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"GG-!"
In the commentary booth, the "Roaring Emperor" drawled, "Congratulations to RISAE! They defeated LG-IM 2-0, advancing to the semifinals and successfully qualifying for the OGN Spring Season!"
Li Zhixing also took off his headphones at that moment.
Besides the roaring commentary from the "Roaring Emperor," the audience below the stage was also cheering continuously.
While there are certainly many supporters of LG-IM today, there are many more neutral bystanders.
After watching these two matches, no one could help but be impressed by RISE's ferocious offensive.
This is exactly what their ideal professional esports team looks like.
Even if RISE can't perform at the same level when facing stronger teams in the future, these two games today are enough to win over fans!
But Li Zhixing had been competing for many years and was used to the cheers from the audience. He simply looked at the data on both sides calmly.
His K/D ratio in this game was less than ideal, ending with a score of 5-0-5.
There's nothing I can do, my teammates are just too good.
With just a little help, or even without any help at all, his teammates can still pull off solo kills and then dominate the battlefield. As a result, the opposing team can't hold out for long and will collapse in one team fight at most.
In this situation, it's difficult to rack up too many kills.
Of course, this is a good thing.
Li Zhixing stood up and lightly bumped fists with his teammates on either side of him.
Our top laner performed admirably in this game, holding the line against the odds.
Logically speaking, the RISE team doesn't need a top laner to handle the situation.
After all, in this version where the bottom lane has the dragon but the top lane has no Rift Herald and no turret protection, focusing on the bottom half of the map is the way to go.
But it's always good to have another idea; this is a version of the game.
Of course, the best performer was the young man in the mid lane.
He didn't offer any help to the mid lane in these two games; Lee Sang-hyeok completely dominated his lane opponent.
Having a mid laner like this is really reassuring.
"Well played, Sang-hyeok," Lee Ji-haeng said with a smile. "You're a real professional player now."
Upon hearing this, Lee Sang-hyeok almost lost his composure, but he managed to control his expression and calmly hummed in agreement.
Li Zhixing curled his lip...
At that moment, Kim Hyuk-kyu, along with his support, rushed in. "Am I not awesome this game, Zhixing-hyung?"
"You're awesome, you're awesome too." Li Zhixing smiled and walked directly to the other side of the stage.
Several teammates were slightly taken aback, but then quickly followed.
Oh, you have to shake hands if you win the game.
As he shook hands with the players across the table, Li Zhixing felt no emotional fluctuation.
In his view, this opponent was just like the countless opponents he had defeated in his previous life—an extremely ordinary opponent with nothing remarkable to offer.
Li Zhixing's judgment is beyond question, after all, he is a coach who has won three championships.
By the time they won these three championships, the league's commercialization had fully matured, and player turnover was extremely frequent.
Some of the championship-winning players left the team for bigger contracts or to prove themselves.
However, Li Zhixing let things take their course and soon found suitable players to fill the gaps, including veterans who had always missed out on the championship due to chance, as well as newcomers who had just entered the competition.
Then, they continued to sweep the championships.
Players who don't meet his standards are unlikely to have the potential to win the championship; he almost never misjudges them.
That's not worth caring about.
Now that the first team has made it into the OGN, the construction of the second team needs to be put on the agenda, and Li Zhixing has to start looking at new talents again.
However, the sight of amateur teams coming to shake hands with professional team players was so impactful that it caused a surge in the number of comments in the live stream.
[Damn, these two games were basically just playing against bots!]
They pushed it down in just nineteen minutes, without even a chance to surrender! I don't even win against bots that fast!
If I covered up the IDs, I'd think it was five Challenger players teaming up to beat Bronze and Silver players!
[Turns out Neo not only teaches us noobs how to play games, he even teaches pro players!]
This is the godfather of League of Legends in South Korea! Let's all follow Neo's channel and learn some skills, okay?
However, Neo is Chinese...
What?!
The discussion in the live stream intensified, ranging from RISE's abilities to Mapo's three Cs, and then strangely veered towards Lee Ji-hyung's nationality.
However, the live broadcast didn't focus much on RISE, quickly shifting its attention to the teams about to take the stage.
The NLB schedule is tight, and there are no post-game interviews before the finals, which saves Li Zhixing a lot of trouble.
When he returned backstage, the contestants around him still watched him intently, but the look in their eyes had subtly changed.
After RISE assembled their mouse and keyboard and put on their down jackets, Ma Yingdong cheerfully joined them, giving them a thumbs-up: "Awesome, brothers! Come on, I'll treat you to something good when we get back!"
Ma Yingdong's posture drew raised eyebrows from the surrounding contestants.
And who is this person?
After experiencing two rounds of RISE's baptism, the surrounding players no longer dared to underestimate RISE in the slightest, and subconsciously felt that Ma Yingdong was also a master.
Is this person even in high-elo Korean server games?
Li Zhixing had no idea what the people around him were thinking; he simply led his group away quickly.
He thrashed two professional teams in front of a huge audience today, so his viewership must be huge. He needs to hurry home and make videos to sell his products...
At the entrance to the stadium, the families of the two boys had been waiting for a long time and picked them up.
Li Zhixing looked down at his phone, which was completely empty.
Sitting on the subway on his way back, Li Zhixing finally had time to open the INVEN eSports forum.
As a prelude to the playoffs and a crucial match that will determine future spots in the Spring Split, today's game has garnered extremely high attention.
The forum was buzzing with excitement, everyone was discussing the recently concluded best-of-three series.
Wow, R1SE is so strong! I underestimated them.
[After all, these are five teams from the top ten groups.]
[It's not that the five top-ten players are impressive, it's that the Mapo 3Cs are impressive! These three players are leading the fourth-place team by over 200 points, which is equivalent to the point difference between Diamond V and Challenger!]
[What rank is Neo, who leads the second-place team by 200 points?]
[A god in League of Legends!]
Sometimes I even wonder if Neo and we are the same species. How did he manage to do all this? He's just a high school student!
Li Zhixing browsed through a series of post replies, a smile involuntarily appearing on his lips.
Even a six-time champion enjoys being praised...
Of course, the purpose of a forum is to discuss, and there will always be rebuttals and confrontations.
[Ani, what's so great about beating a team ranked at the bottom?]
Yeah, it's like Rift won the S3 championship, it's ridiculous.
[Is the person upstairs blind? Is LG really that weak? What team could beat them like that?]
Just wait, Rise will definitely make it to OGN and win the championship!
[RISE, you should win an NLB championship first. It would be a joke if you couldn't even beat the secondary league in the end!]
Li Zhixing felt even more pleased to see so many people disagreeing with him.
What he enjoys most is turning viewers who were originally indifferent to him or even hostile towards him into loyal believers.
We'll see.