"Prince Ning, why don't you go up and try your hand?" Yuan Shen turned around and looked at Prince Ning.

"Let's do it!" King Ning naturally would not refuse.

So Yuan Shen chose to let Prince Ning go up to fight.

In the end, Ning Wang did not disappoint Yuan Shen and helped IG win the second victory without any danger.

After this game, IG's games for the day are all over. Everyone chose to go back together, have a meal first, and then review today's games.

After the review, it was getting late, so the coach asked everyone to train on their own.

Judging from the current situation, IG has no pressure to advance in Group B.

Therefore, the focus is on watching the games of strong teams from other regions and studying their playing styles, so that if we meet them in the quarterfinals, we can be prepared in advance.

In the evening, Yuan Shen took a shower and lay on the bed playing with his mobile phone, mainly to check the news online.

"LPL seems to be quite strong this year. All three teams are quite strong."

"It doesn't matter. As long as IG is here, it doesn't matter whether other teams are strong or not."

"Can EDG make it to the quarterfinals? Guys, let me open a betting table, let's place our bets together."

"Top eight? You're dreaming. If we can advance to the group stage, it will be considered a success."

Seeing that some people were still making fun of the quarterfinals joke, Yuan Shen smiled.

But it's also quite funny to say that no matter how powerful EDG is in the LPL, when it comes to the World Championship, the quarterfinals becomes their limit.

Normally, if you can be the second or third seed in LPL, you have hope of reaching the semi-finals in the World Championship.

But EDG really can't do it, maybe they put too much energy into studying their own people.

The next day, IG started another game against VIT.

Yuan Shen chose to let Ning Wang continue to play, which was easier to beat than C9 and could be easily defeated.

In this way, IG's three games in the first round of the group stage have been completed.

All that remains is to wait for the other group matches to finish their first round.

One day passed and the first round of group matches for the four groups ended.

In Group A, the three teams, AFS, G2 and FW, are relatively close, and it seems that everyone has a chance.

In Group B, IG's performance was naturally the strongest, followed by GEN.

In Group C, KT is in the lead, and the remaining three teams are about the same. EDG is in a more dangerous situation.

In Group D, RNG and FNC are also relatively close, and there is no saying that one is crushing the other. The remaining two teams are just here to accompany the others.

Of course, this is just the first round.

According to previous rules, the first round really doesn’t mean anything. Some teams may win all the games in the first round, but lose all the games in the second round.

This kind of thing has happened in history, but the reason is that we have not learned anything.

The first and second rounds of each group stage are completely different in terms of BP, because most teams will choose to learn, adjust, and change their playing style.

Teams that don’t do this can easily make a comeback in the second round. Of course, if they are strong enough and have their own complete playing style and ideas, that’s another matter.

However, this ability is generally only possessed by teams like IG that have absolute dominance in the region.

After three days of adjustment, the second round of group matches began!

The schedule for the second round is the opposite of the first round, which means that IG does not need to play in the first day of the second round.

After the day's games, EDG was pretty scared and now they have the same points as TL in the same group.

This means there is a possibility of not being able to advance.

So after the game, I immediately found IG and arranged a training match with IG, hoping to learn a few tricks from IG.

RNG is more stable. The other two teams in the same group obviously cannot advance. For them, the biggest problem is whether they can get first place in the group stage.

After all, in the quarterfinals, the first place in the group stage will play against the second place in other groups, which will be much easier.

On the second day of the second round of group matches, IG members came to the competition venue again, and today's opponent is VIT.

Yuan Shen continued to let Ning Wang play and easily won the game. IG's record came to 4-0.
On the second day of the second round of group matches, the competition enters a white-hot stage!

First up was IG, who easily defeated C9 with a score of 5-0.
EDG and TL from the same group will compete for the victory!
In the end, EDG completed a counterattack and secured its place in the next round.

The group immediately became lively.

IG, Ning: "Awesome EDG, they qualified so quickly."

EDG, Clearlove8: "Aren't you IG faster? You've already secured qualification. You're just playing around."

IG, Yuanshen: "Congratulations to EDG, congratulations."

RNG, UZI: "Can EDG make it to the quarterfinals?"

EDG, Meiko: "You RNG should enter the knockout stage first."

RNG, Ming: "Tian Ye, we have already secured our place, now we are just competing for first place."

RNG, UZI: "MingKai, you disappoint me so much. You are the second in the group."

EDG, Clearlove8: "I did it on purpose. If we were to draw RNG in the quarterfinals, wouldn't we win?"

RNG, UZI: "Hahahaha? You are much more humorous than before, Mingkai, when did you learn to tell jokes?"

Seeing RNG and EDG arguing in the group, Yuan Shen couldn't stop laughing. These two teams would definitely quarrel whenever they met, especially UZI and Zzai.

If the quarterfinals are really between EDG and RNG, that’s unthinkable. When we set out, everyone was in harmony and the LPL audience was united in their attitude towards the outside world.

It is foreseeable that once the eight teams are drawn together for the quarterfinals, they will split up on the spot and then attack each other.

In the end, RNG and FNC entered the extra game, and the two teams competed for the first place in the group stage.

After a fierce battle, FNC finally won narrowly and took down RNG.

Ning Wang burst out laughing: "Ahahahaha, I thought RNG was going to win, but they were robbed of their base? This is too miserable."

Yuan Shen said: "RNG was basically invincible in frontal team battles, but the opponent didn't fight with them, so they just stole the ball, and they actually stole it."

Rookie continued: "I think RNG must be regretting it now, but now that we have done this, the probability of us drawing EDG and RNG in the quarterfinals is very high."

Everyone was stunned after hearing this, as if this was the truth!

Although from a utilitarian point of view, playing against RNG and EDG is the safest, because we know there will be no accidents.

But the IG team really doesn't want to have a civil war. They have already fought it too many times and it's boring. Also, if they advance through a civil war, the fans probably won't be happy because this is the World Championship.

Fu Manduo reminded: "After our last game, the draw ceremony will begin, you can watch it."

At the same time, the group became lively again.

EDG, Clearlove8: "Hahaha, I heard that RNG is going to take first place in the group stage, so what's the situation now?"

EDG, Meiko: “Not so good, RNG.”

RNG, UZI: "Why rush? Anyway, we RNG will definitely make it to the quarterfinals. We are not in a hurry at all."

EDG, Clearlove8: "If you say you can break through, then you can break through. Why don't I believe you?"

RNG, Xiaohu: "Mingkai, you guys better work harder and try to meet us in the semifinals, so that we can advance to the finals."

EDG, Clearlove8: "You don't think that if you can beat us in the league, you can still beat us in the S game."

RNG, UZI: "You EDG have always been good at internal battles, but not good at external battles. You can't even beat us in the league, let alone the S game. If you can win one game, it will be considered a success for you."

A moment later, the game between IG and GEN began.

This time, Yuan Shen chose to let Prince Ning go up and fight: "Prince Ning, let's see your performance."

Hearing this, King Ning became excited: "Me? Sure, I've wanted to fight them for a long time."

Seeing Prince Ning's excitement, Baolan shook his head, having a bad feeling.

However, the bad things that Baolan imagined did not happen, and in the end IG defeated GEN without any danger.

In this way, the group stage ended perfectly.

First, G2 won first place in Group A, and AFS won second place. In Group B, IG won first place, GEN was eliminated directly, and C9 won second place.

Then in Group C, KT took first place in the group stage, while EDG was second.

In Group D, FNC ranked first in the group stage and RNG was second in the group stage.

The drawing ceremony began, and the host came on stage to introduce the rules of the drawing.

The rules are simple: people in the same group will avoid each other and will not get together.

At the same time, the group winner will only be drawn into the group runner-up.

The IG players began to figure out which team would be easier to beat.

Baolan muttered, "I feel like EDG is the best choice."

Prince Ning angrily rebuked: "You want to start a civil war? Can you have some ambition?"

Baolan retorted: "I just said that. In the end, it's not my decision. What's the problem?"

The guest who drew lots came on stage and began to draw lots. The first step was to determine the order of the first place in the four groups.

The guest drew the first place in the group from the lottery machine.

Spread it out and take a look, IG!

King Ning exclaimed: "Such good luck? We are the first?"

The guests continued to draw lots, the second one, KT!

Then FNC is third, and G2 is fourth.

After these four orders are determined, the next step is to draw the second place in the group.

This is the key point, and the first one drawn by the guest is IG’s opponent.

Everyone on IG focused their attention, wanting to see who the lucky person was.

The guest draws one and spreads it out.

"C9!"

Ning Wang exclaimed: "Why is it C9? Didn't we already play against them?"

Baolan looked at Ning Wang with an idiotic look in his eyes and complained: "Are you stupid? Teams in the same group stage need to be avoided. We will not play with C9. C9 will automatically postpone it to the next one."

Sure enough, the screen showed that C9's opponent had become KT.

Ning Wang complained: "KT got a great bargain."

Next, don’t pick out the team…

"AFS!"

Yuan Shen smiled: "Nice, it's not a civil war, AFS!"

Others were also quite satisfied with the result.

The last two, RNG, EDG.

Four BO5s were confirmed.

IG vs. AFS.

G2 vs. AFS.

KT vs. RNG.

FNC vs. EDG.

After the matchups for the quarterfinals were announced, all that was left was training.

Fu Manduo said: "Our opponent in the quarterfinals is AFS. Although they are the second in the group stage, we cannot let our guard down and must take every game seriously."

"Start training against AFS today, watch their group stage matches several times, and look for their weaknesses."

Everyone in IG nodded. The knockout stage is different from the group stage. If they are not ready for the group stage, there is still room for adjustment.

As long as you make it to the knockout stage, you have to keep moving forward and fight to the end.

The IG team packed up and prepared to go back. Just as they were about to go out, suddenly, two figures ran over, UZI and Zz1tai!
The factory manager hurried over and said, "Training match tonight!"

UZI on the side said: "Play with us RNG, and learn together. If you play with EDG, won't you get worse and worse?"

The factory manager angrily shouted: "Would you please stop being disgusting, Uzi? I was here first."

UZI ignored the manager and continued, "IG, fight me first."

In the end, Fumanduo had no choice but to come forward to coordinate and make an appointment with RNG, and only then did they find a chance to escape.

After returning to the hotel and finishing our meal, we quickly concluded the review of the group stage and started studying the AFS match schedule.

Fumanduo called all the IG players together and found a more intense match between AFS and GE.

After watching, Fu Manduo greeted, "Now that the game is over, you can say whatever you want to say."

Theshy spoke first: "AFS's top laner is indeed very strong. His playing style is relatively stable and his basic skills are very solid."

Fu Manduo nodded: "I have been observing Kiin for a long time. His basic skills are indeed very good. It is rare for him to get more than 10 CS per minute in the top lane position."

"Many times the top laner will give the minion lane to the carry position, but AFS won't let him do that. He is the absolute core."

Ning Wang said: "Their jungler, Spirit, seems to have a nervous knife. I don't know if he is deliberately hiding his strength or if he is really like this."

Yuan Shen smiled: "There is no such thing as hiding one's strength in the S-League. If you think he is not good enough, then he really is not good enough."

It was Rookie's turn: "I think their mid laner Kuro is not very good in this version. In this version, mid laners are all mechanical heroes, and his mechanical skills... are not top-notch."

Yuan Shen joked: "Then can we expect to defeat the opponent in the middle lane and win easily?"

Hearing this, Rookie laughed: "But he may not play against me, and it depends on the hero. Anyway, I am not a top-notch player."

Then it was the bottom lane, and Baolan said, "They seem to have some strength in the bottom lane."

Prince Ning immediately interrupted: "Strength is relative, right? Could it be that you are too weak?"

Baolan rolled her eyes.

Smlz said: "AFS's ADC seems to be quite strong... I'll try my best."

Finally, Fu Manduo looked at Yuan Shen, and Yuan Shen said, "I think King Ning can win."

Everyone laughed after hearing this, as this comment had some connotations.

Fu Manduo smiled and said, "But you still have to be prepared."

Yuan Shen nodded: "Yes, no problem."

In the next few days, the eight teams were immersed in training, and various rumors were released.

So-and-so was invincible in the training match again, and he looks like a champion.

There is a lot of news like this every year during the S League, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

A few days passed and the quarterfinals began!

In the lounge of the competition venue.

The IG players are waiting for the game to start.

Yuan Shen was playing with his phone, checking the pace online.

"What can AFS do to challenge IG? I suggest you vote 20."

"First, play an AFS as an appetizer."

"EDG and RNG are relieved now. Seeing the big brother win the first game, their morale has skyrocketed."

"The only two teams that are qualified to play against IG are FNC and KT."

Suddenly Fu Manduo called out, "It's almost time, we should go on stage."

Everyone in IG stood up. Of course, Yuan Shen didn't have to stand up. He just waved his hand and said, "Good luck to everyone." (End of this chapter)