Chapter 876

This is an internal wildcard match.

If CNB wins, they will directly advance as the second-place team from the group.

If GAM wins, the two teams will go to a tiebreaker.

It's a do-or-die battle.

Although many people think the match quality isn't high, they still want to watch. And in the official live streams of all major regions, the most frequently sent barrage message is the same sentence:

【Witness history!】

Yes, regardless of the outcome, this match will create history—since the inception of the S-Season, this is the first time a wildcard team has advanced to the quarterfinals knockout stage.

Last year, ANX from the CIS Region left a deep impression on everyone, precisely because they nearly created a miracle. And this year, the miracle is truly about to happen.

Finally, a wildcard team is about to enter the quarterfinals!

Countless wildcard region viewers were moved to tears.

More than half an hour later, the battle ended, and the B Group standings were settled.

CNB defeated GAM 1:0, with a final record of 4-2, securing a quarterfinals qualification spot as the second-place team in B Group.

During the post-match interview, jungler Vash wiped away tears, speaking incoherently:

"I'm so excited…… Sorry, I'm so happy…… I'm a player with little talent, yet I managed to reach the quarterfinals, so happy…… Thank you G2, thank you VG, thank you Mom and Dad for letting me go pro, thank you Brazil TV……"

Brazilian netizens spread the word, overjoyed and in tears, celebrating nationwide…… The entire region began to revel, except for Vietnamese netizens, as other wildcard region netizens flooded in with blessings.

Luonaerduo immediately posted a celebratory tweet, while also promising to reward each CNB expedition member with fifty thousand US dollars.

Seeing this news online, the money-loving Duan Deliang drooled with envy: "Damn, making it to quarterfinals nets over three hundred thousand! I'm so jealous!"

Gao Jun overheard him immediately and snapped: "What's the matter, Xiao Duan classmate? Did the boss not give you a bonus, or give too little?"

Xiao Duan sheepishly chuckled: "Hehe, no, no…… but…… money, the more the better, right?"

Gao Jun shot him a sideways glance: "Play well tomorrow, your bonus won't be missing!"

Who says otherwise? Boss Lu had already prepared the red envelopes early, and not just one— they were stuffed into Gao Jun's locked hotel safe inside his bag.

Yes, tomorrow is the D Group showdown.

Even so, VG still fulfilled their promise, playing two practice matches against EDG that night, and even added an extra hour of review time. Because VG has a match tomorrow, they have no time at noon to review with EDG.

This hour, VG mainly gave EDG a summary review of their practice match performance over these past four days, emphasizing certain points that need special attention.

Finally, under Meiko's enthusiastic invitation, Liang Yan also spoke a few words.

Liang Yan spoke rather bluntly.

"You don't necessarily need late-game security in your lineup, but you must have a frontline that can tank and strong engage. If you can't play split-push, then focus on solidifying your engage and teamfight capabilities—when the enemy split-pushes, you group up and engage strongly……"

"When facing strong teams, don't pick counter-pick compositions; take more early-game strong ones. Playing macro against strong teams is just asking for discomfort—you can't outplay them……"

"Help the bottom lane more— the earlier the incense burner comes out, the better……"

"Try to secure the Xia Gu Xian Feng; unless you're continuously smiting fire dragons, otherwise abandon the small dragon……"

"Last point……"

Having said quite a bit, Liang Yan felt a bit thirsty, paused to drink some water, then continued:

"Don't pick Lu Xi An anymore—you can't handle him."

The EDG members all wore embarrassed expressions.

Especially Scout, who wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Actually, the one who should be most embarrassed is A Bu, but he didn't attend the meeting today.

Liang Yan also didn't bother explaining further to EDG, because one or two sentences wouldn't make it clear.

It's not that Lu Xi An is bad—it's that EDG's understanding is insufficient; whether it's system or tactics, they just can't grasp this version of Lu Xi An.

Several strong teams already knew—Lu Xi An is actually a version trap; even RNG only greedily picked him once for fun, while EDG foolishly treated him as the version answer.

……

Riot Games placed the BD groups' showdown day earlier, of course for a reason.

——The advancement suspense in these two groups is the smallest.

B Group's result matched netizens' predictions exactly, and the situation in D Group the next day is actually not much different from the first day— even the specific schedule carries a hint of repetitiveness.

At 2:00 PM that afternoon, the battle began. First came a highly anticipated warm-up match: VG vs MSF fired the opening shot.

The battle process, however, had few dazzling moments— in fact, it could be said to be not much different from the first VG vs MSF match.

VG picked a very ordinary lineup, a very ordinary defensive opening, very ordinary laning, then swapped lanes to take the First Blood Tower, take the Xia Gu Xian Feng, take the middle First Tower, established an early advantage, mid-game steadily built momentum snowballing, at over twenty minutes forced an Elder Dragon teamfight, one wave collapsed MSF, broke two lanes and retreated, waited for the second Elder Dragon, then finally pushed to victory……

Another match lasting over thirty minutes.

Boring, but very stable.

Naturally, some people are still dissatisfied, feeling VG didn't display the LPL region's kingly demeanor, far less dominant than Dragon Pearl in B Group.

【Playing C9 and AHQ looks okay, but when facing slightly stronger intensity from MSF…… how should I put this, old V】

【Indeed a bit disappointed— isn't this VG's welfare group? Zero dominance? And seriously, why is Jiao Shen stealthing again?】

【VG is too stable— playing like I'm doing math problems, zero passion— will this style lack the possibility of creating miracles?】

【To be honest, there really is a gap compared to Dragon Pearl】

【Both are welfare groups, but Dragon Pearl goes crazy slaughtering weak teams, while VG fights nervously against Europe's second seed— boring, feels like they won't go far in knockout】

【I can't help but suspect VG practiced too many of these tactics to hide their tricks, ending up unable to play themselves (dog head)】

【How can you call it dominance if you haven't lost but still lack dominance?】

【What's so great about bullying weak teams in a win streak? Say something unpleasant— VG can win streak only because opponents are too weak, not because they're strong themselves.】

【Just look at how Dragon Pearl played yesterday to know what dominance means】

【I believe VG can go undefeated in group stage to advance, but I also think, if they meet Dragon Pearl or G2 in knockout, VG is likely to crash.】

【Love it or not, anyway I think VG is very stable!】

No matter how netizens evaluated it, it did not affect VG having already secured a qualification spot.

Moreover, VG fans were also happy.

Because VG team leader Wang Liangyi appeared in a certain fan group and said: 【Everyone, don't rush, our players are still warming up, the exciting part is still to come!】

The news actually also spread online, but this group stage knockout battle was proceeding in full swing, netizens' attention was all on the tense and exciting matches, some minor gossip did not cause much of a stir. However, most VG fans knew about it, so while they were happy about VG steadily securing a qualification spot, they also secretly looked forward to VG in the knockout stage encountering gods and killing gods, meeting Buddhas and slaying Buddhas, beating up those black fans' faces.