League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 352 LPL's incredible start!

"19 minutes and 36 seconds!" Colonel Guan stared wide-eyed at the ending time. "QG ended the game in less than twenty minutes!"

I remember being incredibly excited at that moment: "I heard some people think QG's matches are slow to finish? Today I'll show you what real speed is!"

In the audience, countless home fans stood up and waved their light sticks wildly, creating a sea of ​​lights in the stands!

Meanwhile, the live stream chat reached a fever pitch!

Nineteen minutes? That's it for TSM?

[Just now we saw TSM's official Twitter account taunting them, and then they got taunted back in nineteen minutes!]

[TSM Official Twitter Status]

[I'm dying of laughter, I have to check Twitter right now!]

At this moment, the lights above the stage began to flash wildly, eventually focusing on the QG players' seats!

Despite the swift match, the QG players seemed completely calm and didn't make any significant moves.

Everyone took a sip of water at the same time, and then opened the post-match data panel together to take a look.

Chen Dongqing chuckled and said, "You guys didn't do much damage this time, huh?

At this point, we can see that his Kled damage is as high as 14396, standing out from the crowd.

In this 19-minute match, his injury conversion rate reached an astonishing 747, which is simply outrageous.

Of course, the main reason is that he played too comfortably in the top lane, dominating Cho'Gath and participating in team fights to the maximum in the mid-game. Moreover, Popo dealt explosive damage, taking on three or four enemies in every team fight, making it hard for his damage to be low.

Chen Dongqing then switched the data to the damage data, and sure enough, he once again stood out from the crowd!

If a WEGAME results screen pops up in the bottom right corner, then he probably has a shield, a fire weapon, and the sword with the most kills—a pure MVP + carry game.

"So-so." Chen Dongqing stood up calmly and began to pour the glass.

Meanwhile, Xiangguo stood up expressionlessly: "Heh, it's all because I helped you cross levels three twice, otherwise how could you have had such a comfortable time? You deserve half of this stat."

Xiangguo actually had a very unpleasant game because he died too many times.

He died in the top lane at level three, and in the mid-game team fights he died every time he fought, resulting in a negative score by the end of the game.

But Xiangguo doesn't think he's insignificant!

Chen Dongqing patted his old partner on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Alright, alright, this game's MVP is all yours, okay?"

Winning the game is always a happy occasion, and everyone headed to the TSM players' bench with laughter and joy.

The discussion focused on the damage dealt and individual performance in this match, with no one paying attention to the game's duration.

It doesn't matter anymore; it's not the first time they've achieved this level of speed.

During the Intercontinental Tournament, they even thrashed Dragonball in 16 minutes. This 19-minute timeframe is really average, even a bit slow.

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On the other hand, TSM certainly didn't think that way.

These guys have ruled North America for so many years, when have they ever suffered such injustice?

1936 lingered in their minds, refusing to fade away.

They were still in shock even when Chen Dongqing walked right up to them.

Chen Dongqing then shook hands with TSM's support player and Doublelift. While shaking hands with the latter, Chen Dongqing joked, "This match isn't my fault. Blame your Twitter account."

The senior player was certainly aware of the pre-match provocation on Twitter, as he had also retweeted and commented on that tweet.

Of course, this kind of thing is mostly for fun and gimmicks, which has always been a long-standing tradition in Europe and America.

But even the eldest brother hadn't expected the boomerang to come so quickly and so fiercely.

Going back a few hours, the senior brother would definitely have pressed his own manager down, making him give up the idea of ​​tweeting.

"Just kidding." Chen Dongqing patted his senior brother's muscular arm and then said, "Keep up the good work in the next match! Let's try to qualify this time!"

After shaking hands with his senior brother, Chen Dongqing walked over to Pilsen and had a brief interaction with the legendary North American mage.

After Bilsen came Svenskeren, the racial knight who publicly changed his anti-Chinese ID.

Chen Dongqing walked past the racial knights expressionlessly, shaking hands with the last one, Hauntzer.

He didn't target racial knights like he did with MSI, but that's only because Chen Dongqing felt it was unnecessary. It doesn't mean the issue of racial discrimination is over.

The rest of the QG players also moved in unison, all ignoring the racial knight!

The live stream chat was filled with cheers again!

Great! A classic, must-have!

[Racial discrimination is either a one-time thing or a recurring pattern; I bet this guy is still thinking about that kind of thing.]

Indeed, the only way to deal with these kinds of people is to use force to shut them up!

[We went too easy on him. I remember at MSI this guy was fountain-camped and fed like crazy?]

[Tree Bro's Heavenly Flying Immortal kill was a forced one, didn't you forget?]

[Killing him once is enough. What's the point of killing him all the time? Does Tree Bro really need to keep playing with this Calomi?]

After the handshake, the QG members came to the center of the stage and bowed in greeting.

Below the stage, cheers surged one after another, all crowding into the ears of the racial knight, making him pale and dazed.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, happily returned to the players' seat, packed up his mouse and keyboard, and headed backstage.

He was already working on the menu for dinner.

Unfortunately, the interview was unavoidable. This time, Chen Dongqing simply accepted the invitation to the main stage. He handed the keyboard to Xiangguo and, along with today's host Yu Shuang, came to the center of the stage to answer questions as required.

"QG seemed to exhibit two completely different performances in the past two days of matches. What could be the reason for this?"

Yu Shuang's question was simply about the length of QG's matches over the past two days.

SSG and TSM are actually considered to be teams of similar skill level by outsiders. After all, one is the third-ranked Korean team and the other is the number one North American team. Saying that their skill levels are similar is already giving LCK a lot of face.

However, QG managed to win against one team after dragging the game into the late game for over 40 minutes, while the other team was completely crushed in just 19 minutes!

This has left the audience with much to ponder.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "I think that no team that can come to this competition can be weak."

"They are both strong teams that have emerged from the region, and either one could win. The outcome depends more on the form of both teams. SSG might have been in better form yesterday, while TSM might have been in worse form today, so one or two games are not very meaningful."

Yu Shuang smiled and nodded, then continued, "So, what do you think is of reference value?"

"The champion!" Chen Dongqing grinned. "The championship trophy is always the most valuable thing in competitive sports!"

Upon hearing Chen Dongqing's answer, a burst of laughter immediately erupted from below.

You can say that only because your QG team has so many championships, right?

Are you trying to brag about yourself indirectly?

Yu Shuang understood the meaning behind Chen Dongqing's words. After thinking for a moment, she smiled and asked, "So, what do you think of QG's recent performance?"

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow and answered without hesitation, "Our QG team is always at its best!"

Inside the audience, countless Chinese viewers had already begun chanting ilex's ID. Given their recent resounding victory, Chen Dongqing's arrogant statement naturally garnered everyone's support.

Yu Shuang looked at Chen Dongqing with a hint of surprise and unease. She smiled and finally said, "I hope QG can achieve their goal and lift the Summoner's Cup again!"

The interview session officially ended there. Chen Dongqing jogged back to the lounge and, together with the team, completed a small group interview with reporters before heading to a pre-booked restaurant.

This time they chose a Hunan cuisine restaurant.

Wuhan, as those who know it know, is located in the central part of the country, bordering many places, and is rich in resources, but it lacks its own unique characteristics.

Here, you can find famous cuisines from all over the country, and they are all quite authentic, but you just can't find Wuhan's own unique characteristics.

You can't just go out for hot dry noodles with your friends after winning a game, can you?

While stuffing some stir-fried pork with farm-style sauce into his mouth, Chen Dongqing couldn't wait to open his phone and frantically scroll through Twitter.

The tweet that TSM's official Twitter account posted earlier was like a boomerang thrown out.

Now, the boomerang has hit them back at them.

Meanwhile, countless new comments had appeared under that tweet.

Of course, there will be plenty of playful banter.

[Question: QG needs 44 minutes to beat SSG, how long would it take them to beat TSM?]

Answer: 19 minutes

[Oh, what a terrible viewing experience! Watching Ilex's Kled kicking Bjergsen and Doublelift repeatedly made my heart ache!]

[This Kled is a monster; he almost single-handedly advanced the game by a full ten minutes!]

[I hope they can replace Sevenskeren soon. I don't think players with a history of racism should be allowed on the public stage!]

[TSM has always been rich. Since they were able to assemble the Bjergsen and Doublelift duo, I think they could try to buy Ilex as their jungler tomorrow. I think that should be enough to win the championship.]

Besides these verbal attacks, many netizens also used their creative skills to photoshop Kled's head into Chen Dongqing's image, and then photoshopped racist symbols onto Skaar at Kled's feet. This image even dominated the comments section.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw these contents.

Uzi, who was standing next to Chen Dongqing, was still wondering what Chen Dongqing was laughing about, but when he saw what Chen Dongqing was holding, the person who was laughing became two.

Chen Dongqing chuckled and clicked the plus sign in the bottom right corner, then edited and posted a tweet.

The tweet was quite simple, consisting of only two letters.

"EZ"

After having a good meal, the QG team finally returned to the hotel and began their free training.

Chen Dongqing still logged into the Chinese server and took a look.

The World Championship has been underway for several days now, and professional players are climbing the ranks at a rapid pace. The leaderboard on the Chinese Super Server is now filled with countless professional player IDs, while high-ranking solo queue players like Tiger God and 14 Fiora have all disappeared, their rankings plummeting.

Of course, its number one position remains unshakeable.

Not to mention first place, even Doinb's second place and SofM's third place are firmly secured.

Even Faker, the most aggressive player in climbing the ranks, only has 1,300 points right now, which is almost 100 points behind SofM, not to mention Chen Dongqing who has over 2,000 points.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing started a ranked match. After playing two games and raising his score again, he yawned and went back to his room. After washing up, he fell into a deep sleep.

Time quickly passed to the third day of the group stage.

QG is resting today and has no matches, so the stage is handed over to EDG and FPX.

FPX, who had a bye yesterday, are making their first appearance today, and their opponent is quite formidable – the current top team in Group C, the Rabbits, who defeated the Flash Wolves yesterday!

The Rabbit team has a unique characteristic: their bot lane is very strong, but their support players don't like to play passive, enchanter supports. Instead, they mostly play champions like Rakan who can initiate team fights and have a strong tempo. Even when they play enchanter supports, they play champions like Janna who require a good understanding of the game.

And this trait is also present in our FPX support player, who can even excel at it.

This match was purely a showcase of rhythm by the two supports.

While the two AD carries were still arguing and fighting in the bottom lane, the two supports had already run to the top lane and started a bizarre 3v3 between the top, jungle, and support!

But the most outrageous thing is that this is only a 3v3 match on the surface.

Actually, Doinb was there too!

This is a coordinated attack from the top, mid, jungle, and support!

Once the numerical advantage was established, the outcome of the team fight was immediately decided. FPX easily achieved a 3-for-1 trade, sacrificing Clid's life to gain a huge advantage.

Immediately afterwards, Zoom teleported to the bottom lane, coordinating with the mid and jungle to complete a five-man gank on the bottom lane, successfully breaking through their defenses.

After two rounds, the game was over!

Although the Rabbit team is very tough, able to beat FW and even go to a fifth game against SKT, they struggled against FPX due to their team style.

Also today, EDG took to the field again and defeated SKT. After that, there are not many obstacles in EDG's way.

This time, they encountered an old rival.

In the 2015 quarterfinals, FNC defeated them 4-0.

All I can say is that EDG's performance in this round of group stage matches was full of entertainment value.

Fortunately, FNC is only the third seed in Europe this year and no longer has the dominance it had during its peak in Europe.

Facing an enemy who had branded him with shame, Clearlove was extremely ruthless this time, keeping the pace of the entire match at a high level. Although FNC put up a fierce fight, it was ultimately to little avail.

Finally, at the 35-minute mark, Scout's perfect push resulted in EDG achieving a perfect 2-for-5 exchange, leading to a decisive victory!

In the commentary booth, commentator Haokai was incredibly excited, shouting joyfully, "Let's congratulate EDG on winning this match and bringing their group score to 2-0!"

"At the same time, congratulations to the LPL! After today's matches, all of them have a record of 2-0, successfully leading their respective groups!"

The group stage has finally ushered in its first mini-climax!

Day 4 of the group stage.

Today, all three LPL teams played, with none of them receiving a bye.

Can LPL finish the first round of the group stage with a perfect record? Find out today!

(End of this chapter)