From the group stage to the quarterfinals, KG Battle Team's performance and the results they had achieved were incomparably brilliant and praiseworthy.
This was inseparable from the hard work and dedication of every member of Team KG.
Their stunning performance on the field was supported by their hard work off the field.
Among them, Tian Tian was definitely the most hardworking out of all of KG's members. It was also because of this that KG faced off against Fate in the quarterfinals. To be able to defeat such a terrifying opponent, Tian Tian was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the team's success.
Old C, Devil Ghost, Konjac, and the others on KG's side quickly absorbed the advice and suggestions from Morning Star, Wildsnow Nightsong, and the others in the training battle just now. Their individual mechanics and performance had clearly improved, and they had achieved satisfactory results from the training.
As for Tian Tian's top laner —
There was basically no fault to be found in his performance this time.
Even after the end of the quarterfinals, when Tian Tian once again achieved a breakthrough and faintly took half a step towards the threshold of the Yonkō (Four Emperors) realm, perhaps he was even more deserving of the title of the world's number one top laner.
However, no one could find fault with such a practice match, but Lin Feng, who was the sparring partner, frowned. He felt a little dissatisfied.
Not just Lin Feng.
Even Tian Tian nodded vigorously after hearing someone's evaluation.
"Yeah."
"I think so too. It seems like … something's missing."
The other people by the side were a little confused.
"Huh?"
"What are you two talking about?"
"Something's missing … What's missing? Isn't it pretty good?"
Everyone looked at Lin Feng in confusion. Lin Feng scratched his head, a troubled expression on his face. "Hmm, it's hard to explain —"
Wildsnow Nightsong raised an eyebrow.
"If it's hard to explain, then let's do another round. Maybe it'll be clearer."
It was also the simplest and crudest method.
Training was always about looking for problems in battle. If you couldn't figure it out after one round, then keep fighting until you figured it out.
Soon, another practice match began. This time, Lin Feng didn't go on stage. He retreated to the side and allowed God's team's top laner to go up against Tian Tian. Lin Feng, on the other hand, observed and studied the match.
Thirty minutes later, the battle ended.
Compared to his previous match against Lin Feng, Tian Tian's opponent this time was a top laner from Team God. Tian Tian's intrepid individual skill was on full display without holding anything back.
In terms of match-up … it was practically a one-sided absolute suppression.
Jayce beat Lamborghini 16 times in five minutes.
A wave of solo kills every 7 minutes.
12 minutes to demolish the tower.
It could be said that Tian Tian was now the top laner of all the teams in the LPL region. There was no one who could compete with him head-on. Only a few world-class top laners like The Sword, Wolf, or Seven could give him a certain degree of pressure.
However —
The two players in this match were basically the complete lineup of KG and God.
In the end, KG's side lost.
Thirty-three minutes later, the training match ended.
Tian Tian's own top lane had a huge advantage in the early and middle stages of the match, but at the same time, his bottom and middle lanes were completely suppressed by God's Morning Star and Snowy Nightsong. In the middle stages, the former's top lane, Jayz, was still able to play an important role, but God's perfect operation dragged the tempo to the late stages, causing Jayz's strong period to pass. In the end, no matter how strong Tian Tian was, he could not turn the situation around by himself.
But now that the match was over, no one cared about winning or losing.
Wildsnow Nightsong looked at Lin Feng.
"What do you think?"
"Did you notice anything?"
Lin Feng frowned again. After thinking for a long time, he slowly nodded, then shook his head.
"There's definitely something wrong."
"Early and middle stages … Fatty's Jayce should be able to play better."
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other again. Ceng Rui couldn't help but speak up.
"That's … too vague."
Indeed.
The purpose of a training match was, of course, to find out the player's technical problems or specific flaws, and then improve them. But a certain someone's words seemed to be pointing out a problem, but it was too vague. "Should be able to play better". This kind of statement could be used on anyone, but wasn't the problem the same as figuring out "how to play better"?
If he didn't hold back, a certain someone's words would have been for nothing.
Lin Feng scratched his head in frustration.
"Ah, I know —"
"But it's just a vague feeling. I can't really put my finger on it."
Most people in the training room didn't think there was anything wrong with Tian Tian's performance in the past few training matches. In fact, they only felt that Tian Tian had become stronger than before.
Indeed, if this was before the finals, or even before the quarterfinals, Lin Feng would have been full of praise for Tian Tian's performance.
But at this time …
When Tian Tian had successfully crossed the threshold and become even stronger, Lin Feng realized that there were even more problems with Tian Tian.
Nothing else.
In fact, it was just that a certain someone's standards for his former teammate had subconsciously become higher.
Tonight, he did not use Tian Tian's past and present strength as the standard of judgment. Instead, he used the other top-notch professionals he had seen as a reference.
For example, a genius rookie like The-Sword.
Or the legendary J from the previous generation in Europe.
And his own senior No. 3 …
"Yes!"
A certain someone suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Let's not talk about The-Sword. I just compared Senior No. 3 and His Excellency J."
"Compared to them, Fatty is obviously a little less interesting."
Everyone also came to a realization.
But then the expression on their faces became a little strange.
"If that's the case … then there's really no problem."
"But there's no need to compare Circle God with those kind of seniors, right?"
That was the logic.
Even if Tian Tian was recognized as the world's number one top laner of the new generation and had half a foot in the door of becoming one of the Yonkō (Four Emperors), it would still be a little arrogant to directly compare himself to the top legends of the previous generation like No.3 or J.
Morning Star shook his head.
"It's not arrogant."
"In the past, there might not have been a need to compare, but now that Tian has made a breakthrough, he's very close to those two legendary seniors in terms of realm."
"Looking for those two as reference is the right thing to do."
As a professional esports player, if you want to become stronger, you naturally have to constantly set higher goals for yourself, look for stronger opponents and more powerful role models to chase and surpass.
Everyone nodded subconsciously.
Konjac couldn't help but interject again.
"So, use those two seniors as a reference, and then?"
"What should we do specifically?"
The training room fell silent again.
Everyone's eyes turned to Lin Feng.
Someone looked a little embarrassed and scratched his head again. "Ah … this, I might not be able to do it."
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