League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 261 A Celestial Being Descends from Beyond the Heavens!

When Chen Dongqing took the stage, another round of cheers erupted.

On the second day of the group stage, there were far fewer spectators and the seats were not full, but compared to other venues, the number of people was still absolutely overwhelming.

"QG!"

"QG!"

"TSM!"

"TSM!"

As expected of the North American cult, even in front of QG, they can still stir up quite a wave, and even seem to be able to hold their own!

However, it's not hard to understand, since although QG won the world championship, they can only dominate their own region at best.

If QG wants to attract fans worldwide, they still need to win consecutive championships to further prove their strength.

Chen Dongqing smiled and waved to the audience, then quickly sat back down in his seat and put on his noise-canceling headphones.

Most of the external noise had subsided, and the voices of teammates could be heard clearly.

"So, what do you mean this round?" Uzi was still negotiating in the voice chat, "Are you going to kill me or am I going to kill you this round?"

"Why would we need to discuss who gets the kills against TSM?" Xiangguo said confidently. "They're just wildcard level, we'll just kill them all!"

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "That's true."

Both players took their positions in the preparation room, and after the referee confirmed that everything was in order, the top laner of the blue team, TSM, clicked to start the game.

"Alright, the ban/pick phase has started!" Wawa said, slightly excited. "Let's see what bans both sides have chosen!"

TSM immediately banned Kennen on the blue side's first pick.

G2 just stubbornly refused to ban Kennen and got completely wrecked by Chen Dongqing. Of course, they won't make the same mistake and will obediently ban him.

Chen Dongqing countered by pressing Poppy, and TSM immediately banned Fiora. If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Dongqing's championship-winning Fiora will not be able to be picked in the entire MSI.

Banbazi banned Zyra without hesitation, and TSM immediately followed up by banning Jayce.

"Kennen, Fiora, Jayce?" the commentator Changmao exclaimed in surprise. "Is TSM going for a three-ban top lane? What about Caitlyn?"

"There's nothing we can do about it," his partner Su Xiaoyan said with a laugh. "These three heroes have too high a ban priority. If any of them are allowed to be picked by Brother Shu, the top lane will become extremely difficult!"

At this point, QG made their final ban, choosing to ban Gragas and proceed to the hero selection phase.

"Alright, blue side first pick! TSM picks Caitlyn! This is probably a tactic to bypass the ban by picking her!"

Actually, Caitlyn is not a popular hero in this version. The reason she is always banned is simply because Uzi plays her well, plus QG's push strategy is executed very well.

By picking such a hero at the start, TSM, the blue side, had essentially wiped out their advantage.

Seeing this, QG on the red side were overjoyed. They immediately locked in Lulu and Karma, one for mid and the other for support, it was incredibly satisfying.

After much deliberation, TSM chose to pick Lee Sin and Syndra, hoping to make their mid and jungle play more aggressively and avoid repeating the previous scenario where the jungler was ganked and the mid laner was farming happily.

But Xiangguo didn't care this game. He advocated an aggressive style and directly picked Rek'Sai to counter Lee Sin, entering the second round of the draft.

In the second round, TSM went even further, banning Camille and Aatrox even more aggressively.

Judging from the ban on Sword Demon, they seem to have done quite a bit of research on QG.

Without a second thought, Uzi immediately picked an Ice Queen to counter the policewoman, and incidentally gave the Counter pick to Chen Dongqing at the end.

After some thought, TSM realized they didn't have many options and could only pick Rumble for top lane and Braum for support.

Long Hair spoke up, "Then it all comes down to what top lane champion QG will pick as their last pick. With five top lane bans, their options are actually quite limited!"

"Actually, it's not that narrow," Su Xiaoyan said with a smile. "Although TSM banned five top laners in this game, they actually missed one pick. This champion used to be one of Tree's signature picks, but he hasn't picked it in a long time."

What's Brother Shu's specialty?

Longhair glanced at the ban list and said, "You mean, Riven?"

"That's right! Tree Bro's proficiency with Riven is beyond question, and most importantly, this champion has an advantage against Rumble in lane!"

The two commentators seemed to be on the same page with QG. Just as they were talking, the white-haired girl lit up on the fifth floor of QG and locked onto it at lightning speed.

This inevitably stirred up another wave of controversy off the field.

It has to be Ilex again; his casting choices are always unique!

Viewers don't like watching top lane Gragas vs. Shen; they prefer this kind of life-or-death duel where swords clash!

On the other side, TSM's top laner Hauntzer sighed helplessly, feeling immense pressure.

Who wants to fight Ilex?

Isn't this putting me in a very difficult position?

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

Blue side TSM: Top lane Rumble, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Caitlyn and Braum.

Red team QG: Top lane Riven, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Karma, Bot lane Ashe and Lulu.

"This lineup is pretty good." Bnabazi closed his laptop and said, "This game is in your hands. Remember to teach the enemy jungler a lesson."

In reality, Banbazi didn't know what TSM's jungler, Race Knight, had done, and being Korean, he couldn't truly empathize with this act of racial discrimination. However, he didn't mind saying a few words to stir up his teammates' emotions.

The QG team members were united in their resolve: "Don't worry, we definitely will."

The two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage, and the match officially began.

Fifteen seconds into the game, Chen Dongqing, playing as Riven, emerged from the fountain with a Doran's Shield.

It has to be said that he hasn't played Riven for a while. The last time he played her was in the quarterfinals of last year's World Championship, when he picked her against Samsung.

In fact, Riven also experienced a brief peak during this period.

In the early stages of Season 7, Riven was a popular pick in ranked games for a long time due to her new rune, "Courage of the Colossus," and her pick rate remained high.

However, Chen Dongqing was never selected in the competition, and the reason is quite simple.

Firstly, when Riven was popular because of Colossus, it was also when Maokai and Poppy were popular because of Colossus. This group of heroes were all in the same boat, sharing both glory and loss.

But Riven really couldn't gain any advantage against these tanks.

Secondly, it was because Camille was still around at that time, and Chen Dongqing was busy playing the unnerfed Camille, so he didn't have time to play Riven.

We're really not familiar with each other.

(Actually, I forgot)

Now, the Colossus's courage has diminished, and Riven has basically returned to either Fervor or Thunderlord's Decree.

Therefore, Chen Dongqing chose the traditional Thunder team in this game.

As for Riven's strategy against Rumble, it's simple: use Doran's Shield to withstand pressure before level 6, then get a Maw of Malmortius after level 6, and then unleash a flurry of attacks.

If the jungler can catch Rumble using Flash before level 6, that would be an absolute kill.

So Xiangguo's task in the early game is very simple: just gank top lane relentlessly before level six!

Three minutes into the game, Xiangguo arrived at the top lane right on time!

On the other side, the race knight was also quite clever, coming to the top lane to counter-gank, and the top and jungle of both sides engaged in a fierce battle.

Neither side managed to secure a kill this time. The only noteworthy point was that Xiangguo traded his Flash for Rumble's Flash.

That's enough.

"OK, OK, leave the rest to me!" Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction, as if this sudden appearance meant that he had the game under his control.

Chen Dongqing then continued to develop steadily, and the competition entered a brief period of calm.

Six minutes later, the camera suddenly switched to the top lane, where a battle had already begun.

There was no one else but Riven and Rumble.

Just before Riven reached level six, she flashed and used her E to close the gap, landing a basic attack on Rumble!

hum!

A swirling light illuminated as Riven unleashed her RW roar, stunning Rumble and unleashing a lightning-fast QA combo!

A seemingly ordinary QA combo was followed by a final ultimate and auto-attack to finish off Rumble at full health!

Both sides pushed the minion wave into the tower together, but in the mid lane, Xiangguo arrived in time to clear the minion wave that had entered the tower. Meanwhile, in the top lane, Riven pushed the wave into the tower without any hindrance and cleared the next wave of minions before finally returning to base.

Despite having Teleport available, Rumble still inevitably lost a significant number of last hits.

If nothing unexpected happens, the top lane laning phase is over, and what follows will inevitably be a brutal one-sided slaughter.

However, QG's focus in this game wasn't on that.

After killing the top laner once, the two QG players focused their attention on Lee Sin.

This person is the main target!

After a brief discussion, the two quickly came up with a solution.

At eight and a half minutes, the camera switched back to the top lane, where Riven was still pushing the lane. After pushing a wave of minions into the tower, Riven was quite arrogant, unleashing a full AWQA combo to poke, and then using her E to tank tower damage and escape, completely disregarding Rumble.

This move clearly angered TSM, and a Lee Sin quickly appeared behind him, ready to attack the Riven who had neither Flash nor Ultimate!

Seeing that things were not going well, Riven tried to pull herself into the bush, which seemed to further provoke TSM's killing intent. Lee Sin and Rumble rushed into the bush!

The Lee Sin places a fake ward, illuminating the vision in the bushes.

An excavator just happened to appear.

The excavator seemed too lazy to care about Rumble who had entered the bush first, and went straight for Lee Sin who hadn't entered the bush yet!

Flash knocks Lee Sin into the air, followed by a full combo of AQ, and Lee Sin's health plummets!

Xiangguo's last Flash was three minutes ago, and now the cooldown has just ended.

Unfortunately, because Riven had just used a set of skills, her three skills were still a second or two off cooldown, which prevented the two from killing Lee Sin immediately.

The race knight kicked Riven away, then pulled her away with an eye pat.

But Xiangguo remained calm, using a blue smite to slow down the enemy, and then using a burrow to continue sticking to them and attacking!

The low-health racial knight had no choice but to use Flash, but at that moment Riven returned with her greatsword, unleashing EQQQ plus a Wind Slash to secure the kill.

"Wuhu! Nice!" Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction. "Okay!"

"I told you, he would definitely come." Xiangguo said with a grin, and then the excavator went back to its own jungle to farm monsters.

He spent a long time lurking in the top lane, but since he succeeded, it was worth the trip.

Lee Sin's gank on top lane resulted in his own death in the top lane, almost causing a complete collapse of the game's momentum.

But his hard times had only just begun.

Shi Senming sent a message: "14.10JUG".

This means that Lee Sin's Flash won't be available again until 14 minutes later.

Before that, Riven's ultimate ability had already been ready.

At 12 minutes and 30 seconds, after Riven recalled to base, she took a different route and headed straight for TSM's blue buff camp!

At this moment, the Blue Buff camp was empty, and Riven was crouching in the bushes, waiting for her destined one.

Sure enough, ten seconds later, a blind monk walked over right on time, seemingly heading to farm the Gromp.

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing drew his sword and stepped out of the bushes, using Q to close the distance, followed by a basic attack and then QW, before using E+Q to follow up with the Lee Sin's ward jump!

Seeing that he couldn't pull Riven apart even by touching her eyes, the race knight had no choice but to kick her away with a backhand.

Although he was kicked away, Chen Dongqing didn't care at all. He waited for his Q skill to cool down, then used Flash and Q skill to move continuously, managing to keep up with the Lee Sin. He used three Qs to knock him away, followed by a basic attack, then his ultimate, and then another basic attack. The squishy Lee Sin, who had no tank items, died instantly.

Lee Sin has successfully reached 0-2!

But his hard times were far from over!

Two minutes later, Gao Dewei and Xiang Guo pushed the lane and then disappeared together, heading straight for the bottom lane!

The race knight rushed to support the bottom lane, but ended up getting caught halfway there!

Karma used W to knock up the enemy, followed by a control combo, and the two of them were instantly killed by Lee Sin!

Seeing this, even a fool would know what QG is trying to do this game.

Just like FW, they want to focus on killing racial knights!

Lee Sin hasn't been able to get any momentum going so far, instead dying three times in a row, bringing his score to 0-3, and the jungler's rhythm has completely collapsed.

"In that case," Wawa said, arms crossed, "given QG's aggressiveness, I can hardly imagine how many times this Lee Sin will die this game."

Of course, QG didn't neglect its responsibilities either.

This ambush on Lee Sin was also part of QG's mid and jungle plan. After killing Lee Sin, the two turned to head to the bottom lane. At this time, Doublelift and his support were already camped at the second tower, unable to defend against it.

After taking the first tower, QG began to speed up their pace.

On the top lane, Chen Dongqing, with three kills in hand, had too much of an advantage. He had already given up on the idea of ​​building a Maw of Malmortius and was now holding a Black Cleaver.

As the minion wave pushed into the tower, Rumble knew he was likely to be dove, so he used his ultimate to clear the wave in advance.

But this did not stop Riven from diving the tower. The white-haired female warrior drew her sword and entered the tower, unleashing a Broken Wings Dance combo, which brought Rumble down beneath the tower.

Once the next wave of minions arrives, the top lane tower will be easily taken down!

"Even though he hasn't played for a long time, Brother Tree's Riven is still incredibly sharp!" Long Hair exclaimed. "This guy really can't be judged by ordinary standards!"

Next, it was time to push the tower according to the plan, but the difference this time was that QG players were clearly targeting the jungler.

While taking down the mid tower, Shi Senming followed Xiangguo to roam the jungle and once again found the Lee Sin in the jungle.

The Lee Sin with a 0-3 score had poor equipment and a low level, and couldn't withstand more than two hits. Xiangguo flashed in and used Lulu's Polymorph to take down the Lee Sin in one combo.

Immediately afterwards, when Uzi was pushing the second mid tower with his team, he saw that Lee Sin still dared to defend the tower, so he shot an arrow in return.

This arrow was shot as a gamble, but the blind monk caught it perfectly, hitting the target right on the head!

Uzi also used Lin Weixiang's Ice skin in this game. After his ultimate hit, gray and white ice crystals exploded everywhere, which looked pretty cool!

QG quickly followed up and sent Lee Sin away again!

0-5.

The director was quite mischievous; he deliberately gave the racial knight a close-up shot.

Sevenskeren was completely dazed and confused; the game was pure torture for him.

But QG felt that this wasn't enough.

Since they've already decided to target one person, wouldn't it be a huge loss of face for QG if they didn't kill Super Ghost?

At exactly 22 minutes, a team fight erupted around the Baron Nashor!

QG played extremely aggressively this time, going all-in on Baron Nashor and going head-to-head with you for the kill!

This is practically putting the racial knight on the hot stove; all he can do is Q into the dragon pit and fight with Smite!

But Xiangguo reacted quickly, and as soon as the Lee Sin entered the fray, he immediately used his E-Smite to burst down the Baron.

The excavator is three levels higher than Lee Sin, and it also has better fighting and punishment skills. What can Lee Sin compare to it?

The Lee Sin was turned into a sheep as soon as he landed, and QG players rushed in and almost instantly killed him!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing executed a triple Q, vaulting over the narrow wall at the entrance of the Dragon Pit to the riverbed.

At this moment, Riven was facing Braum, Rumble, and Syndra. Then Riven decisively used EW to attack!

Riven followed up with a slide and [Soul Roar], hitting all three enemies in front of her! She then unleashed a basic attack, followed by a swift R and Ravenous Shot, dealing just four hits in an instant and instantly killing the squishy Syndra!

Immediately afterwards, Riven turned around and pulled for a second, her Q skill was already ready, and her greatsword began to swing again on the field, like a god descending to earth!

The other four members of QG only need to follow behind Riven and deal their due damage, and the team fights will be a sure thing!

With a 0-for-4 exchange and the Baron buff, QG is just one push away from ending the game!

QG players returned to base to regroup, and then launched a 4-1 split push, making a final attack on TSM's mid and top lane high ground!

In the high ground team fight, Sevenskeren, who was already 0-6, seemed to have given up and simply chose to initiate a self-destructive team fight. Lee Sin used his Q to charge into the crowd and even tried to do a roundhouse kick.

However, Shi Senming was quick-witted and swiftly transformed him into a sheep halfway through. The blind monk landed, thrashed around twice, and was sent away again.

After being killed, Sevenskeren glanced at his stats.

0-7.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it didn't go too badly.

QG is just like that, targeting me so much, and I've only died seven times!

"The puppy has already stacked up [Marksman's Focus], and Ashe, with Lulu's shield, is charging ahead, dealing terrifyingly high damage!"

TSM's Braum tried to block the arrows, but Ashe's arrows struck Braum repeatedly, creating a dazzling visual effect.

But Uzi already had Split Arrows at this point, and Ashe could hit three people with each arrow, making Braum ineffective!

Even if Bjergsen and Syndra push the ball back, it doesn't matter. Shi Senming uses his ultimate skill, and Ashe becomes even stronger, charging directly to the front of the team and slaughtering TSM members one by one!

Braum, Syndra, Rumble, one after another, died, leaving only Caitlyn to successfully return to the fountain.

Standing in the middle of the fountain, the senior brother watched as the aggressive QG team destroyed his high ground tower, and he sighed helplessly.

He could vaguely guess why QG was playing this way in this game.

As a player of Chinese descent, he was disgusted by his teammate's anti-China remarks two years ago, but he couldn't say anything about it.

Now, seeing his teammate get killed down to 0-7, he was actually secretly pleased.

But this secret satisfaction could not mask the pain of being brutally beaten.

To this day, they haven't even gotten a single kill, let alone a dragon or a tower!

A little too much!

At this moment, QG's push continued, one inhibitor turret, two inhibitor turrets, and TSM was left with only a bare crystal in an instant.

Meanwhile, Xiangguo was still sighing, "There's nothing we can do. After only seven kills, TSM couldn't hold on anymore and couldn't keep feeding."

Chen Dongqing was also somewhat helpless; there was nothing he could do about it. He hadn't even had a chance to exert his full strength in the final team fight before the opponent fell.

Riven's mobility is completely fake. Three Qs plus an E stacked together can't catch up with Camille's hook. Even if he tries to catch up with Ashe after her speed boost, he can only follow behind Uzi and watch him shoot all of TSM's players to death.

He didn't even use his ultimate move.

kindness?

Chen Dongqing suddenly realized, who said he couldn't kill Super Ghost? Doesn't he still have a powerful move up his sleeve?

"Brothers, don't tear it down!" Chen Dongqing hurriedly said, "What if we kill him again?"

"Huh? Fountain sabotage?" Uz asked, somewhat surprised. "Isn't that a bit too cruel?"

Despite saying that, Uzi stopped dismantling the base.

"But this Lee Sin is in the fountain," Godway said. "None of us have the ability to spawn there, how are we going to kill him?"

To throw a punch, you need at least a long-distance dash, which none of them have.

Chen Dongqing pressed TAB and glanced at the Lee Sin's information.

At 24 minutes, Lee Sin was only level 10, and his equipment was extremely poor, consisting of only Mercury's Treads, Warrior's Jungle Item, and a small wooden hammer.

"It's alright, leave it to me," Chen Dongqing said. "I have a trick, I don't know if you've seen it before."

Xiangguo suddenly raised an eyebrow. "It can't be...?"

He recalled the early days of Season 6 last year when he and Chen Dongqing were going to break up.

Back then, Chen Dongqing's Riven once used a combo to instantly kill the Corki in the fountain, which caused quite a stir on various forums.

At the time, players jokingly called this move "Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens".

"Come on, come on!" Chen Dongqing quickly pinged, "Come over here and show me your emoticons!"

The five QG players lined up in front of TSM's fountain, almost simultaneously displaying their QG team logo, a gesture brimming with sarcasm.

Uzi even pressed the recall button to taunt, but halfway through the recall, Lin Weixiang's elementary school student signature appeared on the ground, which disgusted Uzi so much that he quickly moved to cancel the recall.

Meanwhile, the senior brother was also quite disgusted.

What's wrong? Are you guys going to fountain-camp again?

Almost got it!

At that moment, the Lee Sin's resurrection timer had only three seconds left.

Riven uses her ultimate to draw her sword, then quickly recalls.

Chen Dongqing was using the "Arcade Warrior" skin in this game. This skin's recall animation makes Riven's weapon disappear, so the TSM players didn't even realize that Riven had activated her ultimate.

Lee Sin's resurrection time is two seconds. Karma and Lulu's shields are simultaneously applied to Riven. Although it's not very useful, it's a small gift with a big meaning.

There is one second left to revive.

Chen Dongqing rapidly pressed countless keys on the keyboard with his left hand, revealing the sharp edge of Riven's Greatsword, and a sword aura shot out!

ER Greed Flash WQ! (For those who have forgotten, you can review Chapter 7 of this book and the subsequent bonus chapters. I won't post a video this time, but it's the exact same combo.)

The sword light flashed like a bolt of lightning, piercing straight ahead. The sword light was brilliant and swift, without any variation, not even a follow-up move, as it poured all the power of the body into this one sword strike.

The sword arrived just as the person did, and countless instances of damage were unleashed on the Lee Sin and Caitlyn almost simultaneously!

No one can describe the brilliance and splendor of this sword strike, nor can anyone describe its speed.

All anyone knew was that after that sword strike, the blind monk and the policewoman in the center of the fountain had both turned into corpses!

The Lee Sin's economy is really bad, even worse than Shi Senming's, and his level is low. His tankiness is even worse than the female police officer next to him!

"Double kill!"

The sound of a double kill rang out, and the racial knight's K/D ratio officially reached 0-8!

Senior Brother: ? ? ?

The fountain laser shot straight at Riven, instantly reducing her health by 40%.

"Quickly dismantle it! Tree Bro is going to die!" Shi Senming shouted in shock, and he and his teammates quickly attacked the crystal, which had less than half its health left.

Riven has over 2,000 health at this stage, enough to withstand two attacks from the fountain without dying.

The laser dealt another burst of damage, leaving Riven with only 400 health!

In that instant, Uzi fired an arrow into the crystal tower, and the TSM base finally exploded!

game over!

Riven stood safely in the center of TSM's fountain.

Okay, I admit, this last part borrowed from Gu Long's descriptions of celestial beings descending from the heavens, mainly just for laughs~

See you tomorrow, guys! We'll finish the group stage tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)