

Egg chimed in, "Although I'm reluctant to admit it, there is definitely that feeling involved. It feels like we're practicing tactics in a training match—"

Snake's performance was not much different in terms of its insulting nature from their performance against SKT at 13 minutes and 26 seconds yesterday.

The only difference is that SKT can at least leave a significant mark on the history of League of Legends with this number.

For LMS viewers, it was like eating shit for almost fifty minutes.

JT was clearly out of his mind at this point.

At 48 minutes, Gragas was clearly out of position while warding, and was caught off guard by Sejuani and immediately killed.

JT then began a series of actions reminiscent of the Calabash Brothers rescuing their grandfather.

Finally, they gave away the lives of Gnar and Janna.

This time, the Snake team finally grouped up as a five-man unit and pushed towards JT's base.

Although JT managed to save their two carries, Ryze and Varus, they were now completely powerless to fight back without any frontline protection.

Fifty minutes later, the JT base exploded.

From the start to the end of the match, JT was never able to engage in a direct 5v5 team fight with Snake Team and lost the game.

The moment the screen froze, the faces of the five JT players were filled with bewilderment.

They didn't even know how they lost the game.

In the commentary booth, Chashao and Egg remained silent for a long time before finally speaking: "In that case, Snake has won the first game representing the LPL region. However, I feel that everyone doesn't need to be so pessimistic right now. After all, JT is only our third seed, and losing to Snake isn't anything shameful. Besides, the fact that this game lasted so long is actually quite impressive!"

The egg nodded in agreement and quickly began to make up for it.

"Yes. After all, your Snake Team played for fifty minutes in this match, which took a lot of toll on the players!"

"So, going forward, I feel it would be better for us to play a safer move first and try to pull back the score. Otherwise, if we let the LPL take the match point, it will put a lot of pressure on the teams that come on next."

Chashao nodded and analyzed, "I feel that we should field Flash Wolves in the second game. The other three LPL teams have actually performed rather poorly, so Flash Wolves should be able to help us secure a point relatively easily."

The two were still discussing in the live stream when the official announcement of the lineups for the second game was released.

Seeing the Snake team reappear on the matchup list, Cha Shao couldn't help but exclaim, "The Snake team again?! Are they planning to play two matches in a row? Huh, is this even possible?"

The egg chimed in, "That's outrageous!"

After calming down, Cha Shao added, "But then again, this also proves that the Snake team is truly confident. Their decision to play two games in a row suggests they're certain of victory."

Egg then spoke up, "Flash Wolves, you really need to step up your game! This second game feels crucial! If we can win it, Snake Team will be out of contention! This clash between the number one seeds might actually be an opportunity for us!"

"Yes," Chashao nodded, "After all, they've dominated the LMS for so long, I believe the gap between the two teams isn't actually that big! And if Snake continues with the same attitude and playstyle as in the last game, Flash Wolves aren't JT!"

Egg excitedly chimed in, "Snake Team! You'd better take this second game seriously! Our LMS champions aren't so easy to bully!"

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The Snake team is clearly a team that listens to advice.

So they changed tactics again in the second game, ending the match in just 23 minutes.

"Actually, you don't need to listen to advice so much."

At this moment, Taiwanese netizens in the live stream were in complete uproar.

Okay, what are you still looking at?

[Haha, our number one seed, the Spring Split champion, was kicked to death like a dog.]

[Damn it, what are you two jinxes saying?]

Flash Wolves, what makes you think you can be champions? JT lasted fifty minutes!

[It's really going to turn into a library now.]

[I'm so ashamed of myself!]

Backstage lounge.

Seeing the Snakes' clean and decisive victory over the Flash Wolves, Abu couldn't help but feel envious.

LPL is currently leading 2-0, and EDG will be the third team to play.

If they can win the match smoothly, then there will be no point in WE and RNG competing today.

In this way, EDG will also be able to get a share of the massive traffic.

At this moment, the Snake team members, having finished their match, also left the field. Seeing the EDG team members about to enter the game, Song Wen smiled and said...

"Come on, brothers, you have to win!"

Abu snorted coldly: "You don't need to pretend here, we will definitely win."

Song Wen glanced at the Audi that had entered the arena with the team and said with a smile, "You'd better be..."

In the third match, EDG faced off against AHQ.

Judging from the current strength and form of the two teams, they are a very close pair.

The match started quickly, and EDG had a particularly smooth early game. They secured the dragon at 21 minutes and pushed onto AHQ's high ground at 20 minutes.

This made Abu in the lounge quite arrogant, and he became even more sarcastic.

Faced with Abu's effeminate manner, Song Wen simply smiled and remained silent, looking on with amusement.

Seeing that Song Wen was ignoring him, Abu felt a bit awkward and said to Xiaoshou and Hongmi, "I think you guys can just take a break today."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the live stream took a sharp turn for the worse.

Audi, without TP, is still leading the pack, but EDG is clearly getting a bit overconfident. In their pursuit of AHQ's Kled, they drove all the way from AHQ's...

They chased AHQ all the way to their high ground in the upper jungle, but AHQ seized the opportunity to wipe them out in a 5v4 situation.

After that, the North Korean pilot, carrying a bomb, began to achieve remarkable feats, twice walking onto Thresh's hook and getting hooked.

After repeated attacks were thwarted, EDG began to slow down their pace.

By imitating others' practices, they managed to stabilize the situation.

At 41 minutes, EDG secured a double dragon buff.

It seemed like the game was going to end in one fell swoop, but EDG only managed to push down the bottom lane inhibitor.

At this point, the match between the two sides fell into a strange cycle.

EDG secured resources but couldn't win team fights.

AHQ can win team fights, but they can't push the minion waves.

This strange pulling continued for sixty-one minutes!

EDG's prolonged attack failed, and AHQ finally saw all their units respawn.

With no worries about the minion waves, AHQ decisively initiated a team fight. Taliyah blocked the way, and Kled, a student from the sports academy, sprinted to initiate the team fight, resulting in a team wipe of EDG and winning the game.

In the lounge, Abu's face had turned ashen.

She never expected that EDG, who had a huge advantage in the early stages, would be reversed again!

In this match, EDG's defeat was utterly humiliating.

Since the start of the Intercontinental Cup, they haven't managed to win a single game.

Song Wen's laughter sounded particularly grating at that moment.

"Haha, Abu, was this Audi personally trained by the factory manager in the youth academy?"

This rookie player from EDG really made Song Wen laugh.

EDG basically didn't win any team fights in the later stages, but Audi always managed to survive each team fight.

The image of Audi using the Prince EQ to escape seemed to keep replaying in Song Wen's mind.

In the final team fight, even the factory manager died, but Audi still managed to escape alive.

As soon as EDG's match ended, Song Wen took out his phone and started surfing the internet.

He even held his phone up to Abu's face and said with a smile, "This generation of netizens is so talented, hahaha."

Abu had no desire to see the contents of Song Wen's phone.

But the poster was so exquisitely made that she simply couldn't resist.

Even more outrageous, seeing EDG lose so humiliatingly, angry fans not only flooded EDG's official Weibo account, but also Audi's official Weibo account.

That's right, they were targeting the official Weibo account of the car brand Audi.

Netizens left comments below, such as "Why does your car only have reverse gear?"

After EDG's match, the fourth round of matches saw RNG and M17 face off.

Although EDG had previously lost to M17 in the group stage.

But M17 is, after all, the weakest team in the LMS.

This time, Xiao Hu prayed to heaven, and Song Wen finally felt Xiao Hu's sincerity, using his airplane skills to dominate the game.

Ultimately, the LPL region defeated the LMS with a score of 3 to 1, successfully advancing to the finals.

EDG became the only team to lose today, and the only team to fail to win a single game in the first three days of the Intercontinental Cup.