Chapter 372: Half-Side Library!

"Congratulations to V5 for taking another game!" Guan Zeyuan said in a loud, clear voice.

"With another win in today's final match of the LPL, V5 has now secured a two-game winning streak, looking down on the competition as they step into the 2-0 group. As long as they win one more game in tomorrow's match, they will be the first to enter the quarterfinals!"

The V5 supporters inside the venue were energized, stirring up waves of commotion and noise in the spectator stands!

Wang Duo’s tense body relaxed slightly, and he immediately shouted with equal fervor: "Although the tournament format has changed this year, in the same round of the schedule, Master Ye has led V5 to defeat the Demon King T1 once again!"

"This is V5! Even when they reach the World Championship, they still display perfect execution and an endless stream of ingenious ideas. Watching their matches is truly a form of enjoyment!"

"The same 2-0 start, the same victory over T1; the scenes from last year's World Championship seem as if they are right before our eyes. There has never been such a wonderful start!"

When he said the last sentence, his face was clearly flushed from being a bit too excited.

It couldn't be helped.

In recent years, Wang Duo has earned the nickname "The King of Eating Shit."

The LPL is not like the LCK, which suffers from a shortage of personnel; the LPL has at least three sets of commentary teams for rotation—yet in recent years, he has been at the commentary desk for almost every single eye-straining "upset collapse"!

It was practically every single time without fail!

So for him, commentating on a V5 match is like "washing his eyes"; he’d even be willing to do it for a pay cut!

The director's camera had already cut to focus on the V5 player bench.

The stage was bathed in a glaring red hue, signifying that the team on the red side had won the match.

Ye Bo took off his headset, and what he heard immediately was the incredibly clear cheering coming from the "left half" of the venue, and the completely silent spectator stands on the right.

He almost thought something was wrong with his right ear... he was so anxious he hurriedly dug at it twice!

Fortunately, it was just that the contrast between the two sides was too stark~

"Master Ye! We were so amazing!" Beryl surged over excitedly, his full, round face brimming with confidence.

Although they had definitely practiced it beforehand.

But to actually use those combo techniques that heavily test coordination in a live match was, at the very least for Beryl, quite a significant challenge, and it brought a unique experience.

In Beryl's own words, it was "an experience you can only feel at V5"!

"So refreshing! Let's see who dares to say my mechanics are bad from now on; I'm going to be a King of Mechanics too!"

Upon hearing this, Xun immediately leaned in to act cheeky: "Then we're done for. From now on, Master Ye will have to feed while killing the bot lane; we won't be able to keep up with the kills!"

"That's for sure~" Flandre also happily chimed in with a tease.

Everyone on V5 was beaming with joy, and even the shy and calm Deft beside them revealed a bright smile.

This victory was precious to them.

The first reason was naturally the tactic they had been "hiding," which was finally verified successfully on the competitive stage for the first time—previously, they had only been doing subtle, fringe experiments, and had never fully rolled out the tactic from level 1 like this.

The second, naturally, was because the opponent was T1!

Even though T1 was not the LCK's first seed this year, and this wasn't actually the first time V5 had played T1 this year, winning against this team still held extraordinary significance for the LPL.

LCK on-site commentary desk.

The happy scene of laughter and joy seemed to still be before their eyes; just a second ago, it felt like they were still eating hotpot and singing songs.

But now, the atmosphere at the commentary desk had nearly frozen.

The three of them couldn't even muster a single smile!

Especially the two T1 family members who hadn't realized the camera had already turned to watch them.

Bang was biting his lower lip hard, his hands clasped behind his back, making the classic "inverted triangle" gesture; Wolf was slumped against the back of his chair with a look of despair, his head tilted to the side, his face full of disbelief.

The experienced Roaring Emperor was the first to react: "It's a pity that T1, in whom we placed high hopes, has been defeated. However, the problem isn't big; it's just a group stage match, and they have plenty of opportunities and room for error."

The two beside him, who had also reacted, could only let their tears swirl in their stomachs, forcing a smile as they chimed in: "Indeed, this match was mainly due to this lane-swap tactic!"

"T1 was truly caught off guard and had absolutely no chance to fight head-on."

Bang managed to squeeze out an indifferent expression and continued: "At least we forced out V5's secret weapon! In a Bo1 schedule, this is absolutely a profitable deal!"

Unfortunately, the audience in the live chat didn't buy it.

[I heard the blue side has an advantage in the Swiss stage? Is it useful?]

[Wash the family for Bang and Wolf! It's all because of these two disasters! Go back! You aren't allowed to commentate on T1 matches in the future!!]

[I've already screenshotted the expressions of these two just now and made them into couple profile pictures~ I suggest promoting them heavily on the T1 forum!]

[Hehe, making such a fuss over winning a Bo1; who doesn't know T1 is only strong in a Bo5!]

[↑ I knew this line would come, hahahahaha]

[Winning MSI is a big deal, bush-league tournament → Winning the Asian Games is a big deal, no one cares → Winning a group stage match is a big deal, who doesn't know Bo5 is their home turf → Winning a final is a big deal, isn't it just beating an old Faker anyway — "Year 2, Spring" → Hehe, ancient champion is a big deal, just wait and see if we don't beat you in this year's MSI!]

[Don't be anxious, just wait for the 2-0 draw to pick GEN to help with the revenge, that's all!]

The silent right-side spectator stands at the venue had no one leaving; everyone was frantically tapping on their phones.

Clearly, they were all waiting for the upcoming draw segment!

And the live broadcast camera had already pushed to the losing side's player bench, reflecting the expressions of everyone on T1.

Clearly, they could at least confirm one thing: the first match of V5 against DK was completely a lie!

DK hadn't tricked anything out of V5 at all!

Keria, at the very edge in the support position, was slumped over the table in a daze, only lifting his head when he heard footsteps.

As a result, the moment he looked up, he saw Beryl walking toward him, and seeing the other party's light and breezy appearance, his emotions suddenly couldn't hold back!

Keria couldn't understand why Beryl could always beat him!

The two had played a total of 6 Bo5s to this day.

Keria remembered clearly that he had only won once, during the 2020 LCK Spring Playoffs.

The remaining ones—2020 LCK Summer Finals, 2020 World Championship Quarterfinals, 2021 Summer Finals, 2021 World Championship Semifinals, 2022 World Championship Semifinals, and the 2023 MSI—he had lost them all!

In Keria's feeling, the other party was simply like BDD to his own Li Xianghe, or Uzi to the opposing Jin Hekui and Imp.

He had almost never won a single match!!

His teammate behind him, Gumayusi, wanted to offer some comfort, but after hesitating for a while, he felt a bit embarrassed to speak up.

After all, his Kalista had given up first blood at the start of the match, and as the only advantage lane the whole team had funneled resources into, he hadn't created any tempo, and hadn't even been able to suppress Yone—it could be said that the AD was the absolute hidden culprit of the match!

Fortunately, Deft, who was following behind the other party, was full of warmth.

He stepped forward directly to give his former support teammate a warm hug.

And when Deft arrived in front of Li Xianghe in the middle, the moment the two looked at each other, there seemed to be complex emotions in each other's eyes.

The battle in last year's semifinals felt to them as if it were "the final that belonged exclusively to them."

The two had been classmates in the class next door during high school, and had countless bonds along the way; having killed each other on the competitive stage for many years, they were long past being simple rivals.

Li Xianghe would not comment on what the other party had done this year.

In fact—Deft had endured countless rumors and gossip from the outside world this year to head to China again, and had teamed up with the opponent who had defeated him, which had caused quite a bit of controversy in Korea.

But he could understand.

Li Xianghe knew too well Deft's desire and pursuit for the championship, which made him willing to give up and ignore all external factors, just to chase that goal.

He even occasionally had a moment of trance, thinking if he were the other party, would he also make that choice?

However, just as he saw that person behind him walking toward him with a smile.

Li Xianghe's originally calm expression clearly fluctuated.

"Good luck~~~ I hope we can meet in a Bo5 this year!" Ye Bo said, still using his broken English.

If someone else said this, one would have to guess whether they were implying that the other side couldn't make it to the Bo5 stage, or hinting at last year's defeat.

But Li Xianghe knew that this person across from him didn't mean that.

"Definitely."

Two awkward Chinese words came back, which even surprised Ye Bo a little.