After the battle between KG and SSK, the audience, players, and players from other teams were still discussing the exciting scenes from the previous showdown, or doubting Han Shihao's abnormal performance as SSK's mid laner. In short, they were not in the mood to continue watching the following matches.
Of course, the fourth match of Group A reinvigorated the audience a little.
SSK continued to fight.
Their next opponent was the Crown battle team.
This was also a good opportunity for the audience to confirm their suspicions. They wanted to see if SSK's ace player, the world's number one mid laner, had only performed mediocre in the previous match, or if he had really been on a decline for the entire day.
The match ended at the 26th minute of the game time.
It was another one of SSK's signature crushing victories.
In fact, it could be seen that SSK's members had increased their offensive power and were playing a more aggressive and oppressive style. They did not give the Crown squad any time to catch their breath. In this match, the ace ADC of the Crown squad, Blade, did not even wait for the three pieces of equipment to form before his base crystal was destroyed by an explosion.
The audience cheered and applauded again.
But at the same time —
The players from various clubs in the front row of the VIP seats frowned even more, but some of them could not hide the joy on their faces.
It was true!
This match was once again played by SSK's other four main players.
However, as the captain of the team's mid laner, Han Shihao's Clockwork Magic Spirit was almost the same as the previous two. His performance was mediocre, and his final KDA was only ranked fourth among the five players in the team. He was only slightly better than the support Ox-Head.
So …
Their previous judgment was correct!
The world's number one mid, the leader of the Yonkō, was not in good form today!
On the other hand, the LPL players did not seem to be gloating or delighted at his misfortune. Everyone looked solemn and serious, and Nian Thirteen, who had come over, shook his head like a rattle drum.
"Impossible, impossible."
"I swear on my head, there's definitely something wrong!"
"F * cking hell, if he's really not in good form, I'll write my name backwards!"
He even directly swore an oath.
On the other hand, the other people didn't care about Vigilante 13's attitude at all because all of them had the same opinion.
But the problem remained.
"If we exclude the problem of his form … what is he thinking?"
Huangxue Nightsong was so annoyed that he almost pulled his hair into a bird's nest.
At this moment, no one would ask stupid questions like "Whatever F is thinking, what does it have to do with us?", because there must be something wrong when something is abnormal.
SSK's world's number one mid would not do something useless.
Since he did it.
He must have a motive.
It didn't seem like it would affect the opposing teams and players, but if they couldn't figure out the truth, they wouldn't be able to take precautions in advance. When they met again in the arena … it would be too late for regrets if something really happened.
…
The LPL players were extremely confused and troubled because of Han Shihao's state and performance. However, if they were to find out about another situation now, they might be able to find some balance in their moods —
At this moment, backstage, the coaches and leaders of SSK Club were equally anxious and anxious.
They also did not know what was wrong with their ace mid that they never had to worry about.
It didn't make sense!
He was fine when he played against God- Hand of God in the training match yesterday morning.
Even yesterday afternoon and evening, everything was normal during the club's training and meetings.
Why was it that when he got on the field today … he performed like this in three consecutive rounds?
One game.
At least they could find a reason to comfort and explain.
But three consecutive games?
There was definitely a serious problem that they did not know!
No matter how confident SSK's coaches and leaders were in their own team's strength, this was, after all, a world finals filled with strong players. They could not unconditionally believe that their ace mid laner captain would be able to clinch the championship with just the other four members of their team, even if his condition worsened.
The coaches and leaders could not sit still.
Finally, SSK's head coach snuck to the back of the room and found the young director of his own club. The moment he saw him, he said anxiously and urgently,
He said anxiously, "Supervisor Canlie, look at Shihao —"
"What's going on!"
"This can't go on. We have to talk to him later!"
Although as the head coach of the club, he should have absolute say in managing his players, SSK's head coach knew very well that his title was just a pretense. He was usually in charge of managing and directing most of the club's affairs, but when it came to critical issues, the one who had the right to make the final decision was the seemingly young boss in front of him.
Park Canlie, as the chief supervisor of SSK, had long seen the question posed by the head coach in front of him.
At this moment, as he listened to his subordinate's anxious suggestions and urging, he simply turned his gaze towards the stage, watching the figures of several of his team's mainstay members walking backstage. His gaze lingered on Han Shihao for a long time.
Then, he suddenly laughed.
"It's fine."
"Just let him be."
Huh?
He did not expect his superior to give such an answer. The head coach of SSK was dumbfounded. After a while, he came back to his senses with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Supervisor Canlie?"
Park Canlie retracted his gaze from his main players and looked at his subordinate in front of him with a bright smile.
"Yes, you heard what I said."
"Just let him be."
"It's fine."
…
On the second day of the group stage, the last two matches in Group B were not only without any suspense, but the live audience had also long lost interest in them.
Cog and Wild Card Brothers were up against Season and Legend respectively.
Then, without any surprise, they both ended in defeat.
After four matches in the group stage on the second day, the advancement and elimination spots for Group A and B were completely finalized.
Group A consisted of SSK and KG advancing to the next round.
Group B consisted of Legend and Season securing the other two spots in the top eight.
As for the remaining four teams in the two groups, although they still had a few matches to play in the group stage the next day, their schedule for this year's finals had come to an end.
Just like that, the two upstart dark horse teams from their respective regions were eliminated from the competition. Everyone felt a little regretful and regretful. They had originally thought that they would be able to see even more dazzling performances from these upstart teams in the finals, but in the end, compared to the other veteran powerhouses of these two groups, there was still an objective gap in strength that could not be closed in a short period of time.
Needless to say, the Wild Card Brothers, as a team from the wild card division, still had a long way to go if they wanted to perform better on the stage of the world finals.
What really made people feel a little conflicted was probably the elimination of Team Cog.
Team Cog was the second seed in the North American division.
They were also a veteran team that had experienced many finals.
They once had glory and glory that belonged to them, and they had also stood at an even higher height. But now … the decline seemed to be irreversible.
When they lost to Season, the first seed in their division, in the last match of the day, everyone could see Cog's top laner, Seven, sitting in front of his computer screen for a long time. The rims of his eyes could not help but slowly turn red.
He had really tried his best and even tried his best.
But in the end, he still received such an ending.
The audience could not help but feel heavy.
But this was the nature of eSports. There was no warmth, only the survival of the strong, and the elimination of the weak.
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