Chapter 167

November 6, 2022, the final day arrived.

As the finals drew closer, various online promotional activities during this period also reached their peak.

On the streets of San Francisco, posters and news banners could be seen everywhere, as well as many Asian audiences who had come from afar.

Riot officials were naturally happy; being able to see the two major regions of China and Korea fight in the Grand Finals had always been the situation they most hoped to see, and at the pre-match press conference, they even wantonly stated "Our game is flourishing!"

Domestic major forums were almost all covered with analysis and discussion posts, and everyone was expressing their views on this match.

【Don't understand, just ask, what is the winning percentage of EDG?】

【What percentage? Ten hundred percent! The fourth seed who almost couldn't even get out of the bubble match still wants to win the championship? It's very difficult, okay】

【? That person has never won against T1 in the league, and this time didn't they kick people home? And it was T1, who is known for boasting that the S-series BO5 is invincible~~】

【First of all, this should be the final with the most topics in recent years, right?】

【Indeed, defending champion and dark horse, the mid laner is a peak duel between two new generation assassin kings, the bottom lane is the former 3, the top laners are both hero bodies that suddenly started exploding, and the junglers both like to steal dragons and be stolen】

【I won't say the others first, what are the two 'new generations' of mid laners? Are the two-year famous names of BLG also considered new generations 0.0】

【In? Let the director press the acceleration with two monthly tickets, very urgent, very urgent, I can't wait to see the mid lane blood flow into a river immediately! Love to play with mouths, right!】

Local time midnight.

The entrance of the Chase Center in San Francisco was transparent with lights, illuminating the magnificent circular giant building reflecting in the sky.

Waiting for the midnight bell to ring, the ultimate battle of the 22nd Summoner's Rift was about to arrive.

When the EDG and DRX team members arrived at the entrance by bus, they were immediately greeted by the cheers and attention of the surging crowd on the street, and countless camera flashes flashed non-stop.

The team members of the two teams also poked their heads out excitedly, waving to the crowds who came for them outside.

"Old Ye, I took a picture! Look at our son, so handsome!"

"Be careful, cough cough, don't be seen..."

"Oh, it won't, there are so many people, hurry hurry, you come to help me take a remote group photo, what a precious moment, I will frame it and hang it next to his junior high school three-good student award certificate when I go back"

On the stands far away from the bus, two middle-aged men and women whose whereabouts were slightly sneaky were talking.

The man wore a mask and coughed lightly from time to time.

The woman was wearing black sunglasses late at night, but her expression looked completely excited, not matching her age.

In fact, on the day Ye Bo finished the semi-finals and had a video call with them, Ye Ying and Ye Xiong had already arrived in New York, so they didn't turn on the camera to avoid exposure.

This proposal was made by Ye Xiong.

He didn't say anything on the surface, but considering that he didn't want them to come to the scene to watch the match to affect Ye Bo, adding pressure to him, even half a point.

So the two quietly came to the scene themselves.

In fact, the two had already asked for leave before the semi-finals.

But because the two elders didn't understand this kind of offline match at all, the last time they watched the match was when the Factory Manager personally received them, thinking that this would be like other performances that could be "bought on-site" tickets...

For this, the innocent Ye Xiong was educated by Ye Ying for not doing homework!

Fortunately, the final tickets would only be open for sale after the semi-finals ended——————this was also to decide the ticketing information according to the finalization of the two sides of the finals.

The two couldn't go and ask Ye Bo to avoid exposure, and in the end, they could only ask for help from domestic audiences who also came from afar in a foreign land, and only then did they grab two edge seats before the tickets were almost snatched up.

During this period, an interesting thing happened.

When Ye Ying faced the two curious college students who were willing to help and asked: "Are you two also here to watch this match at this age?"

She directly blurted out with pride: "I'm here to watch my son's match!"

Fortunately, the science student Ye Xiong had a clear train of thought, thinking of Ye Bo's current popularity on the internet, and hurriedly stopped Ye Ying from saying his name.

Leaving two college students who were pulled into curiosity to guess on the internet.

So if it weren't for the fact that Ye Bo hadn't gone to browse the Tieba forum in the past few days before the match and was concentrating on preparation, he might have found some clues to discuss.

Inside the venue.

Ye Bo and all his teammates were waiting in the player tunnel.

Through the gap in the door, seeing the stands filled with tens of thousands of people, looking at the light boards of their own team and their own ID being held up and shaken, even his breathing seemed to become rapid.

Since yesterday, he had been suppressing the surging emotions in his heart.

But when he truly arrived at this moment, arriving at the edge of the stage, that excitement and agitation still felt like it was about to break through his chest.

"How is it, Master Ye, the feeling of the finals is really different, right?" Li Xuanjun looked at the opponent's rare excited appearance and said with a smile.

"Hmm, there are really so many people!" Ye Bo's face was extremely rosy, and he felt a bit short of breath when he spoke.

"But it should be the same after entering the match, just like we said before the match, treat this as a normal match, the advantage is definitely with us!"

Ye Bo, who was in this occasion for the first time, actually comforted everyone instead, and everyone couldn't help but laugh.

However, it was obvious.

This absolute confidence of Ye Bo was also the key source of the relaxed mentality of the other few people today

The on-site spotlight suddenly dimmed.

Only the unison shouts of nearly 20,000 spectators remained, wrapping the center of the stage tightly.

The countdown on the big screen appeared.

"Three, two, one!"

The moment the countdown ended, the wave of unison at the scene seemed to drown the entire venue!

The Riot logo appeared and smashed the lens with one punch, as if it also broke through the barrier between reality and illusion, sounding the prelude to this legend!

Immediately after, the melodious and low symphony sound came.

The dome suddenly seemed to crack a gap, the rune matrix of virtual imaging technology emerged in the void, the twisted light bands intertwined into the star tracks of the League universe, blowing the ground stage into a sea of aurora!

The end of the path folding jump was the center of the stage.

And when the light spots dissipated——————the Summoner's Cup stood prominently in the center of the stage!

The theme song of this year, "Star Walkin'," sounded synchronously, and the passionate drum beats resonated like a heartbeat.

But just as everyone was looking forward to the end of the screen, they were all dark in front of their eyes!

The camera followed the singer Lil Nas X on the side of the stage.

A black man with light girl pink hair and wearing a weird "Magical Girl" cosplay suit appeared.

"This, this..." Ye Xiong on the stands had never seen this battle, and for a while, he couldn't accept it.

"Oh, foreign countries are like this, calm down, calm down~" Ye Ying, who surfed a lot, was not surprised, and even fashionably filmed this weird scene and sent it to the group to share with her old sisters.

And behind him, the sturdy figure that appeared also seemed to be echoing with him——————that was the new hero 【K'Sante, Pride of Nazumah】 designed by Riot with him as the prototype.

This new hero had already been launched on the national server 2 days ago, and promoting it at the Grand Finals was also a routine operation.

Ye Bo heard that this was an ultimate "mechanism monster," but he had been preparing for the battle these two days and had no time to study it

Although the instantaneous visual impact was intense.

However, as Riot's main business, the annual theme songs could be counted as boutiques.

Old sister-in-law Lil Nas X, although the styling was very abstract, when the ear-winding accompaniment sounded, it immediately rendered the atmosphere of the whole venue again, immediately bringing people into the main melody in the venue.

And every year's theme song seemed to always be able to find wonderful connection points on the two final teams.

This year was no exception.

"They said I wouldn't make it out alive" (You said I was destined to fail, couldn't stand on that podium)

"That's why I gotta kill 'em every time" (Then I'd rather prove it to you)

"Got to watch 'em bleed too" (Who will stand to the end)

When this melody appeared, Deft's figure also appeared synchronously on the on-site big screen.

Along with it were flashes of past years.

Nine years of career, as a Samsung Blue member who debuted at his peak, but encountered the same-door, same-source Samsung White in the semi-finals that year, and since then there had not been even one opportunity to get closer to that trophy.

For so many years, he had been constantly questioned, and these lyrics also seemed to be telling his experience.

And when the syllables gradually rose.

The appearance of another passionate lyric, the screen also suddenly gave to the flashes of kills since Ye Bo's debut, as well as the roars and screams of commentators and onlookers.

"Why worship legends" (Why worship legends)

"When you know that you can join 'em" (You will also have the day you can become)

"I'm headed to the stars ready to go far" (If life does not stop, moving forward will never stop)

Ye Bo, who walked to here, had almost defeated every "legend" on the professional arena————in terms of facts, he didn't need to worship anyone.

Undoubtedly.

This Grand Final for the ID 【Ye】 was like a final test of "carp leaping over the dragon gate."

With such a terrifying rookie year performance, if he could get the final certification of the Summoner's Rift, the ID Ye would definitely be able to rank among the historical discussions————even be treated as a legend.

As for the last paragraph, especially for EDG teammates who knew Ye Bo, it was simply like a tailor-made description.

With his experience and daily life.

Absolutely worthy of "If life does not stop, moving forward will never stop."

Accompanied by the theme song gradually entering the climax, the semi-transparent big screen in the center of the stage rose again.

"I'm star walkin'!" (Walk to the stars until dawn)

The piano major chord at the end of the song filled the epic feeling, echoing in everyone's ears in the venue.

The team logos of the sixteen teams were mixed into a ball in the air, a loud explosion sounded, and the strong spotlight hit the steps.

The two sides of players took the Summoner's Cup as the boundary, each occupying half of the screen!

The applause on the stands was continuous.

The European and American bearded host immediately pulled his vocal cords with full energy.

"Welcome to the 2022 League of Legends World Championship Finals!"

"After six weeks of duels, the 24 teams participating in the World Championship now only have the last two teams of kings left!"

"Then next, let's first welcome the dark horse of the canyon that is enough to be recorded in history, the first fourth seed team in history to enter the finals———DRX!"

DRX team members were illuminated by lights one by one, and the host also shouted their IDs as he passed each person.

"Top laner Kingen, jungler Pyosik, mid laner Zeka, bottom lane Deft and Beryl"

When coming to the bottom lane duo, the cheers of the audience at the scene obviously suddenly increased, and domestic and foreign audiences all made a higher level of cheering.

This was also understandable, after all, the mid-top-jungle of DRX were relatively unknown.

And Deft had very few negative news for so many years, and could be considered one of the purest players, attracting the love of many old players.

Beryl relied on real strength and "contrast" to gain favor, three years of S-series, three consecutive entries into the final finals, just the current one championship and one runner-up result was enough to sit firmly in the second and watch the first in the history of the support position!

The host turned half his body.

Took a deep breath before turning on the microphone again: "Next, let's invite the LPL Summer Champion, the region's number one seed, the 2021 defending champion who returned to this place————EDG!"

The scene suddenly sounded a significantly higher volume.

"Top laner Flandre, jungler Barrier, mid laner Ye"

The host was forced to stop when he said this.

I saw that the enthusiasm of the on-site audience was simply beyond imagination, and the noisy sound produced was deafening!

Ye Bo was still facing the audience with a sunny smile, enthusiastically swinging his hands toward the surroundings.

He relied on continuous eye-catching performance in this World Championship to capture a large number of European and American audiences, and his popularity at this moment had once far exceeded the four teammates beside him, but it only made people feel it was reasonable!

After the restlessness of the whole scene gradually subsided, the host continued to introduce.

"Bottom lane Viper and Meiko!"

"Is it DRX continuing the dark horse myth of the fourth seed! Or EDG defending successfully, becoming the third team in League history to achieve the double championship feat!"

"Today at the Chase Center, in this place that just witnessed the birth of another legendary total championship not long ago, we will witness the birth of this canyon legend together!"

"Audience friends, see the truth in the Summoner's Rift!"

The players of both sides looked at each other across the stage.

Meiko and Deft nodded to each other, then looked at each other and smiled slightly.

And just as everyone sat back on the player stage to prepare.

The big screen of the venue changed from dark to bright, playing the pre-match promotional video of this Grand Final.

"From the first day I stepped on this road, boarding this stage has always been my ultimate dream," Deft's gentle narration sounded: "But this road, I spent nine years."

"Never winning the World Championship is my regret, and it is also my ultimate goal"

The screen began to flash one after another failure scenes of Deft's professional career.

The failures of the previous nine years all seemed to be paving the way for this step.

Until the last scene, it came to the scene of EDG lifting the cup in 21.

"As for Deft, I think he is a very versatile player; whatever the teammates need him to do, he can do it well." Meiko smiled and said on the screen.

But immediately after, the conversation turned: "But I hope he can understand, we want to win... because, now we are opponents."

The remote communication between the two was completed.

As the background music gradually moved toward passion, the screen came to a new chapter, seemingly brewing some kind of emotion.

The narrations of the Roaring Emperor and Guan Zeyuan appeared in turn.

{This is EDG's second peak journey, and it may also be the last battle of Deft's career, and now the one blocking him is exactly his old club EDG}

{Deft's last battle, and also Ye's first battle}

{One & Only, is this life's only, is the only Heaven's Choice}

"Deft, on the edge of life and death, used four consecutive games of Zeri to send his old club KT to end their S12 season! And they also finally became the last winner to rush into the World Championship!"

"The shocking comeback of letting two and chasing three! The miracle of the Blue Dragon is still continuing!"

"It's 1:2 behind again, but DRX still didn't give up; Kingen and Zeka swept the army in T1's formation! No one can stop the figures of Aatrox and Akali!"

The screen of all DRX members flashed.

Everyone stared at the screen, and finally their eyes returned to Deft, speaking in unison.

"The last dance, we, help him."

The background tone became more and more ups and downs.

The narrator's voice sounded again.

"EDG is unstoppable! The ownership of the Silver Dragon Cup is predicting the return of the legendary years! That black and white knight who ruled the region is back!"

"T1's group stage ruling curse was broken by them! The past final opponents DK couldn't stop their manic offensive! Although only one person appeared, it was like ten thousand horses and thousands of troops!"

"The LCK number one seed was stolen of its soul by Sylas and lost its spirit, without a bit of ability to resist, EDG is about to kill back to the peak throne!"

The screen was suddenly pulled to a high altitude to overlook.

Several upright figures stood in the center of the Golden Gate Bridge, a landmark building in San Francisco.

The faces of the four EDG members appeared in turn.

Although everyone's posture was plain, they brought a silent oppression to everyone in front of the screen——————because everyone was wearing a championship ring symbolizing the ultimate glory on their fingers.

However, immediately after, everyone screamed in front of the screen!

Just because, the screen came to the last person.

That person's hands were empty.

But at this time, one person after another in front was walking toward him.

Each person came to his front, took off the ring on their finger, extended their hands, and put it on the four fingers of the person in the middle vigorously.

This screen had many interpretation spaces.

And when ten palms completed the gathering in the air.

A pair of palms full of four championship rings stood horizontally in the air, occupying the center of the screen.

【Damn, it's a bit tear-jerking】

【It's really a bit touching, 'We help him' and 'He helps us', the story is full!】

【The last dance and the opening dance, they are all worth it】

【Cruelty makes it precious, One & Only, this is the theme that fits the series best!】

【I'm so afraid that the screen will flash at this time, all the lights will disappear, and a slightly fat figure will suddenly jump out from the corner, grab the Summoner's Cup and stuff it into the bag and leave the scene quickly, after a while the lighting will be restored, and everyone will look at each other in confusion. Then an official staff member will come up sweating profusely to notify everyone—————due to force majeure, the S-series trophy has been lost again!】

【Damn this B upstairs! I just wanted to cry!】

【All encounters are long-lost reunions, all results were destined in the future, nine-year dance? Ten-year dance!】

The starting members of the two teams appeared at the river embankment of the Golden Gate Bridge, standing opposite each other from top to bottom.

"The stage of the final chapter has been set up."

"Let's dance"

The unison tail sound fell, and the screen went dark again.

The Chase Center, which had just calmed down for a moment, was filled with noisy sounds again, which also represented that this annual final battle officially kicked off!

(End of chapter)