This time, Huangxue Nightsong's words were not just to refute Shi Hang's opinion.
Indeed, he had hit the nail on the head.
The current decline of the LMS region was regrettable, but for Assassin, the first seeded team in the LMS region, it did not affect them too much in this year's finals.
It was just that they were determined to be in the same group as one of the first seeded teams in the other four regions.
That was not a big deal.
With Assassin's strength, other than SSK, they could face off against any team from God, Season, or MLG. It was hard to say who would emerge victorious.
Moreover, even if they were to face the world's number one team, SSK, they would just give them two wins by default in the group stage. They would not fight for first place in the group, but they were confident of getting second place in the group.
So, with such a straightforward attitude, the Assassins were the team that had the least need to worry about the drawing of lots later.
On the contrary, the first seeded teams in the other four regions were a little worried.
After all, no matter who it was, if they met Assassin … it would not be good.
Assassin was a thorn in their side. They had nothing to lose, but there was no need for them to go head to head with them in the group stage.
It would be best if they did not meet.
If they did … then the group stage would be tough.
The LPL players in the back seats of the bus could not help but nod in agreement when they heard Barren Snow Nightsong's words. Just then, Morning Star's phone rang. He picked it up and smiled helplessly as he showed the message on his phone screen to the rest of the players.
"Thirteen just sent a message."
"See for yourselves."
Everyone gathered their heads and widened their eyes. The message on Morning Star's phone screen was concise and comprehensive. There was only one line of words.
Are you panicking? Just pray that I won't be in your group later. Hahahaha —
It was a threatening message.
At the end, it was accompanied by an arrogant emoticon with its hands on its hips.
It could be said to be Nian Thirteen's style.
Huangxue Nightsong sighed. "Damn it … I really have to pray that guy doesn't stink later. Let him and Assassin go to the other teams and harm the others —"
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
However, even if the Assassin Squadron's draw went as planned, there were still other uncertainties and risks in the group stages.
Of course, the officials wouldn't easily assign three teams from the same region into the same group. However, it was quite common for two teams from the same region to be in the same group in the previous finals.
Whether it was God and KG, or KG and Quick Water, or Quick Water and God being in the same group, none of them were good news to be happy about.
"The ideal situation would be for all three of us to be divided into different groups."
Shi Hang rubbed his chin and said.
Lin Feng shook his head.
"I might not be so lucky."
"It's best to be prepared to be in the same group."
Wildsnow Nightsong slapped his thigh. "Sigh, who cares. If we're in the same group, then so be it. If worst comes to worst, we'll just beat the other two teams first. We're all brothers, it doesn't matter if we're first or second!"
The shadow puppet nodded vigorously.
"It's like this."
"We just need to get rid of the other two teams in the same group."
At this time, An Xin suddenly said with a smile, "But if you think about it, it might not be a bad thing to be in the same group. Don't forget, if the teams are in the same group, the first and second place winners won't meet each other in the quarterfinals."
After the girl's reminder, everyone suddenly came to a realization.
That's right.
According to the rules of the competition, there was indeed such a rule.
In other words, as long as the three teams in the LPL region were confident enough, they could still advance to the knockout stage if they were in the same group. In that case, being in the same group at the beginning of the group stage was actually a good thing.
"If that's the case … I suddenly feel a lot more at ease."
Wildsnow Nightsong sighed.
Morning Star shook his head and smiled.
"Actually, there are pros and cons to being in the same group. But it's not something we can decide, so there's no need to worry too much.
After all, no matter what the result is …
"No matter who we meet, we have to give it our all, right?"
"Ah Xing, you're right." Lin Feng gave Morning Star a thumbs up.
Shi Hang began to rub his palms together.
"Sigh, to put it bluntly … Let's just do it!"
…
Night gradually fell.
When the bus arrived at its destination, Lin Feng and the others alighted with the people from the three clubs in the LPL region. They looked up and saw Milton Stadium in front of them.
The stadium looked solemn under the night sky.
Light shone from the entrance.
They could vaguely see the stage that had been set up in the stadium. The neon colors, the flashing lights, and the bustling atmosphere seemed to be about to hit their faces.
"They're all here."
Barren Snow Nightsong raised his eyes and looked around. The buses of the teams from the other divisions had arrived. The players from Europe, North America, Korea, Taiwan, and the wild card teams followed their respective coaches and leaders down the buses and prepared to enter the stadium.
They looked at each other from afar.
Although they had just been sparring and training in the hotel's training room on the sixth or seventh floor, now that they were in a different environment, the atmosphere between the various teams was filled with a strong sense of enmity and violence.
To put it bluntly, the training match was just a friendly spar.
It didn't matter who won or lost.
But later …
It was time to see who was the real deal.
Any one of them could become the opponent of the other in the first round of the group stage. They could step on each other's corpses to climb higher, or they could be eliminated because of each other and directly end this year's finals.
Lin Feng looked around.
He also effortlessly saw the figures of Phoenix, Nian Thirteen, Spoon, Moon, and Autumn in the crowd.
But at this time, whether they were old friends or old rivals, there was not much interest in getting together and chatting.
At most, they nodded slightly at each other from a distance.
Someone touched his nose, then looked at the LPL players around him and raised his eyebrows.
"Okay."
"Let's go in?"
Everyone looked at each other, took a deep breath, and then solemnly agreed.
"Let's go in!"
…
It was evening in Manchester City, but it was already late at night in China.
Although it was close to two o 'clock in the morning, for the vast number of players in the Chinese server of League of Legends, almost no one would choose to sleep at this time.
No one wanted to sleep tonight!
Even the players who usually stayed up all night to rank up had already ended their ranking and logged out of the game at this time.
On the major online streaming platforms, DouYu, Longzhu, Huya, Battle Flag … The popularity of the League of Legends livestream on all the major platforms was exploding.
But this time, it was not to watch the livestreams of the so-called popular streamers.
Even the popular streamers in the League of Legends section had logged off early.
Everyone.
They poured into the competition livestream on their respective platforms.
There were no special events today.
But the title of "S6 Finals Drawing Ceremony" in the livestream was enough to attract everyone's attention.
The popularity of the livestream rose explosively.
300,000, 500,000, 1 million, 2 million, 5 million —
If a domestic statistics were to be done at this moment, the results might shock all past livestream popularity records.
It was more than 55 million livestream popularity!
And it was a terrifying number set at two o 'clock in the morning.
In the livestream of the major platforms, a simple countdown was displayed in the center of the livestream —
Five minutes.
The bullet screen in the livestream was exploding, stacked and stacked. Almost every player and netizen who stayed up until this moment stared unblinkingly at the slowly decreasing countdown, their hearts burning.
Five minutes left.
The draw … was about to begin!
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