Chapter 256: Going to MSI, Goal: Grand Slam of the Year!!

Going upstairs, everyone found their own rooms.

After entering the room, Lu Yi tidied his luggage and then sat in front of the computer.

This room has its own computer. I tried the internet speed and it's pretty good. Although it's definitely not as good as in China, at least it can be used.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yi received new message from the TES team group.

Warhorse: "Let's go eat together, then rest and start training tomorrow."

So Lu Yili opened a room and went to the corridor. Everyone else was ready, and they walked together.

When we arrived at the restaurant on the second floor, there were quite a few people inside.

Before coming, Lu Yi learned a little bit about it. There are a total of fifteen teams participating in this MSI.

Originally there were supposed to be sixteen teams, but there was a problem in one division and they started playing real-person PK, so it became fifteen.

Lu Yi didn’t know most of the people, but he found a familiar face in the crowd, Caps, the King of Hats!
Hatters was eating with his teammates. Suddenly, he noticed this side, so he said a few words to his teammates and brought them over to say hello.

When he saw Lu Yi, the King of Hats actually said, "Yishen, I am your fan, Yishen."

Now Lu Yi's nickname has spread all over the world, and foreign fans and contestants have learned how to pronounce it.

Lu Yi had seen this statement on the Internet before and thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems not an exaggeration at all.

But on second thought, when those T1 guys met him, no one called him Yishen, but the G2 guys who were farther away called him that. This is very disrespectful!

We have to teach T1 a lesson later!
Everyone in G2 asked to take a photo with Lu Yi, so Lu Yi took photos with everyone in G2, and several teammates just watched from the side.

After taking the group photo here, the two teams took a group photo together, and then it was over.

The TES group found a table, sat down, and started ordering food.

During this process, people kept coming to Lv Yi to take photos:

"Yishen, I'm your fan."

"Yishen, take a photo with me."

"Yishen, can you give me an autograph? I've watched every one of your games."

Everyone in TES was stunned. Hang muttered, "Why is there such a big difference in treatment between people? Is Yishen so popular?"

Ah Shui said: "I feel like this can be considered cultural output. I guess many people are learning Chinese for you, Yishen."

Lu Yi smiled and said, "Maybe. It's okay. When we win a few more S-League titles, more people will learn from us."

"Get a few more..." Hang's jaw almost dropped to the ground. When Lu Yi said this, his tone was very flat, as if he was not talking about winning the S championship, but about what to eat tomorrow morning.

After finishing their meal, the TES players returned to their respective rooms to rest. The next day, training began, mainly to maintain their touch.

At the same time, Zhanma began to introduce the current situation to everyone: "This MSI is divided into the group stage, confrontation stage and knockout stage. The group stage and confrontation stage are both BO1, and the knockout stage is BO3. Now the group results of the group stage have come out. We are in the same group with PSG, IW, and RED."

"PSG? This team looks so familiar, are they the same people from the previous LMS region?" Hang discovered the key point.

Zhan Ma affirmed: "Yes, it is them. They are pretty good among the wild cards."

Hang couldn't hold it in any longer: "It's still okay for a wildcard? LMS has fallen to this point."

Lu Yi joked: "I asked them to join LPL but they refused. That's it. You want to improve by playing chess with a bunch of bad players?"

"That's true." Everyone understood what Lu Yi meant.

Zhan Ma continued, "The rules of MSI have changed this time. Wildcard teams can play against teams from major regions starting from the group stage, and the teams from major regions are divided into separate groups, so there should be no pressure in the group stage for the time being."

"As for the competition, the schedule will depend on the results of the group stage, but we can analyze the general situation and we will definitely have a chance to play against T1."

Hearing this, everyone's fighting spirit was boosted.

The next day, at the MSI competition site, the game hadn't even started yet, but the venue was already packed.

In the LPL commentary booth, Miller, Wawa and Rita are already ready.

Wawa explained: "Welcome to the 2022 League of Legends Championship Invitational..."

In the locker room, the TES players are waiting to go on stage.

The first game today is between T1 and SGB.

It’s a good opportunity to see what the current status of T1 is.

The warhorse called out, "The competition is about to begin, come and have a look."

Hang speculated: "I think it will be a one-sided massacre. The other side will definitely not be able to withstand it."

Warhorse: "It's okay. We can also see their current condition."

T1 and SGB players come on stage, BP, and the game screen begins.

Everyone originally thought that the game would end quickly, but unexpectedly the two teams became so tense!
The game was going back and forth, and people who didn't know would think it was a match between two teams of similar level.

"Ah? What is T1 doing? Shouldn't they be beating the opponent with ease?" Hang didn't understand.

Ah Shui speculated: "He must be hiding something."

Shan Ji joked: "Aren't they afraid of hiding until S13? They like hiding things so much."

A Shui: "I'm serious, T1 is really hiding something now, those who said they were hiding something before were just pretending."

This game took more than 30 minutes to end, which is considered slow in this version.

After the game, Zhan Ma said, "We are ready to play. Our opponent is PSG. Although we have a clear advantage in terms of strength, we should not take it lightly."

Everyone nodded.

While there was still time, Lu Yi took a look at the pace of the forum:

[Brutalize me! Torture PSG to death! ]

[I don't think Yi Shen needs to take this little Karami seriously. ]

【Nothing else to say, just use whatever violence you can.】

【Kill them all! 】

The fans are very excited now, what they want is not just to win the game, but to have a huge kill!

So Lu Yi suggested: "Let's choose a violent lineup later. You should understand violent."

Hearing these two words, everyone seemed to think of something happy and smiled wickedly.

Zhan Ma was stunned: "Wait a minute, haven't we already discussed the BP and tactics in advance? What are you trying to do?"

Lu Yi replied: "It's okay, Ah Shui is here to guarantee the victory."

"Pfft..." Ah Shui originally thought that Lu Yi was going to talk about himself, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly put the blame on him.

"I didn't say that..." Ah Shui quickly distanced himself from the matter.

At the game, in the LPL division commentary booth, Wawa said:

"Okay, the second game of the day is about to begin, with TES from the LPL region versus PSG from the Southeast Asia region!"

Rita was quite polite: "From the perspective of the strength of the two teams, I think TES should have a clear advantage, so I am more optimistic about TES."

Wawa smiled and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so modest. TES is just better than PSG. I think PSG has no chance."

Miller continued: "Now, let's welcome the players from both sides to the stage!"

On the competition stage, the contestants come on stage.

The TES fans at the scene had already accumulated strength and burst out at this moment:
"TES! TES! TES!"

"Brothers, take off!"

"Break their heads off for me!"

"Severely humiliate me!"

The director gave a close-up of the PSG players, and all five of them looked unhappy. They didn't expect that TES would be so popular in foreign competitions.

People who don’t know would think this is in LPL.

After both players appeared, they came to their respective positions.

In this game, TES is on the red side and PSG is on the blue side.

Before the BP started, Lu Yi suddenly came up with an idea.

Didn’t you get the entry “One thought to heaven, one thought to hell” before?

Now is a good time to give it a try.

According to this entry, both sides can make the designation, as long as it is done before the game starts.

So should it be given to the other side or to yourself?

Because it is completely random, it may be enhanced or weakened, so you must be cautious.

Relatively speaking, it seems that giving the BUFF to the opponent makes it easier to control.

The five players on the opposite side, top laner Hanabi, jungler River, mid laner Maple, ADC Unified, and support Kaiwing, are all familiar to me.

If I have to say, the only person I am familiar with is Maple, an acquaintance.

It's useless to give Maple a feeling. No matter whether it's strengthened or weakened, Lu Yi is confident that he can beat him badly.

After all, the increase is based on a percentage. If the opponent is already very weak, what's the problem with a 40% increase?

"For this top laner, Hanabi, one thought is heaven, one thought is hell."

Lu Yi made a choice.

[Ding! The entry is triggered successfully, the target Hanabi is shaking...]

A dice appeared in Lu Yi's mind, spinning rapidly, slowing down, and finally stopping.

Six o'clock!

This……

I got a six on the first try, what great luck!

[Ding! Hanabi is affected by the phrase 'One thought to heaven, one thought to hell', and his strength increases to 140%]

Lu Yi couldn't hold it anymore. These entries of his usually increased attributes by about 20%, and they were single attributes at that. This was already very scary, but this entry enhanced all attributes, directly by 140%!

Can the pheasants really handle it?

If the opponent had not been strengthened, he would be similar to a pheasant, but now he has been strengthened.

Out of kindness, Lu Yi reminded: "Shan Ji, you'd better be careful, the opponent's top lane is not easy to deal with."

Shan Ji laughed after hearing this: "Yishen, you are looking down on me Shan Ji. As long as the other opponents don't come to the top lane to cause trouble, I will beat them casually, really."

Shan Ji rolled up his sleeves and looked serious.

For him, this was a hard-earned opportunity to perform. There were not many top laners he could play against, and Hanabi was one of them.

Moreover, because the opponent is a team like PSG, Shan Ji can win the favor of fans after winning, so this kind of opportunity naturally cannot be missed.

Enter the BP phase.

PSGBAN got Spear of Vengeance, Nightmare and Kai'Sa.

Miller commented: "Is this Kalista banned from the bottom lane or the mid lane? I don't understand. Both the mid and bottom lanes of TES are experts in using Kalista."

Rita continued: "Let's just assume they're killing two birds with one stone. After they're banned, you can't use the mid and bottom lanes anyway."

Just then, something outrageous happened.

TESBAN’s are Sylvia, Nami and Sona.

"Ah? What does that mean? What are TES doing with these three BANs? I don't understand." Miller was dumbfounded. They had studied the version carefully and found that these three heroes had not been strengthened at all.

Not only the commentators, but also the audience couldn't understand it.

Of course, some people can understand it, and PSG understands it.

This is humiliating!

These three BAN positions seem to have banned heroes, but in fact, there are no such positions. They give you three BAN positions!
Entering the hero selection stage, PSG on the blue side locked on Monkey King on the first floor.

It was TES's turn to choose, and TES got Spider and Diana on the first and second floors.

The moment he saw the spider, Wawa was very surprised: "No, can I choose the spider? There are still people playing the spider in this version? No way?"

Wawa scratched his head: "Could it be that TES is hiding something? They can't really be hiding something."

Rita tried to analyze: "But then again, if you pick a support like Leona who has strong early-game coordination ability in the bottom lane, plus Elise, and target the bottom lane, this strategy has a chance. This may be the reason."

Immediately afterwards, PSG locked EZ and Titan on the second and third floors.

Once it was TES's turn to choose, TES directly took out Draven and Gangplank on the third and fourth floors.

"Welcome to the Draven League!" After Draven locked on, fans of A Shui at the scene started screaming.

In the official live broadcast room, the comments were boiling:
【Here he comes! Brothers, here he comes! 】

[Is Wenbo inflated? He even uses Draven to show off. 】

[What do you know? This game is all about pursuing extreme violence! ]

【Give them a hard beating! 】

PSG got Card and Gnar on the fourth and fifth floors.

Wawa analyzed: "Master Tsunami is in the mid lane. Why do I feel like this Tsunami is used to target Draven in the bottom lane? It's really hard for Draven to perform well with Tsunami on him."

Rita agreed, "That's right. Now it depends on what Yishen uses to fight against Card in the middle lane. I think there are many heroes that can be chosen. As long as we can beat Card..."

Just as the commentator was analyzing what Lu Yi would use to deal with Card, TES revealed the Spider on the fifth floor and then locked it.

The three commentators were stunned on the spot!

After being stunned for several seconds, Wawa muttered, "Spider? What? What the hell is Spider? Aren't we still short of a mid laner? You Spider is the jungler, so where is the Ruined King going? He can't go to the top lane, right? Then Gangplank goes to the mid lane?"

Miller thought about it and it seemed to make sense: "Now that you put it that way, it seems like this. Although it feels a little outrageous, it is the most reasonable one."

However, the spider was replaced by Lu Yi in the middle lane and was not replaced further.

On the PSG side, Maple was dismissive: "They are playing tricks. The opponent is definitely Gangplank in the middle. They don't dare to go against Gangplank and Gnar, fearing that they can't win."

"I'm in a good feel now, really. If they let me face off against Gangplank, I'm going to beat this Gangplank to pieces!" Hanabi became more confident.

Just now, he suddenly felt that his body had undergone some changes. He was full of strength and his reaction speed was maxed out!

Now I only have one idea, to beat the opponent!

The countdown was approaching twenty seconds, but TES still hadn't made any movement, and Spider was still in the middle lane.

"No way……"

Amid the commentator's puzzled voice, the countdown lasted only twenty seconds, and neither side could change their lineups:
Format: Bo1
【TES】VS【PSG】（0:0）

Top lane: [Captain] VS [Lost Fang]

Jungle: [King of the Ruined] VS [Monkey King]

Mid: [Spider Queen] VS [Card Master]

ADC: [Glory Executioner] VS [Explorer]

Support: [Dawn Goddess] VS [Deep Sea Titan]

(End of this chapter)