Chapter 382: 《Ip Man Trains the Tiger 2》! Who is surrounding whom, exactly?

The draw results are out, and the audience on both sides of the venue is incredibly lively.

"Holy crap, V5 seems to have been surrounded by LCK. Wait, T1 also seems to have been surrounded by LPL!?"

"Now 'Big Fei' is in for it. Even if Li Ning can't do it, there's still Jingdong to fall back on, right? Let's congratulate T1 in advance for stopping in the quarterfinals for the second year in a row!"

"Why not mention my WBG? Looking down on my 'All-God Team', are you!"

"Unless Xiaohu achieves enlightenment, burns his soul, and turns into a sarira, believing WBG can beat T1 is less likely than believing my Top Esports brother can beat T1~"

Clearly, whether it's because T1 was brutally crushed by V5 in the group stage a few days ago, or because JDG also defeated T1 to reach the finals at MSI, this bracket is considered one of the best results in the eyes of LPL viewers.

But the Korean viewers on the other side don't share this sentiment; they are all quite uneasy.

"Pizza!! Are we really going to be met by the LPL in the finals again, repeating MSI!?"

"Actually, it's a good thing. Those who advance to the quarterfinals first in the Swiss stage are at the biggest disadvantage. V5 hasn't played a match in over ten days and will have lost their touch. Believe in HLE and Gen.G!"

"Exactly, has no one noticed how fierce our invincible Gen.G is this year? Chovy is truly different this year! I believe Chovy will definitely be able to stop Ye! Not to mention there's also Viper!"

"The top priority now is to go buy tickets for the quarterfinals immediately and snap them all up! We must exert our home-field advantage!"

The Swiss stage has come to an end, and there will be a one-week break before the quarterfinals begin.

To avoid the fatigue of travel affecting their condition, all participating teams generally set off early, leaving Seoul to settle down in Busan, the host city for the quarterfinals.

Of course, there isn't really much "fatigue of travel."

After all, the high-speed train ride between these two largest cities in Korea only takes a little over an hour.

The members of V5 also set off immediately after seeing the draw results, giving themselves a half-day break—Beryl, whose home is in Busan, strongly invited everyone to stay over instead of staying at the hotel arranged by Riot.

On the train, Ye Bo took out his phone to surf the web.

At this moment, reviews of the Swiss stage are everywhere, among which WBG, who fought two consecutive hard battles and sent DK to the round of sixteen, is undoubtedly the most discussed topic.

[Master Ye is truly 'miraculous'! After training for a few days, he actually managed to cure Xiaohu's 'sticky' syndrome? Amazing!]

[Case solved: Master Ye is actually an air conditioner, blowing spring breezes at Xiaohu every night, making him think it's still spring!]

[Wrong! Let's just say those who know, know. The top laner of WBG is the real greatest contributor—because our Cha Baidao spokesperson TheShy exerted his power, personally mixing a cup of Peach Four Seasons Spring for Xiaohu, making Xiaohu feel like spring all year round!]

[What's the use? I only know that poor Gala is going to the quarterfinals again. Does anyone really think WBG can beat JDG?]

[Heh, don't forget where these quarterfinals are being played! Once the quarterfinals arrive, it will be time for TheShy to reveal his true martial soul. Never mind JDG, by then he'll devour V5, T1, and Gen.G all at once!]

[Damn, 'Train to Busan', is it!]

Ye Bo watched the netizens' memes and discussions with amusement.

Suddenly remembering something, he swiped his screen to open Bilibili and searched for his favorite meme creator.

"Is it Chinese New Year? They actually updated two videos!"

There are two newly updated meme videos on the homepage.

They are: "Ip Man Trains the Tiger (Xianxia Version)" and "Ip Man Trains the Tiger (Anime Version)."

He couldn't wait to click on the first one (Xianxia Version).

The original background is the {1986 Journey to the West}.

The Ye Bo version of 'Bodhi Patriarch' walks out, reaches out, and knocks three times on the head of the monkey, which has been photoshopped with Xiaohu's round and funny face.

'Xiaohu' feels the pain and his face turns ridiculously rosy, but his expression is incredibly surprised: "Master, Master! Do you mean for me to come to the back door in the middle of the night so you can teach me 'Divine Abilities'?"

'Ye Bo' smiles slightly and shakes his head mysteriously.

"Don't you already have divine abilities?"

The comment section is flooded with [BOLD!!].

After a moment of daze, Xiaohu shows a look of sudden realization. At the same time, faint steam starts rising from his head like a boiling pot, and the tiger head slowly changes, gradually turning into the appearance of a "French Bulldog."

"Gah, never had such a wonderful start!! Thank you, Master!"

'Xiaohu' holds up a Geodude, shouting the classic line in his unique, sharp, duck-like voice.

This one step alone made Ye Bo almost spit out his water.

And the Bodhi Patriarch 'Ye Bo' on the screen just walks away with his back turned: "It's fine, if you cause trouble in the future, just don't mention me."

Ye Bo wiped off the water he had sprayed, finding it hard to keep a straight face at the abstract image of himself as the protagonist.

He silently long-pressed to give it a triple-like and clicked on the second video.

(Anime Version) uses "Digimon" as the original background.

This time.

Ye Bo's face appears on the face of the protagonist Tai Kamiya, and an incredibly chuunibyou AI-simulated voice comes out.

"WBG has reached the 1-2 edge of life and death, it's time! Xiaohu!"

"Don't worry, I'll hold down Darwin's coffin lid."

"Amoeba————Evolve!"

"Earthworm————Re-evolve!"

"Metal Garurumon————Super Evolve!"

"A national first-class protected animal! Known as the Spring Tiger Emperor, Summer Tiger Brother, Autumn Tiger, but never seen by anyone—the special Digimon of the November Northeast Tiger—Super Ultimate Xiaohu Beast!"

Combined with the comments on the video, it seems even more outrageous.

[Tiger's Theory of Evolution: Amoeba → Earthworm → Fierce Tiger King → Earth Tiger Hero → Megatron!]

[Something Darwin studied his whole life, Master Ye verified in just two League of Legends matches. Great, no need to say more!]

[Not enough, if he wants to beat T1, Master Ye must choose the strongest, most powerful, and most domineering evolution route for him—that is, Sea Tiger (sound of Buddhist beads)!]

[So regarding this draw result, I can only say: Good draw. Why is it a good draw?]

[I can only say Uzi is a bit unlucky. Since even Xiaohu can be trained by Master Ye, I can't imagine how strong Uzi would be if he were trained to master the 'Godly Temperature Control' skill!]

[Are you there? Train me first.]

Amidst the endless fun videos and post discussions, the train arrived at its destination.

After the V5 group landed, they took a taxi to a destination that seemed somewhat far from the city center.

"Are you kidding??"

"A mansion, Genshin Brother!"

"My goodness, the Great Beryl Manor!"

Looking at the detached villa on the hillside, everyone was very surprised except for Deft, who had been there once.

Although they had heard on the way that Beryl had invested most of the money he earned from playing professionally over the years into houses, focusing on being an extreme "homebody."

But seeing such a luxurious multi-story hillside villa, they were still a bit surprised.

Walking into the house, it was even more full of Beryl's "personal characteristics."

Figures were everywhere in every corner, and life-sized dolls from various ACG games were overwhelming; calling it a "Cyber Harem" would not be an exaggeration!

Old-fashioned arcade machines, retro game consoles, Switch, PS5—it goes without saying—there were even multiple professional "esports rooms" for five-man queues!

"No wonder Genshin Brother said we could train here, holy crap! This esports room is simply my dream house!" Xun said, his voice full of envy.

"Envious? Envy is useless, this room is mine!" Flandre hugged him and teased.

Beryl chuckled and waved his hand: "There's another one upstairs. Ah, anyway, things that can be solved without going out should be solved at home as much as possible~"