The second round of the MSI Mid-Season Invitational Tournament came to an end.
The semifinalists had been decided without a hitch.
Group A, North American SEASON and Chinese server, God, advanced.
Group B, Korea's SSK and Taiwan's Assassins advanced as the first and second respectively.
In terms of the group stages, the first three teams could be said to have no suspense in advancing. However, only the final team, the Assassin Squad, had gone from facing the threat of elimination to turning the situation around with two consecutive victories. It could be said to be full of ups and downs.
No one could have imagined that it would end up like this.
The European MLG team members all had ugly expressions on their faces after the tiebreaker. Even when they walked over to shake hands with the Assassin team members, they had a very reluctant look on their faces.
Indeed.
After all, no one would be in a good mood after their opponent made a comeback with two consecutive victories.
In contrast, the members of the Assassin Team, including Nian Thirteen, as well as the team leaders and coaches, were all extremely excited.
Nian Thirteen, as the captain of the team, had truly unleashed his power in today's MSI group stage.
He had completely shown his former glory as the world's strongest jungler.
When he was interviewed by DouYu TV, Nian Thirteen was also in a good mood in the face of the live camera and Su Xue's congratulations.
"How did you do today?"
"Ha ha ha, you flatter me. Actually, I've only just displayed the strength that I should have."
"My opponents are very strong! But fortunately, the Goddess of Luck favors us assassins ~ "
In fact, Nian Thirteen could not hide the satisfaction in his tone even though he said it was luck.
There was no need to hide it.
Even for him, today's performance was extremely rare. At the very least, in the past few months, he had never performed so perfectly in so many Pro League matches.
Naturally, there were many other reasons that were not known to others.
For example, Nightingale's secret battle a while ago.
There was also the recent changes in the world of professional esports.
All the new changes made many of the veteran top players, including Nian Thirteen, feel threatened and pressured. Under such circumstances, they either gradually quieted down or had to rise up and break out.
Nian Thirteen and Spoon, for example, belonged to the latter.
DouYu TV's interview with Nian Thirteen came to an end. Before the interview ended, Su Xue suddenly thought of something and asked one last question.
"By the way, Captain Thirteen —"
"When you guys were competing earlier, Addisi on the commentator's platform commented on it."
"He said that you were one of the two strongest junglers in Asia during the S1 season."
Nian Thirteen laughed.
"Hahaha, that guy Edis is too complimentary. Sigh, but he's right. I'm probably one of the most experienced professional players in the circle. There aren't many people who can last until now from the S1 season —"
Su Xue asked curiously,
"Then … the two strongest junglers in Asia at that time, other than you, who was the other?"
Nian Thirteen's laughter suddenly stopped.
Then, the expression on his face became a little strange, but it quickly returned to normal. He laughed again. "Sigh, I don't really remember that. After all, it was a few years ago. Sigh, I'm getting old, and my memory isn't that good …"
Just like that, the question was answered with a laugh.
The interview ended.
DouYu TV's super administrators and staff were satisfied. They turned around and began to pack up their equipment. Su Xue looked at Nian Thirteen and asked softly,
"You really can't remember?"
As a woman, she could vaguely sense that Nian Thirteen's answer did not seem to be telling the truth.
It seemed like …
He was hiding something.
Nian Thirteen was silent for a moment, then he shook his head.
"Of course, I remember."
"But it was a long, long time ago. If you're really interested, you can ask Maple."
"He'll know more about that person than I do."
As he spoke, the Seventh King jungler, who had relied on his own strength to carry the Assassin Squad and turn the tables, had a slightly complicated and disappointed expression on his face.
…
It was the third day.
The MSI Mid-Season Invitational was in the middle of the competition.
After the end of the group stage, the semi-finals of the semi-finals finally began.
The semi-finals were announced by the organizers late at night on the second day. The semi-finals were between Team God and Team Season, and Team SSK and Team Assassins.
On the same night that they received the news, the forums of all the major League of Legends forums on the internet were already boiling with excitement.
For the local players, this kind of grouping should be a good draw.
Among the semi-finalists, SSK was undoubtedly the strongest, while Team Assassins was the weakest. However, Nian Thirteen's performance in the group stage on the second day wasn't to be underestimated either.
Therefore, going up against the North American team Season was an acceptable result.
Compared to Team God, the unluckiest team was, of course, the Taiwanese team Assassins.
Or rather …
No matter who it was, going up against SSK in the semi-finals was going to take them a long time to recover.
As soon as Nian Thirteen heard the news, he sent Lin Feng a text. The text contained all sorts of wails.
"F * ck f * ck f * ck! Why are we going up against SSK? "
"We could've gone up against Team God or Team Season!"
"I've only just gotten better, and they didn't even give me a chance to perform. Now that we're going up against an iron wall like SSK, we're going to have a good time!"
Lin Feng felt sorry for him.
"Yeah, you guys are pretty unlucky. It's basically over for you guys to go up against SSK."
However, Nian Thirteen's eyes widened when he heard Lin Feng's words.
"F * ck, what do you mean it's over?"
"The match hasn't even started yet! Who says we're going to lose against SSK? "
"Why don't you win then?" Lin Feng laughed.
Nian Thirteen gritted his teeth. "You think I can't do it? Just wait for your jaws to drop tomorrow! So what if it's SSK? I'll play SSK all the same! "
…
On the morning of the third day, the first match of the semi-finals was held.
Team God versus Team Season.
The match was scheduled to start at 10 AM, and it was a best-of-three format.
At around 9: 20 AM, the venue was already filled with spectators. It didn't take long for the venue to be filled to the brim with spectators.
Once again, the audience erupted into an uproar.
At the same time, Lin Feng, An Xin, and Tang Bingyao, who were sitting in the front row of the VIP seating area, chatted with An Xin and Tang Bingyao for a while, then stood up to chat with Shi Hang, Tian Tian, and Nian Thirteen.
Just as Lin Feng got up and walked a few steps out of the front row seat, before he could even look left and right to find Tian Tian and the others, a surprised voice came from behind him.
"Little brother Lin Feng?"
Lin Feng subconsciously turned his head and was surprised to see that there was someone he knew not far from him.
It was one of the three girls he, Tian Tian, and Nian Thirteen had run into a few days ago at Huang Ji Crayfish.
Song Jia.
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