League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 349 EDG's 10,000 gold lead!

"Congratulations QG!" Miller beamed as he looked at the word "victory" on the screen. "I must say, QG played very steadily this game!"

Even Miller had to admit that SSG showed extraordinary resilience in this game, just like a small boat that was tossed about in a storm but never fell over!

Of course, the capabilities of a small boat are ultimately limited. When the wind and waves are large enough, or even form a towering giant wave, no matter how powerful the small boat is, it will be useless and will be capsized and submerged in the Black Sea.

"QG has successfully set a great precedent for our LPL!" Wawa praised them highly. "QG! They truly deserve to be the pride of our region!"

In the video, Chen Dongqing finally let out a sigh of relief, stood up, gave his teammates a high-five, and slowly walked towards the SSG players' bench.

Uz then stood up, took the tissue from between his ear and earphone, and wiped the fine sweat from his face.

This game lasted too long, and I'm actually a bit tired.

Uzbekistan hasn't played such a long game in a long time.

The camera slowly panned from the QG players' bench to the QG players' bench, where everyone saw Chen Dongqing shaking hands with An Zhangmen, and the two seemed to be talking about something.

"Well played!" Chen Dongqing said with a smile, "It's been a long time since we've encountered a team that can hold out against us for so long."

Master An understood Chen Dongqing's English and said helplessly, "Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

Chen Dongqing patted the other person's arm and laughed, "Good luck, see you in the second round!"

"Yes!" Sect Leader An clenched his fist tightly. "Next time, we'll last even longer."

Chen Dongqing still held the former champion in high regard and nodded with a smile.

Behind Chen Dongqing, Uzi was also shaking hands with Ruler.

Even though it was Ruler's second year playing professionally, he was still slightly intimidated by Uzi, and his handshake was more humble.

After the handshake, Chen Dongqing and his teammates stood in the center of the stage and bowed in greeting. At that moment, countless cheers immediately rang out, and countless home fans were all extremely excited!

QG's victory in the opening match of the competition was well-deserved, and they should also give their full support to show the international audience and teams the true value of LPL home fans!

Chen Dongqing enjoyed the feeling of being on home turf. He waved to the audience and then packed up his keyboard with his teammates and headed backstage.

Halfway there, various hosts came over and invited everyone to different language broadcast channels; all five of them were invited.

Ren Dong, who was on the main stage, invited Xiang Guo, who had performed exceptionally well in this match, while Chen Dongqing was invited by the LCK team.

Chen Dongqing took the peripherals handed to him by Xiangguo, went back to the lounge to put them away, and then glanced at the TV in the lounge.

The TV was showing the post-match statistics panel.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but shake his head upon seeing this.

It must be because they've played too many games against turtle teams like Samsung; neither he nor Uzi dealt much damage in this game.

In 44 minutes, Chen Dongqing only dealt 22443 damage, averaging just over 500 damage per minute. Uzi's damage was slightly higher, but not by much.

Chen Dongqing shook his head, put the peripherals away, and then followed LCK female host Kim Min-na into a small room.

Kim Min-na is a host and Chinese translator for the LCK region, specializing in interviewing LPL players. Chen Dongqing often meets with her.

The two greeted each other first, and then waited for the red light on the camera before officially starting the interview.

"This time we have invited ilex from the QG team! Ilex, please say hello to everyone!"

Chen Dongqing listened patiently to the host's translation before smiling and saying to the camera, "Hello everyone, I'm Ilex from QG."

Remote interviews conducted in front of a camera are ultimately not as effective as stage interviews, because Chen Dongqing doesn't know how the audience on the other side of the camera will react.

But what he didn't know was that on the other side of the camera, in the LCK tournament broadcast room, the viewers were practically rolling their eyes to the heavens.

South Korea is a country with a strong sense of collectivism and extreme unity. Unlike viewers from other countries, they do not idolize strong players but only like players from their own region.

Korean viewers have absolutely no goodwill towards Ilex, who has snatched championships from their LCK team multiple times!

From the moment Chen Dongqing appeared on screen, the number of viewers in the live stream began to plummet, dropping rapidly to a low point. This caused the percentage of viewers who were just having fun in the live stream to increase rapidly!

The comments from people who enjoy watching videos are gradually gaining the upper hand!

[Tree Bro! The greatest player in LPL history!]

[Holy crap! A tree!]

【Wocao! Tree!】

The two people in the interview footage were engrossed in their own questioning and answering, seemingly oblivious to what was going on.

"First question," the host asked with a smile, "In the first game, you seemed to have picked Ryze for top lane, a champion you haven't used in a long time. Is there any reason for this?"

Chen Dongqing smiled and immediately said, "Because this hero received a big buff in this version, the damage has increased a lot, and this hero is originally weak in the late game, so it is perfect for countering a team like SSG that is relatively turtle-like and slow."

Beside him, Kim Min-na couldn't help but glance at Chen Dongqing, and then helplessly translated the sentence into Korean. Of course, he omitted the word "turtle" because it would create a rhythm.

But the bilingual entertainers in the live stream didn't care about any of that, and the chat immediately started flooding with comments.

[Brother Tree says SSG is a turtle!]

[Haha, absolutely right! Is there any team in the world more turtle-like than SSG?]

[QG was dragged down by SSG for over forty minutes; this team is truly terrifying!]

Kim Min-na then asked a second question: "In the upcoming matches, the other two LPL teams, EDG and FPX, will also be playing. What kind of well wishes would you like to say to these two teams?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing immediately replied without hesitation: "There's no need for blessings, is there? As the top region, LPL's victory is only to be expected."

These words once again caused a frenzy of comments in the live stream!

While the people were celebrating, many South Koreans were also expressing strong protests!

Ilex, what audacity! Where do you get your confidence from?!

If Ilex had said FPX would definitely win, then the audience wouldn't have said anything, since FPX had a very easy schedule today, just playing against a wildcard team, so they really deserved to win.

But EDG's first match is against SKT, what makes you think you can win?

SKT is not a weak team like SSG!

I only asked two questions, and the interview ended there.

Chen Dongqing bid a warm farewell to the LCK audience before returning to the rest room.

As soon as he returned, he was met with 369's admiring gaze.

"Well done, Tree Bro!" 369 exclaimed sincerely, "What an amazing Ryze! The enemy AD was like paper!"

"As long as you have hands, it'll be fine." Chen Dongqing hooked his arm around 369's shoulder and said cheerfully, "If we do well in the group stage, I'll let you go up and give me a touch, okay?"

369 felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't want to refuse, so he didn't know what to say and was stuck there awkwardly.

At this moment, his teammates all returned, and everyone immediately packed up their things and prepared to leave.

That's the advantage of being the host country. As the number one seed that needs to be unveiled, they don't need to wait to play; they can start preparing right after the opening ceremony.

The QG team couldn't wait any longer and drove straight to a restaurant they had booked for a meal.

While the QG team was having dinner, the match on the field continued.

Next up is the match between G2 and C9, a classic North American vs. European showdown.

By the time everyone finished their meal, the matches on both sides had also ended.

With Europe's number one G2 on one side and North America's number three C9 on the other, this is destined to be an unfair match.

In this year's Intercontinental Cup's North American vs. European competition, the first match was between G2 and C9, with G2 ultimately emerging victorious and securing a winning start for the European region.

This time was no exception. G2 played steadily and easily defeated C9 in 28 minutes, without any suspense.

After QG finished their meal and returned to the training room, the third match officially began.

And this time, another LPL team is on the field.

This time it's FPX playing against FB, and LPL's number three playing against a wildcard team.

Chen Dongqing looked at the team name FB and even thought about it for a while before he remembered that this team was from the Turkish region.

This competition was also largely predictable.

Chen Dongqing watched until the eight-minute mark, and when he saw Doinb and Clid pull off a four-man gank on the enemy's bottom lane duo, taking down the bottom lane tower and a fire dragon, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but shake his head.

This blatant four-man gank on the bottom lane, with the opposing team completely unprepared, truly demonstrates a lack of awareness of potential danger.

Playing for a wildcard is really not a good thing; it has no real value.

Chen Dongqing patiently watched the entire match, witnessing FPX easily defeat their opponent and secure their second victory in the LPL.

After this match, there will be no more LPL matches today.

The first round of the group stage lasts for four days, with each team playing three matches and always having a bye day. EDG has a bye today.

But of course, they cannot let their guard down.

On the first day of the group stage, they will play their first match against LCK's number one seed, SKT!

That same evening, EDG once again sought out QG, and the two teams held a new training match while also studying SKT's game that day.

Today SKT played against FNC, and in this match, SKT easily swept their opponent in just over 30 minutes!

In this match, FNC actually performed quite well, maintaining the situation with difficulty until the 20-minute mark.

However, during the team fight at the 30-minute mark, Faker's excellent performance with Orianna and Wolf's perfect initiation with Rakan effectively brought the game forward by a full 10 minutes.

"Beating SKT is easy, isn't it?" Chen Dongqing laughed. "Just focus on ganking the mid lane. If Faker gets caught and killed twice, this team will lose their way. After that, all we need to do is be careful not to give them any opportunities."

"How could that be?" Meiko waved her hand. "EDG is known for its discipline; we don't give anyone a chance!"

"Huh?" Chen Dongqing uttered a single word to express his confusion.

"Huh? Isn't that how it is?" iboy asked, sounding puzzled.

Chen Dongqing: "I don't know, but during the summer finals, I felt like I could seize any opportunity you had, and I could catch you one by one."

"That's not how you say it, Chen Dongqing."

"OK, OK."

At the same time, in SSG's training room.

Samsung, having lost the match, didn't have a celebration party. Everyone went straight back to the training room and started analyzing today's game.

After watching for a while, Samsung coach Edgar finally spoke up: "You played exceptionally well today!"

The Samsung players were somewhat bewildered by the coach's words.

Are these all really great?

"The vision control and defense in this game were excellent!" Edgar exclaimed. "This match showed me that we could beat QG! And vision control and champion selection were key!"

At this point, the coach said excitedly, "Come on, let's play a practice match! I have a lot of things to test!"

Seeing the coach's excited tone, the Samsung team roughly understood what he meant and immediately threw themselves into intense training.

The night passed quickly, and it was now October 6th.

Because today's match was the fourth game, the QG team left a little late.

When they set off for the venue, the first game had already begun.

Chen Dongqing was sitting on the bus, watching a live stream on his phone.

The match between EDG and SKT is underway, and the draft phase has begun.

To be fair, the match between these two teams is one of the most important parts of this group stage.

If EDG can win the game, it will really be a great honor for the LPL.

Banbazi sat next to Chen Dongqing, sharing the same phone, analyzing the draft picks: "SKT directly banned Kalista and Lulu, but left Xayah and Rakan? EDG definitely has to pick them! Xayah and Rakan are invincible right now!"

As soon as the words were spoken, EDG, on the blue side, locked in Xayah, but SKT subsequently blocked Rakan and then locked in Jarvan IV, making their top and jungle positions flexible.

"And then... EDG can still pick Janna and Sejuani?" Banbazi nodded and said, "Sure, the first three draft picks were great!"

Sejuani, Xayah, and Janna are already considered an excellent three-pronged pick in this version.

Although Xayah and Janna aren't the original pairing, they share one thing in common: they can push lanes.

Next, all you need to do is pair him with a strong mid laner, and you can easily take control of the bottom half of the map!

If it were EDG a month ago, they would definitely have picked Lucian directly, it would have been a perfect fit.

But now EDG has learned its lesson and understands that Lucian is unreliable, so this time they picked the buffed Ryze and used Ryze's wave clear ability to forcefully seize the initiative.

I can only say that it's not a problem.

On the other side, SKT picked Twitch and then picked Orianna in the second round.

Chen Dongqing narrowed his eyes slightly upon seeing this scene.

Mouse, clockwork, Locke.

This... feels a bit like my stomach.

Will what's destined to happen still happen?

The competition continued to unfold in a familiar direction.

Just as Chen Dongqing said last night, EDG's mid and jungle were relentlessly ganking Faker!

At only level three, the two of them, with the help of Ryze and Sejuani's ample crowd control, managed to kill Faker by using two Flashes!

Five minutes later, the factory manager continued to gank mid. This time he failed to get a kill, but he did manage to force Faker to use Flash and send him back to base!

In six minutes, Meiko finished pushing the line and came together with the factory manager. This time they finally succeeded!

Even with Score counter-ganking in the mid lane, the combined efforts of the mid, jungle, and support were futile!

After gaining an advantage in the mid lane, Scout didn't sit idle. Instead, he and Clearlove started ganking the bottom lane and successfully helped iboy take down the bottom lane tower and secure the dragon!

Everything is going in a good direction.

By the 22nd minute, the score was 5-0, with Scout's Ryze, with a score of 3-0-2, almost dominating the entire game!

At this moment, SKT planned an ambush, intending to take down Scout in the top lane. But this was actually a deliberate opening left by EDG!

Meiko and the factory manager quickly appeared behind them, and A-Guang also provided support with a TP!

EDG instantly gathered four players and directly launched a counter-encirclement against SKT. Scout's Ryze was at the peak of his power with his Rod of Ages and Kayle fully stacked, making him almost bursting with fighting power. He countered with his Aegis, and Ryze was incredibly tanky!

Ultimately, the team fight ended with EDG achieving a 3-for-0 exchange. EDG then turned around and took down the second tower and Baron, bringing their gold lead to 9,000!

After securing Baron Nashor, EDG recalled to base to regroup before pushing forward again as a team!

With the Baron buff, EDG directly pushed high ground and easily took down SKT's mid-lane high ground after five players killed Faker!

At this point, the economic gap between the two sides had officially exceeded 10,000!

All we need to do next is to chip away at SKT's jungle, recall to base to replenish our health and mana, and we can end the game directly!

Facing such a huge advantage from the LCK's number one seed, all five players on the EDG bench were extremely excited!

Before leaving, iboy stood next to the ruins of SKT's high ground, pressed T, and the EDG team logo appeared.

(End of this chapter)