Ch217Â - Luluâs big brothers are showing him respect!
editors: apricot & juurensha
Opening a live stream was impossible, no matter how much money was offered.
This kind of internal training competition had to be kept a secret in order to have any value. Once it was broadcast live to the public, it would become an entertainment game.
These five teams werenât the only teams in the global competition. The champion teams from other competition zones would also be watching.
If it was broadcast live, then they would have to choose between exposing tactics or entertaining the public.
Nobody wanted the former to happen, and the latter had no meaning when it came to training.
Little Lunatic Wei had racked his brains (not really) in order to get the top four teams to practice with him. It was something that would be difficult to buy even with money!
Xiang Liu didnât bother Lu Feng with this matter and refused directly.
The other side thought that it was because they hadnât offered enough money and continued increasing the price. Xiang Liu resolutely refused while covering up a heart that was bleeding from the loss of profits.
Brother Liu wiped away his sweat after hanging up the phone.
Wei Xiao really was a genius.
One set of flashy operations affected so many peopleâs hearts, livers, lungs, stomachs, spleens, and kidneys!
Without mentioning what was happening inside the training rooms, the countless people outside the training room all felt really aggrieved.
The capital daddies looked at the popularity on Weibo, and their money bags itched.
Gloryâs old fans, new fans, passer-by fans, all these fans were looking forward to it and their hearts couldnât help but itch unbearably.
The live broadcast didnât turn on, and the paparazzi couldnât get in.
They couldnât see anything!
The more they couldnât see it, the more their hearts itched.
There would always be more of a commotion when they couldnât obtain something. The popularity rose higher and higher, and there were many (talented) people poking their heads out as short stories emerged ceaselessly.
Someone guessed, âIt must be the top four who wanted to play training matches and borrowed space from FTW. Who doesnât know about how big the training rooms are and how good the equipment is at the FTW base? Shit, where does FTW get all that money from? Lu Fengâs competition results arenât that good, but he really has some ability to make money. He should retire early and make way for others. Wouldnât it be good to focus on capital?â
That last sentence was very provocative. Thereâs no need to repeat the back and forth that came after.
But many people agreed with this idea. âThis must be the case. At the end of the day, arenât these four teams the ones whoâll be competing for the championship this year? Making an appointment early is a way to get warmed up.â
âFTW is miserable, too. Itâs been three years, yet they still have to serve those big daddies. Donât come back after youâve already left, hey! What a group of dogs!â
There were also people who spoke the truth, âThereâs definitely training matches, but I donât believe that itâs only between the top four. Our FTW must be among them. A training session between five teams, with the top four as accompanying trainers! Itâs a group of big brothers showing Lulu respect!â
Although it was the truth, this suggestion was the one that got flamed the worstââ
âStop dreaming, okay?â
âEven fanfiction isnât as daring as you. Hereâs a pen, you go for it!â
âWhat are you thinking? Donât be naive. And youâre even calling them big brothers⌠big brothers who stab people to death?â
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âWhoever wants this kind of big brother can just take them. The great demon king doesnât need this kind of thing!â
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Wei Xiao was excited. He was looking forward to facing a strong enemy, looking forward to having a full-on duel, and more importantly, he was also looking forward to climbing over mountains that others couldnât conquer!
âThere are 30 seconds before the enemy reaches the battlefield!â
The system voice rang out. A fierce battle was imminent!
Bai Cai: âGo into their jungle?â
Wei Xiao: âOf course.â
Brother Cai followed him, and they aimed at the other sideâs blue jungle zone.
FTW positioned themselves in a zigzag manner before the lane soldiers arrived, spreading out their vision across the game.
The berserker thief was a hero who was strong at leading the rhythm in the early stages. Going into the opposite sideâs jungle was a matter of course, and what FTW had to do now was to take a gamble.
Thatâs right, a gamble. The type that depended on luck.
In the early stages, there was no way for the shadow thief to fight against the berserker thief. If the two met, then the shadow thief would have to either run or die.
Hiding in their own jungle zone wasnât an option, either. If they really let the berserker thief have the leisure to clean out the opposite jungle zone, then the shadow thief would be even slower to reach level six, prolonging the early stage of the game. Once the other side started a snowball effect, then the whole game would be lost.
So, the shadow thief also had to go into the opposing sideâs jungle.
Why was this based on luck?
This all depended on whether or not they could stagger jungle zones with the crazy thief.
The canyon held upper and lower jungle zones. If the berserker thief entered FTWâs upper jungle zone, and the shadow thief went to Y1âs lower jungle zone, then they would be perfectly staggered. An even exchange of resources meant that the shadow thief wouldâve earned in this transaction.
If the berserker thief entered FTWâs top jungle zone while the shadow thief attempted to enter Y1âs top jungle zone, then they would meet at the river, and there would be big trouble!
Couldnât their choices be predicted?
For example, if Y1âs jungler Hai predicted that the shadow thief would start with the blue buff, then went into FTWâs top jungle zone.
And Wei Xiao predicted Haiâs prediction, then deliberately went to the bottom jungle zone.
Then, Hai once again predicted Wei Xiaoâs prediction, changing directions towards the bottom jungle zoneâŚ
Opening up a row of Matryoshka dolls was useless. They could only gamble!
Wei Xiaoâs luck was pretty good. He and Brother Cai didnât find any trace of the berserker thief on their way to the red jungle zone.
Brother Cai felt a little strained. âWill they ambush us?â
Wei Xiao: âThey shouldnât.â
The game had just started. Clearing the jungle and grabbing resources was more cost-effective than deliberately ganking.
Wei Xiao directly used a shadow attack on the red buff in order to speed up his jungle clearing speed.
âWe still have to hurry up and ensure that they donât surround us.â
They didnât need to gank them, but they could encircle them.
Y1 must have entered their blue buff jungle zone. As soon as they saw that no-one was there, they would basically have guessed what path Wei Xiao took. As long as they were able to clear out the jungle zone one step faster, then Wei Xiao and Bai Cai wouldnât be able to escape.
So, Wei Xiao wanted to finish off this wave of jungle creeps before Hai did, then retreat in a flash!
Wei Xiaoâs ideas werenât bad, and he was also very quick at clearing the jungle.
However, when he withdrew from Y1âs red jungle zone and arrived at the riverââ
Brother Cai sucked in a breath, âOld Wei!â
Wei Xiao didnât need his reminder and was already shifting his positioning to avoid the totem.
Unfortunately, the elemental shamanâs totem wasnât aimed at him, but rather at Bai Cai, who was in front of him to the left.
There was nothing Wei Xiao could do about this, and nothing Bai Cai himself could do about it. He was a basically naked holy priest, and healing himself for the small amount that he could wouldnât be enough for the berserker thief to even play around with.
At the moment when the elemental shaman controlled the holy priest, the berserker thief had already made use of the insect creep behind them to launch himself forward, locking his scythe accurately around the holy priestâs throat.
Brother Cai flew off into the distance.
Although the player heâd killed was FTWâs support position, the gold bonus from getting First Blood was considerable.
Wei Xiao managed to escape and sucked in a breath lightly. âWe have to go over the replay properly here.â
How had the elemental shaman and berserker thief arrived so quickly?
And theyâd bypassed the vision area that Ning Zhehan could see in the mid-lane.
Heâd already cleared his jungle zone at the fastest possible speed, so why had Yan Jiang been able to block them?
They would only be able to find the answer in the replay.
Brother Cai was the type who would be strong when faced with the weak and cower when faced with the strong.
Heâd always been a little afraid of Yan Jiang, and now that he was going up against him directly, he was a bit cautious and hesitant.
Wei Xiao knew him well. âLetâs try the berserker thief and elemental shaman together later.â
Wei Xiao: âIf we canât get the same effect as Captain Yan, Iâll beat you to death.â
Bai Cai: ââŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâ
Yep, in order to deal with Brother Cai, one needed to be fiercer than their opponents.
This way, heâd be afraid of his teammates and unafraid of his opponents.
Brother Xiao was really worthy of being the little wifeâs âtrue loveâ jungler king. He had one trick after another when it came to training him up.
Bai Cai sat up straight. âLetâs finish this game first!â
The holy priest soon resurrected and arrived back at Wei Xiaoâs side.
Although theyâd only lost a support, this was in fact the beginning of their collapse.
Y1âs operation ability was really strong and worthy of envy.
Theyâd killed Brother Cai, and although they let Wei Xiao go, it had managed to reduce Wei Xiaoâs jungle clearing speed.
After taking First Blood and clearing out their jungle zone first, Y1 had already arranged vision over the dragon pit.
The first little silver dragon that appeared in the canyon was of great strategic importance. If they could take it down, then the whole team would quickly rise up to level six.
Y1âs entire team would be at level six, while FTW still hovered at level 4 and 5. What would this mean?
It meant that the five people in Y1 would have ultimate moves while no one in FTW did!
If all three of FTWâs lanes collapsed in the later stages, then Bai Caiâs death would play out just as Yan Jiang had predicted.
As a bystander, Chen Feng could see this very clearly.
Why did some people call TPT a mini Y1? It was because both teams were strong operationally and would scheme endlessly from beginning to the end.
TPTâs flaw was that they were unable to suppress Close, and the overall quality of the teamâs players was slightly weaker than FTW. Additionally, Fu Li was their mid-laner, and his overview of the situation was far less broad compared with Yan Jiang.
So, TPT had lost the finals.
Top-laner Dxrus played the blood warrior very well and could stably trade attacks with Close while controlling the lane soldiers.
Lu Feng had taken a divine warrior, which tended towards support, and it was difficult for him to kill Dxrus. Of course, he also wouldnât be suppressed; it was just that he wouldnât be able to find the opportunity to explore the jungle zone vision.
Mid-laner Quas was able to string Ning Zhehan along.
Quas was a gentle looking Caucasian fellow with smiling eyes. He looked easy going and spoke like that big brother next door.
However, he was famous for his black-bellied play style in the mid-lane.
He wasnât like a prickly thorn, wasnât the type to face off directly, and he didnât poke from a distance; he was black-bellied.
He smiled so harmlessly, and seemed so righteous and harmonious when clearing the lane, but once you fell into his trap, then youâd be left without even your bones.
After all, he was someone that Yan Jiang had trained up himself. If he didnât have this level of ability, heâd have been sent to the water dispenser a long time ago.
When jungler Hai first made his debut, the Europeans had called him Little Close.
Haiâs original ID had started with the letter C. It was because others had called him that that he changed his ID name.
It was said that he was like Close, but that naturally wasnât all because of his ID. It was because of his play style.
Silent, fierce, and unexpected; he could lead the rhythm of the game across the whole map. Every time Y1 played a game with the jungler as core, it would give people a sense of the Team of Godsââ
Push fast and push hard while maintaining their advantage the whole way through.
Bottom laneâs Piglet was Y1âs gentle and responsible one. Although he looked tall, built, and even a bit fierce, he revealed his balanced temperament every time he opened his mouth.
His voice was soothing, gentle, and polite. He could take care of himself even when left on his own in the bottom lane, and when there were two of them, he could take off and fly up to the heavens. When he grouped up into a team of three, then it was like a team pushing engine.
He was a player who could fight and avoid battle, who was good at the early stages and could also keep himself stable until the late stages. He was balanced in all aspects and was a very high quality player.
This was last yearâs global championship team, the ceiling for Gloryâs strength, and they were a truly strong team for which no flaws could be found.
Unsurprisingly, FTW lost the fight for the small silver dragon. When faced with Y1 who had all reached level 6, FTW could only attempt to avoid all of their attacks.
They cleared out their lanes from beneath their towers, and their jungle zones had been taken over. The gap in farm gradually increased.
Bai Cai gritted his teeth. âI canât find any breakthrough points.â
Wei Xiao was finally able to pick up the river crab creep and snatch up some farm. âIâll be level six soon.â
Bai Cai: âTry a wave of suppression in the mid-lane?â
Wei Xiao: âBottom lane.â
Ning Zhehan had no way to go and provide support. If they didnât pay attention to the bottom lane soon, then Yue Wenle was going to collapse.
Bai Cai nodded. âOkay!â
The shadow thief reached level six!
It was as though the other side had known that they would come. When Wei Xiao and Bai Cai arrived at the bottom lane, the berserker thief tossed out a scythe.
Wei Xiaoâs heart quivered.
Brother Cai was more aware this round and positioned himself in front of Wei Xiao.
Wei Xiao: âNot bad, Old Bai.â
His hands never stopped as he spoke, launching and stacking a combo of shadow attacks and assaults. The DPS ratio was already set up, and the light arcs were about to fill up the sky⌠suddenly, there was a crisp bang.
The shadow thief who was about to take off was shot down, the stacked damage was interrupted, and the light arcs were scattered!
Wei Xiao sucked in a breath.
Yuan Zeâs eyebrows raised up slightly from where he sat beside him, his dark eyes heated as he stared at the screen.
This wave of operations was enough to shake the chins off half of the professional players in the circle if it were to be clipped and released.
The elemental shamanâs totems had been tossed out too fiercely. That forced control totem made by trading in his own health was launched with finesse as fine as a strand of hair. Only Yan Jiang would dare to use it, and he managed to use it accurately, beating down the shadow thief from an almost impossible angle!
Wei Xiao wasnât any ordinary player, either. Even if his combo was interrupted and he was caught unprepared, he was still able to stop the loss in time. Eight light arcs couldnât be brushed out, but seven were still possible. He retreated and went for the second best option, stacking up seven light arcs at the last moment.
Even if it was just seven light arcs, even if the shadow thief was low levelled and had insufficient equipment, this attack still dealt considerable damage.
After all, they were still in the early stage of the game, and everyone had limited health. The berserker thief lost half of his health bar to the move.
Bai Cai managed to survive and quickly healed himself.
Wei Xiao: âWithdraw.â
It was impossible for them to try and fight. The berserker thief could deal continuous DPS, while the shadow thief needed a small recovery period after brushing out its light arcs. It was enough to be able to avoid death or injury without sending out a kill.
Although he was reckless, and although he could get in over his head, Yue Wenle was most willing to listen to Wei Xiao.
Yue Wenle had already started pulling away from their opponent with that one word.
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However, Y1 didnât intend to let them off.
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Wei Xiao had the feeling that something was off. He called out, âOld YueâŚâ
But it was too late. The berserker thiefâs target wasnât Bai Cai at all. He used Brother Cai as the springboard and locked in on Yue Wenle, who had limited mobility.
Yue Wenle hadnât hesitated with his retreat, and there had been no delay, but he couldnât stop the berserker thief from leaping to a spot behind Bai Cai, then to the big âtreasureâ Bai Cai was protecting behind him.
Another scythe, launched at the maximum distance, locked into both people at the same time.
Wei Xiao gritted his teeth, âDPS!â
Yue Wenle reacted quickly and had already started to release skills. He was able to deal out the maximum amount of damage he could before he died.
Bai Cai also knew that he wouldnât be able to get away. He tossed out a bubble tune to try and control the berserker thief, but unfortunately, the berserker thief who had no teammates close by wasnât afraid of this 0.1 second of control. Once his berserker mode started up, he was able to tear up any squishy talents in an instant.
Wei Xiao was too far away for the berserker thief to hook into him.
However, how could he not try his best to recover this loss after seeing that Bai Cai and Yue Wenle were going to die?
At the moment when the berserker thief used up all his skills, Wei Xiao launched his attack. He avoided the damage from Y1âs marksman and stabbed out a critical hit from behind. The berserker thief who only had one third of his health left fell to the ground.
Although it was a loss, butâŚ
Wei Xiao sucked in a breath, then used up all of his movement skills to escape the berserker thiefâs scythe.
The berserker thief hadnât died?
But heâd resurrected again!
One second before Wei Xiao killed him, the elemental shaman in the distance had used up almost all of his health to create a resurrection totem.
The berserker thiefâs health had emptied out just as the totem landed.
His empty health bar triggered a resurrection, and the berserker thief stood back up again.
If Wei Xiao hadnât avoided it quickly and had been locked in by his scythe, then he wouldâve been killed on the spot by Y1âs marksman.
In this round of fighting at the bottom lane.
FTW suffered heavy losses!
This was the global championship team, this was Y1, this was the supernova team trained up by Y1!
When faced with such a downwind, Wei Xiao didnât grow depressed. Instead, his fighting spirit soared to unprecedented highs.
Y1 wasnât just going through the motions.
Yan Jiang wasnât underestimating his opponents.
They respected FTW and were using their real strength.
Then, how could FTW not go all out!
Chen Feng sat at the sofa of the training room, his heart calm.
There was a definite gap in strength and experience. Even their levels of confidence were as different as heaven and earth.
Growth was an uphill battle. It was a difficult road to walk, but only by doing this could they see the scenery at the top of the mountain.
Chen Feng believed in todayâs FTW, believed in the little ones, and he believed that they could walk and explore a path that belonged to them!
Y1 did what L&P couldnât do in the last game. They suppressed the shadow thief and didnât give Wei Xiao any chance to breathe.
The elemental shaman interrupted the light arcs.
His DPS was constrained by the berserker thief.
The mid, bottom, and top lanes all had airtight formations, and Wei Xiao seemed to be running into walls everywhere.
A real routine wasnât a routine.
Y1âs play style was simple and rough. They relied on brute strength, and if this was what the game was like, then there wouldâve been no problem opening up a live stream.
If anyone was able to play out this effect?
Then they could take the championship trophy and go home with it!
Was FTW finished for good?
They hadnât given up yet.
None of them could give up!
Even Salted Fish Bai had built up courage.
There was too much oppression, too much fire! When had Little Lunatic Wei ever suffered such grievances before!
28 minutes into the game, there was a 6000 gold difference in farm between the two sides.
At first glance, this number sounded terrible. But in fact, it wasnât so bad. When shared amongst the five members of the team, it meant that each of them were half a piece of finished equipment short.
Wei Xiao had worked very hard to ensure that his farm didnât fall behind too much so that it wouldnât be too big of a problem to try and cut down c-positions.
Lu Feng had given up some of his resources to Wei Xiao. Although it meant that he was a bit short, the divine warrior was more of a functional talent and could still be effective with low farm.
If they kept dragging the game out like this, then Y1 would nibble away at them and win the game.
Was it going to end like this?
Wei Xiao breathed in lightly. âOld Yue, drop the bottom lane.â
Lu Feng: âBe ready to teleport.â
The four little ones, âOkay!â
Another long three minutes passed. The harassed FTW seemed to be in a desperate situation, hovering on the brink of losing with no way to turn the tables.
Bai Cai: âSomeoneâs stepped into the river!â Heâd inserted vision there.
Lu Feng was closest to the top jungle river channel. He stabbed out with his spear and landed a hit on Dxrus, who was in the bushes.
âCome.â The entire team pressed their transmission buttons at Closeâs command.
F*ck him! If they didnât fight back now, they would no longer have a chance.
Y1 could see what FTW intended to do. They werenât anxious as they surveyed the scene, and then the five of them gathered together and sounded the drums of war.
The divine warrior charged in first, his buffs fully stacked up. He hefted his gun and flew at Dxrus while rushing to Y1âs back ranks.
Quas and Piglet had experienced the world and werenât frightened by this sudden head-on assault.
They calmly shifted positions and dispersed the damage.
At the end of the day, the divine warrior was a functionality based warrior. It had mediocre DPS, and its strength lay in injury resistance and control.
Close had been quiet for the whole game, but heâd now finally found the right opportunity.
His spear stabbed through the air, and his divine miracle landed in the canyon. Under this unexpected ultimate and flash combo, he sent Y1âs core DPS position flying.
Yan Jiangâs totem was inserted right at the edge of his divine miracle skill, restoring most of his teammatesâ health.
Quas threw his skills at Close.
Piglet stood steady, dealing non-stop DPS.
Bai Cai followed up quickly, tossing out all of his skills at the divine warrior. At the same time, he sent his bubble tune into the crowd to control their opponents.
The divine warrior had a skill that allowed him to share the damage being dealt. Brother Cai had arrived just in time, giving Lu Feng a chance to breathe.
Another spear shot out, and this time it sent the berserker thief flying!
One warrior and one priest was enough to disturb Y1âs formation!
Although they had to take on a lot of danger, they were still able to open up a bloody path for their teammates!
Wei Xiao fixed his eyes on Yan Jiangâs position. Taking advantage of the time when he tossed out the healing totem and had absolutely no time to create a control totem, heâd stacked up enough damage. Eight ars combined with Closeâs divine miracle to create explosive damage applied huge pressure on the other teamâs health bars. Y1âs overall state plummeted!
Ning Zhehan and Yue Wenle were given enough of an opportunity to deal DPS. The berserker thief had taken down the divine warrior, but unfortunately, heâd been held up and couldnât reach the mage and marksman off in the distance.
Wei Xiao pounced on Quas and sent him home.
Yan Jiang handed his resurrection to Piglet. Piglet lived up to his trust and achieved a double kill with his continuous shooting.
Bai Cai gave Wei Xiao his last bit of healing before falling to the ground. Wei Xiao used shadow attack and backstab and left Piglet seriously injured.
Yue Wenle took down Piglet before he died.
Wei Xiao locked in on Yan JiangâŚ
As those in front fall, those behind take up their positions.
Stepping on this road that the captain had opened up with blood, walking on steps formed by his teammates and corpses, Wei Xiaoâs short blade pierced the elemental shamanâs chest!