Chapter 190 SKT is eliminated! The birth of a new king?
Hearing the factory director’s words, Su Mo smiled and said:
“That’s right. If we win first, we can advance to the semifinals earlier and watch the world change. If we lose, there’s no need to waste time fishing, right? Is that what the factory means?”

The factory manager quickly denied it: “That’s not true, that’s not what I meant, we can’t lose!”

On the screen, the guest draws the first ball and spreads it out.

The host read out: “Dragon Ball!”

“Nice!” Meiko was happy, it wasn’t EDG.

The factory manager was somewhat resentful: “Why not us?”

The guests continued to draw lots.

“WE!”

Not EDG yet!

Pump again!

“EDG!”

It’s finally EDG!
The last one is RNG.

The order of the first place in the four groups has been determined: LZ, WE, EDG, and RNG.

The guest goes down and someone else comes up, and this time they draw from pool number 2.

This time the opponent has been confirmed, and everyone in EDG is a little nervous.

The guest drew the first lot and slowly unfolded it. Everyone held their breath and felt as if time had slowed down.

Although the first one drawn was Dragon Ball’s opponent.

However, this will also have an impact later.

Those who are drawn by the Dragon Ball will not be drawn by EDG.

“SKT!”

“Oh shit!” Everyone on EDG was surprised to see this result!
Zet gloated: “Then one of the first and second seeds in their region must go. This is no different from us drawing RNG, it’s the same concept.”

Meiko laughed and said, “Yeah, no matter who wins, they will owe the championship. Fans from all regions are like this.”

The guests continued to draw lots, and the second lot was drawn: SSG!

WE vs. SSG!

The factory manager muttered: “I think WE has a good chance of winning. RNG can kill SSG twice. It will definitely not be that easy for RNG to beat WE.”

Meiko agreed, “Right. If that’s the case, LCK feels bad. They have to lose two players after the quarterfinals, leaving only one Dragon Ball.”

Zet: “But I feel that as long as I can win the championship, other rankings are not important. In the end, I still have to get the Dragon Ball.”

The next draw, this time it’s EDG.

But for EDG, it makes no difference. It’s just a choice between MSF and FNC.

“MSF!”

“Nice! Best draw!” Meiko celebrated with his fist.

The factory manager also started to dance with joy: “This MSF is the second seed in Europe, right? It seems that they qualified in the group stage and had to play a tiebreaker.”

Abu nodded: “Yes, they played a tiebreaker with TSM, and TSM lost.”

Meiko smiled and said, “That’s just right for us to help TSM get revenge. They actually sent Bjergsen back home. That’s a heinous crime!”

Everyone in EDG is quite relaxed now, and this quarterfinal match is not very challenging.

Scout said: “If we win, will it break the best record in team history?”

Abu responded: “Yes, that will be the first time EDG enters the quarterfinals! It’s set in stone!”

The last one, FNC, RNG vs. FNC.

With this, the draw for the quarterfinals is over.

The screen showed the schedule for the quarterfinals.

LZ vs. SKT.

WE vs. SSG.

EDG vs. MSF.

RNG vs. FNC.

Suddenly, Meiko thought of a problem. EDG seemed to be in the same half zone as Longzhu now.

If EDG and Longzhu both win the quarterfinals, won’t they meet in the semifinals?

After he asked this question, the EDG players, who were originally very excited, immediately calmed down and looked at the screen.

Indeed it is!
According to the division of this zone, EDG and Longzhu are indeed in the same half zone!
bad!
Ah Guang asked, “What should we do? Can we defeat them?”

The factory manager pretended to be calm: “Don’t be afraid, we still have a trump card!”

Everyone looked over, looking forward to what would happen next.

The factory manager said: “If SKT explodes and kills Longzhu, we can face SKT, and then use the psychological advantage of double-killing SKT in the group to win the game, and finally meet RNG in the finals. Using our rich experience in the division, we can beat RNG and win the championship!”

Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

Wow, has the factory manager thought so far?

Meiko asked a soul-searching question: “What if SKT doesn’t explode? This is a low-probability event after all.”

The factory manager said, “It’s nothing, just think positively.”

Everyone in EDG was embarrassed. What a hypothetical person! He assumed a premise with a small probability, but did not allow others to assume a premise with a high probability. This was too hypocritical.

Abu said: “Now that the group results have come out, we should focus on the opponent in front of us. First, we need to beat MSF, and then consider other things. No matter which team we play against, we don’t have to be afraid.”

“You guys should watch MSF’s game first. I’ll go prepare some information.”

So everyone returned to their respective positions, and Su Mo chose to play ranked games to gain points first.

It was late at night and Su Mo was ready to rest, but before resting, he habitually went to the forum to take a look to see if there was anything new.

It turned out that everyone was discussing the grouping issue for the quarter-finals.

#LCK is too miserable, one of Longzhu and SKT must go

#SKT forget it, they got double killed by EDG, so they should be eliminated early.

#It’s too late to mourn for SKT, now I want to be a fan of the new King Longzhu.

#SKT is indeed not doing well this year, they should go back and practice hard.

Because SKT was swept by EDG in the group stage, it has become a loser in the eyes of many LCK fans. They are embarrassing them, so they just cut SKT off, making it seem as if SKT is no longer in the LCK region.

Su Mo saw another interesting post, which summarized the reactions of various teams to the quarterfinal draw.

In fact, when the EDG players were watching the draw just now, someone was filming, and what they said and their reactions were all captured.

Of course, not all the scenes will be released, and some sensitive and controversial words will be edited out.

Su Mo entered the post and took a look. First, when Longzhu and SKT were fighting together, the Longzhu people started celebrating directly without giving any face at all!
Everyone was laughing happily and there was no pressure at all.

On the other hand, after seeing that the opponent was Longzhu, everyone’s face looked grim. It was obvious that they did not want to meet Longzhu, but now the matter was done.

The following comments are also quite interesting:
“SKT is in danger! I remember the fear of being dominated by Dragon Ball in the summer season!”

“Longzhu: Are you guys here to deliver again?”

“What’s the difference between this and being promoted to the semifinals?”

“Eating, sleeping and playing SKT are the three things Longzhu is best at.”

Su Mo continued to look down. After WE drew SSG, Kangdi started dancing on the spot.

Xiye was also very happy and was cheering.

From their excitement, it can be seen that they really don’t take SSG seriously. The following comments:
“Just ask RNG and they will know how to beat SSG.”

“Playing two more scrims with RNG, playing against SSG is like playing against grandson.”

“This is so cool. Meeting the weakest LCK team is easy to win and it also increases popularity.”

However, SSG also celebrated when they found out that their opponent was WE!

The atmosphere suddenly became strange. Why were both teams celebrating…

It’s abnormal that both teams think the opponent is easy to beat.

Generally speaking, even if there are differences in the perception of players and teams, the differences will not be outrageous.

But now, one of WE and SSG has a big problem with their cognition.

The following comments are all mocking:
“SSG don’t think WE is easy to bully, do they?”

“SSG probably doesn’t know that RNG has a much harder time beating WE than them.”

“Why are you laughing? Don’t you understand the situation?”

Su Mo continued to look down, EDG and MSF.

Everyone in EDG was very happy, while MSF’s reaction was rather indifferent. It was just a very ordinary reaction. They knew who their opponent was, that’s all.

The following comment: “Are the people in MSF stupid? They didn’t react?”

“Have some reaction, you guys drew the LPL No. 1 seed that defeated SKT twice!”

“It seems like everyone on this team is stupid.”

Finally, there are RNG and FNC.

When the RNG people found out it was FNC, they laughed so hard that they fell down!

Xiaohu smiled first, then looked at UZI and found that UZI was also smiling, so he chose to continue smiling and stop pretending.

After reading all this, Su Mo felt that most people had not yet realized how many upsets there would be in the quarterfinals.

The next day, the eight teams in the quarterfinals left the hotel and headed to the next city together.

After checking into the hotel in the new city, the EDG team simply packed up their luggage and started training.

A few days passed quickly and the quarterfinals began!

First up is Longzhu vs. SKT.

The EDG members gathered together to watch the game.

Abu said, “The winner between Longzhu and SKT will be our opponent in the next round, so please watch carefully and try to find their flaws.”

The factory manager added: “I think the gap between SKT and Longzhu is not so big that they can’t fight back. Moreover, SKT’s BO5 is much stronger than their BO1. We should be more cautious.”

Players from both teams came on the field. The five people from Longzhu were in high spirits, as if they had everything under control.

The SKT players all looked a bit uncomfortable and under a lot of pressure, especially Huni on the top lane!

Meiko joked: “Look at Huni’s expression. He seems to be the worst among the three top laners in LCK this time, and much worse than the other two.”

“I feel that Longzhu has a good chance of breaking through from the middle and top lanes, so just focus on the top lane.”

The factory manager agreed: “If I were the jungler of Longzhu, I would definitely play like this. If you don’t use such a useful flaw, then it’s your own problem.”

Sure enough, Longzhu also thought so, and started by banning three top laners, not giving Huni any chance to get by.

Huni was forced to play operations with Khan in the top lane.

So after the game started, Huni was beaten into a Muggle in the top lane, Khan rode on his head and shit on him, and humiliated him in various ways.

A Guang exclaimed: “Oh my god, this Khan is so brutal, he is worthy of being the solo kill king of LCK.”

The factory manager agreed: “This person does have personal abilities. If we meet him, we should be careful.”

Ah Guang said, “Anyway, I won’t go up to fight him. I’ll leave it to Brother Mozi when the time comes.”

In the first game, SKT lost the game because they lost stability in the top lane.

Immediately afterwards, the second game began, and SSG continued to target the top lane in BP.

At this moment, SKT suddenly took out Yasuo in the top lane to counter Khan’s Gnar.

Abu analyzed: “It is true that Yasuo Contenor has such a saying, but the requirements for Yasuo users are very high. Does Huni have this ability?”

Su Mo commented: “I don’t think it’s good. SKT is more like being forced into a corner and has no other options. They can only try their best, so they picked it anyway.”

“Their idea should be very simple. If they beat Gnar with Yasuo in this game, then SSG’s BP in the next game will be difficult, and they won’t be able to ban all the heroes.”

Abu nodded and said, “That makes sense. This is a gamble by SKT. They chose to trust Huni. If it succeeds, it will be of great help to the subsequent BP. But if it fails, then it will basically be a dead end.”

However, something outrageous happened. In the top lane, Yasuo, who was supposed to be countering Gnar, was chased and beaten by Gnar all the way. He was unable to win in the early stage and became the Yasuo who could withstand pressure.

Ah Guang’s jaw dropped to the ground. “No, buddy, you brought out Yasuo to resist pressure? That’s not right, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be completely impossible to win in a team fight?”

“If Yasuo doesn’t have an advantage in the laning phase, his role in teamfights can’t be compared to Gnar’s.” Su Mo responded: “This is the consequence of picking a hero recklessly. It’s fine if he can play a role, but if he can’t beat the opponent in the laning phase, he will collapse to the end.”

So SKT lost the second game, again because of the top lane.

The pressure on SKT players was already high, and soon, the third game began.

Su Mo glanced at his phone. Now all the SKT fans on the Internet were wailing:
#Huni is really bad, so bad as a dog, how can there be such a bad top laner?
#If they had replaced a top laner who was somewhat effective, SKT would not have been double-killed by EDG.

#Lucky, we have gone far, looking forward to SKT’s new lineup next year.

At the beginning of the third game, Huni once again became a breakthrough point. This time he was very careful in laning and was not killed by a single player.

But CUZZ wouldn’t let him go and tried to catch him to death.

In the end, they caught Huni in red zone and started to attack him randomly, which led to the loss of the game.

In this way, Longzhu completed a sweep of SKT in the quarterfinals.

SKT don’t get eliminated and go home!

After watching the game, the EDG players had mixed feelings.

The good news is that SKT was sent away, and at least one strong rival was lost.

The bad news is even more explosive. Longzhu’s personal strength is much stronger than SKT.

Abu said, “Now that the game is over, do you have anything to say?”

Hikaru quipped, “Is it too late for me to join Dragon Ball now?”

Everyone laughed after hearing this: “I don’t think we’ll make it in time.”

“You should just study the Dragon Ball games honestly.

Ah Guang was stunned: “Ah? Do I still have to go on stage?”

Su Mo responded: “Don’t forget, you are the starting top laner and I am the substitute.”

The corner of A Guang’s mouth twitched.

What is a substitute? Can it be called a substitute if he comes on as a substitute every time?

The corner of his eye twitched, but he still nodded obediently: “Okay, you have the final say…”

Meiko said: “After watching the quarterfinals, I feel that Longzhu is more difficult to deal with than I thought. We need to work harder.”

The factory manager agreed: “Practice harder, there’s no point in thinking about anything else now.”

Abu said, “In that case, let’s get started. We will conduct research on MSF and Dragon Ball simultaneously.”

So everyone returned to their seats to prepare. Su Mo entered the forum to take a look, and sure enough, SKT fans were upset.

#Why has it to be Dragon Ball? If it wasn’t Dragon Ball, anyone would have a chance.

#Who drew the lot? So disgusting.

#SKT was eliminated in the quarterfinals, what a historical shame!
#From now on, I will support Longzhu. Who is SKT? I don’t know!
(End of this chapter)