Lin Feng's words were quite casual and natural. It was as if Shi Hang's stunning performance was nothing out of the ordinary for him.
But it was indeed the way it should be.
As one of the first batch of veteran professional players, even in the S1 and S2 seasons, Shi Hang's strength had already reached the level of a first-line professional. Although he had retired and left the scene for a few years, after returning to the scene for a whole year in the S6 season, he had completely restored his state in the LPL region.
He was only one step away from the realm of the Seven Kings.
Otherwise, his title of "Addisi" would not have been ranked second only to Morning Star among the top professional mid laners in the LPL, where there were many strong players.
In fact, it was not just Shi Hang.
In fact, the entire LPL region had been stabilizing over the past few years.
Just as the top players from the other major regions continued to emerge, it seemed that in the LPL region, only a few veteran players, Morning Star, Tian Tian, and Huangxue Nightsong, could barely hold up the flag. The remaining first-line players were even foreign players from Korea.
For a large professional region like the national server, this was quite an abnormal and unreasonable phenomenon.
The truth and the answer was that the national server was not empty.
It was just that the top and outstanding LPL professional players had been working hard to find a breakthrough. It was like a "cocoon" state. As long as they had enough time, one day, these LPL professional players would break out of the cocoon and become butterflies. They would truly display their dazzling brilliance on the stage of the world's eSports competition.
Quick Water secured the first victory of the group stage.
Following that was the second match of Group C, and the disparity in strength between the two sides was even greater —
MLG versus the wild card.
The former was the number one seed in this season's European region. Their strength and state had even faintly surpassed the former European overlord, Legend.
As for the latter …
The big brother of the other wild card team.
Their good friends, the previous wild card team, had already been eliminated. At this moment, they were probably already on the plane on the way back to their hometown.
And now it seemed that the wild card team in Group D would soon follow in their footsteps.
24 minutes.
The second match of Group C only took 24 minutes before it ended.
It was even more direct and brutal than the Rapid Water team in the previous round. The MLG team crushed all the resistance of the wild card team like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.
As the mid laner of the team, Spoon's Crafty Enchantress was godly, and he carried the entire team.
The audience in the stadium also burst into thunderous cheers.
This was MLG's local battle, so the number of live audience and fan groups was naturally quite impressive. At this moment, the European players in the audience could be seen high-fiving each other in celebration.
Ceng Rui was slightly speechless as he watched from the front row of the audience seats.
"Spoon's Enchantress … is also very skillful."
In the past, people had a relatively solidified stereotype of the professional mid laners in the European region. They always felt that these top European mid laners had the same style as Phoenix, playing those kind of lukewarm late-game team fights.
But this time, Spoon's Crafty Enchantress showed a fierce offensive style that was not inferior to the top mid laners in China or Korea.
"This is at least at the level of one of the Seven Kings. It's not surprising to have such skillful play."
Lin Feng commented.
Li Shiyi showed a slightly worried look.
"If MLG is like this … it will indeed be a little difficult for Rapid Water to fight for first place."
Although they were assigned to Group C, the God's Choice Group, and Team Rapid Water wanted to ensure that they could advance to the quarterfinals, they still wanted to try and get first place in the group.
After all, according to the competition system of the finals, after entering the top eight elimination round from the group stage, the group stage of the top eight elimination round would be affected by the results of the group ranking.
Under normal circumstances, teams in the same group in the group stage would not meet in the top eight.
And the team that ranked first in the group would not be in the same group as the team that ranked first in the same group.
Therefore, if Quick Water could get first place in Group C, then they could basically ensure that they wouldn't bump into the top teams of other groups. If they were assigned to the weaker teams, the difficulty of the quarterfinals would also decrease a lot.
An Xin began to analyze:
"If Rapid Water is up against MLG, his top lane and jungler are slightly weaker than his opponent. In terms of experience, he is certainly not as experienced as MLG's top lane jungler who has a wealth of experience in big tournaments.
"But because of the shadow puppet's support on the bottom lane, and Rapid Water's AD level is not bad, he should be able to make a comeback.
"The real key to deciding the outcome of the two sides … is still the match between the two mid laners."
Ceng Rui was a little hesitant. "Shi Hang … against Spoon?"
He did not continue to speak.
But in fact, there was a hint of worry in his voice.
After all, although Shi Hang's current strength had reached the threshold of the Seven Kings, his opponent's MLG mid laner was second only to Phoenix in Europe. Furthermore, he was one of the top players in the Seven Kings Team Leaderboard.
In comparison, it seemed that the gap in strength still existed.
Lin Feng shrugged. He was quite optimistic.
"You can't just use this kind of strength data on paper to compare.
"If they really fight, it will be a different story.
"Old Shi … give him a little more pressure, and he will rebound even more. If he is up against Spoon, he might have a chance."
…
When they arrived backstage, it just so happened that the members of Team Rapid Water were resting there. Lin Feng and the others shared the contents of the discussion that had just occurred in the audience with Shi Hang.
The latter pursed his lips when he heard it.
"Oh, to put it bluntly, it's up to me."
"You want to fight Spoon? Heh, let's see. No matter how strong that guy is, he can't be stronger than Ah Xing."
Li Shiyi nodded in agreement.
"Well, that's right."
Although he was also one of the Seven Kings, the current Morning Star was close to surpassing the Seven Kings realm and was on par with the Yonkō (Four Emperors). Spoon, on the other hand, was at most at the level of the Seven Kings. Previously, Shi Hang's Rapid Water Team had sparred with God countless times. It was honed through the practice of sparring with Morning Star. At the very least, they would not panic and were very calm.
They chatted for a while. Shi Hang looked up and saw Morning Star and Wildsnow Nightsong of God walking over. He waved his hand.
"Hey, it's your turn."
"Come on, come on!"
"Let's show Old 13 what we're made of!"
Yes.
After the two matches in Group C in the morning, it was Group D's turn.
The first match of the death group was finally about to begin.
As for the first match of Group D, it already had a very explosive gimmick to watch —
God- Hand of God.
Matchup.
Assassin!
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