Chapter 41

Zhou Si: "So what this means now is that we don't have any training matches to play."

Zhao Hui: "Except for UNG the day after tomorrow, there is none at the moment."

Zhou Si: "Why?"

Zhao Hui said helplessly, "It's because our guys beat their players so badly that they lost some confidence. So for the sake of the players' condition, they refused."

"Then wouldn't that mean we're isolated," Zhou Si frowned. "Will that significantly affect the players' performance?"

Zhao Hui looked at the five team members who looked relaxed: "..."

"The players' condition shouldn't be affected much, but we've lost a lot of opportunities to practice our lineups. I don't know if that will have a big impact on the competition."

Zhou Si sighed, feeling anxious and wanting to smoke: "These kids are so stupid and clueless."

"Oh," Zhao Hui consoled him, "It's okay. It's not as serious as you think. They didn't schedule an appointment with us because their own players aren't in good shape. Not playing scrimmages with us would be even more disadvantageous for them. They definitely won't be without games forever. I guess it's just a temporary reprieve. Don't worry, and..."

Zhao Hui looked at the five teenagers and smiled, "These talented teenagers are, to some extent, more knowledgeable than us coaches. They are very confident."

Le Anyi turned around and asked, "What are we doing now..."

Zhao Hui stood up. "Let's review the game first, then have a tactical discussion. The training match with the second team will continue as usual. We'll do whatever we want."

"oh--"

After a few days of training in seclusion, DL faced its first game after the Spring Festival, facing the veteran team FRI.

Seven years ago, FRI won the world championship for the LPL. The jungler at the time was the current UNG captain, Upper—a 19-year-old teenager at the time. After FRI's victory, the LPL fell silent for five years until Lingyin's DL once again won the world championship.

The current FRI is no longer the FRI of the past. The internal team members have been replaced one after another, some have retired, and some have changed teams. It is a brand new team.

"Welcome to the LPL Spring Split. I'm the commentator Lan Feng."

"I'm the commentator Qingyi."

Lan Feng: "Qingyi, would you like to make a bold prediction on the score of today's match?"

Qingyi: "Be conservative, DL2:1FRI."

Lan Feng: "So conservative! Then I'll be bolder and go 2:0."

Qing Yi shook his head and smiled. "Not necessarily. According to insider information, DL has no training matches to play during this period. FRI is not facing such a situation. Besides, FRI has always been good at some early-stage strategic planning and strange BP design."

Lan Feng: "Then why don't you predict FRI2:1DL?"

Qing Yi: "Well, after all..."

Qing Yi pointed to where Ling Yin Qu Xing was on the stage and said, "After all, with these two around, I really don't know how I can lose."

At the beginning of the first game, FRI was lucky enough to come to the blue side, and he banned Lingyin's Ahri without fail.

"Ban the prince?" Le Anyi asked while shaking the mouse.

Zhao Hui looked at the data recorded in the notebook.

They haven't scrimmaged against FRI yet, so their predictions can only be based on their past competitive lineups. Recent performance suggests Jarvan IV and Aphelios have seen a high usage rate, with Jarvan IV's win rate exceeding 80%. If there's no ban, FRI will likely go for Jarvan IV.

Zhao Hui said, "No, let them go. We'll counter Kindred."

FRI banned Lingyin's Ahri, Zed, and the top lane Quinn in the first three rounds.

DL banned Twisted Fate and Rakan, and finally banned Vi to prevent them from choosing junglers other than Jarvan IV to suppress the jungle.

FRI really snatched the prince away.

"No problem, lock Kindred." Zhao Hui: "Then dismantle their prince Aphelios and give Aphelios to Dazzling."

DL chose Kindred and Aphelios as their first and second picks respectively.

FRI's second and third choices are Sivir and Gem.

It's DL's turn to make the third pick.

"Male gun." Zhao Hui said.

Lan Feng commented on the first three picks: "No problem, DL's draft is as solid as ever. Aether's Graves is pure oppression in the laning phase, and Daisy's Aphelios can also hold their own in the late game."

After the second round of hero bans, Qingyi said: "Let's see what DL will pick first in the second round. They locked on the support Thresh."

Lan Feng: "Well, provide some control and protect Aphelios at the same time."

It's FRI's turn to select the last two heroes.

Lan Feng: "FRI will probably choose Victor."

Qingyi: "Well, after all, it's the super model of the version. DL has released it to them, so they should choose it. Moreover, this kind of team battle performance is relatively stable. If it is combined with the prince to start the team battle, the effect will be better."

However.

Lan Feng: "Eh???"

Qingyi: “Eh????”

FRI did not choose Viktor, but instead chose mid laner Nunu and top laner Malphite.

Zhao Hui: "Hiss—wait."

Le Anyi: "What do they mean??? What lineup? What are they doing? This is——"

Qu Xing said, "They're about to give up on the laning phase."

The disadvantage of not having scrimmages is that we have no idea what heroes they are practicing recently or what new strategies they have. If a game requires some strange composition, they have no way to analyze it and cannot predict it.

Zhao Hui said, "What do you want to pick, Easy? If they really want to roam, you have to pick someone who can solo carry."

Le Anyi: "Fiora? No, she'll be countered by the Stone Man."

Le Anyi: "Blue Steel Shadow?"

Jiang Lin moved his mouse back and forth between Shen and Fiora. "Fiora is better at solo laning. At this point, you're still focusing on the laning phase. No one's laning with you anymore."

Le Anyi: "Then it's the fucking Sword Princess!"

DL locked down Fiora in the last move.

Finally, the lineups of both teams were determined.

The blue side FRI is: Stoneman, Prince, Nunu, Sivir, Gem

The red team's DL is: Fiora, Kindred, Graves, Aphelios, Thresh

At the beginning of the game, the five FRI players formed a group to invade and headed straight for the DL red buff.

He Weichen felt that he couldn't fight hard, so Qian Jue started to move up: "I'm switching to the jungle area, be careful in the bottom lane."

Qu Xing: “Yeah.”

Lan Feng: "Now the two sides are exchanging jungle areas, and Daisy has chosen to maintain a stable position - so reassuring."

Qing Yi: "The Wind God's laning phase is still as terrifying as ever."

After three minutes, Nunu's health had been reduced by Lingyin. Lingyin adjusted his positioning, deliberately approaching his own low-health minions. When Nunu was forced to advance to last-hit, Lingyin quickly unleashed a precise Q, sending the gunpowder toss piercing both the low-health minions and Nunu, dealing damage while finishing off Nunu.

The gunpowder bomb continued to fly after hitting the soldier until it bounced back and exploded on the defense tower. The explosion range accurately included Nunu, and Nunu was forced to take some damage again. When his health was at the bottom, Ling Yin pressed the flash button and used a close-range attack plus ignite to force Nunu to flash.

Lan Feng lamented loudly, "Oh! He was just a hair's breadth away from a solo kill. What a pity."

Nunu was forced to return to the city and then returned to the line.

Qingyi: "Nunu pushed the line and then went down. He wanted to avoid the laning and started roaming. In this case, both the upper and lower lanes should be careful."

Lan Feng: "Eh? Daisy, doesn't she know that Nunu is going downstairs? The prince is here too. He's in danger now."

Qing Yi: "You should know. I saw the Wind God gave him a signal."

Lan Feng: "I take back what I said about Daisy being steady... Run!!! Daisy!! What are you doing???"

Jiang Lin was already used to this, so he calmly asked a useless question: "Are you really not going to retreat? Just like that?"

Qu Xing: “Yeah.”

Nunu on the opposite side: "I'm coming, I'm coming."

Jewel: "I E-flash Aphelios, and the Prince follows."

Nunu came down, and Gem quickly used E to flash. Qu Xing pressed Purify almost the moment he was stunned. At the same time, he made an extreme right-angle move to avoid the Prince's EQ and used Tongbi's Q to mark Gem.

Nunu knew it was difficult and retreated, saying quickly, "We can't fight anymore! Retreat, retreat, retreat."

Lan Feng: "I knew it! I knew it, hahahahahaha."

Qing Yi: "Didn't you just say you wanted to take back what you said about Daisy being steady?"

Nunu failed to catch the bottom, and after pushing the line, he started to move upstream. The Stone Man was the first to use his ultimate skill, intending to cooperate with Nunu to kill Le Anyi.

Le Anyi: "Ah ...

He shouted while moving his hands very quickly. He used Laurent's Heart Eye Knife to accurately block the knockback effect and stun the stone man with a backhand, almost interrupting FRI's combo rhythm, and struggled desperately in the hands of the two people.

When Ling Yin TP landed on the ground, he had only a trace of blood left.

Lan Feng: "The Wind God is here! The Wind God's burst of damage quickly killed the low-health Nunu, but he still couldn't save Fiora from FRI. The two sides completed a one-for-one exchange!"

Qingyi: "DL avoided the collapse in the top lane, but what about Easy?"

Lan Feng: "It's a bit difficult to deal with. Fiora is the only one in DL who can solo lane."

Even with Ling Yin's timely TP defense, FRI couldn't stop their pressure on the top lane tower. Soon, DL's top lane tower was destroyed by FRI. The battle for the dragon arrived. The Prince began to stir again, leading the Stone Man towards the bottom lane.

Qu Xing watched the prince's actions: "Xixi!!"

Jiang Lin understood and immediately unleashed his Soul Lantern to save Qu Xing, who had been dodged by the Prince's EQ, and then backhandedly hooked the gem. Meanwhile, Qu Xing used Flash to dodge the Stoneman's ultimate, then turned around and used Clearlight Night Condensation to cripple three people, then collected the gem's head that Jiang Lin had hooked. The Prince, with low health, was forced to retreat.

Ling Yin said: "Control the dragon."

Lan Feng: “Awesome!!!”

Qing Yi: "Ahem..."

Commentators are not allowed to be obviously biased. Lan Feng realized what was happening and quickly sat up straight. "Oh, that's right, that's right. Although FRI failed to gank the bottom lane again, it doesn't matter. Losing a little dragon isn't a big loss. We still have a chance to fight back later."

Qing Yi: "Yes, I think... they can give up on Daisy. He already has strong survival abilities, and with Xixi, it's really too hard to kill him. Instead, he gets beaten up and bloodied. It's unnecessary."

FRI was still swimming. While DL was fighting the little dragon, Prince Nunu went home and headed straight to the top half to prepare to play vanguard.

Ling Yin did not intend to let them take the lead.

They can take the little dragon first. It will take some time for FRI to take the vanguard, which is enough for them to rush to the upper half.

Ling Yin said as he walked up: "Seize their vanguard."

He Weichen: "OK."

When the prince saw the figure of the male gun, the vanguard's health was almost at the bottom, but it was not yet at the kill line. He didn't dare to punish him directly. When he was hesitating, the male gun suddenly moved.

The prince didn't have time to think, quickly unleashing his skills to attack the vanguard. However, it was too late. He Weichen had already grabbed the vanguard under the cover of Ling Yin's smokescreen. At the same time, Ling Yin's ultimate skill took the prince's head.

He Weichen: "Handsome!"

Qu Xing said in a series: "Handsome handsome handsome handsome handsome——"

Nunu: "I'll hold the middle, and you four will siege the lower area. Kill them if you can. If you can't, it's okay. Lure them over and we'll take down the middle tower."

The bottom lane duo was once again surrounded by FRI, four-on-two. After marking the gem under the Crooked Star Tower, they used their Mirror Turret to instantly kill Prince, then flashed to avoid a snowball from Nunu. Happily, An Yi Lingyin TPed back to defense, but Jiang Lin was already dead. FRI suddenly retreated, and Malphite, under cover, TPed directly to mid lane, collaborating with Nunu to destroy the middle tower.

Not content with destroying the enemy, Nunu headed straight for top lane after returning to the city. He spent the first twenty minutes frantically roaming and ganking the side lanes. While ganking Qu Xing had little effect, he had already ensnared Le Anyi, the sole solo laner, and Fiora, leaving them hopeless. Top lane, from the first tower to the high ground tower, was completely destroyed, leaving only a bare crystal.

Now the crystal has also been removed.

Lan Feng couldn't help but sigh: "Nunu's roaming is too crazy."

25 minutes.

Nunu: "Touch Baron and force a teamfight. Don't really fight him, just try to trick him."

Several FRI players took up positions early to clear the dragon area's vision. The Stoneman hid in the brush, and Nunuka took the corner above the dragon pit. The Prince deliberately exposed his dragon-killing moves while fighting, while Sivir used W to pretend to kill the dragon from the side.

The DL players had no vision and couldn't see the Baron's health, so they couldn't be sure if they were really fighting. The Stone Man was hiding in the brush, and suddenly found the perfect moment, using his R to flash Aphelios and send him flying.

Being able to use several skills in Qu Xingzhong was exciting enough, and several people became excited: "Beautiful! Just kill him, kill him."

Qu Xing quickly hit the stopwatch to avoid the first wave of damage. Jiang Lin tried to use Lantern just as Qu Xing's stopwatch expired, but was knocked away by Prince's EQ. Gem followed up with a stun, continuing to control Qu Xing while unleashing his ultimate. Qu Xing's health rapidly dwindled.

Lan Feng: "Is Daisy finally going to die? Oh, even without him, he still has the resurrection armor!"

On the map, Aphelios stood up with his resurrection armor and flashed to create space. At the same time, he instantly switched to Infernal R and Clear Night Vibration to hit the Stone Man Prince and Nunu. With the help of the Broken Mirror Turret, he instantly killed the half-blood Prince. At the same time, Lingyin Smoke Bomb came in and used his ultimate move to kill the low-blood Gem.

Nunu: "It's okay, it's okay. I have W."

They were about to chase Qu Xing. Nunu's predictable W snowballed, forcing Qu Xing to move against the wall. Just then, Baobao's ultimate took effect, granting all FRI members invincibility for 2.5 seconds. Sivir quickly used her R to pursue, and Malphite also caught up to Aphelios.

Qu Xing was attacked by several people, and after several sets of control chains, his sinful life was finally ended. Ling Yin was also killed to a low health and had no choice but to retreat.

Lan Feng: "DL's mechanics were superb, but they still lost the Baron fight."

Qingyi: "Yes, the selection of Baobao destined DL team fights to be like this. His ultimate is too deadly for Graves and Aphelios."

After FRI took down the Baron, they continued to advance. DL was forced to defend and soon came to the decisive battle at the Ancient Dragon.

Ling Yin is still looking for an opportunity.

Lan Feng: "The Wind God cut in from the flank and killed Sivir instantly. Xingxing's Mirror Turret was maxed out but it was still useless. Nunu and Prince started a team fight to control the situation, and the Stone Man's armor took the damage and couldn't be defeated!"

In the end, FRI won the Ancient Dragon fight and successfully pushed forward to destroy DL's base, winning the first game.

Qingyi: "Congratulations to FRI for becoming the first team to break DL's winning streak in small games since the Spring Split. I wonder if they can build on their success and break DL's winning streak in large games as well."

Lan Feng: "Nunu's roaming is too abnormal, he roams like crazy. Although he seems to die many times, he actually takes all the resources."

Qing Yi: "Really perverted."

Lan Feng said: "There are even more perverted ones."

Qingyi: "What?"

Lan Feng gestured for him to look at the dashboard. "Our Xingxing got caught in a side lane, and a teamfight started. And now, looking at the results—huh? 7-1??"

Qing smiled and said, "It's really perverted."