Jing Yu finally understands why in PGâs last season, itâs either the Marksman dies alone, or both the Marksman and Support die together in the Bottom Lane; There had never been a case where the Marksman was able to make it through it by himself.
A Marksman who would rather die than to let the Support die for him â Itâs either heâs a veggie, or a complete loony.
Qin Fei already canât be bothered to berate Luo Yiming. No matter how much he nags, Luo Yiming will neither correct his bad habit nor will he switch positions with Han Leng.
Tsk.
Speaking of which, all his teammates are dead. What should he do now?
Qin Fei ponders and guides his Satan to circle around the Demonic Dragon. While calculating ANEâs damages and the Demonic Dragonâs health, he also picks the best path to Snatch the Dragon.
âThatâs right. He intends to Snatch the Dragon!
Jing Yu is also anxiously calculating. When itâs about time, he yells urgently: âGO!â
Right in that instant, Qin Feiâs Satan opens 2nd ability Tyranny of the Demon Lord and speeds up, bulldozing into the Dragonâs Den!
Upon seeing him, ANE hurls all their CC abilities haphazardly at him, but Qin Fei doesnât even bat an eye. He Flashes right over to the Demonic Dragonâs side, releases 1st ability Eruption of the Satanic Inferno, and his target naturally is â The Demonic Dragon!
Still, ANEâs Jungler, Burial Sword, forks out his Smite at the same time!
And the result is!?
ăSystemăBurial Sword has conquered the Demonic Dragon!
ăSystemăThe Dragon Army is Infiltrating the Battlefield!
Having propelled himself right into ANEâs midst but failed to snatch the Dragon, Satan is left with no way to retreat.
Despite knowing heâll be ganked, Qin Fei doesnât even bat an eye. He calmly locks onto the low HP Centaur and releases his Ult â Hands Of The Abyss!
ăSystemăSatan, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Centaur has been slain!
ăSystemăBurial Sword, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe ally Satan has been slain!
By the name of Qin Fei, even if he must die, he will drag them down with him!
Even though theyâve been aced and even lost the Dragon, they still pulled the enemy C Position down with them. Therefore, these losses can still be considered tolerable.
Not long after, the demons on PGâs side revive one after another. Under Jing Yuâs lead, the entire team goes to clear the Dragon Army systematically!
Halfling: ăThis Team Battle has dealt some serious damages to PG! The scoreboard is flipped, and their gold is surpassed by ANE! But PGâs tempo is not disrupted in the slightest. As they counter the Dragon Army, they put on a show worthy of belonging to a Top 8!ă
Candy: ăPG is well-practiced when it comes to countering the Dragon Army. Their entire team is completely in sync. Thereâs not a single wasteful move!ă
Halfling: ăANEâs members are all heading down to the Mid Lane. But, right as the Dragon Army is about to invade the Mid Laneâs first tower, the army is all but wiped out by PG!ă
Candy: ăANE splits up. Their Marksman heads to the Bottom Lane. And PGâs members are all moving to the first tower in the Bottom Lane!ă
Halfling: ăPG wipes the floor with the Dragon Army down at the Bottom Lane, but they lose their one of Top Laneâs towers to ANE!ă
Candy: ăTheyâre seriously neck and neck with each other! ANEâs invasions are indeed formidable, but PG never falters once when getting rid of the Dragon Army!ă
Some time passes before PG soundly defeats all three waves of Dragon Army. The entire Battlefield seems to light up instantaneously.
In total, PG lost two turrets â one each in the Top and Mid Lane. One turret in the Bottom Lane also got brought down to half bar*.
(*G/E: status bar)
Despite being disadvantageous, these losses are perfectly within the teamâs realm of tolerance.
After all, ANE is PGâs opponent for this round!
âWeâve got to win within 30 minutes!â Jing Yu declares, âIf we canât beat ANE in the first half, weâll only lose more ground in the latter stage.â
Indeed â Every member of PG is clear of this in their hearts.
Being a team whose forte is firmly affixed in the first half, regardless of how aggressive a showing PG makes in the first half, when it comes to the latter stage, they just canât avoid losing steam.
Even if theyâve been honing their latter half all this time, it still canât get any better than the first half.
Therefore, should they lose out too much in the first half, even if they pull out all stops, they also wonât be able to salvage the second half.
They must make full use of every second to bridge the widening gap between ANEâs and their gold!
Jing Yu: âMarksman, finish farming the creeps then kill all monsters in the Bottom Jungle. Iâll give you my gold.â
Luo Yiming: âAo~â
(**Ao ć·: Can be the howl of a wolf ; could also be a slurred form of âOkayâ)
Jing Yu: âMage, follow me. Weâve got to take down a turret in the Mid Lane!â
Ye Hong: âComing!â
Jing Yu: âThe enemy is starting to attack the Demonic Disk. Fei Ge, go to the Bottom Lane. Co-op with Yiming to Snatch the Disk.â
Qin Fei: âEn.â
Jing Yu: âThe SupportâŠâŠ Before protecting the Marksman, make sure you protect yourself.â
Han Leng: âHow very reasonable.â
Therefore, while the trio of Dark Cupid, Satan, and Sariel rush down to the bottom Lane, Jing Yu directs his Frozen Heart and Ye Hongâs Scarlet Fury to clear the creeps in the Mid Lane, thereafter following their own lane creeps to invade the enemyâs turret, piling all damages upon it!
With his flexible motion-control, Dark Cupid runs amok like a tyrant at the Bottom Lane and slaughters all monsters at top speed. His gold instantly leaps to the top of the team. Then, he swiftly shoots towards the Demonic Disk.
Sariel is by his side at every given moment. Satan also hovers in the bushes near the Demonic Disk, ready to jump into action.
Right when ANE is about to conquer the Demonic Disk, Satan uses Tyranny of the Demon Lord and barrels over to the five demons. Sariel seizes this moment to Ult, Blood-Lock, Speed-Booster causing every attack of ANE that comes from the front to fail. Dark Cupid also lunges within close range of the enemy Centaur in one move, throwing all of his abilities forward without the slightest reservation!
Centaur instantaneously drops to low HP. He Flashes intending to flee, but Satan Flashes to catch up and releases his Ultimate â Hands Of The Abyss!
Countless black hands shoot out from the ground, catching Centaur and pulling him into that abyss with no escape!
ăSystemăSatan, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Centaur has been slain!
Dark Cupid never once stopped attacking throughout. Upon seeing Centaur Flash to escape, heâd promptly switched his target to snipe Peacock Plume.
Peacock Plumeâs Ult was already depleted from when Sariel tanked the barrage of attacks. At the moment, sheâs left with just one offensive ability and one Slo-mo.
She throws out her Slo-mo first, but Dark Cupid simply Flashes to get behind her and continues his assault.
She whirls around to deliver her offensive ability, but Dark Cupid plays dirty and dodges, evading it by a hairâs breadth and causing her attack to miss.
At long last, her blood closes in on the end of its bar, and her headâs taken by a single arrow from Dark Cupid.
ăSystemăDark Cupid, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Peacock Plume has been slain!
Right at this moment, Satanâs health is all but gone. Death Godâs scythe flies over but fails to catch on him. He smoothly switches it up and releases a Death Scythe, only to miss once more â Isnât it just some slippery dodges? Itâs not like thatâs a skill exclusive to only Ye Hong.
Qin Fei is unruffled from the start to the end. With unflappable calmness, he makes his low HP Satan slip away with motion control and dodge Death Godâs ability cleanly. He even evades Mermanâs CC on the way. Then, he throws himself at the Demonic Disk, forking out all of his remaining abilities! NeverthelessâŠâŠ
ăSystemăBurial Sword has conquered the Demonic Disk!
Itâs been proven once more that Satanâs ability canât outmatch Burial Swordâs Smite in speed.
After conquering the Demonic Disk, Burial Sword swiftly Teleports to Satanâs side, Ulting to snatch his head!
ăSystemăBurial Sword, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe ally Satan has been slain!
Han Leng: âDisperse!â
Jing Yu: âNo need, Iâm here!â
As soon as those words fall, on the screen, a flash of cold light links up to Death God. Immediately thereafter, a snow-white silhouette carrying a trail of floating, translucent snowflakes that sparkle and glow hisses, âSouââ, and flies towards Death God. He Ults â Snowstorm!
Biting winds roar tumultuously as they swirl past. ANEâs Death God, Burial Sword, and Merman are all controlled!
Nearly at the same time, a blood red special effect pools out beneath Death God and Burial Swordâs feet â Itâs Scarlet Furyâs Blood Pool Purgatory!
Dark Cupid also snags this opportunity to madly gank Death God!
ăSystemăDark Cupid, Double Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Death God has been slain!
ăSystemăScarlet Fury, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Burial Sword has been slain!
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After CC loses effect, ANEâs only survivor, the auxiliary, sees the hopelessness of the situation and flees immediately with Flash. However, Ye Hongâs quicker than quick, Flashing in a blink of an eye to catch up. He releases Blood Entanglement first to CC, then follows it post-haste with Blood Drain, sucking away Centaurâs last remaining skin of blood.
ăSystemăScarlet Fury, Double Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Merman has been slain!
This is a Team Battle that began even before all members of PG rounded up. Yet, they managed to snag a 1 for 5, acing ANE with Satan as their only casualty.
Since the Team Battle is won, losing the Demonic Dragon becomes redundant.
Halfling: ăThe headcount is evened out at 6 : 6! PGâs gold is picking up once more! PGâs average gold surpasses ANEâs again!ă
Candy: ăHeavens, this is too thrilling! As expected of a Clash between the Top 8! To date, itâs hard to tell who will win in this match!ă
Halfling: ăItâs a real shame for PG. Though they gunned to snatch the dragon and disk timingly, ANEâs Jungler, Fly, is hardly a vegetarian. He kept Smiting each time at the most crucial point. Even though PG has won this team battle, the next Demonic Dragon has yet to be refreshed. The lane creepsâ route also hasnât been drawn out. Itâs really such a shame.ă
The truth is indeed as he called it. Jing Yuâs also lamenting with an inward sigh. Be that as it may, one silver lining is that their gold is finally caught up. Even if they team battle again, thereâs nothing to fear!
Jing Yu: âMarksman, set the route for the creeps. Fei Ge, Top Lane. Mage, follow me to the Mid Lane.â
PG divide their creeps into three, clearing off ANEâs lane creeps while setting their own familyâs creep route. In the end, by the time ANEâs whole team revives, theyâve already toppled a turret in the Bottom Lane.
âAssemble in the Mid Lane. Iâm opening Team!â Jing Yu casts this order once more. PGâs members all dodge within the bush near the Dragonâs Den, patiently awaiting ANEâs arrival.
Why is the sight of this so oddly familiar?
Halfling: ăLike the first Team battle, PG gains a vantage point again! This time, will they be able to win?!ă
Candy: ăLikewise, ANE follows the same route they took beforeâŠâŠ Eh, Peacock Plume directly faces the bush and Ults!ă
After ANEâs mid-laner, Wing, steps into the Dragon Denâs vicinity, he doesnât even spare a second to think and directly Ults at the bushes!
PGâs members are all caught off guard. Thankfully, Sarielâs quick-footed, and he immediately Ults â Light of the Sanctuary locks all blood and boosts their speed!
Satan follows it immediately thereafter with Tyranny of the Demon Lord, barrelling towards ANE with an attack. Almost at the same time, Frozen Heart links up to Peacock Plume. Yet, he doesnât Teleport himself over, instead lulling for half a beat.
This half a secondâs difference makes Burial Sword waste a Defend. Frozen Heart Teleports right over to Peacock Plumeâs side, and he Ults!
With Peacock Plume as the epicentre, four of ANEâs demons are CCâed. Only Centaur Flashed in time and managed to escape.
With that said, Death God and Burial Sword both Release in the next second, defending the low HP Peacock Plume with their lives and directing all their attacks at Frozen Heart!
Frozen Heart dodges with motion control without pause, but he still ends up losing lots of blood. At the same time, Scarlet Fury CCâs, Ults, and attacks one after another, charging towards the front-most Death God to unleash a perfect combo-attack which hit-stuns him to the point where he canât struggle.
Jing Yu: âGO!â
Following this order, Satan Ults, Dark Cupid Ults, and the hands of PG all fly across their keyboards, lunging at ANE to attack in a frenzy!
The enemy Centaur also Ults in the same second, charging forward to attack PG! Soon enough, Snowstormâs freeze loses effect. The hands of ANEâs members also fly across their keyboards!
Then, the subsequent battle can only be described by the phrase, âA field littered with corpsesâ:
ăSystemăDark Cupid, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Peacock Plume has been slain!
ăSystemăCentaur, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe ally Scarlet Fury has been slain!
ăSystemăDark Cupid, Double Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Death God has been slain!
ăSystemăCentaur, Double Kill!
ăSystemăThe ally Dark Cupid has been slain!
ăSystemăSatan, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Burial Sword has been slain!
ăSystemăCentaur, Triple Kill!
ăSystemăThe ally Satan has been slain!
ANEâs support guards his own familyâs C position from all directions. Meanwhile, on PGâs side, Dark Cupid actually died for the sake of protecting his teammates.
With this, ANE still has the OP Bottom-Laning tag-team, Centaur and Merman on their side. PG, on the other hand, are only left with Sariel and Frozen Heart.
This isnât good. They canât win!
Han Leng roars: âGoldfish, get out of here now! Iâll be right behind you!â
âNo! I can counter-kill!â
Jing Yu obstinately yells back and makes his Frozen heart link up to Centaur.
At this precise moment, the clatter of his fingers against his keyboard rattles up to a pace thatâs out of the world!
Teleport, 1st ability, AA, motion-control without pause.
âFrozen Heart, who is left with only a thin skin of blood, stubbornly dodges all of Centaurâs attacks and throws all of his own attacks at Centaur!
ăSystemăFrozen Heart, First Kill!
ăSystemăThe enemy Centaur has been slain!
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Tamago: I have a complaint! The author cheated me again! Sarielâs Ult from C14, Six-Winged Holy Light, was switched to Light of Sanctuary! Give me back all those seconds I spend âhehehâ-ing at the beautiful name I coined!
Mara: My condolences⊠I really liked that attack name
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