"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Palazzo Vista Allegre!"
A huge DJ sound sounded in the spacious venue, the lights had not yet been turned on, and huge cheers came from the dim auditorium.
"This is the quarter-finals venue, let us welcome today's team, first of all the No. 1 seed from the LCK division."
"SK telecom T1!!"
The lights were directed to the right side of the player tunnel. SKT was very popular. When Faker followed the dunk coach and walked out first, the Madrid audience did not hesitate to applaud.
Both Faker and Kuma are aiming for the third championship. They lost in 2018, and now the king is back.
No one will underestimate SKT's desire to win the S9 championship.
All the SKT generals lined up and stood in line. Whether it was Brother Han, Pou Zi or the captain, all of them had stern expressions on their faces.
Everyone knows that there will be a tough battle today.
Wolf's disciple Effort glanced to the left, where the stage lights suddenly came on.
"Next, let's welcome the No. 1 seed from the LCS division."
"Team SoloMid~!!!"
After the rumble of the DJ, the Madrid scene was in a state of excitement.
The same sound drowned the Vista Allegre palace.
"TSM!"
"TSM!"
"TSM!"
"..."
SKT frowned slightly as the ritualistic sound of the North American cult's debut rang in their ears.
This has almost become a program of the World Championship, and all fans can participate.
But it is different from previous TSM experience babies.
Now they come with murderous intent.
Effort has watched "Kung Fu".
As TSM players walked out one after another, he always felt like a large black cloud was coming over Madrid.
Especially seeing that face that makes the entire LCK fearful.
",Is this the person you are talking about?"
Effort thought of what his master Wolf said to him before he left for Europe:
"Xiang Hao, SKT may still encounter that troublesome guy in S9."
Of course Lee Sang-ho knows who the 'troublesome guy' the master calls is.
His name is Lee Sang-ho, and some LCK viewers suggested that he change one word and change his name to 'Lee Sang-ho'.
Perhaps because of his name, he attracted more attention.
At only 19 years old, he asked Wolf:
"Master, he is very troublesome, TSM is not that troublesome."
Effort remembered it clearly, and Wolf shook his head firmly:
"You are still young and don't understand what kind of existence that guy is."
At that time, Effort could feel a hint of frustration in Wolf.
It is very rare for an optimistic Master to be like this.
Wolf said to him earnestly:
"In the 2016 season, I also felt that Snake was not troublesome and could not be SKT's opponent."
"But to this day, I can't forget that Juggernaut at Staples Center."
"It was like a nightmare."
"Sang Ho, I hope you don't have to go through this."
"If SKT really encounters TSM, you have to keep your spirits up."
"..."
While Effort was still thinking about this, he was awakened by a sudden explosion in his ears.
When the TSM players entered the arena, the man in the impression waved to the audience. Just such an action received a strong response from the audience of more than 20,000 people!
Madrid seems to be his home stadium too!
Comparing it to Faker before, although the cheers were not small, they were far from this level.
Effort saw this scene live for the first time, and his understanding was refreshed.
Master, it seems you are right.
This is the charm that the league’s number one player should have!
The young Effort was very shocked, but like all young players full of dreams, he was looking forward to it.
Will it be possible for me to achieve this kind of achievement in the future?
"Xiang Hao, don't be stunned."
"This way."
The captain pulled his arm, and Effort came to his senses and quickly followed his teammates towards the SKT field.
Seeing him look back, the captain sat on the gaming chair and joked:
"Are you watching The King?"
"Um."
The captain was worried that he was nervous and joked:
"How are you? How do you feel?"
Effort looked up and thought briefly:
"There is an aura, like a person who is not easy to get close to."
"Like a very serious elder in my family."
Guapi heard what he said:
"That's what wolfberry is."
"Don't worry, this is his disguise. In fact, he is no different from ordinary people. As long as you defeat him, he will cry on the keyboard."
"Hahaha." The buckle horse behind him laughed.
"It's really exciting, I can't wait to see that scene."
"Everyone, please work hard, Xiang Hao should work hard too."
"Um!"
The young LCK player responded vigorously and carefully debugged his equipment.
At this time, there are a lot of real-time discussions in the Korean alliance forum.
Most of the topics revolve around the LCK and Li Hao.
In inven, someone left a message like this:
"Can SKT break the curse? The LCK team has never won a BO5 against The King. Even though he is in TSM, he is still worried about the LCK."
A Korean who was beaten said:
"The dark clouds never dissipated, they just appeared in a different way. The LCK is still dominated by the fear brought by The King."
"GRF is a good example. Such a strong team was eliminated in the group stage. At the last moment, TheKing looked like the mastermind behind it."
When GRF is mentioned, some people worry:
"LCK has already lost the second seed because of that guy. Look at the second half grouping, our team is all with him!"
"Are you planning to kill LCK?!"
Many people in inven were frightened by Li Hao.
In the past three years, the arrogance of many Korean fans has been knocked to the bottom and they have lost their confidence.
Phophobia is rampant in Korean forums today.
Of course, some long-standing e-sports veterans will definitely not give in. They have witnessed the glory of LCK.
An old stickman criticized in inven:
"A bunch of ignorant guys!"
"It's not that GRF couldn't beat TSM, they just lost at the hands of a stupid coaching staff. DRX got CVmax, which is really a great gift from GRF."
"Can the coaching staff of SKT and DWG be as stupid as Griffin?"
"A group of people are scared to death by TheKing, Five! You are not worthy of Korean nationality!"
"Whatever curse, whatever dark clouds are over LCK's head, will be buried in the lower half."
"S9 is Nirvana from LCK!"
"..."
There are many discussions related to it in forums like inven.
If you compare the forums from three years ago, the pessimism of the LCK has obviously been magnified many times.
They were quite arrogant back then.
After GRF, LCK naturally placed its hopes on SKT.
Many Korean fans are waiting for the moment when SKT defeats TSM!
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"Viewers, welcome to the LPL studio!"
"The match between TSM and SKT is about to begin."
Wang Duoduo said hello, and the senior colonel on the side was a little excited: "Once again I saw the two brothers Li competing in the S competition. The atmosphere was very lively."
The senior colonel opened one end, but before the poisonous milk words could be said, Sun Yalong in the middle took over the words:
"BP has begun!"
"In the first game, SKT is on the blue side and TSM is on the red side."
"SKT was the first to kill Cat and put an end to the emergence of Galen the Cat. TSM undoubtedly defeated Pantheon. Almost every year in the World Championship, some heroes cannot play."
"SKT beat Angel again, Kyle swayed in three ways, and has become more and more popular since the group stage."
"TSM two ban crocodiles."
"I'm starting to target Brother Khan. The one he uses most now is crocodile."
"SKT's third move was to knock off the excavator!"
"Do you want the excavator to be pulled?"
"The stupid chicken is on the opposite side, so the horse deduction should be because he is afraid that the stupid chicken will have a big devil mentality."
Cube Dragon smiled behind Wang Duoduo and said:
"It's right to pull it off. Take out Benji's excavator. Later in the game, when Faker saw Benji's excavator coming, he immediately wanted to challenge Brother Hao. As a result, Benji hit the top and flew away, and Faker lost his life.
When I saw that the SKT on the stupid chicken’s head was gone, it was TSM.”
"Hahaha!"
Three dogs were laughing in the commentary box.
"..."
On the contestants' bench, Benzi showed a proud look.
"The buckle still understands me. SKT knows how scary my excavator is."
"They escaped unscathed, otherwise I would have been able to mine Clid's jungle, and Sang Hyuk would not have dared to stand next to the F6 wall."
“Niu Niu Niu!”
Li Hao joined in at the right time: "Xingxiong, I will assist you in this wild core of yours. Watching you kill me head-on will prove that SKT was wrong to give up on you and make them regret it!"
"forget it"
The idiot shook his head: "Give Xianghe some dignity, I'll cover you."
"Am I the executioner?"
"You do it, you do it."
The stupid chicken nodded repeatedly, so he pretended to be cool, and Li Hao had to do the hard work.
While talking, kill Qiyana on the third floor.
I have played against Supermodel twice in the Summer Split of Big Devil, and the winning rate is 100%, so I should respect her a little bit.
"Akali!"
"SKT has locked in the popular options on the first floor. Will Khan take it or the devil will show off his golden flash?"
"I don't know, both Akali's winning rates are very high."
"TSM, lock the jungle barrel on the first floor."
"Second floor. This is to help senior brother get AD. Kai'Sa and Xia are both outside."
"Kasumi!"
"Elder brother's Xayah has been performing very well recently, and he can leave a buffer for himself against heroes with bold faces like Akali."
"On SKT's side, the captain's AD must also be taken, otherwise he will be banned."
"Kasha, there is no hesitation."
Immediately afterwards, the third floor of SKT helped Clid select the signature blind monk.
Both of these hands are very necessary, and there is a high probability that you won’t be able to get them on the fourth or fifth floors.
On the third floor of TSM, choose the captain.
In the SKT players' table, Kuan Ma and others all paid attention to it.
This is considered a variable for TSM.
In TSM's previous games, Bjergsen used Akali to beat the captain, and now it's likely to be the other way around.
Plzen has not used the captain much this season.
This requires consideration of whether the mid laner will be the captain.
If Faker Akali hits the mark, who is stronger or weaker when the captain beats Akali all depends on the operation.
Even the Great Demon King knows that a certain person's captain has many famous scenes.
When Snake and KZ were dueling, Li Hao's money-stealing captain stole the skill mixture from BDD, released his ultimate move at level 5, and killed Peanut and BDD in a one-on-two attack. He was called "Monkey D. Wolfberry" at the time.
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Afterwards, the famous scene of "God's Land of Fire" was staged.
Brother Khan, I happened to experience all this in KZ at that time.
Therefore, in the team’s voiceover, Brother Khan, one of the former victims, constantly emphasized that Gangplank may be the mid laner.
When SKT was confused, TSM defeated the Titans on the fourth floor.
For Effort, Titan is his unique skill, and he is also the auxiliary hero that has been used the most in his career.
If SKT's support team is replaced by Mata, TSM may want to ban Zyra as a tribute.
SKT defeated the Snake Lady on the fourth floor.
Snake is banned, and with Faker in the middle, the probability of using Ryze is too high.
Regardless of the conspiracy, TSM took down Ryze on the fifth floor.
SKT took down Rakan in the end, not allowing TSM to get the complete Xia Rao combination.
Kim Sang-soo looked at the lineup, consulted Black for his opinion, and then discussed it with his teammates.
The hero finally confirmed on the fourth floor is the female tank.
With wine barrels, female tanks, and the captain’s ultimate move, TSM has more control and sufficient first-hand ability.
Kuama noticed this problem.
Looking at their own lineup, they are a bit fragile.
Effort couldn't take the soft assistant here, so he took out Kai'Sa's old partner Niutou.
Colonel Guan in the commentary box immediately said:
"The appearance rate of Niutou recently is not high, mainly because the online ability is too weak."
"The current lineup of SKT is not as good as TSM."
"Vampire on the fifth floor!"
His voice rose again: "It's locked. Akali let Faker control it. This is wonderful!"
Wang Duoduo said:
"Vampires can actually shake. According to TheShy's understanding, vampires can defeat Captain."
"Can Khan play with it?"
Cube Dragon questioned:
"From the summer split to now, he has never played a vampire game. It is not ruled out that he has a killer weapon, but if it is a killer weapon like the King of Maces, Khan is the one who has fun."
Colonel Guan recognized his point of view:
"Maybe it's because I met Brother Hao again. SKT had a lot of worries about BP today, and the lineup they came up with was not good."
"Now, let's look at TSM's final choice."
…
On TSM's side, Li Hao had a brief discussion with Kim Sang-soo after looking at the lineups on both sides in detail.
In the end, they came up with a routine that had appeared in the LCS Summer Split.
"If our roles were reversed, I would let you know what cruelty is!"
"..."
The unpopular choice really heated up the scene in Madrid.
Many viewers looked at the big screen in surprise, TSM locked it!
"Evil little mage!"
Wang Duoduo praised: "This spiritual hand should be taken by Brother Hao. I believe there is no problem."
"TSM has a lot of small controls, which are easy to coordinate with. The little mage is more of a counter player, so it will be more difficult for SKT to play well."
"If both sides develop normally, TSM's lineup will obviously have the advantage."
Sun Yalong touched his chin:
"The little mage is really unpopular. TSM has changed the hero to the mid lane. Faker is definitely the mid laner Akali."
"Cooperating with Blind Sin, Clid and Faker have the opportunity to open up the rhythm in the middle, but Xiaofa is controlled by Brother Hao."
"There's a lot of suspense here."
"Colonel, what do you think?"
Guan Zeyuan responded very clearly:
"It's hard to say in the middle lane. I feel like SKT's bottom lane will have problems."
"..."
The commentators in each major competition area were talking a lot.
Discussions are also taking place in the barrage and comment areas.
Seoul, inside SKT's base.
Wolf is watching the live broadcast with a group of SKT management.
His eyes often glance at his beloved disciple Effort.
Lee Sang-ho was still very young and had a deep friendship with Wolf. He almost single-handedly brought him up.
The team currently also has legendary support Mata.
Wolf hopes that Effort can find his own way.
With the buckle and Kim Sang-soo shaking hands, TSM and SKT have entered the Summoner's Rift.
There was no conflict between the two sides at level one, and both junglers chose to open jungle in the upper half.
Logically speaking, each team knows that their jungler is not around when they go on the road, so they should be more cautious.
But both Khan and Bilson have very bad tempers.
Bilson fought at the first level and slashed the vampire with a fire knife. In order to regain his face, the man frequently tried to fight with the captain in the next ten seconds.
As a result, being the captain of QDC caused vampires to suffer a lot.
Even, while the vampire was taking advantage of the last strike, Bilson flashed the Fire Knife decisively, and exchanged flashes with Brother Khan first, which was full of passion.
Both of these people have used heroes that are not commonly used, and both have killer qualities.
Judging from the scene, Pilsen actually won.
In the hotel, the shy man in the IG array kept shaking his head.
"No, no, not vampires."
After the captain leveled up two levels, a double barrel hit the vampire again, blasting the vampire home directly.
"Bilson is a bit fierce! I didn't expect that he also had a secret captain!"
"Dracula: TheShy is my descendant, Khan is not, he can't do it."
"Teacher with a trump card: Khan, who knows the goods, introduced my trump card."
"The stupid chicken is on the road. Are you going to kill him by force?"
"..."
The barrage was discussing. After the stupid chicken's wine barrel brushed the wild monsters in the upper half of the area + the upper river crabs rose to 3, they came to SKT's blue zone.
At 2 minutes and 54 seconds, the army line reached the vampire advance.
Khan has learned W and cannot kill him by force.
But seeing that there was no wild monster in the blue area and the stupid chicken continuously pinned the signal, TSM learned about Clid's movements.
He left one eye open and started to touch towards the middle.
Faker understood very well. The little mage's health was healthy, so he didn't move forward.
At the same time, he also smelled the smell of stupid chicken.
"Ding~!"
"Ding~!"
Li Hao sent a signal to his blue zone and guessed the location of the blind monk.
Senior Brother and Black went to the jungle to interfere.
Clid just arrived and didn't dare to attack the wild monsters.
The bottom line of troops is about to enter the TSM tower, and Effort's spirituality supports the jungle area. When Clid turns back to collect the crabs in the lower half, the bullhead pulls the blue Buff's hatred, earning jungle time for the blind monk.
Niutou returned to the bottom lane, and the TSM duo was already in position.
Effort looked at Clid's position, and the blind monk took the blue buff.
This time, SKT made money!
There was also a wave of fighting in the bottom lane, and the stronger TSM gained a health advantage.
But compared to a blue Buff, this bit of blood is nothing.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
At just over 4 minutes, Clid shouted in the team voiceover.
Effort had an idea. He was sure that Black's skills would improve, so he used the shield effect of the holy object on his body and made a move to move forward with Soldier A.
The female tank was fooled!
Blake, an E on a bull's head.
The senior brother followed the madman and nodded the bull's head. The moment the control was released, Effort lit the female tank, then raised her Q, and hit the direction of the artillery trooper on the line with a W.
"pretty!!"
Clid and Faker, who cut the screen in the middle, both praised it.
The Korean monk appeared from the river, and the three of SKT immediately focused on the female tank, and the captain scored a blood blow!
At that moment, the LCK commentary booth shouted excitedly, and Kuma and others pumped their fists excitedly in the background!
SKT got a wave of rhythm.
After more than 5 minutes, Faker cleared the line of troops and took advantage of Li Hao's lack of mana to support the top lane.
This wave has no vision.
The TSM uniform team was startled, fearing that Bilson would have another problem. Fortunately, Li Hao had a keen sense of smell and pinned the signal in time to call for Bilson to retreat.
SKT did not gain momentum again, and I thought the rhythm would be stable.
Unexpectedly, at 5 minutes and 45 seconds, Clid's action of stealing the water dragon was discovered by Blake who went to insert the wards.
At 5 minutes and 52 seconds, the blind monk, who was beaten to a pulp by the dragon, was frightened back.
Xiaolong's crisis is resolved.
Black served his crime well.
However, before Li Hao had time to praise him, this guy was greedy for the real eye inserted by the blind monk in the middle of the river.
Effort again!
The young Korean general appeared from Ka's perspective, and the moment the female tank's A eye raised her hand, she accurately hit the target with WQ twice!
The female tank was retained, and the captain in the bottom lane followed and attacked with basic attacks. Xiaolong's output hit the supports.
Li Hao and Benji came to support from above, and Faker came to occupy the position.
Blake immediately retreated towards his senior brother, but his bloodline was in critical condition.
"Die!"
"Death again!"
"This wave is so greedy!"
Kai'Sa clicked the fifth time, the plasma burst, and the female tank died again!
The captain lost his head, and the LCK audience was filled with happiness.
"Good job, Sang-ho!"
Clid was very happy after being beaten away by the dragon.
"The female tank is too pretentious. I didn't expect our Xiang Hao to take action decisively!"
The two captains, with their heads in hand, laughed happily:
"This is the rhythm, let's beat them up!"
"Um!"
Lee Sang-ho's motivation was stretched to the limit.
These two leaders and opportunities were all created by him, and he is definitely the number one contributor to SKT.
He can already think of the praises from the LCK forum.
"Master, did you see it? I did it!"
"The man must have been looking at me, but I still performed better than usual!"
"..."
At this moment, in the SKT base, Wolf showed a happy smile.
His beloved disciple set off a surging wave.
Maybe, even my own nightmares can be erased by my beloved disciple!
Wolf thought excitedly.
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