Rise

He knew how much time and effort Tian Tian put into researching his opponents.

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In the NetCow Cafe branch in downtown Shanghai, the game between High School 13 and High School 7 reached the 10 minute mark.
High School 7 had worked hard the last few minutes to get back into the game, having their Jarvan IV show up top and bot to put pressure on the side lanes.
It was a success.
Both lanes got a slight gold and experience lead in their lanes.
The complete opposite was true for mid lane.
Yasuo was being toyed with by Lin Feng.
It was to the extent that the audience crowding around the computers couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

“Uhh… Isn’t that guy a Master? What the fuck…”

“That’s what I heard too! How is he getting his ass kicked this hard?”

“Who is that Midlaner for High School 13? Also a Master? It must be, right?”

Despite it being obvious that the Yasuo was losing the lane, it looked a lot worse than it was.
High School 7’s Midlaner kept his calm.
His other lanes were doing well.
As long as he could stay close enough to the minions so that he could pick up the experience and stay relatively even in level with the Zed, then everything would be fine.
When the teamfights began, the rest of his team would win them and carry the game.
All he had to do was show up and pick up a kill here and there to catch back up in items and become relevant again.

The Jungler of High School 7 roamed bot.
High School 13’s bot lane duo was pushed under their tower and their Jungler had just revealed himself in the top half of the jungle.
This was a great opportunity for a towerdive! The Jarvan IV didn’t worry about wards.
There was nowhere to run for High School 13’s bot lane anyway.
His team’s minion wave in bot lane was pushing into Blue team’s outer tower.
He waited just outside of the outer tower’s range for the Support on his team, Leona, to engage.

Leona was a defensive support Champion with a lot of crowd control skills.
The most powerful one was her ultimate–Solar Flare! She could call down a beam of solar energy and stun Champions! The Leona arrived at Blue team’s outer tower and waited for Kalista and Braum to walk close together.
Then she threw down a Solar Flare!

“Wei Dong!” Tang Bingyao exclaimed, annoyed.
The Leona was obviously waiting for them to stack on top of each other before engaging.
Wei Dong had done the one thing he should never do in a lange against a Leona!

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The Leona stunned the Kalista and Braum.
Wei Dong frantically clicked his mouse and hit down on his keyboard but nothing happened.
A flag-toss combo of the Jarvan IV knocked both his Braum and Tang Bingyao’s Kalista airborne before the stun broke.
The Jinx was shooting them down with her rocket launcher.
Kalista died in an instant, and he followed soon after.
The crowd control was too strong.
There was nothing he could do.
It was a clean two kills for High School 7.
He looked up at Tang Bingyao sitting next to him and mumbled, “Sorry.”

Lin Feng could hear the annoyance in Tang Bingyao’s voice.
Bot lane was losing.
Top lane was struggling again.
And Liu Yue in the jungle was unable to put the same pressure on the lanes as the Jarvan IV did.
They were falling behind left and right.
Only mid lane was doing well.
But this didn’t mean the game was lost.
Anything but! The game was still even right now.
However, the next big fight would be very important.
If they lost that, the game would become very difficult to win.
Lin Feng zoned out everything else around him.
He had to focus and win for his team!

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On the other side of the world, the game between KG and Flashed also hit the 10 minute mark.
The minutes after Tian Tian killed the Riven had been relatively quiet.
Only one big play had happened.
A gank in mid lane.
Flash’s Jungler, Lee Sin, had ganked KG’s Midlaner and helped his Kassadin pick up the kill.
This brought the score back to one kill for both teams.

The Chinese fans started to get nervous again.
After watching Tian Tian pick up an early solo kill, their hopes for a KG win were reignited.
KG had started playing better in the few minutes after too! Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
But then the Orianna died in mid lane.
The game suddenly didn’t seem all that easy anymore.
KG was still playing well, they had at least that going for them, but playing well just wasn’t good enough.
If KG wanted to make it out of the group stage, they had to win all three of their remaining matches! One loss and they were out!

「Come on KG! Don’t give this one away! You guys have to hold on! We believe in you!」

「STOP FEEDING ORI!!!!! just let the heca carry you!」

「we can still win! go kg go!!!!!」

「dont give up guys this is still a win for kg, just trust them」

「tell that to the ori! GO GOD ROUNDY! carry your shitmates!!!」

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「Give me a K! Give me a G! KGGGGGGGGG」

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Prophet Stone was careful with what he said on the caster desk.
He was terrified of jinxing KG.
Qinghe and Lolo felt the same, as did the millions of fans in China.
They were praying for a win.
KG had to win! Their hearts were in the game.
They started talking to the screen as though KG could hear them.
Sometimes even screaming.
There were some fans who put on their special t-shirt.
They believed it’d bring their team luck.
They’d do anything they could think of to help KG win this game!

Though there weren’t millions of fans watching, the situation in the match between High School 13 and High School 7 was very similar to the position KG found themselves in.
But instead of commentators and fans worrying for them, there were only Ren Rou, Ouyang, and Yang Fan.
Ouyang hid behind the other two, afraid that him looking at the game would cause his team to lose.

Both teams in both games gathered around the Dragon pit.
This would be the first teamfight of the game.
It was one of the most important few seconds of the entire game! One team would pull ahead, while the other would spend the rest of the game playing catch up.

Lin Feng stared at his screen.
He couldn’t let anyone disturb him now.
His team wasn’t good enough.
He had to carry them, but he wasn’t sure if he could single-handedly win this next teamfight.
And if he failed, the rest of the game would suddenly become a lot more difficult.
Losing wasn’t even out of the equation then.
For you, Fatty.
I’ma win this fight for you!

Tian Tian was worried, just like Lin Feng was.
His nerves started assaulting his mind again, and it looked for a moment as if he’d fall back in his old habit.
N-no.
L-lin Feng won’t forgive me.
He forced himself to calm down and focused on the game again.
There was no second chance after this game.
This game was his second and last chance to make it out of the group stage! He had to win.
He couldn’t let this game slip from his fingers! One mistake and it was over.
I-i can’t screw up! I have to win!

Then, it happened.
In two different games in two different tournaments, separated by over 5,000 miles of land and sea, High School 13 and KG both fell for an ambush.
For KG, the bot lane duo was caught out, while for High School 13 it was the Jungler and Support.
Four players from High School 7 had spotted them warding high up in the river and surrounded them.

Ren Rou and Ouyang panicked.
Qinghe, Lolo, and Stone panicked.
The millions of fans at home all panicked.
High School 13 was trapped! KG was trapped! All their hopes and dreams came crashing down on them.
It was over! After everything, this looked like the start of the end!

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