Team Sunlight had already been communicating very closely with Bing Bing. All they had been waiting for was for Demacia Cafe to come up to promote themselves, they didnât care about the 30,000 RMB cash prize whatsoever, their streams provide them with more than enough income, added on to their unique promotion methods.
Team Sunlightâs leader was Bing Bing, and the kid liked to hang around Demacia Cafe whenever he was free, especially since Demacia Cafe was Xuhuiâs Club Sunlightâs biggest competitor. They had beaten the previous defending team into submission, and all of a sudden, this random team popped up from God knows where and somehow stacked the prize to a solid 30,000 RMB!
Well then, keep stacking it up! 30,000 RMB wasnât a particularly large sum of money, at least not for high-class clubs like Club Sunlight.
But then that Lei guy had gone and gotten the media involved, looking to do a large-scale promotion on the internet and television, now that wouldnât do.
Club Sunlight had its main focus on LOL as well, if they were to let Demacia Cafe have the title of Number 1 LOL Club, who would still come to Club Sunlight? If they continued to spread their influence into the streaming scene, their Club Sunlight would be finished!
This would be their only shot at stopping them now, there wouldnât be a second chance.
âBing Bing says weâre on!â Team Sunlightâs Nine Days laughed.
Nine Days had (or was trying to have) a goatee, which looked rather strange, but he probably thought it made him look like a hipster or something.
âWeâve never seen any videos of them, is this defending team any good?â
âIf they could get the prize money rolling to thirty thousand, theyâre probably not just your average team. Iâm guessing theyâre above-average career players who havenât won any high-profile competitions yet,â their Jungler, Golden Ray said.
âDonât worry, itâs not like we havenât beat those self-proclaimed career teams anyway!â Nine Day replied smoothly.
âYeah, and Bing Bing said that their Support is a total troll, the bottom lane should be a piece of cake!â
Team Sunlight werenât lacking in the confidence department, they wouldnât have gotten the success they had if they didnât have at least decent skills, and a lot of professionals watched their streams too, after all.
They had tried their hands at professional matches before, wanting to make a name for themselves, but as luck would have it, they couldnât play at their best then, getting beaten by some other teams. If they had been able to play to their true potential, the entire LPL wouldâve been done for! Those thoughts allowed Team Sunlight to hold their heads up high as they took bold strides into Demacia Cafe.
They were on a mission, coming to trash the scene, but when they saw the hostess with her perky bosom, they couldnât help but get a little nervous.
However, they had to maintain their aura of professionalism, and so, they werenât about to say anything weird.
âEnough with the chit-chat, letâs settle this on the rift!â Bing Bing confidently announced.
Free media coverage too, there couldnât have been a more opportune moment to reveal their power!
Boss Lei huffed at the sight of Bing Bingâs excitement.
Youâll get your just desserts.
âLuocheng, if there arenât any objections, letâs start,â Boss Lei said to Luocheng.
âNo rush.â Luocheng took a look at the camera and walked over.
The hostess promptly shifted her focus onto Luocheng, after all, these two teams were going to clash as representatives of Shanghaiâs most well-known cybercafes.
âIf i remember correctly, you said that your Team Sunlight could easily compete against LPL professionals?â Luocheng said in an eerily calm voice.
âWe would never make such claims, it was the fans that said that,â Bing Bing replied with a glint in his eye.
âIt doesnât matter who said it, Iâm here to tell you, garbage teams like yours who only know how to stir up drama shouldnât dirty the name of LPL Teams. You donât even deserve to walk the same ground as them!â Luocheng raised his voice in anger, pointing an accusatory finger at Bing Bing.
âYouâ¦youâ¦â Bing Bing hadnât expected Luocheng to go off on them like that!
âThis is the leader of the defending team, it looks like he has his own opinion of Team Sunlightâs strength. Well then, enough with the pleasantries, letâs settle this with a game of League of Legends, shall we?â The hostess swiftly changed topics to avoid a full-on argument breaking out.
âHmph, yeah, whatâs with all the big talk, just get into a game! Team Sunlight already has LPL-level skills, playing against you losers will be a walk in the park!â One of the brain-dead fans piped up.
âHilarious, even the troll Support has come up to talk. How about you get your Support a*s to Gold before you come out here to whine, huh!â
Luocheng ignored all those idiots who didnât know what they were talking about, speaking plainly to Team Sunlight, âProfessional players playing against you measly little nothings? We wonât even give you the chance to surrender.â
With that, Luocheng led his team to sit at their stations.
Not giving them any chance to surrender, they were going to be over with Team Sunlight in 20 minutes flat!
Those werenât words just anybody could say. 20 minutes in LOL was a sort of cut-off point, and if your team couldnât even survive 20 minutes against another team, that spoke miles about how weak your team was!
Bing Bingâs face flushed red up to the tips of his ears.
He had thought that no one could one-up him with what he had said on screen, who wouldâve thought that this defending teamâs leader would walk right up and declare that they would be K.O.-ed by 20!
Even LPL teams didnât dare to talk like that and this little Silver-ranked troll Support had the gall to utter those words in front of an audience!? I swear I will make you my b*tch by the end of the game!
Bing Bing knew that they shouldnât start arguing on-screen, for whoever lost their cool first would be ridiculed online, so he shut his mouth and led his team over to their spots, officially taking on the defending team.
âAre they really Team Sunlight?â
âProbably, hasnât Nine Days posted some videos? Isnât that Nine Days?â
âWow, this is the first time Iâm seeing LOL Gods this close!â a fangirl said under her breath.
âWe can finally see Nine Daysâ God-like outplays live, thatâs so sick.â
âLetâs hope the defending team can even last the first 20 minutes.â
âYeah, if the bottom lane manages to not get totally destroyed, Iâm buying an annual pass here at Demacia Cafe.â
Team Sunlight were immensely popular and thus, a lot of the regulars at Demacia Cafe were turning their backs on the defending team.
No wonder Boss Lei couldnât wait to get the media exposure. If Team Sunlight were left to their own devices, Demacia Cafe would be out of business because everyone would be going to Club Sunlight to see their âGodsâ!
âThe battle of the century is about to begin, Iâm sure the viewers at home are as excited as I am to bear witness to this exhilarating competition! Weâll soon cut to footage taken directly from the Summonerâs Rift, so grab a buddy and letâs all cheer for these two teams!â The hostess said with a bright smile on her face.
The screen cut to an overview of the battlefield. Boss Lei had specially hired professional LOL analysts to narrate over their battle, and the footage was quickly switched to show the two narrators.
***
They quickly entered the Champion Selection screen and Luocheng glanced at his team members, âShow them what youâre made of.â
Da Luo, Lin Dong, Wu Sen, and Zhou Yan nodded. This time, they didnât pick any off-meta champions, they were playing their mains.
Seeing the defending team choose serious champions, Jian Feng couldnât help but jump in anticipation.
Team Skycrown were finally going to show their true potential. They had been training here for so long, it was about time they showed these regulars how a real LPL player played!
âIâm not imagining things, right? Theyâre actually playing their mains!â Next to Jian Feng, K stared wide-eyed at the screen in disbelief.
K spent most of his weekends in Shanghai now, sitting and mindlessly watching Team Skycrown compete. He had hoped to be able to learn something from them, but he had never gotten the chance to see them play their main champions.
But this time⦠this time, his chance had come!
He quickly fished out his phone to call that idiot Xu Ben, he knew that the latter would go crazy!
Oh right, he didnât know if he could even make it all the way here from Hangzhou⦠hehehe!
***
Da Luo had the first pick, choosing top laneâs Exemplar of Demacia, Jarvan!
On the opposite side, Nine Days made the interesting choice of Jax.
A smile tugged at the corner of Da Luoâs lips as he saw Nine Days choose Jax!
Playing Jax against me? Jax was one of Da Luoâs best champions and he knew every strength that he had, but also every weakness.
For the middle lane, Wu Sen sniped his beloved Dark Sovereign, Syndra, laning against Team Sunlightâs Ahri.
Syndra could zone out Ahri easily with her balls, this might be easier than they thought.
Jungler Zhou Yan chose Olaf while the opponent chose the high mobility Spider Queen, Elise.
When it came to burst damage, Olaf wouldnât lose to Elise, but his ganks were definitely not as good as the agile Spider Queen.
Bottom lane was facing Bing Bingâs Support and Scorchâs ADC, and they chose the aggressive combination of Leona and Draven.
Seeing the enemy choose Leona, Luocheng immediately went for Alistar.
Alistar wasnât picked much in the sea of strong Supports like Zyra, Annie, Fiddlesticks, Leona, Thresh, etc., but against specific matchups, an Alistar could make a lethal impact on the enemy team.
Most importantly, Alistar could hard-counter Leona!
Luocheng was already undefeated when he played Support, and with an Alistarâ¦
It was starting to look like they didnât even need 20 minutes to teach this self-important Team Sunlight and their Fans a hard lesson.
Lin Dong as the ADC chose the currently very popular Sivir.
In all honesty, if Luocheng was supporting, Lin Dong could even play a Teemo ADC and everything would still go just as smoothly.
However, since Luocheng had given orders to hold nothing back, he chose Sivir as he had been playing a lot of games with her recently. He would let his main, Ezreal, rest for a little while longer.
Ah, it felt good! Lin Dong finally didnât have to 1 vs 3 his way through the bottom lane!