Chapter 543: Expedition (Part 2)

Darkness shrouded the stage, and the audience below was also very quiet.

After experiencing more than an hour of wonderful performances, the throats of the audience at the scene had also become a bit dry.

However, everyone knew that the climax of tonight's performance was just about to come.

Darkness lasted for an unknown amount of time, and a spotlight shone on the center of the stage, where a piano and a girl who was beautifully foul suddenly appeared.

"Wuhu!"

"So beautiful!"

"Luo Quan, I love you!"

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The cheers of the audience below shouted to the sky, and the lively atmosphere instantly ignited the sky of the entire open-air stadium.

"You are the shadow to my life

Did you feel us

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The crisp piano sound and Luo Quan's ethereal singing voice slowly sounded. The first song at the beginning was music familiar to League players.

As the first English song after Luo Quan's debut, *Faded* had already accumulated a terrifying 2.5 billion views on YouTube. It was the hottest electronic music on a global scale, and whether in the circle or outside the circle, it was called the pioneering work of pop electronic music.

And in China, this song didn't have so many high-end labels. Its popularity was mainly because of various remixes.

After the song became popular on the foreign internet, many game video UP hosts in China added it as the BGM of game highlights into their videos, and then because of Luo Quan's heavenly singing voice and catchy, brainwashing melody, it became a divine song that swept the entire gaming circle.

For *League of Legends* players, this song also had quite high sentiment. During the S7 Finals last year, this song had been sung in the Bird's Nest.

Although it was a cover, after the singing voice sounded, it still caused a chorus in the entire Bird's Nest.

At this time, the original singer sang *Faded* again. As Luo Quan raised her right hand and made a gesture for everyone to join in, the tens of thousands of audience members at the Shanghai Peng Peng Yuchang once again made a neat and uniform singing voice:

"Where are you now

Atlantis

Under the sea

Under the sea

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Facts proved that Luo Quan's fans were almost fully covered among teenagers in the twenty-year-old age group.

Luo Quan once again turned this stage into her personal concert. Just a simple interaction gained the enthusiastic response of the entire audience.

After one song ended, many audience members had already stood up unknowingly, and only sat down after being reminded by the people behind them.

The performance hadn't ended yet, so no matter how excited they were, they had to pay attention to their quality.

The stage fell into darkness again. The fans looked at the program trailer on their mobile phones. This should be the last song tonight, it seemed to be called *Legends Never Die*?

Soon, the music started, still the soothing piano sound.

"Legends Never Die"

Luo Quan whispered the lyrics, letting the restless hearts of the audience gradually calm down. They didn't expect that after the main verse of this song ended, the chorus could be so passionate.

Luo Quan used a high-pitched voice to describe a heart that constantly pursues the peak of the championship.

Just as the lyrics sang, since it had already become a legend, it would never be extinguished!

From this song, the audience at the scene heard that this was a tribute to the greatest professional player of the LOL game, and the lyrics sang about the professional career of that three-time champion.

Although this three-time champion was not Chinese, whether in the game or outside the game, he couldn't find any dark spots, and he was almost a perfect existence, so in the eyes of *League of Legends* players all over the world, he was the well-deserved true god!

After this song was sung, the eyes of the audience at the scene were a bit complicated.

Although legends never die, even gods have a day of getting old.

Last year, the Demon King broke into the S7 Finals with a god-level performance, and five Galios lifted the GNR team, but in the end, he was defeated by Samsung, which was also an LCK team, and the Demon King's dream of three consecutive championships ended here.

And this year, the Demon King, who had entered the end of his professional career, had technology that was not as sharp as it was back then, and the team he was in also expectedly didn't enter the S-series.

As the biggest opponent of the LPL in the S-series, the Demon King's absence was worth celebrating, but it was also very regrettable.

This year, the GNR team's championship appearance was close, and they were placed high hopes by countless domestic players, believing that they would definitely be able to win the championship in S8.

Players also hoped that they could completely defeat this LPL arch-rival in the S8 Finals. After all, before this, the Demon King had never lost in the knockout rounds of the S-series against the LPL.

Unfortunately, this time the legend was extinguished, and the duel people were looking forward to could no longer appear.

But in any case, using such a song to pay tribute to the true god of LOL was no problem in the eyes of players. After all, he symbolized an era.

But now, a new era was about to come.

The performance ended, and the highly anticipated LPL Summer Finals were about to start.

On one side was the GNR team that had won all the championships that could be won this year. Their dominance was incomparable. In foreign wars, as long as the GNR team played, it was basically equivalent to a default victory.

And the I-Game team on the other side also had strong momentum. They won thirteen consecutive victories in the Spring Split, and only lost one group match in the Summer Split. The high winning rate was unprecedented and would not be seen again.

Except for the support, every player in the team was a reckless man and an operation monster. Many matches often ended after twenty minutes. Because the game style was extremely violent, they had also attracted countless fans over the past year.

At the moment when the performance ended and the match hadn't started, the livestream heat on Bilibili was already close to 100 million, and the match broadcast popularity on other livestreaming platforms was also heading towards the historical highest record.

The hot searches on Weibo were also dense, but most of them were about the stars participating in the performance. After all, the match hadn't officially started.

Among them, Luo Quan's hot searches were the most, occupying four spots by herself: two for songs, one for Akali cosplay, and one for "Luo Quan is so beautiful".

These basically belonged to routine operations. Every time she performed on stage, her stunning beauty would steadily enter the top ten of hot searches. This was almost unshakable.

At the same time, Luo Quan, who had finished the performance in the stadium, had returned to the backstage. She didn't change her Akali clothes and went home directly by car.

Because the stadium was not very far from Tan Gong, she had promised fans a few days before the match started that she would livestream this century battle for everyone tonight.

So after the performance ended, Luo Quan didn't even care about eating and hurried home by taxi.

"Shouldn't have missed any wonderful content, right?" Luo Quan opened her computer and looked at the *League of Legends* livestream interface on Bilibili.

"Fortunately, the pick-and-ban stage hasn't started yet." Luo Quan breathed a sigh of relief.

"So magical, just finished watching Luo Quan singing on stage, and in the blink of an eye, Luo Quan has already gone home to livestream the match for everyone."

"Shanghai Peng Peng Yuchang is not far from Tan Gong. If you drive fast and there is no traffic jam, you will be there in twenty minutes."

"I was wondering, so they are all in Shanghai."

"Luo Bao, Luo Bao, predict who can win the championship."

"How to predict this?"

"I think GNR will win three games in a row, no big problem."

"Thinking too much, the I-Game team is still quite strong, okay."

"I won't say much about Da Mao's strength, okay. 'Eternal God' isn't called for nothing."

"There is only one god in my heart. Luo Quan also sang a song just now. Everyone should know who it is."

"If Da Mao wins the S championship this year, that's a Grand Slam. It's not impossible to compare with the Demon King."

"Pass the I-Game level first. Last year they shouted so fiercely, weren't they still lifted away by five Galios?"

"You dare to smear GNR, don't you want your nationality?"

"Is telling the truth also smearing?"

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Before the match started, fans of both teams were already arguing in the livestream room.

Fortunately, in Luo Quan's livestream room, everyone's language was relatively restrained. After all, Luo Quan, as a high-quality streamer, never used dirty words herself, and had clearly stated that she didn't like seeing dirty words in the barrage in the livestream room.

So even if fans were opposed because of supporting different teams, they only used relatively civilized language to argue with each other.

And whether it was Douyu or Huya, or Bilibili's match livestream room, the barrage had long been cursing, and various black names of players were flying all over the sky.

"Everyone, discuss civilizedly. I don't know who will win or lose, but as long as it's wonderful enough, everyone shouldn't be too excited. It's better to save the passion for S8 two months later." Luo Quan told everyone to stay calm, and her position was also a neutral party.

In fact, she had already known the general plot in her heart, not only the result of this match, but even the result of the S8 World Finals.

If there were no major accidents, then GNR would win this match, but the one who truly laughed last was the I-Game team.

Of course, it wasn't necessarily going to develop according to such a script. Maybe because of the appearance of her butterfly, would it cause any problems somewhere?

So before the result came out, she wouldn't speak easily.

Amidst the arguments of fans, ten players had already appeared on stage.

As a profession that eats youth, e-sports players are generally not old. Most of the ten players on stage are about the same age as Luo Quan, and the youngest player is only seventeen years old, a proper teenage genius, not only with sharp technology, but also very handsome.

"Shui Ge is still handsome."

"I-Game's beauty representative."

"Among the ten people on the field, Shui Ge looks the best."

"Feel like Da Jiu Zi is more handsome."

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Fans in the barrage were praising the beauty of the star players, and the atmosphere eased a lot for a while.

However, with the start of the match pick-and-ban, both sides were immediately tense again.

However, Luo Quan was too lazy to call for peace here, but turned off the official commentary sound and started her own commentary.

As a solid Canyon King, Luo Quan was basically completely ahead of all players in the barrage in terms of game understanding. When commenting on matches before, she would also patiently explain some confusing operations of players to the barrage, which was quite careful.

Players also liked to come to her livestream room to watch the match. After all, who doesn't like a beautiful commentator?

After Luo Quan started talking, the arguments in the barrage finally stopped.

Five hours, the match lasted for a full five hours, from five o'clock in the afternoon until ten o'clock in the evening, five matches were full, and during the period, they experienced the regular situation of equipment problems in the finals.

After five hours of fierce fighting, this century battle finally ended with the victory of the GNR team.

Undoubtedly, this was the highest quality BO5 so far this year.

GNR won the first two games and held three match points, but was pulled back two games by I-Game.

The fifth game even reached the decisive battle of three lanes of super soldiers and ancient dragons. All the audience couldn't help but want to take quick-acting heart-saving pills.

However, just when the match was in a stalemate, Shui Ge made a fatal mistake and was caught by GNR, and then it was converted into the final victory.

The invincible GNR team won another championship, golden rain fell in the Shanghai Peng Peng Yuchang, and every GNR fan cheered.

As the LPL Summer Champion, GNR would participate in the S8 World Finals as the number one seed, launching an impact on the highest honor of the Summoner's Rift.

And the journey of I-Game, which lost to the GNR team, did not end there. They would participate in the World Finals as the number two seed together with GNR, and also had the opportunity to win the championship.

And the number three seed, National Power, could also be considered an old face of the S-series, but the National Power, which used to be the number one seed, had to go to play the play-in match with the wildcard region first.

After the Summer Championship trophy was awarded, nearly twenty players from the three teams put on their respective special battle robes and went on stage for the expedition ceremony.

This year, the LPL won the MSI and the Intercontinental Tournament, and is currently the well-deserved number one region.

However, before winning the S championship, these other world championships ultimately lacked some persuasiveness.

Whether it was players or audience, this year was absolutely the most hopeful year since S5.

From another point of view, it could also be considered a year of fighting to the death.

Don't look at the fact that *League of Legends*' popularity in China has warmed up this year because GNR won multiple world championships, but the continuous failures in the past few years have already made players a bit desperate.

This year, players are still full of enthusiasm, longing to win the first S championship belonging to the LPL.

But if they lose again, this longing for the championship and enthusiasm for the game will basically be exhausted.

Therefore, this match is absolutely not allowed to fail. These three teams shoulder the earnest expectations of millions of *League of Legends* players.

Amidst the deafening cheers of the audience at the scene and the passionate declaration of the host, the expedition ceremony ended successfully.

The players of the three teams were wearing battle robes, their eyes full of perseverance and confidence, and the livestream room was full of barrages of "Incheon, we are coming".

After watching this expedition ceremony, Luo Quan's mood could not be calm for a long time, so she opened her personal dynamic and posted a message:

"In this S8 World Finals, the LPL will definitely win the championship!"

Seeing Luo Quan post this message, fans immediately showed ecstatic smiles.

Have there been any teams that failed after being 'milked' (blessed) by Luo Quan?

The answer is no.

As a European emperor (lucky person), the flags Luo Quan set for others have all hit so far, which can be called the lucky star among lucky stars.

With her words, S8 is considered stable this time! ===== CHAPTER 544 =====