Valorant: I Am Still the World's Best

When it comes to the decisive stage, the scale is already different.

In addition to the main stage, Riot Games also specially invited well-known streamers from various regions to come to the venue and provide live commentary.

In the CN region, three top streamers—Su Di from Huya, Da Dongyan from Bilibili, and YJJ from Douyu—gathered together.

The three of them squeezed onto the same sofa at the commentary booth, each opening their own live stream and engaging in a three-way live chat.

Come in! Come in!

[So many people! (Zhou Xun emoji)]

The scale of the final is instantly different; looking forward to the final performance.

As everyone knows, Riot Games is a music company; organizing stage performances is their primary business!

Hello everyone, I'm the time traveler. EDG swept EG 2-0, unafraid of boomerangs.

"Let me tell you, watching a game live is a completely different experience." YJJ took off his headphones and exclaimed into the microphone, "The atmosphere is so infectious. You definitely have to come if you have the chance, it's so much fun."

"The God of Artillery is right!" Su Di rubbed his hands excitedly. "The cheers for EG just now gave me goosebumps."

"What do you two think of today's match?" Dai Dongyan asked with a smile, bringing the conversation back on track.

"Is that even a question?"

The three anchors exchanged glances and, in a very entertaining way, raised the pig's trotters together.

"Go EDG!!"

The voice just fell.

The lights suddenly went out, and the cacophony of more than 20,000 audience members was simultaneously silenced, plunging the stadium into a brief period of darkness and quiet.

Om-!

As the melody of the championship theme song "Ticking Away" played, pre-match promotional videos of the two teams appeared on the big screen.

A powerful female voice rang out, with an epic narrative tone:

"—EDG has consecutively defeated GIA, PRX (Pacific powerhouse), Loud (defending champion), and DRX (Korea's strongest team), advancing to the upper bracket finals! Unbelievable, this is something a team from a region that hasn't even been established yet could do!"

The female voice fades out, the scene shifts, and the camera focuses on EG's captain, Boostio.

"Boostio, do you still hold the view that the Chinese region can never defeat the NA region?"

"certainly!"

Boostio appeared on camera, laughing arrogantly. He shrugged, spread his hands, and feigned helplessness. "I really wanted to say that, but Loud lost to EDG, which made my previous boastful words a joke."

"But I still have to say it—!"

The scene suddenly changed, and all five members of the EG team appeared on screen. Demon1 and Jawgemo, standing in the center, were back to back, raising their index fingers and putting them to their lips, making a highly provocative "shush" gesture.

"They will never be able to beat EG."

Domineering, arrogant, and disdainful of others.

This highly aggressive pre-match trash talk instantly ignited the entire arena, and the home crowd erupted in a deafening roar of "Oh oh oh oh oh—"!

"What the hell is this guy? Is he really that strong? Why is he so arrogant?"

In the audience, Lao Bingtang was furious. She was usually busy with work and had jet lag, so she basically only watched EDG's matches and was really unfamiliar with EG.

"EG's captain and commander." Night Rain frowned, looking annoyed. "His skill level is alright, his gunplay isn't top-tier among the monsters in North America, he plays the game purely with his brain. But this guy's mouth is notoriously foul, the undisputed king of trash talk in the industry."

Before the words were even finished, the screen switched again, showing EDG's captain, Nobody.

"We defeated Loud from the Americas region, and EG also defeated FPX from our region."

Nobody in the video is all smiles, still looking as harmless as ever.

"We respect Loud, but EG doesn't seem to respect FPX. They seem to enjoy whipping them."

"so--"

The scene changes!

The entire EDG team appeared, with Zmjjkk and Raven standing at the very center of the team.

Facing the camera, Kang Kang unhesitatingly made his signature "defiant" gesture, his smile radiating youthful vigor and confidence.

"I want to whip my FPX brothers back."

Then, the camera angle changed, and a close-up shot was given to Su Ming.

He simply put his hands in his team uniform pockets, slowly raised his head under the spotlight, and calmly looked at the camera, his eyes devoid of any extra emotion.

There were no harsh words, no gestures.

But that calm and indifference that emanated from his very bones was more oppressive than any arrogant trash talk.

"Whoosh—!!"

The offensive and defensive momentum is different!

This time, it was EDG's supporters at the scene who erupted in a deafening roar and screams!

"Holy crap..."

Old Rock Candy's mouth opened slightly, and a surge of heat rushed from the soles of her feet to her head, making her hair stand on end and sending shivers down her spine.

"That fist... it's so good at slapping..."

Honestly, if she hadn't watched Su Ming grow up and already considered him her younger brother, she felt like she was completely captivated by that scene just now.

The camera work, the lighting, the poses... absolutely amazing.

"He is kind of handsome."

"Damn it, he managed to set it up."

"This kid is really starting to look like a star."

Night Rain and Annoyance: A few of the guys were muttering sourly, perfectly illustrating what it means to be "afraid of your brothers suffering, yet afraid of your brothers driving Land Rovers!"

While they were feeling envious, they took out their phones and happily watched the live stream comments.

[Ahhhh, my husbands are killing me!! They're so handsome!]

[Fun fact: 99% of the people calling you "husband" in live streams are actually men picking their toes.]

[EDG, charge! Crush this idiot Boostio!]

【Wait, why is this guy named Qiuqiu so arrogant? Everyone else is standing, but he's sitting.】

As the pre-match video ended, the theme song of "Ticking Away" also came to a close.

The host's voice resounded throughout the venue through the sound system.

"Now, let's welcome our players to the stage!"

Beams converged on the aisles on both sides of the stage, and the two contestants took the stage one after another amidst thunderous applause and cheers.

On the stage, two teams of twelve people stood on the left and right, facing each other from a distance.

The music stopped abruptly.

The competition has officially begun.

The coaches and players from both sides stepped forward and bumped fists. The player who bumped fists with Su Ming was Demon1, EG's star player.

This man, known online for his "devilish" persona, is surprisingly kind in real life. When they bumped fists, he even smiled and said, "Good game."

"Good news." Zhang Zhao leaned over and said with a smile, "We won the coin toss this afternoon, so it's our first choice."

"That's definitely a good omen."

Su Ming sat down in the chair, logged into his account on the competition server, entered the room code, and entered the custom room.

BP image selection begins.

EDG, as always, banned 'Lotus Ancient City'.

As EG predicted in their pre-match analysis, they released the Hermitage, a stronghold that both sides had been struggling with, and opted to ban Source Warden.

"Instead of focusing on the source engineering, they chose to study our deep-sea research?"

Nobody frowned.

He remembered the map Deep Sea, where EG also played Nightfall.

Does the other side also want a showdown at night? Haven't they learned from DRX's mistakes?

"Don't overthink it, just focus on doing our own thing well."

As soon as Su Ming finished speaking, After, as if on the same wavelength, immediately selected the Deep Sea Pearl.

EG, without hesitation, chose their absolute strongest map, Fission Rift.

EDG banned YaHaiXuanCheng in the second round, which is also one of EDG's strong maps.

EG retaliated by banning Neon Town.

The final decisive map automatically fell to—

"Hermitage".

Zhang Zhao scratched his head.

He had to admit that he felt a little dizzy playing this map.

Soon, both sides locked in the lineup of Deep Sea Pearl in Figure 1.

EDG (Defense): Zmjjkk (Jiefeng), Raven (Yelu), Nobody (Heimeng), Smoggy (Xingzhu), Qile (CHICHOO).

This is the lineup that helped them defeat PRX and become the new "Deep Sea Overlord".

As soon as the lineup was revealed, the audience supporting EDG immediately erupted in cheers.

But the next second, when EG's lineup appeared on the big screen, all the knowledgeable viewers, commentators, and even the members of the EDG team were stunned.

EG (Offense): Demon1 (Jiefeng), Ethan (KO), C0M (Liexiao), jawgemo (Xingzu), Boostio (Qile).

EG made a small change to their roster.

Ethan was replaced by KO, who was originally assigned to the Nightfall position.