"The game is over! DRX, they won their third win in the mid-season game! They are still two games away from the goal of qualifying for the top spot in the group stage. Let's see what happens next..."

Amid the deafening shouts of thousands of viewers at the scene, the key game of competing for the favorable position of the group's top spot finally came to an end and achieved a clear result.

C9 and drx, the two teams that have achieved complete victory in their regular seasons in their respective leagues, are the latter's victory as the end to draw a rest.

Judging from the current results, the DRX from the more famous and overall stronger LCK competition area is obviously better.

Although C9 is in excellent condition and the morale of the entire team is also very high, he still lost in front of Drx: especially on the road, which continues the glorious tradition that has never been changed:

The "axe phobia" of top laner licorice.

Just like when you meet Brother Li, your mid laner Zheng Zhixun will not perform steadily, when facing Xia Yan, Licorice, who is on the C9 road, also exposed the same symptoms: she performs abnormally due to nervousness.

The reason why he feels so nervous is very straightforward, because of the pressure built up from the crushing beginning of his debut game.

It is precisely because of so much pressure that the top laner Licorice, who originally performed well in the North American League and firmly ranked first in the league, has experienced so many stage frightening performances and was even killed alone once.

The performance on the road is just a microcosm of the whole game. The fact is that even if the league itself is invincible, after coming to an updated and more difficult stage, C9 lost their ecological position of absolute advantage in the league.

One fact before everyone is that Drx, which represents LK, defeated this North American champion team with a better and more comprehensive advantage.

The total time is thirty minutes. The summary panel at the end of the game shows that the economic gap between the two sides is 5,000: This also marks the side of the drx, which is indeed obviously better than the opponent.

As for the result of this game, both the ten players on the court and the majority of fans from all walks of life who are very accepting.

Because from all angles, the paper lineup is more luxurious, and the more competitive DRX in the competition area it belongs to has a better advantage. It is not surprising that the winning side is a team with a higher favorability rate in the outside world.

Now that I have experienced a huge gap, even as the C9 side, the starting players are not too depressed: there is still some time before the end of the group stage, and there are plenty of opportunities to win - not to mention that there are a total of four promotion places, and no matter what, you can get one.

As for the qualification to qualify for the top spot in the group... this made the other three divisions compete.

"Congratulations," Seeing that the other top laner Xia Yan came to him, C9's top laner Licorice also smiled bitterly, and could not help but reach out and greeted him: "You won again, axe."

During the S8 Global Championship, as Xia Yan's first opponent, he became the stepping stone for him to play the first name in the world. After so many years, Xia Yan also moved from FNC to G2 and drx. What remains unchanged is that he cannot defeat the opponent every time: although he really wants to defeat Xia Yan once, this dream seems to be impossible to accomplish.

Due to the cruelty of reality, Licorice could only accept the "facts" that could not defeat Xia Yan, and thus faced the moment of failure in peace.

Fortunately, Licorice's mentality is very broad. She did not get too stubborn or even give up because she could never get benefits in front of Xia Yan. Instead, she accepted this reality and became a top laner who firmly sat in the second-tier line.

Not to mention the extent of reaching the world class, it can at least be the leader in the North American League.

After passing the top laner, Xia Yan quickly led the team to shake hands with the C9 players one by one, and what he received was naturally all praise: after more than a year of renewal, the lineup composition of C9 has long changed: except for the top laner who is still a licorice, the other positions have changed a lot.

And it is precisely such a large change of personnel that makes the current scene happen:

The process of shaking hands with the C9 team members is about to become a fan meeting.

The game has ended, but the outside world has not stopped discussing this showdown and subsequent developments.

"Facts have proved that LCS is still the worst in the four major leagues. It was very difficult to play against LCS's champion, and it didn't look like it was invincible in the league at all..."

"It's time to look forward to a C9 finish fourth or even being eliminated."

"This year's champion has to compete in the three divisions of LPL, LCK and LEC. LCS should go home sooner."

Most of the comments off the court were about looking at C9 in North America, but in addition to that, there was another group that began to warm up for the events that followed.

The game they are looking forward to is the showdown between G2 and DRX that will be held in two days.

If we look at the entire MSI this year, the two closest teams will not appear except these two teams. The factors that contributed to all this are also very simple, and that is because of Xia Yan's existence.

Such a peaceful atmosphere was fully reflected in the period before the game.

"As a team that represents the European competition area and the team that AXE used to be, we welcome him at any time, and the arrival of the Drx he belongs to."

G2 boss Carlos, who has always been a sign of pre-game hygiene, suddenly took the initiative to reduce pressure and released a kind-hearted side before the game. Such a change can be said to be a big change of face, and many people were quite surprised by this.

Like the boss's attitude, Grab, who served as the head coach, also made a welcome trend: "G2 will always have a position in Axe. If you want to come back in the future, we will welcome it at any time."

The series of open attitudes shown by the senior management team all show their importance to Xia Yan at all times, which also gives a warm atmosphere before the game, rather than the tension before the two teams meet.

For most people, this game is more about Xia Yan's return than a competition to decide the top spot in the group - no matter whether any of them wins, it will satisfy many people.

This is a kind of expectation that rarely exists, but there are traces to follow.
Chapter completed!