The reason why Group D was called the Group of Death was because the four teams in this group all possessed world-class strength. On the other hand, it was because the strength of the four teams in this group seemed to be on par with each other, making it difficult to easily determine a victor. This left a lot of suspense as to who would ultimately advance to the next round of the group.
Other than the first match between God and Quick Water, which was won in 28 minutes, the second and third matches of Group D were also extremely intense. The two teams were locked in a stalemate.
In particular, the match between Fate and Minx in the Korean civil war that had just ended was the most exciting battle of the day in the group stage.
Whether it was Moon, one of the Four Emperors, or the two ace players of Team Minx, The Sword and Fly, all of them displayed their skills to the fullest.
Although Fate won by a hair's breadth in the end, the two teams had been fighting for 30 minutes, and the outcome of the match had not been decided yet.
Even if Minx lost in the end, the audience did not doubt that if Minx had a little more luck, the victory of this match would have fallen into Fate's hands.
Of course —
The reality was that the final victory of this match was won by Team Fate.
After Group D finished the first three matches of the day, the situation of the entire group was just as the observant Old Mi had pointed out —
It became quite interesting.
Because it was now possible to do a simple calculation of the results of the three matches.
Three matches.
The four teams in Group D had already entered the field.
God defeated Assassin first.
Then, Assassin defeated Fate.
And now, Fate defeated Minx.
The attentive audience would soon discover that the first three matches of Group D formed a perfect balance. The loser of the first match would become the winner of the second match, and the loser of the second match would rise to the top in the third match to win his first match.
Currently, no team in Group D had a record of losing two matches in a row.
At the very least, there were wins and losses.
This seemed to confirm the perception and judgment of the people of Group D about this group of death before the start of the competition.
As expected.
The four teams in this group …
Their skills were really on par with each other!
The situation was still confusing, and it was difficult to make a rash judgment!
But at the same time, the results and patterns of the first three matches also made people subconsciously speculate about the fourth match —
The next match was between Minx and God- Hand of God.
If the four matches in Group D were to form a perfect closed loop with strict rules, then perhaps … Minx would win this match?
"Then it's really neat and tidy!"
On the official commentary platform of the finals, the Western and American commentators of the World Television Association seemed to be in high spirits.
"If God loses this round and Minx wins —"
"That's perfect. Group D has four matches today, and every team's record is one win and one loss!"
"Let's try to analyze the situation rationally and objectively. Although they lost to Fate, Minx's strength and performance today are still as strong as ever. The top laner The-Sword and mid laner Fly, these two young geniuses definitely have the ability and confidence to threaten God."
"Hahaha, looks like God's members should be worried now …"
Compared to the Western commentators who were purely watching the show, the three Chinese commentators on the China commentary platform were obviously more worried about the upcoming match. Their analysis was more objective, but the conclusion they came up with was also solemn.
"Indeed —"
"If it's Minx … they should be the most likely opponent to pose a threat to God in Group D."
"I heard that this team showed amazing strength during the practice matches … They just lost to Fate, and it was just a little bit of luck."
On the major Chinese live streaming platforms, the Chinese players did not have much of an understanding of this Korean dark horse team, but after watching the match between Minx and Fate, they could already feel how scary this new team was. Coupled with the worried analysis of the commentators in the live streaming channel, they began to feel uneasy —
This match …
Was it really dangerous?
In contrast, on the front row of the stadium, someone's attitude was quite simple and straightforward.
"It'd be weird if they lost."
Someone drank a cup of hot milk tea that he got from the LPL staff backstage. He bit on his straw and commented without thinking.
Then he hit the nail on the head.
Thirty minutes later, the last match of Group D ended.
Amidst the thunderous cheers and applause from the audience, accompanied by the ecstatic screams of the Chinese players, the purple "Victory" emblem slowly appeared on the big screen on the stage.
Thirty-one minutes.
Team God defeated Team Minx from Korea.
They won the second match of the day.
The prediction of the closed loop of Group D that everyone had predicted was directly broken.
On the fourth day of the group stage, God- Hand of God ranked first in the group with a 2-0 record, beating Fate and Assassin Squad with a 1-1 record.
On the other hand, Korea's second seeded team, Minx, was highly regarded by the outside world as the strongest rookie dark horse team in this year's finals. However, they started high but ended low. With two consecutive losses, they were at the bottom of Group D.
They were directly facing the threat of being eliminated from the group!
It wasn't that the Minx team wasn't performing well. On the contrary, the Minx team displayed a stronger and more ferocious form than the last match against Fate.
The top lane The-Sword's Future Guardian, Jess, still displayed a near terrifying suppressive force.
In the mid lane, Fly's Lord of Shadows, Retribution, also displayed his strength as the new generation of Korea's top mid laner to the fullest.
But the problem was —
Team God also played a stronger game this time.
The top lane gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure from Jess. The bottom lane's ADC, Obama, cooperated with his support teammate, Sungirl, and continued to snowball the advantage.
As for the mid lane, Morning Star's Ike, with the full help of his teammate, Wild Prince, killed Fly's Lord of Shadows three times in a row within ten minutes. Ike's score had reached 5/0/1 in fifteen minutes.
In the middle of the group battle phase, Team God had given the whole world a perfect performance that was close to a textbook level.
If Team God's 28-minute victory against Quick Water in the morning had shocked everyone, including the Chinese players and netizens, then the 30-minute victory against Team Minx in the afternoon had finally put the tens of millions of Chinese players at ease, and they were ecstatic!
That's right!
It was not luck!
It was not the strength of the opponent.
They were the strongest seeded team in the LPL region. They were so strong that they could even suppress the entire field in the death group!
In the China region's commentator area, the three Chinese commentators who were extremely worried before the match could not help but be overjoyed.
"They're in!"
"With this pace … Team God will be the first in the group stage!"
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