Tianhuan's lineup had been finalized. On Jingzhe's side, only the final Counter pick remained unselected.
The two commentators analyzed: "The White Fox King is a summoner-type mage, while the Frost Goddess and the Flame Goddess—heroes with large Area of Effect (AOE) ultimates—are the White Fox King's nemesis. Once their ultimates are released, the White Fox King's summoned pets can't even enter the battlefield!"
"Exactly. Tianhuan didn't ban heroes to target specific players, but to target a specific lineup strategy!"
There are many strategies during the Ban/Pick (BP) phase. One can ban a hero the opponent is exceptionally skilled at, or ban the core of the opponent's tactical system; alternatively, one can ban the counters to their own chosen hero to protect them.
Many people were confused by the BP phase between Tianhuan and Jingzhe earlier. Now, listening to the commentators' analysis, everyone suddenly realized—Ye Shaoyang had long planned to pick the White Fox King, so he banned the White Fox King's counters!
Jingzhe could save a counter-pick slot for the very end. If Tianhuan hadn't banned the counters, and Ye Shaoyang picked the White Fox King, Fang Zhengqing could have responded with the Frost Goddess. In a team fight, casting a blizzard would instantly kill the little foxes the moment they entered the ultimate's range, rendering them useless before they could even bite anyone.
Coach Chen admired Tianhuan's foresight. However, Jingzhe was no pushover either.
Moreover, the White Fox King was also a hero Fang Zhengqing was very skilled at. Coach Chen thought for a moment and said, "Take the World Ending Mage. Bypass the little foxes' protection and forcefully kill the Fox King directly!"
Fang Zhengqing narrowed his eyes. "I think so too."
Jingzhe locked in the World Ending Mage as their final pick.
Both lineups were finalized, and the match officially began.
Tianhuan selected a carry jungler like the Black Wolf King, clearly intending to play a mid-jungle linkage strategy.
Fang Zhengqing thought for a moment and said, "Chi Shuo should go invade the red buff? The Black Wolf King hero relies heavily on the red buff to stick to enemies."
Support Li Yunmo said calmly, "Then we don't need to guard our red zone."
Reverse elimination could also be used during the match. Captain Fang guessed Chi Shuo would invade the red, so Chi Shuo definitely wouldn't come.
So, the group went to guard their blue buff.
On Tianhuan's side, Ye Shaoyang smiled and asked, "Captain Chi, quick, guess how they'll start."
Chi Shuo said, "Blue start?"
Ye Shaoyang nodded. "Then we'll go take their red."
Thus, you predicted my prediction of your prediction…
After a cycle of logic, Jingzhe started at their blue, and Tianhuan went to invade their red. The two sides missed each other perfectly.
Both sides silently took their buffs. As the support, Li Yunmo needed to place vision at the start to observe the enemy's movements. While his teammates were taking the blue, he ran to the red zone to check—good heavens, three of them were there!
Li Yunmo couldn't help but say, "What happened to the reverse elimination?! They're at the red buff!"
Fang Zhengqing raised an eyebrow. "I can only reverse eliminate Chi Shuo. If Ye Shaoyang is commanding, how am I supposed to eliminate that?"
Everyone: "…"
That makes sense!
Tianhuan also has Ye Shaoyang commanding. Just guessing Chi Shuo is useless. Miscalculation, miscalculation!
Defend or let it go? Everyone waited for the captain's order.
Fang Zhengqing said calmly, "Let it go. Go invade their red."
Consequently, in the opening scramble for the four buffs, Chi Shuo invaded the opponent's red and took his own blue; Jingzhe gave the first blue to Fang Zhengqing and the first red to Xie Yuan. The jungler worked diligently as a tool man this time.
Both sides secured two buffs each without a team fight breaking out. It was considered a peaceful opening.
The commentator laughed, "After both sides predicted each other's predictions and missed each other, next up is the fight for the river crab and the laning phase between the players."
The top laners, mid laners, and bot lane duos had all arrived in their lanes.
The mid-lane river crab was a resource both junglers had to fight for in the early game. Jingzhe's jungler, [A Knife], hid secretly in the grass, wanting to coordinate with Captain Fang's Q skill, Black Mist, to steal the crab with Smite once it was at low health.
Just as Fang Zhengqing released a cluster of Black Mist with his Q skill, he saw Ye Shaoyang suddenly summon two small white foxes to flank the river crab from the left and right. The moment Fang Zhengqing's Black Mist hit, the little foxes also took a bite out of the river crab.
The river crab had only one-third of its health left, enough to be instantly killed by Smite. Jingzhe's jungler was delighted and immediately pounced to use Smite. However, he saw a black wolf suddenly dash out of the grass. Immediately after, the opponent leveled up with a flash of light—Chi Shuo had also used Smite instantly!
When two players use skills instantly, the difference in timing might be within 0.01 seconds. He had followed up Fang Zhengqing as fast as possible, yet he still didn't get it. Was this scientific?
Blade (Dao Feng) was speechless. "Damn, these two have synced brainwaves. They used their skills at the exact same time!"
Fang Zhengqing raised an eyebrow. "Xiao Dao, go farm quickly. Prepare for the first dragon fight."
Jingzhe's players had interesting names. 'A Knife' (Yi Ba Dao)—his surname was actually Dao (Knife). It was a rare surname, so everyone called him Xiao Dao (Little Knife). This player debuted in Season 8 and had played in the World Championship with Jingzhe. Although not a world-class player, his comprehensive abilities were very well-rounded, and he was considered someone Fang Zhengqing had brought up.
Blade adjusted his mindset immediately and ran off to farm a wave of jungle camps.
Chi Shuo started with a double buff and snatched the river crab, while Blade, the tool man, gave his buffs to teammates. His level would definitely be 2-3 levels lower than Chi Shuo, putting them at a disadvantage for the first dragon fight. But the good news was, after giving up the buffs, Fang Zhengqing would have an advantage laning against Ye Shaoyang, and Xie Yuan would have an advantage against Cheng Xing.
Jingzhe's mid and carry dual-cores were world-class. Even if the jungler was under-leveled, they could still crush the opponent in team fights!
Blade had great confidence in his two teammates, so he went to the jungle to clear the remaining small monsters with peace of mind.
In this match, the top lane didn't seem very interesting to watch; two tanks beating each other up barely lost any HP. In the bot lane, Cheng Xing + Qu Jiang definitely couldn't beat Xie Yuan + Li Yunmo, but Cheng Xing was very wretched, hiding under the tower to clear minions and refusing to engage. Xie Yuan couldn't tower-dive him in the early game, so it was relatively peaceful.
The mid lane was the focus of this match!
The duel between the Alliance's two great ragdoll cat poop scoopers!
The director smartly cut the camera to the mid lane. The fans at the venue held up cat avatars high, looking as if they were ready for a PK between cat people right there on the scene.
However…
Fang Zhengqing and Ye Shaoyang were actually coexisting peacefully.
Before unlocking his ultimate, the World Ending Mage used his Q skill, Curved Black Mist, to clear minions. One Q skill wasn't enough to clear them, so he needed to add a few basic attacks. Or, he would wait for the minions to fight each other until their HP was below 60% before using the skill.
The same went for the White Fox King. Without equipment, the summoned little foxes bit like a tickle. There was no need to send four little foxes to bite four minions separately.
So, the scene of the mid-lane duel became…
Fang Zhengqing wandering under his tower, and Ye Shaoyang wandering under his tower. The two watched the minions beat each other up together.
When the six minions on both sides beat each other down to 60% HP, Fang Zhengqing used one Q skill to clear them; Ye Shaoyang released little foxes to clear them. Then they continued to pace left and right under their towers.
The two commentators looked at each other. "Cough, before the camera cut to the mid lane, we thought the two mid laners would fight fiercely, exchanging a wave of skills to cripple each other. In the end, both are at full health and getting along quite peacefully!"
[Are these two mid laners watching a show?]
[Isn't Yangyang's style usually very aggressive? Why isn't he fierce when facing Captain Fang?]
[Could it be that they are being modest for the sake of their two cats?]
In fact, before the camera cut over, Fang Zhengqing and Ye Shaoyang had exchanged a wave of skills. The result was that Fang Zhengqing threw a Q, and Ye Shaoyang dodged it. Ye Shaoyang sent little foxes over, and Fang Zhengqing dodged them.
What's the point of fighting?
It was a waste of skills.
Both sides had this thought at the time.
In a duel between experts, it's all about the details. Sometimes, just a few simple skills, predictions, and positioning can reveal a person's strength. Therefore, skills that should be saved didn't need to be wasted hitting air.
After all, mages consume a lot of mana. Although Fang Zhengqing had the blue buff, the World Ending Mage's skills cost a lot of mana. The White Fox King's little foxes, once summoned, could exist for a long time and cost little mana.
So, having the blue buff didn't give him as big of an advantage in a 1v1 against Ye Shaoyang as imagined. He saved his skills, using them only to clear minions, also waiting for an opportunity.
Waiting for Ye Shaoyang to make a mistake.
Ye Shaoyang was also waiting for Fang Zhengqing to make a mistake.
But he found that Fang Zhengqing was indeed a world-class mid laner. His positioning was extremely cautious, making it hard to predict his location in the next second. Fang Zhengqing's signature hero, [King Cobra], played similarly to the [White Fox King] as a summoner type, so he understood the operational techniques of summoner mages very well.
Because he understood it thoroughly, Ye Shaoyang's skills were hard to hit him with.
After watching the show in the mid lane for a while, the helpless director cut the camera to the jungle again.
Chi Shuo finished clearing the jungle monsters and reached level 6.
This was a bad signal for Jingzhe. Support Li Yunmo immediately warned, "Jungler is level 6."
Who would he gank in the first wave?
Based on pre-match guesses, Fang Zhengqing thought Chi Shuo would attack the bot lane, but the coach used reverse elimination and told the mid and top lanes to be careful.
And Chi Shuo's jungling path also leaned toward the upper half of the map.
Fang Zhengqing had a bad premonition and retreated immediately.
Ye Shaoyang warned, "No chance this wave. Fang Fang retreated under the tower, can't kill him."
Chi Shuo: "Mn, we'll see later. Prepare for the dragon fight."
The Small Dragon spawned.
Players from both sides rushed over quickly, arranged their formations, and engaged in a tug-of-war in the jungle for a while. However, since many players on both sides weren't level 6 and hadn't learned their ultimates—Chi Shuo was the only one on the field to reach level 6 first—Tianhuan started the dragon, and Jingzhe flanked to reset it. Jingzhe took over, and Tianhuan reset it again.
After pulling back and forth for a long time, the Small Dragon roared and returned to the pit, recovering full health.
The two commentators were helpless. "Reset again."
"The Small Dragon is probably annoyed too. Are you going to fight or not! Are you teasing me?"
Laughter erupted at the venue.
In the backstage viewing area, Lin Feng frowned slightly. "In this match, the situation is too deadlocked."
Yan Bin, captain of the 2nd team, said, "Yeah, it looks like both sides are farming peacefully. No kills have occurred up to now, but there are so many details on both sides. Positioning, last-hitting, support, vision… it's all a battle of details!"
Lin Feng smiled. "Matches between strong teams are like this. It's hard to crush them in one wave early on."
Xie Xiaotian said anxiously, "Can Captain Chi and Brother Yang find a breakthrough point?"
Lin Feng was full of confidence. "They can."
Deadlocked situations are the hardest to play. Both sides pull back and forth; you can't kill me, and I can't kill you. Time unknowingly drags into the late game. At that point, a slight mistake could trigger a chain reaction.
Although it looked peaceful to the audience…
In reality, all the players on the scene were tense, daring not to relax in the slightest.
Cheng Xing's palms were even full of sweat. Laning against Xie Yuan put him under immense pressure; he was constantly being suppressed in last hits. The operation skills of a marksman who had won an international championship were truly awesome, able to wear you down bit by bit through details.
Qu Jiang said, "No more minion wave. Xiao Xing, go back to base. I'll check the vision."
Cheng Xing quickly recalled to buy equipment and wiped the sweat from his hands.
The camera cut to the mid lane again.
Unlike the peace at the beginning, this time when it cut over, the audience discovered that Fang Zhengqing and Ye Shaoyang reached level 6 at the same time. Then, almost simultaneously—both used Flash!
Fang Zhengqing was originally under the tower. He flashed suddenly, intending to activate his ultimate to instant-kill Ye Shaoyang.
The World Ending Mage had very strong burst damage at level 6. With his operational skills, 6 clusters of Black Mist could bypass the little foxes' protection and hit the White Fox King hiding behind them directly, killing him instantly.
But Ye Shaoyang predicted his prediction. The moment Fang Zhengqing reached level 6, Ye Shaoyang used Flash without hesitation to create distance. So, the audience saw Fang Zhengqing flash over, 6 clusters of Black Mist exploding from the tip of his staff, but Ye Shaoyang flashed at the same time, and the 6 clusters of Black Mist smashed into the empty air behind him.
The two commentators were stunned. "Beautiful! That Flash, a soul Flash!"
"Because Captain Fang took the first blue buff, he reached level 6 before Lieyang. It seems Lieyang even calculated the experience points. The moment Captain Fang finished the last minion and hit level 6, he flashed away immediately. This keen sense is truly formidable!"
Backstage, Coach Chen had mixed feelings. "I originally ruled out Ye Shaoyang being 'Sunshine' from the international server because that expert looked very much like a veteran player, with a very keen sense for the battlefield and rich experience… Sigh, I didn't expect a rookie to go toe-to-toe with Captain Fang!"
Laning against a world-class mid laner, his mentality was stable, and his operations were extremely detailed. He didn't miss a single minion from start to finish. Every skill release was orderly, and he could even predict when the opponent wanted to kill him, flashing away decisively.
Is such a player really a rookie? His talent is too terrifying, isn't it?
After Ye Shaoyang ran away, he immediately said to Chi Shuo, "Fang Fang has no Flash."
Chi Shuo: "Received."
No Flash meant the artillery mage had no displacement skills.
Chi Shuo deliberately showed vision in the bot lane river, then utilized the wolf form's agility to quickly traverse the jungle, heading quietly to the mid lane.
Fang Zhengqing thought, Chi Shuo should be ganking the bot lane, right? But the reverse tacit understanding made him unsure.
The mid-lane minion wave was about to arrive. Recalling now would mean missing minions.
Fang Zhengqing stood under the tower, wanting to wait for the minion wave to arrive, clear it, and then go home.
Under the tower was considered a relatively safe distance for him. However, the audience with the god's-eye view discovered that at this moment, the Black Wolf King had already circled around from his own jungle and was squatting in the grass diagonally below the outer tower.
The minion wave moved slowly. Ye Shaoyang popped his head out and started releasing little foxes to clear minions. He cleared several minions, his positioning no different from usual, not looking like a teammate was nearby. Fang Zhengqing relaxed and used basic attacks to clear minions under the tower.
Just then, Ye Shaoyang's White Fox King took two steps forward and suddenly transformed into human form!
The human form White Fox King was handsome and possessed an ultimate with an Area of Effect (AOE) fear effect. He chained his ultimate almost the instant he transformed, fearing Fang Zhengqing in place.
Simultaneously, a black wolf darted out of the grass like lightning, pouncing fiercely on Fang Zhengqing—
Bite, bleed, critical hit!
Chi Shuo's burst combo beat Fang Zhengqing to critical health directly. Ye Shaoyang controlled four little foxes to besiege him. When Fang Zhengqing had only a sliver of health left, he stopped, and Chi Shuo took the head with a basic attack.
Having secured the kill, the Black Wolf King refreshed his form cooldown and quickly leaped over the wall to escape from under the tower.
——First Blood!
Chi Shuo took the first blood.
Fang Zhengqing really wanted to spit blood.
During the pre-match trash talk segment, he seemed to have said: "Chi Shuo, just give me First Blood." The result, damn it, was Chi Shuo turning around and taking his head! This wave of coordination between Shuoyue and Lieyang could be described as acting in collusion!
The two commentators said excitedly, "The match has been going on for 10 minutes, and finally, the first kill has occurred! This sudden gank in the mid lane was very effective. Lieyang and Chi Shuo are still as tacit as ever, one controlling, one killing, diving the tower for the kill. Captain Fang couldn't do anything in a 1v2."
Jingzhe's jungler arrived a step too late and could only help Fang Zhengqing clean up the last two minions.
He was a tool man jungler, so his clear speed naturally wasn't as fast as Chi Shuo's. Coming a step slow was forgivable. Fang Zhengqing certainly wouldn't blame his teammate. After reviving, he frowned and said, "It seems Tianhuan is targeting the mid lane for a breakthrough this game?"
Li Yunmo asked, "Should I go help?"
Fang Zhengqing smiled and said, "No need. They can't keep tower diving me forever. You guys in the bot lane farm slowly; I'm fine alone in the mid lane."
Not long after setting this FLAG, Chi Shuo finished clearing the blue buff jungle and came to ambush in the mid lane again.
In this wave, Ye Shaoyang's Flash was ready, and Fang Zhengqing's Flash was also ready.
This time, it was Ye Shaoyang who made the first move!
Just as the minion waves met in the mid lane, he instantly transformed into the handsome human form and threw a fear ultimate. Fang Zhengqing was also a player with very keen senses; the moment Ye Shaoyang transformed, he flashed away.
But running away was useless.
The Black Wolf King's wolf form could chase over obstacles. Chi Shuo chased him all the way under the tower directly. Ye Shaoyang sent 4 little foxes to help Chi Shuo tank the tower shots. At this time, Chi Shuo's economy had risen. After a burst combo, Fang Zhengqing's HP was crushed to critical levels. Then—
Four little foxes suddenly pounced on Fang Zhengqing from four directions: North, South, East, and West.
The Four-Direction Encirclement Method.
This is a technique commonly used by summoner mages. The operation is complex, requiring coordination of the mouse and keyboard to designate the positioning and attack routes of four targets.
Ye Shaoyang designated the attack method of the four little foxes in an extremely short time, causing the bleed effect to stack four layers instantly!
——[Tianhuan Lieyang (White Fox King) killed I Am Very Square (World Ending Mage)]
Fang Zhengqing: "…"
I am really a little 'square' (panicked) now.
You two caught one sheep and are shearing the wool hard right here!
Can you kill someone else? Chi Shuo killed me once, Ye Shaoyang killed me once. Don't I need to save face?
Am I your VIP that you keep running to the mid lane to 2v1 me?
Fang Zhengqing raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "A'Yuan, take a wave of mid lane minions. I'll go gank top and break through as soon as possible. We can't let them control the rhythm."
Xie Yuan: "Okay."
Jingzhe's top laner was [Dark Angel], a hero with mid-range control. After Fang Zhengqing revived, he gave a wave of mid-lane minions directly to marksman Xie Yuan, while he roamed to the top lane.
Ye Shaoyang discovered Xie Yuan appearing in the mid lane and immediately warned, "Old Qin, be careful."
However, as soon as his voice fell, the kill sound effect rang in his ears.
——[I Am Very Square (World Ending Mage) killed Tianhuan Zhuhuo (Man of Steel)]
Old Qin's hero was tanky, but he couldn't withstand a Jingzhe 3v1.
This move, where Fang Zhengqing gave up the mid lane to gank top directly, surprised Ye Shaoyang greatly.
The most taboo thing in a match is to have the rhythm controlled by the opponent. After being ganked twice in a row, Fang Zhengqing decisively changed tactics. Although Fang and Chi had completely different mindsets, it had to be said that Fang Zhengqing was a very formidable commander.
He went top, got a kill, and mooched some minion experience—a huge profit.
Xie Yuan farmed a wave of mid-lane minions, so his development would also be better than Cheng Xing's.
Chi Shuo said, "Change routes."
They ambushed and killed Fang Zhengqing twice; this was already the limit. After all, Fang Zhengqing wasn't a rookie and wouldn't wait for them to catch him a third time. So Chi Shuo immediately shifted direction to attack the top lane.
Consequently, after Old Qin revived, a team fight broke out in the top lane again.
This wave was a 3v3, a PK between Top, Mid, and Jungle!
Old Qin activated his ultimate directly to tank damage at the front. The opposing [Dark Angel] rooted him with a mid-range control skill. Fang Zhengqing's ultimate didn't target the tank; he aimed at the back row. Six clusters of Black Mist arced out, instantly attacking Ye Shaoyang!
Ye Shaoyang's positioning was very cautious, but Fang Zhengqing's arcing ultimate was cast very trickily. Ye Shaoyang ate 4 clusters of Black Mist, and his health collapsed instantly, leaving only a sliver of health!
He immediately recalled the white fox and activated the "Spirit Fox Guardian" skill.
The little foxes surrounded him to help block damage. Jingzhe's jungler wanted to follow up with skills to finish him off but failed. Ye Shaoyang instantly switched to human form, and a fear ultimate counter-rooted the opponents!
Chi Shuo cut in from the flank, a burst combo killing the opposing jungler.
——[Tianhuan Shuoyue (Black Wolf King) killed A Knife (Fighter)]
This 3v3 wave ended with Ye Shaoyang escaping with a sliver of health and the enemy jungler being killed. Tianhuan gained a one-head advantage, but Fang Zhengqing snatched a river crab in passing, so Jingzhe didn't lose too much.
The match continued. In the bot lane, Cheng Xing gradually felt the strain.
Xie Yuan's economy was unknowingly more than 500 gold ahead of him because Xie Yuan started frantically mooching off the mid lane, and all the experience in the bottom jungle was given to him. He developed into the fattest point on the field.
Ye Shaoyang opened the match panel and looked. "The opposing Round Round (Yuan Yuan)'s economy is even higher than yours."
The 'yours' he spoke of referred to Chi Shuo.
Chi Shuo said, "I see it. Start a team fight at the Small Dragon."
If they let Xie Yuan continue to farm, once he became a Boss that was hard to deal with in the late game, and they couldn't instantly kill the marksman in team fights, the marksman would wipe the battlefield.
Tianhuan played around the mid and top lanes this game, leaving Cheng Xing to resist pressure in the bot lane. The effect was actually average.
Because after Fang Zhengqing and Chi Shuo each used reverse elimination—two negatives made a positive, and both sides went to fight in the top lane!
The result was that the top lane situation didn't open up, and the bot lane marksman fell behind in economy.
This was not a good omen.
Currently, in the overall economy ranking: Xie Yuan > Chi Shuo > Ye Shaoyang > Fang Zhengqing > Cheng Xing.
Xie Yuan ate two lanes and developed the best, but Chi Shuo had kills in hand, plus the jungle economy, so the gap was only about 200 gold, which wasn't a big impact. This team fight was fightable.
Chi Shuo pinged the Small Dragon. Both sides engaged in a tug-of-war around the Small Dragon again.
They beat it to half health, and it was reset by the opponent.
The opponent took over and hit it a couple of times, and it was reset by the other side.
The two commentators were speechless. "The Small Dragon is innocent! Don't bully the Small Dragon like this."
"Today's Small Dragon must be the one reset the most times, right? The Small Dragon expresses helplessness."
The Boss, Small Dragon, spawns in the dragon pit. When attacked, it runs after the tank with the highest aggro. If pulled a certain distance, it recovers full health and returns to the pit, just like a Boss in an MMORPG.
When both sides are wrestling for control—not wanting to give it up but unable to secure it—resetting is a common technique.
In the mid-game, the Small Dragon's buff is quite high. Neither Tianhuan nor Jingzhe wanted to give up this dragon. The result was both sides pulling back and forth in the jungle for a long time again.
The two commentators: "Is this wave going to be pulled again…"
Before the words fell, suddenly, Tianhuan's Qu Jiang flashed over carrying his big shield and stunned the opposing back row directly!
Xie Yuan's positioning was very cautious; he immediately flashed through the wall to dodge this ultimate.
Simultaneously, Jingzhe also made a move. Their top laner used a mid-range control to root Cheng Xing, and Cheng Xing also flashed over the wall to run away.
"Control skills forced out the Flashes of both marksmen! Looks like a fight is breaking out this time!"
The audience at the venue was very excited, spamming the screen one after another: "Fight! Fight!"
This wave was indeed the fiercest exchange of fire since the start of the game.
For a moment, various skill effects flashed near the Small Dragon pit. It was hard for the commentators to distinguish with the naked eye what skills everyone used. After a round of skill exchange, the front lines on both sides were at critical health, and the back lines weren't much better.
Although Cheng Xing flashed over the wall to dodge the opposing control, what awaited him was Fang Zhengqing's World Ending Curse.
Six clusters of Black Mist seemed to have calculated his landing point, beating Cheng Xing to a sliver of health directly!
The opposing jungler flanked to cut Cheng Xing, and Old Qin hurriedly turned back to protect him.
At the same time, Chi Shuo was also looking for Xie Yuan's position.
In this team fight, other people weren't important; he had to forcefully kill Xie Yuan to interrupt Xie Yuan's development rhythm. He switched to wolf form, running and jumping, flanking quickly. After finding Xie Yuan, he pinged the map: "Marksman is here."
Ye Shaoyang: "Received."
Simple communication, no need for many words; they knew what the other would do.
In the next moment, Ye Shaoyang was seen flashing over suddenly—
The White Fox King was in human form at this time, but regardless of form, the summoned little foxes would automatically follow this hero. So, visually, it was a handsome guy taking 4 little foxes and passing through the wall instantly.
Flashing to beat people up with his minions, extremely majestic!
The commentator said excitedly, "Lieyang used Flash and went directly to the Blue Buff area. This is to coordinate with Shuoyue to forcefully kill the marksman!" "Yes, we all know Lieyang's playstyle is very aggressive. A small part of his Flashes are for escaping, but most of the time they are used to kill people!"
Ultimate Fear. Xie Yuan had nowhere to hide.
Four little foxes darted out like the wind, surrounding Xie Yuan completely!
Immediately following, Chi Shuo cut in from the flank. The Black Wolf King jumped over the wall, pouncing for the kill from an ultra-long distance. One bite directly took away half of Xie Yuan's health!
"Shuoyue's burst is a bit high; his equipment is very good."
"After all, the Black Wolf King is also a carry jungler. Although the operation is complex and the ultimate damage was nerfed, causing this hero's pick rate to drop sharply in recent seasons, once equipped, this hero's reaping ability is terrifying!"
"Yes, the White Fox King's AOE crowd control ultimate can provide him with the best timing to enter! The little foxes' bites crush the opponent's health to critical levels, and the Black Wolf King can suppress the health line and reap quickly!"
Xie Yuan was instantly killed by the burst of Tianhuan's mid-jungle linkage. Chi Shuo took the head.
Fang Zhengqing used a Q skill to finish off the low-health Cheng Xing.
This team fight was a 1-for-1 trade; both marksmen were forcefully killed. But obviously, Tianhuan profited more because Jingzhe's marksman was extremely well-fed—a big fat sheep. Tianhuan's marksman was malnourished—a skinny little sheep.
Once Xie Yuan was killed, Jingzhe's rhythm of pushing the bot tower was affected. They went to force a push on the top lane.
Tianhuan quickly pushed down the bot lane to relieve pressure on Cheng Xing.
Both sides lost a defense tower. The kill count remained similar, and the team economy hadn't widened.
Lin Feng sat up straight, sighed, and said, "Group S is indeed not easy to play."
Yan Bin said, "Every match from now on will be a bitter battle like this, right?"
Lin Feng smiled. "Pretty much. With strong teams, it's about nitpicking details. Every point in every game is very important."
Privately, he still hoped to win this game, but obviously, Jingzhe was a very tenacious team and wouldn't collapse so easily. It depended on whether Chi Shuo could catch another opportunity.
The match dragged into the late game.
The outer towers of all three lanes on both sides were slowly pushed. The pace was slow, but the entire arena was permeated with a tense atmosphere, like a taut zither string that could snap at any moment.
At 20 minutes, the mid-lane inner tower fell.
At 28 minutes, the top and bot outer towers of both sides were pushed. Both sides were left with lonely high grounds.
"It's a prison game again. Both sides need to be extra careful. At this time, vision can't be placed outside, the wild is pitch black, and it tests the support's macro view greatly."
"Wait a minute, Jingzhe is stealing the Grand Dragon (Baron)!"
"Tianhuan seems to have discovered it; Qu Jiang placed a ward at the dragon pit!"
"Tianhuan's 5 members are flanking over. This Grand Dragon cannot be given up!"
In the high ground defense battle, the Grand Dragon is very important. With the Tyrant Dragon Captain, towers can be pushed very quickly, plus there are buff bonuses. Giving up the dragon at this time is equivalent to giving up the high ground, which would lead to an extremely disadvantageous situation.
Taking advantage of someone from Tianhuan appearing in the bot lane, Jingzhe suddenly stole the dragon.
Fang Zhengqing and his teammates hit it quietly for a long time, bringing the Grand Dragon to half health. But Tianhuan found out! This ward placement by Qu Jiang was crucial!
Jingzhe's top laner and marksman were killing the dragon quickly, while the support and jungler positioned themselves to protect.
Fang Zhengqing hid in the grass, squinting his eyes, waiting for the opposing squishies to pass by.
Tianhuan's 5 members arrived at the scene quickly. A team fight was imminent!
Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang flanked from the side, while Qu Jiang, Qin Yizhu, and Cheng Xing attacked from the front. Flanking left and right, they wrapped Jingzhe up like a dumpling. On Jingzhe's side, Xie Yuan had luxurious equipment, with attack speed and critical hit stacked. Shooting arrow after arrow, the Grand Dragon lost health rapidly. Seeing the Grand Dragon beaten to critical health, at that moment, Ye Shaoyang suddenly circled from the flank and used his ultimate, Fear—
The White Fox King's ultimate after transformation is an AOE fear.
The three people standing near the dragon pit were rooted collectively. Chi Shuo suddenly dive-jumped from a long distance, jumped into the dragon pit, and snatched the Grand Dragon with a Smite.
——Friendly [Black Wolf King] has killed the Ancient Tyrant.
Deafening screams erupted at the venue, and the two commentators sounded excited: "They snatched it!"
"This wave of coordination between Lieyang and Shuoyue snatched the Grand Dragon at the very last second!"
Ye Shaoyang raised the corners of his lips slightly. "Beautiful."
It was really strange. Actually, in that instant just now, he and Chi Shuo had absolutely no communication. Both looked at the Grand Dragon's health at the same time. Then, Ye Shaoyang ulted, and Chi Shuo entered instantly to Smite.
It was like…
Living in each other's brains.
Ye Shaoyang said excitedly, "Fight, fight, fight! We have the Grand Dragon buff, take the opportunity to wipe them out!"
Having the Grand Dragon stolen, Jingzhe definitely wanted to avoid fighting this wave.
But Tianhuan wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity.
Jingzhe's support, Li Yunmo, directly activated the White Bear's ultimate. A huge white bear blocked Tianhuan's path, tanking damage and protecting teammates. Xie Yuan retreated while fighting, and Fang Zhengqing ran away from the side.
When Jingzhe fled, they definitely split up, otherwise, it would be easy to get wrapped up.
But because the marksman, jungler, and top laner were fighting the dragon just now, their positions were aligned.
Ye Shaoyang summoned 4 little foxes directly to chase and kill frantically. Chi Shuo's Wolf King walked on walls, leaped over obstacles, and the critical hit from his pounce bite was simply terrifying!
The two of them, carrying the Grand Dragon buff, fought 2v3 in the upper jungle.
Kill Xie Yuan first; this was their consensus.
Xie Yuan retreated while fighting, chased all over the canyon by 4 little foxes. It was really annoying!
Chi Shuo waited for an opportunity on the side. After Ye Shaoyang's little foxes bit the opponent to low health, he immediately jumped over the wall, dove and bit from the air, taking Xie Yuan's head with a critical hit!
At this time, two of Ye Shaoyang's little foxes were shot dead. The remaining two followed Chi Shuo to chase the opposing jungler. The big black wolf led the little white foxes in pursuit all the way, biting the opposing squishy jungler to death in the Red Buff jungle area!
——Double kill!
Ye Shaoyang controlled the little foxes to attack the opposing top laner again, and Chi Shuo followed up immediately.
——Triple kill!
This wave of seamless coordination between the Black and White Wolf/Fox secured a Triple Kill in one breath!
Ye Shaoyang said, "Captain Chi, nice!"
Chi Shuo raised the corners of his lips slightly. He had never brought out the hero [Black Wolf King] in a match, but in fact, he had mastered this hero a long time ago. Without Yangyang's coordination, this carry jungler couldn't possibly achieve a harvest.
——Where I point, you hit.
This strange tacit understanding between the two allowed this pursuit battle to secure a Triple Kill directly!
The little white foxes were clearly pets summoned by the Fox King. But at this moment, the audience was surprised to find that the few cute little white foxes seemed like pets summoned by the Wolf King instead, following Chi Shuo all along!
In other words, whoever Chi Shuo killed, Ye Shaoyang would cripple.
My pets are your pets. Our combat power can be combined into one!
In this team fight, Jingzhe was defeated.
Actually, the key lay in Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo coordinating to snatch the Grand Dragon.
Jingzhe failed to steal the dragon and had it snatched by Tianhuan. Jingzhe retreated immediately but was pincer-attacked by Tianhuan's Mid-Jungle Demon King duo. In the end, Fang Zhengqing retreated home and took Cheng Xing with his ultimate, but Tianhuan had 4 people alive, while Jingzhe only had 2.
It was hard to defend the base.
Tianhuan pushed down the high ground with the Grand Dragon, then played steadily. Finally, the 5 members grouped up. Cheng Xing activated his life-steal ultimate and attacked the tower hard, forcefully destroying the opposing crystal!
"Congratulations to Team Tianhuan for taking the first game."
"The coordination between the Wolf King and Fox King in this game was truly wonderful!"
"Exactly, the tacit understanding between Shuoyue and Lieyang is truly terrifying!" the commentator exclaimed emotionally. "It's like they live in each other's brains! Captain Chi takes Yangyang's pets to kill people, operating like a single person!"
"I control, you snatch the dragon; I start the fight, you reap. Your pets are mine. Regarding their synergy, I can say without boasting, world-class mid-jungle linkage is just about this level, right?!"
"Yes! Although Jingzhe performed excellently this game, unfortunately, doing the dragon ruins a life. If Qu Jiang hadn't placed that vision at that time, and if the Sun and Moon hadn't joined hands to snatch the Grand Dragon, Jingzhe probably would have won this game."
Matches are full of variables. It's normal for a single detail to determine success or failure.
In the #Sun and Moon Shine Together# CP Super Topic area.
[Family members, Moon Moon and Yang Yang came to give us candy (sweet moments) again.]
[The commentator speaks the truth: The two of them are like living in each other's brains.]
[They don't just live in each other's brains; they also live in each other's hearts!]
[The Sun occupies the Moon's heart, and the Moon's heart is also full of the Sun. Ah, I got another hit of sugar.]
Before the CP fans could finish consuming the sugar, they saw Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang take off their headphones at the same time.
They looked at each other and smiled.
CP fans: "…"
Just ship it! Investing in the Sun-Moon CP is never a loss.