ctnovel 068 3-star call
068 3-star call
The second game had barely begun when the two sides showed a huge gap in skill, so there wasn't much point in watching what followed.
It was nothing more than a brutal and inhumane beating.
The only suspense is whether the MVP will surrender right on time at twenty minutes.
The final result proved otherwise.
The MVPs didn't surrender in the last game because they had a strong mentality and always felt they could still salvage the situation.
The reason we didn't surrender this round is...
Less than twenty minutes later.
The turning point came at 18 minutes.
On the side lane, Lee Sang-hyeok's Jayce was desperate for a solo kill, relentlessly chasing Pawn's Ryze, even crossing the second turret and chasing him all the way to the high ground!
In the end, he still managed to fulfill his obsession and use a "Leap of the Sky" to kill Ryze, but the price was that the other four members of MVP surrounded him!
Fortunately, Li Zhixing had anticipated this calamity, so he had directed the duo to move closer to the top lane early on, and Pantheon's ultimate and Rumble's teleport appeared at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, all five members of RISE arrived, achieving a counter-encirclement of the four MVP members!
Pantheon plopped down, flashed and used his W to stun Kennen, and with the combined damage from Rumble and Jayce, instantly killed this teamfight powerhouse.
At the same time, Tristana and Thresh joined the attack, cutting off the retreat of the remaining three enemy players. With one wave of attack, they easily wiped out the enemy team.
"ACE!"
The sound of the team being wiped out echoed throughout the arena.
At that moment, the minions also managed to push down the enemy's second top lane tower on their own!
RISE pushed straight down the minion wave and won the game!
The time was frozen at 19 minutes and 30 seconds.
Li Zhixing remained calm and immediately took off his headphones and stood up as soon as the match ended.
He never cared about damage data.
After all, the contribution to winning or losing a game cannot be fully reflected by K/D ratio and damage output/damage taken.
Sang-hyeok, on the other hand, is more concerned about the data.
He eagerly opened the damage list, only to find that his damage was only third in the team, even higher than Pantheon's. His face froze instantly.
"Sang-hyeok is gone. Shake hands."
Lee Ji-hyeong's voice rang in his ears, and Lee Sang-hyeong quickly closed the damage list, then calmly followed him toward the opposing team's bench.
During this handshake session, Mata was the most excited.
After all, when Mata was still in MVP's second team, he was slightly outmatched by Heart, the support player from the first team, and ended up in the second team. In a fit of anger, he chose to leave the team and join RISE.
In today's match, Mata had some highlights, holding his own against RISE's several freakish teammates, and naturally deserved a bit of a show of his arrogance!
As for Lee Sang-hyeok, he took a closer look at the mid laner named Pawn.
This mid-laner left a deep impression on him.
He's fought his way up from NLB to where he is now, and no mid laner has ever been a match for him.
Now, he has surprisingly encountered resistance.
And the mid laner he can't kill?
Sang-hyeok understood that he still had a lot of room for improvement.
Li Zhixing, on the other hand, didn't go through so much trouble. He mechanically shook hands with everyone, politely saying "You played well" to each person, and then went to the center of the stage with his teammates.
The roar of the Emperor could still be heard at the competition venue.
"Two-nil! Another dominant two-nil victory! RISE has now achieved eight consecutive wins since the start of the Spring Split!"
Eight consecutive wins, including victories against strong teams like CJ and MVP, this record is truly outrageous.
Li Zhixing bowed to the audience before walking back to the backstage area with his teammates.
This interview still failed to find Li Zhixing, but instead found his assistant Zhao Shiheng.
Since it's a new team making its debut, we definitely need to interview all five players first.
However, according to OGN rules, only the winner is eligible to be interviewed after the match.
For weaker teams, they may not even be able to win five games in eleven regular season games.
But this doesn't seem to be a difficult task for RISE...
Li Zhixing didn't think it was a big deal; he was just disappointed that he couldn't go on stage to make some witty remarks and attract more fans to the team.
Fortunately, Mata wasn't one to mince words.
Facing his former team, he put on quite the show, saying in the interview, "They are all old teammates, and I know them very well"; and then, "Thank you to my teammates, all four of them are very good people."
His words were filled with gratitude for his former employer's decision to bring him to R1SE.
Fortunately, they lost to Heart when competing for a spot on the first team, otherwise they might be getting crushed by the other side right now!
Li Zhixing watched the interview and was quite satisfied with Mata's witty remarks.
Good, a promising talent!
After Zhao Shiheng returned from his interview, the group packed their bags and took the subway home.
Only then did the crowd have time to ask what Li Zhixing meant by "winning means getting money".
Upon learning that Samsung Group was paying attention to their competition and was preparing to invest, everyone's faces lit up with smiles.
Samsung's position in South Korea is beyond doubt; it can be described as the most powerful conglomerate among conglomerates.
Even a telecommunications company like SKT is not in the same league as Samsung!
Looks like I'm really going to be rich!
Filled with anticipation for their sponsor, the R1SE members thoroughly enjoyed their subway ride.
Li Zhixing, still holding onto the railing, took out his phone and scrolled through it.
Today's match wasn't a high-profile one, so the forum buzz wasn't as intense as it was during the match against CJ.
But countless fans still praise R1SE's talent.
[They're already 4-0, is there really no one who can stop R1SE?]
[It wasn't just 4-0, it was 8-0!]
[It's alright, KT is also 8-0, the two teams are about the same.]
[Where are they evenly matched? R1SE has an 8-0 record against CJ and MVP, while KT has only beaten one strong team, SKT, so far. R1SE is clearly much stronger!]
"That's hard to say; we'll only know the outcome after the match!"
[But I have to say, RISE's record is truly amazing. If they beat KT again, they'll really be legendary!]
[Then let's just award the championship to R1SE.]
[No, no, that's not the case. R1E is a new team, and they haven't been studied much yet. They won't be as strong as they are once they've played more games.]
Indeed, Faker's performance today wasn't as outstanding as I expected; he seemed just average, and I doubt he could beat Ryu.
Looking at the last two sentences, Li Zhixing patted Li Xianghe, who was standing to the side in a daze, and said with a smile, "Xianghe, someone is praising you."
Lee Sang-hyeok's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately turned his head excitedly.
But upon seeing the text on his phone, he immediately turned his head away, as if changing his expression in a Sichuan opera face!
Seeing this, Li Zhixing felt amused and continued refreshing the page, browsing the forum.
One of them was indeed right.
If RISE can also crush KT, then we might as well just award them the championship and stop them from playing together!
Soon, everyone walked out of the subway station and returned to the base.
While Ma Yingdong was cooking, Li Zhixing finally received a call from Samsung.