League of Legends: League of Unknowns

Onstage, there was an atmosphere that was making the crowd boil. The Blood Eagle, Zhao Tinghua’s popularity, had surpassed everyone’s imagination because he was one of the top world players who was basically a legend in the world of LOL!

He didn’t need anyone to spread his strength and glory for him, he was a king in LOL!

The members of Team Skycrown all turned, a look of surprise on their faces as they all looked at Tinghua.

Tinghua took a seat at the commentator platform, waving and greeting the audience below the stage as well as the viewers watching from home before looking calmly at Team Skycrown.

“F*ck, why did this guy come here.” Da Luo cursed.

“I don’t know either.” Lin Dong said, his voice bitter as he forced a smile.

Zhou Yan frowned but said nothing, his eyes still on Tinghua.

All four of them had quit Sky Club, and only Tinghua remained. With his extraordinary talent and brilliance, he had completely become one of the most outstanding kings in LOL. You could even say that he was standing at the peak of LOL, and Team Skycrown had just started their climb at the foot of the mountain.

Up till now, Lin Dong could still remember the hurtful words that Tinghua had said at the beginning of the formation of Team Skycrown! The resentment from those words were not directed at Da Luo, Lin Dong, Zhou Yan, Xiao Bei or Wu Sen from Team Skycrown. They had been directed at only one person, and that was Luocheng!

“Hello everyone, I’m Blood Eagle Zhao Tinghua, I think everyone is quite familiar with me.” Tinghua said as he introduced himself with a smile.

Whenever he smiled, it gave off a feeling that made people feel like they were familiar with him. That being said, no one could assume that he was giving a superficial smile, and the ones who knew Tinghua as a person also knew that he had always been like that…

Luocheng clearly remembered that during the international stage where they were crushed by the Korean Dota team, he had still maintained this smile. A little bit arrogant, but still, unrestrained.

“I’m not sure if Blood Eagle has set his eyes on the two teams who are about to enter the qualifiers for LPL?” Qi Qiao said, glancing at him.

“Ah, I don’t really pay much attention to teams that are not part of the LPL.” Tinghua said sheepishly.

As soon as that sentence left his mouth, you could see the dissatisfaction of the team from Fudan University.

Didn’t it mean that if the teams did not manage to enter the LPL, it was not worth his attention?

That was too much!

“However, these two teams are special.” Tinghua amended, clearly feeling the dissatisfaction from the people around.

Hearing that, Qi Qiao felt slightly relieved. She had thought that Tinghua would display his arrogance right here and had been scrambling internally on how to cover this. Fortunately for her, it had turned out well.

“So what have you noticed from these two teams that are special in your opinion?” Qi Qiao asked.

“Although they are just a university team, Fudan University has managed to step foot into the LPL. This has definitely surprised us professional players, and their teamwork as well as their tactical plays are excellent.” Tinghua said, elaborating on his previous statement. “It’s obvious that there is a foreign team involved, and so, the backing of this particular team has always caught my interest.”

“I see, so regarding the team that is standing behind Fudan University, which team do you think it is?” Qi Qiao followed up. “Could it possibly be Team KK from Korea, or Team LON from the US?”

Team KK from Korea and Team LON from the US were internationally known teams, there were no teams in their country that could stand at the same level as them.

“And also, how did this wild card team—Team Skycrown catch a renowned king of LOL’s attention?” Qi Qiao was quick in changing the topic to keep the crowd’s attention. There was no need to dig too much into a specific topic and speculations on a live broadcast such as this.

“For Team Skycrown, there is nothing specific. Only, when they first formed the team, I have already spoken to them.” Tinghua responded.

“So you already knew Team Skycrown before this, and it seems like they have some history with you. So, Blood Eagle, what was it that you said to Team Skycrown?” Qi Qiao continued, her voice laced with curiosity.

“Nothing much, just that when they formed the team, I told them ‘No matter when and where, I would crush them into dust under my feet!’” Tinghua said casually toward the camera, his expression not matching the intensity of his words.

As soon as those words left his mouth, the whole hall went into an uproar!

No matter when and where, he wanted to crush them under his feet!

“F*ck, Tinghua has gone nuts. He even dared to say this kind of thing.”

“Even if you say he’s nuts, Team Skycrown hasn’t even qualified into LPL, they’re not even a first tier team, and yet here he is saying that he’s willing to step on them. Isn’t that good for Team Skycrown, it means he sees something in them. Think about it, if it wasn’t for this competition, who the hell would know who Team Skycrown is.”

“Sh*t, his tone is awesome. I love a domineering person.” A fierce-looking girl said.

With Tinghua’s words, it easily started a wave in the LOL circle within the country. Other than the three thousand people present in the hall, there were also tens of thousands of people who were watching the broadcast from all over.

Tinghua had deliberately declared war on Team Skycrown in the media to trample on them, and this led everyone who was watching into thinking was there some backstory between them that they needed to know about?

“Damn, this little sh*thead has not changed one bit.” Lin Dong cursed under his breath.

“Motherf*cker, arrogant just because he’s well known in LOL!” Da Luo spat, extremely displeased.

“Why is he like this?” Zhou Yan said, sighing.

With that said, Zhou Yan’s eyes fell on Luocheng, who was standing at the corner of the backstage.

***

Qi Qiao was somewhat flustered by Tinghua’s words and slightly lost for words as she weakly said, “Is there something going on between Team Skycrown and yourself?”

“Not really, I just feel like doing it. However, even if I wanted to step on them, I’m not sure they can even qualify for the LPL at this rate. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if they can win this match?” Tinghua replied, his smile still firmly in place.

Seeing the switch from serious to jokes by Tinghua, Qi Qiao hurriedly said, “Presuming that Blood Eagle has known Team Skycrown before this, they could be rivals. In fact, being at the peak and having an opponent that you wish to stand above is indeed admirable.”

***

“This Tinghua, still the same. No wonder they said it wasn’t easy to invite this guy as the guest.” Ai Ke, who was sitting on a bench upstairs said as he laughed.

“Yes, it was a real headache.” The person in charge of the teams—Xi Xi replied.

“However, there is nothing wrong with that. There are some who like humble and low key people. There are also those who will like his wild and unscrupulous taste. Moreso that he’s called the Blood Eagle…Then again, it seems like this Team Skycrown is not some backwater team. Do we have any information on their members?” Ai Ke asked.

“There’s some based on their participant forms, but it’s relatively simple. Should I look into it?” Xi Xi replied.

“Sure, let’s do that. E-sports has only begun rising in recent years, for it to truly achieve anything at a national level, it’s necessary to rely on these teams to reach celebrity status and to be admired and worshiped. Of course, the best results would be to achieve national glory. We lost dreadfully in the S International League, if there was a team that could stand in the international arena, it would cause a sensation on a national level. Only then would the competitions we’ve been doing up till now have meaning.” Ai Ke said.

“Alright, I understand. I will keep an eye on these promising teams.” Xi Xi said as he nodded his head.

***

Following Tinghua’s declaration, everyone who was watching the broadcast started opening web pages and search engines, determined on finding more information about Team Skycrown.

To be able to have Tinghua personally say that he wanted to crush them beneath his feet, there was definitely a reason for it. They wanted to know what was the relationship between the LOL king, Zhao Tinghua and Team Skycrown.

It was a pity, when they searched Team Skycrown on Baidu, there was no information. This team was a team that was recently formed, there were no forums, no Weibo, no prestige, videos, or any other information.

Nothing at all.

“Alright, then let us take a look at the strength of these two teams! Who will fall, and who will enter the grand doors of LPL, it will all be revealed soon!” Qi Qiao’s voice fell back to its melodic quality, pulling the crowd’s attention back to her once again.

***

When the two teams were ready, they entered the banning phase.

“Sigh, it looks like Team Skycrown didn’t ban Tristana. It looks like they are very confident, telling them to take out your best champion!” Qi Qiao mused as she watched.

“I’ve seen the captain of Fudan University’s team, Lin Siyong’s Tristana before, and it was quite good. Not banning her is not a wise move. Of course, Tristana has her limitations and weaknesses. If you can catch it, then you needn’t be overly afraid of her.” Tinghua said, putting in his opinion.

Tinghua was a player who had an understanding in LOL that was far superior than most, and while Siyong’s strength was obvious to everyone, his standards were only quite good when Tinghua spoke of it.

***

As expected, since you left Tristana, Fudan University immediately chose her!

There was a discussion post in the LOL forums, if you let Siyong have Tristana, even a first tier team wouldn’t be able to control him. This post had conducted a detailed analysis on the use of Siyong’s Tristana, and it had more than a hundred thousand replies to it.

Put it this way, Fudan University’s win rate until now had been about seventy to eighty percent, and that was without the Yordle Gunner—Tristana.

It wasn’t that he was holding back either, but their opponents had consistently banned Tristana, not giving him a chance to use her at all!

From that, it could be seen that Siyong’s Tristana posed such a great threat to these professional players!

However, in this match, Team Skycrown had actually left Siyong’s strongest champion alone. In the hearts of the members of Fudan University, they were thinking, ‘Did Team Skycrown have a way to counter Siyong’s Tristana? If not, how could they possibly be willing to unleash this champion?’

***

At Team Skycrown’s side…

Confidence?

That was not the case at all!

They hadn’t had a damn clue that Siyong’s Tristana was exceptional!

You must understand that they had only known their opponents were Fudan University when they had arrived just now, okay!