Chapter 831: Ba Xi Branch, Terrifying!

Just over thirty minutes, CNB pushed down HKA's Ji Di, completing a comeback.

"Congratulations, CNB!"

"Wow, they actually pulled off a comeback, a wild-card team from Ba Xi literally overturned LMS's Third Seed HKA!"

The commentators congratulated loudly, their voices full of surprise.

The director's camera turned around the stage, capturing CNB members' extreme excitement and HKA members' numbness and dejection, then immediately turned to the audience seats.

Unfortunately, it only caught an empty row of seats—when CNB had established a lead twenty-plus minutes in, VG's group had left early to avoid being blocked after the event.

"Alright, director, they've already left." Wang Ji saw the scene on the on-site big screen, joked, then spoke with feeling: "In this match, we all thought CNB had a certain chance to win, but honestly, nobody would think CNB's win rate was higher; after all, looking at past years, wild-card teams' performance has indeed……uh, not been that great."

"Yes." Joker chimed in: "Especially unexpected—HKA once led by about four thousand, if I recall, and then they got reversed!"

"But after that wave, CNB's momentum returned, and they then displayed very steady operations, completely erasing the disadvantage!"

"This operation, this discipline, really has something to it."

"Recall the teacher said correctly, on this CNB we can indeed see some VG shadows. Especially that last eye position—when the jungler slipped in there, HKA's ambush plan was instantly exposed, directly a one-for-four exchange that completely turned the tide."

"Such a scene should be very familiar to LPL viewers."

"Those who get it, get it haha……"

In the live chat, the barrage displayed all kinds of voices:

【CNB awesome!】

【VG awesome!】

【Awesome what, if HKA hadn't gotten overconfident, CNB would have been down】

【Indeed this match was just HKA giving it away】

【A four-thousand deficit comeback, luck plays a bigger part, right】

【A wild-card beating HKA once is fine, not optimistic they can win twice】

Similar barrage comments represent the opinion of the vast majority of netizens.

CNB's ability to come back in this match relied on HKA's mid-game arrogant tower dive. Most people think that after HKA gained such a big lead, as long as they steadily pushed towers and played safely, without forcing a reckless tower dive that gifts four kills, CNB's hope of a comeback is essentially zero.

They won, but nobody thinks CNB is truly stronger than HKA; more people feel this match was purely HKA throwing it away themselves.

The first round of the qualifiers is a Bo1 double round-robin; most netizens think HKA will still beat CNB in the second round and advance from the group stage as the top seed.

However, a wild-card team beating a major-region seed, even if somewhat fluky, is still a solid impressive record; for CNB's upcoming match, netizens are still lenient.

CNB's second match, against RPG from the trash-tier region, was like the other matches today—no drama, CNB steadily secured another point.

The next day, the second round of Group D's round-robin.

CNB and HKA faced off for the second time.

VG's members didn't come to the venue again, but they all opened the live stream in the training room and took a glance; seeing CNB's members go on stage in a relaxed state, they all felt this match had no suspense left.

But netizens, not understanding CNB as well as VG does, still thought HKA had the higher chance to win.

In the barrage, many trolls waited to see CNB get crushed by HKA, believing CNB's previous win over HKA was pure luck, and that HKA would surely come out swinging to reclaim face.

Starting from the pick/ban phase, CNB exuded an air of calm composure.

Naturally, HKA came fired up, selecting an aggressive early-to-mid game lineup, clearly aiming to crush CNB early and deny any comeback chance.

CNB's coach held a notebook, conducting the pick/ban in a steady, methodical way; the lineup they chose was as steady as yesterday's.

In the first ten minutes, both sides traded blows; HKA tried to push lanes but couldn't, tried to dive towers but failed, and the situation in the canyon remained uneventful.

The audience grew drowsy, shouting that it was boring.

But they didn't realize that the five HKA players on the player bench were already drenched in sweat.

Approaching October, although Wu Han is called one of the furnaces, it has already entered autumn, and the weather is slightly cool.

Being drenched in sweat is naturally due to the heavy pressure.

Facing HKA's extreme early-game lineup, CNB decisively chose to adopt the same early-game strategy as yesterday—defense. But unlike yesterday, today's CNB is no longer full of holes; even some higher-ranked spectators in the venue could tell that this CNB's operational level is actually not inferior to some LCK matches they've watched!

At ten minutes, both sides only had one skirmish, exchanging a single kill.

HKA's coach, watching backstage, broke out in a sweat.

This wasn't the result they wanted from picking such a lineup; HKA's composition carries enormous offensive pressure.

But no matter how HKA's jungler zigzagged, they were like a headless chicken, flying around aimlessly and hitting walls everywhere.

Given his skill level, he simply couldn't break through CNB's operational barrier!

At fifteen minutes, both sides, vying for control of the canyon's vanguard, finally erupted in a 5v5 team fight in the upper river lane.

CNB's teamfight coordination was better, orderly and methodical, directly wiping out HKA.

After that, it was standard smooth sailing—steady play, snowballing bigger and bigger.

Again, just over thirty minutes, CNB pushed down HKA's base.

Someone reviewing the match couldn't help but feel a jolt of alarm.

The whole match can be described as uneventful; looking at the gold curve, aside from the vanguard fight around ten-plus minutes, it's basically a slow, gradual climb.

It can be said they won cleanly and decisively.

With such a standard operational playstyle, you're saying this is a wild-card team?!

In the training camp hotel, many coaches from major regions felt stirred, planning to schedule some scrims with CNB to first gauge its strength, so that if they actually faced CNB in the official stage, they wouldn't be clueless and get caught off guard.

But netizens felt extremely surprised by this result.

【???】

【No, they just took it down?】

【I was still waiting to see HKA get revenge, but it's gone?】

【Damn, CNB seems kinda awesome】

【Qiang Ge Chui Zi, purely HKA being trash!】

Is HKA sleepwalking these days?

What about the promised LMS Third Seed?

Speaking reasonably, this CNB match is really stable, giving no chance at all.

Have some people forgotten? This is a disciple taught by VG!

VG Ba Xi branch, terrifying indeed!