Chapter 122: I Really Want To Win A Championship
The game loads pretty quickly. Li Fan directly entered ranked mode.
Naturally, he still selected Chun Li, the one he used at the start.
After all, he was very familiar with this character. Seeing Chun Li, he couldn’t help but think of… ahem.
Meanwhile, the opponent selected Ken, whose offense is extremely strong.
【The opponent is already a master, a 10,000-point Ken. It feels like Unreal is going to suffer a big loss this match!】
【It’s okay, 10,000 points really isn’t a master. I’ve already got 26,000 points.】
【Tsk tsk tsk, bragging doesn’t even need a draft. Let me ask, what’s the ranking for 26,000 points? You think you can have 26,000 points.】
【But Unreal’s ranked points are rising so fast, already at 6,000 points now…】
While the match hadn’t started yet, the audience members also started typing in the live stream room.
Once the fight starts, everyone’s attention will be on the fighting match.
To be fair, it’s pretty interesting to watch now, and after watching one match, which takes at most three minutes, you can immediately taunt Unreal!
Now as EDG fans, it’s necessary to make Li Fan turn back from his wayward path. For this, they specifically taunt Li Fan in the live stream room that his operation is poor…
Because they really discovered that if you say he plays League of Legends poorly, that he’s trash, this guy doesn’t care at all. You can say whatever you want, curse for half a day until your fingers are stiff from typing, and he has zero reaction.
But if you say he’s not the all-game king, that the game he’s practicing now is trash, his mentality explodes in a minute, and then he argues in the live stream room.
The current goal is to make Li Fan’s mentality explode, then completely eliminate his idea of playing these games.
Gotta say, EDG’s fans are pretty crazy, actually able to persist in the live stream room for so long.
But to be fair, S7 was still relatively okay. After all, after experiencing last year’s disastrous defeat, they sobered up quite a bit.
S6 was truly the peak of craziness. In other words, it’s on the same level as S8’s gsl…
The difference between Clearlove and Uzi is that Clearlove knew he was trash and even stopped live streaming, so later there weren’t many little piglets.
Countdown ends. This player using Ken still has a very aggressive playstyle, trying to first use Hadoken for a poke.
Li Fan reacted quite cautiously to this move, mainly observing first.
So he didn’t rush to attack, but focused on defense, jumping and crouching to narrowly dodge the opponent’s advance.
“Don’t rush. You really can’t rush in Street Fighter, just like playing League of Legends. Once you rush, you’ll show an opening!” Li Fan’s eyes focused, staring at the monitor while commentating.
【So handsome! A serious man is really handsome!】
【I’m charmed to death!】
【These moves seem to have something. Can he dodge so easily?】
【But just taking hits without fighting back isn’t that a turtle?】
The opponent saw that remote poke wasn’t having much effect, and seemed a bit anxious, starting to forward jump.
However, at the instant he jumped!
Li Fan’s eyes lit up. This was the opportunity.
Smack!
A precise medium kick from Chun Li landed, steadily knocking Ken down from the air!
Immediately followed by a small combo.
Frame break!
【Great anti-air!】
【This reaction!】
【Fan Ge’s Chun Li has something!】
After this, the opponent got a bit anxious, closing in again and throwing out a light punch as a probe, wanting to break Li Fan’s defense.
Li Fan directly seized this chance and did a gap closer.
A “light kick” hit the opponent!
“Hit.” But his fingers moved like butterflies through flowers.
Compared to League of Legends, Street Fighter requires pressing way more buttons for moves.
Without hesitation, he followed up with the Hundred Rending Legs command. Chun Li’s figure was instantly enveloped in countless leg shadows!
In the recovery of Hundred Rending Legs, he precisely input the command. A powerful aura burst around Chun Li, V-Trigger Overdrive!
Enhanced by V-Trigger, Chun Li moved faster. Li Fan gauged the distance Ken was knocked back and connected a classic combo.
“Light kick”->”Spiral Arrow”->”Phoenix Wing Fan”
Chun Li turned into a blue whirlwind, her gorgeous continuous kicks ruthlessly slamming Ken to the edge, health plummeting instantly!
【Holy shit! This combo!】
【Light kick confirm into V-Trigger? So proficient?】
【Fan Ge, be honest, how long have you secretly practiced Chun Li?】
【Is this really a combo a person can input?】
After this combo, the momentum was completely different. Ken was thoroughly getting one-sidedly beaten.
Later, he even tried to force through with the invincible frames of Hurricane Kick, but Li Fan had already seen through it, always retreating or blocking in advance, then following up with a punish combo in the huge recovery on Shoryuken landing.
“It’s over!”
A heavy kick directly took Ken’s last bit of health.
“K.O.!”
The victory mark appeared on the screen.
Li Fan released his grip on the controller, stretched his wrist, looked at Chun Li’s victory pose on the screen, and smiled: “Sure enough, fighting people is endlessly fun. So enjoyable!”
As soon as he finished speaking, bullet comments in the live stream room exploded.
【666666!】
【Turtle turtle! This Chun Li is explosively handsome!】
【Fan Ge, your proficiency is off. I can’t pull off these moves, and I’ve played over 10,000 games!】
【Where’s the promised newbie? If this is a newbie, what am I? You practiced this fast? I’m not convinced!】
【Fan Ge: I’m coming clean, no more pretending. I’m a fighting game genius!】
【This reaction, this combo, I’m convinced. Black to fan.】
【That gap closer was too core. The opponent’s Ken was straight dumbfounded.】
【Fighting people is endlessly fun? Well said! Way more interesting than studying that crap patch notes! This is how you play.】
【Um… Isn’t Street Fighter a niche game? Why do I feel like everyone in the live stream room understands it except me?】
A flood of praise and meme bullet comments rolled by like a tide. Clearly, Li Fan’s fluid operation in this match conquered quite a few audience members.
However, just as there’s shadow where there’s light, where there’s praise, there naturally isn’t a lack of haters.
【Heh, just beating a 10,000-point scrub, what’s to be proud of?】
【Yeah, such a low segment, I could do it too.】
【Opponent’s Ken clearly doesn’t know how to play, jumping like an idiot. Isn’t that feeding anti-air?】
【You really think you can win Street Fighter championship? If you’re so good, bring back a championship!】
“I actually do have that idea… If the timing is right, I really want to enter this tournament. But right now, there’s still a big gap between me and top players.”
【??? You really dare to think that?】
【No, Fan Ge! League of Legends matches are more important!】
【It’s over. If EDG management sees this, they’ll probably unplug the internet overnight.】
【But with Fan Ge’s talent, practicing half a year might really let him show up at CPT?】
【Heaven-defying, I can only say heaven-defying!】
Easily took the second match, winning the first ranked match victory.
“Of course, just thinking about it.” Li Fan smiled, changing the subject, “Now, let’s set a small goal first, like… getting points over 20,000?”
With that, he started matchmaking for the second match.
This time, the matched opponent’s score was close to his, using Cammy as the character.
After the exhilarating victory in the previous match, Li Fan’s feel seemed even hotter.
While operating Chun Li to skirmish with the opponent, he could still multitask and chat with bullet comments.
Actually, there were almost no opponents in the same segment, so not much pressure.
“Someone said they don’t understand? No problem. Fighting games make sense after watching. The core is rock-paper-scissors. If you punch and I paper, I win. You have to predict the opponent’s next move. If mashing worked, the world would be full of Street Fighter masters.”
“Why retreat this time? Oh, because opponent has V-Trigger. Rushing in to trade now isn’t worth it. This is strategic retreat, not cowardice. Mindlessly rushing in is what loses.”
“Watch this, he jumped! Alright, anti-air him! Missed? No problem, block is fine…”
Casual and relaxed commentary, Chun Li on screen seemed in sync with him, moves decisive and clean, not stiff at all.
Though without the explosive combo of the previous match that directly sealed the win, the stable repositioning, precise anti-air, and occasional flashes of brilliant gap closers still firmly suppressed the opponent.
At a glance, you could tell the strength gap between both sides was huge.
Opponent’s Cammy tried several times to advance with Spiral Arrow, but Li Fan preemptively positioned with heavy kick or Hundred Rending Legs to intercept, beating her extremely frustratingly.
Finally, in the middle of the second round, Li Fan caught a tiny mistake from the opponent and landed a not-too-complex but damaging-enough combo, steadily taking Cammy’s last health.
“K.O!”
“See? Street Fighter isn’t just pure strength crush; you gotta use your brain.” Li Fan released the controller. “Easily got two wins in a row. This rhythm is good; feels like I can break 10,000 points tonight.”
【Don’t understand, but feels super strong!】
【Fan Ge’s game understanding is terrifying. How long has he been playing?】
【I declare, from today, I’m Fan Ge’s Street Fighter fan!】
【To be fair, watching him play Street Fighter is way more fun than watching some scrubs play League of Legends.】
【Those saying he’s trash, come out for a walk? 6,000 points beating 10,000-point games in a row. You do it if you can?】
【Uh, actually you guys are just biased. Black doesn’t play Street Fighter pretty well too, and plays League of Legends. Why not go to his live stream room?】
Li Fan’s casual commentary and fluid operation not only proved again that he was an all-game genius, stabilizing his fanbase.
His super high popularity was like a huge magnet, attracting many Street Fighter 5 players originally scattered across the platform.
Some audience with obvious fighting game circle IDs started flooding in.
They initially might have just come for the spectacle, to see which big shot was live streaming Street Fighter with millions of viewers, but as they watched, their mentality changed.
“Wait, this… has something!”
“Newbie? You call this a newbie? This combo stability, I’ve practiced for years and still mess up often!”
More shocked the more they watched… involuntarily hit follow.
Never thought one day they’d learn Street Fighter skills from a League of Legends professional player.
Damn, the sky finally flipped in a way he never expected.
However, under the same internet sky, if some appreciate, naturally some envy.
In some cheap rental room, Ding Chunqiu watched Li Fan’s live stream room popularity keep rising, feeling like a huge rock blocked his chest, breathing labored.
“Why…” he said through gritted teeth, “He’s a League of Legends player, comes to play Street Fighter, casually plays and gets so many viewers?”
And on the computer screen in front of him was his own live stream room, online viewers barely holding at three hundred, bullet comments sparse, occasionally a few drifting by, mixed with doubts and taunts about his previous Weibo post.
Thinking back to the Weibo he posted yesterday, originally to ride the hype and show his senior status.
But Li Fan completely ignored him, instead using clean victories one after another, making his Weibo look like a clown’s solo act.
Talked so much, but he didn’t even glance.
Unfair! This world is too unfair!
He put in so much effort, yet got no attention or recognition.
While Li Fan seemed to get everything he dreamed of without effort.
Couldn’t help it… wanted to cry!
