The players from Flash felt numb. They stared at their screens. Feared. The Hecarim. Roundy Roundâs Hecarim had baited them into a five man ultimate. His spectral riders had feared all five of their Champions! The screams from the 12,500 fans in the arena hit their eardrums, making it all the more painful. Chris especially felt his heart drop. This was the second time this game that heâd been baited by Roundy Round. Heâd fallen for it both times. âT-this canât beâŠâ he mumbled.
On the caster desk, Qinghe couldnât hold his excitement back any longer. âLook! Look! Itâs Orianna and RekâSai! Theyâre finally there to help God Roundy! They can with this! KG can with this! Come on, KG, get that ace! ACE FLASH! ACE FLASH!â
The players on Flash saw the health on their Champions drop. Lee Sin especially. He was the only one who could keep up with the Tristana Rocket Jumping after the Hecarim by dashing to herâSafeguard! Then, as both of them were under KGâs outer tower and he got tower aggro, Hecarim hit them with Onslaught of Shadows. The tower fired off an energy shot at him. A second one followed right after and hit him before the fear broke.
Tian Tian was in the middle of Flashâs team after using Onslaught of Shadows. He turned around. The Tristana was walking aimlessly under his outer tower. He activated Devastating Charge. Hecarim gained increased movement speed and could walk through units. He charged through the Riven and Lee Sin. Then he kicked the Tristana with his hooves, knocking her back into his outer tower.
The voice chat from KG had been quiet during the games last week. It wasnât all that different at the start of this game, safe for when Tian Tian got the solo kill on the Riven. But right now it finally sprung back to life. Tian Tianâs teammates were showering him with compliments.
âNice job Roundy!â
âYou roll over âem, Roundyboy!â
âWe can win this fight! Focus, guys!â
âLetâs do this!â
The RekâSai had burrowed underground for the increased movement speed as she rushed down to the fight in bottom lane. She arrived just as the players from Flash broke free from the fear. Three of them were closely huddled together. She flashed towards them and Unburrowed, knocking them airborne! One of them was Lee Sin. His health was almost zero. RekâSai sunk her teeth into himâFurious Bite!âand killed him.
ăAn enemy has been slain!ă
The Orianna arrived in the river entrance to bot lane. The players from Flash were still disorganized, and RekâSai stood in the middle of them. This was Oriannaâs chance to make a move. She flashed forward and used Command: Protect to attach her Ball to RekâSai. The Tristana tried to run out of tower range, but ran straight towards the RekâSai Now! Now! Now! The Orianna watched her Ball move until it attached to the RekâSai and activated her ultimateâCommand: Shockwave!
The millions of Chinese spectators all held their breaths. Their eyes were glued onto their screens. This was it! The moment when KG could win the fight! Even the casters werenât really casting. Only Stone was talking and he kept repeating the same words over and over again. âCome on. Come on. Come on.â
A powerful electromagnetic shockwave erupted from Oriannaâs Ball. It swept out into the surroundings before sucking everything towards it! The Tristana had walked right into its range, while the other members from Flash were also in range. They were all pulled in and lost a lot of health! Then the Orianna used Command: Dissonance to release a pulse of energy that also dealt a lot of damage. The four players from Flash suddenly had only a fifth of their health remaining at most.
It was beautiful to watch, that synergy and combo by Orianna and RekâSai! They did exactly what the fans expected of them! The millions of people watching the Chinese stream went wild! This wasnât just a 3,000 ELO Orianna ultimate, this was also the move that won KG the fight! It might even be the catalyst to them winning the entire game!
ăDid you see that ori ult? SO SICK!!!ă
ăthe rek-ori wombooo commboooo!!!!1!!!ă
ăKG GOT THIS! LEZ WIN THE GAMEEEEEă
ăOrianna is the best Orianna in the world!ă
Tian Tian chased after the Tristana. After she got caught by the Orianna ultimate, her health dropped into the single digits. All he had to do was attack her one last time with an auto attack. His polearm swept across her body.
ăAn enemy has been slain!ă
Chris had a little bit more health left on his Riven than the Tristana had. But it still wasnât anywhere near enough to stop Tian Tian. Tian Tian had his Hecarim cleave the Riven with his polearmâRampage!âand then hit her with a last auto attack. For the second time this game, heâd killed the Riven.
ăDouble kill!ă
Tian Tianâs screen was flashing red and his Hecarim had less than 10% of his health remaining. There were still the Alistar and Kassadin alive on Flashâs team. The Kassadin fired an orb of void energy at the RekâSaiâNull Sphere! He followed up with a Force Pulse, swiping his blade and firing off excess energy in a cone in front of him. It hit Tian Tianâs Hecarim, slowing him and dropping his health to less than 1%. Then a purple rift appeared out of nowhere and Kassadin disappeared. This was the animation for Riftwalk! If this skill hit the Hecarim, he would die! Tian Tian smashed down on his D key to flash away. His Hecarim disappeared from the exact spot where the Kassadin arrived. Heâd gotten out just in time! With another Devastating Charge, he ran down the lane all the way back to his inner tower.
The RekâSai used Queenâs Wrath to empower her basic attacks, then attacked the Kassadin with her claws. His health dropped to almost zero. The Orianna also threw an auto attack at the Kassadin and then commanded her Ball to attack! The Ball moved to the Kassadin and hit him. It was just enough to kill him. All the while, the Alistar tried to run away. Heâd gotten halfway down the lane when Orianna and RekâSai caught up to him. And between the two of them, they had enough damage to kill him before he could reach his outer tower. The Orianna dealt the last attack.
ăDouble kill!ă
ăAced!ă
Millions of people were watching the Chinese live broadcast of Worlds. They watched KG turn a terrible situation around! Tian Tian had single-handedly helped his team win this teamfight! KG had a chance at winning this game! Messages flooded into the chat. Everyone had an opinion on the fight and wanted to explain just how good God Roundy was. As for the three shoutcasters, they were speechless and sat there staring at the screen. Qinghe then turned to the other two, a voice in his ear reminding him he had to cast. âWOW! KG has come out big! That play was insane, you guys!
âI canât believe he turned that fight around! They even aced Flash!
âI thought for sure Orianna and RekâSai were too far away. But they never gave up and arrived in time to clean up the fight! Props to them!
âHowever, I think we need to stand still for a second and look again at what God Roundy did. That was something special, guys. A five man Hecarim ultimate. He hit a five man Hecarim ultimate! Have we ever seen this happen before at Worlds? Or even in competitive play? I donât think so. I know I havenât.
âFor all of you watching at home. This is one of those moments youâre going to tell your children about. I think this play will be one of the highest skill plays weâll ever see in the game! God Roundy just made himself a legend! Oh my god, that was a five man Hecarim ultimate!
âAre we going to start calling it a Roundy? I say we start calling it a Roundy as a sign of respect to the man! Though, I doubt weâll ever see another one. That was just too good. God Roundy is too good.â
Qinghe hit the nail on its head. This teamfight was the God Roundy show! Roundy Round showed the entire world why his fans called him a God. He showed them why they nicknamed him the Uncrowned Eighth. Though, going solely off this play, calling him the Uncrowned Eighth would be an insult. This play alone made him deserving of the title of King, if not Emperor!
Lolo laughed and cried. Her emotions were in turmoil. She didnât know anymore how she felt or how to act. Then she wiped her eyes clean and spoke towards the camera, âGod Roundy did fantastic. He carried that teamfight on his back! That was so good.â
As for the man in question, Tian Tian slumped back into his gaming chair. His Hecarim had survived and theyâd won the teamfight. He looked drained. But there was also a smile. He grabbed his chest with both hands and breathed out deeply. Then he laughed. One short laugh full of disbelief. I-it worked. It worked! I canât believe that worked! Thereâd been no big plan, no grand scheme, nothing behind his play. All he did was follow his intuition. Heâd used his ultimate when it felt right. I-iâm really really good. Lin Feng was right. Iâm good! Then he calmed down. Whenever he thought of Lin Feng, he remembered the promise heâd made. He had to win this game! Not just one teamfight. It's time to focus and win!
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In the NetCow Cafe in downtown Shanghai, the players from High School 13 had jumped up from their seats and were hugging each other and cheering. High School 7 had surrendered 25 minutes into the game! Though, the game was pretty much played after the teamfight at the Dragon pit. That fight had crushed High School 7âs motivation. Theyâd stopped trying as hard and got caught out of position constantly, to the point where there wasnât another big teamfight to speak of, only solo kills all over the map. But it didnât matter what High School 7 did or how they played. All that mattered was that High School 13 had won the game and would move on to the main tournament!
Ouyang, Yang Fan, and Ren Rou ran at their teammates and created a bigger hug-circle, as they jumped up and down. Theyâd done it! They were going to the Shanghai 16 School Tournament!
âNice! You guys are the best!â Ren Rou laughed.
Ouyang ruffled Lin Fengâs hair and shouted loudly into everyoneâs ears, âHAHA! I KNEW IT! You guys totally did it! The Championship trophy will be ours! Watch out everyone, HERE WE COME!â
When everyone calmed down a little and the hug-circle broke, Lin Feng rubbed his nose and said loud enough for everyone to hear, âItâs still not enough, though.â He waited for the others to look at him before continuing, âIt doesnât matter that we already qualified. We still have to win the next game. Just this isnât enough. We have to go three for three.â
The third game in this qualification round of the Shanghai 16 School Tournament was against Tonji Aff. High. They were the strongest team in this group and had made it all the way to the semifinals of the main tournament last year. But compared to what Fatty had to face at Worlds, this was nothing. Lin Feng only had to beat some high schoolers, while Fatty had to beat Legend, whose Midlander was Phoenix and one of the Four Emperors.