Chapter 124 - Battle with KOO
The atmosphere in China is very enthusiastic about this world competition.

Even though every game is held in the early morning, the excitement remains unabated.

As the LPL sponsor of this World Championship, Gree spent a lot of money on publicity.

Let the world see China's strength!

This is not only Gree’s slogan, but also the country’s hope for the three LPL teams.

The current LPL's results are much better than what we remember.

But, it's not enough!

We must win the championship to be qualified to compete with LCK for the title of the first division.

Yuan Shen knew it very well.

The Korean division’s current record is two championships and one runner-up, while the LPL’s record is two runner-ups.

The gap is still big.

This is reality, not Korean fanfare.

Even in the past two years, it is still difficult for LPL teams without Korean aid to achieve results.

Yuan Shen only overestimates KOO and never underestimates him.

Although Kuro and Grela are a bit slack, no one can tell whether they will wake up at the critical moment and perform at their best.

After all, in his memory, people like KOO are all very nervous and their potential is definitely not low.

He estimated KOO's strength to be the second strongest team after SKT.

That is the standard for S5 runner-up.

As for whether KOO can reach his theoretical limit, he doesn't know.

Therefore, in the recent training matches, he has tried his best to remain invisible and barely maintain a 50-50 situation with his sister-in-law.

His teammates need greater training.

You can't let him do everything.

Otherwise, with my sister-in-law's ability, she would have been defeated by him long ago.

But even so, the performance of the bottom lane still did not meet his expectations.

There is no other way. In this case, Smeb will have to bear the brunt of the situation.

What he will face is himself at full power!
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Ever since the draw for the quarterfinals, the match between IG and KOO has been discussed in China.

After all, they don’t care about the games in the upper half, and they don’t care about the civil war between EDG and LGD in the lower half.

The only thing worth paying attention to is the China-Korea match between IG and KOO.

Most viewers believed that IG could win 3 to 1.

The LPL commentators naturally support their own team 100%, but there are always a few people who like to sing a different tune.

For example, Guan Zeyuan.

However, Guan Zeyuan, who believed that KOO would win, was not criticized by domestic audiences. Instead, he received encouragement and recognition from IG fans.

Guan Zeyuan, who works on the secret front, is protecting IG in his own way.

He is the invisible guardian of IG!
23: Beijing time, : pm London time.

When KOO and IG entered the competition venue, the seats were already full!
The venue is large enough to accommodate thousands of people, and there are IG and KOO fans cheering everywhere.

"Hello everyone, today is the third day of the quarterfinals of the 2015 World Championship. Today's opponents are KOO and IG. Now, let's invite the teams to the stage!!"

As the host finished speaking, the audience cheered instantly.

"First of all, let us welcome the third seed team from LCK, KOO Tiger!!"

KOO and his team, plus substitutes and coaches, a total of seven people, walked to the center of the stage together.

They lined up in a row, standing in front of the players' seats, with the huge KOO team logo behind them!
"Top lane Smeb!!"

"Ahhhhh!!"

Smeb listened to the cheers from the audience and waved to the audience with a smile.

"Jungle Hujin!!"

"Mid lane Kuro!!"

"Pray in the bottom lane!!"

"Assist Gorilla!!"

After the five members of KOO were introduced, the host changed the topic. "Now, let's welcome today's second team, the IG team from the LPL region!!"

"Ahhhhh!!"

"IG!!!"

"IG!!!"

"IG come on!!!"

The scene immediately erupted in cheers, which were several levels louder than when KOO appeared before!
IG, which defeated KT and allowed OG to retain its last hope, surprisingly conquered a considerable number of European and American audiences and became fans of IG.

Watching the IG players walk onto the stage, the fans at the scene were shouting like crazy. Before the game even started, KOO had already been completely defeated in terms of momentum.

Among the crowd, Yuan Shen looked at the camera, smiled and waved.

"Let us welcome the top laner!!"

"Oooo!!"

“Oooooh, hubby, harder!”

"Hubby, love me again!!"

The audience at the scene went completely crazy after seeing Yuan Shen’s close-up.

In front of the camera, the young man looks handsome and gentle like jade. People would believe he is in the entertainment industry!
The voices were so loud that the entire venue began to cheer Yuan Shen's game ID. This scene surprised many people.

Wow, what a momentum!!

Even Faker's appearance was not this outrageous!!

Even for local teams, it is difficult to have such momentum.

Yuan Shen was a little surprised, but he still reacted and waved to the audience.

The atmosphere on the scene became even more lively.

What he didn't know was that when the audience saw him use Noxus to kill five OG players like pigs on the field, they fell in love with this decisive and fierce top laner.

His performance has left a mark in the minds of all the spectators. In IG's games, everyone will have expectations for him and look forward to his performance.

European and American audiences who are keen on personal heroism and medieval chivalry are admirers of the strong!

SKT defeated FNC, and they only felt aggrieved because FNC was operated to death. The feeling of surrendering and being flattened without even fighting reminded them of the bad memories of the last World Championship.

But IG defeated OG in a serious fight, defeating them head-on in a one-on-one confrontation.

The bloody fight was much more exciting and passionate than SKT's victory.

For Yuan Shen, the expectations of thousands of fans are undoubtedly a huge pressure.

He must ensure that he performs without mistakes, otherwise a mistake may ruin his reputation and plunge him into the abyss!
But this trust is also the audience's recognition of him.

It is quite rare to have such trust, especially in Europe and the United States.

After introducing other IG players one after another, the IG players and KOO came to the player seat to install their own peripherals and debug the machines.

The life-and-death battle in the group stage quarterfinals has officially begun!
"Welcome everyone to the 2015 League of Legends World Championship. Hello everyone, I am Wawa!"

"I'm Miller!"

"I'm PDD!"

At London's Wembley Arena, the camera switched to the commentary booth. The three commentators were all wearing formal attire. PDD's suit was so tight that people couldn't help but worry that his buttons would burst at any time.

"The quarterfinals, the climax has arrived. The matchup in the lower half will be the most important part of this World Championship. It is even more of a matter of life and death for our LPL. Today, IG will face KOO..."

As Wawa was talking, he was filled with worry.

Claiming to be the No. 1 league in LPL, most of the time it is just deceiving oneself.

Apart from EDG's victory over SKT at MSI and OMG's shutout of Najin White Shield in last year's quarterfinals, LPL's winning rate against LCK in the past two years has not been high.

If you have not experienced that period, you have no idea what it means to resist Korea, nor how difficult it is.

From S3 to S4, in the finals for two consecutive years, Royal Club was crushed by a large margin and saw almost no hope, and they couldn't even catch up with the Korean team.

Now, in the only match between China and South Korea in the quarterfinals, as long as they can win, they will be guaranteed to enter the finals, or at least be the runner-up...

"IG beats KOO..."

Miller was silent for a moment, then said in a resounding voice: "It's a tough battle!"

"Yes, although KOO lost to FW in the group stage, their strength and potential are definitely very strong. Almost all the players in this team are star players from LCK. Compared with IG, they are stronger in terms of past performance and experience."

PDD sighed, IG's experience in major competitions has always been a concern for many people.

IG does not have sufficient experience in world competitions, and no one knows how they are preparing now.

(End of this chapter)