Chapter 296: A Hundred Flowers Blooming!

The sixth week of the Summer Split, the weekend prime time slot.

The full-god-tier team WBG took the lead and marched forward, successfully defeating BLG; TheShy once again beat Chen Zebin back to reality, and the live chat was incredibly lively for a moment.

【BLG is wrong! Wei is right!】

【I don't even dare to imagine what will happen to V5 if my brother Wei wins the next match; won't BLG be crying their pants off? Go brother Wei!】

【The remnants of the Royal fans are still dreaming; if they can beat V5, I'll eat it directly!】

【Hurry, hurry, hurry, the next match is urgent! I can't wait to see brother get beaten up!】

【Heh heh heh heh, anyone who says that is purely a casual; those who watch the games know that JackeyLove has been playing insanely well lately, a return to his S8 form! Just wait and see him tear the masks off these petty ADs one by one!】

【Exactly! What Deft? Without Ye he's nothing! What Ruler? Without Kanavi he's nothing! What Elk? Without ON he's nothing! What U, anyway these teams are all just bullies relying on others, only brother! Only brother is the absolute core of the team!!】

Clearly, compared to the heat of the first match, the audience's expectations for the next match were even higher.

Chen Zebin and his teammates walked off the stage, pushing open the player tunnel with gloomy expressions.

As a result, they ran straight into the TES members who were waiting in the backstage area.

"Oh, brother Bin, lost again, huh~" JackeyLove teased brazenly.

As fellow natives of Huanggang, the two had a good relationship; they even had a funny story from their early years about "leftover rice" at an internet cafe, so they were quite casual with each other.

But Chen Zebin, whose mood wasn't very beautiful, wasn't in the mood and retorted with ill intent: "Hmph, you'd better be able to win. We were on a winning streak after changing players too; it was only after losing to V5 that we started losing."

JackeyLove seemed completely indifferent: "That won't happen~~~ Just wait for your buddy to avenge you later!"

Chen Zebin hesitated for a moment.

Then he leaned in and whispered mysteriously: "Speaking of which, you guys could actually try targeting..."

"Ho, like you need to teach us that? You looking down on our coaching staff? A championship coach!"

"Mainly because you guys didn't win either, brother Bin, so these words aren't very convincing~~"

JackeyLove used high emotional intelligence to resolve the awkwardness for Maokai behind him, though the latter's expression seemed a bit unnatural upon hearing the words "championship coach."

Seeing that the other party didn't appreciate it, Chen Zebin snorted in anger, gave a look, and prepared to go back backstage to watch the show.

But as the BLG group brushed past them, and he and Wei locked eyes.

The air seemed to be filled with an awkward scent.

Both sides pretended not to know each other and ignored one another as they passed.

The V5 Shenzhen home arena was surging with people, and the flags and cheering props for the competing teams were being swapped in the audience seats.

As the stage was prepared.

As soon as the players from both sides took the stage, it instantly drew cheers and screams from the entire arena!

"It's here, it's here! Let's see who Top Esports is putting in for this big hard battle!" Sun Yalong, who had started beating the war drums again, stretched his duck neck to look at the screen: "Bad! It's Wei again!"

"Xiaotian, danger!"

Xika shook his head from the side: "There's no helping it, zero base salary, maybe even only getting paid for winning games—getting paid per win, it's a purely cheap mercenary contract!"

"Just tell me! If you were management, would you choose him? Honestly, there's no reason to refuse!"

"Sigh, capitalism! Just setting up a scheme to screw my brother Tian!" Sun Yalong feigned heartache on the side.

"Speaking of which, this is our LPL's 'Second Uncle' after all, a dignified championship jungler losing his job just like that, it makes no sense..."

The filial-hearted Kid, who didn't keep up with the two, prayed devoutly on the spot: "TheShy has already taken it, Rookie must take it today too! Go TES!!!"

Compared to the feigned righteous indignation on the DYS side.

On the other side, in the Huaguoshan live stream on the Seafood Platform, the same "Monkey Crying for Yang Jian" act was being performed.

"Oh my god! Why isn't Xiaotian playing!" Doinb slapped his thigh and retorted righteously: "What do you mean who is the streamer supporting today? Is that even a question? Of course, I'm supporting TES!"

"Although Xiaotian isn't playing, it's still my good brother's team after all, and the streamer feels that Wei is actually playing quite well too, everyone shouldn't scold him every day, there's nothing wrong with wanting to play in matches!"

"Oh my, speaking of which, my Xiaotian won't really be unable to come back up, will he..."

【Laughing to death, I have both the DYS and Monkey's streams open, watching both sides pretend to support TES, while actually wishing they would die quickly!】

【Wrong! DYS has two trolls who don't care who wins and one filial kid who genuinely hopes TES wins, but on the Monkey's side, they really hope TES wins—if they win against V5, Xiaotian's rice bowl will be completely smashed!】

【That's great, wouldn't we be able to see two live streams break down today?】

【I actually hope TES wins, so it proves BLG is wrong! I personally just want that arrogant Biluochun to die!!】

【I can only say to those who support Wei, I wish you encounter that classmate in school who raises their hand to remind the teacher "You forgot to assign summer homework!", and that colleague at work who, when the boss offers you a 6k monthly salary, says "I can do it for just 3k!"】

【Go V5! Go Master Ye! Beat that scab jungler to death for me! Punish evil and promote good!!】

Wei's reputation plummeted after transferring to TES.

There was no other reason; it was because it was rumored that his joining TES was almost "free," so there was no harm in trying, and it was hard for any management to refuse.

But the point of contention was: Xiaotian actually didn't play badly!

Although TES's performance in the Spring Split definitely couldn't be called good, Xiaotian was definitely not one of the worst on the team, not even in the bottom two.

It could be said that if it weren't "picked up for free," Wei would almost never have had the chance to try out, and the team would have had no reason to risk a public opinion explosion to change players.

The problem is that it was almost free!!!

There was no need to perform better; as long as the performance was similar, they could instantly save several million RMB on the spot!

What's more, even if there was some bad traffic.

That was still traffic!

It was simply a crazy profit back and forth!

Of course, for Wei personally, it was actually understandable—to put it bluntly, in the end, it still depends on whether he has the ability and whether he can win the match.

Previously, TES's winning streak had already successfully turned his reputation around a little.

As long as they could win this match against V5, his reputation would flip entirely and break all doubts!

"Welcome to the second match site; coming up next is the duel between V5 and TES!"

Guan Zeyuan looked at the data comparison: "The mid-jungle of both sides doesn't have much reference value; after all, we all know that TES's mid-jungle underwent personnel changes in the Summer Split, and this is also the first time the two teams have met in the Summer Split."

Jiejie immediately followed up, hitting the point: "It's worth mentioning the bottom lane! JackeyLove's performance during this period in the Summer Split can be called heroic! He is currently crushing Deft and Ruler on the AD data list! His comprehensive data is firmly in first place!"

Guan Zeyuan nodded happily: "Indeed, I see many audience friends saying that he has locked in the Asian Games AD spot in advance~~"

"Everyone also knows that our Asian Games roster is still in the selection process, and the competition for each position in the Summer Split is currently quite fierce."

To be honest, JackeyLove's performance during this period was indeed outstanding.

I don't know if he suddenly exploded with energy to compete for the Asian Games spot, but it was as if he had returned to the peak of his career, and at times he was even so stable that it felt strange!

Of course, it is also well known that this person's state fluctuates quite a bit, and no one knows if he will suddenly have another big one.

"The players from both sides are ready, let's enter the BP phase together!"

"V5 is on the blue side for the first game, but actually, according to the latest public understanding, because there are too many strong champions in this version, many people think the blue side advantage isn't that big."

"Of course, the current regular season version can definitely be called a hundred flowers blooming, and there are many understandings emerging from the major regions."

The first round of bans went quickly.

V5: Varus, Rakan, Renekton

TES: Akali, Neeko, Tristana

There were too many champions to grab in the first game, so both sides focused mainly on their own signature picks, with only the third pick involving a game of strategy.

And V5 choosing to ban Renekton was equivalent to making a top-mid BP trade, ensuring that they could definitely grab a one-sided strong pick for the top lane instead of trading one for one.

Head coach Maokai, who only arrived during the mid-season transfer, chose to send Tristana, which had become stronger in this version, to the ban list.

He believed the opponent wouldn't first-pick LeBlanc, which had already been nerfed, and even if they did, Rookie should be able to handle it with his proficiency.

"V5 first grabs K'Sante, while TES takes Wukong + Aphelios; V5 then continues to get Vi + Kai'Sa!"

"The first three picks for both sides are still standard, but the selections were very rapid; it feels like both sides were prepared!"

"TES picks Ahri on the third floor, entering the second round of BP!"

Second round of bans—

TES: Sylas, LeBlanc