In the minds of most European and American players, and even some Korean players, China's LPL division and Taiwan's LMS division should be about the same level of strength. In fact, they were considered to be evenly matched.
After all, the LMS division had its own glorious days.
In fact, in the past few S-Series World Finals, the teams from the LMS region often had better records than the teams from the LPL region.
Although the overall trend of the LMS division seemed to be declining, Team Assassin, the first seeded team in the division, still stood at the top of the esports pyramid.
They were still strong enough to compete with the top teams in the other competition zones.
Therefore, when the match between Team God and Team Assassin was about to begin, the European and American players in the audience cheered and applauded enthusiastically, looking forward to the exciting match that was about to begin.
Similarly, when they saw Team Assassin in the purple team, Team Assassin, choose their jungler, the audience screamed and whistled even louder.
They believed that if the ace jungler of the LMS division picked a hero like the Berserker, it would definitely pose a huge threat to Team God.
Of course, they also hoped that Team God's Morning Star and Snowy Nightsong could also put on an amazing performance. Then, the two teams would put on a peak battle comparable to the one between KG and SSK two days ago.
Because of this —
When the match reached the 28th minute, on the OB screen of the giant LCD screen, the purple crystal suddenly exploded amidst the distorted light, and the blue "Victory" emblem slowly rose in the center of the screen …
The entire Milton Stadium suddenly fell into a dead silence.
28 minutes.
The blue team, Team God, had a headcount of 15 to 7 and an economic advantage of 9,000. They had secured the victory of this match.
Generally speaking, when two top-tier teams of similar strength met and exchanged blows on the field, the match would often drag on for at least thirty to thirty-five minutes. For example, in the match between KG and SSK, the match had gone on for forty minutes before the winner was finally decided.
If there was a clear and obvious difference in strength between the two teams, then the match might end in 20 to 25 minutes — just like today's MLG match against the wild card team.
For the live audience in and out of the stadium, their expectations for this match were undoubtedly biased towards the former situation.
But the result …
It was so unexpected.
28 minutes.
Strictly speaking, the match had just officially entered the middle of the team battle stage, and both sides' C heroes were about to complete their three-piece damage set.
The battle was about to begin.
But at this moment, it suddenly stopped, catching everyone off guard.
Finally, the live audience came to their senses. Their eyes widened as they stared at the blue "Victory" emblem on the spectator screen. Then, the entire stadium burst into an uproar!
What?!
Just like that … it ended?!
How was that possible?!
Some of the live European players were in disbelief. "Holy-mother (Oh my god) … Damn it, did I see it right?! Come on, how could it be so fast?! "
On the live European commentary platform, several European commentators were dumbfounded. They were almost incoherent.
"This, this is —"
"Alright, let's congratulate Team God for their victory. But damn it, what's going on?"
"Oh my god, I thought it was a match between Team God and the wild card team! That's too scary! "
"Where's the showdown we were looking forward to?! Director, the script shouldn't be like this! "
Yes.
In the eyes of the commentators and the live audience, this should have been an evenly matched match. However, Team God swept the match like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves and chopping melons and vegetables. In the end, Team God won the match before the thirty minute mark.
Naturally, the audience was dumbfounded.
Many of them even subconsciously had such a thought — — —
Was there a problem with the state of the Assassin?
Just like SSK a few days ago, they were unable to display 100% of their team's strength.
Otherwise, how could they have been defeated so easily?
"There's nothing wrong with Thirteen's performance in this match."
Li Shiyi shook his head and gave his evaluation in the front row of the audience.
As Nian Thirteen's former opponent who was the most familiar with him, Li Shiyi had the right to comment on this matter with considerable authority.
Ceng Rui nodded in agreement.
"Yes."
"It's not just Nian Thirteen. The entire Assassin Squad played well in this match as well."
Although it seemed that the match had ended so quickly that it caught everyone off guard, it seemed that the purple Assassin Squad had not been able to put up much of an effective resistance before they were taken down by the blue Squad, God Squad.
However, if one were to watch the replay of the match, they would realize that during the entire 28 minutes of the match, all five members of the purple team, Assassins, had basically played to the standard they were supposed to have, especially Nian Thirteen, who was in the jungler position. Olaf had done a lot of things in the early stages of the match, and had indeed relied on his own ability to lead the team to a certain extent.
However, the ending before their eyes …
However, this could only mean another problem.
"The current Team God is terrifyingly strong —"
On the other side of the front row of the audience, the members of KING Squad sat together. Watching the silhouettes of the members of God Squad leave their seats and head backstage, KING's mid laner Gui Gui let out a sigh.
The rest of the KG team members nodded in agreement as well.
In previous years, although Team God and Assassin Squad had won most of their matches, the difference in strength between the two squads was not that great. Most of the time, they were evenly matched in the early and middle stages of the match. There were even times when Team Assassin Squad relied on Nian Thirteen's jungler to lead the team to an advantage —
This was completely different.
Team God secured victory in the twenty-eighth minute.
This meant that there was a clear gap between the strength of the two teams.
"This year's God, other than SSK, probably doesn't have many opponents."
On the China commentary platform, Old Mi's face was glowing as he made his conclusion.
"With such momentum, they're definitely aiming for the championship trophy!"
Some people were excited for Team God's all-out victory, but at the same time, there were also people who were worried for Team Assassin's defeat — —
They had lost the first match of the group stage, and their next opponents were also terrifyingly strong. If Team Assassin Squad could not adjust their mentality, it would be very dangerous …
However, their worries were soon proven to be unfounded.
The last group stage match of the morning.
Group D.
Team Assassin Squad against Fate.
The match lasted for thirty-six minutes.
Then …
Amidst the thunderous cheers and applause in the stadium, Team Assassin Squad defeated Fate —
They had won!
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