When all the results of the drawing of lots had been settled, it was clearly displayed on the giant LCD screen in the center of the Milton Stadium in the form of a tree diagram, and the list of teams in Group D was reflected in everyone's eyes.
At this moment.
It was not just the stadium that was silent.
It was not just the atmosphere in the live broadcast rooms of the major domestic live broadcast platforms that were completely frozen.
It was everyone in the world who was paying attention to Manchester City's evening group drawing ceremony at this moment.
They were all stunned.
Silent as cicadas in winter.
Some people had just marveled at the results of Group C and enviously called it the "Chosen Group." And MLG and Rapid Water, who were strong enough to be assigned to Group C, were even more lucky. In such a group, there was almost no doubt that these two teams would advance. The other two teams could not pose any threat to these two teams at all.
As for Group A and Group B, the situation was not as relaxed as that of Group C.
But Season and Legend in Group A, and SSK and KG in Group B, were all a level stronger than the other two teams in their respective groups. Even if they would encounter a little trouble in the group stage, it would not be to the extent that they could not handle it.
The number of people who would advance to the next round could basically be predicted and guessed.
It was clear.
But Group D.
This was the last group.
It seemed that because the other three groups had taken advantage of all the luck in the drawing of lots in advance, creating a harmonious and calm atmosphere, when the final result of the drawing of lots was presented in group D, the cruelty and danger that the S Series World Finals should have was completely displayed without reservation, and in fact, it was even more intense.
It was presented in front of everyone in the world.
The name list of Group D.
China's LPL division, God- Hand of God.
Korea's LCK division, Fate.
Korea's LMS division, Assassins.
Korea's LCK division, Minx.
The huge and eye-catching team name and the club badge were clearly and coldly displayed on the tree diagram. Even if it was just these lines of seemingly emotionless words and images reflected in the eyes, it gave people a feeling as if it was faintly exuding a sense of malevolence and terror.
Just looking at it like this.
It was as if an extremely strong smell of blood was assaulting one's face.
Inside Milton Stadium, the camera's view of the live broadcast quickly shifted to the several Group D team captains who had yet to step down from the stage after drawing lots.
It could be seen that at this moment, whether it was Morning Star, Thought Thirteen, Moon, or Minx's ace player, The Sword, their expressions couldn't help but change.
The camera panned over to the VIP seats in the audience.
There were even quite a few players from the Clubs in the other divisions who couldn't hold back their shock and stood up abruptly, looking at Group D's name list results in disbelief.
The group of death.
This was the true group of death.
Even Team A and Team B paled in comparison to Team D.
China's first seed, Taiwan's first seed, and Korea's second and third seed.
That didn't sound like much.
However, if one were to look at it from a different perspective, they would discover that there was one Yonkō (Four Emperors), two of the top Seven Kings, and two new powerhouses whose strength had also reached the Seven Kings level. In fact, their individual operating abilities were faintly on par with the Yonkō (Four Emperors).
In other words …
Compared to the other three groups, who could already predict who would advance or be eliminated before the start of the competition, the four teams in Group D almost all had the strength to fight for the top eight, top four, and even the championship trophy!
But —
It was extremely dramatic and melodramatic.
These four teams, even among the sixteen teams in this year's finals, were all ranked at the top of the echelon …
To think that they were all arranged together in the group stage!
In the live broadcast rooms of the major domestic live broadcast platforms, the bullet screen had exploded.
Even when several official commentators in the live broadcast room came back to their senses and tried their best to use forced and pale words to ease the atmosphere and analyze as much as possible to find a way out of this group of death like Group D, it was to no avail.
The bullet screen completely exploded.
The densely packed text almost crashed the backend data server of the live broadcast room.
"How could this be!?"
"It's rigged! It's definitely rigged! "
"What the hell, how could they put these teams in the same group!?"
"F * ck! What the f * ck … What the f * ck is going on!? "
All sorts of messages flooded the bullet screen, some even cursed out of shock and anger, but at this time, no one cared about such a trivial matter.
Because at this moment …
Everyone's heart was flustered.
…
The lot-drawing ceremony for the first group stage of the finals took less than half an hour from start to finish before it swiftly came to an end.
The result of leaving behind such a shocking tree diagram was destined to make countless people unable to sleep that night.
Naturally, some were happy and some were sad.
For the twelve teams in Groups A, B, and C, even the players in Groups A and B, who felt that they were in a precarious situation and were worried about advancing to the next round, had expressions of relief on their faces as they left the stage.
Yes.
Perhaps they were indeed unlucky to be assigned to a group where they would meet fearsome opponents like SSK, Season, or Legend, but at least compared to the teams in Group D, they were much, much luckier.
Everyone was like that.
Even though they may have been unlucky, seeing that there were people more unlucky than them as scapegoats was a great comfort to them.
Many players from the other three groups couldn't help but look back at the crowd from the other clubs in Group D as they left the stadium. They whispered to each other:
"It's really a death group …"
"Thank god, thank god we didn't draw their group."
"That's terrible —"
"I wonder how they're feeling right now."
When Huangxue Nightsong and Daybreak Morning Star walked over from their own club with heavy footsteps, Lin Feng and the others quickly went up to them.
Shi Hang's expression was conflicted. He opened his mouth to speak but didn't know where to start. In the end, he only managed to choke out a few words.
"You guys … sigh … this is too unexpected."
Tian Tian's expression was also heavy.
"I didn't expect God to meet with such an accident."
Indeed.
Everyone had been worried about the results of KG and Quick Water's group draw. When the two teams were assigned to Group B and C respectively, everyone relaxed as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their shoulders. Who would have thought that Team God, the team they were least worried about, would actually encounter the most dangerous situation.
So the current situation of the group stage was completely reversed from what they had expected.
Among the three teams in the LPL, KG and Quick Water, who were slightly weaker, had at least a 70% chance of advancing according to the current situation.
On the other hand, as the first seeded team, God Team, who was supposed to be able to advance to the quarterfinals without a hitch, had unexpectedly become the team with the greatest chance of advancing out of the three teams in the LPL, despite being assigned a death match.
"If we're not careful … we might really be eliminated in the group stage."
Ceng Rui couldn't help but mutter to himself. Then, realizing that he had misspoken, he revealed an embarrassed expression. "Ah … s-sorry."
Everyone fell silent.
Because …
With the current situation in Group D, the possibility that Ceng Rui had mentioned was indeed possible.
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