League: Educating LPL is my duty.

Before we knew it, it was past 4 PM on June 8th, and the 2017 League of Legends LPL Summer Split officially kicked off at Zhengda Plaza.

In the venue, accompanied by DJ music and hot dancing, a voice began to call on representatives from each team to come on stage in turn.

First up were representatives from SNG and Dan teams. Under the spotlight, each walked to their team's flag.

Then the other teams took the stage in turn, with one team from Group A and one team from Group B each time.

After ten teams, it was finally the turn of the final teams from the two groups to take the stage.

"EDG, WE!"

As the spotlight shone on him, Li Chen smiled at Xi Ye, the representative of WE, and said, "It's a pity we weren't assigned to the same group this time."

Xi Ye's lips twitched slightly. Thinking of all the atrocities Li Chen had committed against him during the Spring Split, he didn't even want to say a word.

As the two walked out of the passage, the cheers from the audience reached their climax.

"Go for it, C!"

"Get out of here and charge!"

"God_C is invincible!"

"Xi Ye!"

Without a doubt, after several months of hard work, Li Chen's popularity has reached the pinnacle of the league.

The audience members on both sides of the aisle reached out to Li Chen, wanting to shake his hand.

Li Chen didn't pretend to be aloof. He stretched out his arms and walked all the way, high-fiving both sides as he reached the center of the stage, where the EDG team flag stood.

With all twelve teams from both groups having taken the stage, the DJ and the dance crew left.

Yu Shuang walked onto the stage in a burgundy dress: "Hello, Summoners here and those watching the live stream, how are you all?"

"good!"

"Welcome everyone to the live broadcast of the 2017 League of Legends Pro League Summer Split! I'm your host, Yu Shuang!"

After taking her place in the center of the stage, Yu Shuang began reading her opening remarks: "Now, all twelve teams are ready to go on our stage. I believe that after the entire off-season, each team is fully prepared..."

In the new season, we also welcome two brand new teams, Dan and SNG. What surprises will they bring us? At the same time, the twelve teams will be divided into two groups, A and B, to compete.

Group A is known as the "Group of Death," while Group B is equally formidable. Our Spring Split and MSI champions, EDG, face off against the strongest team, RNG. What sparks will fly?... Let's begin!

After a few minutes of opening remarks and introductions to the title sponsor GG, the large screen on the stage lit up again.

After a brief video of the scenery, footage of Mala Xiangguo playing a match appeared, accompanied by audio.

"I think the reason we didn't win the Spring Split was because we made too many mistakes in late-game team fights. Now we're ready, and I believe the future belongs to us!"

After that, the pre-match topics of representatives from teams such as WE and IG flashed by one by one, until finally, the video showed the scene of EDG winning the championship at MSI.

Then the screen went dark, revealing Li Chen sitting on a throne with his head slightly bowed, most of his body shrouded in shadow.

"Welcome to...my era. Let's move on to the future!"

With just one sentence, not only were the audience at the scene cheering, but the live stream chat was also flooded with comments.

[Holy crap, is this even possible?]

Do you understand the significance of being undefeated to this day?

Winning the Summer Split shouldn't put any pressure on EDG; now it's all about the World Championship.

[Stop yelling, give him back his era, it's about to be the era of AD!]

Are you referring to the guy with pre-match tenosynovitis?

With the opening ceremony over, all the athletes left the field to begin preparations for the opening ceremony of the first match.

On the commentary stage, Changmao said to the camera, "Welcome everyone to the first match of the LPL Summer Split. I'm your commentator, Changmao."

"I am Guan Zeyuan!"

"I'm Rita!"

Changmao, standing in the center, spoke first: "The two teams in today's first match, EDG and RNG, are currently recognized as the two strongest teams in Group A. However, it's a pity that Uzi is temporarily unable to participate in the match due to a recurrence of tenosynovitis."

Guan Zeyuan nodded slightly: "Ever since C God delivered an amazing performance with Kalista in the MSI finals, all the teams now acknowledge that Ardent Censer is the answer in the current version. Therefore, Uzi's inability to play as the core player is undoubtedly a weakening of the team's strength."

"However, the rise of the Incense Burner will have a significant impact on EDG. After all, with the increased importance of the bot lane, the influence of the top lane on the overall situation will decrease accordingly. As the current top laner, this is not good news for C-God."

Furthermore, EDG just returned from MSI and hasn't had a proper rest before the Summer Split. They're under a lot of time pressure and might not have a thorough understanding of the current meta, which could affect their performance.

Rita and Guan Zeyuan worked together, each trying to shift blame for EDG and RNG before the match.

After all, although this match is eye-catching, one team will eventually lose. In order to minimize the impact, the commentators need to think of a way out for the teams in advance.

Changmao concluded by saying, "So due to the version issue, neither team may be able to perform at their full potential right now. However, we'll have to wait and see how the match goes. Now that the players have entered the arena, let's take a look at their draft picks."

The large screen switched to the game's ban/pick (BP) interface. At this point, RNG, as the blue side, had already put Jayce in the ban/pick position.

Regardless of version changes, Jayce will always be a must-ban champion for all teams when facing EDG.

As for the red side, EDG has already banned Kalista.

It was RNG's turn to face Li Chen again after several months, and the shadow in his heart had not completely dissipated.

Facing the look that Rangdi was giving him, Feng Ge said somewhat speechlessly, "Don't look at me like that. There are always more heroes to pick. We need to prioritize picking Galio... Alright, alright, I can pick one for you as a third pick. Think about it carefully!"

Hearing that he could still get a spot, the younger brother quickly said, "Then let's take down the Sword Maiden!"

Let your brother know his role in this game; he'll definitely be playing a tank hero with crowd control abilities.

So, Fiora, a hero who can reflect crowd control and deal percentage-based true damage, definitely can't be released.

On the EDG player bench, Nofe saw that RNG had banned Galio, and without hesitation, he immediately ordered Taliyah to be banned as well.

In any case, for EDG, the two mid laners should either support together or neither of them should support, so as not to give RNG an easy opportunity to gank top lane three-man gank.