Ye Shaoyang walked to the soundproof room opposite and shook hands with Mitchell. Mitchell glared at Ye Shaoyang resentfully and said in broken Chinese, "Next time, I will definitely beat you!"
It was said that when Zhou Jiawen killed him twice in the International Server, he chased after Zhou Jiawen for a month and only gave up when his winning rate was at 50%. And now, Ye Shaoyang had defeated him in a one-on-one match during the mock competition, and then defeated him in the World Invitational Tournament …
Mitchell had already targeted Ye Shaoyang. Would he chase after him and beat him up again?
Ye Shaoyang did not mind being chased by his opponent. To him, this was also a form of motivation. He smiled and patted Mitchell on the shoulder, saying, "See you next time."
Mitchell said angrily, "Let's fight one-on-one in the international server later!"
Ye Shaoyang: "No problem, let's meet again after the competition."
After returning to the hotel, Chairman Qiu had a brief chat with Ye Shaoyang. The gist of it was, "You've already achieved your expectations by making it to the semifinals. You can relax for the rest of the competition. It doesn't matter if you win or lose."
The chairman said this to let Ye Shaoyang relax. As the only seed of China's S10 region to make it into the semifinals, Ye Shaoyang had too many eyes and expectations on him. If he was under too much pressure, it was very likely that he would make mistakes.
But Ye Shaoyang had always been in a good mood, and he was used to this kind of pressure.
It didn't matter if he won or lost? That was just lip service.
He had to win!
Ye Shaoyang did not attend the match that night. He stayed in the hotel room with Chi Shuo to watch the live broadcast and analyze the match. The European division's Vanessa VS the North American division's Lambert VS. In the end, Vanessa won 21/1.
In the other two matches, Jin Minjun and Han Chengyu made it to the top four.
With that, two of the top four contestants were from Korea, one from Europe, and one from China. Early the next morning, the four contestants gathered together to draw red and blue cards from the box. Those who drew the same color would be their opponents in the semi-finals.
Under the supervision of the notary office, a staff member from the competition committee brought the box in front of the four contestants. "Which one of you will go first?" Jin Minjun glanced at Ye Shaoyang. "Lieyang first?"
The Tianhuan Squad and the Korean TIP Team that Kim Minjun was in often played mock competitions. They had also met a few times in the international server. Although it was the first time the two had met, they were still quite familiar with each other.
Ye Shaoyang was not angry. He nodded at him and stepped forward to draw a card: Blue.
Jin Minjun followed suit and drew a red card.
The remaining two looked at each other. Vanessa drew blue while Han Changyu drew red.
Vanessa looked at Ye Shaoyang with a faint smile. "I'll fight you in the next round. Good luck, contestant Omega. "
Ye Shaoyang said, "Good luck to you too, contestant Alpha."
Vanessa raised her eyebrows and walked out of the meeting room with her head held high. Looking at her attitude, she seemed to be very confident about the next round and was determined to win.
Soon, the results of the draw were announced on the official website. The Korean netizens were wailing because the two Korean players, Kim Minjun and Han Chengyu, had clashed in the semi-finals. As such, they could not meet in the finals.
Many Korean netizens commented, "I thought that with Han Chengyu and Kim Minjun in the finals together, the champion and runner-up of S10 would be ours. Now, it looks like we can only get the champion and bronze medal!"
"It's okay. There's still the champion of Cui He and Pu Yuanxi's double competition."
"The champion of the double competition and the champion of the individual competition are ours."
"The champion of S10's international team competition is also ours. Good luck to the grand slam!"
Yao Mu could speak Korean. She casually browsed through the comments on the Korean forum and could not help but complain to the streamer, Xiao Wei. "The Koreans are so thick-skinned. They're already celebrating in advance as if the champion of the individual competition will definitely be theirs."
Xiao Wei said, "Do you think our Xiao Bai has a chance of winning the gold medal?"
Yao Mu thought about it and said, "The other three players are very strong. It'll be quite difficult for Yangyang to win the championship with his assassin skills. However, he's in good condition. He's not nervous at all. "
Xiao Wei sighed. "Sigh, when I first met him, I only thought that he was a very talented streamer. I didn't expect him to make it to the international competition! The two of us have unintentionally bumped into a golden thigh. "
Yao Mu laughed. "Isn't that so? Let's hope he beats Vanessa tomorrow. As long as he makes it to the finals, he'll at least be able to bring home a trophy. He'll have made history. "
In the history of the league, no Omega player had ever won the individual competition. This was because most of the Omega players played as support. A fierce mid laner like Ye Shaoyang was very rare. Moreover, he had made it to the semi-finals of the international invitational tournament.
Therefore, not only did the Chinese viewers have high hopes for him, but the viewers from the other regions also gradually took notice of this Omega newcomer from China.
The semi-finals were set for the following night. They had a day to prepare.
Ye Shaoyang took his laptop and went to Chi Shuo's room in Block B. The two sat together and analyzed their opponents. Chi Shuo said, "Vanessa is good at surprise attacks. She has a good sense of rhythm and her playstyle is very fierce. When you play against her, you must pay attention to the bushes. You can't repeat the tactics from the previous group stages. For example, the Shadow Warlock against the Stealthed Thief. Others have already seen your strategy. It'll be easy for her to break it. "
Ye Shaoyang nodded seriously. "I think so too. Let's study other playstyles."
Chi Shuo said, "Okay, I'll practice with you."
The two sat opposite each other at their desks and opened the arena in the game. Chi Shuo practiced with Ye Shaoyang starting from the most common Stealthed Thief. They changed various hero matchups and looked for the best strategy.
They practiced until 2 AM before turning off their computers to rest.
At 7: 30 PM the next day, everyone arrived at the competition venue. Chairman Qiu wanted to encourage Ye Shaoyang, but he found that this guy was all smiles and didn't look nervous at all. Chairman Qiu was too embarrassed to say anything, so he just patted him on the shoulder and told him to play well.
The competition soon began.
Ye Shaoyang walked up the stage and bowed to the audience. He then turned around and walked to the soundproof room. He connected his keyboard and mouse to the computer to adjust the equipment.
Yao Mu and Brother Dong turned on the live broadcast channel and said loudly, "Dear viewers, this is Seoul, Korea. The semifinals of the S10 World Invitational Tournament are taking place! Lieyang vs Vanessa. We can see that Yangyang is adjusting the equipment in the soundproof room. He's as relaxed as ever. Let's hope he can perform well today. "
Brother Dong said, "Vanessa's background is a mystery. There's a rumor in Europe that she's the disciple of the retired world's number one jungler, Antonio. Since her debut this season, she's won many MVPs. She has three or four kills in almost every match. She's very fierce!"
Yao Mu said, "Yes, we've watched Vanessa's match recordings. She's a jungler with a very sharp sense of smell. When she goes to the lane to catch people, she usually kills the opponent's squishies. Her kill count is quite high. The number of mid laners she's killed can line up to go around Europe. Yangyang has to be very careful when he's playing against her. "
In the Chinese live broadcast channel, there were many Lieyang's fans cheering for him.
There were also many good-looking fans discussing Vanessa's beauty.
Vanessa's looks are very aggressive, huh?
She's a beautiful blonde with blue eyes. She's my type.
Although she's very pretty, I still want her to lose!
Come on, Yangyang. Beat that Vanessa up. You'll be the most handsome Omega in the world!
At the competition venue, Ye Shaoyang was completely focused. His eyes were fixed on the computer screen, and his hands were typing furiously on the keyboard. After last night's analysis, he was very clear about Vanessa's ability.
Although Vanessa was very strong, he felt that no jungler could compare to Chi Shuo.
Not only did Chi Shuo have fast reflexes and top-notch awareness, but he also had rich competition experience and calm judgment. Ye Shaoyang had been 1v1 with Chi Shuo every day recently. His awareness and reflexes were also improving rapidly.
With Chi Shuo as his sparring partner, the effects were quite obvious.
Therefore, Ye Shaoyang was not nervous at all when he met a world-class jungler again in the individual competition today. After all, he could fight evenly against Chi Shuo. Was there a need to be afraid of other junglers?
The first round began very quickly.
Vanessa locked on the common jungler, [The King of Fighters], while Ye Shaoyang took [Storm Goddess].
He had tried using [Storm Goddess] against [The King of Fighters] yesterday.
Although [The King of Fighters] had high burst damage, [Storm Goddess] was a hero with higher defense attributes among the Mages. She relied on Tornado to deal damage. The key was whether the three Tornadoes could control the opponent. It was more difficult to control.
However, there was an advantage. This hero was not afraid of the junglers getting close to her. As long as the junglers dared to attack her, she could blow them away with one Tornado, and the opponent would not be able to kill her in one hit.
Vanessa smiled softly when she saw this choice.
She had killed countless [Storm Goddesses] in the European competition. Although in theory, [Storm Goddess] could counter all close-range junglers and could blow them away with Tornado, don't forget that the key to a battle between pros was the speed of their attacks! As long as they were fast enough, they would be dead before you could release your Tornado.
Vanessa pressed the ready button confidently. Ye Shaoyang did the same.
The map was loaded. Both sides started to clear the junglers in the middle lane.
The initial clearing of the junglers was a little boring to the audience. However, to the professional players, there were many details. If they missed one or two junglers, they would not be able to reach level 6.
Ye Shaoyang saw that [The King of Fighters] went forward to clear the junglers. He suddenly released a Tornado skill, blowing away the junglers' formation. At the same time, he blew [The King of Fighters] a meter away.
In the end, the opponent's junglers happened to kill one of their junglers. [The King of Fighters] did not get the last hit reward.
Vanessa frowned and continued to patiently develop.
As time passed, the levels of both heroes increased rapidly.
Level 4 … Level 5 …
The audience stared at the screen nervously. They wanted to see who would make the first move in the first wave of level 6.
Just then, Ye Shaoyang's [Storm Goddess] was the first to show the light of leveling up. Vanessa thought that she was going to reach level 6 soon. He would probably retreat to the bottom of the tower and prepare to defend.
However, Ye Shaoyang did not retreat to defend.
The [Storm Goddess], who was wearing a green sorcerer's robe, suddenly flashed and appeared behind [The King of Fighters]. She raised her staff at the same time, and a tornado blew out from the tip of the staff —
The tornado would blow away enemies in a straight line and push them back a meter. Ye Shaoyang had chosen a very good angle. This blow blew [The King of Fighters] right into the bottom of the tower!
The tower would automatically attack enemies within its range. There were no junglers under the tower. [The King of Fighters] was hit by the tower, and his health dropped by about 20%.
Vanessa realized that something was wrong. Just as she was about to flash and run, another tornado blew out from the tip of the [Storm Goddess] staff. [The King of Fighters] was pushed back another meter.
Immediately after, a third hurricane blew towards them!
Vanessa was speechless.
Vanessa, who was blown away consecutively, wanted to smash her keyboard!
[TH-Sunshine (Storm Goddess) killed Vanessa (King of Fighters)!]
When Yao Mu saw this, he said excitedly, "Reverse flash, three consecutive blows. Yangyang's mechanics are too fast. He used the tower to kill Vanessa!"
Brother Dong smiled. "The Storm Goddess' initial damage is indeed not enough to kill her opponent. However, the tower's damage is very high. Each blow is higher than the previous one. Yangyang is indeed very smart to blow his opponent to the bottom of the tower. The Storm Goddess' Q skill is actually very difficult to hit. He predicted the opponent's position and suddenly flashed to the back. That was a beautiful play! "
Yao Mu said excitedly, "Most Storm Goddesses are defensive playstyles. They use tornadoes to chase away the assassins that are trying to kill them. However, Yangyang's Storm Goddess today is an offensive Storm Goddess! His tornadoes are not used to chase people away, but to kill people. "
Actually, professional players were very familiar with common heroes like the [Storm Goddess]. It was not easy to blow away the opponent with a Q skill's tornadoes.
However, Ye Shaoyang had spent the night analyzing Vanessa's positioning habits and playstyle. He knew that Vanessa would definitely ambush him from the bushes at Level 6. He blew away the junglers in the early stages and blocked Vanessa's experience. This caused Vanessa to reach Level 6 two seconds slower than him …
This was the best opportunity to make a move.
He caught the opponent off guard and flashed to the back. He blew the opponent to the bottom of the tower and let the tower send Vanessa away.
This series of actions was as fast as lightning. He used the opponent's temporary stiffness after being blown away to continue blowing them away. The control of three consecutive blows would be interrupted if there was even the slightest deviation.
However, Ye Shaoyang used practical actions to tell everyone that —
There was never a deviation in his actions.
After Vanessa revived and returned to the game, she became more cautious.
However, she quickly realized that this Omega player was too difficult to kill! He always had a tornado in his hand. He could blow away the assassins that were close to him at any time. He could use his big move to continuously use tornadoes to kill people.
She had met many Storm Goddesses in the European division. She had always felt that the Storm Goddess was quite easy to kill. However, Ye Shaoyang's Storm Goddess was agile and moved like the wind. It was very difficult to capture his position. Vanessa's big move might not be able to stun him.
Moreover, Ye Shaoyang's field control was superb. He controlled the minions very well.
Vanessa did not want to drag things out with him. She ambushed him from the bushes and forcefully took his head. However, this was to no avail. Ye Shaoyang started to avoid the battle and led his minions to push the tower.
The way he pushed the tower was very infuriating.
He brought the minions to the bottom of the tower. When you went forward to clear the minions …
He would blow you away.
"Do you feel the power of the tornado?"
The Storm Goddess' voice rang in her ears. Vanessa, who was blown away, was very angry!
Can you let me clear the minions?
The minions could not be cleared. The defense tower had half of its HP wiped out by the minions. The second wave of minions came, and half of its HP was wiped out … Unknowingly, the outer tower was pushed, and the inner tower was pushed.
Ye Shaoyang led the minions all the way to the crystal. Vanessa recovered her HP from the base and hurriedly went forward to clear the minions. However, she was blown back to the spring by Ye Shaoyang's big move three consecutive blows?
Vanessa, who was blown back to dust: "???"
I don't want to go home. Let me clear the minions!
Yao Mu was about to die of laughter when she saw this. "Yangyang blew her back to the spring!"
Brother Dong said, "Ahem, he's using his actions to say, 'Go home. Let me push the crystal away.'"
Yao Mu said, "I remember during the group competition, Yangyang suddenly appeared when the opponent was on his way back from the bottom of the tower. He used a combo to kill the opponent and send him home."
Brother Dong said, "Today, he's using the tornado to blow the opponent home?"
Yao Mu: "Yangyang is really experienced when it comes to sending people home!"
The viewers in the Chinese live-stream channel saw this familiar scene and laughed out loud.
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Vanessa was blown home and did not clear the last wave of minions. Ye Shaoyang changed his equipment seconds before the crystal and bought a pair of daggers with high attack speed. He led his minions to push the crystal away and won the first round.
His hands left the keyboard, very satisfied with this result.
He won in a head-to-head ratio of 11.
He realized that [Storm Goddess] was quite useful in close-range combat. Of course, all of this had to be done with good judgment and accurate skill placement. Otherwise, when the tornado swept over, it would only sweep away a mass of air.
For the first time, Vanessa had the urge to vomit blood.
This Lieyang was indeed very infuriating in the competition?
She took a deep breath and adjusted her mentality before starting the second round.
In the second round, she chose [Blood Garment Stab]. This was the stab with the highest damage output, but it was more risky. She could only deal the highest damage when she was at critical health. It was easy to be killed if she could not kill the opponent. Ye Shaoyang chose [Saint Soul Sorcerer] to save his life. [Saint Soul Sorcerer] was a Magic Tank with the highest defense. It also had a big move, Seal, which could seal the opponent in place.
In theory, [Saint Soul Sorcerer] had a high chance of winning against [Blood Garment Stab]. After all, his defense was high, and the Blood Garment Stab might not be able to kill him. However, Vanessa fought very hard in the second round. Perhaps Ye Shaoyang's way of blowing her around in the first round made her a little depressed. She directly self-inflicted damage in the second round, trading her life for his.
She wanted to kill Ye Shaoyang even if she had to die.
It was a head-to-head ratio of 11, 22. One more kill, and victory would be decided.
Ye Shaoyang thought that she would hold her ground at such a crucial moment and slowly look for an opportunity. However, he did not expect this sister to be so cruel. She directly self-inflicted damage to one drop of health, suddenly appeared, and killed Ye Shaoyang in one burst!
Although she died as well, the order of death determined that she killed Ye Shaoyang first, and Ye Shaoyang killed her after. Therefore, Vanessa won this round.
The score was 11. Ye Shaoyang rubbed his fingers and prepared for the third round.
In the deciding round of the semi-finals, both sides chose their heroes blindly. They could not see each other's choices.
Vanessa chose [Demon Hunter], a mid-range jungler. He had long arms and was not afraid of being blocked by minions.
Ye Shaoyang chose [Illusionist], a simple and violent hero. He could kill his opponent in one burst.
In the early stages, Vanessa had a slight advantage. She controlled Ye Shaoyang and took the first kill.
However, Ye Shaoyang followed up and fought back. He was not at a disadvantage.
Both sides knew that this round would decide the winner, so they fought very fiercely.
After the head-to-head ratio became 22, Vanessa used the bushes as cover. She hid there and planned to sneak attack to take the third kill. The audience, who had a bird 's-eye view, watched as Ye Shaoyang passed by the bushes she was hiding in. Their hearts were in their throats.
However, it was as if Ye Shaoyang had the ability to predict the future. He turned around and suddenly threw a Q skill into the bushes, knocking Vanessa out of hiding. Then, he followed up with a combo from WR. Beautiful purple light shards fell from the sky and killed Vanessa in one wave!
Victory!
The golden words that popped up on the screen made the Chinese audience go wild!
There were a lot of 666 comments in the livestream. Yao Mu was so excited that her voice was trembling. "Congratulations to Lieyang for winning the semi-finals and successfully entering the finals of the S10 World Invitational Tournament! Lieyang has also become the first Omega player in history to enter the finals of the World Invitational Tournament! "
Brother Dong said, "From being looked down upon in the beginning to becoming the biggest dark horse of the S10 World Invitational Tournament, entering the finals in one go. Lieyang has created another miracle!"
On the stage, Ye Shaoyang left the soundproof room to shake hands with Vanessa.
Vanessa was a little dazed. She could not accept this result. Ye Shaoyang stood in front of her for a while before she came back to her senses. She stood up and shook hands with Ye Shaoyang. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "How did you know I was hiding there?"
Ye Shaoyang smiled and said, "Because I have a jungler teammate with great awareness. He knows where you like to hide."
Vanessa was stunned for a moment before she reacted. "You mean Moonlight?"
Ye Shaoyang: "Yes."
Vanessa shook hands with him with a complicated expression. "Congratulations."
When they returned backstage, Chairman Qiu walked up to Ye Shaoyang excitedly and patted Ye Shaoyang on the shoulder. "Good job. You made it to the finals!"
Ye Shaoyang could not help but ask, "Chairman, have you never thought that I might be the champion?"
Chairman Qiu had of course thought about it, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
Because if he said it out loud, others would think that he was boasting shamelessly.
Why did it feel like it was not possible? Lieyang was a newbie, a mid laner, and the champion of the individual competition? There were so many excellent Assassins and Warriors in the world. A Sorcerer trying to break through the encirclement of Assassins and Warriors?
It was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
But now, Lieyang had created a miracle and made it to the finals …
Nothing was impossible!
Chairman Qiu smiled so widely that his eyes narrowed. "I believe that you will be the champion!"
These few days, Chairman Qiu had discovered a very strange phenomenon. Lieyang's mentality was very good. No matter how great the pressure was, he could turn it into motivation. Instead of telling him "It doesn't matter if you win or lose," he might as well tell him "I believe that you can win."
As expected, after hearing that, Ye Shaoyang said seriously, "I will do my best in the finals tomorrow. I have already come to the final step. If I back out now, I would be letting down my supporters. "
After he said that, he turned to look at Chi Shuo and met Chi Shuo's gentle gaze.
Chi Shuo mouthed, "Good luck."
Ye Shaoyang smiled and mouthed back, "Got it."
The Chinese players returned to the hotel together. They did not dare to go out and eat during the competition. If they ate something bad, it would not be worth it. Chairman Qiu promised that he would treat everyone to a good barbecue after the competition.
Everyone stayed in the hotel to watch the second semi-final.
The next match was between Kim Minjun and Han Chengyu. In the end, Han Chengyu won.
Han Chengyu was a teammate of Cui He and Pu Yuxi. He was the main top laner of team ATB. Last year, he had won the S9 team world championship with them. He had rich experience in competitions and played calmly and decisively. Coupled with the fact that he had world-class mid laners and junglers around him, his skills had improved by leaps and bounds.
The Korean media had always boasted that Cui He and Pu Yuxi were the best mid laners in the world. Of course, Han Chengyu was also praised as the best top laner in the world.
The Korean players this year were the duo of Cui He and Pu Yuxi and Kim Minjun in the individual competition. After all, if all three players were from team ATB, the other teams would have some opinions. Kim Minjun had more experience. Therefore, the Korean professional alliance recommended Kim Minjun. Han Chengyu did not get a recommendation.
He had entered the invitational from the wild card region.
He had a perfect record and was ranked first. He was a dark horse from the wild card region.
The Korean forums were already celebrating when they saw the lineup for the finals.
Especially the fans of team ATB. They were all ready to celebrate. "ATB mid laner won the duo competition. ATB top laner won the individual competition. This is a perfect ending!"
"ATB, the best team in the world!"
There were also people who questioned Ye Shaoyang's ability.
"That China's Omega was just lucky. He didn't meet any Korean players along the way. The finals will show him the difference in ability!"
"That's right. If he had drawn Kim Minjun, he might not have won."
"Vanessa's thorns are much worse than our Kim Minjun oppa."
"China's overall ability is very weak. This Lieyang is really too lucky."
"What an unlucky draw. If it had been Kim Minjun versus Lieyang and Han Chengyu versus Vanessa, it would have been the two Korean players entering the finals together. Because of the draw, China's Lieyang got lucky. "
"Anyway, he'll get a silver medal at most. In my heart, Han Chengyu is still number one and Kim Minjun is number two! "
Yao Mu was so angry that she almost laughed when she saw these comments. Did the Korean netizens not care about Yangyang at all? They even said that he made it to the finals because of luck?
Did they have to look down on him just because he came from China, which had not won the world championship in recent years?
Yao Mu suppressed the anger in her heart and sent a message to Ye Shaoyang. "Yangyang, we'll always be behind you! Don't think about anything else. Focus on preparing for tomorrow's match. Good luck! "
Ye Shaoyang replied with a smiley face. "Don't worry, Sister Mu. I will ^ _ ^"
For some reason, Yao Mu suddenly felt relieved when she saw his smiley face.
She knew that Ye Shaoyang was a player who could always surprise people and create miracles.
He would definitely maintain the miracle until the end.
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