183: Chapter 183: The most exciting comeback from near-death, a global sensation!

"Both sides have decent mechanics; they are indeed at the top Challenger level, but so far, I still don't see the appeal of this esports match."

"Both sides are trading blows, but the Red team has the overall advantage."

"This match is just average."

As the match began.

Old C also started watching the live stream of this Opening Match in the neighboring region. However, just like the Opening Match in the Great Xia region, although the first game had blind pick rules, both sides were playing very cautiously.

It seemed a bit boring.

That was why Old C felt bored while watching the match.

For the audience who had watched yesterday's match, they could accept that the first few games lacked exciting moments. After all, in yesterday's match, the first two games were meaningless, and it only started getting good from the third game onwards.

However.

In the eyes of Old C, who hadn't watched yesterday's match, he wasn't very interested in this first game.

But because he had promised the chat, he continued watching.

Soon.

The members of the Red team, the Demon King Team, had already started a 4-1 split push, pushing against the Blue team's high ground.

Perhaps due to tactical choices, the Red team chose to let the Mid laner Faker split push alone, while the others gathered in the bottom lane to push the tower.

And at this moment.

The game had already reached the thirty-minute mark.

You have to realize.

Because it was the first game of the Opening Match and both teams were participating in an offline tournament for the first time, they were naturally very nervous. Plus, the style of the South Korea region is to play it safe.

This resulted in.

The match having been played until now without many exciting moments appearing.

Although there were some plays that looked exciting to ordinary players, for Old C, who was already a Master tier player, these plays weren't exaggerated enough to shock him.

Watching the Zed controlled by Faker of the Red team continuously pushing the high ground tower, Old C couldn't help but yawn.

"Why isn't this game over yet? It's truly too boring. If this so-called league of legends esports match is really just this, then I don't need to watch the Great Xia region's match tomorrow."

"Look, the Blue team's Zed is already rushing over. Faker is still pushing the tower and not running; isn't this just waiting for death?"

"Is this the level of South Korea's Challenger players?"

"A bit weak."

Just as Old C finished speaking.

On the screen, the Zed controlled by Ryu had already used W Living Shadow to reach the front of Faker's Zed.

An E ability, Shadow Slash, plus two auto-attacks, directly brought Faker's Zed down to low health. At the same time, it cleared the opponent's minion wave, causing the defensive tower to hit Faker's Zed once as well.

You have to realize.

Because the first game was a blind pick, there was a probability that both sides would choose the same champion. In this game, the Mid and Top Laners of both sides were identical champions.

If it were different champions, one might be able to pull off a low-health counter-kill through mechanics, but with the same champion and similar gold, a low-health counter-kill was almost impossible.

Watching this scene, Old C, the audience in the live stream, and the players from the South Korea region who were watching the match for rewards, were almost certain at this moment.

Faker's Zed was a dead man walking; he could at most delay the inevitable.

But the next second.

What no one expected was.

The very second he stepped out of the defensive tower, Faker's Zed was the first to cast his ultimate, Death Mark, dodging the next auto-attack from Ryu's Zed.

At the same time.

The moment Faker reappeared, player Ryu also cast his ultimate.

At this moment.

Everyone still didn't think Faker could survive; the health difference between the two was too large. Once Ryu landed, the outcome wouldn't change.

But just then.

The instant Ryu's ultimate landed, Faker instantly returned to his ultimate's shadow location, dodging Ryu's damage. At the same time, he used Quicksilver Sash to cleanse the opponent's ultimate and ignite, then walked in front of the opponent, letting the opponent take his Q and an auto-attack.

As the auto-attack landed, he used Flash to create distance, dodging the opponent's Zed Q ability and another auto-attack.

The next instant, Ryu's Zed's ultimate popped on his head. Ryu also used Flash to try to make up for the last bit of damage, but Faker directly used a reverse W Living Shadow to dodge the damage, while the shadow's Shadow Slash took the kill.

And all of this.

Happened in just a few seconds.

With the same champion, a full-health Zed was directly counter-killed by a low-health Zed!

The voice of the South Korea caster on the broadcast had already exploded with excitement, and Old C, who had been yawning, became instantly wide awake after watching this scene.

He even started roaring in the live stream.

"Low health and ulting, it should just be to delay time. Ryu also ulted."

"Faker used movement to dodge the damage and can even counter-attack; he's still delaying time."

"Wait."

"Low health, flashed to dodge the opponent's damage, Ryu also followed with Flash. He used Living Shadow displacement again to dodge damage and connected with Shadow Slash, a counter-kill!"

"What!"

"He actually managed a counter-kill like this!"

"He actually pulled off a counter-kill!"

And at this moment.

It wasn't just Old C who was shocked by the desperate play on the live stream; the chat exploded instantly.

In just a few short seconds, it filled the entire live stream.

"Holy crap, holy crap, what did I just see!"

"How was this even done! Same champion, both are top-tier Challenger players, and a full-health one gets counter-killed by a low-health one!"

"I read the update patch notes; in the next version, Quicksilver Sash can't cleanse Zed's ultimate and ignite, but it's still possible in the current tournament version. This is still too exaggerated!"

"This Faker read every single one of the opponent's abilities. The Blue team's Zed, from beginning to end, almost didn't land any abilities except for the initial Shadow Slash!"

"My god? Is this something a human can do?"

Looking at the screen full of chat messages.

Old C felt his back break into a sweat for some reason. A minute ago, he had thought these so-called professional players were just average, about the same level as him.

But after seeing that play, he finally understood.

Some people are Challengers because they can only reach Challenger, while others are Challengers because that's the highest rank available!

The play in the video was something he would likely never be able to pull off in his entire life!

After this team fight, Old C completely gained interest in esports, especially this Mid laner from the Demon King Team. He wanted to know exactly how strong this person was!

After the first game was taken by the Demon King Team.

Old C, who originally wanted to watch Faker, discovered the terrifying nature of the other players on this Demon King Team. In the second game, the Top Laner's Aatrox cut through five people in the river, and in the third game, the Sivir in the bottom lane dragon fight had perfect positioning and output to secure a Pentakill.

Every player on this team was terrifyingly strong.

And the Great Xia region audience watching the match in Old C's live stream were similarly shocked by the strength of this team.

If yesterday's match had been somewhat evenly matched, then the South Korea Opening Match was a one-sided slaughter.

However, even so.

After watching this match, many viewers still began to look forward to seeing what would happen if A-Shui and his team ran into this team.

Meanwhile.

While Old C continued to watch the last two games.

The iconic scene of Faker's low-health Zed counter-kill had already been recorded by South Korea region viewers and uploaded to major overseas gaming communities and social platforms.

Old C's live stream recording was also uploaded to Weibo and Bilibili.

At first.

Not many people paid attention to this video clip; only a few people clicked on it because of the exaggerated title.

But as the video was continuously forwarded by league of legends players.

Just a few short hours later.

This match video had completely ignited league of legends players across the globe.