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After double-checking to confirm Qin Fei and Han Leng didnât log into the wrong account and they really switched positions, the live commentators are thunderstruck! The comments barrage is also gobsmacked!
ăItâs the first match of the Qualifiers. Are you for real?!ă
ăIs PG out of their mind?!ă
ăMOMO: Gloating after banning 2 of Qin Feiâs solo-laners, then youâre motherfucking telling me Qin Feiâs playing the support?!ă
ăHahaha! Who knows? Maybe Fei Geâs throwing a mini tantrum after having 2 of his solo-laners banned!ă
ăThe Sleepy God is supporting! Sooo looking forward to this match! But still, I want to see Goldfishâs Moonshadow Spider pentakill even more! Hahaha!ă
The moment MOMO sees PGâs finalized line-up, they almost throw up blood!
Death God? Jinghua Shuiyue? Moonshadow Spider?!
âThis line-up is totally not in their enemy data ah!
They wasted two bans, and the demon which should be banned the most is not banned. Every member of MOMO feels as though theyâve been utterly struck by lightning.
They have indeed wasted two of their bans â Since Han Leng is solo-laning, his first pick is Death God. He never once thought of picking Lilith or Satan.
While they are both equally savage youths of PG, unlike Qin Fei, Han Leng canât be a barbarian with any demon he plays; How ruthless he becomes depends entirely on the demon he plays.
Thatâs why previously, when he was bottom-laning as a marksman, he was utterly underwhelming.
Although Lilith is a flexible demon, her HP is low. Her performance is entirely determined by oneâs ability to timingly use her outstanding Blood Drain. During team battles, her blood also oscillates between high and low frequently. Just the sight of it is enough to make one back the hell outta all battles.
As for Satan, letâs not even go there. Being a jungler thatâs ranked just a step behind Burial Sword, rather than tanking, heâs more suitable for ganking in the long run.
Therefore, to Han Leng, when it comes to solo-laning, Death God is still the best choice with this tankâs high HP. He can also be said to be his only available option at the present stage.
As for that solo-laner who becomes a monster with whatever demon he plays, at the moment, he is directing Jinghua Shuiyue to encircle Luo Yimingâs Chronos.
âJinghua Shuiyue, the pure CC-type support.
âHAHAHA! Itâd be so good if this is an offline match! I really want to see the enemiesâ expressions now!â Luo Yiming canât be any more excited â His own familyâs captain is personally attending to him as a support! What VIP treatment is this?!
Qin Fei takes the opposite side and is chill as hell, even to the point of yawning lazily: âThis time, Iâll take command?â
The support is indeed more suitable as a command than the jungler. Jing Yu âEn's without thinking, then as if realizing something, he hesitates:Â âCan you do it?â
Qin Fei: âMn?â
Jing Yu: âYou wonât fall asleep mid-game ba?â
Qin Fei: ââŠâŠâ
Jing Yu: âItâs just that you look very tired.â âTo the point of yawning!
Qin Fei: ââŠâŠâ
TiredâŠâŠ He is indeed a little tired, but not to the point of dozing off mid-game.
Afterall, this is a competition.
Donât look at how Qin Fei acts. He is quite serious about the Tournament too. Or rather, he even established PG for the sake of this goal.
Yet, Jing Yu is using a face written with âYou guys donât obstruct this Laozi from winning this Leagueâ to look at him. Whatâs that disdainful look supposed to mean?
Qin Fei raises his brows, suddenly getting the urge to tease him: âIâll take charge before I go to sleep. Once I doze off, you can take over.â
As expected, Jing Yu scrunches his brows. Despite the disagreement written plain out on his face, he still obediently agrees: âAlright. Weâll go with that.â
âWhat if we lose because I fall asleep? What will you do?â Qin Fei is suddenly intrigued.
Jing Yu doesnât even turn his head to him and replies: âI wonât let that sort of thing happen.â
Qin Fei: âBut what if it really does?â
Jing Yu falls into a brief silence before he once again speaks up. Qin Fei doesnât know if itâs his own imagination, but his voice seems to have deepened a bit: âI wonât let you sleep.â Every word of his is clipped. âIf youâre really that tiredâŠâŠâ He turns his head to meet Qin Feiâs eyes, smiling gently, âI can always give you a punch, you know~?â
This coquettish tone full of sass makes a sudden return. Luo Yiming, who is beside them, canât help doing a spit-take. Ye Hong and Han Leng also canât hold back their laughter.
They may all think Jing Yu is making a joke, but only Qin Fei, who is seated right by his side, knows. When Jing Yu said these words, that flash of light in his eyes was downright lethal â He is serious.
No one can keep Jing Yu from winning the match. Even if it is his favourite pro-gamer, he wonât let him do it!
After laying that threat at Qin Feiâs feet, Jing Yu immediately turns his gaze back on his own computer screen and blanks out.
His heartâs suddenly racing so fast â He scared himself.
Heavens! He actually held Fei Ge at gunpoint! This time, heâll definitely be hated by Fei Ge baâŠâŠ
That said, he really doesnât want to lose ah!
Qin Fei silently takes him in for a while and suddenly flashes a smile, whispering softly: âDonât worry. I wonât fall asleep.â
In the next line: âEven if I end up sleeping, I can still hard-carry this team!â
Really, who knows where this person gets his confidence from?
Nevertheless, after receiving his word, Jing Yu instantaneously feels his heart settle. The space between his brows also smooths out without his knowledge â If Fei Ge says he wonât fall asleep, he definitely wonât fall asleep! If he says he can hard-carry, he can definitely hard-carry!
Facts have proven once again that a fanâs love for his idol is blind.
But still, itâs true that Qin Fei can hard-carry.
Qin Fei: âYiming, youâre up!â
Luo Yimingâs Chronos reacts instinctively, barrelling over to thrash the enemy Centaur. Then, Qin Feiâs Jinghua Shuiyue uses a CC, simply CC-ing both Centaur and Merman at the edge of the Defence Tower.
Chronosâs AD is not high, but his attack range is the widest amongst all marksmen. He opens attack right from the beginning, continuing this assault even when Centaur gets CCâed; even after the CC effect dissipates; and even when Centaur Flashes to flee â The enemy Centaur never once left Chronosâ shooting range throughout.
A Razor Wind flies past the entire defence tower, stabbing right through Centaurâs throat. Even if he used Flash, he never stood a chance of evading this punitive attack.
The First Blood has been made!
System: ăChronos, First Kill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Centaur has been slain!ă
After slaying Centaur, Chronosâ onslaught doesnât stop. Razor Winds follow one after another and engulfs Merman in a fiery blaze.
Qin Fei: âRetreat!â
Luo Yiming gets his Chronos to back up, dodging Mermanâs CC.
Qin Fei: âTower-dive!â
Jinghua Shuiyue spearheads the invasion into the turret. Luo Yiming follows suit with a Teleport, unleashing a hellish storm of attacks on Merman.
Merman uses Flash to flee as well, but just like Centaur, he fails to leave the perimeter of Chronosâ shooting range.
System: ăChronos, Double Kill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Merman has been slain!ă
Qin Fei: âFlash and evacuate!â
Luo Yiming does as ordered. Almost at the same time, Jinghua Shuiyue storms out of the turret. Both players are left with half their blood. After slaughtering the enemy creeps, they merrily return to their territory.
The execution of this entire process is soâŠâŠ Jing Yuâs admiration for Qin Fei once again levels up: âFei Ge, youâre amazing!â
Qin Fei smiles: âYouâre amazed just by this?â
Jing Yu: âYiming has never obeyed my directions before!â
Qin Fei: âItâs nothing. Just give him a beating then youâre good.â
Luo Yiming: â???â
Luo Yiming expresses that he feels wronged: âWhen did I ever disobey your orders?â
Jing Yu doesnât want to argue too much with him on this: âAlright. Itâs my pot. I donât know why, but Iâm just not able to co-op with you.â
Qin Fei: âLike I said. Just give him a good beating and youâre good.â
Jing Yu is caught between tears and laughter.
This time though, he is hardly swayed by Qin Feiâs words. Thatâs because he knows it quite well: Luo Yiming does indeed obey his orders. Itâs just that he has never once achieved his intended effect before. Therefore, this is not a problem that can easily be settled through fists.
Qin Fei also knows very well that Jing Yu and Luo Yimingâs teamwork still has a long way to go â In order to co-op with a marksman who is as dim-witted as Luo Yiming, besides being adaptive to the situation, one also needs to have some intuition on how Luo Yiming operates. Therefore, Qin Fei wonât give Jing Yu any guidance on how to do it in a formal match. This isnât an urgent issue and it can be settled in the future.
More relevant to the present, he feels that the Jing Yu is already doing a spectacular job of ganking in the Bottom Lane.
When Jing Yu ganks the bottom-laners, his target is never the marksman, but instead, it is the jungler.
Lying in ambush in the bushes, he patiently waits till the moment the enemy jungler moves into action. Then seizing the opportunity, he lunges and ganks with a combo-attack!
This is hardly Jing Yuâs first time putting this strategy to use. Technically, the enemy jungler should have taken some precaution against it.
Nevertheless, it is still a success! This strategy has never failed him!
System: ăMoonshadow Spider, First Kill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Burial Sword has been slain!ă
ăBeautiful!ăHalfling canât resist exclaiming, ăGoldfishâs kiting is just flawless!ă
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ăKitingâŠâŠăCandyâs caught between tears and laughter.
Halfling: ăTreating your own familyâs marksman as bait and ganking the enemy jungler! That is what they call kiting!ă
ăAs long as youâre happy.ăCandy carries a degree of helplessness in her tone, but she still smoothly accepts Halflingâs claim in the next second, ăGoldfishâs kiting really is a marvel no matter which demon he uses!ă
Halfling: ăYeah, right? However, in this match, Qin Feiâs Jinghua Shuiyue is equally impressive.ă
Candy: ăThe key thing is because the bottom-lanersâ pace is stable. ONEâs slip-ups in his motion-control are noticeably lesser compared to the Preliminaries.ă
Halfling: ăRather than saying ONEâs motion-control has made an improvement, itâll be better to say Qin Fei co-ops well. Regardless of how recklessly ONE plays, he is still able to keep up. Every opportunity the enemy seizes is all counteracted and used by him.ă
Candy: ăAi, first the jungler, then the solo-laner, and now the support â How exactly is Qin Fei able to play in every position?ă
This question simply voices the thoughts of the audience behind their screens. Countless bullet comments echo agreements as they fly across the livestream, forcing Fang Luofan to scrunch his brows and turn off the comments barrage for a bit.
ăSpeaking of which, letâs take a look at the Top Lane.ăHalfling turns the livestream onto the Top Lane.
On the screen, Han Lengâs Death God has completely trapped the enemy Mad Bones within his turret. From time to time, he sporadically uses his ability to tow out the enemy to toy with him for a bit. The sight of this is justâŠâŠ
ăThe solo-laner can open attack without concern because his HP is high.ăHalfling looks at Mad Bones, who has been bullied by Death God to the point of shrinking into the base of his turret and shivering helplessly. The urge to laugh is real, ăMad Bones and Death God are all demons of the same class. But when they are facing off, Mad Bones is at a clear disadvantage.ă
ăIn general, when it comes to other teams, Death God is a must-ban for the second-mover. Itâs only when facing PG that Satan and Lilith will take priority to be banned.ăSaying this, Candy canât help but grumble, ăWhen a gamer hits a certain level of strength, all differences in demonsâ stats seem to lose its importance.ă
Halfling: ăIndeed. Just take a look at Goldfishâs assassin class demons! Theyâre a winning example!ă
As they are speaking, Moonshadow Spider drops by the Mid Lane and breaks into the enemy turret. Swiftly ganking Scarlet Fury in a blink of an eye, she Teleports out of the turret.
On the livestream, countless ă666ăslide pass in an orderly fashion. None of the audience is able to restrain the excitement boiling over in their hearts.
Almost everyone thinks Jing Yuâs Moonshadow Spider beats out his Frozen Heart. This is because when using Moonshadow Spider, she tower-dives even more than Frozen Heart.
Being a low HP, high AD, and a âBerserkerâ demon, Moonshadow Spiderâs design of selling blood for damage is put on vivid display by Jing Yu.
When Burial Sword sees other demons with low blood, his first reaction is to gank in a frenzy! If he doesnât finish them off, he definitely wonât leave!
But what if he sees Moonshadow Spider with low blood? The stake of this betâs far too high. Goodbye, sorry, gotta leave!
Alas, they finally reach the Team Battle right before the Demonic Dragon refreshes.
âOld Han, open Team!â
Under Qin Feiâs order, Han Lengâs Death God takes lead and barrels in. A pitch-black sickle successfully hooks onto the enemy Mad Bones, directly hauling him into PGâs circle. Following closely, Qin Fei Flashes over and hurls a Roving Mirage, CCâing every enemy in place!
ăTheyâre all controlled!ăHalfling simply canât believe his own eyes, ăThe timing of that Flash is simply too well done! But with that, MOMO reacts swiftly, all Releasing nearly at the same timeâŠâŠ Moonshadow Spider attacks!ă
Left with a thin skin of blood, Moonshadow Spider unfalteringly Flashes into the centre of MOMOâs circle with Death Godâs Death Scythe. Immediately thereafter, Spiderweb â Maul â Demon Form â Heavens Encompassing Web Cage â Feast of Ten Thousand Spiders â Binge â Moonshadow HarvestâŠâŠ
The combo attack hit MOMOâs members till they canât tell the top from bottom. The haphazard and dizzying abilities canât be differentiated unless one plays it in slo-mo. The entire screen fills with system prompts indicating the enemy demonsâ defeats, piercing to the eyes.
System: ăMoonshadow Spider, First Kill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Centaur has been slain!ă
System: ăMoonshadow Spider, Double Kill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Scarlet Fury has been slain!ă
System: ăMoonshadow Spider, Triple Kill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Mad Bones has been slain!ă
System: ăMoonshadow Spider, Quadrakill!ă
System: ăThe enemy Merman has been slain!ă
ăQUADRAKILL! Goldfishâs Moonshadow Spider quadra-killed!ăHalflingâs screaming, thrilled to the extent where his voice breaks, ăThereâs only Burial Sword at low health left! Burial Sword teleports to escape!ă
Seeing how disadvantageous this situation is, MOMOâs Burial Sword immediately breaks for it the moment the CC dissipates, relying on Teleport to vanish without a trace.
On PGâs side, with the exception of Moonshadow Spider, everyone has over half of their health. Theyâre all perfectly safe.
âConquer the dragon!â Under Qin Feiâs command, every demon shoots towards the Demonic Dragon. In contrast to them, he begins to scour the bushes in the vicinity.
At this precise moment, Burial Sword has made a full circle and is hiding in the bushes. His heartâs pounding to the point where itâs about to stop.
ăBurial Sword is in the bushes! Will he be found out by Qin Fei?ăCandy is far more anxious compared to Burial Sword himself, ăHeâs hiding close to the dragon! Heâs planning to snatch the dragon!ă
ăMOMO, this team, is indeed quite experienced at snatching the dragon. However, when met with PG, a Top 8, will they be able to pull it off?ăHalfling has his eyes fixed on Qin Feiâs Jinghua Shuiyue throughout, watching him close the distance with Burial Sword, ăHeâs going to be found!ă
But right as Jinghua Shuiyue makes the first step into the bushes, Burial Sword immediately forks out a Flash to get away from the bushes. The entire demon Flashes right past Jinghua Shuiyue, vanishing into one of the bushes that was previously scoured.
ăWonderful!ăEven if heâs whole-heartedly on PGâs side, Halfling is still amazed by Burial Swordâs quick-witted move â If he Flashed from one bush to another, he certainly wouldnât be found by the enemy demon.
Unsurprisingly, Qin Fei finds zero traces of Burial Sword and thinks all is clear after giving the area a once-over. With that, he heads over to the Demonic Dragon to throw in his attacks.
But just as the Demonic Dragon is left with a thin skin of blood, Burial Sword lunges out!
ăBurial Sword is attacking!ăCandy cries in shock, eyes peeled as she watches Burial Sword use a single Teleport to get beside the Demonic Dragon. Almost at the same time, Jing Yuâs Moonshadow Spider forks out a Smite!
And the result is?!
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Tama: A Peek into the process of Translation: On the screen, Han Lengâs Death God has completely trapped the enemy Mad Bones within his turret. From time to time, he sporadically uses his ability to tow out the enemy to toy with him for a while. This sight is simply justâŠâŠ
âæ¶äžæ¶ć°çšæèœæćŻčæčćŸćșæ„è°æäžäž â: I only had a vague idea of how to translate è°æ even if I ended up going with âtoyâ. But when I searched it up, the end result was:
ââŠhe sporadically uses his ability to tow out the enemy and molest him for a whileâ
You do you, Han Leng (=u=)b
Mara: Oh, oh, oh, thatâs nicee I already told you all that GF is a feral dog, hahahah, he is willing to kill for the win! Is heâŠmaybe⊠possibly a yandere-type? But you can see that he can be quite cold-blooded, I love characters like that XD And QF just comes like a moth to the flame, haaah, so hopelessâŠ. PS. I adore my tamago, she made almost no mistakes in this chapter
PSS. Tama: A shell hidden in the egg, the shell strikes the next bite.
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